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LAND USE BORDERING THE CALUMET RIVER AND LAKE CALUMET IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Full text linkThe Calumet River-Lake Calumet area within the City of Chicago, Illinois comprises a complexity of manufacturing, transportation, service, and storage facilities at a magnitude rarely found other than in coastal port locations. The area contains a major portion of the Calumet district\u27s heavy basic industries and constitutes the principal port area of metropolitan Chicago. The historical developments of the industrial and port activities in the area have been ably chronicled by Mayer\u27 and Appleton\u27 and do not bear repeating here. The objectives of this paper are to provide a detailed description and evaluation of the forty-nine sites bordering on the Calumet River and Lake Calumet and to explain the existing interrelationships between individual facilities and services
Debunking the Past - A Descent Through Memory, Architecture, and Ruin
Full text linkAlbania’s landscape is etched with the remnants of a totalitarian past, most notably through its widespread network of bunkers constructed at the peak of the Cold War under Dictator Enver Hoxha. Among them, the Big Bunker, situated in the Ceraunian Mountains overlooking the Ionian Sea, stands as both a monumental relic and a spatial threshold between past and future.
This thesis reimagines the Big Bunker not merely as an object of preservation but as a site of transformation: an architectural journey through memory, ideology, and renewal. Through a qualitative case study combining on-site observation, architectural analysis, and historical research, the project documents the current condition of the Big Bunker’s three-story structure and its underground tunnels, highlighting the layered decay and residual power embedded in its forms.
Drawing conceptual parallels to Dante’s Divine Comedy, the design proposes a descent into the subterranean spaces as an allegory for confronting historical trauma, a passage through liminal tunnels symbolizing collective introspection, and an emergence into the open landscape as a metaphor for liberation and rebirth.
The intervention envisions adaptive reuse strategies that preserve the bunker’s raw materiality while introducing minimal, poetic architectural gestures: spaces for solitude, reflection, and slow movement. Ultimately, this project positions the Big Bunker as a vessel for Albania’s evolving identity, transforming an emblem of control into a landscape of contemplation
Exploring the Impact of Leadership Styles on Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Comparative Case Study of Rural and Suburban High Schools
Full text linkThis qualitative study examines how high school teachers in rural and suburban settings perceive their school leaders’ leadership styles, and how they influence teachers’ self-efficacy. Grounded in established leadership theories and research on teacher efficacy, this investigation aims to provide a nuanced, context-sensitive understanding of leadership dynamics within diverse educational environments. The study employs a comparative case study design, sampling from two high schools—Suburban Academy and Rural Tech High School. Data collection methods include semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire, offering multiple perspectives on leadership practices and their effects on teachers’ confidence and instructional decision-making. Ultimately, the results will contribute to scholarly and practical discussions about effective leadership development and policy decisions. The study aspires to inform school leaders, educators, and stakeholders striving to cultivate supportive, high-quality learning environments for teachers and students
Establishment of Six Flags Over the Deconstruction of Sandtown
Full text linkDevelopment, both private and public, has played a crucial role in the knowledge that historians can take from the land, but the desire to build quickly ultimately destroyed many sites before they were properly studied. The Chattahoochee River, along with almost all the other rivers and streams in the Southeast, supported not only survival but civilization. Unfortunately, almost the entire catalog of scholarly sources regarding these places was written by men of European descent, and these writers rarely discuss the details regarding the fate of the sites that were destroyed in the name of industry. Sandtown was an almost mythic site of trade and occupation that existed consistently during many political border changes and shifting rules. Although left vacant for many years, the steady occupation of Sandtown over time left overwhelming evidence that this area was much more than a small Chiefdom or polity, but rather a site of cultural interaction and importance. This project will add to the literature on the subject by documenting the exploration, fight to preserve, and eventual destruction of Sandtown, which will provide an opportunity to better understand what happened to the history of this land
Pollinator Plant Communities within restored Montane Longleaf Pine Ecosystems
Full text linkHistorically the fire-dependent and biodiverse longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem was the dominant ecosystem of the Southeastern US. This ecosystem’s range was massively reduced due to land conversion and fire exclusion, causing the decline of many native species. Efforts to restore and protect longleaf pine stands are now ongoing with the goal of expanding habitat and refuge for threatened species. Differences in restoration practices and prior land use may influence the extent to which restored habitat patches can support pollinators and their plants. This study compared pollinator plant biodiversity between restored neighboring montane longleaf pine stands that differed in prior stand composition and restoration practices. Flowering stem surveys were conducted monthly from February to November of 2024. Pollinator plant richness, abundance, conservation value index, and Shannon diversity were greater in prior timber plantation sites than in prior mesophied forest sites. Prior plantation sites contained 27 species not found in prior forest sites. Over the monitoring period total flowering abundances differed between communities with differing site histories however monthly differences were not as strong. Soils from prior plantation sites were lower in lime buffer capacity (LBC), Magnesium (Mg), Nitrate Nitrogen (NO3-N), Zinc (Zn), and had a higher pH than prior forest sites. Soil LBC and P were associated with changes in community composition. Results suggest that if canopy gaps and soil chemistry act as filters on understory species, depending on management history, plantations may be easier to restore than mesophied forest stands because they create conditions (canopy-gaps, altered soil fertility) that favor a more diverse post-restoration plant community
Diversifying Cybersecurity: Evaluation of an Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Cybersecurity Training Course Designed to Bridge the Diversity Gap
Full text linkThis study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an eight-module Cybersecurity course at increasing the learning outcomes of middle and high school students with little to no experience, including underrepresented minorities (URMs) in Cybersecurity. Twice we administered and evaluated the Cybersecurity course, which included hands-on IoT-based activities, utilizing collaborative learning, scaffolding, and representation-based learning strategies. Using a quasi-experimental, within-subjects, repeated measures design, each participant experienced a pretest, the course, and a post-test to evaluate the impact on learners’ self-efficacy, interest, and knowledge. The results revealed that (1) at pre-test, female (p = .001) and in one course administration minority males (p = .006), knowledge was significantly less than that of non-minority males; (2) from pre-posttest, all groups experienced a significant increase in knowledge F(1, 16) = 15.76, p = .001, ηp2. = .496., and in one course administration, self-efficacy, F(1, 16) = 8.59, p = .01, ηp2. = .349, and interest, F(1, 16) = 8.19, p = .01, ηp2. = .339 as well; and (3) at post-test, there were no longer significant knowledge differences between the student groups (females vs. URM males vs. non-URM males), F(3,15) = .25, p = .25, ηp2 = .25. The results also reveal that one-size-fits-all training approaches may not be ideal to improve learning outcomes for all groups of students, as in collaborative learning activities, the composition of the groups influenced the engagement levels differently for males and females
Ramon Spears, Horn
Full text linkRamon Spears, Horn
Eric Jenkins, Pianohttps://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2914/thumbnail.jp
Katherine Coker, Cello
Full text linkKatherine Coker, Cello
Jihye Song, Pianohttps://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2908/thumbnail.jp
Kamaya Locke, Violin
Full text linkKamaya Locke, Violin
Dr. Eric Jenkins, Pianohttps://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2907/thumbnail.jp
John Mazurek, tuba
Full text linkJohn Mazurek, tuba
Jihye Song, pianohttps://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2905/thumbnail.jp