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Dispute Resolution Themes Abound in “Hamilton: An American Musical”
Get PDFRobust dispute resolution themes run through Hamilton: An American Musical, Lin Manuel-Miranda\u27s award-winning Broadway play about the United States\u27 first treasury secretary. Many songs in Hamilton revolve around dispute resolution mechanisms that weave throughout Hamilton\u27s life
Janus, Union Member Speech, and the Public Employee Speech Doctrine
Get PDFIn Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (“AFSCME”), the Supreme Court held that public sector unions can no longer collect fees from nonmembers to fund the costs of representing them in collective bargaining and grievance proceedings. The Court determined that virtually all union speech is political speech and that collection of these fees is impermissible compelled speech under the First Amendment. However, not everything in Janus harms public union interests. The Janus Court’s discussion of Garcetti v. Cabellos and Connick v. Myers actually helps protect union member speech in the context of First Amendment retaliation cases. This Article argues that, after Janus, speech by union representatives on behalf of their union is not “employee speech” under Garcetti and is almost always a matter of public concern under Connick. Further, this Article argues that ordinary union member speech and union grievance filings are not “employee speech” either. In support of the latter, this Article also looks to the Supreme Court’s decision in Lane v. Franks as well as the nature of union membership generally
Empowering Representations of Impairing Mental Illnesses in the Media: Investigating Mental Health Narratives Through Song
Get PDFThe Sounds Behind the Scenes: An Analysis of Sound and Music in The Shining and Bridget Jones’ Diary
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Magical Thinking and Trusts
Get PDFAt a time of monumental economic inequality in the United States, wealthy individuals and their tax-motivated behavior have come under significant scrutiny from all corners. In 2019, the Supreme Court issued its first major ruling in over sixty years on the state income taxation of trusts. In North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, the Court declined to close what some critics consider to be a major loophole that benefits the trusts that wealthy individuals create for family members. This Article makes two principal claims—one interpretative and the other normative. This Article explains why the Court’s decision in Kaestner Trust is correct as a matter of law. Just as trusts themselves are a type of magical thinking—legal fictions made real by law—so, too, is the hope that the judicial branch can play an active role in limiting the use of trusts by the wealthy. Because judges cannot disregard centuries of trust jurisprudence, critics of family trusts instead have directed their attention mostly to the tax law. This Article suggests that reformation of the substantive law of trusts might help achieve reform, as well. Through the prism of a reimagined legal landscape for trusts—by engaging in a different exercise in magical thinking—one can differentiate those aspects of family trusts that serve salutary legal or social purposes from those that serve primarily to preserve and protect wealth. This analysis has important implications for the larger cultural conversation about trusts. Examining how trusts operate and considering what limitations, if any, a just society might impose on them opens the way for identifying allies in the effort to narrow the wealth gap. Reducing wealth inequality is crucial so that all people will have some means of pursuing their personal ideals of social, political, and economic fulfillment
The Experience of Sexual Harassment on Dating Applications
No full textFor years, technology has facilitated communication between individuals and young adults have started to use dating applications to meet new people. While this technology has multiple benefits, there are some problems with it as well. Unfortunately, sexual harassment can and does occur on these dating applications. Workplace and street sexual harassment has been linked with negative psychological outcomes. This study examined the frequency and relationship between sexual harassment and the use of dating applications. Individuals between the ages of 18-35 years completed a questionnaire regarding their experience of sexual harassment on dating applications. In addition, depression, self-esteem, and self-objectification were evaluated in response to sexual harassment. It was hypothesized that sexual harassment would mediate the relationship between dating app usage and various internalizing symptoms. Results indicate that more women than men experience sexual harassment online. Additionally, it was found that experiencing sexual harassment is related to an increase in depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem. Finally, it was revealed that sexual harassment mediated the relationship between dating app usage and self-esteem and depression. No significant results were found concerning self-objectification. This study will help future researchers understand important aspects of cyber sexual harassment when developing possible interventions, which will possibly give women the tools to combat sexual harassment
Racial Microaggressions, Psychological Well-Being, and Ethnic Identification among People of Color in the U.S.
No full textRacial microaggressions are common, everyday slights and insults that have been associated with greater adverse psychological symptoms among people of color. Ethnic identification is the sense of belonging and connection people have with their ethnic group, which has been associated with greater psychological well-being among people of color. Research findings have been mixed about whether ethnic identification serves as a buffering moderator of effects of microaggressions on psychological outcomes. Further, many studies examining the impact of racial microaggressions have focused on adolescent or college student samples and members of one particular racial/ethnic group, with less work focused on adults of different racial/ethnic backgrounds. Continuing to explore associations among experiences of racial microaggressions, ethnic identification,-and mental health outcomes among adults of color from different racial/ethnic backgrounds is important to understanding how best to intervene to support people of color both in society at large as well as in clinical settings. In the following study, I explored racial/ethnic differences in experiences of racial microaggressions as well as associations of those experiences with well-being indicators (i.e., anger, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction) among a sample of adults of color living in the U.S. Further, I tested whether ethnic identification plays a buffering role as a moderator of associations of experiences of racial microaggressions with well-being outcomes. I hypothesized that people of color who experience more racial microaggressions would have poorer well-being (i.e., greater anger, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms, as well as lower life satisfaction), that ethnic identifiation would be associated with greater well-being, and that ethnic identification would buffer individuals from the adverse consequences of microaggressions for well-being. This study utilized linear regression and bootstrap moderation -analyses to test these hypotheses.Mostly consistent with hypotheses, racial microaggressions were associated with great anger, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms, but were not associated with life satisfaction. Inconsistent with hypotheses, ethnic identification did not moderate any associations of racial microaggressions with psychological well-being symptoms, and ethnic identification was also directly associated with greater anger and depressive symptoms. Additionally, racial/ethnic group differences were found in mean levels of different types of microaggressions experienced, aswell as in associations of microaggressions with mental health outcomes, helping to understand the different consequences of racial microaggressions for diverse groups. Findings can inform societal and clinical interventions aimed at supporting well-being among people of color in the U.S.Keywords: anger, anxiety, depression, discrimination, ethnic identication, life satisfaction, racial microaggressions, racism, well-bein
Dynamic Histogram Measurement for Time-Series Brain Signal Classification
No full textPattern classification based on time-series signals has attracted considerable attention in various domains. The conventional feature extraction approach used to extract statistical parameters from raw data has two drawbacks. One is the problem of lost information when patterns are represented by statistical parameter vectors. The other drawback is that statistical parameter vectors treat raw signal data as distributions, which do not capture dynamic information. Previous studies have identified that matching histograms perform better than matching vectors of statistical parameters extracted from raw data. Numerous other studies have explored how dynamic information can be captured. The main contribution of this thesis is to combine two approaches and suggest a better model. A Dynamic Histogram Measurement (DHM) for signal data is proposed, and the superiority of the new approach is assessed both theoretically and experimentally on electroencephalography (EEG) applications. The secondary contributions of this study include: (i) a comprehensive survey of EEG signal features, (ii) channel evaluation for EEG sensor placement, and (iii) a new database collection. The secondary contributions support the DHM approach to solving the proposed classification proble