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Impacts of Climate Change. They have only just begun.
No full textEach year we are seeing more and more impacts from climate change. Dr. Young’s presentation will explain why we are seeing these impacts and what we can expect in the future. Dr. Young will also discuss his recent research about climate change in New England and will end the talk highlighting climate change education and activities by Salem State University students
Charlotte Nichols Saunders Horner, trailblazing botanist
Full text linkWhile little known within today’s botanical community, Charlotte Nichols Saunders Horner (July 5, 1823 - July 18, 1906) was among the most highly accomplished American botanists of her time. Active during a fertile period for botany, this adventurous woman rose to become an expert on the plants of the Northeast United States and Colorado. She was one of only a handful of women in the Northeast United States to publish in scientific journals during this period, the first woman to give a scientific talk for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society which had been active for more than 50 years, and the first person to be awarded its silver medal for native plants. An active collector for longer than 30 years, more than 1300 of Horner’s herbarium specimens still exist and add value to more than a dozen scientific collections. Unusually for a woman of her time, she was paid for her expertise through her highly successful academic botanical supply business. Charlotte Horner’s contributions continue to influence science at an international scale
Reflections from the Guest Editorial Team: The Impact of COVID-19 on Preparing Future Helping Professionals and on Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups and Communities (Issue 2)
Full text linkIn this Guest Editorial, we introduce the second of two special issues of Reflections focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on professional education and practice. In this issue, authors in the professions of social work, nursing, gerontology, public health, and education offer endless insights into the impact of COVID-19 on students, educators, and field practice experience as well as on their personal and professional lives. Reflecting on their lived experiences, authors share the strategies they used to adapt to an ever-changing world during the COVID-19 pandemic. The important topics of shared or collective trauma and resiliency are explored from a variety of perspectives
A Professor’s Reflection: What the Pandemic is Teaching Us About the Importance of Deconstructing Professionalism
Full text linkThis narrative is an account of my experiences as a professor, teaching remotely during a pandemic. It addresses the impacts that COVID-19 has had on students, shifting how we prepare students to enter the helping professions. I incorporate my personal experiences of how I modified my teaching practices to support students, and in doing so, realized that the ways in which we have historically prepared students to enter the helping professions may no longer be applicable. This narrative examines professionalism and its usefulness for the social work profession, and how the pandemic has challenged us to consider the role of professionalism and how it may contribute to the inhibition of authentic engagement. This is a critical turning point for helping professions to examine outdated practices and explore incorporating inclusive practices that promote authenticity. This narrative discusses the need to deconstruct professionalism and promote the importance of authentic engagement
Cilia, diseases, and organelle assembly - Leeuwenhoek’s ‘little legs’ in the spotlight
No full textCilia are hair-like structures extending from many cell types including single-celled organisms and cells throughout the human body. Multiple human diseases, the ciliopathies, are caused by defective cilia. In recent decades, much underlying ultrastructural and biochemical complexity of these important organelles has been discovered, but many questions remain unanswered. Dr. Brown will discuss cilia assembly, the ciliopathies, and the work he and his students have been doing to understand the mechanism of cilia gene regulation
Pathways To Success: Guidelines For New And Established Employees
No full textThis project focused on new and established Patient Service Representative (PSR) employees, with the intent to improve the necessary resources for them to succeed in their roles. Through a survey, we were able to determine the concerns and needs of the PSRs. By collecting this information, new guidelines were established, and the needs of the office were refocused while still concentrating on the areas in which more help and assistance was needed. The resource binder that was developed as a result of this project will help PSR employees become more independent, successful, and self-driven to handle the daily workload of the office
Student Reflections on Field Education During COVID-19: One Year Later
Full text linkThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected social work education, particularly field education. This article reflects upon field education of student research assistants doing their practica during COVID-19, comparing those perspectives to those of students surveyed one year ago. The research assistants worked on a national online survey conducted in July 2020 by the Transforming the Field Education Landscape (TFEL) partnership. The survey obtained responses from 367 BSW and MSW students. The article outlines five major student themes: social isolation, mental health, quality of learning, financial concerns, and a sense of fear and uncertainty. It juxtaposes these concerns with reflections by the TFEL student research assistants—each research assistant reflecting on one concern that resonated with them—to demonstrate their continued relevance to student practica one year later
How a Pandemic-Inspired Video-Based Assignment Made Me a Better Teacher
Full text linkI wrote this reflection in response to the whirlwind of stress and emotion I felt as I started a new teaching job and simultaneously rode the waves of clinical and academic turmoil at the beginning stages of the pandemic. Writing the initial reflection was a way for me to process what I was experiencing; bringing my insights to the literature base allowed me to see a more universal version of my ideas. Finally, consolidating my experiences into the more aspirational notion that what was happening within the health care system was ultimately a crucible for change was transformative for me as an educator and a person
Today, the Proclivities of Individual Rule: The Problem of the Supreme Court and How to Fix It
Full text linkSince 2016, the Supreme Court has become dominated by right-wing justices, nominated specifically by the Republican Party to ensure conservative political wins through the court system. These justices have been handing down partisan decisions from the nation's highest court, resulting in a legitimacy crisis and an erosion of our democracy. Expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court is the most effective way of addressing this crisis as it is clearly within the powers of Congress and has a fair amount of support among congressional Democrats.Political Scienc
Examining The Link Between Attachment Styles, Individual Resiliency, And COVID-19 Effects On Salem State Students
Full text linkThis study investigates the link between attachment style, resiliency through challenges, and COVID-19 pandemic outcomes in a sample of 53 Salem State University students. Past research has identified the importance of attachment style as how humans securely or insecurely tether to each other. The study hypothesized that students' attachment style would be related to COVID-19 experiences and coping strategies during the pandemic. Salem State students currently enrolled in psychology courses and the honors program were recruited via email. Those willing to participate were asked to rate themselves first on attachment style (their perceived relationships with others and self-worth) using a Likert scale (Iwanaga et al, 2020). The second section contained statements pulled from the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (Sherman, 2020) concerning worries about the COVID-19 virus infection, spread, and aftermath. An open-response question was included concerning students' strategies that helped them manage their mental health and how these strategies may have changed throughout the pandemic. The results from correlation analyses revealed that items on the COVID-19 response scale were not significantly correlated with their overall attachment score. Nonetheless, the descriptive findings are beneficial to faculty and staff to comprehend students' individual struggles and strategies.Psycholog