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Faculty Community-Engaged Scholars Choosing to Come and Stay: Alignment Between Individual and Institutional Identities and Values
No full textReimagined Intercultural Land Use: Assessment in Dorchester, Massachusetts’ Cultural Neighborhood
Get PDFThe significance of land use policy entails the key areas of land use planning, infrastructure development, and urban sprawl. Situated in a densely populated area with a large waterfront, the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts is a community with immense potential to revolutionize the urban landscape. The artistic movements from cultural influences within the city are growing which shows clear benefits to increased placemaking through community events. Artistic works are a tool for engaged advocacy for social justice in both informal and formal settings. This project proposes a series of three sustainable art digital projects that will illuminate land justice issues. Using the art projects as a model, four interviews were conducted with leaders at community organizations who work in the Dorchester and Greater Boston area. The interviewees gave feedback that demonstrated positive comments, concerns, along with land use creative ideas for future redevelopment. The interview led to ideas on how this project could potentially adapt to fit the technological era with social justice advocacy. As a guide for future land use policy investigations this project could bring a spotlight on redevelopment of land infrastructure. Further research could involve gathering feedback from diverse creatives who represent marginalized cultures before implementing the model
Mental Health Outcomes Among Latinx Immigrants in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review
Get PDFImmigrants face stressors that are unique to the migration experience and can cause or exacerbate mental health outcomes. The Latinx immigrant population in the United States is less likely to utilize mental health services and is more likely to have poorer mental health outcomes. The underutilization of mental health services and the negative consequences of untreated mental health issues among Latinx immigrants underscore the pressing need for further research to guide interventions and care models. This systematic literature review evaluates recent studies on the impact of immigration and acculturation on mental health outcomes and mental health service use among the immigrant Latinx population in the US. Acculturative stress is one of the persistent and exacerbating issues that Latinx immigrants may face as a result of their immigration process and subsequent adaptation. Results show that higher acculturation gap conflicts were linked to increased depressive symptoms. The most influential acculturative stressors were marital, family, and occupation/economic stress. The implications of this review indicate that further focus on acculturative stress can potentially guide future outreach to the Latinx immigrant population, which can improve mental health outcomes and behavioral health service use
ERA Now?
Get PDFThis project explores the complex history, failure, and near success of the ERA. It also explores contemporary challenges, and potential benefits of passing the ERA today.https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/rcac_2024_posters/1002/thumbnail.jp
The Power of Community in Inspiring and Pushing Youth into Higher Education as a Means of Improvement
Get PDFThis research highlighted family and community members’ role in supporting student success in Higher Education. I analyzed four cases/organizations/communities that had been effective in their efforts to support student success. I conducted a meta-analysis of organizations that had programs in place to drive student success. Lack of support from parents, teachers, schools and neighborhoods all seemed to contribute to a lack of belief in student success both at the personal level and the community level. In the neighborhoods studied, inadequate academic preparation and stability, and the lack of a support system often persisted into young adulthood, making the opportunities for transition to college extremely difficult. To address this, the organizations analyzed all involved and required help from the larger community to provide student services that were successful in driving student success, yet all were providing these services differently. One was community-based and two worked directly in the school setting. All worked in urban communities. All three organizations also utilized supportive nonparental adults or ‘near peers” from students’ everyday lives (i.e., mentors). Those growing relationships influenced student’ positive developmental outcomes, participation in school activities, and a feeling of belonging and being a part of their school
Regional Seismic Velocity Model for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains Based on Measured Shear Wave Velocity, Sediment Thickness, and Surface Geology
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Influence of sediment thickness and reference condition on ground motion amplification in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains
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