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From Tossed to Talked About: Crafting Change Through PR
No full textIn Spring 2025, three students in Belmont University’s Public Relations Campaigns course at Belmont University formed Green Team PR, and partnered with Turnip Green Creative Reuse to develop and implement a campaign for the organization. The intention behind this partnership was to benefit a local organization and spread awareness to the greater Nashville community about their efforts in sustainability and accessibility to art. The team organized and implemented an on-campus donation drive for art materials, planned and hosted a WELL Core event to raise awareness of the organization among students, wrote news releases for the organization, and developed social media content. Success of the campaign will be measured by attendance at the WELL Core event, weight in pounds of donated materials, and social media engagement
Panic! At the Supreme Court
Full text linkThe Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) has led to a decrese in public trust for the institution. This piece looks at whether there has been an increase in ideologically conservative decisions on the High Court, as well as whether the role of institutional factors has gone down. The literature has previously held that institutional factors have a consistent hold on the Court and are some of the best predictors on how the Court will vote cases. However in recent years academics have been increasingly arguing that it based on partisanship and that the ideology of who appointed the justice is a better way of predicting how the judge will vote. They argue that because the most recently republican appointed justices being from the federalist society will mean that they will have more homogenous voting patterns. By looking at the Supreme Court Database I will analyze voting patterns of the Supreme Court between 2014-2024, which saw two presidencies of different partisan affiliation. By seeing the partisan voting patterns I can better understand how the recently appointed justices have shifted and see if they have contributed to the Supreme Court having a more republican shift. Finally I will see how the role of the Solicitor General has played into this by seeing how much the Supreme Court has continued to listen to the advice of them as they previously did. This is all important to see whether the Court has in fact gone more ideologically conservative and, perhaps more importantly, whether there are institutional factors that still constrain it
Improving Same-day Access To Highly Effective Contraceptives In Middle Tennessee
Full text linkBackground and Rationale: Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) are highly effective at preventing pregnancy at 99%. A two-visit protocol is a known barrier to access. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends same-day placement to increase access to LARC. A Step Ahead Middle Tennessee (ASA) is a non-profit organization partnered with Belmont University that provides free, long-acting reversible contraceptives. However, most ASA clinical partners offer services with a two-visit protocol, and there is no process to identify patient preference for same-day placement.
Purpose: The primary purpose of this phased quality improvement project was to facilitate timely same-day LARC placement for women who stated a clear preference for a single visit.
Project Design: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Model for Improvement was utilized as a framework for this QI project. Three key change ideas were implemented in April 2024. This included early identification of patient preference for same-day placement, adjustment of call script, intake forms, and addition of a post-appointment survey.
Outcomes: Between April and October of 2024, 57% (n=115) of clients opted for same-day placement. 43% (n=87) opted for a two-visit protocol. Timely reproductive care was provided regardless of patient preference, with all clients receiving their desired appointment in approximately one month.
Implications for Practice: Increased clinical capacity is an essential next step toward accommodating patient preference for same-day placement and ensuring timely access to the most effective contraception. Additionally, a cost-effectiveness analysis of a two-visit protocol versus same-day placement may support clinical workflow and scheduling changes
Sensory Space: Redefining Accessibility based on Lived Experience
No full textDisabled individuals often must exert far more energy than most to complete everyday tasks, and business locations are often less accessible than they claim to be online, exacerbating that issue. Over 25% of US adults are disabled, and more will become disabled during their lives, making this problem relevant to many. To address this disparity in location accessibility information, this project has focused on creating a prototype website designed with disabled users in mind, providing accessibility information targeting their specific needs based on customer reviews rather than business claims. This project integrates reviews and business information collected using web-scraping techniques, reviews and business information from open-source datasets of various review platforms, and feedback from disabled individuals as to what they would like to see on a review website designed for them
FERPA Uncovered: What You Need to Know About Student Privacy
Full text linkFERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, plays a crucial role in protecting the privacy of student educational records. In this presentation, we will explore how FERPA influences the handling of educational data across various fields, why it’s important for all stakeholders to be aware of, and the potential penalties for non-compliance. This session is designed to provide valuable insights for students, parents, staff, and professionals in government and education, emphasizing the importance of data privacy in today’s digital world. Get ready for a session that will shed light on how privacy law shapes the way we protect personal data in the government and education sectors
MovieQueue: Leveraging Graph Databases to Build Recommender Systems
Full text linkIn the era of abundant streaming content, viewers often face choice overload and inefficient recommendation systems limited to isolated platforms. MovieQueue is a graph-based, cross-platform movie recommender system built on a Neo4j knowledge graph and integrated with an interactive Streamlit application. Leveraging both user-specific ratings and extensive movie metadata — including genres, cast, crew, runtime, release year, and audience engagement — the system provides tailored recommendations grounded in content similarity and social context. Users receive recommendations not only based on genre overlap but also through shared actors, directors, and composers with previously highly-rated films, alongside filters for explicit genre selection. A weighted scoring model prioritizes factors such as shared collaborators, movie popularity (vote count), and average rating to deliver more meaningful suggestions. Explanations accompany each recommendation to improve transparency and user trust. The system aims to address the limitations of conventional recommender systems by emphasizing user control, explainability, and rich relational data. MovieQueue demonstrates the potential of graph databases in recommendation tasks and opens new avenues for research into user-centric, explainable AI in media consumption
Piper Jones: A Cabaret
No full textThis is a 30-minute performance to fulfill requirements for a History of Cabaret course with Bruce Bennett. Song selections will include music from my upcoming album and other songs and focus on the art of cabaret\u27s use of storytelling through music. 1. Rain 2. I Wish You Love 3. I Said No 4. Caught Up In The Rapture 5. Killing Me Softly 6. But Beautifu
Enhancing and Highlighting Digital Literacy: A Tool for Credibility Assessment
No full textWith the increasing prevalence of misinformation and biased content, evaluating the credibility of online information has become more challenging This project aims to develop a Google Chrome extension that allows users to highlight text and receive a bias and credibility assessment via an API-powered analysis. The extension features a pop-up UI to trigger both functions. Designed for ease of use, it aims to enhance critical engagement with digital content, benefiting researchers and students. Future developments could include refining API accuracy, integrating multiple credibility sources, and expanding language support to improve the tool’s performance across different content formats
Psychology Evaluating the Therapeutic Potential of Scents on Anxiety, Depression, and Relaxation
No full textWeir (2011) discusses the physiological response to essential oils that highlights how smell profoundly influences cognition and emotion. This reinforces the idea that aromatherapy can be an effective non-invasive intervention for mood disorders, aligning with my research objectives to assess the impact of various scents on anxiety and depression symptoms. The purpose of the current project is to investigate the effects of scents used in aromatherapy, specifically orange and lavender, on anxiety, depression, and relaxation among participants. Each participant was assigned to one of three groups that were common belief, research, and the control group. In each condition the participants were either told nothing, what research says the scents do, and what common belief says the effects of the scents are, respectively, before the aromatherapy as they took a survey to check their baseline emotional levels. After the aromatherapy they took the same surveys again for the state of their depression, anxiety, or relaxation levels to see if the aromatherapy alleviated the symptoms it was supposed to. The first hypothesis is that participants that were exposed to the scent of lavender will report significantly higher relaxation and lower depression levels compared to their baseline measurements. The second hypothesis is that participants exposed to the scent of orange will report significantly lower levels of anxiety and depression compared to their baseline measurements. The last hypothesis posits that across the two scents, participants in the ‘scientific literature exposure’ group will experience the greatest change between their pre- and post-scent exposure responses, as compared to the ‘common assumptions’ and control conditions. The Anova for the scent showed a slightly significant change for the depressive symptoms with both scents. The lavender group changed more and is approaching significance which shows that it is showing more change than the orange group in the depressive symptoms. Overall, there was no difference in change scores across the manipulations meaning there was no difference between the control group, common belief, and research group. However, the lack of differences between the groups exposed to different types of information (common belief, research, or control) indicates that prior knowledge or expectations about aromatherapy did not influence the participants\u27 emotional responses. These results could have broader implications for the use of aromatherapy as a complementary treatment for mood disorders, particularly in settings where non-invasive and easily accessible interventions are desired