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LGBTJ: The Queer Camp Experience, Cataloging the Experiences of LGBTQ+ Jews at Jewish Summer Camp
No full textFor decades, Jewish young people have spent their summers at sleep away camps. This paper focuses on the experiences of LGBTQ+ campers at Jewish sleep away summer camps in the United States through ethnographic research methods including anonymous surveys and one-on-one interviews. This project seeks to understand and uncover the systems and structures which have made Jewish summer camps socially and emotionally difficult spaces for queer-identifying campers. As an institution, the Jewish camping movement seeks to maintain Jewish tradition and culture by raising Jewish young people who will become the “Jewish future”. In doing so, they unknowingly allow for the perpetuation of heteronormativity and cisnormativity thus ostracizing their queer campers and not giving them the capacity to grow and develop into Jewish adults to the same degree as their cisgender and heterosexual peers. Social conditions such as a strong presence of hookup culture and gender binary can have significant influence on queer campers. This paper argues that Jewish summer camps have the responsibility to develop an environment which fosters inclusion and helps queer campers to feel appreciated and understand that they belong at camp and in the wider Jewish community
Integration of Attended Visual Stimuli Influence Ambiguous Auditory Rhythm Perception
No full textMultisensory integration refers to the process of integration of information from different sensory modalities in our nervous system. Studies have shown a strong multisensory connection between body movement and rhythm perception. Additionally, an auditory advantage has been shown in temporal discrimination tasks. Our research project focuses on the multisensory integration of visual and auditory modalities in temporal discrimination tasks. In our experiment, visual stimuli are presented as waltz or march simulations of a bouncing ball, and auditory stimuli are presented as ambiguous and unambiguous rhythmic sequences of groups of three or two. Our goal is to investigate the impact of visual beat simulations on the likelihood to interpret ambiguous audio rhythms more as waltz or march. Psychophysics data has been collected from the participants and is currently being investigated for further analysis
A Snapshot of Academic Job Placements in Linguistics in the US and Canada
No full textMost people working in the field of linguistics in the US and Canada have an intuitive sense of who the major players are among PhD-granting linguistics departments. Our analysis demonstrates that the frequently-perceived hierarchy of linguistics programs is indeed correct. Drawing on publicly available information from Winter/Spring, 2019 on faculty at all PhD-granting linguistics programs across the US and Canada, we use social network and heat map visualizations to demonstrate the existence of an extraordinarily strong and relatively stable hierarchy of programs whose graduates dominate the linguistics academic job market. A secondary finding is that many of the top programs are characterized by gender imbalances. We argue that the top programs\u27 tremendous influence on the job market as a whole affords these programs the ability - indeed, the responsibility - to take the lead in effecting positive change in the field\u27s hiring patterns more broadly
Do circulating ovarian hormones affect cocaine-induced impulsivity?
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Music as Capitalist Icon
No full textThis paper criticizes interpreters who appeal to structural homologies in making claims about the meaning of (classical instrumental) music. Such appeals are prevalent in Marxist and post-Marxist musical aesthetics, where structural correspondences between music and society are accorded great significance, and their prevalence can be traced to Adorno’s use of (what this paper calls) “semantically ambitious homologies,” which can be traced to Freud’s use of them. I lay out this genealogy and argue that homology-based musical semantics, as it has been customarily practiced, is a nonstarter
L-Rhamnose Globally Changes the Transcriptome of Planktonic and Biofilm \u3ci\u3eEscherichia coli\u3c/i\u3e Cells and Modulates Biofilm Growth
No full textL-rhamnose, a naturally abundant sugar, plays diverse biological roles in bacteria, influencing biofilm formation and pathogenesis. This study investigates the global impact of L-rhamnose on the transcriptome and biofilm formation of PHL628 E. coli under various experimental conditions. We compared growth in planktonic and biofilm states in rich (LB) and minimal (M9) media at 28 degrees C and 37 degrees C, with varying concentrations of L-rhamnose or D-glucose as a control. Our results reveal that L-rhamnose significantly affects growth kinetics and biofilm formation, particularly reducing biofilm growth in rich media at 37 degrees C. Transcriptomic analysis through RNA-seq showed that L-rhamnose modulates gene expression differently depending on the temperature and media conditions, promoting a planktonic state by upregulating genes involved in rhamnose transport and metabolism and downregulating genes related to adhesion and biofilm formation. These findings highlight the nuanced role of L-rhamnose in bacterial adaptation and survival, providing insight into potential applications in controlling biofilm-associated infections and industrial biofilm management
“Yo, la peor de todas”: Mujerista Theology and the Life and Legacy of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
No full textIn Latine culture, religion dominates nearly every aspect of daily life, so much so that it has become an intrinsic feature of our traditions and identity. But what happens when our culture also adopts and perpetuates the oppressive and patriarchal traits that are elemental to certain religious ideologies? Considered by scholars such as Robert C. Romero to be the first female leader of the Brown Church, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz navigated and confronted these realities daily as a Mexican nun in the 17th century. As a feminist pioneer in all regards, Sor Juana bravely defied cultural gender norms and pursued her educational passions for the arts and sciences in a machista society that believed a woman was to be submissive and docile. Mujerista theology, a framework developed by Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, centers the daily lived experiences and social justice work done by women within their communities and religious institutions. In this presentation, I explore Sor Juana’s complicated relationship and role within the Catholic church and in this way shed light on the way in which mujeres experience and navigate their latindad by applying a Mujerista theological lens. While Sor Juana passed away, forced to condemn herself as “la peor de todas”, her legacy has inspired many of us to repeat this same phrase boldly and unapologetically in her honor
Making the grade: Student perceptions of labor-based contract grading
No full textThis study explores student perceptions of, and experiences with, labor-based contracting grading-an approach to student assessment that values labor rather than quality. In theory, labor-based contract grading reduces teacher bias and challenges inequities maintained by traditional grading. A qualitative content analysis of anonymous online surveys was conducted to gain insights from students on its effectiveness. These surveys revealed the following themes: decrease in stress, promotion of risk taking, pursuit of own passions, course clarity, fairer system, and decrease in effort. Understanding how students perceive labor-based contract grading, including its possibilities and limitations, can better inform instructors on best practices if considering adopting such an assessment approach