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Carlos Monsiváis, \u3cem\u3eFatefully, Faithfully Feminist. A Critical History of Women, Patriarchy, and Mexican National Discourse\u3c/em\u3e, Nashville: Vanderbilt University, 2024
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The Impact of True Crime Podcasts on Cold Case Investigations and Victims\u27 Advocacy
No full textTrue crime has long captivated public interest, evolving from sensationalized accounts in the Middle Ages to the widespread popularity of modern podcasts. This qualitative study explores the ethical complexities of true crime media by examining how it intersects with criminal investigations, public perception, and victim advocacy. Through in-depth interviews with law enforcement officers, victim advocates, and true crime content creators, the study investigates differing attitudes toward the role of podcasts in active and cold cases. Using Colaizzi’s (1978) phenomenological method, data were analyzed to uncover shared and divergent themes across professional roles. Law enforcement participants voiced concerns over web- sleuthing and misinformation, urging content creators to proceed with caution and respect for ongoing investigations. Meanwhile, podcast hosts reported navigating ethical tensions between storytelling, research integrity, and empathy for victims’ families. Victim advocates emphasized the potential for both harm and healing in media representation. As true crime podcasting continues to influence public discourse and case visibility, this research highlights the need for ethically informed media practices and cross-disciplinary dialogue
Intersectional competence in educator preparation
No full textIn this chapter, four teacher educators situated in special education examine the role that intersectional competence plays in their work. In conversation with the notion of intercultural competence–and with the other authors of this volume–we highlight how the Black feminist notion of intersectionality serves to support teaching collaboration across differences. We summarize the literature of those who apply and refer to intersectional competence in educational research since Mildred Boveda first named the intersectional competence construct. We then revisit experiences from our work in university-based teacher education programs in the United States. We conclude the chapter by offering suggestions for how to enact intersectional competence when engaged in intercultural educational exchanges
Law School News: A Quiet Success Story: RWU Law\u27s Enduring Partnership with the Center for Justice 01-09-2026
No full textA transcriptomic atlas of adult tissues of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus identifies early transitions in gonadogenesis
No full textSea urchins have been a well-used model of fertilization and of the molecular biology of embryonic development. Our understanding of the molecular identity of adult tissues, on the other hand, has lagged significantly, a deficiency all too apparent following recent successes in mutational analyses in transgenerational studies. Here we present molecular analyses of gonadogenesis, with particular reference to developmental features emerging when a juvenile first begins to make eggs and sperm. We observed great variation in developmental time to reach fertility in Lytechinus variegatus, with the earliest gamete-producing adult at 4.5 months post-fertilization. Instead of age, or just size, we find the mass to test size ratio of 120 mg/mm test diameter is far more predictive of sexual maturity. Body size is also correlated with external developmental metrics of secondary spine formation, and opening of the gonadopores. In young juveniles, we identify an internal sac-like structure that by both morphological and transcriptomic analysis appears to be an indeterminant gonad that transitions into an ovary or testis. We follow this development into adulthood and compare the transcriptomes of these developing sacs and gonads to transcriptomes of all 16 major tissues of the adult. This result reveals a broad definition of the tissue types in a sea urchin, and displays genes that are differentially enriched, and/or specifically expressed by each tissue. Ovaries of developing juveniles and of adults show the greatest number of differentially expressed genes compared to all other tissues. These datasets serve as a guide for gene selection in traditional CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis, for design of integrated transposase reporters, and for parsing out specific functions in tissues that in combination give this animal its unique attributes
