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A Special and Terrible Irony: Hunger on Iowa\u27s Farms during the Agricultural Crisis of the 1980s
Get PDFNaegele\u27s Guide to the Only Good Architecture in Iowa
Get PDFReview of: Naegele’s Guide to the Only Good Architecture in Iowa, by Daniel Naegele
How the West Was Drawn: Mapping, Indians, and the Construction of the Trans-Mississippi West
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Scientific Futures for a Rhetoric of Science: We do this and they do that? A Junior-Senior Scholar Session, RSA 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; 1 June 2018
Get PDFGrowing attention to a rift between epistemology and ontology, between words and things, sets new challenges and invigorations for a Rhetoric of Science that traditionally aims to “analyze and evaluate the persuasive communications of scientists” (Ceccarelli, 2017, para 6). Rhetoricians confront a vibrant, new intellectual space where scholars across disciplines are seeking to better account for bodies and moving to “include the materiality of our ambient environs” in their analyses (Rickert, 2013, p. x). The question, in light of material expansions, is what is a Rhetoric of Science, and what are its futures?
In response to the Rhetoric Society of America’s 2018 conference call for junior and senior scholars to discuss “major developments in rhetorical studies,” we offer a Feyerabendian innovation-meets-dogma performative session: the junior scholar, representing innovation, argues that Rhetoric of Science must move aggressively beyond a study of texts and scientific language to account for continuous technological, social, and biological entanglements; specifically, to expand the field’s practices to include neuro-cognitive approaches and other forms of experiment. The senior scholar, representing dogma, expresses caution, arguing that the domain of a Rhetoric of Science is still symbols and semiosis; specifically, that looking at “ambient rhetorics” and “entanglements” is another approach, not a foundational shift
Mirror Mirror, Perfected: Digital Rendering of Sissy\u27s Bedroom
No full textThe design for Sissy’s bedroom served as both the audience’s insight into the mind of the character and also a catered to the unique needs of the short film. As Sissy is a dancer, there are several complex modern dance sequences in the film. The design for this set had to serve as both the dance studio for a young woman trying to gain a social media following but also the personal oasis for the character. I achieved this by integrating set dressing which explored the character’s obsessive nature with pragmatic details, like using a wood flooring to create a space for dance and exploration. The walls of this set are populated with dance awards and recognition, as well as personal trinkets and mood boards which speak to the character’s aspirations.https://ir.uiowa.edu/scenic_design/1083/thumbnail.jp
Understanding the Impact: The Iowa Edge Program and African American Students in Higher Education
Get PDFThe objective of this study was to determine if certain interventions made by the Iowa Edge program influenced their success and persistence of African American students who went through the Iowa Edge program. The hypothesis of this study is that African American students who participated in the Iowa Edge program were retained at higher rate because of the different mechanisms of the Iowa Edge program.
The study used qualitative data that was retrieved through in-person interviews with participants. Participants were between the ages of 18 and 24, identified as African American/Black, were University of Iowa students, and previous participants of the Iowa Edge program. This study focused on assessing whether certain mechanisms such as peer mentors, resource, and social support/network of the Iowa Edge program led to successful outcomes for participants of the Iowa Edge program. Participant interviews were audio recorded and then transcribed for coding. Transcripts were coded, and themes were presented.
The results suggest that overall the mechanisms within the Iowa Edge program assisted students in being successful through their first semester after the Iowa Edge program and led to successful outcomes for African American students. There is, however, variation in the positive effect of such mechanisms. Additionally, certain mechanisms of the Iowa Edge program were viewed as not helpful for some participants. Adding in institutional data from the University of Iowa with the mechanisms of the Iowa Edge, the results support the hypothesis stating that Iowa Edge program leads to successful outcomes for African American students with some variation in response to the generalized approach of the Iowa Edge program
Affective and Cognitive Correlates of Interpersonal Dependency in Neurologic Populations
Get PDFThis project investigates the relationships between some of the interpersonal traits and neuropsychological functions which are observed to deviate following brain insult, with a focus on patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. More specifically, this study investigated the associations of interpersonal dependency with anxiety, depression, and executive function (due to their documented relationship to the temporal lobe and their subservience as simple, direct measures of quality of life) following assorted brain insults. Results displayed strong associations and comorbidity between these traits, yet no strong predictive or causal evidence, leading us to reaffirm the concept of the Temporolimbic Personality, as described in separate studies by Aycicegi-Dinn and Trimble, which suggests that these traits coexist in a psychopathologic web of symptoms. Results also showed the efficacy of the temporal lobectomy in curtailing the progressive deterioration of function within these behavioral domains. Within the context of clinical neuropsychological populations, this study provided strong evidence of relationships between these characteristics. Thus, findings suggested that interpersonal dependency should be studied as an area of focus in therapy and interventions to improve the quality of life of neurologic populations
Exhibiting Power: Proto-Museological Origins in the Empires of Antiquity
Get PDFWhile scholars date the earliest museums to the 15th and16th centuries CE, there is evidence that institutions of collection, preservation, and the public display of artifacts existed beginning as far back as the 12th century BCE. From the war-spoils brought to Susa by the Elamite monarch Shutruk-Nahkunte I in 1158 BCE to the peristyle gardens of Imperial Roman villas, the origins of museum culture can be traced through the major empires of antiquity. This thesis examines specific Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman sites for evidence that could qualify them as early proto-museums, as well as overall cultures of collection and display within empires. This thesis also addresses proto-museological themes in antiquity by examining material and literary evidence in an attempt to refute the idea that the museum is a modern colonialist construction