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Disentangling Trait Affect From Situational Affect in the Prediction of Academic Major Satisfaction
Get PDFThis study clarifies the role of emotions in determining college students’ satisfaction with their choice of academic major by separating trait affect from situational affect. Students (N = 196) first completed a measure of trait affect administered via an online survey. Two weeks later, on a second survey, they reported the frequency of positive and negative emotions they experienced in major-related classes (i.e., situational affect) and a measure of academic major satisfaction. Emotions experienced in classes were associated with major satisfaction after controlling for trait affect, suggesting satisfaction is not merely a function of disposition. This finding suggests interventions targeting emotions could hold promise as a way to facilitate major satisfaction
Strategic Ambiguity or Strategic Clarity: China’s Rise and US Policy Towards the Taiwan Issue
Get PDFObservers have noted that Washington’s policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ aims not only to deter China from attacking Taiwan but also to keep Taipei from taking actions that may be deemed provocative by Beijing leaders. Remarks and actions taken by former United States President Joseph Biden seem to place America’s long-held ambiguous policy in doubt. It has been argued that a clear security commitment from Washington is likely to bolster Taiwan citizens’ unrealistic expectations of America’s defence support and their calls for independence, which will certainly invite Beijing’s violent responses. Employing the theory of deterrence and survey data collected in Taiwan during the past 20 years, this article examines this argument. The analysis shows that the policy of strategy ambiguity remains crucial for the peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. As China has increasingly turned itself to become a revisionist, Washington’s policy requires a recalibration, and the adjustment does not have to be a binary choice between ambiguity and clarity. Donald Trump’s return to the White House with his transactional approach to international affairs makes US policy towards the Taiwan issue less predictable, potentially leading to a volatile Taiwan Strait during his second term
Redbird Buzz Episode 53: Dr. René Revis Shingles, M.S. ’86, February 21, 2025
No full textDr. René Revis Shingles, M.S. ’86, has blazed a trail for women in athletic training. She earned a master\u27s degree from Illinois State University\u27s School of Kinesiology and Recreation and was the 13th Black woman in the U.S. to become a certified athletic trainer in 1987. Shingles worked as both a practitioner and educator over her more than 35 years in the field and was the first-ever African American woman to be inducted into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 2018.
Shingles joins Redbird Buzz to discuss how she developed a passion for athletic training at Illinois State, how mentorship played a critical role in her career, and why educating future athletic trainers as a professor of athletic training became an important part of her journey. Shingles also shares her experience as an athletic trainer for Team USA in the 1996 Olympics, her approach to educating students in the classroom and on the job, and the importance of giving back
Interdisciplinary Digital Health and Learning Survey Across Speech-Language Pathology, Technology, and Interior Design: Implications for Training in Rehabilitation and Aging-In-Place Practices
Get PDFWhile the growing demand for technology integration in healthcare education and practice, technology training in speech-language pathology education is limited. Further research is warranted to investigate digital health and literacy training across interprofessional experiences. This study investigated interdisciplinary digital health and learning across speech-language pathology, technology, and interior design, as well as collaborators for virtual reality environments in rehabilitation and aging-in-place practices. Participants included 53 adult students studying speech-language pathology (N=35), technology (N=10), or interior design (N=7). The Interdisciplinary Digital Health and Learning survey was adapted from the Lin et al. (2021) for implementation across speech-language pathology, technology, and interior design. Non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis H-tests and Chi-square tests were conducted with α of
Mitochondrial Garden
No full textOver 1 billion years ago, bacterial and Archaeal species came together, the bacteria being subsumed within the Archaeon and forming what we now know as the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. This union has led to all of today\u27s eukaryotic species (plants, animals, and others). Our biology lab studies the localization patterns of different structures and organelles within the cell, using fruit flies as our model organism. Localization and organization patterns are captured and characterized using confocal microscopy. Here, we are studying the organization of the mitochondria, seen in green, within a sheet of cells dissected from the ovary of a fruit fly. This image illustrates the sheer density of mitochondria within cells. Using this data, we can design experiments to compare the organization of a different target of interest to the mitochondria and see how the two relate.https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/ior2025/1011/thumbnail.jp
I’ll Wait Zero Seconds : Faculty Perspectives on Serials Access, Sharing, and Immediacy
Get PDFThis study explores how faculty across disciplines access and share scholarly serial content and what expectations they have for immediacy. The authors conducted twenty-five in-depth, semi-structured interviews with faculty of various ranks representing all Illinois State University (ISU) colleges. The findings, presented in the words of participants and triangulated with data from local sources, suggest that faculty use a variety of context-specific mechanisms to access and share serial literature. Participants discuss how they use library services such as databases, subscriptions, interlibrary loan, and document delivery, coupled with academic social networks, disciplinary repositories, author websites, and other publicly available sources to obtain the full text of articles along with their manifold considerations for sharing and requesting content. The urgency with which faculty need to gain access to scholarly literature is dependent on intersecting elements of discipline, current projects, how the resource will be used, the perceived competitiveness of the field, career stage, and personal practices. The findings reiterate that scholarly literature remains integral to the research and teaching of faculty even as needs and practices for accessing and sharing it grow more individualized and distributed
Demystifying Native Speakerism in English Teacher Education
No full textThis presentation explores native speakerism —the problematic division between native English speakers teachers (NESTs) and non-native English speakers teachers (NNESTs)—resulting in the controversy surrounding desirable English language teaching professional identity. This critical issue informs ideological beliefs about the English language as a property. The most recent theoretical foundations address the privilege of NESTs that should be detached from a Western approach. Acknowledging power differentiation is another consideration that reinforces NNESTs\u27 valuable cultural and linguistic backgrounds and imposes an unrealistic standard of language articulation and production
Confidence and Success: Investigating Self-Esteem’s Role in Academic Performance
No full textSelf-esteem is widely recognized as an influential factor in academic performance, yet existing literature presents conflicting findings regarding the strength and nature of this relationship. Thus, the present study aimed to clarify these discrepancies by examining the relationship between self-esteem and academic performance among undergraduate students. A sample of 55 students enrolled in a Research Methods in Psychology course at a large Midwestern university completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, while academic performance was assessed using their first exam and major writing assignment scores. A regression analysis found no significant relationship between self-esteem and academic performance, suggesting that self-esteem accounts for only a negligible portion of academic success. Descriptive analyses revealed that self-esteem scores were generally low-to-moderate, while academic performance exhibited a ceiling effect, with most students scoring near the upper limit. These results indicate that self-esteem alone is not a meaningful predictor of academic performance in this sample. One possible explanation for the lack of a significant result is that the academic performance scores were clustered at the upper end, resulting in limited variability and making it difficult to detect an association. Instead, factors such as academic self-efficacy, engagement, and study habits may play a more significant role. Future research should explore these alternative predictors and utilize diverse samples with a broader range of self-esteem levels to better understand the relationship between confidence and academic success
Navigating Emotional Uncertainty: A Study on Anxiety and Mental Health Challenges of International Married Students Living Apart From Their Spouses
No full textLong-distance marriage among international students during postgraduate studies presents significant emotional and mental health challenges to students during postgraduate studies yet remains an understudied phenomenon. This study investigates the lived experiences of six married international students (three females and three males) at Illinois State University, focusing on the emotional toll of separation, its impact on academic and social well-being, and their coping mechanisms for dealing with it. The findings highlight the importance of attachment figures for emotional stability, suggesting that the absence of a spouse creates an emotional void that can lead to heightened stress. The study calls for universities to develop culturally sensitive counselling services, peer support groups, and technological interventions to support married international students. By exploring the unique challenges faced by this group, the research contributes to the understanding of mental health in the context of global student mobility and provides practical recommendations for institutional support systems