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INVESTIGATING THE COURSE DESIGN COMPETENCIES OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT FACULTY MEMBERS: AN INSTRUMENTAL CASE STUDY
No full textThesis (Ed.D.) - Indiana University, Department of Learning, Design, and Adult Education/School of Education, 2025.This study was motivated by the central phenomenon of an education program being highly successful despite having few faculty members formally trained in education and limited instructional design support. This study narrowed in on how the faculty members design their courses. To frame this investigation, I relied on the broad terms used in the ADDIE instructional design model. I conducted interviews and think-aloud protocols with eight faculty participants. The data was coded using key phrases from the ADDIE design model along with other codes that emerged from the data. I conducted member-checking interviews to ensure I captured the participant’s responses correctly. I found the faculty at Sullivan University’s Physician Assistant program are busy professionals who expertly leverage resources to develop their courses. One of the reasons the program has been so successful is the level of support provided by national PA Education Organizations and the participant’s willingness to rely on each other for support. I conclude the study with several suggestions. I challenge other professions to use the support provided to PA programs as a benchmark for the support they provide to their training programs or schools. I also suggest that the ADDIE model is an effective way to investigate faculty members’ learning design prac- tice and a practical framework for supporting ongoing professional development
Confronting anti-fat bias to create more inclusive libraries
No full textAnti-fat bias, or the negative assumptions and beliefs about fat people that lead to discriminatory behaviors and policies, is increasingly acknowledged as pervasive and harmful in a wide range of settings, including workplaces, medical offices, schools, religious institutions, personal relationships, and, yes, libraries. This chapter will illuminate and invite you to challenge the ways in which the stigmatization of fat people is made manifest in librarianship: how we manage and evaluate library workers, construct our physical spaces, conceptualize our collections and services, develop programming, and relate to one another. Informed by existing scholarship, a recent study with public-facing fat librarians, and the author’s own experience as a fat woman working in libraries, the questions and recommendations that follow aim to create libraries that are more welcoming and inclusive for all workers and users, especially those in fat bodies
Political Ideology Morality Interests and Willingness to Interact Research Paper
No full textStudies have shown that political ideology is often misunderstood and categorized into simplistic ideas. Morality is intricately connected with political ideology in the sense that it contains a vast array of views. Simplistic views promote division, when in reality, there are more experiences, values, and interests that unite, rather than divide us. Investigating ways people draw upon to find commonality is critical both for researchers and those desiring to forge bonds among individuals. It was hypothesized that participants with different political ideologies would score differently on moral stances, liberals would score higher on moral stances relating to the well-being of individuals, conservatives would have different scores across the five foundations of morality, participants would be more willing to interact with profiles that disclosed their interests rather than a moral stance, and that participants would be more willing to interact with someone of a similar political ideology as themselves. Participants (N=55) volunteered to take a survey through Qualtrics; they disclosed demographic information, political ideology, moral stances, interests, and willingness to interact. All hypotheses were partially or fully supported. Results showed that participants with different political ideologies score differently on moral stances. Results also showed participants were more willing to interact with someone who shared their interests rather than a moral stance. These results highlight differences based on political ideology and moral values, while pinpointing similarities based on shared characteristics (Interests, moral stances). These results provide hope for fostering future relationships based on commonality that lead to respect of opposing ideologies
Surveillance of multiple sexually transmitted pathogens in wastewater.
No full textThesis (M.S.) - Indiana University, School of Public Health , 2025Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) offers a promising tool for sexually transmitted infection (STI) surveillance, especially in settings where underdiagnosis or social stigma complicates conventional reporting. To assess its utility, we conducted a year-long study examining six STIs, Chlamydia trachomatis, Treponema pallidum, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV), in weekly composite samples from the primary influent of a mid-sized Midwestern wastewater treatment plant. Pathogen detection and quantification were performed via digital PCR. Among the tested targets, gonorrhea, HIV, HCV, and HSV were found at appreciable frequencies, often in 20–23% of the samples, while chlamydia and syphilis appeared less frequently. Despite the variability in detection patterns, the study demonstrates that even infrequent signals can reveal community-level shedding of poorly reported or asymptomatic infections. Although month-to-month wastewater data were not strongly correlated with corresponding clinical records, which could potentially reflect delayed healthcare seeking and pathogen-specific shedding dynamics, the overall findings underscore WBE’s ability to complement existing surveillance by capturing infections outside traditional healthcare channels. These results not only advance our understanding of STI prevalence and population shedding but also highlight the practical benefits of WBE as an early warning and targeted intervention tool
Background, Analysis, and Application of Carlos Guastavino’s 15 Canciones Escolares
No full textThesis (DM) – Indiana University, Music, 202
Learn by Fluting: Developing a Finding Aid for the Dayton C Miller Collection as a Library of Congress Music Division Intern
No full textPresentation given at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Music Library Association, held virtually. For additional information, see https://conferences.wp.musiclibraryassoc.org/2025conference/.The Library of Congress Music Division’s Dayton C. Miller Collection is commonly considered the largest archival collection pertaining to the flute and flute-related instruments in the world. The collection, which came to the Division in 1942 at the bequest of scientist, flutist, and collector Dayton Clarence Miller, contains thousands of items in a variety of formats, including instruments, books, sheet music, correspondence, photographs, artwork, and statuary – representing a combination of Miller’s carefully curated flute collection and his personal papers. This combination of size, age, and format variety has resulted in some parts of the collection being extremely well documented and fully digitized, while other parts of the collection remain entirely unprocessed. As a summer intern in the Music Division with the unique opportunity to define my own internship project, I set out to create the framework for a finding aid that could bring a consistent baseline level of access to the entire collection. Along the way, I also had the opportunity to complete the sheet music series of that finding aid. This presentation will discuss how the process of creating a finding aid framework for the collection unfolded, as well as how the unique idiosyncrasies of the Miller Collection and my own perspective as a graduate student affected the project. In addition to providing a unique insight into a fascinating Music Division Collection, this presentation will also provide archivists with ideas to bring home to their institution’s most unwieldy collections and students with some inspiration to bring to their next internship