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BIPOC Counseling and Health Service Psychology Graduate Students’ Experience of Racism and Sense of Belonging: a Conditional Mediation Analysis of Coping and Social Support
Get PDFThis study sought to understand the relationship between experiences of racism within academic settings and sense of belonging to the field of Counseling/Health Service Psychology (C/HSP) for BIPOC graduate students. Further, this study sought to understand the potential mediating role of engagement coping in this relationship, as well as the conditional effect of high, neutral, or low perception of race-related social support from faculty/peers. Two-hundred forty-nine BIPOC C/HSP students responded to survey questions measuring frequency of racial/ethnic microaggressions, sense of belonging to C/HSP, engagement styles of coping with racism (Education/Advocacy and Resistance), and perception of availability of racism-related social support from peers/faculty. Using Hayes (2018) PROCESS model 4, for simple mediation, a direct relationship was found between all study variables and sense of belonging except for engagement coping. However, engagement coping was shown to be a significant mediator in it’s own right. Using Hayes’ (2018) PROCESS model 14, for moderated mediation, we failed to reject the null hypothesis as social support was not found to be a significant moderator at any level. Implications and future directions are highlighted
Elucidating Enterococcal Mechanisms Underlying Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections
Get PDFUrinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections globally and can lead to life-threatening complications. UTI disproportionately affects females, with the majority of females being treated for at least one UTI in their lifetime. Of the females who develop UTI in their lifetime, almost one third will develop recurrence within six months after initial treatment and many will struggle with UTI recurrence for long spans of their lives. Although recurrent UTI has previously been attributed to persistence of Escherichia coli, recent studies utilizing more sensitive detection methods have shown Enterococcus faecalis is strongly associated with recurrent and chronic lower urinary tract symptoms. Because E. faecalis is largely regarded as a commensal organism pushed to an opportunistic pathogenic lifestyle in specific cases and the fact that roughly half of all E. faecalis-UTI cases are missed by standard detection methods, mechanisms underlying colonization and pathogenesis is understudied in the bladder. Currently, the understanding of enterococcal UTI is based on a small fraction of urinary E. faecalis isolates. This knowledge gap prevents the urobiome field from accurately identifying and studying enterococcal factors important for bladder colonization and establishment of persistent infection. Thus, this dissertation highlights the importance of E. faecalis in various lower urinary tract conditions and compares genetic profiles of urogenital E. faecalis isolates to determine factors that are enriched in cases of asymptomatic colonization, sporadic UTI, and recurrent UTI. Upon identification of bacterial factors unique to recurrent UTI isolates, additional experiments utilizing bladder organoids investigate their impact on the host response and overall environment
Exploring the Incumbent Early Childhood Workforce as Teachers Who Student and Students Who Teach: A Phenomenological Study
No full textThe professionalization efforts within the early childhood workforce continue to push for current workforce members to return to college to earn associate or baccalaureate degrees. Leaders of these efforts have called for higher education institutions to be flexible and supportive. At the same time, there is little research on the experiences of teachers returning to college, particularly those attending community colleges where most early childhood higher education programs exist. This hermeneutic phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of early childhood teachers returning to school to earn their Associate of Applied Science degree in Early Childhood while working in classroom settings. The study addressed two major questions: (1) What are the lived experiences of members of the incumbent workforce attending a community college for their Associate of Applied Science degree? and (2) What is the impact of degree completion on these individuals? Utilizing persistence and completion research, with a special focus on Laura Rendon\u27s Validation Theory and Tara Yosso\u27s Community Cultural Wealth, data were collected through two semi-structured interviews with six teachers attending the same college while working in an early childhood classroom. Teachers discussed their college experiences, work-life balance, and the supports that facilitated their success. They also reflected on the significance of their degree attainment for themselves and their families. Four themes emerged: changes in teachers\u27 practices and identities, the support from social networks, the role of college relationships and curriculum, and the employer\u27s role. The findings underscore the need for further exploration of the connection between college curriculum and persistence theory and highlights actionable steps higher education institutions can take to support teachers and their families. This research has important implications for institutions whose students juggle school, work, and various life responsibilities
The Meaning of Life’s Broken Fragments: A Constructive Theology of Fragmentation Grounded in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theological Ethics
Get PDFUnderstood comprehensively, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s legacy offers contemporary American Catholicism a contextual approach to theological ethics that can meaningfully inform the development of an ethics of resistance to totalitarian and pseudo-religious forces that dominate U.S. politics today. Unfortunately, Catholic scholarship on Bonhoeffer overall has failed to grasp the full scope of his work and to incorporate his biography and the historical and theological context in which he lived. This dissertation brings Bonhoeffer into dialogue with modern and postmodern American Catholic theological contexts, specifically engaging Bonhoeffer’s concept of analogia relationis, his incarnational Christocentrism, and his embrace of contextual ambiguity. This dissertation is also a project of constructive theology insofar as the method and structure used throughout this dissertation suggest that the task of theology in Twenty-First Century America is the task of sifting through fragments of failed Christian systems to distinguish the essentials of these systems from the incidentals. In so doing, such a theological method seeks to discover the valuable fragments that must take part in theology’s future, and to emancipate this theological future from fragments that are broken beyond reprieve. Thusly, this dissertation dialogues with fragmentation and ambiguity as both an object of contemporary theology and a theological method. Bonhoeffer’s work provides a particularly cogent dialogue partner for such a constructive project because contextual ambiguity forms much of the foundation of his own theological anthropology and ethics
Assessing the Impact of an RPP on a Large Urban School District: The Case of CAFÉCS
No full textThis study analyzes the impact of the Chicago Alliance for Equity in Computer Science (CAFÉCS) Research Practice Partnership (RPP) on the Chicago Public School (CPS) Office of Computer Science (OCS). Using a qualitative analysis drawing on data from leadership team meetings, published articles and presentations, and evaluation reports from 11 years of the partnership, we utilized a framework developed by the CAFÉCS leadership team to document the impact on district (1) Programs, (2) Research, (3) Organizational Structures, and (4) Policies leading to (5) Equitable Results for students, condensed as PROSPER. In particular, we explore the role of the RPP in supporting a 500% increase in graduating students who completed at least one high school computer science (CS) course between 2016 and 2020 in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). This study adds to the existing literature on assessing the impact of RPPs through the development of the PROSPER Framework, which may be a useful tool to help RPPs examine impacts on partner districts
The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration
No full textThis book not only deals with the broad application of international treaties, guidelines, laws and rules affecting international commercial arbitration, but also includes information about the most recent developments in the field. Readers learn how arbitration works, from the request to arbitrate, the selection of arbitrators, the procedures leading up to the hearing, the witnesses and evidence at the hearing, to the granting of the final award. Along the way, many strategies and tactics come into play, as an arbitration moves toward the goal of resolving the dispute. The reader learns to appreciate the application of different laws and ethical concepts that may vary by jurisdiction, including the ethical obligations of arbitrators and of counsel. Throughout, the principles of international arbitration are supported by the practice, providing a very concrete approach to the resolution of international disputes by arbitration.https://ecommons.luc.edu/facultybooks/1275/thumbnail.jp
Big Pharma Fund- Pharmaceutical
No full textJourney of managing a portfolio in the pharmaceutical industry, highlighting struggles and successes
Maniac Mid Cap Final Report
Get PDFThis semester, we had the opportunity to invest in Midcap stocks and complete trade reports throughout the way. This report demonstrates an analyzation of our portfolio performance and comparing the metrics to the benchmark
Team HAAZN Mutual Fund Investment Research Report
No full textFor this project, we were tasked to manage a portfolio and compete our fund against a benchmark in the market. We researched numerous stocks in the financials sector, traded them based on numerous research, developed reports and monitored our performance daily
Engaging More Students in Formal Methods Education: A Practical Approach Using Temporal Logic of Actions
No full textOur hands-on course introduces model checking using Temporal Logic of Actions through practical examples like the control logic for a microwave oven. Due to highly positive initial feedback from our own students, we plan to broaden our reach by partnering with other institutions