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Natural Disasters, Institutions, and Economic Recovery: Effects of Hurricane Katrina
No full textThis study analyzes the effects of Hurricane Katrina on formal and informal institutions in Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi to provide insights into the recovery trajectories of the states. I use the synthetic control method to construct counterfactual states. I find that the hurricane had large and lingering effects on population and per capita income in all three states, with differing impacts on formal and informal institutions. In Louisiana, the hurricane led to increases in labor market freedom, minimum wage freedom (i.e. deregulation), and property tax freedom (i.e. tax reduction), along with permanent increases in government spending and the government employment. In Florida, it led to decreases in the above three economic freedom indicators, whereas government spending increased. Results for Mississippi indicate a consistent increase in government spending. Moreover, we find that social capital remained robust to the shock in Louisiana, with no pre-treatment fit in Florida and Mississippi
Identity & Activism: Helping Educators Understand Intersectionality & Cultivate Intersectional Acceptance Through Young Adult Literature
Get PDFThe issue I address is intersectionality in K-12 education. To address this issue, the purpose of this paper is to identify intersectionality, explore ways to help educators understand and accept intersectionality, and then bring the new knowledge into their classrooms. This will be done by the creation of a continuing education course using Young-Adult and Middle-Grade literature and appropriate supplemental materials on identity, activism, and intersectionality. The primary goals are to eliminate a color-blind approach to teaching and to showcase rich diverse texts that educators can learn from and bring into their classrooms
Elysian
Get PDFCommon methods of education in the United States have proven to meet the basic needs of academics for students over the last several decades. Most students leave high school with most of the necessary tools to enter the working world or further their education if they wish. They are able to function as useful members of society, but not necessarily as better human beings. Many traverse their formative years without strengthening aspects of their character such as empathy, confidence, and emotional stability. These areas are not strengthened by math and science ? but by the arts.
Placing greater emphasis on Arts and Literature when students are quite young presents them with the opportunity to explore previously untapped niches in their character and strengthen their overall persona. Using architecture as a medium through which to accomplish this goal will provide them with spaces that are specifically designed to strengthen their competency and interest in the arts and thus prepare them for the emotional and psychological challenges that they will face later in life
Drifting Intersections: A Campus for Inciting Collaboration
Get PDFCollaboration among design professionals is a crucial component of a comprehensive design
solution. The proximity of minds, each providing expertise and experiences unlike the others,
produces an environment ripe for ideation. In traditional university settings intradisciplinary
education has become more common. This educational method develops praiseworthy but
brief projects. However, it lacks the built environment to sustain long term collaborative design
relationships between students, graduates, and practitioners. Frequently, the design and
other allied disciplines reside in separate buildings on campus. Leading to the question, do the
proximity of these buildings between synergistic design fields improve collaboration levels?
Qualitative research methods will be utilized to survey undergraduate landscape architecture
degrees across the United States on their collaboration levels with architecture students and
civil engineering students at their respective university. Coupled with their physical distance
to the aforementioned degrees, an investigation into if there exists, and to what degree there
is a correlation with proximity and collaboration amongst design fields will be studied. The
results of this ?proximity and collaboration analysis? will then be applied to the urban
redevelopment of a multi-block Design District in Downtown, Fargo, ND
Healthy Building, Healthy Living
Get PDFIn a world experiencing a pandemic with unhealthy global
challenges; public spaces, businesses and people are struggling to stay
?afloat? as the world struggles to help. What most people do not realize
is how much effect the built environment has on its surroundings
and the users.
The purpose of this thesis is to propose a solution in los Angeles,
California, to create a high rise building that will make a strong and
healthy impact on not just the users of the building, but of those in
the city. By conducting research on the technological advances on
sustainability, flexible space, and the urban environmental design of a
building, this thesis proposal will establish a solution creating a safer
and healthier environment to live and work in
Fractures of Memory: Filmic Depth as a Method to Mourn
Get PDFThe living and the dead are currently separated
from each other within our American cities. This divide
has pushed society to disassociate the living and the
dead, making them appear as separate entities. This
creates a sense of fear amongst the living. We fear
the dead, but cherish the memories and moments we
shared when they were alive.
This project will serve as a medium between
the living and the dead to communicate through
memories and moments in time. It will provide and an
opportunity for sharing these special moments amongst
family , friends, community and more to let your ?voice
be heard.? The thesis research will provide a new way to
celebrate the dead, through the use of technology. The
research will explore how space can influence emotions
as well as how it can be a shelter of comfort. The design
will serve to bring awareness to the idea of death, and
become a example to reproduce this concept, in world
of ever expanding technological capabilities
Diverse Growth: Exploring Symbiotic Tree-Human Relationships in Landscape Ecosystems to Inspire Diversity in Urban Tree Plantings at Civic Center Park in Fargo, North Dakota
Get PDFTrees and humans have a symbiotic relationship, trees provide
beauty, protection, and economic gains for humans and we
take care of them to live fruitful lives. They can often have
multiple humans or even animal caretakers to help sustain
the environment around them. Much like humans, trees have
uncontrollable pandemics causing death in trees. Chestnut
Blight of the turn into the twentieth century, Dutch Elm Disease
in the mid to late century and more recently the rapid spread of
Emerald Ash Borer currently devastating North America. These
pandemics create gaps in canopies leading to lower heating and
cooling efficiency, and lesser aesthetics in urban environments.
After years of study there are now guidelines of how to create a
diverse and sustainable ecosystem. While it may be impossible
to predict what species will be in nature?s cross-hairs next,
through sustainable diversity we can hedge our bets to lessen
the effects tree of pandemics to protect our urban and even
natural ecosystems. Diverse Growth is a landscape initiative to
introduce northern native tree species to Fargo in the form of an
educational landscape arboretum and urban farm initiative that
builds on ideas already accepted by the greater community and
natural environment alike
The Prevalence of Patellar Tendinopathy in Athletic Populations and the Effectiveness of Graston Technique as a Patellar Tendinopathy Treatment
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to examine both the prevalence of patellar tendinopathy (PT) in athletic populations and the effectiveness of Graston Technique? as a treatment for PT. Since PT is a common injury seen among athletes, it is important for clinicians to understand the condition and how common it is within athletics, especially those that involve an increased amount of jumping and landing such as volleyball or basketball. Graston Technique? is a popular treatment option among clinicians for various musculoskeletal injuries, including tendinopathies such as PT. Therefore, it is imperative for clinicians to understand the research surrounding Graston Technique as a treatment for PT to ensure the best treatment plan for patients with the condition
Adapting Green: A Step by Step Methodology for Integrating LEED and WELL Standards Into Adaptive Reuse Projects
No full textLEED is the most widely used green building system in the world. LEED provides tools that clearly lay out the sustainable
criteria for a building project. LEED is being implemented more and more every day, as is shown by its 36,835 LEED
certified projects constructed between January 2017 and December of 2021. These numbers give a glimpse into the
amount of companies and people striving to minimize their carbon footprint on the world. Not only are green buildings
growing in popularity by clients, but architecture firms are seeking to design with sustainability in mind as well. LEED
primarily focuses on the impact the building has on the environment and less on the impact the building has on the
people within it. This is where WELL comes in. The WELL Building Standard was designed to work with LEED buildings
to better people?s health and wellness. It too provides a list of criteria as to how to best achieve WELL certification.
Both LEED?s and WELL?s list of criteria and considerations, to achieve certification within their programs, are vast and
apply to all building and construction typologies. That being said, both programs are geared to be more easily
implemented into new builds rather than existing buildings or adaptive reuse projects. This subsequently makes getting,
an adaptive reuse building, LEED and/or WELL certified less desirable. The research documented in this article seeks to
understand all criteria considerations within both LEED and WELL and create a methodology that shows how to best
implement those considerations within an adaptive reuse project
Solidarity Forever: A Call for Inclusive Holocaust Memory and Coalition Building Amid Forgetting & Denial
Get PDFAccording to a recent survey, less than half of American Millennials can name a Holocaust concentration camp, and more than two-thirds of the respondents did not know the number of Jewish people the Nazis killed in the camps. This lack of knowledge is happening in a world where some people do not even admit the Holocaust event happened. This thesis will first lay out the current state of Holocaust remembrance in education, memorialization, and popular culture, particularly in America. Particular attention is given to how these remembrances overlook or silence certain victims of the Holocaust, such as LGBTQ+ victims. The second chapter explores the motivations and ideologies scholars have disregarded about deniers thus far. The final section will examine ways coalitions working in solidarity to make and proliferate inclusive Holocaust narratives can combat Holocaust denial and forgetting