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Influences of a Formal Mentoring Program on African American Male Achievement Throughout High School and Beyond
Get PDFThere has been a growing concern for African-American male students (Hawkins-Jones & Reeves, 2020) due to the fact that they maintain consistently low achievement levels throughout their education and graduate from high school at lower rates than their peers. Their failure rate in math and reading on the National Assessment of Educational Practice (U.S. Department of Education, 2017) is above average, and the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (Hussar et al., 2020) reported that they also have higher than average dropout, suspension, and truancy rates. The achievement and discipline gaps that African-American male students face in education are unmistakable. One way institutions have been attempting to combat this low level of achievement is through mentoring (Cleaver & Fincheme, 2017). Mentoring has become an effective vehicle for changing the negative educational history and overall image of African-American male students (Witters & Liu, 2015).
Therefore, this qualitative study discloses interviews with nine African American male alumni of Seaside Mentoring (SSM; a pseudonym for a formal mentoring program), an established formal mentoring program, to investigate the influence of mentoring during high school and beyond. The interview questions were designed to reveal and clarify knowledge regarding the impact of mentoring on their lives. The goal was to highlight those aspects of mentoring that strengthened mentees’ ability to navigate academically, socially, and in other ways throughout high school and beyond.
The researcher reviewed each participant’s response to each question, using familiarization to highlight habitual words, phrases, actions, activities, and patterns (McGrath et al., 2019). The information was then hand-coded and analyzed, which revealed three emerging academic themes (a desire for inclusion/membership, a push to be great, and observation of role models), three social themes (gained confidence, exploration of self-abilities, and connection with members), and two additional themes (self-image and acceptance of criticism).
The researcher then evaluated these themes in order to identify areas of strength in the mentoring offered through SSM. The researcher’s intent was to use the knowledge gained from these participants to suggest changes that would improve the mentoring of high school students and, in turn, assist in improving graduation rates, job search actions, and employment retention for African-American men. Based on the responses and the eight emerging themes, the researcher recommended extending the mentor/mentee relationship through the years immediately following high school and increasing the involvement of parents in the mentoring program
JAWS Youth Art 2023 Untitled 6
No full textThis is original artwork created for the 2023 J.A.W.S. Festival by a member of Acceleration Day and Evening Academy (ACCEL), Mobile, AL. To protect the minor\u27s identity, only the initials are used for the artist\u27s name.https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/jaws-youth_2023/1005/thumbnail.jp
DTB 001 Valena W. McCants 2-3-2023
Get PDFIn this recording, Valena McCants is interviewed by Kern Jackson and Ryan Morini about the Down the Bay community of Mobile. Ms. McCants relates being born in Chicago but growing up in the Down the Bay neighborhood as a child in the 1920s. She describes the boundaries of the Down the Bay neighborhood as she knew them at that time, and some of the businesses that operated then and the prices for things like a loaf of bread or a ride on the streetcar. She also recalls some of the families living in that area, including her neighbors, shop owners, some of her teachers growing up, and a number of other community members
Events to Record: An Examination of Required Activation for Body-Worn Cameras
Get PDFThere has been a lot of research on the effectiveness of body-worn cameras in policing including the impacts that body-worn cameras have on police officers, individual citizens, and the community. Results from prior literature show that police body-worn cameras are only sometimes highly effective. This project investigates why police body-worn cameras may not be effective by examining the required activation policies. Data for this project derive from the 2016 Law Enforcement Management Administrative Statistics – Body-Worn Camera Supplement (LEMAS-BWCS) study conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The main components of these data are the required events officers are to record, according to their policies, which are compared with complaints against officers, officer actions, and financial impact. This illustrates how required events to be recorded can impact agencies and external factors. This research has the potential to impact the policing field by highlighting areas in current body-worn camera policies that can be adjusted to improve effectiveness. Recently, there has been a high demand by many communities for the implementation of body-worn cameras to increase police accountability. For body-worn cameras to increase police accountability, they must be effective
USA Archaeology Museum Newsletter - February 2023
Get PDFIn this edition of the museum\u27s newsletter: Alabama Archaeology Society Southwest Chapter Meeting: Native American Communities of the Gulf Coast, ca. AD 1150-1700: What Archaeology Can Tell Us Mosaics: Fractured Beauty is new to the University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum YouTube Channel. February is Black History Month: Four Ways to Celebrate in Mobil
Excelsior Brass Band
No full textAbstract painting of the Excelsior Brass Band. Eight gentlemen play an assortment of brass instruments at a concert.
Marx Library
1st Floor lobby
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Down The Bay Oral History Project Newsletter - Summer 2023
Get PDFPublic newsletter sharing information about progress and discoveries during the ongoing Down The Bay Project
Implementing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in a Youth Regional Treatment Center
Get PDFIn 2019, 57% of Adolescents who have substance or alcohol abuse disorders experienced at least one ACE, and 25 % experienced two or more ACEs; this means that over half of the patients admitted to an adolescent substance and alcohol abuse program have experienced childhood trauma (Gomez et al., 2017).
This study investigated ACE awareness amongst staff working with a population known to have high ACE scores. The intended purpose was to evaluate staff understanding of ACEs and their impact on patient satisfaction scores.
The AIM of this project was to increase staff awareness of ACE to 85% and increase patient satisfaction scores within a 4-month time frame.https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/scholarsday2023_spring-posters/1002/thumbnail.jp
Improving Annual Diabetic Foot Examinations at a Rural Primary Care Clinic
Get PDFThe goal of this quality improvement project was to increase the number of adult patients who receive an annual diabetic foot examination through the education and training of clinicians and support staff.https://jagworks.southalabama.edu/scholarsday2023_spring-posters/1007/thumbnail.jp
Exploring Deviant Behavior in Customers: The Role Emotional Branding Plays with a Customer’s Perception of Injustice and Anti-Branding
Get PDFUtilizing moral disengagement (MD) and social exchange theories, this paper proposes that perceived injustice can lead to customers actively participating in antibranding activities through a process of MD. However, emotional branding might be an effective intervention tool that mitigates the anti-branding behavior in morally disengaged customers due to the positive feelings that relationship marketing endues. This paper will explore the relationship between the customer’s perception of injustice and their anti-branding behavior using MD as an explanatory mechanism. Additionally, emotional branding will be explored as a possible boundary condition that weakens the relationship between MD and anti-branding behavior