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Choosing Gender or Race: Portraits of Female, White Ally Higher Education Administrators Committed to Making Socially Just Spaces for BIPOC Women in their Institutions
Full text linkRacism in the U.S. is systemic and has relied on centuries of deliberate practice to create a White male hegemonic (White supremacist) power structure. Being systemic, racism is reproduced in all of our defining institutions, including higher education. In addition, White women have consistently contributed to the reproduction of racism by choosing race and enduring sexism in all areas of society, including higher education. However, there are women in academe who choose to deliberately be antiracist and actively seek to create socially just spaces for women of color in their institutions. Filling a gap in the literature related to female White ally higher education administrators, this study inquires into the experiences of five female higher education administrators identified through Community Nomination (Foster, 1991; Ladson-Billings, 1989) as White allies by Black women. Through extensive interviewing and via Portraiture methodology (Lawrence-Lightfoot & Davis, 1997) these women revealed the “goodness” of their work as they talked about themselves as 1) aspiring allies, 2) women in higher education, and 3) human beings in this world. Themes that emerged from the creation of the portraits mirror the extant literature on allyship, including 1) allyship is a continuous journey, 2) effective allyship requires humility and curiosity, and 3) being a White ally should be a moral obligation for anyone with White privilege. Filtered through the theoretical framework of Patricia Hill Collins’s Black Feminist Epistemology (2002), this study harnesses the power of storytelling and honors the thinking and scholarship of women of color. Keywords: racism, sexism, female White ally, higher education, Portraiture, Black Feminist Epistemology, Community Nomination.Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)Doctor of Education in Educational LeadershipSchool of Educatio
Buddhism in the West: 1960s America
Full text linkThe purpose of this paper is to understand Buddhism in the United States during the 1960s. I will be going over Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism and comparing their morals, values, and virtues with three movements of the decade listed above. These movements are the Hippie Movement, Black Liberation, and Women’s Liberation. The theme I will specifically be looking at is liberation between all three of these events and to find out what the word means to each individual movement.Master ArtsHistoryCollege of Online and Continuing Educatio
Cryptozoology Meets Ecology: A Look into the Megalodon
Full text linkThe megalodon was the largest shark that ever lived with the oldest fossil specimens being around 20 million years old. The creature is estimated to have gone extinct around 3.6 million years ago, but some skeptics maintain that the creature still exists deep in modern oceans. By examining false information surrounding the megalodon and developing an understanding of the paleontological and ecological mechanisms that scientists use to study it, we can paint a picture of the megalodon and determine how it survived in its ancient habitat and if it could thrive in oceans as we know them today
Fall 2023 Spanish Catalog
No full textEl catálogo universitario ofrece una descripción completa de los varios programas y cursos que se ofrecen tanto en el campus como en línea. Estos catálogos contienen información sobre nuestra historia y misión, nuestros servicios y actividades de divulgación, nuestras instalaciones y las muchas oportunidades que brindamos a los estudiantes para cumplir con sus objetivos de vida y carrera
International Business Doctoral Student Handbook
No full textThis is a guidebook for all doctoral students who are currently enrolled in the International Business doctoral Program. It includes all necessary University policies, Program Specific Requirements, and Dissertation Requirements
“We Just Came Apart”: How the Nonviolent Actions of the Civil Rights Movement Led to the “Revolutionary Violence” of Black Power
No full text“‘We Just Came Apart’: How the Nonviolent Actions of the Civil Rights Movement Led to the ‘Revolutionary Violence’ of Black Power” is devoted to uncovering the relationship between the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in order to identify how the shortcomings of the Civil Rights Movement led to the armed self-defense activism associated with Black Power. Both movements had a similar ideological basis that promoted equality for all Americans, yet the tactics that were pursued to achieve their respective goals were vastly different. In the historiography of the Civil Rights Era, Black Power has continually been vilified in the available literature and displayed historically as being ineffective when compared to Civil Rights. This project challenges that assumption and provides evidence for how successful Black Power activism actually was. In the primary sources of Black Power activities, such as the various newspaper articles from the Los Angeles Times that were reviewed, the media denounced the efficacy of the activists and their protests which led to this trend being shown in the early historical literature written on the topic. Secondary sources were used in the development of this project that both strengthened and challenged key conclusions, and primary sources were provided to support the conclusions found here when they conflicted with what other historians have previously found. “‘We Just Came Apart’” is devoted to reinterpreting how Black Power has been viewed in historical literature, as well as to link how the deficiencies of the Civil Rights Movement allowed Black Power to burgeon.Master ArtsHistoryCollege of Online and Continuing Educatio
A Digital Exhibition on Zoo Exhibits in the United States: The Impact of Public Opinion on Post-Civil War Zoo and Animal Exhibit Development Within the United States
Full text linkThis project explores the influence of public opinion on the development and evolution of
zoos and animal exhibits. The main focus will be on the “Big Four” - four oldest accredited zoos
in the United States: Philadelphia Zoo, Central Park Zoo in NYC, Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago,
and Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island. Four animal species will be examined to study
zoo and exhibit development since the end of the Civil War in 1865. The animal species are
elephants, orcas, red wolves, and timber rattlesnakes. These animal species provide historic
examples of positive and negative animal care and species outcomes within captivity.
Additionally, zoo and exhibit development progress will be supported with evidence directly
from numerous zookeepers’ personal experiences, detailed Keepers Corner in the digital
exhibition.
This project acknowledges that scientific and medical advancements have lent significant
changes to current zoo missions and exhibit design, yet research points to public opinions about
animal welfare having historically been the driving factor. The primary sources used are news
articles, photographs, and personal testimonials. Secondary sources include journal articles,
books, and dissertations. Source categories found focus on cultural, social and political lenses,
while acknowledging that other lenses are present in the research but addressing source
categories from the particular focal lenses.Master ArtsHistoryCollege of Online and Continuing Educatio
Climate Change and its Effects on Jellyfish Populations
No full textClimate change is an expanding and widely discussed issue, that is at the forefront of many movements. However, there are many issues that are not widely researched or understood. In this thesis we will delve into the effects climate change has on jellyfish populations in the northern east coast of the USA. Works of literature and academic journals have been written about how climate change is affecting reproduction and migration but not enough to be considered “well researched”. Through academic research we produce more combined and focused information. With the current information climate change seems to have effects on jellyfish population but in both growth and decline. We aim to know more about their projected population and how that could affect global food webs, human recreation, and fisheries
Fastest Warming Body of Water in the World
No full textFrom the mid-1980s to the present day the Gulf of Maine has been closely monitored due to the ever-warming body of water. The Gulf of Maine is the fastest-warming body of water in the world and the main reason scientists think that is because of various studies performed from the 1980s to the present day. What they found was that it was due to global warming. Cold currents coming from the north are not inputting enough of the cold water and inputting warmer water coming in from other currents. Researchers found out that since 2012 the Gulf of Maine has been warming up by 0.03 Celsius per year (Shelley). The warming body of water is causing a big environmental effect on the marine life that lives there. Migration patterns are also being affected because of the warming body of water making some species less abundant in the area like the write whale that is only really found in Maine. The warming of not only the Gulf of Maine but other bodies of water is concerning, but with the right global laws put into place some of these problems could easily be fixed
Elementary School Choice Through the Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Families’ Perspectives on Well-Being in School
Full text linkAs the pandemic drove a focus on education, many families had to choose alternative education models for their child. Families suddenly had a pressing need to evaluate the best schooling situation for their child (Gouëdard & Pont, 2020, Eggleston & Fields, 2021, Hynes, 2020, Hill et al., 2020, Hall-Mills, 2020). In education there are pendulum swings of focus and often an evaluation about how children are educated and why the particular methods are being used (Weisberg, 2014 and Hess, 2022). This study focused on how families made their decisions in regard to the education of their children, and well-being as an aspect of that decision as well as how they experienced their school choice and what impact do they see on their child’s well-being. Through looking at the experiences of families who made the choice for alternative education models, this study examined the family’s desires in education, what pieces of school philosophy they feel impact their child’s well-being needs, and what aspects of well- being they feel should belong in the school’s climate.Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)Doctor of Education in Educational LeadershipSchool of Educatio