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Small Support Group Counseling Curriculum for LGBTQIA+ High School Students: Promoting Well-Being
Get PDFLGBTQ+ youth, particularly those aged 13 to 25, face disproportionately high levels of discrimination, harassment, and stigma, which contributes to a hostile social environment. This marginalization leads to significantly higher rates of mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and even suicidal ideation and attempts, far exceeding those of their cisgender, heterosexual peers. The combination of these barriers contributes to isolation, poor mental health literacy, and limited access to supportive resources, often resulting in ineffective or harmful coping mechanisms during crises. These systemic challenges, coupled with the social pressure to conform or hide their identities, often leave LGBTQ+ individuals struggling to find acceptance and care. The purpose of this project is to develop an 8-week counseling curriculum that aims to enhance emotional well-being, build coping skills, and create a sense of community to empower LGBTQ+ youth during this critical developmental stage
Second Generation Oral History Project John Nguyen . Exploring Cultural Identity through the Vietnamese American Experience
No full textThe interview covers the experiences of a 20-year-old second-generation Vietnamese American growing up in San Jose, California. The participant discusses their family background, including their parents' immigration stories, educational and professional achievements, and the participant's own upbringing and relationship with their parents. The participant also reflects on their Vietnamese and American identities, the role of language and cultural traditions, experiences with discrimination, and the generational differences between first-generation and second-generation Vietnamese Americans. Overall, the interview provides insights into the complex and nuanced experiences of a Vietnamese American individual navigating their dual cultural heritage
First-Year Black College Students in a Post-Pandemic World: Implications for Culturally Responsive Career Development Practices and Persistence
No full textThis study employs a qualitative case study approach to examine the problem of Black first-year first-time-in-college students leaving before the beginning of their second year at a large four-year state university in the Western United States. The use of culturally responsive career planning practices with post-pandemic Black students is explored through combining two theoretical lenses, Social Cognitive Career Theory and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. Semi-structured one-on-one interviews and two follow-up interview sessions are used to examine persistence and elevate the voices of ten Black students who received a career development session by the centralized career center in fall 2023 or spring 2024. Through a literature review, culturally responsive career practices are identified as group-based learning, Black role model experiences, storytelling about family and cultural influences on career development, and practice with career planning. The results from this study indicate that Black freshperson students seek more culturally responsive career planning opportunities to mitigate the lack of socialization and reduced opportunities to participate in career-related experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are some implications for academic motivation and persistence. Additionally, participants indicated they are affected by historical workplace racism as they create academic and career plans. This study recommends that campus practitioners and policymakers institute systemic culturally responsive career practices to foster confidence leading to persistence in Black students. Through first-hand accounts, this study provides a better understanding of the career development needs of Black post-pandemic freshpersons
Unlocking Scholarly Article Insights: Creating a Scholarly Article Content Extraction Tool – Objectives, Methodology, and a Comparative Analysis of Summary Results
No full textAbstract: We developed an intuitive prototype scholarly article content extraction tool to help individuals and students extract key content from scholarly articles. Although scholarly articles typically include an abstract, they often lack depth. Existing summarization tools are not always user-friendly and often require setup and learning processes. Most existing tools are designed for the information industry to extract metadata and key content efficiently. This paper introduces our innovative Scholarly Article Content Extraction Tool (SACET), which extracts content from a single scholarly article and instantly returns an accurate natural language summary. SACET is accessible anytime/anywhere without setup or extensive learning. We compare SACET's summaries with those from ChatGPT, highlighting the differences, value, and uniqueness of our innovation. Publishing our innovation is crucial due to its potential to advance content extraction applications. This article discusses the objectives, architecture, content extraction methodology, underlying algorithms, operational workflow, and additional work needed to improve the tool.https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5961778/v
Emotional intelligence in public sector management: a systematic literature review
No full textThis graduate project aims at analyzing how the emotional intelligence of leadership within the public sector has impacted, if at all, their employees' job satisfaction and performance. Additionally, the project aims to analyze if the impact to employees has in turn impacted, if at all, the effectiveness in public service being provided by such employees to the public. The research study focuses on the trickle-down effect of such a leadership skill. The methodology used to collect data was a systematic literature review. Methods: The databases JSTOR, Google Scholar, and OneSearch were utilized to find peer-reviewed journals published between 2014 and 2024. Results: Sources dealing with emotional intelligence in general local government public sector from multiple areas around the world were found, reviewed, and utilized. The majority of studies found that a mostly positive effect of emotional intelligence on local government positions and actions was observed. The exact growth amount in effectiveness is unable to be substantiated. The positive effects found in correlation with emotional intelligence included more effective managerial practices, the self-mastery of employees, and the achievement of objectives within the workplace. In addition, although limited, some studies findings did not associate emotional intelligence with certain beneficial aspects. No direct connection was found between emotional intelligence and the effectiveness with which public sector employees assist the public, but behaviors connected with emotional intelligence which could be utilized in difficult work situations were linked to each other. Further research utilizing surveys is recommended to further examine the effect of emotional intelligence within the public sector of local government
Exploring the Role of Short-Term and Long-Term Interventions in Supporting First- Generation, Low-Income College Students
Get PDFThis literature review and research design examine the impact of two different types of college access programs on the graduation outcomes of low-income, first-generation college students. This population faces many barriers in college preparation, which include limited financial support, insufficient standardized test preparation, and a lack awareness of college culture. These barriers lower the likelihood of earning a bachelor's degree. College access programs aim to bridge this gap by providing support in college preparedness, application procedures, and ongoing assistance throughout college. This research design aims to add to the literature by comparing the effectiveness of two distinct types of college access programs from one organization. Through semi-structured interviews with former program participants, this research aims to uncover the determinants improve or hinder program effectiveness, providing insights into how program design and resource allocation affect graduation outcomes for low- income, first-generation students
Spatiotemporal Patterns & Abiotic Influence on Bat Activity on Santa Rosa Island, California
Get PDFImportance of bats to island ecology: • The pollination and seed dispersal activities of batsare particularly valuable to the Channel Islands dueto the endemic plants which had been decimated bya long history of ranching.• The Channel Islands regularly host 14 bat species,which comprises 78% of their mammal species.• During the fall of 2023, 22 migratory bat specieswere detected on SRI, including threatened andendangered species not previously recorded on theislands. HYPOTHESES: 1. Resident bat species will be more active thanmigratory bats, with no significant difference inspecies composition between sites.2. Wind and lunar illumination will cause a decreasein bat activity
The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Public sector employee morale
Get PDFPublic sector organizations are important because they provide essential services to those in need. Due to the high demand of the public sector employees can often experience stress and become mentally drained. This study explores the transformational leadership style and its impact on employee morale in the public sector. The study utilizes a systematic review and analyzes 18 peer-reviewed articles regarding transformational leadership style impacting employee morale, including the aspects of employee morale such as job satisfaction, job performance and employee relationships with employers. Findings suggest that the positive characteristics of transformational leadership, positively impact employee morale. The positive impact on employee morale will then project on the public organization's productivity and outcomes. Considering the results, public organizations should implement more training that reinforces a transformational leadership style, future research should enhance their studies by accurately measuring employee morale
Volunteers as a Community of Practice: Volunteer Management from an Anthropological Perspective
No full textVolunteers are crucial to nonprofit organizations' operations, yet overall volunteer participation has yet to return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Volunteer managers often struggle with finding effective strategies for volunteer recruitment, management, and retention. The propensity of volunteer management literature utilizes quantitative methods to measure volunteer satisfaction and engagement, recommends utilizing volunteer management grounded in human resources (HR) models, and employs a social psychology based functionalist approach of understanding volunteer motivations to properly recruit and engage volunteers. These practices raise important questions for volunteer research: If nonprofit organizations continue to struggle with maintaining volunteer participation, why do these hegemonic theories, approaches, and ways of researching volunteer management persist? What inspires someone to commit their (unpaid) time and efforts to a cause? What do long-serving volunteers have to share about their experience that could help nonprofit organizations re-imagine their volunteer management processes? This research addresses volunteer management from an anthropological perspective, utilizing community of practice theory and institutional theory as a lens, and qualitative methods to understand the volunteer experience via volunteers' own perspectives. Ethnographic data was collected in 13 semi-structured interviews, two periods of participant observation, and autoethnography over a period of one year. I found that volunteers themselves do not view their participation as purely functional. Instead, a positive experience within a volunteer's community of practice is key to volunteer retention and satisfaction. Volunteers often rely on their communities of practice to mitigate burnout, find support, regain inspiration, and maintain their involvement in nonprofit volunteerism. I include suggested strategies for volunteer recruitment and management that highlight the importance of fostering the volunteers' community of practice while incorporating the commonly used HR/functionalist models
Twins and virtual twins: Comparative analysis of problem behaviors
Get PDFA study of factors affecting children's problem behaviors using two unique sibships, monozygotic twins adopted together from China (MZ-CTT twins) and virtual twins (same-age unrelated siblings reared together; VTs), is presented. MZ-CTT twins share genes and environments, whereas VTs share environments only, allowing assessment of how these factors influence behavioral difficulties. Participants (MZ-CTT: n = 43 pairs; VT: n = 41 pairs) were in ongoing studies of behavioral development at the Twin Studies Center at California State University, Fullerton. Mean ages were 7.00 years (SD = 2.59) for MZ-CTT pairs and 6.24 years (SD = 2.26) for VT pairs; MZ-CTT pairs were significantly (albeit only slightly) older. Parents completed demographic surveys and the Child Behavior Checklist for each child. The greater resemblance of age- and sex-corrected t scores of MZ-CTT pairs across Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total problem behavior scales (ris = .72, .71, and .77, respectively) compared with VT pair scores (ris = .25, .40, and .63, respectively) demonstrates genetic influence on these measures. VT pairs with a biological child and an adoptee showed greater resemblance than those with two adoptees. This probably reflects the correlation of biological children's genotype with the adoptees' environment. Regression analyses revealed that for MZ-CTT pairs less variance in problem behaviors was explained by parental variables, such as maternal education, relative to VT pairs. This result may speak to the greater heterogeneity of the backgrounds of VT participants. In summary, this study of two unique kinships shows that both genetic and environmental factors influence child behavioral problems. Future studies using novel and informative kinships are warranted.106272https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.10627