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Black Mother Scholars Matter: Navigating Anti-Black Educational Spaces for our Black Boys
Get PDFThis article draws from Black Critical Theory to explain how two mother scholars advocated for their Black sons in an anti-black education system. Additionally, the article focuses on antiblackness to describe the social suffering and resistance through ideologies and educational practices our children experienced at the hands of teachers and teaching staff in private and public schools. The first story details the experience of racism and teacher bias of a typically developing Black child. The second story details the inequitable and racist experiences of a Black boy with autism. Each of these experiences highlight the importance of advocating for Black children in the spaces that often devalue and degrade them, including educational spaces
My Journey Through Cinematic Camera Movement
Get PDFThis thesis explains my journey to becoming a cinematographer and finding my cinematic style through both trial and error and classroom instruction at Stephen F. Austin State University, learning advanced camera and lighting techniques, and working on the 2022 summer feature as a Director of Photography (DP). I will begin with a little bit of history and then move into my influences, experiences, and preferences as it pertains to cinematography and camera movement
a FRAGILE [In] TENSION
Get PDFThe exhibition, a FRAGILE [In] TENSION, is a compilation of 6 sculptural installation works—the result of two and a half years of work in the ceramics workshop— combining various ceramic procedures, incorporating crochet techniques, and repurposed materials. Each of the materials represents specific memories of the past linked to a place of origin and people deeply attached to me, representing complementary feelings. Ceramic objects were created on the potter\u27s wheel and subsequently joined, modified, intervened, and added to their corresponding installations following a series of self-directed design rules. The sculptures are an emotional, psychological, and physical response to the past three years of global and local events. The whole body of work takes references and inspiration from what I experience in my safe space
Turning Ligands on Their Side: Computational Investigation into the Binding of N2O and N2 in Transition Metal Complexes
Get PDFCommon greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) is a thermodynamically potent and environmentally benign oxidant, making it a desirable target for metal center activation. Unfortunately, N2O is a poor ligand for transition metals due to its weak sigma-donating and pi-accepting properties; as a result, few transition metal complexes capable of interacting with N2O have been found. As the primary source of all nitrogen in organisms, abundant gas dinitrogen (N2) is a crucially important tiny molecule and an essential part of daily existence. However, due to its inertness, it has limited practical uses in this form. Through biological and commercial nitrogen fixation processes, one of the most inert substances, N2, is transformed into an accessible nitrogen supply, such as NH3, that may be incorporated into all nitrogen-containing biomolecules. Using computational chemistry, this work will highlight the energy differences between new potential N2O binding modes. Insights into the comparison between the k-N and k-O versus the newly reported n2-NN and n2-NO binding modes will be discussed. Through the utilization of density functional theory, a low valent cobalt complex possessing N2O in a n2-NO coordination is reported. These binding mode comparisons can be employed to develop N2O as a green oxidant given the limited understanding of the coordination of N2O to metal centers. This study will emphasize the energy disparities between putative N2 binding mechanisms using computational chemistry. It will also be explored how the k-N binding mode compares to the infrequently reported n2-NN binding mode. Given the partial knowledge of N2\u27s coordination to metal centers, these binding mode comparisons can be used to improve understanding of N2\u27s activation
Immigration, Politics, and Mental Health: An Undergraduate Independent Study
Get PDFThe implications of a polarizing political climate on the plight of immigrants with disabilities in the United States are physiological and emotional. Rehabilitation and human services professionals are inclined to recognize the intersection of the process of immigration with related legislation and the presence of disability. Undergraduate students of relevant disciplines can benefit from the focused investigation that an independent study can provide – particularly because legislative directives evolve so rapidly, are directly associated with service provision and the availability of resources, and draw upon training and continuing education expectations from a variety of practitioner ethical codes
Adaptive Coping for COVID-Related Stress
Get PDFThe restrictions placed on society by the COVID- 19 pandemic for the purpose of limiting spread of the disease appear to have produced a different set of potential chronic health issues. Through lockdown and social distancing measures the general public lost access to key elements of daily life. The literature and qualitative interview data primarily support a negative association between participation in spiritual and physical activity and COVID-19 related stress. These findings are not surprising based on previous research investigating coping and other chronic stressors
Geologic and Geomorphological Interpretation of the Mare Orientale Impact Basin Region of Earth’s Moon
No full textFacebook for Law Enforcement
Get PDFThis article introduces what some law enforcement agencies have done to mitigate trust issues by utilizing social media as a form of community policing. There is a silent majority out there that support law enforcement. As a pioneer of using Facebook as a platform for community policing, taking criticism from my law enforcement peers was unavoidable. However, these same peers would turn to Facebook shortly after for personal and professional use. The key is to reach out and to educate the public to help gain trust in law enforcement, and using modern social media platforms to reach the masses only makes sense. Facebook is a good place to start
Schooling Black Males: Hegemonic Discourses, Structural Barriers, and Strategic Resistance
Get PDFBlack males have scored at the lowest levels of academic achievement compared to other racial groups in many Texas school districts. The achievement gap for this population of students has been explained by both material constraints and oppressive hegemonic discourses. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand how such barriers and discourses affected these students and how the students negotiated their experiences in school. This study was designed to describe the problem, its background and to discuss a relevant theoretical framework. This study examined the academic achievement data for Black males and the current literature on adverse effects on Black male students, their schools, communities, and culture. The review of relevant literature included an analysis of the oppressive hegemonic discourses and structural constraints. Interviews were conducted to assess the resiliency and coping methods used by Black males that were successfully navigating the systemic barriers faced in high schools. The study was designed to explore how the students experienced and navigated specific barriers as well as these barriers impacted their families, schools, communities. The study concluded with a discussion results and limitations based on the four interviews with the Black male high school students attending Texas public schools