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Unveiling the Reid Technique: How Coercive Interrogation Tactics Fail to Protect Juveniles
Get PDFThe United States’ failure to ratify the Conventions on the Rights of the Child (CRC) points to inadequacies in the criminal justice system. This omission reflects a broader failure: the criminal justice system is unable to adequately protect children, particularly regarding the protections against self-incrimination. The Reid Technique, a psychological interrogation method used by police, elicits confessions through a series of manipulative tactics and demonstrates unethical exploitation at the hands of the criminal justice system, undermining the justice system and revealing a failure to protect child rights in accordance with the CRC and Fifth and Eighth Amendments. The legal, psychological, and ethical implications of the Reid Technique on juveniles can be examined using case law, empirical studies, and human rights framework. These practices constitute fundamental violations of due process and require the urgent need for legal reforms to align juvenile interrogation procedures with constitutional and international standards.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1081/thumbnail.jp
What Comes First, the Color or the Creator? Understanding Black Christan Nationalism
Get PDFThe love of God and America is a staple in republican spaces, with the depths of this sentiment holding space for Christian Nationalism as understood by many white Christians. Given their unique relationship with and position in America, what about Black Christians? This article explores the presence of intersectionality between race, religion, and political behavior within African Americans. This article seeks to answer the questions of what makes Christian Nationalism appealing to African Americans. Is this appeal enough for African Americans to switch political behavior and does this pose a threat to America\u27s democracy? Using the historical context of Black oppression and religion, this paper aims to formulate a deeper understanding of what Black Christianity looked like in stricter racialized times within American history. By going back to the slave trade and using the recent rhetoric of Black pastors and the results of the 2024 presidential election, this paper seeks to gage this observation.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1094/thumbnail.jp
Leaves of Grass: Public Opinion and the Continuous Suppression of Minorities
Get PDFIn November 1881, James R. Osgood and Company published the seventh edition of Leaves of Grass. Shortly after, the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice condemned the book for its references to sexuality and homosexuality, resulting in its removal from a Boston library. This episode exemplifies a long history of censorship, a practice rooted in ancient civilizations and perpetuated by governments and religious authorities throughout history. A book\u27s material aspects enrich its value; this project explores how physical evidence, like the absence of annotations, provides insights into the broader history of suppression surrounding Leaves of Grass. The condition of Binghamton University’s copy serves as both a historical artifact and a reminder of ongoing censorship, underscoring the importance of preserving the voices of marginalized communities. The evolving reception of Walt Whitman and his work reflects changing societal attitudes toward queerness and highlights the persistent marginalization faced by certain individuals.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1120/thumbnail.jp
Chronicling Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research through Digital Text Analysis
Get PDFThis project is an exploratory analysis of the field of language, gender, and sexuality using the journal Language in Society, a key publication within the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. Chronicling over 50 years of scholarly research, a corpus of research will be analyzed with digital text analysis methods using Python, including topic modeling and sentiment analysis. The project aims to empirically analyze how a) notions of gender and sexuality are represented in linguistics research b) how language surrounding gender and sexuality is represented, discussed, and challenged through research, and c) how language regarding sexual and gender identity has evolved over the course of the journal’s history and how it mirrors the contemporary global and sociopolitical history of gender and sexuality. Preliminary research has indicated trends in men and women’s conversational differences in the 1970s and 1980s, with trends in non-binary language and sexuality emerging in the 21st century.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1130/thumbnail.jp
What Makes Sustainability Leaders Successful? Identifying the Traits and Skills of these Managers
Get PDFCoinciding with growing concern about climate change, demand for sustainability professionals in local government has increased significantly. However, little is known about the traits and skills needed to succeed in this emerging field. This ongoing research project analyzes 59 semi-structured interviews with sustainability managers across U.S. local governments to identify key leadership competencies. An initial coding framework was developed using Claude, a research AI software, to detect common themes, and was refined by the research team. Each interview is coded blindly by two researchers to ensure consistency and limit bias. With 32 interviews coded so far, early findings highlight the importance of communication, strategic thinking, and relationship-building skills. Final results will include demographic analysis to examine how skills and traits may vary across different contexts.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1147/thumbnail.jp
Saccadic Differences in High and Low-Contact Sports
Get PDFYoung athletes competing in high-contact sports are more susceptible to mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) than those in low-contact sports. Such injuries can result in neurological deficits, including saccadic dysfunction and smooth pursuit deficits, which can potentially interfere with everyday activities. This study utilized eye-tracking technology (Tobii Pro Glasses 3) to evaluate the preseason saccadic behaviors in high and low-contact sports as well as athletes with and without previous concussions. It was hypothesized that concussed athletes would exhibit a lower saccade count, higher velocity and greater amplitude compared to non-concussed athletes. In high-impact sports, the results demonstrated significant differences in the saccade count, suggesting that the number of saccades may be a potential indicator for concussion-related visual deficits. Data obtained through eye-tracking assessments can provide valuable insights into the neurological effects of sports-related concussions and enhance diagnostics while supporting more effective injury management and prevention.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1169/thumbnail.jp
Lessons in Dissident Design: The Study of Visual Rhetoric Applied to Counter-Authoritarianism
Get PDFVisual Rhetoric, the study of argument through images, is a field that has as of yet barely been applied to the study of Counter-Authoritarianism. The purpose of this research, then, is to develop this inter-disciplinary relationship by examining aspects of visual rhetorical design as they relate to counter-authoritarian movements. Through an analysis of how movements’ visual media sparks emotions and induces critical thought regarding the system it opposes, this study will develop actionable recommendations that can be used by activists to create strong rhetoric. This research hypothesizes that the most important aspects of dissident Visual Rhetoric are an ability to guide the viewer\u27s eye via design construction, and adept utilization of imagery that prompts automatic emotional response. The study recommends further research encompassing both disciplines, including additional case based applications and more in-depth discussion of design rules as they apply to Counter-Authoritarianism.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1177/thumbnail.jp
From Fantasy to Fragmentation: Forster’s Illusion of Unity and Woolf’s Reality of Division
Get PDFIn Edwardian Britain, one third of the national income flowed to less than one thirtieth of its citizens. E.M. Forster’s Howards End envisions connection across class divides as an achievable solution to this problem, manipulating plot elements to unite three social classes: the rising Wilcoxes, the rentier Schlegels, and the near-poverty Basts. However, this promising resolution sidesteps the deeper economic and social forces that maintain class divisions, offering a resolution that feels more symbolic than substantive. The novel’s problematic approach to class unity is underscored when read alongside Virginia Woolf\u27s Mrs. Dalloway, which challenges Forster’s optimistic vision by critiquing a society where class divisions remain insurmountable. Unlike Howards End, which forces a symbolic resolution through inheritance and marriage, Mrs. Dalloway exposes the reality of disconnection through fragmented interactions and unresolved struggles. Ultimately, Mrs. Dalloway highlights the limitations of Forster’s vision, revealing how entrenched social divisions persist beyond the hopeful narratives he constructs.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1180/thumbnail.jp
The Daughters of Mother Nature
Get PDFDespite the apparent commitment in the discipline of climate justice to the inclusion of the perspectives of marginalized groups, such as frontline communities, the voices of women have been blatantly disregarded in both scholarship and society. This willful ignorance of the parallel exploitation of women and the natural world limits the efficacy by which the international community can understand—and, therefore, combat—the effects of climate change. Through a four-corner study analyzing the legislation of different nations with varying levels of protection for women and the environment, this paper will first establish women as a frontline community in the climate crisis. It will then outline the positive correlation between women\u27s rights and environmental protection before developing radical international policy solutions enshrining the rights of Mother Nature and her daughters. Women must be included (and, occasionally, centered) in contemporary conversation to achieve true climate justice.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1192/thumbnail.jp
University as a Platform: Systems and Platform Thinking for Business Model Innovation and AI Transformation in Higher Education
Get PDFHigher education institutions (HEIs), such as colleges and universities, face many challenges and competitive pressures and must innovate. How can ideas from complexity and a systems approach help a HEI understand how it creates value and potentially drive business model innovation? This article provides a university-as-a-platform (UaaP) framework that integrates platform thinking and systems thinking to help HEIs think about value creation, innovation, and the design of new business models. Platform thinking is used to provide a platform conceptualization of the university and define the framework\u27s main elements. A HEI creates value by facilitating the participation and value-creating interactions of several groups of participants. Systems thinking, deploying a causal loop diagram (CLD), maps the value creation mechanisms focusing on feedback loops within a HEI and across its boundary. We show that the UaaP framework can help HEIs understand their complex challenges, conceptualize and map how they create value, and identify opportunities for innovation, such as novel business models. We also explain how Artificial Intelligence (AI) feedback loops strengthen the quality of participation and interactions (quality effect) on platforms. Understanding that mechanism allows HEIs to derive additional value from AI transformation. The article contributes to the platform literature and the literature at the intersection of complexity and higher education. It outlines lessons for higher education leadership and identifies opportunities for future complex systems research at the intersection of education, platforms, and AI