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Chronicling language, gender, and sexuality research through digital text analysis
No full textThis 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
Orchestrating Complexity: The Art of Virtual Leadership in System Modelling
Get PDFThis paper explores the dynamics of virtual leadership within global remote work environments, focusing on the application of complex system modelling to understand and enhance leadership efficacy. The application of computational modelling has been a regular feature in economics, science and technology fields, however its application in virtual leadership with linkage to sport leadership appears to be a novel concept. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this paper incorporates Game Theory as a conceptual framework to make the leadership model more relevant and applicable that can offer simpler understanding of complex play of leadership drivers. The model incorporates five key leadership dimensional drivers such as communication, motivation, culture, trust, and technology as agents that influence change in other agents, specifically team members. The research attempts to discover approach for understanding leadership and team behavior through Relational Leadership dynamic in business as well as in sport environment
Affirming Trans Rights: Oppression and Resiliency in LGBTQ Digital Activism
Get PDFSocial media can build community and empower individuals to speak freely, but does it continue to do so when those in power disagree with the message? The current U.S. administration, led by President Trump, aimed executive orders at transgender people (ex. only recognizing two sexes fixed at birth, defunding programs promoting “gender ideology”, defunding gender-affirming care) in order to delegitimize and demonize their existence. Following this trend, corporately owned social media platforms such as Facebook changed their content moderation policies. Despite this, LGBTQ activists continue to promote and affirm their right to existence, often utilizing open source platforms such as Mastodon. By examining corporate ownership of social media versus Fedivrse or open-source platforms and their effects on Trans and LGBTQ activism in the U.S. over the past year, this paper hopes to understand how social media can be a tool for resilience as well as oppression.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1009/thumbnail.jp
Enhancing Teacher Training: Understanding Educators’ Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practices for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Get PDFStudents with emotional and behavioral disorders face significant challenges in inclusive educational settings, yet research on effective strategies for supporting these students remains limited. Many educators receive inadequate training in managing the unique needs of students with emotional and behavioral disorders, creating barriers to effective classroom management and instruction. This mixed-methods study aims to explore educators\u27 knowledge of evidence-based practices and high leverage practices for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. Specifically, researchers used survey research to investigate New York educators\u27 understanding of evidence-based practices, the relationship between evidence-based practice knowledge and perceptions of inclusive practices, and whether educator characteristics impact evidence-based practice knowledge. Content analysis was used to examine participant responses, utilizing meaning units, codes, and categories to identify patterns in evidence-based practice knowledge. Frequency counts were used to track the number and types of evidence-based practices recognized by participants. This research aims to provide valuable insights for enhancing teacher preparation and improving inclusive practices for students with emotional and behavioral disorders in general education classrooms.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1016/thumbnail.jp
Can LLMs Understand Multi-Armed Bandit Tasks?
Get PDFLarge Language Models (LLMs) possess many emergent traits, including in-context learning capabilities that one can utilize for sequential decision-making tasks. This study examined how Llama 3 (8B parameters) performs in multi-armed bandit tasks using Bernoulli reward distributions. The LLM’s performance were compared to traditional reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms, including epsilon greedy and Upper Confidence Bound, to evaluate the model’s understanding of exploration and exploitation. Using a logistic regression classifier on PCA-reduced activation vectors extracted from the LLM’s decoder layers, over 90% accuracy was achieved in distinguishing prompts reflecting greedy versus anti-greedy decisions, highlighting the LLM’s internally consistent representations. However, efforts to steer the LLM’s behavior using steering vectors proved unsuccessful, highlighting the difficulties inherent in attempts to manipulate LLM behavior in complex decision-making tasks. These findings raise important questions about interpretability, control, and the emergent nature of in-context learning.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1027/thumbnail.jp
Variation in Antarctic Circumpolar Current Intensification throughout Late Pleistocene Glacial-Interglacial Cycles
Get PDFThe Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an integral part of the global climate and oceanic circulatory system. Previous works have documented evidence that the ACC’s intensity has enhanced and diminished on glacial-interglacial time scales. However, there are conflicting findings between ocean basins. These results suggest regional or localized effects on the intensity of this important global oceanic circulatory front. In this work, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data from a sediment core collected in the Southeastern Indian Ocean near the ACC is used to reconstruct the intensity of the ACC across glacial-interglacial cycles. Preliminary results reveal asynchronous behavior in heavy elemental values at the study site throughout glacial-interglacial time scales and a clear pattern was unable to be determined. As such, additional analysis will be conducted on the current XRF data set and compared with published South Indian Ocean data to attempt to disentangle the initial observations.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1034/thumbnail.jp
Nixon’s Family Assistance Plan: Its Shortcomings and Impact on Social Policy
Get PDFRichard Nixon’s Family Assistance Plan (FAP) was a welfare reform proposal that aimed to completely replace the New Deal-era Aid to Families with Dependent Children with a guaranteed income for low-income families. While pre-existing research primarily focuses on legislative battles and economic implications, less attention has been given to race, sex, and media framing in influencing opposition to the plan. This research is primarily drawn from congressional records, newspaper archives, and policy analyses to explore how each of these factors contributed to the FAP’s downfall, as well as how the FAP’s failure influenced further dialogue on social policy. This research will argue that resistance to the plan was not just policy-based but deeply rooted in societal fears about government assistance, particularly regarding race relations and dependency. Researching this history will help explain enduring opposition to welfare programs and potentially offer insight into modern debates on universal basic income and direct cash assistance.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1038/thumbnail.jp
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Get PDFMost discussions of comic books focus on their value as works of literature or art. For a book like “Sinister Tales” #115, the stories within this anthology comic are not the most interesting part. That is because those stories were removed from their original contexts and repurposed. Instead of reproducing entire comics from American companies, Alan Class took individual stories from many different companies and repackaged them under his own titles. Class also used unconventional methods to print his comics, notably printing them with spines. The Binghamton copy of this book is accompanied by the printing plates used for the cover which help reveal the printing process. This project examines the choices and interesting circumstances of Alan Class Comics. By placing the focus of this project on Alan Class Comics, the contributions of the printers and publishers who are rarely given attention in comics spaces are brought to light.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/1039/thumbnail.jp