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Understanding Lived Experiences of Children of Transgender Parents: A Retrospective Study of Adults whose Parent Transitioned During their Childhood
No full textThere is a dearth of research about children of transgender parents (CTPs), leaving social workers and other professionals with little to no guidance for how to help support them before, during, or after their parent’s transition. This study’s aim was to address this critical gap in the literature by examining the lived experiences of adult CTPs and to learn from them about their experiences of growing up with a parent who transitioned during their childhood. Bronfenbrenner’s social ecological systems theory informed the study’s research question, which was “What are the lived experiences of adult children who grew up with a transgender parent who transitioned during their childhood?” This theory also informed the interview guide that was used during the interviews of the ten adult CTP participants. A qualitative narrative methodology, using Braun’s (2006) six-phase process was conducted, yielding five themes. Answers were coded and the number of CTPs that mentioned the theme and the frequency of mentions across all interviews was calculated. In order of most mentioned the themes and their frequencies were: embarrassment and shame (31), confusion (25), disruption to the family (20), silver lining (18), and shift in understanding (10). Bronfenbrenner’s (1994) ecological theory helps to explain how the transition process is not an isolated, individualized experience but one that affects the entire microsystem, which is shaped by the meso, macro, and chronosystems. The limitations and strengths of the study are discussed, as well as the implications for social work at all levels of practice. In addition, how this research relates to social work ethics, and suggestions for future research are also presented.LGBTQ studiesSocial workSocial researchChildren of transgender parents, Discrimination, LGBTQ, Narrative, Qualitative, Transgender ParentsSocial WorkDegree Awarded: Ph.D. Social Work. The Catholic University of Americ
‘Effected for any Useful Purposes’: The Birth of Research and Development in the Rubber Industry, 1790-1890
No full textResearch-driven industrial production, although commonly associated with the twentieth century, developed in the nineteenth century. Science, technology, institutions, business practices, and the industry-knowledge of historical actors evolved together to create new paradigms of industrial research and manufacturing practices. The rubber industry is a representative example of this increasingly research-driven production within the industrial economy of the nineteenth century, which ultimately created modern Research and Development. By reconstructing contemporary understandings of the science and technology involved in rubber manufacturing, this dissertation will trace the development of the rubber industry, and of industrial research practices, from their origins in the eighteenth century through the nineteenth century. Furthermore, this dissertation will demonstrate that individual decisions to adopt and adapt effective manufacturing practices were integral to the sustained development of manufacturing technologies and business institutions. These processes of decision making will be explored through reference to theoretical models including technological uncertainty, bounded rationality, institutional isomorphism, and habitus. The locus of inventive activity in the rubber industry shifted throughout the nineteenth century, from the amateur tinkerer working in his home, to the small company with dedicated factory space, to the trade cartels exerting industrial control through patent litigation, to the consolidated corporation with dedicated laboratory space and proprietary control of invention. This study contends that these shifts were driven by historical actors attempting to adopt the most effective scientific and business practices (which they understood through a combination of culturally accepted norms, expectations, and assumptions, encompassed in the idea of habitus), and their inherently limited understanding of their own economic position and incentives. This process explains the development and diffusion of specific practices, which reached its apotheosis in the corporate research and development laboratories of the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The rubber industry illustrates this dynamic, but the findings of this dissertation apply to other industries and suggest some meaningful questions for how scholars frame the causes of the Second Industrial Revolution.HistoryHabitus, History, Patents, Research and Development, Rubber Industry, Technological DevelopmentHistoryDegree Awarded: Ph.D. History. The Catholic University of Americ
Britt Dorfman Interview, April 25, 2020
No full textBritt Dorfman addresses the concerns she has being in a high-risk category. She has Crohn’s disease, which is under remission, but she takes immunosuppressant medications. Given her circumstances, she hopes people stay home and safe, but she realizes that is harder for some than others. She has had a paycut at her job and her financial situation is harder. The cost of living in DC is very high. On the positive side, she has made stronger connections with old friends, family, co-workers, her roommate, and her cat. She attends virtual Shabbat services, which have helped her unwind. She would like us to learn that everyone is valuable, and no one is disposable. Everyone plays an important role, and we need to respect each other. This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou
Angie Whitehurst Interview, April 16, 2020
No full textAngie Whitehurst explores how she has reacted to the COVID-19 crisis. She feels that the city did not react fast or well enough, and says that we should listen to doctors, scientists, and public health officials before politicians. Angie shares cartoons that she has been working on about COVID for Street Sense that include important messages about making change and staying home. The cartoons additionally explore the economic impact of COVID, both personally and nationally, the racial implications, and the need for social justice in DC jails. She ends with a call to help our communities: "human kindness is what we really need right now." This video is part of the Humanities Truck's From Me To You: A Covid-19 Oral History Project. https://humanitiestruck.com/frommetoyou
Golf Assistive Device for Hand Transplants
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Fifth University Research Day at the Catholic University of America in 2020
The Writing Center's Lack of Focus: Tutoring Students with ADHD
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Fifth University Research Day at the Catholic University of America in 2020
Keratin 19 maintains epithelial cell shape and cell adhesion through stabilization of E-cadherin complex in breast cancer cells
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Fifth University Research Day at the Catholic University of America in 2020
All Talk, No Action: The Evolution of the Republican Party from Reagan to Trump
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Fifth University Research Day at the Catholic University of America in 2020
Autonomous Oceanographic Scuttling Buoy
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Fifth University Research Day at the Catholic University of America in 2020
Improving Math Word Problem Solving Skills for 1st Grade Students: An Interdisciplinary Approach
No full textA presentation that was delivered in the Fifth University Research Day at the Catholic University of America in 2020.This research was collaborated with Kathryn Bojczy