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Intellectual humility: implications for receiving clinical supervisory feedback
Full text linkResearch on intellectual humility has grown over the past decade, illustrating many possible areas of exploration and application. The current study sought to explore how intellectual humility impacts the skills and growth of counselors-in-training through response to supervisory feedback. Participants from counseling training programs at a large university in the southwestern United States completed a self-report survey which assessed training characteristics, feedback receptivity, and self-reported skills. Those with the highest and lowest intellectual humility scores were recruited to participate in the qualitative portion of the project in which participants engaged in a Think-aloud Protocol while reading supervisory feedback. Additionally, iMotions software was used to assess facial emotional expression while participants read the feedback. Results did not support hypotheses related to the quantitative portion of this project but patterns did emerge from the qualitative arm which suggests differences in how individuals with low or high IH respond to supervisory feedback. These results provide an opportunity for further exploration in the relationship between intellectual humility and counselor education/practice
The haunting of the fields women
Full text linkThe Haunting of the Fields Women is a 65,000-word horror fiction novel. Parker Fields and her newly pregnant wife Annie have finally rid themselves of the wreckage that was Parker’s mother, an institutionalized schizophrenic whose behavior led to the destruction of a once happy family. As far as Parker is aware, her real life is about to start. But then she starts seeing things, dreaming horrors that she only recognized through the visions that her mother spoke so terrifyingly of. As Parker tries to figure out what is happening to her, we delve into the previous generations of the Fields women: Parker’s mother, Mitchie, a free-spirited orphan desperate for love. Bernie, an alcoholic who struggles to connect in a world full of disappointing people, and Robbie, young and in love with a man that she does not truly know. This book intersects the reality of mental illness, abuse, and the resilience to take it all on in a world that doesn’t believe you. With four differing points of view on how recycled trauma can be interpreted and acted out, The Haunting of the Fields Women is a portrait of American psychosis.
This book sits in a liminal landscape for American women and the ghost stories that rest underneath the soil they live on. It is a ghost story, but more than that, it's proof–- a resounding song of the horrors that follow women around, that bleed into our daughters. In the words of Natalie Erika James, “We have all sensed the pain our mothers carry. And all of us are suspicious to some degree that we are partly to blame for her pain.” America is the haunted house in this novel
Navajo views and perspectives of Covid-19 and health and wellbeing implications from a Diné student
Full text linkThe purpose of my research project was to gain the Diné (Navajo) traditional and cultural perspectives of Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19 (COVID-19) and discuss how those views aided in the combat of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation. I learned more about how views and perspectives on COVID-19 among Navajo people tied into cultural knowledge and practices surrounding health and wellbeing. I applied an autoethnographic approach to writing my thesis, to position my existing knowledge and lived experiences from a Navajo woman’s point of view. I also conducted a social media content analysis to collect public knowledge from the height of the coronavirus pandemic from social media posts including all pictures of signage on the Navajo Nation, opinions expressed, perspectives, views, and data posted by social media participants. Additionally, I engaged in ethnographic interviews with ten Navajo residents of Flagstaff, Arizona to gain current and past COVID-19 experiences and views, as well as cultural knowledge about health and wellbeing. My theoretical frameworks included relationality and interconnectedness, the relationships that humans have to the world around them (land, animals, people, cosmos, and ideas) as well as phenomenology, the study of lived experiences. These approaches provided me with a lens to gather and interpret my data in order to understand how worldviews shape how people make sense of different experiences, such as illness. This research contributes to a growing body of scholarship regarding the validity and importance of Indigenous cultural knowledge and in the decolonizing and Indigenizing ways of viewing health and wellbeing
Development of a novel balloon-mesh device to improve the embolization of aneurysms
Full text linkThe rupture of an intracranial aneurysm is the cause of death for 500,000 people each year, with half of them being younger than 50 years old. It is estimated that 3-6 million Americans harbor a brain aneurysm and thus are at risk from this condition. While the neurointerventional field has progressed dramatically over the past few years, existing embolization devices suffer from significant limitations. Major challenges to successful treatment of brain aneurysms of varying sizes and geometries include ensuring the aneurysm sac remains occluded in the long-term (reducing recanalization risk) while avoiding downstream thrombus and subsequent ischemia. A supporting medical device that can improve the efficiency of aneurysm treatment, without significantly affecting parent artery blood flow, is needed.
The purpose of this translational research is to develop and validate an endovascular device – Balloon-Mesh – which improves aneurysm neck protection during embolic device placement and reduces blood flow obstruction in the parent artery, thereby minimizing ischemic risk. This project includes two aims. Aim I, a design, validate, and manufacture a new prototype w. Aim II, test the efficacy of the prototypes as in an in-vitro model and compared to current commercial devices. The prototypes were be delivered to our portable blood flow system utilizing simulated neurointerventional surgical techniques under fluoroscopic imaging, coordinated by the Bioengineering Devices Lab (BDL) at NAU.
This device has the potential to alleviate current time constraints imposed by temporary balloon protection, provide a smooth surface at the aneurysm neck for consistent device placement, eliminate ischemic effects distal to the parent artery, and minimize intra-aneurysmal flow remnants pre- and post-treatment
Intersectionality in university mental health: the effects of Latinx identity and generational status on counseling barriers and intentions of college students
Full text linkPast research has shown that college students are exposed to a variety of stressors, which in turn affect their mental health. Over the last decade, symptoms of psychological distress and illness have grown among college students, curtailing academic success and decreasing motivation to finish their degree requirements. Additionally, rates for help-seeking remain low, while symptoms remain high, indicating that college students are not getting the mental health help that they need. While this itself represents a substantial issue, research also shows that poor mental health and help-seeking behaviors differ across specific groups. For two underrepresented minority groups, Latinx and first-generation college students, mental health problems and reasons for not seeking help are more unique and complex. This study included these groups specifically, investigating what barriers exist to seeking mental health services for Latinx first-generation students in contrast to White continuing-generation students. It additionally examined how these barriers are related to one’s intention to seek mental health help. The sample included 105 college students at Northern Arizona University. A hierarchical multiple regression was performed with three models, which tested whether SES (low vs. high), ethnic identity (Latinx vs. White), biracial identity (Latinx vs. White), student generation status (first vs. continuing), and six barriers to counseling (negative perceived value, ingroup stigma, discomfort with emotions, lack of knowledge, lack of access, and cultural barriers) affected one’s intention to seek mental health help. SES had a significant effect in model 1; however, it became non-significant once Latinx ethnic identity, biracial identity, and student generation status were entered. In the final model two of the six barriers, negative perceived value and discomfort with emotions, had significant effects on intention to seek help, while the other four were not significant. The results suggested that negative perceived value and discomfort with emotions are the largest reasoning behind the lack of intentions, attempts, and plans to seek help in college students
The long haul
Full text linkThe Long Haul is a post-apocalyptic story following Finch, a cargo driver, and Lizbeth, a medic. After a catastrophic crash Finch has to recover and restructure her entire life. While Lizbeth is ordered by The Council to explore the mysterious borderland of the Beyond and accidentally awakens something terrible. It is up to her to warn the people of the Basin and protect them when their leaders will not; and it is up to Lizbeth and Finch together to help one another heal.
This book has been a huge project that has spanned the whole of my MFA career, the first draft of this novel being my entry to my very first workshop within the MFA. I have come a long way from that initial draft and that is due in part to the constructive comments I received in that workshop, the further lessons I’ve learned in other classes, and the help of my professors.
Though what I learned through the MFA helped me actually craft this novel, what propelled me through the initial idea and into a full fledged world were my many points of inspirations and topics of interest. From video games and books to political dynamics and current events I found inspiration everywhere I looked.
The initial idea was sparked by the game Signs of the Sojourner which had a similar caravan type setting, though much lighter and interpersonally dependent then my own novel. The very chill gameplay belied the pretty severe stakes your character faces if they fail and that appealed to me in a narrative sense and I wanted to try and match that as well.
A further inspiration for my thesis was the most recent Space Race amongst the billionaires. Like the Space Race an endeavor is taken on for exploration wherein there are bigger issues in the known civilization that are being ignored in favor of experiencing the new and exciting. And, for me, when I think of the Space Race I think of the class dynamics and labor issues that are so prevalent surrounding people like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
Even in a post-apocalyptic civilization such as the one I’ve depicted there are class differences. The difference between the traders, the people who receive the trade, and the people who control the trade. And on top of all that, literacy forms a strict line between these classes, creating distinct sides of privilege and control.
Another source of inspiration was Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series. Her post-empire, blue collar focus on this massive universe she created appealed to me in a similar way that Signs of the Sojourners did; the interior lives of the people that keep their society running, but are ultimately forgotten. Despite our slight differences in genre, my post-apocalyptic/dystopian road novel to her space opera/space westerns, I believe The Long Haul fits well in the literary canon alongside Chambers’ works.
I am very passionate about genre and speculative work and I think my novel is a good example about why these types of stories are important. Placing the political reality and class dynamics that we’ve grown so accustomed to in a wildly different setting makes it harder to ignore these difficult topics. It draws on real world events to subconsciously make the reader draw those same connections, and when the absurd, comically evil things we read about in stories match real life people and events it makes the reader think. As well as, I hope, being an inviting story full of intrigue and suspense
The effect of the Arizona AIMS scholarship on undergraduate student outcomes
Full text linkThis study examined the effect of the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) Scholarship on college cohort retention, college cohort completion, and college cohort time to completion—important student performance markers in an era of fiscal accountability. Over the six-year span (2006 – 2012) of this one year, renewable) full-tuition (waiver) merit-based award, a total of 25,357 Arizona high school graduates received this scholarship to attend one of Arizona’s three public universities—at a cost of $153.6 million.
This quantitative research study followed Mesa Public School (MPS) graduates from 2009-2011 academic years. They were matched with Arizona State University (ASU) student directory information. The anonymized file provided student-level data from MPS through the students ASU careers. To estimate the causal effect of the AIMS Scholarship on undergraduate student performance outcomes, the researcher employed a quasi-experimental design to match students who received the AIMS Scholarship with those who did not on all the pre-treatment characteristics such as gender, minority status, socioeconomic status (SES), high school Grade Point Average (GPA), American Collee Testing (ACT) Composite, and the AIMS requirements. The only difference between the two groups (122 per group) was that one received the AIMS Scholarship, and one did not. This quasi-experimental design reduced the potential for omitted variable bias (i.e., individual motivation, familial support, etc.) and allowed for estimating the true causal effect of the AIMS Scholarship.
The results of this research indicated that receiving the AIMS Scholarship appeared to have no effect on the likelihood of retention for women but had a strong positive effect on the likelihood of retention for men—a predictor for graduation. In addition, the AIMS Scholarship had a strong positive effect on the likelihood of retention for high and low SES students, but a much stronger effect for those with low SES than those with high SES. Lastly, receiving the AIMS Scholarship appeared to have no effect on the number of semesters taken to graduate for women, but appeared to increase the time to graduation for men by approximately 1.6 semesters—all important effects in an era of increased accountability for undergraduate performance outcomes and fiscal accountability
Change readiness: student affairs engagement in assessment practices
Full text linkThe purpose of this interpretive phenomenological study was to explore the experience of student learning outcomes assessment among four midlevel student affairs managers to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of change readiness to engage in assessment practices. This study sought to address the theory–practice gap in student affairs assessment. The aim of gathering rich descriptions of experiences was to yield new insights that senior student affairs officers (SSAOs) at the study site could use in planning effective change strategies to increase engagement in assessment practices. Two constitutive patterns and seven relational themes were revealed to gain a deeper understanding of how participants made sense of their experiences and to discover underlying attitudes and beliefs acting as inhibitors or facilitators to engage in assessment practices. Participants’ responses revealed three key tenets of how midlevel managers build a culture of assessment in their department. In addition, this study revealed four recommendations for SSAOs to consider that may help them effectively facilitate large-scale engagement in assessment practices and establish a culture of assessment on campus
Assessing the likelihood of meropenem resistance acquisition in Burkholderia pseudomallei via lateral gene transfer from Burkholderia ubonensis
Full text linkThe disease melioidosis is caused by the environmental bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Treatment for this disease can be complex, as B. pseudomallei is intrinsically resistant to multiple broad-spectrum antimicrobials . However, decades of research have resulted in a more effective treatment regimen, with meropenem reserved for patients in Intensive Care Units suffering from severe melioidosis. Burkholderia ubonensis, a distantly related non-pathogenic bacterium, is often co-isolated with B. pseudomallei from soil. It has been suggested that ~50% of B. pseudomallei strains are naturally competent and both species can acquire new genomic content via lateral gene transfer (LGT) and can also display resistance to a variety of antimicrobials, with B. ubonensis occasionally displaying high levels of intrinsic resistance to meropenem. The goal of this study was to determine if B. ubonensis can serve as a source for meropenem resistance in B. pseudomallei via LGT.Meropenem resistance was evaluated in a set of 122 phylogenetically and spatially diverse environmental isolates of B. pseudomallei using a broth microdilution method. All strains had an MIC of ≤ 2 µg/ml and were determined to be susceptible. A series of transformation experiments was conducted using an attenuated strain of B. pseudomallei and a genetically modified strain of B. ubonensis. No growth was observed when B. pseudomallei was exposed to B. ubonensis DNA for a short period of time and subsequently plated onto agar plates containing subinhibitory levels of meropenem (20 µg/ml). In addition, clinically significant increases in meropenem resistance were not observed in generated B. pseudomallei mutants containing the specific genes that confer meropenem resistance in B. ubonensis.
Environmental isolates of B. pseudomallei are largely susceptible to meropenem and cannot acquire and express meropenem resistance genes from environmental B. ubonensis DNA
The impact of the rapid shift to remote and hybrid instruction on the teacher dispositions of k-6 public school teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic
Full text linkThe global pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prompted an enormous disruption in day-to-day activities worldwide that initiated swift and unprecedented changes. Teacher beliefs played a prominent role in technology integration. The specific problem was that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon teacher dispositions toward technology integration had not been established, such that school administrators, policymakers, and teacher preparedness programs could best support teachers and students. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the perceived impact of the rapid shift to remote and hybrid instruction on the teacher dispositions of K-6 public school teachers providing remote and/or in-person instruction toward technology integration during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona. This qualitative case study included interviews with fifteen teachers at a single school district regarding the impact of the rapid shift to remote and hybrid learning. This study asked, “How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected teachers' dispositions to integrate technology during the rapid shift to remote and hybrid teaching?