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The Way Home
Get PDFWhen I came up with the idea for The Way Home, I intended to make a film that mirrored the relationship I have with my own father. I wanted to create a film that showed a dysfunctional family that is finally brought together by the death of the glue that held it together. To do that, I had to examine my own family. I believe the best stories to tell are ones that are personal and raw.
This paper will examine the journey I undertook to make this story. I will provide a script analysis, look at the process of production of the film, and look at key aspects of the film, specifically the screenwriting, the cinematography, the directing and acting, and the editing of the film. I intend to highlight the successes of the film as well as the flaws, what worked and what did not
Assessing differentiation of self in multiple cultural contexts: Initial validation of the Multicultural Differentiation of Self Inventory (MDSI)
Get PDFResearchers have shown that current instruments used to assess an individual’s level of differentiation of self or differentiation are biased towards an individualistic cultural context, therefore current instruments lack cultural validity (Alaedein, 2008; Chung & Gale, 2006, 2009; Kim et al., 2015; O’Hara & Meteyard, 2011). When counseling from Bowen’s family systems theoretical perspective, accurate assessment of an individual’s differentiation is integral for treatment planning and intervention (Bowen & Kerr, 1988). To address the existing gap in assessment of differentiation within multiple cultural contexts (i.e., individualistic, collectivistic, transcultural), the purpose of the present research was to develop the Multicultural Differentiation of Self Inventory (MDSI) and conduct initial validation. Graduate students, 22 years and older from 33 universities in southeast United States (U.S.), completed a Demographic Questionnaire (i.e., university, age, gender, socio-economic status, relationship status, race, ethnicity, country of birth, residence state in U.S., residence country/countries, current geographic location due to Covid-19 pandemic, country/countries of citizenship, language(s) spoken, immigrant generation in the U.S. from another country, cultural affiliation, current majority community cultural setting), the 36-item Multicultural Differentiation of Self Inventory (MDSI), and the 16-item Individualism-Collectivism Revised Scale (INDCOL-R; Triandis & Gelfand, 1998). Results of an exploratory factor analysis using a principle components analysis indicated that the MDSI was not a valid instrument to assess differentiation of self in the individualistic, collectivistic, and transcultural contexts. Further, validity and reliability of the INDCOL-R Scale was established. Cronbach’s alpha indicated good reliability (i.e., .70 or higher) for all four dimensions, including horizontal individualism (M = 26.78, SD = 5.92), horizontal collectivism (M = 28.21, SD = 5.09), vertical individualism (M = 17.97, SD = 6.65), and vertical collectivism (M = 23.69, SD = 6.65), as well as individualism (M = 44.75, SD = 9.85) and collectivism (M = 51.88, SD = 9.31). Using Pearson’s r and the probability cutoff value of .01 and .001, INDCOL-R Scale and dimension correlations ranged from very weak (.12, p = .01; vertical individualism and vertical collectivism) to very strong (.85, p = .001; collectivism and vertical collectivism). Also using Pearson’s r, INDCOL-R Scale and demographics correlations ranged from very weak (.12, p = .01; vertical collectivism and socio-economic status; INDCOL-R Scale and current majority community cultural setting; respectively) to weak (.21, p = .001; vertical collectivism and relationship status). Future research is needed to develop a culturally valid differentiation of self instrument
Paradox in the Bayou: Development and Displacement in America’s Wetlands
Get PDFThe bayou communities situated at the southern ends of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana possess a rich and uniquely diverse cultural heritage. However, economic factors, combined with environmental issues such as land loss from oil and gas dredging, subsidence, and rising seas, have spurred significant migration “up the bayou” in recent decades, threatening the loss of these cultures and leaving behind a population that is growing increasingly more vulnerable. This study investigates the current and anticipated social, physical and fiscal impacts of persistent land loss and population decline on lower Terrebonne Parish, as well as planning strategies for maintaining existing infrastructure and services with a decreasing tax base. This research also examines the paradoxical role that high-end recreational fishing camps play in both contributing the tax revenues needed for infrastructure maintenance and service provision for residents wishing to adapt in place, while both responding and contributing to local socioeconomic shifts
Empirical Asset Pricing of Saudi Stock Market
Get PDFThis essay tests the differences in equity returns between Islamic and conventional firms using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Fama & French three factors model, and Fama & French four factors model. We us the Fama-Macbeth methodology to test the adequacy and explanatory power of the various model specifications. We find that the CAPM can better predict the factors for Islamic firms but not the conventional firms. There was a failure of Fama and French three factors and four factors model for Islamic, conventional and the total market. The estimated Beta is very close to the market for the conventional firms, but it is riskier for the Islamic firms. Moreover, we found out that the conventional firms’ results are similar to the total dataset of the market especially for the case of CAPM.
There is a broad literature that examines momentum, momentum strategies, and what drives the stock market. However, there is no literature that considers momentum in the Saudi Stock market. This essay analyses how would returns move in the Saudi stock market and whether momentum strategy works to be highly profitable or not. We use the Jegadeesh and Titman (1993) methodology of dividing the winners and losers within different periods of formation and holding. Moreover, we use the Hong and Stein (1999) methodology for the flow from generation momentum. We found a presence of a momentum effect on the Saudi stock market, but it is very low. Also, formatting and holding of three periods is the optimum choice to reach the highest momentum output. Momentum effect occurred when there is a higher level of risk tolerance. Lastly, 2006 is considered the highest momentum outcome on the sample (3.6%) where it followed by a market crash which occurred in 2005
Paregamistadh: The Candle, The Horn (2017)
Get PDFJosiah Daniel Gagosian is an MFA painting student at The University of New Orleans. He creates work that functions as a deeply personal, spiritual, and philosophical inquiry. Adapting the mythic, literary, and autobiographical, he seeks to harmonize paradoxical elements in service of higher consciousness. Genealogical explorations of his unusual familial heritage (Ottoman-Armenian converts to Mormonism, Mexicans from the Arizona border, Scandinavians, Celts) have provided him with a wealth of photographs, stories, and mythologies to explore in his intricately layered paintings
From May to Shall: The Status of Financial Education with the Passing of Louisiana House Bill No. 401 in 2016
Get PDFLouisiana has a financial literacy problem. In 2016, 2018, and 2019, the Louisiana legislature responded to the financial illiteracy plaguing Louisiana by mandating personal financial management education. Though now required, no studies to date have examined if or to what extent personal financial management is being implemented across Louisiana.
Using a quantitative, non-experimental survey approach, I gathered and analyzed baseline data about Louisiana’s statewide implementation of personal financial management mandates in K-12 classrooms. Areas examined included the extent and frequency of implementation as well as educators’ readiness and perceptions about personal financial management education. In order to address the research agenda, I constructed and disseminated a 32-question survey to multiple gatekeepers across the state. Initial survey response included 1,163 participants responding partially or fully to items on the survey. While the initial response was overall robust, exceeding a priori power analysis of 385, less than half (n = 574) completed the survey.
The majority of participants (91%; p \u3c .001) lack knowledge regarding state legislative mandates requiring financial management education. One-half of study participants (50.3%;) indicated that they “never” address personal finance concepts with their students. Of those educators that report teaching personal finance concepts, the most common frequency reported was “yearly” (26.9%). Findings regarding educator participation in personal financial management training was manifested at a statistically significant level (p \u3c .001) as 84.2% of participants indicated not having participated in any professional development. 56.2% of participants perceive personal financial management as “important” or “very important.” Study participant perceptions of the importance of implementation of personal finance management education programming was manifested at a statistically significant level (p \u3c .001).
These results indicate a need to inform educators about the requirements placed through legislation. Professional development is needed to teach educators what personal financial management education is and how to incorporate it into existing curriculum. It is not too late for Louisiana to adjust to the correct course toward successful implementation. This research can help facilitate that shift toward success
Cherchez les Femmes
No full textCherchez les Femmes is a collection of short stories set in 1890s New Orleans. It follows a group of women as they struggle to find their ways in the world and explores how their lives are affected by a visiting circus sideshow, the eponymous “Cherchez les Femmes.” The collection is concerned with the following: women’s bodies as sites of both suffering and liberation; freedoms metaphorical and literal and how such freedoms are often constrained by gender; performance as it relates to gender and the body and the ways in which such performativity is both tribulation and elation. It also just wants to have a good time