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Privileging “Race” at Centers and Institutes in Higher Education: A Study of the Landscape
Get PDFAfter identifying a number of academic centers with Race in their names at American colleges and universities in the United States, we sought to explore the efficacy and impact these centers have on their respective campus communities and beyond. The goal of this qualitative exploratory research was to better understand the nature of these race-oriented academic centers and the relationship they have with their host institutions. From a combination of website review, oral interview and online survey data, the study found that these American race-based academic centers and institutes contribute to our overall knowledge in several ways, including how they provide opportunities to conduct research, impact curriculum and expand the programming platform in ways not easily afforded under the traditional departmental structures of the academy. However, because these centers are relatively new to the landscape of higher education, they appear to wrestle with identity formation. Perhaps academic institutions that do not currently have such centers and institutes will use this study to help them make the decision to establish one and the ones that already have them will better understand how to leverage the value they bring to their institutions
Climate Migration and Human Security
Get PDFThis paper examines climate change induced migration, human security, and the subsequent economic, political, and social fallout. By Examining the Arab spring through the lens of climate science, it becomes clear that climatic variability and a fragile global agricultural commodity system played an imperative role in sparking the 2011 Arab Spring and resulting civil conflicts. Next, I explore the international and regional policy responses to rising tides in the South Pacific. Low lying Pacific Island nations are among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change, and most residents will be forced to migrate off-island in the coming decades. I have found that successful mitigation of climate change requires cooperative and proactive international policy. Without a more comprehensive global approach, the developing nations of the global South will experience high rates of climate induced migration. While the global South emits only a fraction of the world’s greenhouse gasses, because of their limited ability to cope with a more severe climate, they will suffer the most severely
Anti-Racism in Higher Education: A Model for Change
Get PDFRacism continues to persist in higher education and traditional diversity initiatives that focus only on support resources and tolerance training continue to fall short in making lasting change on college and university campuses. The purpose of this scholarly paper is to present a model for change within higher education that distributes leadership and institutional power across racial lines and enlightens the White community about systemic inequities
Those Who Stay - U.S. Immigration Policies and the Impact of Migration on the Communities of Oaxaca, Mexico
Get PDFImmigration is one of the most divisive topics in the United States. One aspect of this complicated theme is economic migration. This migration is different from asylum/refugee status or other forms of protected relief. The people who are migrating are not facing imminent threats of political violence or other types of violence, but are living in conditions of poverty. Their livelihoods depend on migration, and money earned in the United States that is sent back to their communities.
The first part of this paper will focus on people who migrate for this economic-based reason, specifically examining two communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. Both communities have high levels of economic migration. The positive and negative consequences on the communities will be analyzed through ethnographical research in San Simón Almolongas, Miahuatlán and San Bartolomé Quialana, Tlacolula, both located within a few hours of Oaxaca City. Then, in the second part of the paper, the observed impacts on the communities will be put into conversation with a general overview of economic based migration to the United States and an analysis of the current political system and proposals for reform. To best be able to evaluate how the observed impacts are affected by U.S. Immigration policy, and the ways these policies can be changed to be more beneficial to people and communities both in Mexico as well as in the United States, it is important to understand the current system, its basic history, and the challenges and issues present in the system
May The Force Be With You…And Also With You: An Examination of Religion in and the Cultural Impact of Star Wars
Get PDFChristian ideas, ideals, and themes are prevalent throughout pop culture made in the United States. In May the Force Be with You…And Also With You, Kent explores the ways in which Christian imagery, ritual, and beliefs find a home in one of the most iconic franchises of all time, Star Wars. Utilizing Durkheimian and Geertzian theory, Kent brings an anthropological lens to this study of religion, media, and the impact of their relationship on viewers
Testing Mitigation Strategies for HABs at Spanaway Lake
Get PDFSpanaway Lake has experienced seasonal algal blooms for a number of years, and research has found that the cause is phosphorus in the lake’s groundwater inflow (Lindaur, 2018). This research focuses on sampling and analyzing that groundwater in preparation for treating it as a way of mitigating these algal blooms. The data collected documents the parameters and chemical makeup of the lake’s water column and groundwater inflow
Using dendrochronology to create a timescale of succession on nurse logs in the Olympic temperate rainforest
Get PDFPrevious work on the Olympic peninsula in Washington State has shown that recently fallen trees provide a germination location for seeds that cannot do so on the forest floor due to thick moss mats. My field work over two summers dating and surveying nurse logs yielded a crossover at ~70 years where ground mosses start to dominate over tree mosses and seedling abundance begins to decrease
Center-Based Treadmill Training for an Infant with Down Syndrome Not Yet Pulling to Stand
Get PDFBackground: Infants with Down Syndrome (DS) are typically delayed in ambulation and motor development. The effects of center-based treadmill training (TT) on the rate of development in infants with DS are documented in children who are pulling to stand. However, evidence is lacking on TT effects below this developmental level at onset.
Purpose: To explore the impact of a center-based TT program on an infant with DS who is unable to pull to stand.
Methods: The participant was unable to pull to stand at onset of the case study. Initial exam consisted of anthropometric measurements, walking 5 minutes on TM, and administration of the GMFM-Motor sections B-E. Interventions included 2 x 20-minute sessions of TT per week for 8 weeks. Post-intervention testing was identical to pre-intervention testing.
Results: No change was seen in the number of steps taken (10.2 steps/min at initial, 9 steps/min at final). The infant’s GMFM part B score increased 21 points, part C increased 10 points, and by the second week, she tolerated 20-minutes of stepping in the allotted 30 minute session.
Conclusion: While the infant had unremarkable change in steps/min, she improved sitting balance and developed the ability to transition into the quadruped position. This indicates TT may be beneficial for core and lower extremity neuromuscular development, but 2 months of intervention may not be enough time for a child to gain the ability to walk. She tolerated 20 minutes of stepping by week 2 of intervention, proving TT could be an effective center-based treatment
Comparison of Balance Confidence, Balance Performance, and Falls Among Age Groups for Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Get PDFBackground: Balance confidence and performance is crucial for fall prevention among the elderly but the correlation with age is unknown.
Purpose: Identify changes in balance confidence, balance performance and falls of older age.
Methods: 90 community-dwelling older adults (76+7 years, 54 female, 34 fallers) completed the Activity Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ), Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CB&M), and Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), and self-reported falls for 6 months. Scores on outcome measures and fall rates were compared using a one-way repeated measures ANOVA for age groups 65-74, 75-84, and 85+.
Results: There were no differences in the monthly fall rate between age groups (1.3+2.42,1.15+3.04, and 1.87+2.64, respectively). FGA scores differed between the 65-74 group (27.02+.73) and the 75-84 group (23.15+.815) (P=.003), in addition to the 65-74 group and the 85+ group (18.33+1.21) (P=.000). CBM scores differed between the 65-74 group (71.54+2.97) and the 75-84 group (48.18+3.31) (P=.000), in addition to the 65-74 group and 85+ group (30.67+4.92) (P=.000). Scores on ABC and FFABQ did not differ among age groups.
Conclusion: Older community-dwelling adults scored lower on performance-based outcome measures for dynamic balance and gait than younger adults, though fall rate did not differ. Based on a previously established FGA cut-off score of 22, adults 85+ may be at risk for falls.However, scores on patient-reported outcome measures for balance confidence and fear of falling avoidance behavior were similar among age groups. This indicates that balance performance, not balance confidence, may decline with age