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Racializing Service (Learning): A Critical Content Analysis of Service Learning Syllabi
Get PDFThis study examines service learning pedagogy and its use of racialized terms to frame service. Through a critical content analysis using 270 syllabi from 193 four-year U.S. institutions with the Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, this study explores how the language used in service learning syllabi perpetuates and sustains racialized hierarchies in community engagement experiences
Big Parcels: Modernist Planning in Washington State History
Get PDFIn anthropology’s spatial turn, cultural anthropologists directed portions of their attention to the spaces in which human habitation takes shape. This article concerns the large planned spaces configured in the Modernist era of the twentieth century. Utilizing a fieldwork-based methodology that draws on the ethnographic toolkit, analysis compares and contrasts three large planned spaces located in Washington State: the former site of the Northern State Mental Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, the location in central Spokane at which Expo 74 was hosted, and the rural location of the never-completed Satsop Nuclear Facility near Elma, Washington. Our analysis suggests the singular use for which these sites were once constructed poses challenges for reconfiguring them to contemporary use. Notably, those sites with interconnections to nearby communities, and those that conjure or draw upon a broader social memory of place, have fared better in their path to the present
Is Academics Inclusive?
Get PDFThe following question was discussed, “Is academics inclusive?” The method was archival and autoethnographic. Immanuel Kant’s racist views were discussed in relation to his ethics, for the purpose of considering how biographical material could shed light on understanding his ethics. In addition, the author focused upon their own experience as a racialized Canadian student from about 1989 to 2002, about 12 years, cumulating in a doctorate, specializing in the philosophy of mathematics, and further work he did in the social sciences, thereafter, leading to another doctorate in educational studies and sessional work. Finally, some suggestions are offered to make academics more inclusive: (1) Use diverse materials to teach, specifically, from non-Western sources. (2) Explore the racist views of those that are studied to help us better understand their work. And (3), involve diverse students, teachers, and researchers in education
Effectiveness of Feeding Therapy Approaches on Consumption and Dietary Variety in Children With Sensory-Based Feeding Challenges
Get PDFThis project was completed in collaboration with Hannah Michlmayer (OTR/L) at Therapy Services for Children in Seattle, Washington. The research team conducted a literature review to investigate the following question: For children ages 3-12 with sensory-based feeding challenges, what are the most effective interventions to improve dietary diversity and/or food acceptance? Evidence indicates that ABA-based interventions are the most studied, followed by video modeling and caregiver/parent training. These approaches demonstrate short-term increases in consumption and dietary variety. Most studies had small sample sizes with minimal long-term follow-up. There is a lack of research on group interventions, the SOS approach, and other sensory-based interventions (all used in OT practice). Further research in the following domains is strongly recommended: long-term follow-up studies, group feeding therapy approaches, sensory-based interventions, qualitative research, and higher level study designs.
Knowledge translation (KT) activities focused on helping the collaborator improve service delivery of the SOS method and data collection on its effectiveness. Current caregiver/parent education materials were modified to increase accessibility for families to track their child’s progress at home, and a home documentation log was created to facilitate more robust progress tracking over time. Generalizable conclusions about the effectiveness of each KT activity cannot be drawn due to the small sample size of feedback providers. However, feedback received indicates the home documentation log was understandable and easy to use for caregivers/parents, and an effective progress monitoring tool for the collaborator. Collaborator feedback also indicated increased accessibility of caregiver/parent education materials. This suggests potential for home documentation and caregiver/parent education materials to facilitate increased progress tracking and understanding of the SOS feeding approach
Examining the Effect of Varying Dilutions of Octopamine on the Gut Microbiome of Lab-raised and Wild Acheta Domesticus By Brandon Nelson University of Puget Sound Biology
Get PDFFor my research I am comparing the gut microbiome of lab raised A. Domesticus that are given various levels of Octopamine, a stress hormone, and comparing that to the gut microbiome of wild cricket types. Crickets are a widely used organism across the world for various experiments as both subject and feed. Knowing how the gut microbiome of these crickets is affected by various levels of stress will allow us to better take care of these crickets. This could also help us determine if there are any diseases that lab raised crickets may be susceptible to. A large part of this research has been exploratory, finding various bacteria from frass samples. This project uses genomic DNA extraction kits, PCR, nanodrop, and other microbiology techniques
Lady Liberty: Mother of Exiles, Breaker of Borders
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Rhea Shinde (University of Washington)
Comments by Micah Beardsley (Puget Sound)
Chair: Ainsley Feene
A Conceptual Analysis of the Overlooked Value of Greatness
No full textA Conceptual Analysis of the Overlooked Value of Greatness
Brandon Beesley (Capital University)
Comments by Alysiana Sar (Puget Sound)
Chair: Jordan Steinhar