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A Thematic Analysis of the Perceived Impact of NIL Policy on Athletic Identity, Career Maturity, and Black Male Student-Athletes’ Experience of Transitioning Away from Football
No full textIn 2007 the NCAA launched the widely recognized slogan, “There are over 380,000 student-athletes, and most of us will go pro in something other than sports.” Today, that figure has risen to over 540,000 and continues grow. Among them, Black male student-athletes (BMSAs) comprise 40% of collegiate football participation across all three divisions, a notable increase from 36% in 2012. Since only a small percentage of college football players go on to play professionally, it means that a large number of Black student-athletes will eventually have to leave sports and pursue other career paths.
This study examined the perceived impact of the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) policy on athletic identity and career maturity among BMSAs who formerly participated in Division I collegiate football programs. Five BMSAs participated in individual interviews lasting 60–90 minutes, exploring how NIL influenced their identity development, career readiness, and transition out of sport. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. Three key themes emerged: NIL prompted awareness of self-worth and identity; NIL enhanced Black male student athletes’ professional readiness, financial literacy, and sense of responsibility; and NIL introduced new pressures around performance, branding, and being a public figure. The findings offer insight into the lived experiences of BMSAs in Division I football and contribute to ongoing discourse surrounding the benefits and challenges of NIL policies. This study underscores the importance of supporting athletes in financial planning, debt management, and preparation for life after sport
The Influence of Remote Instruction on Middle School ELL Students\u27 New Jersey State Learning Assessment English ELA and Math Achievement
No full textThis correlational study explained the influence of remote instruction on English Language Learner (ELL) students\u27 middle school grades on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA) achievement in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. This study focused on data collected in two separate school years and analyzed middle school grades with the ELL Subgroup. It indicated the correlation between remote instruction and ELL students\u27 ELA and mathematical performance in the NJSLA Grades 6, 7, and 8. This study also included controlled variables, Grades 3, 4, and 5, from 2018-2019 and other student characteristics, the percentage of economically disadvantaged students and the percentage of chronic absenteeism. Correlational and regression analyses were utilized to analyze statistical results. The findings in this study indicated no significant overall influence of remote instruction on the relationship between the achievement level in 2018-2019 and 2021-2022. However, there was at least one considerable pairing; the pairings of Grade 5 ELL students\u27 math and Grade 8 ELL students\u27 math were statistically significant. The regression model results indicated that Grade 5 ELL students\u27 Math proficiency scores could predict Grade 8 ELL students\u27 Math proficiency scores on the NJSLA. This result suggested a significant relationship between Grade 5 ELL students’ NJSLA math scores before remote instruction and Grade 8 ELL students’ NJSLA math scores after remote instruction.
Keywords: remote instruction, grades 6-8, ELLs’ NJSLA ELA and math achievemen
Episode 45: The Conformist (1970) (Guest: Aziz Huq)
No full textThis episode examines The Conformist, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 political drama set in 1930s Italy. The film centers on Marcello Clerici (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a mid-level Fascist functionary who is ordered to assassinate his former professor, an anti-fascist dissident living in Paris. The film, which includes many flashbacks to Clerici’s early life and decision to join the secret police, provides powerful and chilling insights into the psychology of conformism and fascism The film, widely considered one of the greatest ever made, not only features outstanding performances but also superb production design (Fernando Scarfiotti) and cinematography (Vittorio Storaro) that helps capture Italy under Mussolini. The film is as timely today as it was when it was released, as the world witnesses a resurgence of authoritarianism in the United States and Europe.
Guest: Aziz Huq
Aziz Huq is the Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, at the University of Chicago Law School. A leading scholar of US and comparative constitutional law., Aziz’s recent work concerns democratic backsliding and the regulation of AI. His award-winning scholarship is published in several books and in leading law, social science, and political science journals. He also writes for Politico, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and many other non-specialist publications. Aziz has an active pro bono practice, and is on the board of the American Constitution Society, the Seminary Coop, the New Press, and the ACLU of Illinois. Aziz previously served as a clerk for Judge Robert D. Sack of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and then for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States. Before joining the Chicago Law School faculty, Aziz also was counsel and then director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Project, where I had the honor of working together with him litigating cases with him in both the US Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction3:45 Fascist Italy under Mussolini 7:58 Why Clerici joins the fascists12:39 Repression of sexual orientation and the desire to belong14:10 Why people are vulnerable to fascism18:56 Manganiello and the fascist enforcer23:43 Perspectives on normalcy and the scenes in Paris31:56 How the film speaks to the Trump era36:40 Architecture in Mussolini’s Italy39:08 The murder of Quadri and Anna44:39 After Mussolini falls50:30 The lack of consequences for going along with fascism56:04 The Holocaust in Mussolini’s Italy
Further Reading:
Bosworth, R.J.B., Mussolini’s Italy: Life under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915-1945 (2006)
Elbiri, Bilge, “It’s Time to See ‘The Conformist’ Again,” Vulture (Jan. 14, 2023)
Huq, Aziz, America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State, The Atlantic (Mar. 23. 2025)
Kael, Pauline, “‘The Conformist’: The Poetry of Images,” New Yorker (Mar. 27, 1971)
Moravia, Alberto, The Conformist (1951)
Musil, Robert, The Man Without Qualities (1930-43)
Walton, John, The Legendary Detective: The Private Eye in Fact and Fiction (U. Chicago Press (2015)https://scholarship.shu.edu/law-on-film-s03/1014/thumbnail.jp
Episode 44: Dark Waters (2019) (Guest: Mark Templeton)
No full textDark Waters (2019), directed by Todd Haynes, tells the real-life story of how a lawyer, Rob Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), waged a twenty-year battle to hold the DuPont corporation accountable for contaminating a local water supply with carcinogenic chemicals that poisoned tens of thousands of people. While Bilott is ultimately able to achieve some degree of compensation and justice for the victims, the film shows the challenges of litigating against a powerful company bent on denying responsibility and covering up its misconduct.
Guest: Mark Templeton
Mark Templeton is Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, and Research Affiliate of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC). Previously, Professor Templeton was a Trustee and Executive Director of the Office of Independent Trustees for the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust. He also served as the cabinet-level Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, leading the state’s efforts in energy, environmental protection, state parks, and water resources. Professor Templeton’s prior experience additionally includes serving as Associate Dean and COO at Yale Law School, developing environmental and sustainability strategies at McKinsey & Company, and serving as Special Assistant and Senior Adviser to the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and an adviser to the US Delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction2:35 The origins: a small case for a family friend back home 6:24 Teflon and the “miracle” chemical10:24 How attorney Rob Bilott uncovers the pollution13:49 Getting the Taft firm on board21:50 Addressing the legal challenges in the case 24:30 Medical monitoring and causation in toxic tort cases28:36 Divisions in the community, financial pressures, and client management30:30 DuPont’s clout35:14 Bellwether trials: trying the cases in court39:44 What the litigation achieved and the continued challenges46:27 The risks of “forever chemicals” 49:50 Developments since the film was released55:43 Can the legal system deliver justice? 1:01:53 Some further developments
Further Reading:
Bilott, Robert, Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer\u27s Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont (Atria Books 2019)
Carucci, Rob, “Leadership Lessons from Rob Bilott’s 20 Year Battle for Justice Against DuPont,” Forbes (July 12, 2021)
Nevitt, Mark P. & Percival, Robert V., “Can Environmental Law Solve the ‘Forever Chemical’ Problem,” 57 Wake Forest L. Rev. 239 (2022)
Rich, Nathaniel, “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare,” N.Y. Times Magazine (Jan. 6, 2016)
Small, Sarah Chen, Note, “Toxic Film: Analyzing the Impact of Films Depicting Major Contamination Events on the Regulation of Toxic Chemicals,” 35 Georgetown Env. L. Rev. 561 (2023)
Tabuchi, Hiroko, “Trump Administration to Uphold Some PFAS Limits but Eliminate Others,” N.Y. Times (May 14, 2025)https://scholarship.shu.edu/law-on-film-s03/1013/thumbnail.jp
Episode 39: The Goldman Case (2023) (Guest: Fred Davis)
No full textThe Goldman Case (Le Procès Goldman) (2023), is a French courtroom drama based on the real-life 1976 trial of Pierre Goldman, a far-left Jewish militant who was accused of multiple armed robberies and four murders during a holdup of a pharmacy in Paris. The film, which was directed by Cedric Kahn from screenplay by Kahn and Nathalie Hertzberg, stars Arieh Worthalter as Goldman and Arthur Harari as his lead lawyer, Georges Kiejiman. The film is not only a gripping account of this celebrated trial, but also explores larger themes around individual and collective responsibility, the way courtrooms can become the battleground for contested narratives about the past, and the swirling forces of race, class, and religion in 1970s France.
Guest: Fred Davis
Fred Davis is a former federal prosecutor with extensive trial experience in the United States and France. Mr. Davis’s practice focuses on multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations, building on his deep knowledge of procedural, practical, and cultural differences in national legal systems. Mr. Davis also teaches and writes extensively on comparative and cross-border criminal matters. He is the author of American Criminal Justice: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press 2019), which provides an overview and evaluation of U.S. criminal procedures, noting important ways in which those procedures differ from those applied in many other parts of the world. He is also the author or co-author of several book chapters, including “Financial Crime in France” in Practical Law (2020), and “France” in The International Investigations Review (2020), as well as a chapter in the same book on “Managing the Challenges of Multijurisdictional Criminal Investigations.” Mr. Davis previously served as advisor to the Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and participated as counsel for victims in the trial of Chadian ex-dictator Hissène Habré in Dakar, Senegal, for international human rights violations. He appears frequently on national TV in France to address issues related to American and international criminal justice. Mr. Davis is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction2:34 Background for the Pierre Goldman case5:15 Goldman’s lawyers, Georges Kiejiman and Francis Chouraqui7:48 Breaking down a French courtroom9:21 The lawyer for the victims10:20 Procedural differences between French and American trials14:47 A window into 1970s France17:33 The backdrop of the treatment of Jews in Vichy France23:05 How the Left rallied to Goldman’s side27:10 Tensions around race and policing in France29:58 The role of the investigating magistrate in France 32:22 The verdict and aftermath38:55 French courtroom dramas40:42 Evolving discussion about France’s history during World War II43:40 Studying comparative criminal justice through film
Further Reading:
Goldman, Pierre, Dim Memories of a Polish Jew Born in France (1977)
Oltermann, Philip, “Tried for double murder and adored by the French left: the violent life and crimes of Pierre Goldman,” The Guardian (Sept. 16, 2024)
Paxton, Robert O., Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944 (1972)
Marrus, Michael, R. & Paxton, Robert O., Vichy France and the Jews (1981)
Reid, Donald, “From Souvenirs obscurs to Lieu de mémorie,” French Politics, Culture & Society, vol. 26, no. 2 (Summer 2008)
Vincendeau, Ginette, “The Goldman Case: arresting courtroom drama holds its own outside a French context,” Sight and Sound (Sept. 20, 2024)https://scholarship.shu.edu/law-on-film-s03/1008/thumbnail.jp
DIPL 4555 Economic Aspects of the International System
No full textFor seven decades following the conclusion of the Second World War the portion of global GDP accounted for by international trade grew almost continuously, a phenomenon which we today call globalization. In our current moment, however, with the return of tariffs, trade wars and great-power competition, globalization has stalled and even threatens to reverse. This serves as a reminder that despite increasing connectivity our modern world is still divided into territorial nation-states, each of which possesses great power in shaping its economic interactions with the rest of the globe. This means that any understanding of the global economy must consider the functioning of the society of these states, commonly referred to as the international system. This course thus provides an economic look at the interactions between states and the larger orders they are a part of, blending elements of international political economy and international economics
Social Work Licensing Bachelors Exam Guide: Comprehensive ASWB LBSW Exam Review
No full texthttps://scholarship.shu.edu/faculty-publications/1079/thumbnail.jp