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Guardians of the Gate: A Critical Feminist Framework for Online MSW Education
No full textThe purpose of this Banded Dissertation is to ground online MSW education in a theoretical perspective, which best represents student demographics as well as illuminate student success factors. This three-part Dissertation is grounded in critical feminist pedagogy as a basis for online social work education delivery. Product one of this three-part Dissertation is the application of a critical feminist lens to the development of an educational framework to deliver a curriculum that centers on the unique needs of nontraditional learners that overwhelmingly represent women and their varying intersecting identities. Product two of this Banded Dissertation examines success factors on an online MSW program through case study research. The final product is a presentation regarding the implementation of a critical feminist framework. Together, this three-part Banded Dissertation makes a compelling case for the importance of a theoretical basis for online MSW programs as well as factors that make these programs successful. Implications for social work education are discussed as well as the need for research to strengthen the knowledge base surrounding online programs
Lift Every Voice: Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as Racial Justice in Academia
No full textThe changing demographic landscape in higher education presents opportunities for institutions to prioritize inclusive excellence through racial justice in academia. As more diverse student populations attend predominantly White institutions (PWI), leadership is accountable for creating environments that empower and support equity and inclusion for all campus community members. Despite favorable trends in retention and completion for students of color attending PWIs, the road to success for these students often includes overcoming institutional barriers and social obstacles within the campus environment. This dissertation considers the historical nature and social implications of desegregating education, how these factors influence priorities and execution of diversity efforts, and the subsequent impact for students of color on their sense of belonging and diversity engagement while attending a PWI. As more students of color pursue higher education and navigate campus environments, institutions must move the needle forward with transformative diversity, equity, and inclusion agendas. It is not just one more thing. It is the thing to encourage more deliberate actions centered on core values of diversity, equity and inclusion as racial justice in academia
Christian Nationalism in America: Its History and Resurgence
No full textIn his recent and widely acclaimed book Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten History of the Christian Front, Charles Gallagher tells the story of a group of American terrorists who, in the name of God, conspired to overthrow the United States government and form an alliance with Hitler. Members of this self-proclaimed antisemitic and anti-Communist group known as the Christian Front were charged with seditious conspiracy, the same charge levelled by the U.S. Department of Justice against leaders of both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers for their alleged roles in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. In this presentation, Gallagher will summarize the history of the Christian Front and other explicitly Christian nationalist groups and discuss their influence on today’s far-right movements.
Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., is associate professor of history at Boston College where he has been teaching since 2010. Prior to then he taught at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations while on a visiting fellowship. His research interests include the history of right-wing movements, the intersection of intelligence and religion, American Catholicism, papal diplomacy, international relations, and the history of the Holocaust. Gallagher, who earned his Ph.D. at Marquette University, is the author of many publications, including Vatican Secret Diplomacy: Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII (Yale University Press, 2008), which won the John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic Historical Association, and Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten History of the Christian Front (Harvard University Press, 2021). His latest writing project is a religious history of the American Nazi Party (1959-1967) and its influence on right-wing groups today.
Sponsors: Jay Phillips Center for Interreligious Studies at the University of St. Thomas Theology Department at the University of St. Thomas Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John\u27s University
with generous support from the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesot
Subversion of Gendered Language and Meliora Spectacula in Augustine\u27s Sermons on the Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas
No full textAn Exhortatory Sermon for Observant Dominican Nuns: Geiler von Kaysersberg’s Sendtbrieff to the Penitents of St. Mary Magdalene at Freiburg im Breisgau
No full textResponses to Dramatic Change in the Workplace: The Case of the Saudi Telecommunications Company
Get PDFThe business environment in Saudi Arabia has undergone dramatic changes in recent years due to the country’s entrance into the World Trade Organization, the entry of women into the workforce, and the institution of the Vision 2030 initiative to diversify the economy and reduce its dependence on oil. While a need exists to update business practices to compete with multinational technology companies, traditionalism and religious beliefs can impede these changes. This dissertation investigates obstacles to change management in Saudi organizations through a case study of the Saudi Telecommunications Company, one of the nation’s largest such organizations. The study was conducted through semi structured interviews with senior (executives and managers) and junior employees as well as observation and document analysis. The results showed some similarities between senior and junior employees’ responses; both groups showed an accurate understanding of the Vision 2030 goals and believe they will be fulfilled, and both have generally positive views of the company and its methods of managing change, while also perceiving that it has some weaknesses, such as its large size leading to lack of flexibility. Some senior employees noted employees’ resistance to change as a problem they had faced in instituting change. In general, junior employees were more reticent in discussing problems with the company, but some stated that changes will need to be made in the future to incorporate employees who are not Saudi natives. The case study identified communication issues, gender, culture, and natural resistance to change as key obstacle, and emphasize that to overcome them, leaders must communicate effectively, involve staff in changes, listen to their perspective, pace large changes appropriately, and take culture into account
Children and Methods: Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World
No full textThe Department will host a colloquium to discuss this recent publication by St. Thomas theologian Dr. John Martens, with co-editor Kristine Henriksen Garroway and guest reviewer Christian Laes.
In Children and Methods: Listening To and Learning From Children in the Biblical World (2020), Kristine Henriksen Garroway and John W. Martens bring together an interdisciplinary collection of essays addressing children in the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and broader ancient world. While the study of children has been on the rise in a number of fields, the methodologies by which we listen to and learn from children in ancient Judaism and Christianity have not been critically examined. This collection of essays proposes that while the various lenses of established methods of higher criticism offer insight into the lives of children, by filtering these methods through the new field of Childist Criticism, children can be heard and seen in a new light.While a free department event, members of the public may register for consideration to attend. This event is virtual