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Heather Haden
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dei_bio_gallery/2/thumbnail.jpgHeather Haden is the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Massillon Museum. Soon to be a double alumnus of Kent State University, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design and will receive her Master of Arts in Art History degree in May 2015. Her masters thesis, “The Aesthetics of Unease: Anthropomorphic Telepresence Installations and the Technological Identity,” explores new media installations of telepresence art within the genealogy of Surrealism, namely Surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer. Prior to her current position, Haden taught art history and fashion illustration as an adjunct at Kent State University and served various roles at the Kent State University Museum from 2007-2013 She has presented independent art historical research to regional, national, and international audiences at the conferences held through the Midwest Art Historical Society and the College Art Association. In 2015 she will present at The Image Knowledge Community Conference in Berkeley, California and will represent the Massillon Museum at the Ohio Museums Association Conference.</p
Laura Fong
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dei_bio_gallery/1/thumbnail.jpgLaura Fong is an award-winning photojournalist; her photos have been published nationally and internationally. Her heartfelt and sensitive documentary work about women’s issues, and military service members and the transition to civilian life have been featured on NPR and in national media. She holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Kent State University, where she was awarded a scholarship from the Women’s Center in 2010 and served as a member of the board. Currently, she teaches Digital Science and Multimedia Journalism at Kent State University in addition to her freelance documentary film-making career, while raising her 9-year-old daughter, Lily.</p
Mona Polacca
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dei_bio_gallery/7/thumbnail.jpgMona Polacca is a Havasupai, Hopi, and Tewa member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of Parker, Arizona. She is one of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers – a group of spiritual elders, and wisdom keepers. Promoting a call of basic consciousness that we are all related. She is an author in social sciences, has served as Treasurer for her tribe, and is known for her social and spiritual activism and leadership. Her work includes the drafting of Water Declarations, as a “call for protection of the cultural and sacred waters” on the lands and territories of the Indigenous peoples of the world, and planning the Indigenous World Forum on Water.</p
Internships: Getting Your Foot in the Door
No full textEmployers are looking for more than great grades; internships have become the gold standard in job readiness. The Great Lakes Grant that was recently awarded to Kent State Stark has given greater opportunities to students to participate in paid internships within the community. In order to better serve the students of Kent State at Stark, The Corporate University is working with community organizations to create meaningful internship opportunities and it is necessary to assess the quality of such internships. Through interviews with HR professionals, Kent State’s Communication Program, and The Corporate University, as well as a review on the literature on this topic, we created new internship evaluation forms, which allow both the students and employers to assess the internship. We will be presenting a poster that highlights the importance of internships to Kent State students as well as ideas that the university can use to improve the internship process.</p
Genetic Analysis Associated with Breast Cancer
No full textDiseases have been known to mankind since ancient times in history. Some of these diseases can be grouped into multiple categories such as a cancer. Over the years, medications have been improving to either cure or prevent these illnesses. The discovery of genes has given scientists a better understanding of diseases inherited. Genetic testing has helped predict the location of gene mutations. Cancer can be linked to mutations of tumor suppressor genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The Human Genome Project has been very successful on mapping the entire sequence of DNA. The next step is to understand each and every gene in our bodies. As we start to develop better technology, our medications and testing becomes more accurate.</p
Continuous Exposure: Dessensitization and Repeated Exposure to News Images of Trauma and its Effects on Society
No full textMass media’s all-the news, all-the-time approach inundates peoples with images wherever they go. As a result, mass media causes continuous exposure to traumatic images of violent and/or traumatic events. With multiple 24 hour news channels, social media and print media persistently showing repeatedly the same images it is theorized that desensitization and/or compassion fatigue are practically unavoidable. Desensitization is becoming an issue within the media and society especially in regards to photography. My thesis explores several issues: the desensitization effect on society, the effects producing these images has on photographers, and explores the creation of a set of suggestive guidelines for use of these traumatic images by the media. My presentation will highlight key elements from my thesis and will contain research I have gathered from professional photographers, trauma specialists who deal with these issues, editors, and members Of NPPA Ethics Committee. In addition it will include some of the images covered in my thesis.</p
Style Never Dies: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Morrison’s Beloved
No full textWilliam Faulkner and Toni Morrison are American authors who share a specific writing style. Specifically, my analysis compares the ways these authors use Gothic genre in Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Morrison’s Beloved. Additionally, I explain their uses of multiple narrators and points of view to show how multiple narrators give separate voices to many characters in contrast to most novels’ single-voiced narrator. My study further explains the shared styles of these novels by exploring sentence structure, flashback, and motif repetition. I evaluate the imagery both authors use to define their characters outside of their physical being. I use examples such as the tree on Sethe’s back in Beloved to show how that image can have a deeper meaning than an inanimate object might. Similarly, I explain how in Faulkner’s novel the broken wagon represents the broken family riding in it. Furthermore, to bring together the authors’ uses of imagery, I note Faulkner’s and Morrison’s depiction of symbolic river crossings. I also explain how images of home, death, and isolation affect the characters. I have used each novel as well as several academic journals to better my understanding of the stylistic characteristics Faulkner and Morrison share.</p
Breaking Barriers: Hip-Hop and the American Millenials
No full textHow has hip-hop dancing affected the millennial generation? Hip-hop dance, and the culture which surrounds the style, is precedential in the realm of history, as well as historiography. Dance has made a constant appearance in American history from the Charleston in the 1920s to the modern dance shows on television today. Hip-hop creates new challenges to history as it is still continuing to mold into new forms and affect today’s culture. Dancing is an activity that will always be around. It will never stop being a creative outlet for those that understand its strength and affect. Because hip-hop dancing is associated with the Millennial generation, it follows the guidelines that create the Millennial generation. Both, hip-hop and the Millennials, are accepting and creative. Hip-hop dancing breaking social and racial barriers is something that is happening now. My research has shown that there is not a lot of information on this topic, therefore I can add and share my personal experiences to help make the history of dance stronger.</p
A Holistic Case Study of a Patient with Sepsis
No full textThis paper explores the nursing process in relation to a patient that was taken care of during a gerontological/rehabilitation experience at a skilled nursing facility on September 25, 2014. An introduction to the patient background and medical history are presented and then the current admitting diagnoses and co-morbid conditions are explained. The pathophysiology along with signs and symptoms of each condition are then explored before a formal Gordon’s Function Health assessment is covered. Associated laboratory and medication information is shown and then finally a nursing care of plan is laid out, which includes three nursing diagnoses along with short term goals and interventions for each. This paper is designed to explore from beginning to end the nursing care of a patient and connect all relevant information in a way that permits a better understanding of patient care for the nursing student that attempts to provide holistic care.</p
Physiological and Acoustic Comparison of Normal and Resonant Voice
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/ugresearch/2015/English_Comm/3/thumbnail.jpgPurpose: Research has examined what is called a “Singer’s Ring” in the voices of professional singers. Acoustically, a clustering of formants is seen from 3 kHz to 4 kHz on vowels. Similar formants in speaking voice have been reported for professional speakers actors but has not been studied extensively. Voice therapy by speech-language pathologists may incorporate resonant voice therapy of various types to improve the quality and power of speaking voice. I have long been interested in “Singer’s Ring” and wanted to know more. As a speech-language pathology undergraduate student, Dr. Schmidt suggested that I could investigate this clustering of formants in speakers’ voices to compare normal and resonant voice using acoustic and physiological methods. Method: Two participants were recorded repeating vowels in carrier phrases with normal voice and again with resonant voice. In addition, vocal structures for each participant will be examined using nasendoscopy (fiberoptic viewing of the vocal folds) producing the same materials. Summary Findings: It is expected that a clustering of formants will be evident in resonant voice but not evident in normal voice. Also, a lowered larynx will result in an additional resonator in resonant voice creating an extra formant frequency. This resonator should not be present in normal voice. Conclusion: It is expected that evidence will be found to support the existence of resonant voice that is similar to evidence found for “Singer’s Ring”.</p