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Addressing America: George Washington’s Farewell and the Making of National Culture, Politics, and Diplomacy, 1796–1852
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/new_foreign_relations/11/thumbnail.jpgWashington’s Farewell Address and the development of the early republic
In his presidential Farewell Address of 1796, George Washington presented a series of maxims to guide the construction of a wise foreign policy. He believed, as did generations of his adherents, that if the United States stayed true to the principles he discussed, the country would eventually attain national greatness and international respectability. These principles quickly became engrained in the DNA of what it meant to be an American in the first half of the nineteenth century, shaping the formation of U.S. foreign policy, politics, and political culture. The Declaration of Independence affirmed American ideals, the Constitution established American government, and the Farewell Address enabled Americans to understand their country and its place in the world. While the Declaration and Constitution have persisted as foundational documents, our appreciation for the Farewell Address has faded with time.
By focusing on the enduring influence of the Farewell Address on nineteenth-century Americans, and on their abiding devotion to Washington, author Jeffrey Malanson brings the Address back into the spotlight for twenty-first-century readers. When citizens gathered in town halls, city commons, and local churches to commemorate Washington, engagement with the Farewell Address was a cornerstone of their celebrations. This annual rededication to Washington’s principles made the Farewell Address both a framework for the attainment of national happiness and prosperity and a blueprint for national security, and it resulted in its position as the central text through which citizens of the early republic came to understand the connections between the nation’s domestic and foreign ambitions.
Through its focus on the diplomatic, political, and cultural impacts of Washington’s Farewell Address, Addressing America reasserts the fundamental importance of this critical document to the development of the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century.</p
“Not Ask as Favor, But Demand as Right”: 1850 Women’s Rights Convention in Salem, Ohio
No full text“Not Ask as Favor, But Demand as Right”: 1850 Women’s Rights Convention in Salem, Ohio examines the convention which promoted equality for all and women’s suffrage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony’s six-volume work History of Woman Suffrage, which they first released in 1876, credited this convention with having an influence nationally and internationally. My paper examines this idea. Was this particular convention influential or was it just another convention? Why was Salem, Ohio chosen and who chose it? Salem, at this time, was the leading town in Ohio for the abolitionist movement and had many ties to the Underground Railroad. My paper will examine a link between the two movements. Although the convention was the second of its type in the United States, following the Seneca Falls convention, it differed from its predecessor because it was the first convention run entirely by women; men were not allowed to participate. Apart from Stanton and Anthony in the late 1880s, few historians have written on this topic, therefore most of the information comes directly form primary sources and newspaper clippings from the city of Salem’s newspaper. First, the paper looks at the conditions in the town of Salem around that time, to show why this was the ideal location for a women’s rights convention. In this section a connection between the abolitionist movement which took place in Salem and the women’s rights movement is discussed. The paper then examines what happened during the two day convention.</p
What Comic Books Say about American Society: The Mentalities Toward Homosexuality as Conveyed by Marvel Comics
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/starkstudentconference/2015/Program/6/thumbnail.jpgHistorians make use of a plethora of material as they search for knowledge of the past, always adding new historiography to the existing literature. Only very recently have a few scholars, notably Joseph Witek, sought to examine comic books for what historians might glean from them about history. This study, the first of its kind in relation to comic books – at least as far as published scholarship – is comparable to Robert Darnton’s work, where he studied sixteenth- and seventeenth-century peasantry folktales to find evidence of their thoughts at the time, by looking at the mentalities they conveyed in their tales. Comic books, similar to folktales in their creative nature and fictional context, are no less useful for examining more recent mentalities. This paper examines two mentalities toward homosexuality in the United States through comic books published by Marvel Comics.</p
Annihilation of the Jewish Race: Premeditation or Product of NSDAP Structure?
No full textI will present the research that I am doing for Senior Seminar under Dr. Menning. The presentation will be an individual oral speech based on the paper I am writing on the Intentionalist/Structuralist views of Hitler’s January 30, 1939 speech to the Reichstag. I will go into a brief history of the Intentionalist/Structuralist argument, how each side of the debate relates to the speech. To make my argument, I will present the surrounding politics of the NSDAP in the 1939/1939, past speeches by Hitler, and the concepts of the “Hitler Myth.”</p
Optimizing Liquid Crystalline Elastomers for Three Dimensional Neuronal Cultures
No full textTwo dimensional (2D) tissue samples have been successfully grown using usual cell culture techniques. However, in order for cell cultures to be representative of three dimensional (3D) tissues it is necessary that they are grown in a spatial environment. Elastomers can be used for this purpose. Elastomers are a form of polymer that have elastic properties. There are multiple properties of elastomers that can be adjusted in order to provide a suitable environment for growing different cell types. The elastomer used in this project is liquid crystalline based. Its main chain is constructed of ε-caprolactam and side chains of cholesterol which gives the elastomer biocompatible properties. The use of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCE) provides a material that is anisotropic which is important for neuronal cell growth. This LCE is porous in its structure which creates a 3D matrix for cell growth making it a good candidate for supporting spatial growth of cellular structures. Elastomer pore size was measured using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and adjusted in order to better support the growth of neuroblastoma cells. In this project human neuroblastoma cells (SHSY-5Y) were seeded within the LCE. Cells were allowed to grow for an extended period of time and imaged using confocal microscopy to better understand how the cells are growing within the LCE. The purpose of this project is to create the optimal conditions for the neuroblastoma cells by manipulating the LCE properties to control and enhance neuroblastoma cell growth.</p
A Qualitative Study of Momentum in Basketball: Practical lessons, possible strategies. (Case Study)
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/node/9953/8845-thumbnail.jpgMomentum has intrigued coaches and players, sport participants and researchers for years due to its ephemeral nature, association with success, and complexity as a subject of investigation. It is one of the most desirable, yet least understood performance experiences in social sport psychology. This study explored the experiential phenomenon of momentum, defined as an emotionally infused appraisal of current performance, using qualitative procedures involving 11 basketball players and coaches as informants. A case study helped highlight important features of what happens during instances of momentum. It was found that momentum is a hard to create but a valuable phenomenon for athletes and coaches, alike. Additionally, momentum seemed to elicit significant emotional, behavioral, and cognitive effects which constituted patterns of response to events in competition. These effects, manifested differently for players and coaches, occurred as performance appraisals and likely had considerable performance consequences for those experiencing it. This article will conclude with suggestions for practical application for both coaches and players and even fans who thrive on the ebb and flow of competitively spirited contests.</p
The Failed Crusade: A Case Study Concerning the Ku Klux Klan in Akron, Ohio During the 1920s and Educational Reform
No full textMy presentation will focus on an area of relevant historical study that has been neglected until quite recently, namely, the Ku Klux Klan’s focus on educational reform in the 1920s. Specifically, by utilizing local primary source documents, graduate theses, secondary source surveys and journal articles, my presentation will compare and contrast the significant yet neglected case study of the Klan’s brief yet ultimately ineffective takeover of the Akron Public Schoolboard in the 1920s with case studies of other Klan chapters throughout the United States. In doing so, I will illustrate why this organization that boasted over six million members nationwide, including hundreds of large chapters such as that of Akron, Ohio failed to achieve any lasting reforms, even though the organizations stated philosophy and goals seemed to conform with much of mainstream political discourse.</p
Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 Hypomorphy Does Not Affect Astrocyte Arborization Complexity in the Corpus Callosum of Adult Mice
No full textFibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF8) has an array of functions in relation to a developing organism. Previous studies examined the role of FGF8 and its involvement with the formation of the corpus callosum in Fgf8 hypomorphic mice. Astrocytic glial cells are critical for the interhemispheric crossing of callosal fibers, and thus the formation of the corpus callosum. Using GFAP immunohistochemistry (IHC), we showed that midline astrocyte cell number was significantly reduced in heterozygous (+/neo) and homozygous (neo/neo) Fgf8 hypomorphic as compared to wildtype (WT) mice. These results suggest FGF8 signaling is critical for late gestational astrocyte cell development, possibly by acting on the progenitor cells that are destined to become astrocytes. Recently, it was shown that FGF8 increased astrocyte arborization complexity in cell culture (Kang et al., 2014). These findings led us to ask whether FGF8 also affected GFAP immunoreactive astrocyte arborization complexities in the corpus callosum of adult WT and Fgf8+/neo mouse brains using a computerized Sholl analysis. Our results showed, that unlike astrocytes in cell culture, corpus callosal astrocytes do not differ in complexity between WT and Fgf8+/neo adult mice. Currently, we are designing experiments that are designed to elucidate the incongruence between the in vitro and in vivo data. Indeed, cell culture astrocytes are derived from late embryonic animals. Therefore, instead of studying astrocyte arborization in adult, we will use newborn Fgf8 hypomorphic mice. Furthermore, we will study whether FGF8 signaling deficits affect the development of other glial cell types, such as oligodendrocytes and microglia using the IHC markers Olig2 and IBA-1. Future studies will address if FGF8-dependent disruption of midline glial cells development have functional consequences on the ability of midline glial cells to guide extending callosal fibers.</p
Creating the Knowledge Network Behind the Road to Seneca Falls
No full textThis session will introduce the concept of social network analysis (SNA) and the use of network theory to explore the social relationships among members of a group or community. Social networks are comprised of nodes (individuals) and links (relationships among individuals). Networks that build out and represent the knowledge of individuals (nodes) are known as knowledge networks. The community of individuals who came together around equality, human and civil rights issues in the Seneca Falls area form a critical historical social and knowledge network but there is neither a social nor a knowledge network representation of this community. How could a group of 100 individuals have such a deep impact on our society? And, how do we continue this tradition of social and knowledge networking? This session is designed for interaction. A “writable” social network representation of the most important 100 individuals will be presented. Participants will be invited to add their thoughts and comments to the large poster. In addition, “blank networks” will be posted around the symposium meeting space for individuals to record individuals they have connected with in the Seneca Falls Dialogues and in other women’s leadership events.</p
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson
No full texthttps://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/dei_bio_gallery/12/thumbnail.jpgKimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson, Yankton Sioux, is an emerging Native American poet and writer. She studied for and received her MFA in Creative Writing/Poetry at Ashland University. Her current study if for an Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies with George Fox University and in partnership with the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies with an expected graduation date in 2015. Recent publications of her poetry are in The Prairie Wolf Press Review and The Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and Thought. She has been invited to share her writing at Bowling Green University, Firelands Campus and Ashland Theological Seminary for the Created in God’s Image: Walking Holy Ground Together conference. As an adjunct English professor at Kent State University Geauga Campus, she teaches the Native American Boarding School Era to College Writing II classes because it is still a hidden layer in American history. Her passion is writing and researching past and present concerns for Native Americans, writing about life as a Native American adopted off the reservation under false pretenses and the intersection between traditional ways and Christianity.</p