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Adolescent Identity and Belongingness: Using Arts-Based Participatory Action Research
No full textThis study explores the concepts of empathy and belonging through the collaborative creative arts process among high school-aged girls at an all-girls Catholic school in Los Angeles County, California. Employing a Participatory Action Research (PAR) framework, researchers and participants collaborated as co-researchers, founded on the principles of cross-cultural art therapy and in the hope of fostering youth advocacy. In partnership with the school community and institution, as well as supported by an Anti-Hate grant from The Jenesse Center, this study examines the intersectional identities of participants and how empathy and belonging can be affected through the art-making process. The project utilizes techniques of quilt-making, a historically rich and culturally meaningful art form, to facilitate communal expression and connection. The findings indicate that collaborative artmaking serves as an effective modality for fostering mutual recognition, social-emotional facilitation, and identity development. The study aims to fill a gap in the literature on PAR with the use of art therapy within the adolescent population’s examination of empathy, belongingness, and identity. The research found that when participants felt like others truly saw and understood them for who they are, it helped them feel more empathy towards others and a stronger sense of belonging within their community. The art activity and the facilitation by the researchers gave participants a chance to share various parts of their identity and feel recognized for their uniqueness. The collaborative quilt-making project and facilitation by art therapy researchers assisted participants with feeling connected with peers and an increased sense of belonging from their already existing community ties and empathy for one another
Grief Everywhere All at Once
No full textGrief, as defined by the American Psychological Association, is “the anguish experienced after significant loss, usually the death of a beloved person….Grief may also take the form of regret for something lost, remorse for something done, or sorrow for a mishap to oneself.”Grief is an experience that we will all eventually experience, however how do our organizations and individuals within organizations respond when a grief inciting incident happens? What outlets are available to manage grief in the workplace? How can colleagues support one another when experiencing loss in various forms? In this presentation the presenters will provide an in-depth overview of grief in Library and Information Science (LIS) workplaces from the organizational and individual perspective through an examination of the literature and case studies from their own lived experiences navigating grief in the LIS landscape.
Library and Information spaces are integral parts of the broader social ecosystem and are not immune to societal events such as unexpected violence, the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, job loss, loss of professional opportunities and the sudden loss of patrons or colleagues. These incidents trigger various forms of grief, which are experienced and responded to uniquely by different members of the academic community.
In this interactive and reflective presentation we will share our findings in the literature and share perspectives about the inevitability of grief. Additionally we will suggest how organizations might develop more nuanced understandings about the different dimensions of grief, and how organizations might implement more effective responses that promote healing strategies, which better support their members and foster a more resilient and compassionate environment. While this presentation aims to contribute to the ongoing dialogue on grief in higher education and provide actionable steps for addressing this critical issue much of what will be shared will be transferable to other LIS environments.
Outcomes Participants will learn suggestions from the literature and the author’s lived experiences on how to be with others experiencing grief Participants will learn compassionate approaches to grief to apply at the organizational level Participants will learn suggestions from the literature and the author’s lived experiences on how to be with your own grie
Freedom to Misinform: The First Amendment Victory Against California’s Medical Speech Law
Get PDFIn 2022, California was grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. Heightened political polarization and the unmitigated spread of misinformation was straining state and federal governments’ ability to rein in the pandemic through collective action. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) issued a warning that doctors spreading misinformation were violating their ethical and professional responsibility to accurately inform their patients. In response, California passed AB 2098, classifying COVID-19 misinformation in the patient-doctor context as unprofessional conduct subject to stiff penalties, including suspension or loss of the offender’s medical license. The law was quickly challenged in federal district court on content-neutrality and vagueness grounds. Fearing a loss on appeal, the California Legislature repealed AB 2098 in late 2023.
This Note traces the history and evolution of First Amendment law, with a focus on content neutrality in the professional speech context, and offers an explanation for AB 2098’s failure. The Note then argues that recent Supreme Court jurisprudence dealing with the intersection of the First Amendment and professional speech regulations has given well-funded public interest firms a valuable constitutional tool to oppose perceived government overreach in this area. In order to respond to AB 2098’s failure and deal with the misinformation problem for the next pandemic, this Note offers two solutions. First, the Supreme Court should carve out an exception to ordinary content-neutrality principles in the professional speech context. Second, California should beef up the enforcement power of its medical board by raising licensing fees and lowering the evidentiary standard in disciplinary proceedings
Can Jesuit/Catholic Universities Remain So Without Any Jesuits or Catholics?
Get PDFJesuit and Catholic higher education has much to offer our students and the world but with fewer and fewer Jesuits and Catholic clerics or laypersons in the classrooms or anywhere else at our universities, this 500 century old Jesuit tradition and 2,000 year old Catholic is seriously threatened. Strategic hiring for mission and identity, being proactive with evangelization, and retaining our approach to academic life, learning, and formation are critically needed, especially now. Otherwise, our Jesuit and Catholic institutions run the risk of being overwhelmed with secularization that will ultimately lose the richness that Jesuit and Catholic inspired education and perspectives offer our students and ultimately the world when the world most desperately needs it
A Student-Centered Coaching Program in Jesuit & Mercy Traditions
Get PDFA student-centered coaching program grounded in Jesuit and Mercy traditions, called “Coaching for Care,” was implemented at a midwestern Jesuit and Mercy institution. The purpose of the project was to evaluate the development of future nurse educators’ pedagogy, foster holistic licensure examination preparation among pre-licensure nursing students, and examine students’ perceptions towards the program’s guiding Jesuit and Mercy values. Pre-licensure students who received coaching felt that their uniqueness/holism, accountability, and reflection were important for their licensure exam preparation at significantly higher rates than pre-licensure students who did not receive coaching. Themes identified from the doctoral student coaches included instilling confidence, inclusivity, and reflecting to adapt. Results demonstrated overlap among the quantitative survey results, identified themes from the qualitative reflections, and Jesuit and Mercy values. Findings from this project demonstrate the worth of integrating theory, mission and values in developing a comprehensive approach to nursing student success as well as immersing future nurse educators in experiences to move the understanding of these values into practice and pedagogy. The application of Jesuit and Mercy values within a coaching program can help prepare future professionals and educators for selfless service regardless of the field of study that the program is rooted in
An Inquiry into the Effectiveness of Vegetation Barrier Composition on Air Pollutant Mitigation in Fulshear, Texas, 77441
Get PDFIn many suburban areas, particularly around Greater Houston, rapid residential expansion has contributed to declining air quality. This study investigates the impact of vegetation barriers in mitigating pollution caused by ongoing construction, with a specific focus on FM 1463 in Fulshear, TX, 77441. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has stated that the construction project would not significantly deteriorate air quality; however, their assessment failed to consider the effects on PM 2.5 levels. This study examines whether the construction had measurable effects on air quality by comparing AQI and PM 2.5 data from 2020 and 2024. Additionally, it evaluates the role of species diversity in increasing the efficiency of vegetative barriers as a nature-based solution for pollution mitigation. Through quantitative analysis of air quality at four locations, each with different vegetation compositions, the results indicate that greater species diversity correlates with improved pollutant mitigation. These findings highlight the need for more comprehensive urban planning strategies that incorporate diverse vegetation barriers to address the air quality concerns associated with suburban expansion
We Need a New Language, a New Imagination, a New Story... and It Won\u27t Come from AI
No full textAdapted from a public lecture given for Regis University’s Ignatian Mission Day, the essay wrestles with the crisis of communication across political divides, the attacks on universities across the country linked to Project 2025, and the emergence of Artificial Intelligence as a powerful new challenge in the landscape of Jesuit higher education. Identifying the root illness of our times as a diseased and captive cultural imagination, the author calls for responses that heal and break open the imagination. The poets and prophets, artists and storytellers, share common cause with the Ignatian imagination – a contemplative, transcendent horizon, grounded in the concrete real – that is the lodestar for our work across all the university disciplines
The Relative and Absolute Social Capital of Jesuit Universities: Are There Differences?
No full textWe test whether Jesuit universities, a specific college subset, are unique from public, private, and other religiously affiliated institutions of higher learning using social capital data for network cohesiveness, economic connectedness, and civic engagement from the Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas. Social capital dispersion is also measured across the set of AJCU Jesuit universities. Jesuit colleges show greater and more distinct social capital across selected college classifications and characteristics; however, there is limited social capital uniformity across the set of 27 U.S. Jesuit universities
Living the Humanities: Ghosts, Literature, & Social Justice
No full textHow do we bridge the perceived divide between the study of humanities in our Jesuit universities and the real-world problems that surround our campuses? Jacques Derrida’s “hauntology offers us a compelling way to move between the classroom and life, to guide our students through the Universal Apostolic Preferences of “To walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice” and “To accompany young people in the creation of a hope-filled future.” This article offers a framework for combining literary analysis, historical inquiry, and creative writing in an effort to reframe and reignite our work in the humanities through a focus on acknowledging the sins of the past before envisioning present (and future) justice. Through analyses of haunted literature like Toni Morrison’s Beloved and imagining the “ghosts” that haunt the spaces in and around our campuses, we live out our Jesuit mission to create “Men and women for others” who are deeply aware of both past and present suffering and thus well positioned to engage in the creation of a “hope-filled future.