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Nicole Murph, Reference and Instruction Librarian at William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
No full textNicole Murph is a Reference and Instruction Librarian in Los Angeles, California. She is a Los Angeles native, Afro-Mexican, and a first-generation college student earning a B.A. in psychology and a minor in history from Loyola Marymount University, an M.A. in history from California State University, Northridge, and an M.L.I.S. from San Jose State University. Murph teaches information literacy especially for subjects in the arts, social sciences, and film and television. She is driven in her advocacy against injustices both on and off campus. All of which plus more informs her role as a teaching librarian. Her research interests are history, class and power, autoethnography, AI ethics, Black feminism, Black Feminist Thought, and Afrofuturism. Murph loves to crochet, read, journal, enjoys her time exploring the city, and loves her animals.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/pocinlis_bios/1006/thumbnail.jp
Untangling Language Labeling and Mental Health: The Relationship between Middle School Students’ Language Acquisition Status and Self-Reported Mental Health
Get PDFAcross the United States, public K-12 schools are more diverse today than ever before. In the last two decades, there has been a significant rise in the prevalence of mental health conditions among children and adolescents. What’s more, mental health has garnered increased public attention with concern whether the novel coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing or resulted in the onset of new mental health conditions. While scholars have analyzed mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, there has been scarce investigation into English language acquisition status. Thus, the study described the difference among English Learner (EL), English Only (EO), Initial Fluent English Proficient (IFEP), Long Term English Learner (LTEL), and Reclassified Fluent English Proficient (RFEP) middle school students’ mental health and determined if there was a relationship between mental health and academic achievement. The researcher describes the difference in mental health and the relationship to academic achievement to shed light on (in)equitable differences in the context of English language acquisition. A non-experimental research design was employed and utilized descriptive, inferential, and correlational statistics (Patten & Newhart, 2018; Trzesniewski et al., 2011). Archived, secondary data was obtained from one public, urban school district located in a city east of Los Angeles, California. Results indicated a statistically significant difference in the mean mental health scores of EL, EO, IFEP, LTEL, and RFEP middle school students and a statistically significant correlation among EO and RFEP middle school students’ mental health and academic achievement. Through the lens of the Ecological Systems Theory, recommendations for future research and practice are discussed
Disrupting the Status Quo: Narratives of Women of Color Leaders at California Community Colleges
Get PDFThe California Community College (CCC) system is the largest higher education system in the United States and serves diverse students. However, CCC’s leadership does not mirror the diversity of its student population. Senior-level positions continue to be dominated by White men, highlighting the lack of diversity among leadership at these institutions and exposing the ongoing underrepresentation of women, especially women of color (WOC), in leadership positions due to the ingrained hierarchal and patriarchal systems in CCCs. This qualitative study aimed to provide a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of WOC, who are midlevel administrators at the CCC system. A critical race feminist (CRF) framework guided this study. This study used a critical race counterstorytelling technique to highlight voices and experiences of five WOC participants: Frida (Mexican), Sheila (African American), Valentina (Mexican), Rudii (Black), and Jamie (Chinese American). The findings revealed significant themes directly aligning with CRF’s fundamental tenets: intersectionality, structural inequality, and resilience. Each participant’s counterstories examined their intersecting identities, institutional barriers and opportunities they experienced throughout their careers, and their strategies of resilience and agency to succeed in the CCC work environment. This research calls for CCCs to develop more inclusive policies and practices, such as reexamining their hiring practices, providing flexible work schedules, and establishing formal mentoring programs, to eliminate systemic barriers that impact WOC’s career mobility. Lastly, recommendations for future research are presented
Running Economy Changes Alter Predicted Running Speed and Performance in Collegiate Runners
Get PDFThe goal of the study was to determine the effect of altering running strategy on predicted running performance in distance runners through application of a novel prediction model. Fifteen male (n = 10; Age: 22.2 ± 4.9 years; Height: 177.7 ± 7.4 cm; Mass: 68.6 ± 6.7 kg) and female (n = 5; Age: 21.8 ± 4.1 years; Height: 167.4 ± 7.8 cm; Mass: 59.3 ± 8.1 kg) long distance runners were recruited to participate in the study. Participants’ oxygen consumption (VO2) and carbon dioxide (VCO2) were measured by a metabolic cart using a face mask. After a brief warm-up, participants rested for the initial five minutes then ran at their preferred speed for five minutes. Participants rested for another five minutes while their oxygen consumption returned to baseline measurements and ran for five minutes while increasing step rate by 7.5%. There was no significant difference between conditions for VO2 measurements and energetic cost (p \u3e 0.05). There was also no significant difference in the baseline, self-selected speed and predicted speed resulting from the increase in step rate (p \u3e 0.05). Increasing stride rate 7.5% resulted in an average decrease in predicted running speed of 1%. While statistically insignificant, small decrements in running speed can accrue over time and negatively impact running performance
Cura Communitatis in the Time of Coronavirus
Get PDFThis study conceptualizes cura communitatis as a contemporary bridge between cura personalis and cura apostolica for Jesuit higher educational institutions. A review of related literature suggests this concept as a possible means for Jesuit IHEs to respond to the realities of the coronavirus pandemic and the psychological, social, spiritual, and economic challenges which have resulted from dealing with this global health crisis. The author surfaces the shared desire in AJCU institutions to care for one another and our shared relationships as pilgrims during a global phenomenon that has demanded physical distancing. The study explores the ways in which this desire requires subsequent communal discernment that leads to the notion cura communitatis. The article is organized in three sections to guide the development of and application of the concept: Lessons from the Pandemic, Strategies for Cura Communitatis, and Responses to the Enactment of Cura Communitatis
Jesuit Resources at Georgetown University Special Collections
Get PDFThis article provides a brief overview of the Jesuit materials available at the Booth Family Center for Special Collections (BFCSC) at Georgetown University’s Lauinger Library in Washington, DC. In particular, it discusses the Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus as a resource for investigating early American Catholicism and the history of Jesuit slaveholding in the Province. Also mentioned are the wealth of collections from individual priests as well as the support that BFCSC can provide researchers
Transgender and Gender-Queer People Belong in Jesuit Higher Education
Get PDFThis paper explores the intersection of Jesuit values and the experiences of transgender and gender-queer campus community members in Jesuit higher education institutions. Despite the adoption of inclusive policies, campus climates often lack the support of minorities, leading to discrimination and deterioration of their mental health. The core Jesuit values—cura personalis, magis, discernment and reflection, service rooted in justice and love, and solidarity and kinship—are examined as the principles that should drive more active inclusion and support. The paper also suggests practical steps to align institutional practices with these values better. By embracing these measures, Jesuit institutions can foster a more inclusive environment that upholds social justice and affirms the dignity of every community member
Implementation of 1/2-Approximation Path Cover Algorithm and Its Empirical Analysis
No full textIn this paper, we demonstrate a deterministic algorithm that approximates the optimal path cover on various graphs and networks derived from a wide range of real world problems. Based on the 1-Approximation Path Cover Algorithm by Moran et al., we first organize the original algorithm into two versions - one with redundant edge removal and one without. To compare the two versions of algorithms, we prove the number of redundant edges for any general graphs to analyze the effects of edge removal. We also analyze theoretical guarantees of the two algorithms. To test the time complexity and performance, we conduct numerical tests on graphs with various structures and random weights, from structured ring graphs to random graphs, such as Erd˝os-R´enyi graphs. The tests demonstrate the advantage in memory saving of the algorithm that does not remove any redundant edges and time saving of the other one, especially on large and high density graphs. We also perform tests on various graphs and networks derived from a wide range ofreal-world problems to suggest the effectiveness and applicability of both algorithms
Liz Novosel
No full textLiz Novosel is the Computer Science, Mathematics, & Social Sciences Library at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She provides support for six departments, including computer science, mathematics, applied mathematics, economics, information science, and German and Scandinavian languages and literatures. Liz’s research has focused on the intersection of disabilities and librarianship, specifically investigating the ways that academic libraries could support disabled students, faculty, and researchers in their academic communities. Liz is also interested in the ways AI is impacting librarianship and scholarly research. Away from the library, she is very busy with two kids, two dogs, and getting outside as much as possible.https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/irdlconference-committee/1014/thumbnail.jp
Discussing Intersectionality of AfroLatinidad in Entertainment and Performance
No full textThis chapter focuses on visual and narrative Afro-Latine representations in theatre, television, and film, exploring the ways that media in the United States has become more aware of its deficiencies in including Afro-Latine people and stories while still failing to acknowledge the range of aesthetic influences, cultural and racial identities, and diverse bodies that constitute this population. Director, dramaturg, and cultural consultant Daphnie Sicre draws on interviews, close readings and analysis of popular culture, and a rich historical archive in order to note how the entertainment industry has engaged with Afro-Latine people and cultures from the 20th century and into the present day. The chapter also offers readers critical terminology that will enable a more nuanced understanding of the variegated ways that Afro-Latine people identify themselves within the diaspora