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Transitioning From Faculty to Administration: A Qualitative Study of Administrators in 4-Year Institutions
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to better understand the faculty to administration transition process and elements which affect this process in West Virginia’s 4-year colleges and institutions. A secondary aim of this study was to provide a formal model for faculty who transition to administrative roles in higher education. Study participants came from 4-year degree-granting higher education institutions in West Virginia. The study used a qualitative phenomenological design to investigate elements of the process used when faculty members transition to administrative roles. Findings from this study supported the majority of literature reviewed for this research and aided in developing recommendations for those transitioning to administration. Key findings from this study indicate the following criteria need to be established in a model program: (a) mentoring program, (b) funding for continuing education, (c) training in addressing human resource topics, (d) handling the glass ceiling, (e) training in dealing with relationship changes, and (f) training specifically for women transitioning to higher education administration. Further, findings suggest additional research is warranted in the following areas: (a) most effective mentoring model, (b) administrators who chose to transition back to faculty ranks, (c) social justice and equality for women in higher education administration, and (d) research outside of West Virginia’s higher education system
Reanalysis of \u3cem\u3eTeruelius\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3eGrosphus\u3c/em\u3e (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with descriptions of two new species
Get PDFPsychosocial Factors Affecting Intention To Play Esports
Get PDFIn recent years, the negative perspective about esports that used to dominate the opinion of many people as well as sports researchers has gradually been changing in the academic world. Previous studies have shown that psychosocial values of esports such as having fun, escaping from daily life, and social interaction. However, previous studies on motivations for esports gameplay were conducted from qualitative research perspectives, focusing on esports viewership, and there has comparatively been little esports gameplay research from a quantitative perspective. Against the qualitative research heavy background, the purpose of this research is to examine the psychosocial factors that influence the intention to play esports from a quantitative perspective. To test the hypothesis that psychosocial factors are positively related to the intention to play esports, an online survey was distributed to esports players who live in the United States via Amazon Mechanical Turk (M-Turk). Specifically, respondents were esports players who are in the age range of 20 to 69 years old, who live in the United States, and who have played at least one popular multiplayer esports game. Two hundred responses were collected for obtaining information from a knowledgeable and accessible source, and a convenient sampling approach was used in the selection of subjects. To assess the factor structure of the constructs including intention and psychosocial factors (enjoyment, escapism, social interaction), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used. In addition, testing the relationship between each psychosocial factor of esports and the intention to play esports was conducted via Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Craftivism: How the Arts give Voice to Causes and Communities
Get PDFToday we will present examples where artists working in their studios and at home contribute to change in the societal issues of the time. How a craft brings makers together in a community adding their independent work to become a louder voice. And how an organization can be formed around an issue encouraging arts and activists from the start
Positioning Theory in Islamic Sermons: Online Messages to Parents
Get PDFPositioning theory offers a theoretical and analytical framework to explore how individuals position themselves or are positioned by others through discourse. Positioning theory provides ways to interpret how the positioning is achieved through the mutual effects of storylines, speech acts, and positions (Van Langenhove & Harré 2003). We examine how male and female preachers position themselves when they advise parents about Islamic values in raising children. The sermon data is from a corpus of twenty online Islamic sermons on YouTube that engage with the theme of family. The sermons were delivered in different settings, such as in Friday services in the mosque or Islamic conferences in auditoriums in various countries, namely the USA, UK, Canada, Sri Lanka, and Qatar. The findings show that the preachers put themselves in a position of authority primarily through their expertise in quoting and interpreting authoritative sacred texts. Preachers\u27 positioning is fluid; they position themselves as a person who delivers God\u27s words, as storytellers, or take a more authoritative position by employing direct commands. It is common in Islamic communities for mothers to have responsibility to teach and raise children. In sermons, the preachers tell stories of paragons of Islamic parenting such as Luqman, male Biblical prophets, and stories of Muhammad to inspire fathers to play their role in helping mothers raise children
Ephemeroptera Culturing Methods: Development of Culturing and Rearing Methodology and High Sulfate Simulated Mine Effluent Toxicity Test Using Field Collected Water
Get PDFEphemeroptera taxa are not frequently used in toxicity testing; however, some mayfly taxa may be more sensitive to aquatic pollutants than standard test organisms used to determine anthropogenic effects on aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, some standard test organisms are not native to the Appalachian region and may not be truly reflective of the effects on native organisms. With mayflies not being the typical test organism, there is not a great deal of literature on culturing methods for this organism. For a standard acute toxicity test, there must be 80% survival within the control organisms for the test to be considered viable. On that account, culture methods for rearing larval mayflies to emergence, collecting viable eggs, and rearing them to hatch have been developed in the Marshall University Lab. Further development of the methods in order to conduct native mayfly toxicity testing is dependent on a suitable food source being established for cultured mayfly nymphs. The objectives of this study were to investigate adequate feed treatments that will lead to a minimum of 80% survival in the first 48 hours for future acute toxicity testing, the optimal food source for chronic toxicity testing, and for long[1]term survival in laboratory culturing. Evaluations utilizing a variety of laboratory cultured diets given to individual nymphs in separate chambers were conducted. Mortality rate was used to narrow food types to the ones yielding the best results for further testing. Success is evidenced by 80% survival in the first 48 hours, growth and development of the nymphs, and long-term survival. Two of the four feeding treatments provided over 80% survival of newly hatched mayfly nymphs in 48 hours. One feeding treatment provided over 50% survival over 7 days. For long term survival, only 1 of the treatments, laboratory cultured Navicula sp. and leaf disks supported survival over the length of the 36-day study. Once an adequate food source was confirmed, toxicity testing was conducted using the optimal food source for ideal organism fitness. Furthermore, traditional toxicity testing uses reconstituted laboratory water as a base for the dilution series, which is not representative of natural conditions. Therefore, field collected water from Mash Fork, the same stream where mayflies were collected, was used as a base for the dilution series. A preliminary acute toxicity test was run on High Sulfate Simulated Mine Effluent, using the field collected water and the optimal food source. The results did not generate a statistically significant LC50; however, the 100% concentration (~2,400 µS/cm) resulted in ~50% mortality. Therefore, further rounds of testing should include a higher concentration or use organisms of ideal fitness and generate a statistically valid LC50
Asian Muslim Sermons in the Twentieth Century: State of Scholarship
No full textThe sermon has keen importance to change the thoughts of the listener and preacher which ultimately impact the conceptual, theological, moral, and spiritual development of the society. The study of sermons explores the intellectual and conceptual status and desired changes of the preacher, the effectiveness of the sermon for liturgy and worship, the connection between speaker and society, rhetoric, and many more about society.
The main purpose of the study is to develop essays on prominent religious personalities in south Asia through the collection and analytical study of their sermons and preaching delivered during the twentieth century. These essays will encompass the biographies, ‘effective parts of the sermons and speeches’, analysis of the intellectual state of the preacher and society, intended changes by the speaker for social and theological development, responses by listeners, the effectiveness of the sermon for liturgy and worship, innovative idea/ though/ slogan/ insight of the preacher, methodology of preaching, conceptual tools used by the preacher, rhetoric and belief systems of preachers and society.
Initially, prominent personalities i.e., Syed Abul ala Maududi, Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khmine, Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, Moulana Shabbir Ahmad Uthmani, Annandamayi Ma (Nirmala Sundari), Mullah Mohammed Omer, Maulana Fazlul Rehman, Bhakti Tirtha Swami, Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Prof. Dr. Tahir ul Qadri are selected from India, Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan
