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Latino Flourishing: The Relationship Between Familism and Flourishing Mental Health Among Latinos
Full text linkFamilism is a fundamental cultural value that plays a prominent role in Latinos’ lives. The research literature has demonstrated that familism has a powerful and protective influence on various areas, ranging from mental health to educational outcomes. The family context is a promising area of inquiry for acquiring knowledge on cultural factors that contribute to the positive mental health of Latinos. Although Latino/a mental health is gaining increased attention, more research is needed that transcends studying mental illness in the Latino community. This study measured the relationship between the degree of familism endorsed by Latino/a participants and their flourishing mental health. A total of 139 Latino/a adults, mostly consisting of college students, across seven states in the United States completed Sabogal et al.’s Familism Scale and Diener et al.’s Flourishing Scale. An analysis of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient revealed a weak, positive relationship between Latino/a participants’ total Familism Scale scores and Flourishing Scale scores. The statistically significant relationship between familism and flourishing mental health underscores the influence of Latinos’ family environment on their mental health. This study employs a strengths-based framework to expand the scant research on a historically underrepresented and growing segment of the population. The current study accentuates the need to understand and draw on cultural resources to provide culturally competent, effective, and strengths-based mental health services for the Latino community, particularly amid the current student mental health crisis. This study’s findings could inform culturally appropriate interventions to enhance Latino flourishing and well-being
National Guard Students and Academic Disruptions: A Case Study of How Academic Disruptions Impact College Outcomes
Full text linkThe United States was involved in the longest sustained military conflict in modern history in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021 (Megerian, 2021). Members of the National Guard played a vital role in supporting war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (Hitt et al., 2015). These service members serve a dual federal and state function, they can deploy to war zones overseas and can be mobilized state-side to support state emergencies (Molina & Morse, 2015). Mobilization of National Guard students in support of various military efforts has been theorized to lead to issues with re-enrolling in college (Cate et al., 2017). The case study explored the effectiveness of re-enrollment policies for National Guard students after an academic disruption at a small Regional Public University (RPU) in the South. Examination of current re-enrollment policies and their effectiveness are critical as National Guard students often experience multiple academic disruptions during their time in colleg
An Impressionistic Rendering of the Poetics of Maya Deren, Agnès Varda and Julia Ducournau: The Power of the Female Gaze in Poetic and Transgressive Cinema
No full textMy thesis consists of the interweaving of analytical discourse and creative work to apprehend and capture the universes of three influential female directors: Maya Deren (1917-1961), Agnes Varda (1928-2019), and Julia Ducournau (1983-Present).
All three of these directors exemplify in their films the complexities and beauties of the female gaze in its sensual, sexual, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions. As a young woman, scholar, and artist myself, the depth and realities depicted by each have inspired my passion for the apprehending, experiencing and appreciating of how the female gaze nourishes and shapes poetic cinema. Therefore, it is not by chance that I have carefully chosen these three empowering women artists as they have nourished my own intellectual and creative drive. My work will follow three different steps.
Step 1: A Portrait of the artist
Step 2: A. A creative collage of text and image that deconstructs their vision and pays homage to their film.
B. A creative collage of text and image: A portrait of myself as an artist through the guidance of their voice
Step 3: An impressionistic analytical reading of Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) and A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
Sacred and Perishable Country of Want: Poems
Full text linkThis poetry collection discusses the body as a medium of horror, and how these horrors can continue to explore the intersections of cultural identity, gender, queerness, sexuality, and trauma. This project is divided into two parts. The first part of the project is an academic preface which focuses on dissecting how the body as a central image can be used in exploring how the presence of an external power or empire can push the transformation of a subject into an inhuman state. The second part is a collection of original poetry. Through this poetry collection, I explore the narrative of gender and queerness as a lived experience and as a human relationship of connection which impacts one’s own relationship towards body and its horrors—asking the reader, what does it truly mean to have a body? What does it mean to have the body you’re in, taking into account that the body is always a figure that is both a constant in one’s human identity, and yet also always changing or shifting due to human biology? The body is an everyday horror: these questions defamiliarize what we understand of a body, and thus, impact one’s identity
Preface to this Special Poetry Issue: Boundaries and Borders, and their Dissolution (Vol 9.2)
Full text linkThis Preface introduces in detail the Special Poetry Issue (Vol 9.2), Boundaries and Borders, and their Dissolution. The issue consists of invited and submitted original poetry, collected and edited by Steven B. Katz, Editor-Poetry.Bio: Dr. Steven B. Katz is Emeritus Faculty in Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design doctoral program, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities, Clemson University; and Pearce Professor Emeritus of Professional Communication, and Professor Emeritus of English, Emeritus College, Clemson University. He has published many poems, articles, and seven books; his new book, Plato\u27s Nightmare, is forthcoming from Parlor Press
“The Songs of Onyx, IV” and Elegy : Poems of Antonio Colinas, translated by Maria C. Fellie
Full text linkTwo poems by Antonio Colinas (Spain, 1946), “The Songs of Onyx, IV” (Los cantos de ónice, IV) and Elegy (Elegía) translated by Maria C. Fellie
AN ACOUSTIC PHONETIC INVESTIGATION OF LEXICAL STRESS ENCODING IN VIETNAMESE-ACCENTED ENGLISH
Full text linkA psychoacoustic methodology is used to investigate lexical stress encoding by 15 Vietnamese-Accented English (VAE) speakers. In this framework, Just Noticeable Difference (JND) thresholds in F0/pitch, intensity, and duration are used to investigate the strategy that speakers rely on to produce lexical stress. The key finding for VAE speakers is that they rank the three acoustic correlates as follows: F0 (67.61%) \u3e Intensity (54.28%) \u3e Duration (31.42%). According to Nguyen and Ingram (2005) and Nguyen (2017), this hierarchy mirrors the strategy that Vietnamese speakers rely on to encode tone in their native language. Transferring their native prosodic strategy into English affords them only 56.19% of prosodic accuracy. This finding is based on an instrumental analysis of 315 syllable tokens (15 speakers x 7 words x 3 correlates). The data also provides us with the opportunity to examine ancillary issues such as any putative correlation that might exist between length of residence (LOR), age of onset (AOO), and accuracy of lexical stress encoding. The paper concludes with pedagogical implications and applications to help raise the overall intelligibility of VAE
Factors Impacting Technology Use Amongst Latinx Children in Early Childhood
Full text linkThe purpose of this research study was to explore to what extent Latinx children between the ages of birth to five are using screens and technology, the factors that influence their caregivers’ decisions about allowing screen time, as well as what resources caregivers need to navigate screen time use and technology for their young children.
A survey was distributed to Latinx caregivers who were participating in a parent education program in an urban Minnesota school. The goal of the survey was to gather data about parent and child screen time use, the principal reasons that parents allow screen time, attitudes about screen time, and impacts of screen time on the household and relationships. In addition, the study sought to learn about tools and resources that may be helpful to families.
The study found that 39% of the participants’ children exceeded the screen time limits set by the World Health Organization to some extent. However, the average amount of screen time reported by caregivers was below the national average for Latinx children. The majority (94%) of survey respondents expressed desire to reduce their children’s screen time. Caregivers articulated that they would like some training on how to implement parental controls on their home devices, monitor content closely, and set timers on devices. In addition, they expressed a need for educational activities to do at home with their children. The findings of this study demonstrate the need for educational programming to support caregivers with navigation of technology use for their young children
Minnesota Public School Principal Practices that Support School Change and the Barriers that Impede Improvement Efforts
Full text linkThe focus of this research is to identify the most frequent steps and actions taken by Minnesota principals who led successful and sustainable change. Additionally, the findings will be aligned with research from Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) which focuses on the principal responsibilities as they pertain to school change and student achievement. Existing research establishes the most impactful responsibilities and practices of principals who lead change, yet it is difficult to find current empirical studies that align the responsibilities with principal steps and actions.
Several findings emerged from this study. Principals in this study took actions in creating a positive climate and culture, empowering teams, and soliciting feedback. The actions of principals in this study largely aligned with six of McREL’s 21 principal responsibilities: change agent, culture, input, resources, monitor and evaluate, and situational awareness. Principals also reported barriers which were consolidated into three main themes: people challenges, financial and contract challenges, and COVID. These barriers were also met with strategic responses which ended up working in the favor of study participants.
This study will be valuable to current and future principals and to universities who train administrators for licensure
Self-Regulation Strategies to Improve Academic Success in Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Elementary Settings
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