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The Multivocality of the California Gold Rush: The Inter-Oceanic Route via Nicaragua
No full textThe California Gold Rush played a central role in shaping American history. However, descriptions of this event often overlook its reach within international territory. Exposing this interconnectedness addresses the lack of diversity in historical archives. Through cartography and first hand accounts, this project unpacks the various narratives and discourses of the journey from the U.S. Eastern Seaboard to the West Coast via the Nicaragua Interoceanic route during the mid 19th century. By illustrating how this pivotal time drew thousands of Americans in their quest to explore California’s gold fields, this project shows how and why many opted to embark on the passage via Nicaragua. While representations of historical events cannot always capture every experience, highlighting the various voices often absent in past accounts provides a fuller and more nuanced picture of this journey
Can Money Still Buy the Postseason in Major League Baseball? A 10-Year Retrospective on Revenue Sharing and the Luxury Tax
Get PDFA Box Full of Darkness: Risk and Resilience in Children of Incarcerated Parents
No full textMass incarceration is a major issue with rippling effects that impact the incarcerated individuals, their families, and beyond. Existing literature has addressed mass incarceration by focusing on those incarcerated, but little research has examined the needs of their families, particularly their children. Studies estimate that five to eight million children and adolescents have a parent incarcerated (Turney, 2018). The present study is an exploratory study aimed at examining the strengths and needs of children of incarcerated parents (COIP). The current study examines adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) in COIP. Further, data were collected on stigma and resilience. Results indicated majority of our sample experienced five or more ACEs, which is significantly more than the average experienced by the general population. Higher ACE scores were correlated with poorer adult outcomes, increased likelihood of incarceration, and lowered resilience. Stigma of parental incarceration is a unique, complicated, and significant barrier for COIP that can impact resilience and influence treatment. Findings on BCEs highlighted the importance of feeling connected and cared for. Overall, the risk factors for COIP are complex and varied, but the strengths and resilience of this population should be an equal focus for intervention and policy
Fostering Awe to Enhance Public Well-Being: Proposed Interventions for a Nature and Science Museum Setting
Get PDFSeveral scholars consider awe to be a universally experienced emotion that is associated with a variety of well-being outcomes. In the last two decades, research has revealed the many complicated, and often beneficial, effects of this self-transcendent emotion. In this paper, a review of the current theoretical and empirical understanding of awe is first discussed. This review is meant to provide context for the next section and primary aim of this paper, which is to propose a pilot study for implementing and evaluating awe-inducing interventions in a museum setting. The primary research question of this proposed pilot study is to determine if the proposed interventions are indeed effective at increasing feelings of awe for visitors of the museum. The anticipated outcomes of the proposed pilot study, limitations of the study, and directions for further research are also discussed
Harmony and Healing: Implementing Community Focused Music Interventions to Address Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Vicarious Trauma in Psychology Graduate Trainees
No full textDue to the nature of clinical training, culture of academia, and socioecological stressors, clinical psychology graduate trainees are at risk of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. In addition, systemic oppression further complicates many students’ abilities to maintain individual wellness, subsequently limiting their ability to care for others. Ecological systems and radical healing frameworks support the implementation of community-based strategies to mitigate these effects, and the arts have historically been utilized across cultures to cultivate healing and resilience. This paper examines feasibility of music wellness interventions as an experiential self-care practice to improve wellbeing in clinical psychology graduate students at the University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP). Music wellness interventions such as music assisted relaxation and group rhythm and drumming have demonstrated efficacy in improving health and wellbeing of healthcare professionals, and there is precedent for including these interventions within systemic efforts to reduce negative impact of burnout. Music therapists facilitated three separate group music wellness events including both music assisted relaxation and group rhythm and drumming for GSPP students, and surveys were collected post event to gather insights into the feasibility and acceptability of the interventions (n=17). Program evaluation was conducted through participant surveys and included descriptive statistics and qualitative thematic analyses to summarize survey responses. Results indicate that the intervention supported participants perceived stress reduction, increased connection to peers, sense of enjoyment, and positive changes in physiological and emotional states
The Fold
No full textthe fold explores what it means for a trans ex-Mormon poet to become a speaking subject through the vocation of poetry. In part a result of a year-and-a-half-long itinerancy and a lack of risk aversion, the fold occupies the edge of risk and play where attachments to scarcity and survival narratives can be interrupted (through “self-interruption” per Lauren Berlant), discovering instead desire, love, and its forms. Movement as a process is an entry into performance and transformation. Through duration and performance, the body becomes both tool and method for trans subjectivity to become legible, while still maintaining Glissant’s claim that “din is discourse.” Through its serial work, the fold seeks to envision conditions for self-sovereignty, to experience this physically as a precarious body with other precarious bodies. Like pollinators moving from flower to flower, the movement of desire creates movement toward collective pleasure, the social and sensuous become the plane of ethical action. Through this activity, we create folds of meaning in our daily uncompensated labors, in every gesture and point of contact
The Effects of COVID-19 on Asian American Perception of Mental Health
Get PDFThis study describes a qualitative study using a grounded theory, constructivist approach, which sampled (N = 6) Asian American college students who lived in the United States during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research shows that COVID significantly impacted the Asian American perception of mental health, including mental health help- seeking behaviors and discrimination experienced. The long-term effects of this are still largely unknown. In depth, semi-structured interviews were used to explore the lived experiences of these Asian Americans. Qualitative analysis revealed thematic differences for the following themes: (a) experience with mental illness, (b) mental health help- seeking behaviors, (c) mental health stigma, (d) discrimination, and (e) social privilege. Findings from this study give important areas of consideration for clinical work regarding Asian American COVID-19 based trauma; insights about cultural stigma, discrimination experienced, and mental health coping behaviors may facilitate greater understanding in the therapeutic space for clients in this demographic
How Well Do Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Address Gender Equity?
No full textAs the climate crisis continues to deepen, there have been calls for adaptation and mitigation approaches that rely on nature-based solutions. These solutions are approaches that offer the potential to reduce and remove greenhouse gas emissions. Examples include forest restoration, coastal wetland conservation, and no-till agriculture, among other practices. In this thesis, I employ an intersectional feminist political ecology perspective to critically examine the integration of gender equity within such nature-based solutions. I make two interrelated arguments using a qualitative methodology and an intensive case study of three projects in Ghana. First, I argue that women’s participation in nature-based solutions is frequently constrained by structural inequities, entrenched gender norms, and limited access to resources. Second, I contend that meaningful participation and tokenism are critical issues that occur in the design, implementation, and adaptive governance of nature-based solutions. While organizations promoting nature-based solutions purport to take gender equity seriously, the approaches adopted are often tokenistic. Also, projects rarely move beyond the simple inclusion of women and men, and there is often no serious attempt to address intersectional dimensions of inequality along the axes of class, age, and marital status. Ultimately, I show how nature-based solutions to climate change can be implemented with gender-transformative approaches that benefit both people and nature. By uncovering structural inequities and tokenistic approaches hindering women’s participation, this thesis underscores the underutilization of women, the largest segment of the population, in efforts to combat climate change
Trust, Transparency, and Transport: The Impact of Privacy Protection on the Acceptance of Last-Mile Drone Delivery
Get PDFA common set of problems commercial delivery companies face is finding ways to increase the efficiency and reliability of the “last mile” of a package’s journey, all while reducing operating costs. This need for efficiency has driven many companies to explore using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, to get packages to their final destination. Although UAVs have great potential to help increase efficiency in commercial package delivery, this comes at a potential cost to the privacy of people who intersect the flight paths of these unmanned vehicles. This thesis explores the effect of a mobile phone application for commercial delivery drones on bystander privacy perception of drone delivery systems. Further, it presents a method for determining what privacy measures should be implemented to engender trust in unmanned delivery platforms. This thesis proposes that the acceptance and adoption of commercial drone delivery systems by the general public requires policies and technologies that address the public’s most significant concerns: safety and privacy. This thesis presents evidence that a user-centered mobile application could increase trust in commercial drone flights. This thesis contextualizes and expands upon the author’s previously published work by presenting a literature review of the state of the drone delivery field and proposing the experimental design for a follow-up study that expands on the findings of the initial study [1]
Navigating University of Denver as a Latinx Male-Identifying Undergraduate Student
Get PDFStudents of color continuously persist at a lower rate than their white counterparts in higher education. Particularly for Latinx males, the number is lower than Latinx women. Universities have incorporated Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies to focus on their diverse student population and address issues of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. Despite these efforts, low retention rates for Latinx males persist. This study explores how Latinx male undergraduate students navigate a predominantly white institution as well as explore some of the challenges of DEI efforts at that institution. I conducted participant observations at the University of Denver (DU) and interviewed Latinx male students and staff engaged in DEI at DU. My findings showed that students struggled to feel like they belonged due to low representation, racism, and lack of resources. Despite that, they created safe spaces and support groups that helped them persist. Challenges to DEI included lack of communication and collaboration between students, staff, and departments because of the siloed environment at DU