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But It\u27s Nighttime
No full textI wrote BUT IT’S NIGHTTIME while pursuing an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Sarah Lawrence College. The collection includes fiction, satire, personal essays, book reviews, and cultural criticism. Before attending graduate school, I considered myself unable to write outside the realm of nonfiction. Exploring different genres was the most exciting aspect of my time at Sarah Lawrence College. The notion that genre informs and enhances meaning has become essential to my work. This compilation reflects the breadth of my studies and the impact they have had for me as an artist
Healing The Hallways: Survivors Of School Shootings Reclaim The Body And Academic Space Through Dance/Movement Therapy
Get PDFAs the number of school shootings in the United States accelerates, there has been a gap in conversation, debate, and the responses to these shootings. In the aftermath of a school shooting, the publicized conversations generally center around the shooter, the shooter’s motivation, gun reform and prevention. Survivors of school shootings, in contrast, have been left in the dark. For those managing this unique trauma, it can be incredibly difficult to verbally express what they have experienced and how they have been coping. The magnitude and specificity of the trauma survivors of school shootings face calls for a therapeutic modality that encompasses both the body and mind as one entity. Dance/movement therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach to healing holistically, that values relationship building, human connection, emotional regulation, physical and mental health, as well as one’s purpose and overall well-being. Dance/movement therapy gives the physical body a voice and uses movement as the main form of communication in the therapeutic process
Setting The Stage For Recovery: A Practical Use Of Dance/Movement Therapy In Late Stage Eating Disorder Recovery
Get PDFRecovery from eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, is a continuous process that spans over a lifetime. The stages of change model used in treating substance abuse is applicable for recovery from eating disorders. This is reflected through the development of adaptive skills and behaviors, such as increased self-awareness, increased frustration tolerance, decreased anxiety, and the establishment of boundaries, as recovery progresses.
Dance/movement therapy is a beneficial therapeutic means to utilize throughout the recovery process. Due to the developmental nature of recovery, dance/movement therapy techniques, such as breath support, rhythm, role-playing, and imagery, are adapted to reflect the growth of those in later stages versus those in earlier stages of recovery. Modifications of these techniques expand upon developing knowledge and skills and support the transition from treatment to adjusting to everyday life
Current Practices in Post-Mortem Cardiogenetic Test-Ordering and Genetic Counseling In Cases of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)
Get PDFThis study aims to provide current insights into practice variation among genetic counselors (GC’s) and medical examiners (ME’s) with regards to post-mortem genetic testing in the context of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). Ninety total respondents (37 GC’s, 47 ME’s, 3 cardiologists, and 3 forensic pathologists) were surveyed, with questions addressing: who initiates testing and for what indications; what types of tests are ordered and how are they paid for; and what areas of the post-mortem genetic testing process need to be addressed in future studies for potential improvement. Significantly more GC’s ordered post-mortem genetic testing for SCDs than ME’s, with financial constraints being the main obstacle for ME’s and sample type/amount being the main determining factor for GC’s. The majority of respondents who ordered testing used arrhythmia panels with both cardiomyopathies and channelopathies. Most GC’s (64.9%) reported families paying out-of-pocket, whereas many ME’s (48.9%) reported their ME Office covering testing costs. Experience with insurance coverage was highly varied across GC’s, while ME’s were generally unsure about coverage. Seventeen ME’s (36.2%) reported no provision of pre-test counseling to families affected by SCD; 14 (29.8%) reported referring families to other providers or research organizations for determination of testing. When cost was not a barrier, grief was reported to be the greatest obstacle to testing. Overall, there were notable differences in practice, knowledge, and opinions between GC’s and ME’s with regards to pre-test counseling, financial responsibility, and key determining factors for testing, respectively. Future research is needed to help establish a uniform and enforceable protocol that healthcare professionals (including ME’s) and insurance companies can adhere to for post- mortem genetic testing in SCD cases, so that all affected families may receive the same standard of care during one of their most difficult times
Unmasking Gay Liberation Before Stonewall: Alfred C. Kinsey\u27s Enduring Influence on The Mattachine Society, 1940-1970
Get PDFIn 1948, Professor Alfred C. Kinsey, a zoologist at Indiana University, published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. His research for the controversial book consisted of interviews of more than 12,000 boys and men who responded to multiple questions about their sexual behavior over the course of their lives. Kinsey’s Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, based on similar research, appeared five years later. When Kinsey published the first of his two reports, he exposed the frequency of homosexual behavior among men across the United States. The product of the first extensive sexology research conducted in the twentieth century, Kinsey’s statistics on homosexuality contributed to the growing moral panic that would seize American society in the era of Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin).
During this contentious moment, the Mattachine Society formed, and a growing number of newsletters and magazines marketed to homosexual men appeared. The Kinsey Institute Archive and Special Collections in Bloomington, Indiana, holds a collection of correspondence between Kinsey and the Mattachine Society and many of the newsletters and pamphlets they distributed. This paper investigates the integral, yet largely neglected, relationship between Kinsey and members of the Mattachine Society as friends, confidants, and pioneers of the sexual revolution and gay liberation movement. Furthermore, by analyzing Kinsey’s letters to and from various Mattachine chapters, I unearth pre-Stonewall Riot efforts at gay liberation that demand revisions in ways historians periodize the movement
