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From the President
Get PDFDePaul University President Robert L. Manuel celebrates alumni engagement with their alma mater and invites alumni to share ideas for furthering those connections in support of a shared mission
A New Perspective
Get PDFThe DePaul Art Museum foregrounds inclusiveness, partnership and social justice to reframe the role of cultural institutions
Changing Course
Get PDFThe Chicago Teacher Residency program, a partnership between DePaul University\u27s College of Education and the Academy of Urban School Leadership, prepares career changers to teach in high-need Chicago Public Schools
Courting Success
Get PDFDePaul men’s basketball shoots for a comeback with new head coach Chris Holtmann and a revitalized program
An interdisciplinary review of stress mechanisms, health effects, and the influence of a growth mindset
Get PDFThe human experience of stress plays a pivotal role in directing overall health and wellbeing. Stress manifests in our minds and bodies, influences our relationships, and weaves collectively into the fabric of shared society. The current capstone project essentially comprises two sections. First, a comprehensive literature review delves into an interdisciplinary depiction of chronic stress, exploring its wide-ranging impact from biological, psychological, behavioral, social, and economic perspectives. The following section presents original research focused on the moderating effects of growth mindset on the relationships between chronic stress and negative stress-related health outcomes, including a discussion regarding effective preventative measures and the importance of targeting communities whose socioeconomic disadvantage renders them most vulnerable to the debilitating effects of chronic stress. It is important to note that the content of this endeavor is, of course, non-exhaustive, but represents the most critical and relevant learnings and applications from my coursework as a graduate student in DePaul University’s Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS-MS) program
A Qualitative Study Cultural Components Contributing to Resilience and its Importance to Trauma-Informed Care of Veterans
No full textBackground: Trauma-informed care (TIC) creates an environment of safety, empowerment, and healing. It provides services in a way that encourages mindfulness and promotes the feeling of well-being. Resilience, described as a protective factor to decrease the risk of suicide, is imperative to the delivery of TIC. However, research also suggests resilience is culturally affected.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify cultural components that contribute to resilience in African American female (AAF) veterans, and its relevance to the delivery of TIC and suicide prevention.
Method: Individual interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire to identify supporting factors, based on the aspects of culture that are influential on the development of resilience, and its role in TIC. Inductive thematic analysis was employed to analyze data obtained from a questionnaire answered by ten Board Certified advanced practice nurses (APNs)/Clinicians, who performed exams on veterans of the U.S. military. Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ), a 32-item checklist was used to guide the report of this study.
Results: Ten participants of diverse ethnic backgrounds expressed their thoughts on cultural components that contribute to resilience and its relevance to the delivery of TIC and suicide prevention. We identified five major themes: Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity in Veteran Care, The Impact of Sociodemographic Factors on Resilience and Care, TIC Practices and Benefits, Education, Self-awareness, and Professional Development, and Resilience as a Multifaceted Construct in Veteran Well-being.
Discussion: Cultural components that contribute to resilience, and its impact on TIC, identified as being imperative to help APNs/Clinicians better understand and address the needs of veterans.
Conclusion: Informing APNs on factors that contribute to resilience can hone their ability to provide culturally sensitive, TIC, that can aid in decreasing suicide amongst all veterans.
Keywords trauma-informed care, resilience, suicide prevention, veterans, cultural components, African American female
A New Marine Vertebrate Assemblage from the Upper Cretaceous Dakota Formation in Nebraska, USA, and Potential New Insights into the Cenomanian–Turonian Vertebrate Communities of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway
No full textThe upper part of the Dakota Formation (lower middle Cenomanian) is a marine sedimentary rock unit formed at the dawn of the major transgression of the Western Interior Seaway, an epicontinental sea that flooded the middle of North America in the north-south direction during the Late Cretaceous. This study examines marine vertebrate fossils from the stratigraphic horizon in southeastern Nebraska. Fossiliferous rock samples that were subjected to acid treatment resulted in over 7,292 taxonomically identifiable specimens, consisting minimally of 51 distinct vertebrate taxa. They include at least 26 chondrichthyans, 20 osteichthyan fishes, and five tetrapod taxa. Whereas many of these taxa represent the first occurrence in the Cretaceous of Nebraska, whether all these taxa interacted contemporaneously is somewhat uncertain due to evidence for time-averaging. In addition, this study compares habitat types (‘benthic’ and ‘pelagic’) and diet types (‘durophagous’ and ‘non-durophagous’) of vertebrate taxa across five Cenomanian–Turonian assemblages from Kansas and Nebraska, including the Dakota Formation assemblage, to look for any patterns in habitat and diet usage proportionality between nearshore and offshore assemblages. Although further future examinations are needed, this study shows that nearshore assemblages appear to have greater proportions of benthic taxa relative to pelagic taxa compared to offshore assemblages. Besides adding new perspectives to the vertebrate communities of the Western Interior Seaway, this study is significant because it represents the first formal account of the vertebrate assemblage from the upper Dakota Formation and its paleoecological assessment
The Impact of Linguistic Styles on Message Delivery in Encouraging the Use of Leftover Bags for Food Waste Reduction
Get PDFPlate leftovers are a major cause of food waste in restaurants. To reduce food waste, many restaurants encourage customers to use “doggy bags” to take away their plate leftovers. However, the efficiency of adopting such leftover bags is still questionable as some customers may feel embarrassed to use leftover bags. Hence, the current research aims to explore how to leverage different linguistic styles (figurative vs. literal language) to encourage the usage of leftover bags for food waste reduction purposes. Furthermore, this research will investigate the linguistic style efficiency in various restaurant dining contexts across two empirical studies. Study 1 will examine customers’ responses to different linguistic style messages when they make orders either with or without the restaurant server around (server taking the order vs. customer ordering by using the table tablet). Study 2 will examine whether there are any differences in terms of linguistic impacts on food waste reduction when customers are with or without other customers around (solo diners vs. group diners)
From Lay Apostles to Missionary Disciples: Father Thomas A. Judge, C.M., and the Future of the Catholic Laity
Get PDFIn the early twentieth century, Father Thomas Judge founded the Cenacle, a lay movement consisting of the secular Blessed Trinity Missionary Institute and two religious communities, the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity and the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity. Inspired by Vincent de Paul and the French School of spirituality, Father Judge envisioned the Cenacle as a group that would help return people to the Church. William Portier explains what a lay apostle was in Judge’s time and how we might interpret the term in ours. Pope Francis has called the Church to a “synodal journey,” and Portier sees lay apostles as essential to fulfilling that call
