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Introduction to 15(5) Special Issue: Inhabiting the Otherwise in International Academia: Critiques, Complexities, Struggles, and Re-Existences
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A Bibliometric and Content Analysis of Marketing-Finance Interface Research from 1986–2021
No full textThis article applies bibliometric analysis and content analysis in Marketing-Finance interface research. In the bibliometric analysis, the authors applied performance analysis and science mapping to analyze the research themes and the thematical evolvement between 1986 and 2021. In the content analysis, the authors analyze articles published between 2017 and 2021 to reveal new topics, new methods, and potential gaps for future research
Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline through Quality Partnerships: A Snapshot of a PAID Internship Program in America’s Most Diverse City
No full textThe New Jersey City University Teacher Intern Program provides paid working experiences for pre-service teachers in the College of Education. Students pursuing a degree in education are placed in area partner schools to work alongside experienced teachers as early as their freshman year. This paper will highlight the program, its structure, roles (as interns, lead interns, cooperating teachers), professional development series, its focus on teacher leadership, and participating member feedback. Research will focus on the impact of experiential learning, the importance of professional development, and teacher leadership (through the lens of the lead intern role)
Feasibility Study for a Continuous Mansfield Hollow State Park Multi-Use Path
No full textThis report aims to design a pedestrian river crossing that connects the north and south ends of Mansfield Hollow State Park, utilizing both a new paved pathway and bridge construction. This report first uses GIS data to complete a feasibility study on pathway routing and cost. A preliminary route was selected based on grading and cost analysis. The requirements for constructing a multi-use pathway in the State of Connecticut were then explored, attempting to find a best-fit pathway alignment to accomplish that goal. Through a lengthy literature review, it was found that the pathway design would have to deviate from typical bikeway design radii and instead use a specialized switchback design to descend a high vertical grade. Bentley OpenRoads was then used to design a horizontal and vertical alignment for the pathway in accordance with these findings. Finally, a brief literature review using real-world case studies on CT pedestrian bridges was conducted to determine applicable design standards. A pedestrian bridge design was completed utilizing ABAQUS Finite Element Analysis and the results discussed in the report. By completing this work, this report details the feasibility of connecting the northern and southern portions of Mansfield Hollow Reservoir, and that further design work should be considered for the future
Changes in Vascularization in a Murine Model of Supratentorial Ependymoma
No full textEpendymoma tumors are the third most common pediatric brain tumor. Tumor growth requires the formation of new blood vessels, known as angiogenesis, and interfering with tumor angiogenesis may be an approach to reduce tumor growth. In my thesis project, I will quantify blood vessel patterns within and nearby Supratentorial Ependymoma in a mouse model of this tumor type. I will compare vascularization within the tumors, in regions near tumors, and in the brain regions with no tumors. I will also determine whether CRISPR-mediated mutagenesis of genes expressed highly within the tumors alter angiogenesis
What Are You Doing Here? Unexpected Occurrences of Knobfin Sculpins (Cottus Immaculatus) In Connecticut
No full textReductions in cold-water habitat owing to anthropogenic stressors are focusing attention on indicator fish species. We investigated an apparent range expansion in Connecticut of a native cold-water fish, Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus). Unexpectedly, genetic and morphological analyses identified the new population as a non-native cottid from the Ozark region, the Knobfin Sculpin (C. immaculatus). This is the first record of C. immaculatus outside of its native range. The new occurrences were not recognized for over a decade despite comprehensive watershed inventories by state natural resource managers. The mechanism by which the non-native Knobfin Sculpin first arrived in Connecticut is currently unknown. Our findings suggest that unintentional species introductions may occur more frequently than is currently recognized and highlight the need for more comprehensive assessments of non-native species distributions
A Parent’s Right to Obtain Puberty Blockers for Their Child
No full textSince Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, many scholars have expressed concern over how the Dobbs decision may impact other privacy interests that previously have been recognized as protected rights under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. The substantive due process right associated with a parent’s right to the care, control, and custody of their child, however, is situated differently in comparison to those rights presumably displaced by the Dobbs opinion. A parent’s right, unlike other rights recognized under the substantive due process doctrine, is objectively deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition, and is considered fundamental to the American concept of ordered liberty. This Note argues that even after Dobbs, parents continue to possess the right to the care, control, and custody of their child under the Fourteenth Amendment which includes the right to direct their child’s medical care. Thus, statutes that criminalize the prescription of GnRH analogue therapy to minors unconstitutionally infringe on that right. GnRH analogue treatment is commonly referred to as “puberty blockers.” The statutes criminalizing puberty blockers are not grounded in reliable science. Given that gender-affirming care solely affects the health of the individual receiving the care, the state lacks any compelling or important governmental interest that would justify such intrusion on this fundamental parental right. Further, the statutes are not narrowly tailored because they allow for GnRH analogue therapy to be prescribed to children in other medical contexts. Accordingly, the statutes criminalizing the prescription of puberty blockers to minors are unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
This Note analyzes the anti-transgender agenda that conservative lawmakers are pursuing from an anti-government perspective. After analyzing the medical science supporting the statutes, it becomes clear that the relied upon data is unreliable and that arguments in support of the statutes are pretextual. Conservative lawmakers are enacting anti-transgender legislation under the guise of “protecting” adolescents, but denying adolescents gender-affirming care is only harming them. To combat the statutes that criminalize gender-affirming care, with an emphasis on puberty blockers, this Note offers litigation strategies based in principles of constitutional law. This Note is a step towards protecting transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming youth from anti-transgender legislation and ensuring access to gender-affirming care
Metaresearch, Psychology, and Law: A Case Study on Implicit Bias
No full textWhen can scientific findings from experimental psychology be confidently applied to legal issues? When applications have clear limits, do legal commentators readily acknowledge them? To address these questions, we survey recent findings from an emerging field of research on research (i.e., metaresearch). We find that many aspects of experimental psychology’s research and reporting practices threaten the validity and generalizability of legally relevant research findings, including those relied on by courts and policy-setting bodies. As a case study, we appraise the empirical claims relied on by commentators claiming that measures designed to estimate implicit bias are valid, that implicit bias causes behavior, and that interventions such as trainings can reduce implicit bias—and therefore problematic behavior presumed to be caused by implicit bias. We show that the scientific findings used to support these claims have been persuasively disputed or carry many indicia of unreliability. For example, only limited evidence indicates that interventions designed to reduce prejudicial behavior through implicit bias training are effective. In addition, the research area shows signs of publication bias, suggesting that published estimates of correlations between implicit bias measures and behavior and estimates of the effects of interventions on implicit bias measures do not reflect true effects and causal relationships. To examine whether law journal article authors acknowledge these limits, we collect a sample of one hundred law journal articles mentioning “implicit bias training” published from 2017–2021. Of those one hundred articles, fifty-eight recommend implicit bias training and only eight of those fifty-eight express any skepticism about its effectiveness. Overall, only nineteen of the one hundred articles express skepticism about implicit bias training. We end with recommendations for psychology researchers, law school administrators, legal scholars, law journal editors, courts, and policymakers towards more credible applications of psychology findings in law research and policy. Our focus is on how empirical research can be best used to solve our most important social issues including racism
Climate Justice in the Anthropocene and Its Relationship with Science and Technology: The Importance of Ethics of Responsibility
No full textClimate change is a global phenomenon. Therefore, globalization is the necessary hermeneutical horizon to develop an analysis of the metamorphosis climate change could cause at a political, social, and economic level. Within this horizon, this Article shows how the relationship between the concept of the Anthropocene epoch and the request for justice allows for framing a climate-justice and intergenerational equity–focused political interpretation of the effects of climate change. In order to avoid reducing such an interpretation to merely an ideological critique of capitalism, the conception of climate justice needs to be grounded in a rational, ethical model. This Article proposes that the ethics of responsibility, inspired by Hans Jonas’s well-known philosophy, could work as a promising rational foundation for climate justice. The ethics of responsibility also align with the principles established by the study and analysis of the relationships between science, technology, and society