166 research outputs found
Know Your (Author) Rights: Understanding and Educating Faculty About Author Rights
No full textAllyson Mower will discuss the basics of author rights, strategies for engaging the faculty and leveraging these conversations to increase open access archiving within the digital repository. This segment of the program features Allyson Mower who is the Scholary Communications & Copyright Librarian at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah. During the segment, she will discuss the basics of author rights, strategies for engaging the faculty and leveraging these conversations to increase open access archiving within the digital repository
Specialized relationships between active bacteria and their environment:
No full textThe question as to which environmental factors select for or influence the resident and active community within the global ocean is still unclear. While general trends have been established in overall community response to natural forces and the impact of particular environmental parameters on biodiversity, little has been done to examine how certain species react to environmental stimuli and how the percentage of metabolically active species correlates to the ambient conditions. This research aimed to address these understudied areas and provide insight into how particular alterations in the physical, chemical, and biological environment relate to species composition and activity. More specifically, this work utilized molecular techniques, such as 16S and 18S ribosomal RNA analysis, to track how changes within the active and resident bacterial populations correlate to changes in environmental drivers. By narrowing the focus to two widely spaced locations, a New Zealand Fjord and a Caribbean river plume, and then evaluating these relationships in the laboratory, it was our hope to find patterns in species-specific bacterial activity associated with salinity, DOM, and phytoplankton dynamics in model systems. Results of this work indicate that no single environmental parameter drives the diversity of a system and that only a small percentage (< 30%) of the active bacterial population were correlated with the physical/chemical/biological parameters measured in our field studies. Furthermore, this data indicates that the appropriate parameters are not currently being measured to determine the regulatory force on the abundance and activity of the microbial population.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Carrie Allyson Ferrar
The Privacy Paradox in Discovery
No full textThe author proposes a revision to the civil discovery rules that gives affirmative protection to information subject to a reasonable expectation of privacy. Given the erosion of constitutional protection in Dobbs and its intimations for other rights, Allyson argues that we must prevent the use of broad discovery to harass, embarrass, and deter access to the courts
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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY GOAL SETTING IN THE COMMUNITY
No full textLoss of biodiversity is a complex global scale problem that manifests in all ecological systems. That said many solutions are found at the individual and local scale and reside in the value that people place on nature. This research targets the local scale by improving coordination and collaboration between those involved in solutions. It also targets the individual scale by seeking to improve people’s relationships with the natural world. This dissertation research has been organized into three chapters.The first chapter is a case study that the first author will describe through the lens of a neutral facilitator and participant observer, will working towards a collaborative effort between local environmental entities to build environmental goals for the Pullman, Washington community. The co-author Dr. Allyson Beall King provided valuable insight for the theoretical and organizational framework of the paper.The second chapter is focused on understanding an individual’s interaction, relationship and perception to nature through survey implementation after a two-week restoration. The population sampled in this chapter were students from an introductory environmental science course, primarily from the Pacific Northwest. The co-authors, Dr. Allyson Beall King and Dr. Alexander Fremier provided valuable insight on organizational structure and revisions to the conceptual framework of the paper. Dr. Kira Carbonneau provided insight and mentorship on the statistical analysis and results of the chapter. The co-authors Dr. Alex Fremier and Dr. Allyson Beall King provided valuable revisions and feedback, as well as organizational restructuring of the chapter. Dr. Kira Carbonneau provided guidance on statistical analysis for the chapter.Chapter three will further investigate the similarities and differences between participants by grouping them based on the impact of the restoration activities. It will explore the practical application of using known preferences as a way for environmental practitioners to tailor their volunteering events. The co-author Dr. Craig Woodruff provided insight, mentorship, and revised the R-code package to complete the text-mining analysis for chapter 3. Dr. Allyson Beall King provided constructive revisions to the conceptual theory of the chapter
The effect of attachment on jury decision making:
No full textThe proposed research had two goals: 1) to examine the effects of attachment on the decisions that jurors make and 2) to investigate and replicate findings from previous studies that have shown a relationship, though inconsistent, to jury decision making. In Study 1, participants were asked to read three real life court cases and make decisions on them. Attachment style was assessed (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991; Brennan et al, 1998). It was shown that attachment was related to jury decisions in that highly anxious individuals tended to be more punitive toward the defendant in the cases. In Study 2, participants were primed into differing attachment categories and their decisions were examined to see if through temporarily modifying attachment style, jury decisions might also be amended. The results suggested that priming did not function in the expected manner as there was a general increase in avoidance scores across all categories. Despite these priming issues, attachment was related to jury outcomes. In order to remedy the confound in the Study 2, Study 3 was conducted to assess the same issue but with a change in methods. Unexpectedly, there was a decrease in anxiety across all priming conditions suggesting that an opportunity to emotionally disclose about a relationship significantly impacted the priming procedure. As in Studies 1 and 2, the results of Study 3 showed a relationship between jury decisions and attachment. Finally, Study 4 tested the effects of attachment on jury decision making in a mock jury atmosphere. It was shown that highly anxious individuals were more likely to be swayed during the jury decision making process. The implications for these findings in the realm of the jury decision making literature as well as other possible variables influencing jury decisions are discussed.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-102)by Allyson Melon
Reconceiving the State: morals, markets, and state regulation of assisted reproductive technologies
No full textAssisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), defined as technologies that bring together human gametes for the purposes of reproduction and regenerative research, have enabled new life for those expanding their families, as well as those looking to treat degenerative diseases. As meanings of life have shifted in an era of evolving reproductive technology, the state has new opportunities to intervene, mediate, and prohibit the use of ARTs in the United States. In light of the moral and instrumental ways to understand ARTs and the social implications of ART practices, what is the role of the state in ART oversight? Moreover, how does issue framing of ARTs impact legislative outcomes? Using egg donation as a particular site of morals and markets, I investigate these question through the legislative activity on egg donation at the state level, as well as the public policy making processes about egg donation. Given the empirical and theoretical gaps in ART scholarship about state-level legislation in the US in the contemporary period, this dissertation aims is to answers these research questions through original data on various kinds of ART legislation between 1990 and 2010, at the state level. Employing hazard analysis of egg donation legislation between 1998 and 2008 in 49 states, this project advances the argument that state-level legislative activities on egg donation are vibrant, and increased by scientific stakeholders in ARTs, as well as the presence of women in politics and economic life. Looking closer at cases of egg donation legislation in case studies of California, New York, Arizona, and Louisiana, I find that legislators frame egg donation as moral and instrumental social issues—with varying degrees of legislative success. I argue that state-level oversight has problematic implications for the concept of stratified reproduction and suggest applying the equal liberty principle to ART policymaking. Finally, I argue that the absence of political debate—particularly the absence of feminist voices—warrants new political solutions to increase democratic discourse on ART issues.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Erin Allyson Heidt-Forsyth
Tracing a Legacy: A Performer’s Analysis of Three Works for Solo Viola Commissioned for the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition
No full textabstract: Highly active in the fields of viola performance, composition, recording, and pedagogy, Lionel Tertis is known as one of the first and most influential career violists. Established in 1980, the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and Festival was founded in his honor and occurs triennially at the Isle of Man. While addressing facets of the professional violist with workshops, lectures, and masterclasses, this event provides a venue for competitive performers, acting as a platform for new viola repertoire.
Each competitor must prepare an extensive set of viola repertoire, among which is a compulsory piece for unaccompanied viola by an English composer. These commissioned works require the virtuosity and expression available within a contemporary musical language; this additionally challenges competitors to provide an artistic interpretation relatively untouched by tradition or common practice.
Although these pieces are written specifically for the competition, the commissioned works have the capacity to reach beyond the competition sphere and are highly programmable in most recital and solo performance settings. These pieces provide the contemporary violist with a greater selection of repertoire that displays idiomatic and expressive strengths of the viola.
My project commemorates the contributions of Lionel Tertis to the advancement of viola repertoire and performance with the study of works written a century post his prolific career. The secondary intent is to provide biographical information about each composer and to explore how these highly programmable works enrich the violist and their repertoire, ultimately bringing recognition to these new works for solo viola. Through biographical research, musical analysis, interviews and the recording process, I will provide a performer's analysis and supplemental recordings for three of these works: Darkness Draws In by David Matthews, Sonatine I by Roger Steptoe and Through a Limbeck by John Woolrich.Dissertation/ThesisAudio recording of 'Sonatine I' by Roger Steptoe, performed by Allyson WuenschelAudio recording of 'Darkness Draws In' by David Matthews, performed by Allyson WuenschelAudio recording of 'Through A Limbeck' by John Woolrich, performed by Allyson WuenschelDoctoral Dissertation Music 201
13 years of change? Exploring the climate change debate on Reddit through topic modeling
No full textA growing body of academic literature analyses the public climate change debate carried out on social media platforms. As most studies focused on Twitter/X, little is known about long-term developments on other platforms, despite their popularity. The present study addresses this by analyzing a 13-year timespan during which five million posts and comments discussing climate change were published on Reddit, one of the most popular social media platforms in anglophone countries. Through topic modeling (LDA) and subsequent analyses, the main themes of discussion, the most popular communities, and changes over time are examined to describe the climate change debate on Reddit as well as how it relates to the general public debate and that on other platforms. The debate populates thousands of subreddit communities, and several recurring themes were found, discussing climate change in relation to environmental impact, scientific evidence, politics, and the economy, as well as extreme weather events. Similar to evidence from news media and other social media, the results attest to growing attention to the debate, while also noting how it becomes increasingly intertwined with political day-to-day business and popular discourse. This politicization is also evident in the dependence on mostly political events to generate and sustain significant levels of attention. Meanwhile, discussions pertaining to climate justice appear only marginally in the dominant themes
Fashioning Gender: The Gendered Organization of Cultural Work
No full text Gender inequality is common in cultural industries, including in the fashion industry, where women far outnumber men. How does the social organization of cultural work shape this inequality? This question is examined using 62 in-depth interviews with women and men creative workers in the fashion industry. I examine how gendered organizational logics are embedded in entrepreneurial labor practices and passionate work norms, both of which are common in cultural work. I find that women experience: (1) discrimination within the industry, (2) criticism from outside the industry, (3) intensified time pressure and work-family conflict, and (4) constrained choice about whether to have children. Although the demanding and insecure nature of cultural work creates time pressure and stress for men as well, men experience less anxiety, conflict, and negative judgment. These findings contribute to knowledge about gender inequality in cultural industries, as well as to the theory of gendered organizations. The gendered organizations approach traditionally entails case studies focused on the inner workings of specific organizations. I show how gendered logics can operate outside organizational boundaries, in the practices and norms of cultural work more generally. </jats:p
Fashioning Gender: A Case Study of the Fashion Industry
No full textThis dissertation uses the case of the fashion industry to explore gender inequality in creative cultural work. Data come from 63 in-depth interviews, media texts, labor market statistics, and observation at Toronto's fashion week. The three articles comprising this sandwich thesis address: (1) processes through which femininity and feminized labor are devalued; (2) the gendered distribution of symbolic capital among fashion designers; and (3) the gendered organization of the fashion industry and the “ideal creative worker.” In chapter two, I apply devaluation theory to the fashion industry in Canada. This chapter makes two contributions to literature on the devaluation of femininity and “women's work.” First, while devaluation is typically used to explain the gender wage gap, I also address symbolic aspects of devaluation related to respect, prestige, and interpretations of worth. Second, this paper shows that processes of devaluation vary and are heavily shaped by the context in which work is performed. I address five processes of devaluation in fashion: (1) trivialization, (2) the privileging of men and masculinity, (3) the production of a smokescreen of glamour, (4) the use of free labor and “free stuff,” and (5) the construction of symbolic boundaries between “work horses” and “show ponies.” In chapter three, I use media analysis to investigate male advantage in the predominantly female field of fashion design. I find that the “glass escalator” concept typically used to explain male advantage in feminized work, is insufficient when applied to a cultural field. The glass escalator illustrates movement upward in well-defined organizational hierarchies where success is measured by pay and promotion. But success in cultural fields is also measured by symbolic capital (celebrity, cultural consecration, prestige). I find that male designers are attributed more symbolic capital by prestigious industry sources and the fashion media. In order to illustrate these advantages I make use of the concept of a “glass runway,” whereby designers are pushed forward into the spotlight, rather than upward within a single workplace or organization. I also take note of how these advantages are structured by the intersection of gender and sexuality. In chapter four I investigate the gendered organization of creative cultural work in the fashion industry. Literature suggests that these types of work are characterized by: (1) the need to mitigate risk through entrepreneurial labor and (2) an ideology of passion. I find that these organizing logics create a gendered conception of the “ideal creative worker.” Men more easily conform to this ideal since they have lower family responsibilities, are offered more flexible working arrangements, and since it is more culturally acceptable for men to put work before intimate life. Findings also suggest that gender intersects with age and class. The gendered organization of fashion not only reinforces inequalities between women and men, but also different groups of women. Women who are younger, childless, and have independent financial support can more easily conform to the “ideal creative worker.” Still, even women who closely match this ideal are questioned and criticized in ways that men are not.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD
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