146 research outputs found
Kristina Dehlin and Megan Win
No full textKristina Dehlin and Megan Win responded to an open call for Story Corps-style oral histories and self-recorded this interview during Homecoming 2018. Kristina was a Philosophy and English Writing major and was in Kappa Delta, Tributaries, and a co-founder of the IWU Happy Club. Megan was a Music (Voice) and Psychology major and was in Kappa Delta, Delta Omicron, a co-founder of the IWU Happy Club, Co-Choir, Vocal Jazz, the Hooping Club and JM7 (an improv troop)
Floating castles, Legos, Candy, and Play: Counterplay 2016
No full textA review of the Counterplay 2016 conference and thoughts on play. Counterplay 2016 was an interactive conference discussing play in theory and practice
2013-2014 Megan Abbott
No full textMegan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels Die a Little, Bury Me Deep, The End of Everything, Dare Me and The Fever. Her most recent book is You Will Know Me, which was chosen as one of Best Books of 2016 by NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Time Out NY, the Washington Post, Google, Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and The Believer. Her stories hav appeared in multiple collections, including the Best American Mystery Stories of 2014 and 2016. Her work has won or been nominated for the CWA Steel Dagger, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and five Edgar awards, Currently, she is a staff writer on HBO\u27s new David Simon show, The Deuce, and is adapting two of her novels for television and feature film. Born in the Detroit area, she graduated from the University of Michigan and received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. She has taught at NYU, the State University of New York and the New School University. In 2013-14, she served as the John Grisham Writer in Residence at Ole Miss. She is also the author of a nonfiction book, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir, and the editor of A Hell of a Woman, an anthology of female crime fiction. She has been nominated for many awards, including three Edgar Awards, Hammett Prize, the Shirley Jackson Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Folio Prize.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/grisham_res/1006/thumbnail.jp
Student Paintings, Tattoo Artists, and Scientists: the Rutgers University Art Library Exhibition Spaces
No full textThe Rutgers University Art Library Exhibition Spaces (RALES) were created so that an Art Librarian could more intentionally connect with the departments with whom she is a liaison, and to further engage the local campus communities by elevating the importance of scholarly research happening in the Arts. These spaces also provide an opportunity for student artists, graduate students in librarianship, and organizations putting up their first exhibit, to learn more about what goes into an exhibition, from creation of the work, to the public viewing, marketing, and reception. RALES also provides an opportunity for individuals to view artworks in person, as opposed to studying an image in a book. In three years, this teaching gallery has hosted 40 exhibits by students, faculty, and staff, from the Rutgers communities, as well as a few local and out of state artists. There has been little to no cost in running this gallery space, other than the time. The most impactful aspect of RALES is that it has created a deeper connection to the patrons that the Art Library serves, as well as built bridges across the campuses that have introduced the libraries to many new potential partnerships. This poster will include a brief review of exhibition spaces in academic libraries as well as a discussion on how gallery spaces can be low cost, easy to coordinate, and create a lasting impact. Audience members will learn more about the physical make up of RALES, and view examples of exhibits shown in the space.Poster for the paper: Lotts, M. (2016). "Building Bridges, Creating Partnerships, and Elevating the Arts: The Rutgers University Art Library Exhibition Spaces." College and Research Libraries News 77(5), 226-230. http://crln.acrl.Org/content/77/5/226.fu
Engagement, Learning, Outreach, and Fun in 60 Seconds: Button Making at the Rutgers University Libraries
No full textButton making is a low-cost, high-impact, pop-up makerspace activity that libraries can use to facilitate outreach, connect patrons with collections, teach about copyright, and promote creativity and fun, all in just 60 seconds.
In the fall of 2016, the Rutgers University Libraries- New Brunswick Learning and Engagement team spent $518 to purchase a button maker and supplies to make 1,000 buttons. Since then, the libraries have collaborated on button projects with many departments on campus including the Rutgers Art History Student Association, the Zimmerli Art Museum, and the School of Arts & Sciences Honors program. These partnerships have helped the libraries build strong ties with the Rutgers New Brunswick communities and attracted a devoted group of button makers who regularly come to library events.
Making a button provides quick moment of engagement between a patron and a library staff member, but it is from these kinds of meaningful brief encounters that libraries can learn about their patrons’ lives and needs. These encounters can also be a source for the powerful stories, images, and statistics that help libraries demonstrate their impact and value to their communities.thanks for your help, please let me know any questions. I think we can put this version in SOAR? Best, MC
Cycling on the Verge? Exploring the Place of Utility Cycling in Contemporary New Zealand Transport Policy
No full textEfforts to increase cycling as a mode of transport (utility cycling) occur at central, regional and local levels of government through a range of supportive strategies, research, and guidelines. Despite these efforts, utility cycling levels in New Zealand have remained persistently low. This thesis examines the apparent disparity between policy intent and policy result, using a discourse analytical approach. It examines how cycling is positioned in contemporary New Zealand transport policy documents, and explores whose priorities are shaping transport policy with what implications for utility cycling.
This study uses a critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach to analyse the land transport documents from across the institutions of government. The CDA approach, grounded in the work of van Dijk and Fairclough, draws on ideas from the interpretive tradition of discourse analysis, inspired by Foucault’s concepts of knowledge and power. This approach reveals the position of utility cycling by exposing the framing, dominant discourses, and discursive strategies that privilege certain transport objectives and activities over others.
The findings show transport is promoted almost exclusively by central government as an activity to facilitate economic growth and efficiency, despite its potential (and actual) impacts on health and well-being, social justice, and environmental sustainability. The discursive practices of the government privilege private motor vehicle use, helping to both legitimate and maintain that privilege at all levels of government, while positioning utility cycling as a marginalised mode of transport.
This thesis contributes to scholarship on utility cycling and land transport policy in New Zealand by identifying how the discursive strategies of government control the position of utility cycling in New Zealand. This study underscores the need for a central government-led, long-term strategic vision for a genuinely integrated, multi-modal transport system, in order for the benefits of utility cycling to be fully maximised
Understanding Gender Equity in Author Order Assignment
No full textWomen remain underrepresented in many fields in computer science, particularly at higher levels. In academia, success and promotion are influenced by a researcher's publication record. In many fields, including computer science, multi-author papers are the norm. Evidence from other fields shows that author order norms can influence the assignment of credit. We conduct interviews of students and faculty in human-computer interaction (HCI) and machine learning (ML) to determine factors related to assignment of author order in collaborative publication. The outcomes of these interviews then informed metrics of interest for a bibliometric analysis of gender and collaboration in research papers published from 1996 to 2016 in three top HCI and ML conferences. Based on our findings, we make recommendations for assignment of credit in multi-author papers and interpretation of author order, particularly in regard to how this area affects women
The awareness of sexual violence policy within Thompson Rivers University students
No full textThompson Rivers University (TRU) implemented new sexual violence policy in 2017; within this policy, they state a commitment to increasing the awareness of sexual violence. While increasing sexual violence awareness is important, another dimension to this is the awareness of the policy itself. Previous research conducted in the United States on student awareness of sexual violence policies found that there is a lack of sexual violence policy awareness among students (Potter, Edwards, Banyard, Stapleton, Demers, & Moynihan, 2016). There has been minimal research on this topic within Canada. This research aims to address this gap and identify if TRU students are aware of the sexual violence policy that is set in place to support them. Moreover, this research explores the process of how students became aware or could become aware of sexual violence policy in the future. The methodology of this research is a hand-written survey of 100 students that was distributed in public spaces on Thompson Rivers University’s Kamloops campus. This survey included a diverse group of students based on program and social location. The findings indicate that the majority of TRU students have little to no awareness of TRU’s sexual violence policy, as well as, other TRU policies. This supports the previous USA research that states many students are unaware of university policies (Brown, Henes, & Olson, 2016). Students who were aware, were primarily informed through poster campaigns, student orientation and the TRU website. Furthermore, students identified posters, social media and emails as their desired means for increasing their awareness.Supervisor Natalie Clark, PHD, MSW, BS
10-06-2016 Three SWOSU Students Win $1,000 Parent’s Day Scholarships
No full textSouthwestern Oklahoma State University students Tatum Gilbreath of Fletcher, Megan Moonen of Claremore and Grace Pence of Hydro each won $1,000 scholarships during recent Parent’s Day activities held on the Weatherford campus
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