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FAU 2016 3MT® Three Minute Thesis Championship - Rachel Finley.
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Finley, Rachel, Graduate College
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The 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and...
Show moreThe 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and 2010 the 3MT® competition was promoted to other Australian and New Zealand universities and enthusiasm for the concept grew. Since 2011, the popularity of the competition has increased and 3MT® competitions are now held in over 170 universities across more than 18 countries worldwide.
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2016
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005385
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College students --Research --United States.
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Video file
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FAU 2017 3MT® Three Minute Thesis Championship - Rachel Saless.
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Saless, Rachel, Graduate College
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The 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and...
Show moreThe 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and 2010 the 3MT® competition was promoted to other Australian and New Zealand universities and enthusiasm for the concept grew. Since 2011, the popularity of the competition has increased and 3MT® competitions are now held in over 170 universities across more than 18 countries worldwide.
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005419
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FAU 2017 3MT® Three Minute Thesis Championship - Rachel Bladow.
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Bladow, Rachel A., Graduate College
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The 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and...
Show moreThe 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and 2010 the 3MT® competition was promoted to other Australian and New Zealand universities and enthusiasm for the concept grew. Since 2011, the popularity of the competition has increased and 3MT® competitions are now held in over 170 universities across more than 18 countries worldwide.
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005418
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Documenting Trematode Larvae in Marine Sponges.
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Plunkett, Rachel, Pomponi, Shirley A., Graduate College
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Parasitic trematode larvae (cercariae and metacercariae) were discovered in a nearshore sponge habitat on Summerland Key, FL. This is a life cycle study of these consecutive larval stages in the sponge microenvironment. The goal of this research is to elucidate information on the life cycle of these trematodes by (1) identifying the trematode taxa present in the sponge microenvironment, (2) identifying the invertebrate host organism(s) preferred by each taxon, and (3) documenting the...
Show moreParasitic trematode larvae (cercariae and metacercariae) were discovered in a nearshore sponge habitat on Summerland Key, FL. This is a life cycle study of these consecutive larval stages in the sponge microenvironment. The goal of this research is to elucidate information on the life cycle of these trematodes by (1) identifying the trematode taxa present in the sponge microenvironment, (2) identifying the invertebrate host organism(s) preferred by each taxon, and (3) documenting the hostparasite histology. This presentation shows a combination of light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs documenting the histology of trematodes in sponges. In future analyses, 18s rDNA sequencing will be used as a preliminary screening of the taxa present in sponge tissues, and oligonucleotide probes will be developed to detect these parasites in the invertebrate symbionts of the sponges. This combination of microscopy and molecular approaches will elucidate linkages between developmental stages and provide information on the pathway(s) these parasites use to reach their final host(s). These larval stages are important to study in trematode life cycles because they develop into endoparasites of vertebrates; which in this case are likely fish which eat the sponge. Reef fishes such as Acanthostracion quadricornis (scrawled cowfish), Holocanthus ciliaris (queen angelfish), and Holocanthus tricolor (rock beauty) opportunistically consume sponges of this particular genus (Spongia). Much is known about the health impacts of adult trematodes in fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals; however, there is little data directly linking diet choices with infection. Trematodes have not been reported in sponges in previous literature.
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2015
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005908
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Everglades education: analysis of the” everglades on you program”.
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Scarafia, Rachel, Meltzer, Carol, Graduate College
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2011-04-08
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164689
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Everglades (Fla.), Interdisciplinary approach in education, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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Caring for Caregivers: Challenges of Paid Caring Labor in the United States Home Health Industry.
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Tunick, Rachel, Beoku-Betts, Josephine, Graduate College
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My paper critically examines the U.S. home health aide industry through a feminist analysis of the relationships between home health aides, their patients, and the medical establishment. This research adds to current feminist scholarship on care work by focusing on the social, legal and personal relationships impacting the lives of those who give and receive care. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, home health aides are one of the lowest paid members of the healthcare field,...
Show moreMy paper critically examines the U.S. home health aide industry through a feminist analysis of the relationships between home health aides, their patients, and the medical establishment. This research adds to current feminist scholarship on care work by focusing on the social, legal and personal relationships impacting the lives of those who give and receive care. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, home health aides are one of the lowest paid members of the healthcare field, and hiring agencies expect high turnover rates and few long-term careers. Aides provide basic care services such as bathing, dressing, and meal preparation for elderly and disabled clients. This industry is situated at the boundary between the public/private divide, leading to many challenges as paid care work is performed in private homes. Historically, care work was an expected duty done freely by the women of the family, but today much of the vital intimate caring labor is relegated to a workforce made up predominantly of immigrant and women of color. I add to feminist debates on gender and caregiving using intersectional analysis and standpoint theory; discussing how race and class impact women’s ability to care for their own families as they are paid very little caring for others. I address the implications for the medical establishment to promote sustainable caring relationships between care recipients and providers, and conclude that caring for the caregiver is essential in order to ensure a successful model for patient care.
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2014
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005859
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Employing cultural landscapes in community preservation: the case of Druid Hills, Atlanta.
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Blythe, Rachel, O’Brien, William
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2012-04-06
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350930
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Landscape assessment, Historic preservation, Landscape protection, Cultural landscapes, Community development, Urban--Government policy, City planning
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Temporal Ontogeny of Epileptogenesis in a Model of Adult-onset, Spontaneous Seizures.
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Melanie Gil, Rachel St. Clair, Ceylan Isgor
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2017
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000010
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College students --Research --United States.
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Employing cultural landscapes in community preservation: the case of Druid Hills, Atlanta.
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Blythe, Rachel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Druid Hills is a historic suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, that was initially designed by landscape architech Frederick Law Olmsted in 1893. As one of Atlanta's first suburbs, Druid Hills has faced the consequences of sprawl, particularly in the 1980s when the Georgia Department of Transportation proposed construction of the Presidential Parkway, an expressway that would have cut through the middle of the neighborhood. In opposition to the expressway, members of the surrounding communities...
Show moreDruid Hills is a historic suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, that was initially designed by landscape architech Frederick Law Olmsted in 1893. As one of Atlanta's first suburbs, Druid Hills has faced the consequences of sprawl, particularly in the 1980s when the Georgia Department of Transportation proposed construction of the Presidential Parkway, an expressway that would have cut through the middle of the neighborhood. In opposition to the expressway, members of the surrounding communities organized Citizens Against Unnecessary Thoroughfares In Older Neighborhoods (CAUTION). The strategic rhetoric of CAUTION's campaign emphasized Druid Hills' significance as "Olmsted's Vision of Atlanta," yet their use of this iconic figure did not capture the complete cultural landscape of Druid Hills. Although Olmsted designed the initial layout of the suburb, the suburb's form departed from his design during its development. I argue that preserving the community requires a comprehensive portrait of its varied history.
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2012
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359291
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Criticism and interpretation, Ethnic neighborhoods, History, Historic preservation, Social life and customs, History and criticism
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DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services: state accountability for private violence.
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Tunick, Rachel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The Supreme Court's Ruling in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services (1989) eld that "A State's failure to protect an individual against private violence simply does not constitute a violation of the Due Process Clause." (489 U.S. 189 at 197). A state child protection agency's failure to prevent near-fatal abuse of a four year old child under its supervision was not considered a violation of the child's fourteenth amendment rights. This thesis critcally examines the...
Show moreThe Supreme Court's Ruling in DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services (1989) eld that "A State's failure to protect an individual against private violence simply does not constitute a violation of the Due Process Clause." (489 U.S. 189 at 197). A state child protection agency's failure to prevent near-fatal abuse of a four year old child under its supervision was not considered a violation of the child's fourteenth amendment rights. This thesis critcally examines the reasoning behind the majority decision in DeShaney ; and using feminist legal theory, discusses ways to effectively address state policy and liability when private violence is used on vulnerable citizens, challenging the arbitrary dichotomy between the public and private spheres.
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2012
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359319
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Trials, litigation, etc, Child abuse, Law and legislation, Due process of law, Children, Legal status, laws, etc
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Interview with Moe Stern – ca. 2008.
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Stern, Moe (Interviewee), McIntyre, Rachel (Interviewer)
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2008-02-08
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT78830
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World War, 1939-1945, Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czechoslovakia -- Personal narratives, Holocaust survivors -- United States, Mauthausen (Concentration camp), Gusen (Concentration camp), Gunskirchen (Concentration camp), Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
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Tea Poem After Baisao (Convivio Bookworks).
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Cutrone, John(image), Vagnoni,Nick (text), Thompson, Seth (image), Rachell, John (image)
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Date Issued
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2012
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002912
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Broadsides --Florida --Miami
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Baseline Study for the Identification of Intestinal Parasites in Gopher Tortoises Found in Blazing Star and Pine Jog.
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Shanker, Rachel, Haizlett, Kent, Huffman, Jessica, Frazier, Evelyn, Caruso, Joseph P., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations are diminishing in South Florida due to habitat fragmentation in urban sites. As a keystone species, gopher tortoises have important ecological roles. The goal of this study was to establish a baseline of intestinal parasites in two South Florida populations. One population resides in a fragmented and non-fire maintained site, Blazing Star, and the other in a fire maintained site, Pine Jog. Fire is a natural factor in these habitats reducing...
Show moreGopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations are diminishing in South Florida due to habitat fragmentation in urban sites. As a keystone species, gopher tortoises have important ecological roles. The goal of this study was to establish a baseline of intestinal parasites in two South Florida populations. One population resides in a fragmented and non-fire maintained site, Blazing Star, and the other in a fire maintained site, Pine Jog. Fire is a natural factor in these habitats reducing canopy cover and killing parasite eggs. The lack of fire in Blazing Star can lead to overgrowth of vegetation, forcing tortoises to crowd where lower vegetation is found. We hypothesize that tortoises from Blazing Star will have a higher degree of intestinal parasites, when compared to those from Pine Jog due to potential crowding. Data is currently being collected, and may provide insight to improve future management and conservation practices.
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2015
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005209
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College students --Research --United States.
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Inhibition of Emotions as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Victimization Experiences and Aggression in Preadolescence.
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Aults, Christopher D., Pauletti, Rachel E., Cooper, Patrick J., Graduate College, Perry, David G.
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Chronic victimization by peers sometimes fosters aggression in children (Dodge, 2011; Hodges & Perry, 1999). Recent data suggest that cross-gender victimization is more common in girls during middle childhood (Benbenishty, & Astor, 2005). That is, girls are picked on by boys at a proportionally higher rate than boys are picked on by girls. However, the possibility that enduring cognitive structures moderate effects of victimization on aggression—by serving as processing filters through which...
Show moreChronic victimization by peers sometimes fosters aggression in children (Dodge, 2011; Hodges & Perry, 1999). Recent data suggest that cross-gender victimization is more common in girls during middle childhood (Benbenishty, & Astor, 2005). That is, girls are picked on by boys at a proportionally higher rate than boys are picked on by girls. However, the possibility that enduring cognitive structures moderate effects of victimization on aggression—by serving as processing filters through which children perceive, interpret, and respond to the adverse experiences—remains unexplored. In this study, we assessed whether victimization experiences at the hands of the other sex increased aggression over the school year. We measured peer-nominated aggression toward the other sex and victimization by the other sex in 195 children (94 girls, 101 boys; M age 10.1 years). We also examined self-reported inhibition of emotions as a possible moderator. Results suggest that aggression did not increase over time if boys were victimized by other boys, but the more that boys were victimized by girls, the more their aggression increased girls’ aggression was unaffected by victimization by peers of either sex as a main effect. However, inhibition of emotions moderated the effect of victimization on aggression in both sexes. Thus, the experience of being victimized by the other sex led to an increase in aggression toward the other sex only when inhibition of emotions was high, rather than low. These findings highlight the importance of examining interactive models that contribute to aggression in children.
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2015
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005868
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The coelacanth rostral organ is a unique low-resolution electro-detector that facilitates the feeding strike.
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Berquist, Rachel M., Galinsky, Vitaly L., Kajiura, Stephen M., Frank, Lawrence R.
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The cartilaginous and non-neopterygian bony fishes have an electric sense typically comprised of hundreds or thousands of sensory canals distributed in broad clusters over the head. This morphology facilitates neural encoding of local electric field intensity, orientation, and polarity, used for determining the position of nearby prey. The coelacanth rostral organ electric sense, however, is unique in having only three paired sensory canals with distribution restricted to the dorsal snout,...
Show moreThe cartilaginous and non-neopterygian bony fishes have an electric sense typically comprised of hundreds or thousands of sensory canals distributed in broad clusters over the head. This morphology facilitates neural encoding of local electric field intensity, orientation, and polarity, used for determining the position of nearby prey. The coelacanth rostral organ electric sense, however, is unique in having only three paired sensory canals with distribution restricted to the dorsal snout, raising questions about its function. To address this, we employed magnetic resonance imaging methods to map electrosensory canal morphology in the extant coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, and a simple dipole ‘rabbit ears’ antennae model with toroidal gain function to approximate their directional sensitivity. This identified a unique focal region of electrosensitivity directly in front of the mouth, and is the first evidence of a low-resolution electro-detector that solely facilitates prey ingestion.
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2015-08-11
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000024
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Design at the Graduate Level: Preparing Graduate Teaching Assistants to Teach Visual Literacy.
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Galin, Jeffrey R., Swartz, Haley, Gleyzer, Marianna, Copley, Rachel, Marino, Nicholas Mennona
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While much has been written about visual literacy and multimodal teaching, almost nothing has been published on preparing instructors and graduate teaching assistants to provide students with the mechanics of visual design, rhetoric, and cultural criticism to help them build complex, multimodal projects that go beyond visual inclusion and critique. This chapter focuses on a graduate course on visual literacy, rhetoric, and design that was taught by one of the authors and taken by the other...
Show moreWhile much has been written about visual literacy and multimodal teaching, almost nothing has been published on preparing instructors and graduate teaching assistants to provide students with the mechanics of visual design, rhetoric, and cultural criticism to help them build complex, multimodal projects that go beyond visual inclusion and critique. This chapter focuses on a graduate course on visual literacy, rhetoric, and design that was taught by one of the authors and taken by the other four. Grounded in previous claims for visual literacy in the field, the authors open by introducing how and why students can be helped to develop visual arguments. It then introduces the graduate course, and 10 strategies for successful multimodal, project-based teaching, which are exemplified by graduate and undergraduate project examples. The chapter concludes with example assignments from two of the graduate authors and a call for a dedicated cross-disciplinary graduate course for multimodal pedagogy.
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2018
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000224
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CHALLENGING CONSTRUCTS OF NARRATIVE AND HEALING THROUGH BLOGGING.
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Roland, Abageal, Corr, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks all tissues in the body, including internal organs and skin. In my thesis, I examine the health narratives of people living with SLE. Health narratives are introspective autobiographical accounts of illness. I selected internet blogs by three women living with SLE in order to understand how the internet facilitates the synthesis and sharing of these health narratives. Blogs have been...
Show moreSystemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks all tissues in the body, including internal organs and skin. In my thesis, I examine the health narratives of people living with SLE. Health narratives are introspective autobiographical accounts of illness. I selected internet blogs by three women living with SLE in order to understand how the internet facilitates the synthesis and sharing of these health narratives. Blogs have been utilized by many with chronic illness as a pathway to public forum for both communal celebration of health milestones, as well as commiseration and empathy-seeking. Through the analysis of three blogs by women with SLE, I argue against the previous notion that the formation of health narratives are a promotion of “success stories,” and support the original concept of health narratives as continual “progress stories.”
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2019
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00099
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ACROSS THE STARS: A COLLECTION OF SHORT SCIENCE-FICTION STORIES.
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Martin, Sean, Luria, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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“Across the Stars” is a collection of short science-fiction stories considering themes such as identity, self-realization, the relationship between technology and knowledge, communication, and the inevitability of entropy. The creative work is prefaced by an introduction discussing the science-fiction genre and this work’s place in literary canon. The collection itself is comprised of four short narratives about several characters all contained within the same shared universe; each character...
Show more“Across the Stars” is a collection of short science-fiction stories considering themes such as identity, self-realization, the relationship between technology and knowledge, communication, and the inevitability of entropy. The creative work is prefaced by an introduction discussing the science-fiction genre and this work’s place in literary canon. The collection itself is comprised of four short narratives about several characters all contained within the same shared universe; each character and story stand on their own but through their shared world, focusing in on the theme of purpose.
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Date Issued
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2019
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00088
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WILD WAYS: TRAINHOPPING CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Gilbert, Reade, Corr, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The practice of trainhopping has historical roots in the post-Civil War period and during the Great Depression, when large migrations of penniless individuals caught rides on freight cars to find employment or adventure. Trainhopping is still widely practiced, however modern day trainhopping culture has not received appropriate scholarly attention as a specific subculture. To understand the choices and motivations of members of this subculture, I undertook an ethnographic project wherein I...
Show moreThe practice of trainhopping has historical roots in the post-Civil War period and during the Great Depression, when large migrations of penniless individuals caught rides on freight cars to find employment or adventure. Trainhopping is still widely practiced, however modern day trainhopping culture has not received appropriate scholarly attention as a specific subculture. To understand the choices and motivations of members of this subculture, I undertook an ethnographic project wherein I interviewed trainhoppers, in addition to analyzing the historical precedent set for contemporary trainhopping practice. Through my research I analyze the drive to live within a state of liminality in relation to society, where an individual is situated between the poles of interaction with predominant society and marginal society. This research will advance our understanding of self-identification with a liminal group within the context of a contemporary subculture.
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Date Issued
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2019
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00076
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