2024 Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
PROCEEDINGSBimbó, Katalin
Department of Philosophy
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
Title
Restoring Relevance to Verifiability
Synopsis
Verifiability plays a central role in guaranteeing meaningfulness in the positivist program. We consider some known difficulties; then we focus on Ayer’s original and revised verification principles which were criticized by several philosophers. Ayer emphasized that empirical hypotheses must be relevant to observations. We use the logic of relevant implication R to analyze counterexamples that were proposed to show that the principles are inadequate for excising nonsensical parts from knowledge.
Dusko Biferie, Michelle¹ Hussey, Rachel¹ Sam, Johanna¹ Shapka, Jennifer¹ Xiao, Bowen²
¹Dept. of Educational & Counseling Psychology, and Special Education
University of British Columbia
Canada
²Department of Psychology
University of Carleton Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Title
Adolescent Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Social Connectedness and Technology Use
Synopsis
The present explored the meaning of social connectedness and mental health concerns as experienced among diverse adolescents in secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data was collected in the Fall of 2022 from three schools in British Columbia, Canada, via CyberTeens Wave 3 online survey using open-ended text response questions about adolescents’ feelings of social connection in the time of COVID-19. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to explore open-ended text response qualitative data related to peers, school connectedness and technology use among adolescents. Youth who felt negative feelings appeared to struggle to conform to peer groups’ norms around technology use, whether that use was commonplace or whether peer group norms centred around in-person connections or a mix of both. Racialized youth did not appear to possess a unique experience of COVID-19 and peer connectedness; experiences were highly individual. By administering the survey to over 3000 youth, we were able to show that ‘thin’ survey responses can yield incredibly rich data yielding to conceptual analyses.
Enderle, Melanie
Art History Department
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Title
Tomboys, Girly-girls, & Little Ladies: Challenges and Transitions to Gender Norms in Late-Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Art
Synopsis
A recent painting by artist Stuart Pearson Wright of a sister and brother whose clothing is similar but whose mannerisms are different sparked my interest in how young girls are presented in art. Focusing on images of childhood femininity by male and female artists in the late- nineteenth through the twentieth century, this paper deciphers how gender norms, especially for white, middle-class girls, were cast and what information they revealed. This exploration of artworks featuring girlhood through historical and social lenses illuminates the changes in rules as young girls’ sense of suppression and constraint paralleled that of the New Woman, who was then wresting freedom from patriarchal control.
Portraits of girly-girls and little ladies exuding feminine traits abound. To a lesser extent are paintings featuring tomboys – energetic and spirited girls who seem unhindered by gender constructs. The demure girl was still prized, while the tomboy (or “new girl”), although shunning societal rules, was tolerated. For many, the tomboy signified a fresh and even vital transitional figure as America moved into the twentieth century. Her ubiquitous figure also reflects twenty-first century mores as gender identities have expanded beyond simple male and female distinctions. In this paper the terms “tomboy,” “girly-girl,” and “little lady” are applied as vehicles for scrutiny of gender roles, and as definitions that reflect the restrictions or liberations allowed for girls and young women.
Fang, Megan¹ & Fang, Livia²
¹Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
Jamaica, New York
²Department of Biology
Albion College
Albion, Michigan
Title
A Comparative Study of Imposter Syndrome between High-Achieving Asian Female High School and College Students in the U.S. and Taiwan
Synopsis
Imposter syndrome is a phenomenon that affects how individuals depict themselves, often delineated through feelings of inadequacy and incompetence despite external evidence of success and achievement. Imposter symptoms linger as students advance in their academic trajectory through high school and college in the U.S. and Taiwan. Each setting embodies its own unique environment and psychosocial stressors that may induce more pressure and tension than the other. The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the differences between perceptions of three domains of the imposter phenomenon (i.e., self, peers, and family values) among a sample of 108 Asian female high school and college students in the U.S. and Taiwan.
Jones, Donna & Weber, Olaf
School of Environment, Enterprise and Development
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
Title
“What do we mean when we talk about Sustainable Healthcare?” A Bibliometric Review of Management Research on Sustainable Healthcare
Synopsis
Sustainable healthcare is a nascent field of study. This presentation will discuss a bibliometric overview and content analysis that explores the trends in sustainable healthcare research within management literature. The bibliometric methodology employs the use of performance analysis and science mapping. In addition, research gaps within the existing literature have been identified.
Lapointe, Michael
Woodsworth College
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Title
Between Irishmen: Queering Irish Literary Nationalism
Synopsis
My paper examines the homosocial and homoerotic desires configuring the representation of Dublin’s Easter Rising of 1916 in Jamie O’Neill’s novel At Swim, Two Boys (2001). The novel charts the overlapping psychosexual and political development of its young heroes, Jim and Doyler. Drawing upon the work of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, I argue that the Irish representation of homoeros is an integral part in the constitution of modern nationalist identity.
Leiva, Ninoska¹ Uribe, Rodrigo² Caro, Francisco³
¹Business School, Faculty of Economics & Business University of Chile
Santiago, Chile &
Department of Business Administration Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences University of Seville
Seville, Spain
²Business School, Faculty of Economics & Business University of Chile
Santiago, Chile
³Department of Business Administration
Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
University of Seville
Seville, Spain
Title
Examining the Business-University Relationship in R&D Projects in Chile: An Analysis of the Role of Communication
Synopsis
The present study attempts to investigate the motivations behind decision makers of Chilean companies and the relationship they have with Chilean universities, in the context of collaboration in Research and Development (R&D) projects.
The creation of university-industry (U-I) relationships can be very beneficial as it impacts research, the training of better professionals, and society in general through the reduction of the gaps between scientific and business communities (Lantos, 1994). Despite all the positives, academic research on university-business relationships is not abundant, and even the concept of this relationship has not been sufficiently discussed (Plewa & Quester, 2007). For this reason, Plewa and Quester later defined U-I relationships as “trusting, committed and interactive relationships between the university and industrial entities that enable the diffusion of creativity, ideas, skills and people with the goal of creating mutual value over time” (Plewa & Quester, 2008)
Mao, Hong¹ , Ostaszewski, Krzysztof² , Wang, Jin³
¹Shanghai Second Polytechnic University
²Illinois State University
Mathematics and Actuarial Program
Normal, Illinois
³Office of Information Security of China
Title
Insurance Pricing, Reinsurance and Investment Decision of Investment Linked Insurance Products Based on the Mutual Benefit of the Insurer and the Consumer
Synopsis
In this article, we establish an optimal decision model of insurance pricing, reinsurance and investment based on the mutual benefits of the insurer and the consumer. We assume that the price, investment and the claim loss rate are dependent stochastic processes. The main objective of our model is to maximize the product of expected utility of the consumer and to the expected utility of the terminal wealth of the insurer.
Martin, Joanne
Theatre Department
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
Title
Managing Student Expectations and Wellbeing Post Pandemic
Synopsis
Students have changed their expectations from their classes and faculty post pandemic due to changes in online learning and goals. As Faculty we have had to pivot to a new level of service to our students and pay more attention to their well-being and mental health issues. This paper presentation and session will explore how we can meet those student needs and better serve a diverse student body. Presentation followed by a group discussion of teaching issues and possible solutions.
Parris, Ryan & Barclay, Allen
School of Business
Flager College
St. Augustine, Florida
Title
Using Experiential Learning and Student Perspectives to Teach Accounting
Synopsis
For many students in Business School, the most difficult courses are the foundational accounting courses i.e., Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting. This paper intends to explain how the use of experiential learning along with bringing in student experiences and perspectives will help bring about more success in the classroom related to teaching and learning accounting principles. The authors explore the benefits of using experience to guide the learning.
Pennington, Colin¹ & Wolfe, Andrew² (PAPER I)
¹Sport Science Department
Randolph College
Lynchburg, Virginia
²Sport & Exercise Studies
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas
Title
Physical Education Kindergarten – Higher Education: A Flipped Implementation Physical Education Model
Synopsis
Physical education standards, policy, and funding through physical education are vital to the wellness of an individual. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief history of public-school physical education throughout grade-school and the years of higher education by illuminating the backwards trend that school law and policy has created for physical education and American society. Particular acts of legislation provided guidelines for funding programs, such as physical education, in the public-school setting. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) assures the accountability processes meet and often exceed the federal accountability system; Every Student Succeeds Act desires that local stakeholders take responsibility in a “well-rounded” healthy individual through public education. Although many educational policies exist, the common denominator among educational reform is improving the quality of education. The benefits of a healthy, physically fit future employee to an organization include lower health-care costs, decreased absenteeism, increased productivity, and elevated employee morale. Therefore, we recommend the education system adopt a flipped implementation plan for physical education.
Pennington, Colin¹ & Wolfe, Andrew² (PAPER II)
¹Sport Science Department
Randolph College
Lynchburg, Virginia
²Sport & Exercise Studies
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas
Title
A Response to the Banishment of PE Courses from the Higher Education General Core Curriculum: The Renovation of a Higher Education Physical Educational Activity Programs
Synopsis
Physical activity is a primary focus, essential aspect, and significant contributing factor of a healthy human lifespan; however, Among the top 25 ranked research institution, only nine university required physical education in the core curriculum (36%). Of the top 25 liberal arts institutes, 17 (68%) include physical education within the core, but the general requirements were appallingly and limited to simply passing a swim test and/or enrolling in one or two physical education courses. Nevertheless, there limited incorporation of physical education, which illuminates an issue of ignorance towards the benefits of physical education and physical activity in higher education. The purpose of this paper is to describe the reimagination of activity courses taught at one midsized state university in Texas. The following agenda and goals were set: a complete overhaul of the activity program with the purpose of increasing enrollment and fitness levels of students at said university.
Pennington, Colin¹ Putman, Rebecca² & Munsey, Beck³ (PAPER III)
¹Sport and Exercise Studies
Randolph College
Lynchburg, Virginia
²Curriculum and Instruction Department
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas
³Counseling Department
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas
Title
Exploring the Physical and Kinesthetic Benefits of Flexible Seating in the Higher Education Classroom
Synopsis
The concept of ‘flexible seating’ has emerged as a possibility to meeting the goals of an active learning classroom. Recent scholarship has suggested that numerous student learning predictors are enhanced when interacting with flexible seating. This study aims to fill a gap in the literature by investigating the effects of flexible seating from a physical perspective in the higher education setting. N=75 participants engaged in mixed-method data collection and analysis strategies that included observations and field notes, a validated online survey, and open-ended questions prompts at participants. A thematic review and descriptive analysis revealed almost 80% of the respondents indicated that the flexible seating had a positive effect on their experience in the course related to the following themes: (a) Movement Opportunity; (b) Back Pain & Comfort; (c) Anxiety & Restlessness; and (d) Focus & Engagement. This research provides evidence that physically comfortable classrooms promote a sense of well-being, keep minds focused, and limit distractions, and that physically comfortable classrooms with increased movement opportunities for students make possible mental and emotional health benefits, as well. Results indicate the need for campuses to (re)consider the purposes and roles of seating styles within the 21st century classrooms, with seating selection based on principles of universal design.
Rivera Matthews, Hope L.
Milken Institute of Public Health
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
Title
Analyzing the Significance of Transitional Housing Programs
Synopsis
The purpose of this research is to examine how homeless students that live in transitional housing and out of transitional housing programs in Florida, perform academically on the FCAT reading test. Therefore, the purpose of this research also advocates for additional transitional housing programs being implemented and developed in the state of Florida.
Rivera Matthews, Hope L.
Milken Institute of Public Health
The George Washington University
Washington, DC
Title
Teaching the Ethics of Digital Culture
Synopsis
The ethics of Technology influences and impacts privacy and security in an online setting. Social media and the ethical challenges that are associated with technology utilization impact the society, communities, educational settings, and all of humanity immensely. Thus, the ethical principles that should be the foundation for making the digital culture and technology utilization a safe space should be taught in schools and in the workplace.
Satre, Hugo
Literatures and Languages of the World University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec Canada
Title
Caring Through Disfiguration: Rethinking the Body with Antonin Artaud and David Wojnarowicz
Synopsis
In the perspective of care studies, through the notebooks of Antonin Artaud and David Wojnarowicz, both isolated by illness, this paper explores the violence by which they disfigure the medical view of the body. It aims to draw this body which, by the writing of disfigurement, frees itself from the painful division of the sick and embraces the selfless view of a body no longer held hostage by the ideal of individuality, but made anew by its dissolution into the world where lays the dying self.
Wei, William
History Department
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Title
When Redlines Intersect: Resistance and Repression in Hong Kong
Synopsis
This essay focuses on the 2019-2020 Hong Kong Protest Movement. It evaluates the origins and development of the protests and the Hong Kong SAR government’s effort to repress them. It concludes with a discussion of the significance of the government’s systematic attempt to suppress future pro-democracy movements and its impact on the city of Hong Kong and its people.
Worley, Sharon
School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts Texas A&M University College Station
College Station, Texas
Title
Leonora Sansay’s Zelica: and Harriet Martineau’s The Man and the Hour (1841): Aaron Burr, Jesus and White Feminism in Writing about French Revolutionary Haiti
Synopsis
In her Society in America (1837), Harriet Martineau expressed the sentiments of the growing feminist abolitionist movement that championed the Black heroes of the anti-slavery movement while making analogies to white women’s lack of civic rights. In her The Man and the Hour (1841), she presents the point of view of the leader of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), Toussaint Louverture, as a conscientious leader seeking to free his people from white colonial oppression.