University/Organization
Springfield College
Title
Cultural Complexity in Urban Education: A Long Term Professional Development School Collaboration
Synopsis
The Springfield College Education Department and Kensington International School have celebrated twelve years in a professional development School Partnership which has effected change in the college’s preparation of per-service teachers, in the growth of professionalism of experienced teachers, and afforded opportunities for scholarly research by college educators in a local urban school. The benefits of partnering and research opportunities are documented in this poster presentation.
University/Organization
Utah Valley University
Title
Global Distance Learning: Linguistic and Cultural Considerations
Synopsis
Distance learning increases access to educational opportunity. However, global delivery of distance learning programs must consider linguistic and cultural factors. This paper identifies course design and instructional strategies to address these issues and enable learner success.
University/Organization
Clemson University
Title
Reading, Writing, and Racism: The Long and Troubling History of Segregated Schools in Florida
Synopsis
This is a short history of the struggle to integrate Florida’s schools with special attention paid to Jacksonville, Florida.
University/Organization
Brigham Young University
Title
Divisive Nationalism: Public Reactions to the Diaoyu Island Disputes in 2010 and 2012
Synopsis
This paper argues that events of the 2010 and 2012 Diaoyu/Senkaku Island crises demonstrate the divisive effects of nationalism in Chinese society.
University/Organization
Touro College
Title
Understanding How to Nurture Creativity
Synopsis
The purpose of this paper is to discuss and demonstrate how creativity can be nurtured through consistently practicing activities which promote high curiosity, inquisition, imagination, and novelty associated with giftedness.
University/Organization
Yonsei University
Title
Can the Society Be Changed by a Hero? : A New Type of Anti-heroic Narrative in Snowpiercer in Relation to Foucault’s Power
Synopsis
This paper tries to analyze how Snowpiercer, a movie directed by Korean director Bong Jun-ho, deconstructs the concept of modern revolution and creates a new type of anti-heroic narrative. The way Snowpiercer subverts the romantic concept of modern revolution is closely related to Foucault’s concept of power.
University/Organization
Hanyang University
Title
Social Network Analysis for Leisure Oriented Mobility Characteristics: A Case Study of the Seoul Metropolitan Area
Synopsis
This paper identifies the characteristics of the leisure mobility patterns of citizens in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Leisure oriented O-D data from Household Mobility Surveys from 1996 to 2010 is analyzed to determine the leisure mobility characteristics of these Seoul citizens utilizing Social Network analysis. This paper concludes with a discussion on the implications of these leisure characteristics and trends based on the findings.
University/Organization
Texas State University College
Title
Social Media Use in Space: How NASA Astronauts’ Twitter Feeds Compare to Other Science Communicators on Earth
Synopsis
This Study looks at the activity of the Twitter feeds of three astronauts Chris Hadfield, KeranNyberg, and Mike Hopkins. These feeds were quantitatively examined, then were compared to two professional science communicators Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson Twitter feeds to draw conclusions on the effectiveness of the astronauts’ Twitter use.
Title II
The Tell Tale Telling: An Analysis Of The Film The Challenger Disaster To The Official Findings And Personal Account Of Commission Member Dr. Feynman
Synopsis II
A qualitative comparison of the book What do You Care What Other People Think (Feynman and Leighton 1988) and the film The Challenger Disaster (Discovery Science Channel 2013). Using the cultivation analysis theory to understand the differences in the two narratives andtheir possible effects on viewer’s opinions.
University/Organization
University of Sydney, Australia
Title
The Dialectic of the Enlightenment
Synopsis
This paper will analyze J. G. Ballard’s 1962 sci-fi novel, ‘The Drowned World’, as a critique of the Enlightenment and its toxic legacy. The discussion will be illustrated with my own artwork which responds to Ballard’s vivid prognostications, particularly climate change; the most significant issue of our age.
University/Organization
St. John Fisher College
Title
Locating Disability in the Body Positive Campaigns: Advertising & In/Exclusion
Synopsis
This paper explores a three stage history of the advertising industry’s movement from near total exclusion of people with disabilities in advertising imagery to very limited inclusion to more progressive campaigns. I argue that the advertising industry helps to construct the symbolic meaning attached to disabled identity and as such, it plays a central role in raising public awareness about disabled people. Campaigns like Pro Infirmis’ “Because Who is Perfect? Get Closer” challenge normative constructions of beauty as able-bodied and have the potential to broaden cultural understandings of embodied beauty and diversity.