Student Scholarship: Recent submissions
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Disabled Americans: A Brief History Of Ableism In AmericaThis zine looks at ableism and disability rights in the United States Disabled activism is rarely talked about in American History and even in Social Justice movements. Disabled people are at high risk for homelessness and still do not have equal marriage rights. This zine is meant to open up the conversation.
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Dying To Live HereWhat can be done about climate change? How is health is being affected from it? How is air pollution hurting the planet?
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COVID-19 Impact On Financial InequalitiesCreated in Neenah Estrella-Luna's SOC 347 course in Spring 2020. Zine discusses where the virus originated, how to stay safe, and the implications on employment in the U.S.
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Clostridium DifficileCreated in Amy Sprenkle's BIO 304 Spring 2020 course. Zine addresses what clostridium difficile (c-diff) is, its structures, the oral-fecal route, requirements for growth, pathogenesis, diagnoses, signs and symptoms, drug resistance, resistance mechanisms, treatment, environmental disinfection and hand hygiene, the facility antibiotic stewardship program and clinical trials.
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COVID-19 And Its Racial ImpactsCreated in Neenah Estrella-Luna's SOC 347 course in Spring 2020. Zines addresses the impact COVID-19 has had on the Black Community.
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COVID-19 And The CensusCreated in Neena Estrella-Luna's Soc 344 course in Spring 2020. Zine reviews the potential impact that COVID-19 pandemic may have on completing the U.S. Census.
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BiodiversityCreated in Lisa Delissio's BIO 218 course in Spring 2020. Zine addresses what is biodiversity, the importance of it, genetic diversity, species diversity, wildlife conservation, why should we care and what it means to me.
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Black Women And The Progress To Equal OpportunitiesThis zine surrounds the struggle that black women have gone through in order to be considered equal. Currently in the 21st Century they continue to fight to be accepted by society. Their fight for equal opportunities is not over, but as shown in prior years the dedication and unity that they hold is able to change the world. They have made changes over the years not only for their benefit but for all who have been left out of society.
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Beauty Riot!Created in Neenah Estrella-Luna's SOC 110 course in Spring 2020. Zine address whiteness, in particular how it impacts fashion, makeup and advertising.
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Climate Change In ActionThis zine is based around climate change. In this project, the authors will analyze and compare data from multiple problems that are driving forces for climate change. They look at this topic from a broad perspective, and provide potential solutions a long the way.
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Climate Change: The Point Of No ReturnCreated in Susan Pilaud's English 110 in Spring 2020. Zine discusses the shutdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, West Atlantic ice sheet disintegration, Amazon Rainforest dieback, West African Monsoon shifts, Permafrost and Methane hydrates, coral reel die-offs, India Monsoon shifts, Greenland ice sheet disintegration and the Boreal forest shift.
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American & ReligionZine created by an IDS 232 student that addresses religious acceptance and persecution of Indigenous peoples in the United States. Zine highlights seven artifacts that illustrate the main points of the zine. Work cited included.
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American Beauty: Who Am I Supposed To Be?There is a limited advising market for women today, they are over represented as a stereotype of a white, skinny, longhair woman. But if not acted on this problem will never be resolved. Women have had issues being heard and respected throughout history and over time the amount of issues has narrowed.
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America: The City Of GoldZine created in IDS 232 and discusses how America is often seen as this magical place where all your dreams can come true however, that is not the case for People of Color and Immigrants. The zine highlights 4 artifacts as examples as to how unwelcoming America can be to those who are not white and born on American soil.
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Be Part Of The Solution, Not Part Of The PollutionCreated in Susan Pilaud's English 110 class in Spring 2020. Zine addresses water and air pollution, health risks, and possible solutions.
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A Nation Of DiscriminationThis zine explores Americas past and present with discrimination towards the African American Community. It focuses on incidents of the past that show now it still shows through into 2020.
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Balk: A Geographic Analysis of the Impact of a New Professional Sports Stadium on Residential Real Estate Values in MinneapolisThe City of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Hennepin County, Minnesota are among the many government entities that have committed taxpayer funds to finance a professional sports stadium. Both the city and county approved the financing of Target Field in 2007. The new stadium is now the home of the Minnesota Twins, a Major League Baseball franchise. Previous empirical studies have offered differing opinions on whether a new professional sports stadium has an effect on residential real estate values in the surrounding area. This thesis uses a geographically weighted regression (GWR) model to analyze the effect that Target Field had on residential real estate values in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Using GWR analysis of a hedonic real estate price model, this thesis concludes that being close to Target Field had a significantly positive effect on residential real estate values in Minneapolis in 2016. However, when applying the same model to real estate sales data from a year prior to the approval of Target Field, properties in the vicinity of the location of the ballpark may have been more valuable before the ballpark was built then they were in the years that followed its opening.
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The Necessity For Disability In Social Work EducationAlthough over a quarter of the United States population has one or more disabilities, past studies and reviews of the social work curriculum indicate that students do not receive a well-rounded education on the topic. Building upon previous studies, this research study aimed to further understand social workers’ education around disability in their social work programs. Social work students and graduates (N=78) completed an anonymous online survey exploring this topic. Social workers strongly believe that this is an important topic for social work education. While most learned about mental health disabilities, fewer than half reported learning about other types of disabilities (e.g., cognitive/intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, hearing disabilities, visual impairments, invisible disabilities). Only one-third believed they had learned how to recognize ableism in practice. These findings suggest that while some programs include substantial disability content, other programs have substantial work to do in this area. Implications from this study urge social work programs to enhance visibility about disability in both the curriculum and the community. Most social work students understand the importance of disability education and wish it was covered more in the classrooms. The voices of disabled students indicate that disability is something that warrants more presence and celebration in social work programs. Another important implication is that the level of disability education a social work student receives is dependent on the program they attend, so disability is a topic that is being covered in some courses and programs. This demonstrates the need for consistency amongst accredited social work programs to ensure students are equally prepared to work with disabled clients.
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From One Mentally Ill Artist to Another: An Actor Takes on Bo Burnham's Bleak Musical Humor, Inside-styleIn 2020, actor and comic Bo Burnham filmed, directed, produced, and acted in Inside, a musical comedy special filmed in his guesthouse. Inside is a piece of artwork dripping with sarcasm that reflects Burnham's cynical view of the world. It is laden with apparently genuine moments brought into question by Burnham's performativity. Burnham and his stage persona are two very different people, and Inside shows how he straddles this line and blends the personal and the performer into one entity whose mental stability is questionable at best. Upon my first viewing of Inside during COVID-19, I heard my voice overlaid with Burnham's. His performativity and self-criticism resonated strongly with my creative spirit. The harshly realistic concepts of acting to survive and existing in a hyper-critical, Internet-saturated world felt like he was peering into my anxiety-riddled mind. Analyzing Burnham's comedy specials and considering the suffocating post-COVID landscape I still find myself in, I selected songs and monologues I could re-perform. Pulling from fevered breakdowns and journal entries, I wrote monologues, weaving together my texts and his into a cohesive story, interspersed with my recreations of his witty and often startlingly melancholy music, and created, filmed, and recorded this all in one academic year, solely in my dorm room. This film is a space where the lines between my acting and ramblings, captured by the camera, are blurred so indistinguishably that no one, perhaps even myself, can tell the difference.