Industrial farming that features monoculture and intensive use of resources is an unsustainable practice supported by many large chain grocery stores. Consumers’ shopping decisions and options could indirectly change this unsustainable way of food production. This study investigates the shopping habits of members in the Oxford community and how they relate to sustainability. We asked: […]
C09-T: Functions of Manual Sign in Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that impacts the ability to plan the motor movements that are necessary for speech. Children with CAS often experience “errors in speech sound production and prosody,” (ASHA, 2007). A unique program held at St. Rita’s School for the Deaf in Cincinnati, OH educates hearing children […]
C16-T: Disciplinary Perspectives from Faculty and Graduate Students on Research in a Virtual Environment
Students in a First Year Research Experience (FYRE) class conducted group projects focused on communicating research to public audiences. The main focus of our study was to examine how research findings can be communicated within virtual environments, such as the one that has been imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. These are the […]
C15-T: Battling Zoom Fatigue
Students in a First Year Research Experience [FYRE] class, conducted group projects focused on “Communicating Research to public audiences”. Specifically, the projects examine how research opportunities have been impacted by the pandemic, and how to best leverage the online environment to create mutually beneficial relationships between researchers and the general public and to expand their […]
C13-T: In Vivo Imaging of Newt Lens Regeneration: Novel Insights Into the Regeneration Process
Newts are an exquisite salamander with unique capability of regenerating most of its tissues and organ. Its lens among all other body parts are the most significant, given when original lens is damaged or lost, a new fully functional lens would be regenerated regardless of age or repeated damage. Our research group has been focused […]
C10-T: Facial Movements of Native-Signing Children with and without ASD
This study is an investigation of how different populations–specifically individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)–communicate and express themselves using American Sign Language (ASL). Previous research has found that hearing children with ASD produce more atypical, awkward, and slower facial expressions than typically developing (TD) children. Since sign language involves practice with facial expressions, we were […]
C11-T: The Attitudes Values and Beliefs of Faculty and Parents of Deaf Students in Listening and Spoken Language Programs
Research area/Question Language deprivation is common among the approximately three-quarters of deaf children who aren’t given access to sign language.This can result from an over reliance on hearing devices to provide access to spoken language as well as a bias against Deafness and sign language also known as oralism. When language acquisition is hindered, one’s […]
C12-T: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Impact in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly affected all of us over the past year; however, not all regions of the country have been impacted equally. The purpose of our project is to determine how well the impact of COVID-19 across the United States has been predicted by “social vulnerability,” which is defined by the CDC as […]