Radical Learning; Community Arts and Social Impacts follows the research of a Preservice art education student. Using real life experiences, presenting, and engaging in interactive workshops and festivals. I am working to better understand how to build a community and answer the question of how radical learning can benefit all. As an art educator it […]
CSI-03: Displaced Germans: Exile and Trauma in East Asia (1920s-1940s)
Between the 1920s and the 1940s, many German and Austrian Jews who were escaping persecution from the Holocaust sought refuge in Shanghai, China. While there is extensive research on the impact of the Holocaust in the West, I chose to explore the escape and patterns of migration to East Asia. In Shanghai, China, European Jews […]
CSI-04: Effects of Acute Early Life Stress and CRH2 Receptor Antagonism on Anxiety in Adult Rats
After undergoing an early life stress (ELS) event, susceptibility to fear and anxiety-related disorders becomes more common. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety disorder are often precipitated by ELS experience and can negatively impact one’s life and ability to function. An established reciprocal neural circuit between serotonergic neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) […]
CSI-05: Experiencing Cultural Appreciation
Our presentation discusses what cultural appreciation is, what it means to celebrate it, and how our experiences will shape our future as art educators. Our stories begin as young children, where we both had negative experiences regarding the representation for Native American stories. Through our experiences being personally mentored by members of the Myaamia Tribe, […]
CSI-02: The Effect of Ambient Noise Within a Vehicle on the Audibility of Safety Sirens
Reaction time while driving is crucial, and even one second can be the difference between life and death. As safety vehicles use sirens to alert civilians, the ability of the public to respond appropriately to such signals will depend on the audibility of sirens. This project aims to evaluate the impacts of sound damping from […]