Archaeology looks to the past to find meaning in modern identities; for this reason, its sites are often political and the public wants a stake in the research, resulting in increased efforts towards public outreach in archaeology. Yet there is a spectrum of politicism to sites and not all efforts at community outreach are as […]
B43: Are We Changing Children’s Lives? The Effects of an Early Intervention Program on Parenting Attitudes and Child Wellbeing
For the Global Health Minor immersion experience, I spent Winter Term volunteering with Baby University, a nonprofit attempting to close the education gap in South Toledo by equipping parents of children ages 0-5 for the vital role they play in their child’s development and early education. Baby U carries out this mission via free, ten-week […]
CSI-05: Parental and Child Psychosocial Benefit From a Summer Camp Designed for Medically Fragile Youth
Summer camp provides a normative childhood experience for many healthy, neurotypical youth across the United States. To expand the number of youth given access to these experiences, summer camps have been created in recent decades catered towards medically fragile or non-neurotypical youth. Dragonfly Forest is one such summer camp that provides programming for kids with […]
BRII-02: Does Late Bilingualism Impact Cognitive Flexibility?
Executive functioning encompasses all the cognitive processes that are involved in conscious thought and action (Anderson, 2002). Research in bilingualism has suggested that those who know a second language have certain advantages in these cognitive processes (Bialystok, Craik, Green, & Gollan, 2009). However, it has also been suggested that those who learn their second language […]
B55: Gaslighting: Manipulating an Individual’s Ability to Recognize Abuse
After interning for four weeks at the EVE, a domestic violence shelter in Marietta, Ohio, this past J-term, I was exposed to group counseling sessions and the term gaslighting. After researching the epidemiology of gaslighting and domestic violence, three apparent gaps emerged for further research: How does the victim recognize the cycle of abuse?; How […]
B79: The Viral Nature of Distraction
Though much research has been done on the topic of distraction, little has done so in the view of a group setting, and moreover, its spread. Jonathan LeNeveu and Dr. Leonard J. Smart of the Department of Psychology wanted to view how the state of being distracted was spread throughout a classroom. The aim of […]
BRII-06: National Identity in Education: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Northern Ireland
From the United Kingdom’s recent European Union withdrawal to escalating far-right populism, European states are actively reworking to differentiate their national narratives. Not surprisingly, education has been a useful tool for indoctrinating a collective national identity since the beginning of the nation-state. This paper concentrates on the complexities behind national identity within education, the similarities […]
A53: Alleviating Menstrual Discomfort in Rural India: The Comfort Care Kit
Menstrual health is a longstanding taboo topic in many countries. History of exclusion, rare preemptive treatment, and discomfort is the reality for women across the world. In India, this lack of treatment and feelings are not uncommon. Four aspects of menstruation are present; Treatment is sought only after a major issue and remains unresolved for […]
A63: Correlation Between Students With ADHD, Reading Scores, and Academic Motivation
Past research suggests relationships exist between students with ADHD, their academic motivation, and academic performance. The purpose of the current study was to further investigate the strength of each of these relationships. The study was conducted using previously collected data from 225 fourth and fifth grade students living in Kentucky. Students were given a reading […]
B65: School Bullying Across Cultures: A Comparison of the English and Chinese Literature
This research explores the differences between Chinese and Western research on school bullying. We conducted a review of the literature on school bullying in Chinese and English. During this process, we found that the definition of school bullying being used among most researchers is that school bullying consists of aggressive behaviors with 3 elements, which […]
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