Abstracts of the conference presentations (some include the paper or Powerpoint)
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Continuous Exposure: Dessensitization and Repeated Exposure to News Images of Trauma and its Effects on Society04/24/2015Mass media’s all-the news, all-the-time approach inundates peoples with images wherever they go. As a result, mass media causes continuous exposure to traumatic images of violent and/or traumatic events. With multiple 24 hour news channels, social media and print media persistently showing repeatedly the same images it is theorized that desensitization and/or compassion fatigue are practically unavoidable. Desensitization is becoming an issue within the media and society especially in regards to photography. My thesis explores several issues: the desensitization effect on society, the effects producing these images has on photographers, and explores the creation of a set of suggestive guidelines for use of these traumatic images by the media. My presentation will highlight key elements from my thesis and will contain research I have gathered from professional photographers, trauma specialists who deal with these issues, editors, and members Of NPPA Ethics Committee. In addition it will include some of the images covered in my thesis. |
Christianity in Antioch, Corinth and Ephesus04/24/2015The development of Christianity in the first century did not occur in a vacuum, but was shaped by previously existing political, religious, and social conditions found in every city throughout the Roman Empire. To demonstrate the importance of these influences on Christianity’s development, I have conducted a comparative study of the political, religious, and social backgrounds and the first century Christian communities found in three different cities: Antioch, Corinth, and Ephesus. By placing three distinct spaces side by side, I will show that each environment produced a Christianity that differed in some ways from other “Christianities” found in the other two cities. |
Breaking Barriers: Hip-Hop and the American Millenials04/24/2015How has hip-hop dancing affected the millennial generation? Hip-hop dance, and the culture which surrounds the style, is precedential in the realm of history, as well as historiography. Dance has made a constant appearance in American history from the Charleston in the 1920s to the modern dance shows on television today. Hip-hop creates new challenges to history as it is still continuing to mold into new forms and affect today’s culture. Dancing is an activity that will always be around. It will never stop being a creative outlet for those that understand its strength and affect. Because hip-hop dancing is associated with the Millennial generation, it follows the guidelines that create the Millennial generation. Both, hip-hop and the Millennials, are accepting and creative. Hip-hop dancing breaking social and racial barriers is something that is happening now. My research has shown that there is not a lot of information on this topic, therefore I can add and share my personal experiences to help make the history of dance stronger. |
Association between Resilience and Bully Victimization among Middle Adolescence Students04/24/2015There has been little focus on how personal resilience may play a role in some students overcoming being victimized by bullies. This study explores bully victimization in relation to resilience among 62 middle adolescents. Utilizing a paper and pencil survey, the study measured aspects of bullying and resilience using the Gatehouse Bullying Scale, a cyberbullying scale, and a dependent measure of resilience using the Resilience Scale for Adolescence. The study hypothesized that traditional bullying would be a significant predictor of personal competence and structured style. The study also hypothesized that cyberbullying would be a significant predictor of personal competence. Additionally, the study hypothesized that traditionally bullying and cyberbullying would be significant predictors of family cohesion. Findings from the study showed that traditional bullying and cyber bullying were predictive of aspects of personal resilience. |
Annihilation of the Jewish Race: Premeditation or Product of NSDAP Structure?04/24/2015I will present the research that I am doing for Senior Seminar under Dr. Menning. The presentation will be an individual oral speech based on the paper I am writing on the Intentionalist/Structuralist views of Hitler’s January 30, 1939 speech to the Reichstag. I will go into a brief history of the Intentionalist/Structuralist argument, how each side of the debate relates to the speech. To make my argument, I will present the surrounding politics of the NSDAP in the 1939/1939, past speeches by Hitler, and the concepts of the “Hitler Myth.” |
Andy Warhol: Five Deaths Seventeen Times04/24/2015Andy Warhol, a flamboyant character among Modern artists of the time, is known for the infamous Campbell’s Soup Can along with the Cow Wallpaper. Yet, while exposing audiences to commercialism and consumerism through his works, he also approached social and cultural events and fads during the time period in which Modernism reigned. Warhol’s Five Deaths Seventeen Times in Black and White, a part of his Disasters series, focuses on the infatuation with tragedy among celebrities. However, upon closer investigation, theories of Formalism and Postmodern Pluralism reveal a hidden undertone. Though the work is impactful to the viewer at first glance, one must become actively engaged to truly understand the complexity that is Five Deaths Seventeen Times in Black and White. In a discussion-based presentation, I will reveal the undertone while discussing the cultural context and history of tragedy and Modernism as well as theories relevant to this piece. |
All Odds Against Private Slovik04/24/2015A historian’s role is to research, analyze, interpret, and present the past. When war is thought about, we think of stories that are about heroes, feats of gallantry and valor. We never tend to think about those stories that are never brought up, stories such as Private Slovik, a soldier in the American Army. That’s because these are stories that aren’t recognized as acceptable to the Uniform Code of Military Justice or the laws that govern the military conduct. Private Slovik is the only American deserter that was executed for desertion during World War II. Furthermore, it is estimated that throughout the war, 40,000 Americans committed desertion. William Bradford Huie is a journalist who has expressed Slovik’s story to the world, but as a journalist what makes his recounting of this topic credible to history, being that he’s a journalist and not a historian? |
A Holistic Case Study of a Patient with Sepsis04/24/2015This paper explores the nursing process in relation to a patient that was taken care of during a gerontological/rehabilitation experience at a skilled nursing facility on September 25, 2014. An introduction to the patient background and medical history are presented and then the current admitting diagnoses and co-morbid conditions are explained. The pathophysiology along with signs and symptoms of each condition are then explored before a formal Gordon’s Function Health assessment is covered. Associated laboratory and medication information is shown and then finally a nursing care of plan is laid out, which includes three nursing diagnoses along with short term goals and interventions for each. This paper is designed to explore from beginning to end the nursing care of a patient and connect all relevant information in a way that permits a better understanding of patient care for the nursing student that attempts to provide holistic care. |
“Not Ask as Favor, But Demand as Right”: 1850 Women’s Rights Convention in Salem, Ohio04/24/2015“Not Ask as Favor, But Demand as Right”: 1850 Women’s Rights Convention in Salem, Ohio examines the convention which promoted equality for all and women’s suffrage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony’s six-volume work History of Woman Suffrage, which they first released in 1876, credited this convention with having an influence nationally and internationally. My paper examines this idea. Was this particular convention influential or was it just another convention? Why was Salem, Ohio chosen and who chose it? Salem, at this time, was the leading town in Ohio for the abolitionist movement and had many ties to the Underground Railroad. My paper will examine a link between the two movements. Although the convention was the second of its type in the United States, following the Seneca Falls convention, it differed from its predecessor because it was the first convention run entirely by women; men were not allowed to participate. Apart from Stanton and Anthony in the late 1880s, few historians have written on this topic, therefore most of the information comes directly form primary sources and newspaper clippings from the city of Salem’s newspaper. First, the paper looks at the conditions in the town of Salem around that time, to show why this was the ideal location for a women’s rights convention. In this section a connection between the abolitionist movement which took place in Salem and the women’s rights movement is discussed. The paper then examines what happened during the two day convention. |