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03/28/2025

Laura Krier

Check out the latest publications from Sonoma State University researchers.

Post, Alanna J., et al. “Using Handheld Mobile Laser Scanning to Quantify Fine-Scale Surface Fuels and Detect Changes Post-Disturbance in Northern California Forests.” Ecological Indicators., vol. 172, 2025.

Abstract: The understory plays a critical role in the disturbance dynamics of forest, as it influences wildfire behavior. Unfortunately, the structure of understory fuels is difficult to quantify due to heterogeneity. LiDAR can measure changes in forest structure more rapidly, comprehensively, and accurately than manual approaches, but remote sensing is more frequently applied to the overstory. We evaluated the use of handheld mobile laser scanning (HMLS) to measure changes in fine-scale surface fuels following wildfire and timber harvest in Northern Californian forests, USA. The ability of HMLS to quantify surface fuels was validated by destructively sampling vegetation within a 3D frame and comparing destructive-based volumes with HMLS-based occupied volume estimates. There was a positive linear relationship between volume estimates, and occupied volume estimated from 1-cm voxels had the best relationship with measured biomass compared to larger voxel sizes. Next, HMLS was used to scan forest plots where wildfire or timber harvest occurred, producing bi-temporal structural measurements. Plot level HMLS estimates without ground voxels revealed regrowth of live vegetation one-year post-fire that was not apparent from field measurements collected via Brown's transects. Comparison between Brown's transects and HMLS estimate showed similar decreases in surface fuels post-wildfire, further indicating that the increase in estimated volume one-year post-fire comes from vegetation regrowth rather than dead fuel accumulation. HMLS can be a valuable tool for land stewards to rapidly quantify understory vegetation, especially following disturbance. Assessing understory vegetation is crucial for reducing wildfire risk and fuels might not be captured fully post-wildfire using traditional approaches.

Jackson, Brandy L., et al. “Disability and Accommodation Use in US Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs.” JAMA Network Open., vol. 8, no. 2, 2025, p. e2461038.

Abstract: Medical associations’ commitment to advancing disability-inclusive practices has led to data collection on, and a significant increase in representation of, medical students with disabilities. However, information on disability representation and accommodation use in US nursing programs remains scarce. The lack of data collection on this population impedes the ability to identify barriers, benchmark, and measure progress. To address this gap, we quantified disabilities and types of accommodations used among traditional prelicensure nursing students in US Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree programs.

Glass, Julie, et al. “Peer Instruction in Mathematics: A Survey of the California State University.” PRIMUS : Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies., 2025, pp. 1–18.

This report describes the current landscape of peer instruction models for mathematics, and its diversity, commonalities, and efficacy across California State University (CSU) campuses. While models differ in their placement, organization, and level of support, they share similar goals and values: increasing a sense of belonging in students, improving their academic self-sufficiency and confidence, creating an academic and social community of learners, and improving course-level outcomes and retention. Here we identify and synthesize shared themes, factors that influence implementation, and common challenges. Based on our investigation, we share recommendations for universities, departments, and other relevant stakeholders for sustainably implementing and coordinating peer instruction within their institutions.

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Focus On: SSU Research

12/27/2024

Laura Krier

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There's a lot to dig into our this month's highlight of Sonoma State faculty and staff research.

Avalos, J. G., Champagne, C. D., Crocker, D. E., Khudyakov, J. I., & Todgham, A. (2024). The plasma proteome reveals markers of recent and repeated stress in free-ranging seals. Conservation Physiology, 12(1).

Abstract: Animals in nature potentially experience multiple stressors, and those of anthropogenic origin are likely to be repeated or chronic. However, stress hormone levels are highly context-dependent and are not consistent predictors of chronic stress in wildlife. Profiling the downstream consequences of repeated stress responses, such as changes in metabolism or gene expression, may be more informative for predicting their individual-level health consequences and population-level impacts, which are key objectives for wildlife conservation. We previously found that in free-ranging juvenile elephant seals, the blubber transcriptome and proteome, but not cortisol levels, could distinguish between responses to single versus repeated stress axis stimulation. However, the blubber proteome response to stress was limited and mainly involved extra-cellular matrix proteins. In this study, we examined the plasma proteome response of four of the same animals to the repeated stress experiment, since multiple organs secrete proteins into the circulation, providing a readout of their activity and integration. We isolated plasma proteins, identified and quantified them using liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and compared their abundance between sampling times. We identified >200 proteins in plasma, of which 42 were altered in abundance, revealing complex protein dynamics in response to repeated stress challenges. These changes were delayed but sustained, suggesting that the plasma proteome may reflect longer term integration of multi-organ responses to recent, rather than immediate, challenges. Differentially abundant proteins included components of the osmoregulatory system, acute phase and complement proteins, organokines, apolipoproteins and hormone transport proteins, which coordinate physiological processes with significant implications for marine mammal health and may explain several aspects of marine mammal stress physiology, such as insulin resistance and high aldosterone levels. We identified several potentially novel biomarkers, such as AGT, HPX, TTR and APOA4, that may be useful for detecting recent and repeated stress exposure in marine mammals.

Ryuh, Y., Geschwender, C., Kim, J., & Becker, K. (2024). The Distance Effect in Focus of Attention: Spatial or Temporal Distance? Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport., 1–6.

Abstract: The benefit of an external focus over an internal focus has been well-established. Within this literature, several studies have documented a distal effect of attentional focus by comparing the efficacy of a proximal and distal external focus. A potential confound is that most distal focus cues direct the performer’s attention to an outcome occurring after the completion of movement, while the proximal cues direct attention to something that occurs during the movement process. This study aims to disentangle whether the distal effect of attentional focus comes from spatial distance (proximal vs. distal) or temporal distance (during vs. after). Method: To test this, we employed a two-handed underhand medicine ball throw for maximum distance with 38 healthy young adults. This study employed five conditions: baseline, internal-during, internal-after, external-during, and external-after focus. Results: The result indicated that both external-during and -after foci elicited a significantly greater throwing distance than internal-during (p =.006) and internal-after (p <.001), where internal-after even significantly underperformed than baseline (p =.02). Conclusion: Our findings indicate that using an outcome cue unrelated to the intended action does not enhance motor performance. Rather, the most effective approach is to use an external cue that represents the action effect either during or after the movement.

Biermann, C., Law, J., & Pearson, Z. (2024). Producing Nature. In Doing Political Ecology (pp. 28–45).

Abstract: This chapter considers the concept of co-production, tracing the long lineage of ways that human societies and environments make one another through techniques of management and the production of ecological knowledge. This framework highlights how resulting human and non-human entanglements are often complex, messy, politicized, and always changing. The management of the environment is also deeply biopolitical, as humans make critical interventions that allow some species, environments, or genes to thrive, and others to die. This chapter will be useful for researchers interested in novel ecologies, critical physical geography and the critical environmental sciences, and science and technology studies.

Cohen, S. (2023). Violence and episcopal elections in late antique Rome, ad 300-500. Late Roman Italy: Imperium to Regnum, 356–383.

Abstract: This chapter reconsiders the violence associated with the contested elections of three Roman bishops: Damasus (366-84), Bonface (418-22) and Symmachus (498-514). My focus on the Roman church is a consequence of the availability of evidence, but I will also consider how contested episcopal elections elsewhere in Italy compare to those at Rome. As we shall see, personal ambition, the size and complexity of the Roman church, the lack of clear procedures for episcopal elections, and the diminution of the coercive power of the tate in the city from the late third century onwards increased the potential for intra-Christian conflict following the death of a bishop. These conflicts focused especially on controlling (or attempting to control) specific buildings and areas of the city. The descriptions of the resulting violence, which featured club- and sword-wielding thugs, massacres in churches and attacks against rival candidates in the streets, still shock with their apparent callous brutality. This has occasionally led to the mischaracterising of these episodes as riots or examples of mob violence, expressions that implictly lay the blame upon the faceless, fanatical multitude. However, as I will argue, the violence associated with contested Roman episcopal elections was intentional, carefully coordinated and deployed from the top down as part of a deliberate strategy to gain control of the see of St. Peter.

Jeppesen, R., de Rivera, C. E., Grosholz, E. D., Tinker, M. T., Hughes, B. B., Eby, R., & Wasson, K. (2025). Recovering population of the southern sea otter suppresses a global marine invader. Biological Invasions, 27(1).

Abstract: Understanding the role of apex predators on ecosystems is essential for designing effective conservation strategies. Supporting recovery of apex predators can have many benefits; one that has been rarely examined is control of invasive prey. We investigated whether a recovering apex predator, the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis), can exert local control over a global marine invader, the green crab (Carcinus maenas). We determined that southern sea otters in Elkhorn Slough estuary in California can consume large numbers of invasive green crabs and found strong negative relationships in space and time between otter and green crab abundance. Green crabs persisted at highest abundance in this estuary at sites with artificial tidal restriction that were not accessible to otters. Green crab abundance remained lower in this estuary than in all other estuaries in the region, which lack resident sea otters. Conservation organizations and agencies have invested heavily in recovery of southern sea otters, increasing their numbers in this estuary. Restoration of natural tidal exchange, lost marshes, and seagrass beds further support sea otter populations. We have demonstrated that these investments in top predator recovery and habitat restoration have reduced the impacts of a global invader. Our investigation highlights that investment in recovery of top predators can increase beneficial food web interactions and resilience of the entire ecosystem.

Ford, A. (2024). Where we live, learn and play: Environmental racism and early childhood development in review. Early Childhood Research Quarterly., 69, S71–S81.

Abstract: What are the effects of environmental racism on early childhood development? This paper argues that this is a largely unanswered question that reflects more than a research gap, but a research vacuum. This paper reviews the available literature on the intersection of environmental racism and early childhood from a sociological perspective. I rely on Iruka et al.’s (2022) Racism + Resilience + Resistance Integrative Study of Childhood Ecosystem (R3ISE) framework and the framework of critical environmental justice (Pellow, 2016; 2018) to summarize what is known about how environmental racism contributes to disparities in health, learning, and well-being through the early years of childhood development, as well as to point out gaps in our knowledge. Scholars have identified strong indicators that many converging environmental hazards affect young children, and that exposure to these hazards is strongly associated with race and racism. An emerging body of literature also links environmental racism to global climate change and global ecological degradation. This paper will provide a theoretical overview of environmental racism as it pertains to young children and consider in relation to early childhood and race: 1) disproportionate exposure to environmental pollutants and their effects; and 2) vulnerability to effects of climate change. It concludes with a discussion of implications, and suggestions for paths forward and future research.

Lyon, E. G., Scott, L., Casesa, R., Spurgin, C., & Maldonado, S. I. (2024). Transforming secondary teacher preparation for multilingual learners through translanguaging: Toward an integrated biliteracy and disciplinary learning framework. TESOL Journal.

Abstract: Students designated as English learners and the broader group of multilingual learners continue to face restrictive learning environments in secondary classrooms despite existing research that demonstrates how integrating literacy development with authentic and relevant disciplinary learning benefits multilingual learners and all students. To address this issue, an interdisciplinary team of biliteracy and secondary content method scholars and teacher educators used funding through the U.S. Department of Education's National Professional Development Program to (1) articulate a cohesive framework that integrates biliteracy with disciplinary learning through research-based instructional practices and (2) explore how English, math, and science secondary content method instructors apply this framework when working with preservice teachers. The researchers connected translanguaging pedagogy, content and language/literacy integrated approaches, and a practice-based teacher education model to develop the Biliteracy and Content Area Integrated Preparation (BCAIP) Framework. They found that participating content area secondary method instructors made progress toward applying the BCAIP framework by building upon what they already do in support of diverse learners (i.e., foundational pedagogies) as they shifted toward biliteracy-oriented pedagogy. The authors argue that situating translanguaging in a disciplinary learning context better positions secondary teacher educators to transform how they prepare preservice teachers to serve multilingual learners.

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11/25/2024

Laura Krier

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Want to know what kind of amazing research happens at Sonoma State? Read on for this month's SSU research update.

Baker, Z. (2024). Governing climate : how science and politics have shaped our environmental future. University of California Press.

After decades of debate about global warming, the fact of the climate crisis is finally widely accepted. People at all scales-from the household to the global market-are attempting to govern climate to deal with its causes and impacts. Although the stakes are different now, governing climate is centuries old. In this book, Zeke Baker develops a genealogy of climate science that traces the relationship between those who created knowledge of the climate and those who attempted to gain power and govern society, right up to the present, historic moment. Baker draws together over two centuries of science, politics, and environmental change to demonstrate the "co-production" of what we know about climate in terms of power-seeking activity, with a focus on the United States. Governing Climate provides a fresh account of contemporary issues transecting science and climate politics, specifically the rise of "climate security," and examines how climate science can either facilitate or reconcile the unequal distribution of power and resources.

Glasgow, J. (2024). The significance impulse : on the unimportance of our cosmic unimportance. Oxford University Press.

Why should we strive to be important? Does it make our lives go better if we are especially significant? This book argues that the common impulse to seek exceptionally high levels of significance is misguided. One reason why is that we cannot reach cosmic-grade significance, even if we do matter somewhat in our communities. We do not have the size, duration, or power that would allow us to be that important. Even the value that we do contribute to the universe, our loving and rationality and pain and pleasure, are in short supply. So our significance has built-in limitations. What is more, being exceptionally significant would not be to our personal benefit: it does not advance our well-being, our meaning in life, or any other of our interests. In fact, we have ample reason to embrace our modest levels of mattering: if we do not matter very much, then we are liberated to go about our lives without worry, to the same extent. We should thus feel good about our unexceptional lives. This book is a celebration of being ordinary.

Voelkel, J. G., Stagnaro, M. N., Chu, J. Y., Pink, S. L., Mernyk, J. S., Redekopp, C., Ghezae, I., Cashman, M., Adjodah, D., Allen, L. G., Allis, L. V., Baleria, G., Ballantyne, N., Van Bavel, J. J., Blunden, H., Braley, A., Bryan, C. J., Celniker, J. B., Cikara, M., & Clapper, M. V. (2024). Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity. Science., 386(6719), eadh4764.

Abstract: Scholars warn that partisan divisions in the mass public threaten the health of American democracy. We conducted a megastudy (n = 32,059 participants) testing 25 treatments designed by academics and practitioners to reduce Americans' partisan animosity and antidemocratic attitudes. We find that many treatments reduced partisan animosity, most strongly by highlighting relatable sympathetic individuals with different political beliefs or by emphasizing common identities shared by rival partisans. We also identify several treatments that reduced support for undemocratic practices-most strongly by correcting misperceptions of rival partisans' views or highlighting the threat of democratic collapse-which shows that antidemocratic attitudes are not intractable. Taken together, the study's findings identify promising general strategies for reducing partisan division and improving democratic attitudes, shedding theoretical light on challenges facing American democracy.

Cooley, L. A., Hindle, A. G., Williams, C. L., Ponganis, P. J., Hannah, S. M., Klinck, H., Horning, M., Costa, D. P., Holser, R. R., Crocker, D. E., & McDonald, B. I. (2025). Physiological effects of research handling on the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 299, 111771-.

Wildlife researchers must balance the need to safely capture and handle their study animals to sample tissues, collect morphological measurements, and attach dataloggers while ensuring their results are not confounded by stress artifacts caused by handling. To determine the physiological effects of research activities including chemical immobilization, transport, instrumentation with biologgers, and overnight holding on a model marine mammal species, we collected hormone, blood chemistry, hematology, and heart rate data from 19 juvenile northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) throughout a translocation experiment. Across our six sampling timepoints, cortisol and aldosterone data revealed a moderate hormonal stress response to handling accompanied by minor changes in hematocrit and blood glucose, but not ketone bodies or erythrocyte sedimentation rate. We also examined heart rate as a stress indicator and found that interval heart rate, standard deviation of heart rate, and apnea-eupnea cycles were influenced by handling. However, when seals were recaptured after several days at sea, all hormonal and hematological parameters had returned to baseline levels. Furthermore, 100 % of study animals were resighted in the wild post-translocation, with some individuals observed over four years later. Together, these findings suggest that while northern elephant seals exhibit measurable physiological stress in response to handling, they recover rapidly and show no observable long-term deleterious effects, making them a robust species for ecological and physiological research.

Melino, K., Bell, B., & Freborg, K. (2025). Deconstructing Professionalism as Code for White (Power): Authenticity as Resistance in Nursing. Nursing Philosophy, 26(1).

The concept of professionalism is embedded into all aspects of nursing education and practice yet is rarely critically interrogated in nursing scholarship. This paper describes how professionalism in nursing is based on whiteness. When actualized, this oppressive construct homogenizes individuals' identities to assist nurses in building and wielding power against each other and against patients, and results in dehumanization and disconnection. Foregrounding an ethic of authenticity as a practice of resistance against white professionalism offers an alternative possibility for how nursing could be taught, practiced and theorized. As such a practice must begin with oneself, the authors outline a reflexive process from which to begin this work.

Liu, L., Ahmadi, Y., Kim, K.-H., Kukkar, D., & Szulejko, J. (n.d.). Assessment of interference/synergistic effects in the adsorption of polar and non-polar VOCs on a commercial biomass-based microporous carbon. Chemosphere (Oxford).

This research has been carried out to investigate interference/synergistic relationship in adsorption behavior between polar and non-polar volatile organic compounds (VOCs: formaldehyde (FA) versus toluene) using commercial macadamia nutshell (MNS)-based microporous activated carbon (i.e., Procarb-900: namely, P900). The breakthrough (BT) volume, adsorption capacity, and partition coefficient of P900 are estimated for 100 ppm FA as a single component and as a binary phase with 100 ppm toluene. The basic features of FA adsorption over P900 adsorbent are accounted for in terms of interaction between the key variables (e.g., pore size distribution, adsorbent particle size, surface element compositions, and sorbent bed mass). Accordingly, the powdered P900 (0.212-0.6 mm: 150 mg) exhibits an adsorption capacity of 5.7 mg g-1 and a partition coefficient of 0.19 mol kg-1 Pa-1 for single-phase FA at the 10% BT level. Interestingly, its performance is synergistically improved in the presence of toluene (e.g., >150%) in the early stage of adsorption (e.g., 10% BT), possibly reflecting diffusion resistance of the adsorbent (e.g., small particle size and developed ultra-micropore structure) and natural attributes of FA (e.g., low affinity and smaller kinetic diameter). The overall results of this study are expected to offer a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the interactions between the mixed VOC system and microporous adsorbents.

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10/25/2024

Laura Krier

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It's time to highlight more great research and scholarship coming out of Sonoma State.

Zheng, Y., Drew Peabody, S., & Jiang, J. (2024). Do dividends and share repurchases convey information about financial strength? An exploration of the disparities between banks and industrial firms. The Journal of Financial Research.

Differing from prior literature, this article suggests dividends are positively associated with financial strength for both financial institutions (i.e., banks) and non‐financial firms (i.e., industrials), and that this relationship is much more pronounced for banks. We also find that the signaling impacts of dividend changes on financial strength are asymmetric for these two groups as a decrease (increase) in dividends is more powerful than an increase (decrease) for banks (industrials). This suggests that dividend cuts send a more significant negative signal of bank financial strength than similar decreases by industrial firms, and that dividend increases say more about industrials' improvements in financial strength than those by banks. Similar to dividends, share repurchases are indications of financial strength for industrials but not for banks. This suggests that share repurchases serve more as a buffer (substitute) of dividends for banks (industrials).

Kladou, S., Usakli, A., & Lee, K. (2024). Zooming in small family wineries: exploring service quality, loyalty and the moderating role of wine involvement. International Journal of Wine Business Research.

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of wine involvement in moderating the effect of winery service quality on loyalty toward small family wineries.The results reveal that wine involvement moderates the effects of winery service quality on wine tourists’ loyalty. Specifically, staff behavior affects the loyalty toward wine tourists with low involvement more significantly compared to the wine tourists with high wine involvement. On the other hand, the quality of wine tastings affects the loyalty of wine tourists with high wine involvement more significantly in contrast with the wine tourists with low wine involvement.

Boaler, J., Conrad, B., Ford, B., Mazzeo, R., Nelson, J. (2024). Three views on the California math framework. Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

In California, curriculum frameworks are adopted periodically to give guidance on implementation of the state standards in a particular subject. A framework is written by a committee working with the Department of Education, multiple drafts are posted for public comment, the drafts are revised in response to comments, and eventually the document goes to the State Board of Education for consideration. Frameworks are not the same as the state standards, which specify what students should learn and determine what will be on the state assessment. In California, the math standards are the California version of the Common Core State Standards, adopted in 2013. The most recent math framework was adopted this year, and we asked three authors to give their point of view on the framework and on the processes around its development. Note that the first piece is about the framework in its final, approved form, which accommodates important aspects of the feedback provided during the process described by the second two pieces.

Garcia-Putnam, A., Michael, A. R., Duff, G., Maronie, A., McCrane, S. M., & Morrill, M. (2024). Embodied Poverty: Bioarchaeology of the Brentwood Poor Farm, Brentwood, New Hampshire (1841–1868). American Antiquity., 89(3), 459–474.

Through a commingled, fragmentary assemblage of skeletal remains (MNI = 9) recovered from a 1999 salvage excavation, this article explores the lives and deaths of individuals interred at the Brentwood Poor Farm, Brentwood, New Hampshire (1841–1868). This work demonstrates that bioarchaeological analyses of smaller samples can provide nuanced accounts of marginalization and institutionalization even with scant historical records. The skeletal analysis presented here is contextualized within the larger history of the American poor farm system and compared to similar skeletal samples across the United States. The hardships these individuals faced—poverty, otherness, demanding labor—were embodied in their skeletal remains, manifesting as osteoarthritis, dental disease, and other signs of physiological stress. These individuals’ postmortem fates were also impacted by status; they were interred in unmarked graves, disturbed by construction, and once recovered, were again forgotten for more than 20 years.

Smith, H. J., & Grant, D. R. (2024). How to improve group affirmation manipulations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.

Researchers often ask participants to affirm positive aspects or shared values for a group important to them (a group affirmation manipulation) in order to encourage healthy behavior, acknowledge historical harm, accept group-based criticism, or diffuse the impact of social exclusion. An exploratory meta-analysis of 92 experiments that included a group affirmation manipulation and a threat to participants’ self-integrity revealed an average g of −0.03, 95% CI [−0.10, 0.05], and enormous heterogeneity (I 2 = 77.15%). Group affirmations predicted a larger effect size if participants in the comparison condition completed the dependent variable immediately afterwards, compared to other comparison conditions. They also predicted stronger positive self-evaluations compared to dependent measures such as behavioral intentions or attitudes. Group value affirmations slightly reduced defensive information processing, whereas affirmations of positive group characteristics increased ingroup bias; a pattern that reflected researchers’ decisions to treat group affirmation as either an opportunity to reduce defensiveness or to increase the pursuit of collective interests. Careful consideration of the intergroup context and group norms should improve the effectiveness of group-based affirmations.

Jeffra, Miah. American Gospel : A Novel in Three Parts. Mount Vernon, New York? Black Lawrence Press, 2023. Print.

A low-income Baltimore neighborhood is targeted for a controversial urban renewal project--an amusement park in the theme of Baltimore itself--that forces its residents to reckon with racism, displacement, and their futures. Peter Cryer is a queer teenager who fantasizes about leaving Baltimore and the instability of his home life while also seeking a place to belong. Ruth Anne, his prickly mother, is terrorized by her estranged husband and the indecision of what to do after the wrecking ball comes through her neighborhood. Thomas, a cleric and History teacher at Peter's school, questions his vocation in the face of the neighborhood's destruction. These three voices braid together a portrait of a neighborhood in flux, the role of community and violence in our time, and the struggles of a very real and oft misunderstood city.

Sullins, J. P. (2024). Artificial Intelligence with Dignity, and Trust – Comments on: The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence, by Carlos Montemayor, Bloomsbury Publishing, Feb 23 2023. Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, 1–4.

Dr. Sullins provides a review and commentary on the book The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence by Carlos Montemayor. His comments focus on the importance of centering and honoring human dignity in the development of AI technologies.

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08/26/2024

Laura Krier

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We love to highlight the research being done by SSU faculty, staff, and students. Check out some of these recent publications.

Yoon, S.-Y., & Lian, B. (2024). Living with parents or attaining residential independence? A comparative study of young adults’ living arrangements in China and South Korea. Chinese Sociological Review, 1–28.

From the abstract: “This study examines the living arrangements of never-married urban young adults in China and South Korea from 2003 to 2018. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey and the Korean General Social Survey, we investigate the relationship between socioeconomic status and young adults’ living arrangements. Our findings show that a majority of Korean young adults lived with their parents during the observed time period, while Chinese young adults experienced large shifts in their living arrangements.”

Jiang, J., & Wang, W. (2024). Nonfinancial 8-K disclosures and individual investors’ trading during earnings announcement window. International Journal of Managerial Finance.

From the abstract: "This study investigates the influence of nonfinancial 8-K disclosures released during the earnings announcement window on the abnormal trading activities of individual investors. Our results reveal that individual investors exhibit higher levels of abnormal trading activities when firms release nonfinancial 8-Ks during the (0,1) window of earnings announcements.

Bristol, T. J., Johnson, P., & Manchanda, S. (2023). Culturally Responsive Professional Development: One Teachers Union’s Professional Learning Community for Black Men Teachers. The Journal of Negro Education, 92(3), 355–368.

From the abstract: There is a gap in research that examines how professional learning communities have been structured to support Black men teachers and how teachers have responded to these efforts. This article explores one national teacher union's implementation of a weekly professional development series for early career Black men in-service teachers in one Southern state. Based on semi-structured interviews with Black men teacher participants and facilitators as well as an analysis of the video of virtual coaching sessions, we found that the national teacher union's professional learning community was attentive to Black men teachers' social and emotional needs.

Open Access: Lawrence, J. L., Altamirano-Jiménez, I., Daggett, C., MacGregor, S., Ray, E., Wiebe, S. M., Battersby, H., Rodekirchen, M., & Urquhart, H. (2024). Feminist approaches to environmental politics. Contemporary Political Theory.

From the intro: Ecofeminism as scholarship and practice continues to polarize, draw criticism, and inspire scholarly works and politics that account for the structures of domination that perpetuate sexism and ecological exploitation. Ecofeminist scholarship grew in volume and prominence in the 1970s and 1980s but began to falter under the weight of critiques that the approach upheld gender essentialism and a white western feminism that does not account for the needs, views, politics, and orientations to the planet outside of the global north. And yet, ecofeminism still holds relevance and offers significant perspectives and tools that can respond to these important criticisms and offer key insights in the ongoing efforts to address climate change and environmental and gender injustices. As a conversation among scholars working in ecofeminist political thought, this Critical Exchange asks about the contemporary relevance of this tradition to their approach as scholars, inside and outside of the academy.

Open Access: Chen, C.-C., Ryuh, Y., Lamberth, J., Pan, Z., & Conners, F. (2024). The effects of different exercise modalities on visuospatial working memory in healthy young adults. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 19(4), 1084–1094.

This study was to differentiate the acute effects of random motor skill practice and acute cardiovascular exercise on the task performance in visuospatial working memory (VSWM). 24 healthy adults with no golf experience were randomized into random motor skill practice (i.e., golf putting task) and acute cardiovascular exercise (i.e., 64% and 76 % of predicted maxi-mum heart rate) groups. Pre-test and post-test were administered for two VSWM tasks (i.e., memory matrix and rotation matrix). The performance of VSWM was improved immediately after the acute intervention. However, the improvement in retention effect was not maintained. In addition, no group differences were noted between random motor skill practice and acute cardiovascular exercise during post-test. The findings suggested the temporal effects of acute intervention. There is need to add a true control group for further research with larger sample size to examine the role of exercise modalities between acute intervention and executive function.

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08/09/2024

Laura Krier

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Check out recently published research from SSU faculty!

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