This collection contains scholarly articles, reports and other publications authored by faculty and staff members from various departments and units at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
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Submissions from 2027
Assessment in Special Education: Practical Applications for Teachers, Melissa C. Jenkins, Kyena E. Cornelius, Kiersten K. Hensley, and Dana L. Wagner
Submissions from 2025
African Elephants at Risk: Saving These Majestic Mammals, Kathryn Clay
Hammerhead Sharks at Risk: Saving these Unusual Predators, Kathryn Clay
Macaws at Risk: Saving these Colorful Birds, Kathryn Clay
Mountain Gorillas at Risk: Saving these Great Apes, Kathryn Clay
Pangolins at Risk: Saving these Armored Animals, Kathryn Clay
Sumatran Tigers at Risk: Saving these Fierce Big Cats, Kathryn Clay
The Coffee Hag: The Early Years, Kellian Clink
Designing IDEA Interventions in Project-Based STEM Curriculum, Marilyn Croffie, Emily Gresbrink, and Rebecca Bates
Genomics Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, Leslie Darmofal
The Role of Leadership in Creating DEI Plans in U.S. Higher Education, Beatriz DeSantiago-Fjelstad, Leslie Darmofal, Kelly Meier, Henry Morris, and Luis Posas
Academic Student Support Services UNITE!: How We Worked Across Divisions to Focus on Student Success to Create a Learning Commons, Casey Duevel and Amy Staloch
Special Education in Today's Diverse Classrooms: Meeting the Needs of Students with Exceptionalities, Shantel M. Farnan and Ruby L. Owiny
“By the sound of sparrows, I knew it was dawn”: The Impact of Women’s Latest Protests in Iran, Antonia Felix
Resurrection: Poems, Antonia Felix
Flipping the Story on Disability and Violence: People with Intellectual Disability and Allies Leading the Change, Patsie Frawley and Nancy M. Fitzsimons
El tiempo al revés, Adriana Gordillo
What do students read? Let’s talk about data-informed library collections planning for student success, Nat Gustafson-Sundell, Heidi J. Southworth, and Evan Rusch
Baghdad Dispatches: The City of Peace in World War One, Jameel Haque
Buddhism for Thinkers, Chang-Seong Hong and Sun Kyeong Yu
Five-Day Rustic Nature Retreat with Guided Visual Imagery Enhances Cognitive Flexibility and Well-Being in College Faculty and Staff, Jason A. Kaufman, Andrew Lenartz, T. Elliot Floyd, and Laura Safa
Second Star to the Right: Essays on Leadership in Star Trek, Jason A. Kaufman and Aaron M. Peterson
Nursing Innovations: Quality, Safety, and Informatics in Practice, Nancyruth Leibold
Spooktacular Halloween 2025: A Randomly Generated Story, JP Mackey
Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Development. What We Do and Don't Know, and How to Move Forward., Paul Force-Emery Mackie
100 Queer Films Since Stonewall, Chelsea McCracken and Matt Connolly
Enhancing Counselor Development Through Designing and Supervising Online Training Groups, Ann M. Miller and Kerry J. Diekmann
MSU Archives Hotdish: A Research Apprentice Program in the Archives, Daardi Sizemore Mixon, Heidi J. Southworth, and Jamison Vierstraete
Bighorn Sheep, Nell Musolf
Cougar, Nell Musolf
Sea Lion, Nell Musolf
Whale, Nell Musolf
Methodological Issues and Reflexivity Practices in Qualitative Language Teacher Education Research, Gloria Park, Oksana Moroz, Sarah Henderson Lee, and Bedrettin Yazan
U-Stressed? Do Library Employees Experience More Technology Eustress or Distress?, Abigail Raper
AI in Our Library: Some Serious Reflections and a Few Curiosities, Evan Rusch and Nat Gustafson-Sundell
When CPU is Worse than a Stick in the Eye: Better KPIs for Strategic Journal Collection Management, Evan Rusch, Heidi J. Southworth, and Nat Gustafson-Sundell
Budget and Collection Management Communication Strategies, Tools, and Methods, Evan Rusch, Heidi J. Southworth, Daardi Sizemore Mixon, Lisa Baures, Nat Gustafson-Sundell, and Joe Holtermann
Paul Verhoeven's Cinema of Violence, Steven Rybin
Disability as Identity, Jessica Schomberg
Building Student Historians: A University Archives Research Apprenticeship Program, Daardi Sizemore, Heidi J. Southworth, and Jamison Vierstraete
Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice, Kathryn Sorrells and Sachi Sekimoto
Exploring the Next Generation of Journals, Heidi J. Southworth, Aaron Retteen, and Promita Chatterji
Emporia State Women’s Soccer Coach Alleges Title IX & First Amendment Violations after Firing, Erica J. Zonder and Emily J. Houghton
Pregnancy & Elite Athletes: Hamby Alleges Discrimination in Suit Against the WNBA and Las Vegas Aces, Erica J. Zonder and Emily J. Houghton
Submissions from 2024
Using "Science Friday" to Promote Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Science Teaching Self-Efficacy, Trish Arnold
Are Academia and Industry Listening to Each Other? A Citation Analysis of UX Research Methods Resources, Abigail Bakke and Leonard DiBono
Election Guide: Make It Local!, Kellian Clink
The Shelburne Line Allowed up to 200 Airmen to Get Back to England to Fly against Nazi Germany, Kellian Clink
Understanding Communication Research Methods: A Theoretical and Practical Approach, Stephen M. Croucher and Daniel Cronn-Mills
Trapped with No Escape: The Hidden Problem of Sibling Bullying, Kristen Cvancara
Sibling Bullying Reported by Emerging Adults: Profiling the Prevalence, Roles, and Forms in a Cross-Country Investigation, Kristen Cvancara, Esta Kaal, Maili Pörhölä, and M. Beatriz Torres
A New Conceptualization Model Explaining Incivility Etiology in Undergraduate Nursing Students, Kara De La Fosse and Rachel Schickling
2024 Scholars At Work Conference Program, Kara De La Fosse, Rachel Schickling, Keenan Hartert, Finley Sims, Trish Arnold, Nazli Wodzinski, Jonathan Paver, Brooke Burke, and Kari Sween
Case Studies in Early Childhood Special Education, Aaron R. Deris and Cynthia DiCarlo
EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development: Voices from Under-Represented Contexts, Estela Ene, Betsy Gilliland, Sarah Henderson Lee, Tanita Saenkhum, and Lisya Seloni
Phenology and resource allocation strategies of diploid flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) in Ohio and New York, Maxwell G. Gebhart, Ryan M. Wersal, Andrew R. Hannes, Nathan E. Harms, Bradley T. Sartain, William L. Wolanske, and Mia Yeager
Hereticum, Adriana Gordillo
Negotiation: One Library Spills the Beans, Nat Gustafson-Sundell
Novelty Visualizations of Collections Data: Real Impact or Comic Interlude?, Nat Gustafson-Sundell and Evan Rusch
Increased Student Employment is Associated with Inferior Biology Exam and Course Performance, Keenan Hartert and Finley Sims
Analysis of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Media Coverage via Instagram, Emily J. Houghton
Show Them the Money: Ruling Allows Student Athletes to Seek Damages for Title IX Violations, Emily J. Houghton and Erica J. Zonder
Transgender Boy Allowed to Try Out for Tennessee High School Boys' Golf Team, Emily J. Houghton and Erica J. Zonder
The Sociology of Families Reader: Issues, Perspectives, and Debates, Aaron Hoy and Emily M. Boyd
Assessing Writing - What Doesn't Work, But is Used Anyway, Andrew P. Johnson
Being and Becoming Teachers of Writing: A Meaning-Based Approach to Authentic Writing Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson
Emergent Literacy - Concepts of Print and Phonemic Awareness, Andrew P. Johnson
Lucy Calkins, Units of Study, Balanced Literacy, and the Art of Not Being Silly, Andrew P. Johnson
Structured Literacy is Really Controlled Literacy: Units of Study is Not a Balanced Approach, Andrew P. Johnson
The Five-Step Writing Process, Andrew P. Johnson
Meditation in the Woods: Is There a Return Effect?, Jason A. Kaufman
The LEARN Method: An Interactive Guide for Effective Learning, Karla Lassonde
Developing Rural Behavioral Health Practices Competencies, Paul Force-Emery Mackie and Jaiden Moore
Student Perceptions of Online Course Design Elements in a Post-Pandemic Environment, Carrie Lewis Miller, Michael Manderfeld, Odbayar Batsaikhan, and Adeyemi Adelekun
Google, Nell Musolf and Sara Gilbert Frederick
Fostering Inclusive Excellence: An Antiracist Pedagogy to Online Course Quality, Jonathan Paver and Brooke Burke
An overview of Generative AI initiatives at Minnesota State University, Mankato (so far), Evan Rusch and Nat Gustafson-Sundell
Data Visualization, Licensing, and other Generative AI Initiatives at Minnesota State University Mankato, Evan Rusch and Nat Gustafson-Sundell
The Budget Proposal as a Constructive Collections Engagement Tool and Practice, Evan Rusch, Pat Lienemann, Heidi J. Southworth, and Nat Gustafson-Sundell
Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Competence in Pakistan Primary and Secondary Schools, Elizabeth J. Sandell and Malaika Azam
Exploring Zoom Fatigue Among International Students in U.S. Virtual Classes, Esther Son and Kristen Cvancara
Subject-Package Measures to Understand the Value Provided by Journal Packages, Heidi J. Southworth, Evan Rusch, and Nat Gustafson-Sundell
Introducing Zippy: Digitizing Our Collections One Clip at a Time, Heidi J. Southworth and Leah Zacate
DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation, Eric Sprankle
Seasonal phenology and starch allocation patterns in populations of Oxycaryum cubense f. cubense and paraguayense in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida, Allison C. Squires, Ryan M. Wersal, Gray Turnage, Christopher R. Mudge, and Benjamin P. Sperry
Living as LGBTQ+, Darcy Strode
Design and Analysis in Quantitative Educational Research: Univariate Designs in SPSS, Kamden K. Strunk and Mwarumba Mwavita
Communication Barriers in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community, Kari Sween
User Authentication in a Changing Landscape, Tom Tran and Lisa Baures
Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications, Jennifer Veltsos and Geraldine E. Hunes
Effects of Terminology on Student Performance, Nazli Wodzinski
Fundamentals of Engineering Dianostic Test (FEDT), Nazli Wodzinski
Submissions from 2023
Undergraduate Education: Making the Psychology Major Count for Students, Angelica Aguirre, Bradley Arzsnov, Kristie Campana, Andi Lassiter, and Emily Stark
Creating a Community of Support to Dismantle Microaggressions on Campus, Angelica Aguirre, Sudarshana Bordoloi, Alfredo Duplat, Kerry Diekmann, Pakou Lee, and Jessica Schomberg
Rural Mental Health Matters: Challenges, Opportunities & Resources for Communities, Joaquin Altoro, Paul Force-Emery Mackie, Kellie Kubena, Neil Tilghman, and Thad Shunkwiler
Three-Dimensional Science Instruction: Discovering a High Impact Instructional Practice in Teacher Education, Trish Arnold
Wikimedia and Beyond: Linked Data Projects in Minnesota, Greta Bahnemann, Theresa Berger, Bri Krumwiede, Sara Ring, and Heidi J. Southworth
How the Faculty Fellows Program Supports Faculty's Scholarly Innovations and Teaching Innovations, Aaron Budge and Karen Lybeck
2023 Scholars At Work Conference Program, Aaron Budge, Karen Lybeck, Jonathan Paver, Elizabeth Harsma, Joel Leer, Trish Arnold, Angelica Aguirre, Sudarshana Bordoloi, Alfredo Duplat, Kerry Diekmann, Pakou Lee, Jessica Schomberg, Sarah Ogilvie, Hans-Peter DeRuiter, Naseef Mansoor, Bradley Arzsnov, Kristie Campana, Andi Lassiter, Adam Steiner, Emily Stark, Brian Martensen, Molly Schaefer, Lyudmyla Stackpool, Galkande Premarathna, Pavan Karra, Patrick Tebbe, Megan Mahowald, Danielle Scott, H. Sheen Chiou, Kristi Oeding, Yalda Hamidi, Dan Moen, Nazli Wodzinski, Jeff Pribyl, Lauren Singelmann, Yuezhou Wang, Elizabeth Pluskwik, Nancy Drescher, Kevin Dover, Deepa Oommen, Ivana Guarrasi, Sachi Sekimoto, Elizabeth Sandell, and Ryuto Hashimoto
Seasonal phenology and starch allocation patterns of Cuban bulrush (Oxycaryum cubense) growing in Mississippi, USA, Madeline Clarke, Ryan M. Wersal, and Gray Turnage
