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 2016

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Real World, Real Challenges: Adolescent Issues in Contemporary Society, Sarah K. Sifers, Julene Nolan, and Daniel Houlihan

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Be a Digital Survivor: Digitize, Share and Preserve, Daardi Sizemore, Anne Stenzel, Linda Richter, Alex Kent, Kendall Larson, and Pam Gladis

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SKOL Vikings! Training Camp Oral History Project, Daardi Sizemore and Mee Xiong

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DigiVengers: Digital Preservation in Progress, Heidi J. Southworth, Jamie Dalbey, and Anne Stenzel

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Lake Wobegon’s Guns: Overestimating Our Gun-Related Competences, Emily Stark and Daniel Sachau

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Instructional Design: Skills to Benefit the Library Profession, Jennifer M. Turner

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Inclusivity, Gestalt Principles, and Plain Language in Document Design, Jennifer M. Turner and Jessica Schomberg

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Development of PBL Students as Self-Directed Learners, Ron Ulseth

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Self-Directed Learning in PBL, Ron Ulseth

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Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Collegiate Athletes: A National Study, Philip Veliz, Quyen Epstein-Ngo, Jennifer Zdroik, Carol Boyd, and Sean McCabe

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Developing Competency-Based Advising Practices in Response to Paradigm Shifts in Higher Education, Giovanna E. Walters

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Effects of Peer Mentorship on Student Leadership, Giovanna E. Walters and Ashley Kanak

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Popular Culture as Everyday Life, Dennis D. Waskul and Phillip Vannini

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Ghostly Encounters: The Hauntings of Everyday Life, Dennis D. Waskul and Michele E. Waskul

Ghostly Encounters: The Hauntings of Everyday Life, Dennis Waskul and Michele Waskul

Did You Look? Healthy Skin Starts with You, Jennifer Wilhelmy and Patricia Beierwaltes

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The Power of Project-Based Learning: Helping Students Develop Important Life Skills, Scott D. Wurdinger

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Problem Solving in Foundation Engineering Using foundationPro, Mohammad M. Yamin

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Noncontingent Reinforcement for a Student Without Disabilities, Rachel Youngblom, Kevin J. Filter, Lindsey Finch, and Sylvia Labial

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The Role of Quenching Time in the Evolution of the Mass-size Relation of Passive Galaxies from the WISP Survey, A. Zanella, C. Scarlata, E. Corsini, A. Bedregal, E. Bontà, H. Atek, A. Bunker, J Colbert, Y. Dai, A. Henry, M. Malkan, C. Martin, M. Rafelski, Michael J. Rutkowski, B. Siana, and H. Teplitz

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Stakeholder Management in High School Athletics: An Individual-Level Analysis., Jennifer Zdroik

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The Influence of Pay-To-Play Fees on Participation in Interscholastic Sports: A School-Level Analysis of Michigan’s Public Schools, Jennifer Zdroik and Philip Veliz

Identification of Effective Next Generation Pavement Performance Measures and Asset Management Methodologies to Support MAP-21 Performance Management Requirements, K. Zimmerman, B. Allen, P. Ram, G. Duncan, Omar Smadi, K. Smith, K. Manda, and Başak Aldemir Bektaş

Submissions from 2015

An Intentional Path Forward: Minnesota State Mankato's Academic Master Plan 2015-2018, Lynn D. Akey

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Leading Large-Scale Change in an Engineering Program, Cheryl Allendoerfer, Rebecca Bates, Jennifer Karlin, Ron Ulseth, and Dan Ewert

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Assessing the Socio-Economic Impacts of Rural Road Improvements in Ghana: A Case Study of Transport Sector Program (II), Raymond Asomani-Boateng, Russell J. Fricano, and Frank Adarkwa

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Not Another One: The Over Identification of Hispanic Children in ECSE, Gail I. Becker and Aaron R. Deris

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Next Generation Bridge Management Tools and Inspection, Başak Aldemir Bektaş

Performance Management by Assessing and Forecasting Bridge Condition: A Case Study from Iowa, Başak Aldemir Bektaş

Effects of Segmentation and Sampling of Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity on Crash Frequency Analysis, Başak Aldemir Bektaş, Konstantina Gkritza, and Omar Smadi

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Exploring Cultural Representation of Same-Sex Marriage: A Content Analysis of Wedding Announcements in The New York Times, Aaron Blasvak and Aaron Hoy

Beyond Fish Plates and Tailgates: Steering HBCU Fundraising from Fanaticism to Support, William Broussard

Fastest Way to a Million-Dollar Gift? Introduce, Grow the Annual Fund, William Broussard

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Moving The Chains, William Broussard

Now and Forever - Building HBCU Capacity Through Endowment Investment, William Broussard

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Black Girls' Perceptions of Health and Ideal Body Types, Brooke N. Burk

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Social Problems that Limit Participation in Recreation Activities Among Rural Residents, Brooke N. Burk, Kimberly Shinew, and Julie Stafford Son

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Student and Faculty Perceptions of Telepresence Courses, Qijie Cai, Michael Manderfeld, Jude Higdon, and Carrie Lewis Miller

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Incivility from Patients and their Families: Can Organisational Justice Protect Nurses from Burnout?, Kristie L. Campana and Sammira Hammoud

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Learning the Suffrage Story, Kellian Clink

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Queer Student Development Theory, Kellian Clink

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Review of Websites of Particular Use to Social Work Students and Social Workers, Kellian Clink

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The Academic Library's Role in Student Retention, Kellian Clink

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"It's Like She's Eager to be Verbally Abused": Twitter, Trolls, and (En)gendering Disciplinary Rhetoric, Kirsti Cole

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Turnover in Health Care: the Mediating Effects of Employee Engagement, Stevie A. Collini, Ashley M. Guidroz, and Lisa M. Perez

The Internment of German-Ecuadorians During World War II, Kimberly E. Contag and James A. (Jim) Grabowska

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"Eating with Negroes": Food and Racial Taboo in the Twentieth-Century South, Angela Jill Cooley

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Freedom’s Farms: Activism and Sustenance in Rural Mississippi, Angela Jill Cooley

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To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South, Angela Jill Cooley

To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South, Anglea Jill Cooley

Understanding Communication Research Methods: A Theoretical and Practical Approach, Stephen Michael Croucher and Daniel Cronn-Mills

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Through the Looking Glass: Interculturalism in Action in Higher Education, Catriona J. Cunningham and Elizabeth J. Sandell

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Effects of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce on Academic Engagement and Disruptive Behavior, Brett William DeJager and Kevin Filter

The Effects of Using A Weighted or Pressure Vest for a Child with Autism, Aaron R. Deris and Cynthia DiCarlo

Deepening Understanding of DEC's Recommended Practices by Using Case Method of Instruction, Aaron R. Deris, Kellie Krick-Oborn, and Cynthia DiCarlo

Job Search (Panel Discussion), Aaron R. Deris and S. Nagaro

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Reference Weeding: Ideas and Challenges, Casey Duevel and Rachel Wightman

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Literacy and Its Thresholds: Review of Thresholds of Iliteracy: Theory, Latin America, and the Crisis of Resistance by Abraham Acosta, Alfredo Duplat

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The Importance of Trust for Satisfaction, Motivation, and Academic Performance in Student Learning Groups, Nicole L. Ennen, Emily Stark, and Andrea L. Lassiter

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The Outdoors as a Learning Environment: Fostering Postive Inclusive Interactions, Linda L. Flynn, Maria Ruiz, Aaron R. Deris, and Cynthia DiCarlo

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Shifting Facilitator Roles: The Challenges and Experiences of Tutors within Aalborg and Maastricht PBL Settings, Lilian Furquim, Elizabeth Pluskwik, and Sally Wiggins

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Who Bought Who? A Look at the M & A History of IBM, Courtney C. Gear, Logan J. Michels, and Daniel Sachau

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Beyond Intersectionality to Total Liberation, Carol L. Glasser

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Faculty Experiences from Teaching and Learning Online, Kelly Heckaman, Aaron R. Deris, and Cathie Koss

The Power of Playful Learning, Joyce Hemphill and Laura Scheinholtz

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Assessing NCAA Division II Student Athlete Perceptions of Gender Bias and Cultural Competence in Health Care, Emily J. Houghton, Carrie Meyer, and Missy Thompson

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Resisting "Homo-Hegemony": Bears, Homonormativity, and the Cultural Politics of Sameness and Difference, Aaron Hoy

Teaching Communication Studies Online, Laura Jacobi

Case Study: What Gets Students in an Online Program to Flip Out Over Learning?, Sujatha Jagdeep, Quincy Conley, and Carrie Lewis Miller

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Teaching Mathematical Word Problem Solving: The Quality of Evidence for Strategy Instruction Priming the Problem Structure, Asha K. Jitendra, Shawna Petersen-Brown, Amy E. Lein, Anne F. Zaslofsky, Amy K. Kunkel, Pyung-Gang Jung, and Andrea M. Egan

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Direct Instruction: A Tool, Not an Approach to Reading Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson

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Professional Competency Development in a PBL Curriculum, Bart Johnson and Ron Ulseth

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The Impacts of Project Based Learning on Self-Directed Learning and Professional Skill Attainment: A Comparison of Project Based Learning to Traditional Engineering Education, Bart Johnson, Ron Ulseth, Crystal Smith, and Derek Fox

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A Model of Our Contemplative Nature, Jason A. Kaufman

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Factors Associated with Pressure Ulcers in Individuals with Spina Bifida, Sunkyung Kim, Elizabeth Ward, Brad Dicianno, Gerald H. Clayton, Kathleen J. Sawin, Patricia Beierwaltes, and Judy Thibadeau

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A Brief Overview of Amblyaudia, RaeLynn Lamminen and Daniel Houlihan

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Degradation of the cancer genomic DNA deaminase APOBEC3B by SIV Vif, Allison M. Land, Jiayi Wang, Emily K. Law, Ryan Aberle, Andrea Kirmaier, Annabel Krupp, Welkin E. Johnson, and Reuben S. Harris

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A Murder in Mundelein, Michael Larson

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Linear Algebra, Sang-Gu Lee, Jon-Lark Kim, In-Jae Kim, Namyong Lee, Ajit Kumar, Quoc Phong Vu, Victoria Lang, and Jae Hwa Lee

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Alienation Among College Students and Attitudes Toward Face-to-Face and Online Counseling: Implications for Student Learning, Jacqueine Lewis, Diane H. Coursol, Karin Lindstrom Bremer, and Oleksandr Komarenko

The Wanderer, JP Mackey

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Assessing Student Learning: Growing the Culture, Cultivating Buy-In, Improving Quality, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

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Behavioral Health Workforce Policy Issues: A Rural Perspective, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

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Technology in Rural Behavioral Health Care Practice: Policy Concerns and Solution Suggestions, Paul Force-Emery Mackie

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To Be or Not To Be Out in the Classroom: Exploring Communication Privacy Management Strategies of Lesbian, Gay, and Queer College Teachers, Tim McKenna-Buchanan, Stevie Munz, and Justin J. Rudnick

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Predicting the Redshift Hα Luminosity Function Using [OIII] Emission Line Galaxies, Vihang Mehta, Claudia Scarlata, James Colbert, Y. Dai, Alan Dressler, Alaina Henry, Matt Malkan, Marc Rafelski, Brian Siana, Harry Teplitz, Micaela Bagley, Melanie Beck, Nathaniel Ross, Michael J. Rutkowski, and Yun Wang

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Who Bought Who II? The M & A History of CEB and Korn Ferry, Logan J. Michels, Courtney C. Gear, Daniel Sachau, and Dick Olson

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Preservice Teachers’ Ability to Identify Technology Standards: Does Curriculum Matter?, Carrie Lewis Miller

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Intracellular Storage and Metabolic Activation of Retinoids, Joseph Napoli and Charles Krois

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Insulin Regulates Retinol Dehydrogenase Expression and all-trans-Retinoic Acid Biosynthesis through FoxO1, Kristin Obrochta, Charles Krois, Benito Campos, and Joseph Napoli

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Neon and Helium in the Surfact of Stardust Cell C2028, Russel L. Palma, Robert O. Pepin, D. J. Schlutter, D. R. Frank, R. Bastien, and M. Rodriguez

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Radiation History of Giant Cluster Particle U2-20GCA, a Probable Cometary IDP, Robert O. Pepin, D. E. Brownlee, Russel L. Palma, D. Joswiak, and D. J. Schlutter

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Jump Start Faculty and PDS in edTPA Practice, Lori Piowlski, Beth Beschorner, and Lisa Vasquez

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Plunging Beneath the Surface: Uncovering Internal Dispositions, Lori Piowlski and Karen Colum

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The edTPA and PDS Collide in a Culture of Care (COC) Model, Lori Piowlski and Elizabeth Finsness

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Comparison of Transformational Leadership Practices: Implications for School Districts and Principal Preparation Programs, Jeff L. Quin, Aaron R. Deris, Greg Bischoff, and James T. Johnson

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The Correlation Between Leadership, Culture, and Student Achievement, Jeff L. Quin, Aaron R. Deris, Greg Bischoff, and James T. Johnson

The Correlation Between Leadership, Culture, and Student Achievement, Jeff L. Quin, Aaron R. Deris, Greg Bischoff, and James T. Johnson

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Incidental Vocabulary Learning in Second Language Acquisition: A Literature Review, Falcon Restrepo-Ramos

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The Effect of the Spanish Diminutive in Gender Processing of Opaque Nouns, Falcon Restrepo-Ramos and Jorge Valdés-Kroff