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
Real World, Real Challenges: Adolescent Issues in Contemporary Society, Sarah K. Sifers, Julene Nolan, and Daniel Houlihan
Be a Digital Survivor: Digitize, Share and Preserve, Daardi Sizemore, Anne Stenzel, Linda Richter, Alex Kent, Kendall Larson, and Pam Gladis
SKOL Vikings! Training Camp Oral History Project, Daardi Sizemore and Mee Xiong
DigiVengers: Digital Preservation in Progress, Heidi J. Southworth, Jamie Dalbey, and Anne Stenzel
Lake Wobegon’s Guns: Overestimating Our Gun-Related Competences, Emily Stark and Daniel Sachau
Instructional Design: Skills to Benefit the Library Profession, Jennifer M. Turner
Inclusivity, Gestalt Principles, and Plain Language in Document Design, Jennifer M. Turner and Jessica Schomberg
Development of PBL Students as Self-Directed Learners, Ron Ulseth
Self-Directed Learning in PBL, Ron Ulseth
Substance Use Among Sexual Minority Collegiate Athletes: A National Study, Philip Veliz, Quyen Epstein-Ngo, Jennifer Zdroik, Carol Boyd, and Sean McCabe
Developing Competency-Based Advising Practices in Response to Paradigm Shifts in Higher Education, Giovanna E. Walters
Effects of Peer Mentorship on Student Leadership, Giovanna E. Walters and Ashley Kanak
Popular Culture as Everyday Life, Dennis D. Waskul and Phillip Vannini
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
The Power of Project-Based Learning: Helping Students Develop Important Life Skills, Scott D. Wurdinger
Problem Solving in Foundation Engineering Using foundationPro, Mohammad M. Yamin
Noncontingent Reinforcement for a Student Without Disabilities, Rachel Youngblom, Kevin J. Filter, Lindsey Finch, and Sylvia Labial
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
Stakeholder Management in High School Athletics: An Individual-Level Analysis., Jennifer Zdroik
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
Leading Large-Scale Change in an Engineering Program, Cheryl Allendoerfer, Rebecca Bates, Jennifer Karlin, Ron Ulseth, and Dan Ewert
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
Not Another One: The Over Identification of Hispanic Children in ECSE, Gail I. Becker and Aaron R. Deris
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
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
Moving The Chains, William Broussard
Now and Forever - Building HBCU Capacity Through Endowment Investment, William Broussard
Black Girls' Perceptions of Health and Ideal Body Types, Brooke N. Burk
Social Problems that Limit Participation in Recreation Activities Among Rural Residents, Brooke N. Burk, Kimberly Shinew, and Julie Stafford Son
Student and Faculty Perceptions of Telepresence Courses, Qijie Cai, Michael Manderfeld, Jude Higdon, and Carrie Lewis Miller
Incivility from Patients and their Families: Can Organisational Justice Protect Nurses from Burnout?, Kristie L. Campana and Sammira Hammoud
Learning the Suffrage Story, Kellian Clink
Queer Student Development Theory, Kellian Clink
Review of Websites of Particular Use to Social Work Students and Social Workers, Kellian Clink
The Academic Library's Role in Student Retention, Kellian Clink
"It's Like She's Eager to be Verbally Abused": Twitter, Trolls, and (En)gendering Disciplinary Rhetoric, Kirsti Cole
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
"Eating with Negroes": Food and Racial Taboo in the Twentieth-Century South, Angela Jill Cooley
Freedom’s Farms: Activism and Sustenance in Rural Mississippi, Angela Jill Cooley
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
Through the Looking Glass: Interculturalism in Action in Higher Education, Catriona J. Cunningham and Elizabeth J. Sandell
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
Reference Weeding: Ideas and Challenges, Casey Duevel and Rachel Wightman
Literacy and Its Thresholds: Review of Thresholds of Iliteracy: Theory, Latin America, and the Crisis of Resistance by Abraham Acosta, Alfredo Duplat
The Importance of Trust for Satisfaction, Motivation, and Academic Performance in Student Learning Groups, Nicole L. Ennen, Emily Stark, and Andrea L. Lassiter
The Outdoors as a Learning Environment: Fostering Postive Inclusive Interactions, Linda L. Flynn, Maria Ruiz, Aaron R. Deris, and Cynthia DiCarlo
Shifting Facilitator Roles: The Challenges and Experiences of Tutors within Aalborg and Maastricht PBL Settings, Lilian Furquim, Elizabeth Pluskwik, and Sally Wiggins
Who Bought Who? A Look at the M & A History of IBM, Courtney C. Gear, Logan J. Michels, and Daniel Sachau
Beyond Intersectionality to Total Liberation, Carol L. Glasser
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
Assessing NCAA Division II Student Athlete Perceptions of Gender Bias and Cultural Competence in Health Care, Emily J. Houghton, Carrie Meyer, and Missy Thompson
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
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
Direct Instruction: A Tool, Not an Approach to Reading Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson
Professional Competency Development in a PBL Curriculum, Bart Johnson and Ron Ulseth
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
A Model of Our Contemplative Nature, Jason A. Kaufman
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
A Brief Overview of Amblyaudia, RaeLynn Lamminen and Daniel Houlihan
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
A Murder in Mundelein, Michael Larson
Linear Algebra, Sang-Gu Lee, Jon-Lark Kim, In-Jae Kim, Namyong Lee, Ajit Kumar, Quoc Phong Vu, Victoria Lang, and Jae Hwa Lee
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
Assessing Student Learning: Growing the Culture, Cultivating Buy-In, Improving Quality, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Behavioral Health Workforce Policy Issues: A Rural Perspective, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
Technology in Rural Behavioral Health Care Practice: Policy Concerns and Solution Suggestions, Paul Force-Emery Mackie
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
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
Who Bought Who II? The M & A History of CEB and Korn Ferry, Logan J. Michels, Courtney C. Gear, Daniel Sachau, and Dick Olson
Preservice Teachers’ Ability to Identify Technology Standards: Does Curriculum Matter?, Carrie Lewis Miller
Intracellular Storage and Metabolic Activation of Retinoids, Joseph Napoli and Charles Krois
Insulin Regulates Retinol Dehydrogenase Expression and all-trans-Retinoic Acid Biosynthesis through FoxO1, Kristin Obrochta, Charles Krois, Benito Campos, and Joseph Napoli
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
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
Jump Start Faculty and PDS in edTPA Practice, Lori Piowlski, Beth Beschorner, and Lisa Vasquez
Plunging Beneath the Surface: Uncovering Internal Dispositions, Lori Piowlski and Karen Colum
The edTPA and PDS Collide in a Culture of Care (COC) Model, Lori Piowlski and Elizabeth Finsness
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
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
Incidental Vocabulary Learning in Second Language Acquisition: A Literature Review, Falcon Restrepo-Ramos
The Effect of the Spanish Diminutive in Gender Processing of Opaque Nouns, Falcon Restrepo-Ramos and Jorge Valdés-Kroff