Throughout history, there has been long-standing conflict and palpable tension between law enforcement agencies and racial minority groups. Historically, and in the present day, being part of a minority group meant being prone to racialized stereotypes of being aggressive or dangerous (Yadon, 2022). This issue continues to be relevant within our society today. This paper will explore if there truly is a correlation and connection between race and police brutality and if they factor in each other. Studies will show whether certain races are more susceptible to police brutality; if certain races experience the most extreme forms of police brutality, and if there are personal biases within officers and who they may choose to profile. This paper will explore different evidentiary support that examines numerous accounts of whether police brutality can be justified.

The rights and status of women has been one of the most prevalent social issues throughout world history. Women have faced both constant and changing issues across Western civilizations and time periods, such as the Byzantine Empire, 14th century France, and 16th century England. These issues become evident when examining historical texts created by women, such as The Alexiad by Anna Comnena, The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pisan, and the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury by Queen Elizabeth I. Many issues that women have dealt with throughout different time periods and geographical locations share more similarities than differences, including their right to be educated, their influence in government, and their social status relative to men. While progress has been made to combat these issues, theyhave continued to limit women’s rights throughout history.

The topic being researched is the association between social media use and poor mental health. Social media is a huge part in everyone’s lives and is all around us. Because of the prevalence of social media in our lives, it is certainly affecting us whether the effect is positive or negative. It can have a negative effect on mental health, specifically increasing depression. Depression is a mental health disorder I feel is typically closely related to social media use because of feeling left out of fun plans, feelings of loneliness because less in-person social interaction, wanting to look like someone else online, not being able to escape bullies or harassment even when at home, etc. My study seeks to find a correlation between social media use and experiencing poor mental health.

Dr. Brian Haley from the Department of Anthropology present his recently published book Hopis and the Counterculture: Traditionalism, Appropriation, and the Birth of a Social Field.This book addresses how the Hopi became icons of the followers of alternative spiritualities and reveals one of the major pathways for the explosive appropriation of Indigenous identities in the 1960s. It reveals a largely unknown network of Native, non-Indian, and neo-Indian actors who spread misrepresentations of the Hopi that they created through interactions with the Hopi Traditionalist faction of the 1940s through 1980s. Significantly, many non-Hopis involved adopted Indian identities during this time, becoming "neo-Indians." Exploring the new social field that developed to spread these ideas, Hopis and the Counterculture meticulously traces the trajectories of figures such as Ammon Hennacy, Craig Carpenter, Frank Waters, and the Firesign Theatre, among others.

This study examines the impact of integrating gamification methods into studying practices on high school students' motivation and behavior. The research aims to assess the effectiveness of gamification techniques in promoting studying behavior and motivation among high school students and exploring their perceptions, experiences, and attitudes towards studying approaches integrating gamification. The core problem addressed is students' struggle to maintain interest and motivation in their studies, potentially leading to negative effects on learning outcomes and assessment grades. Qualitative methods, including interviews and observations, were utilized to delve into students' experiences, perceptions, and attitudes. The study's findings provide insights into the potential benefits and challenges of gamification. The method of technological gamification that was used as the intervention is the online platform Quizizz. Ultimately, this research aims to emphasize or discredit the usefulness of incorporating gamification methods in education to enhance students' motivation and engagement in their studies, with implications for improving learning outcomes and academic performance.

This action research study investigates the integration of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, IXL, into a special education classroom to enhance students’ reading comprehension skills. The research explores the efficacy of AI technology to not only personalize learning experiences but also provide targeted support for students with diverse learning needs. This study employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches through the analysis of IXL data, classroom artifacts and pre- and post-surveys of the students' feelings regarding their reading comprehension skills. The participants in this study are 9th-12th grade students in a self-contained special education classroom in a suburban area.

This study revolves around the idea of how best to engage students with vocabulary instruction and if Gimkit is the best way to do so. Students have struggled to stay engaged post COVID pandemic, and in recent years, students writing and reading skills have decreased and a portion of that is their lack of vocabulary and the inability to stay engaged with it. The purpose of this study is to better understand how Gimkit engages 8th grade students with vocabulary. This decrease in skills prompts the question how can Gimkit increase student engagement with vocabulary? The participants in this study are 8th grade English Language Arts (ELA) students who were selected with convenient sampling. This study is an action research study that utilizes mix of qualitative and quantitative data. Possible participants were sent home with a consent and ascent form to complete with their parents or guardians and return.

Technology profoundly affects the academic success of students, especially those with learning disabilities. The integration of technology into special education has yielded endless positive results over the 21st century. As it pertains to the concept of engagement and motivation, technology can increase these levels within all students regardless of their situation. Informed by the engagement theory, this study explores how Chromebooks have potential to foster secondary school students’ engagement in writing tasks.

Modern African ungulates navigate seasonal variation in resource availability through diet-switching (primarily mixed-feeders) and/or migrating (primarily grass grazers). These ecological generalizations are well-documented today, but the extent to which they apply to the non-analog ecosystems of the Pleistocene are unclear. Drawing from serially-sampled stable isotope measurements from 18 Kenyan large herbivore species from the Last Glacial Period (LGP), we evaluate how diet, diet-switching, and migration compare to observations from present-day settings. We find a higher grazing signal in most LGP species and a greater magnitude of diet-switching than in the present. Additionally, we find that the relationships between grass intake, migration, diet-switching, and body size during the LGP were unlike those observed today. This establishes a revised paleoecology of LGP herbivore communities and highlights that LGP herbivores were behaviorally non-analog. Our results imply that ecological observations from present-day settings offer an incomplete perspective of herbivore-environment interactions.

Permission To Play examines the use of Expressive Arts Therapy exercises as a method of staff development and team building, as well as facilitating interpersonal communication styles in a work environment. The project was conducted at a staff development retreat for the non-, Friends of Recovery:Delaware & Otsego Counties (FOR-DO). Staff from four branch locations participated in a two-hour workshop designed to provide education and an interactive experience to connect to build confidence around interpersonal communication. The presentation focused on five workplace communication styles, modeled after Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages. Staff members identified their preferred way to receive appreciation in the workplace The group then participated in an activity in which they made “Communication Creatures” using an art therapy technique that involves all participants in a fast paced, drawing activity. Once their Communication Creature was created, each person presented it to their peers. Utilizing an Expressive Arts Therapy technique of personification, staff were able to introduce their creature with their preferred communication style, as well as a name for their creature. This supported a playful and safe environment to discuss communication preferences in a way that invited laughter and broke down hierarchical formality. An additional art therapy exercise focused on communication and team building through storytelling and drawing. The staff was divided into small groups and were each given the same story to create a poster showing what the story was about. Each group was given a different communication challenge that made the group drawing more difficult. After debriefing about the project, team members shared that communication challenges and strengths that came up in the project mirrored those that came up in their day-to-day work. The group then brainstormed how to shift the challenges. Using Expressive Arts Therapy techniques within a staff development environment is an innovative approach for colleagues to address communication issues in a playful, creative way. This workshop can be duplicated and customized to offer a new approach to staff development within any organization or department.