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Publications from 2024

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Along for the journey: Graduate student perceptions of research, Alissa Droog, Kari D. Weaver, and Frances Brady, University Libraries

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Intraparty Conflict and the Separation of Powers, Gregory A. Elinson, College of Law

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How Mathematicians Characterize and Attempt to Develop Understanding of Concepts and Definitions in Proof-Based Courses, Rachel Rupnow and Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Mathematical Sciences

Publications from 2023

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The Prospect and Perils of Climate Preemption for Public Health, Sarah Fox, College of Law

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Additivity of Diene Substituent Gibbs Free Energy Contributions for Diels–Alder Reactions between Me2C=CMe2 and Substituted Cyclopentadienes, Thomas M. Gilbert, Austin S. Flemming, and Brendan C. Dutmer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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The Effectiveness of Community-based Palliative Care Program Components: A Systematic Review, M. Courtney Hughes, Erin Vernon, and Allison Hainstock, School of Health Studies

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Inequality and Superfund sites: Using backward design, cooperative learning, and data integration in introductory environmental economics, Anna A. Klis, Department of Economics

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Perpetrators’ and Victims’ Folk Explanations of Aggressive Behaviors and Desires for Apologies, Randy J. McCarthy and Jared Wilson, Department of Psychology

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Norms of mathematical definitions: Imposing constraints, permitting choice, or both?, Rachel Rupnow and Brooke Randazzo, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Mathematical Sciences

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A Survey of Fear for Others, Fear for Self, and Pandemic Anxiety Predicting Intention to Take the First Booster Vaccine to Combat COVID-19, Joseph N. Scudder and Dennis P. DeBeck, Department of Communication

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Policy Matters: EDI Evaluation of an Academic Library's Policies, Kimberly Shotick, Michele N. Hunt, Sata Prescott, Alissa Droog, and Sarah McHone-Chase, University Libraries

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In the Room Where the Constitution Happens, Lorianne Updike Toler, College of Law

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The Constraint of History, Lorianne Updike Toler and Robert Capodilupo, College of Law

Publications from 2022

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Using a Token Economy to Treat Escape-Maintained Problem Behavior Without Extinction, Natalie R. Andzik, Elle Smith, and Nancy Neef, Department of Special and Early Education

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Ecuadorian and Uruguayan Teachers' Perceptions and Experiences of Teaching Online during COVID, Ximena D. Burgin, Sheila Coli, and Mayra C. Daniel, Department of Curriculum and Instruction (CI)| Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment (ETRA)

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Bible Story Teachings: A survey of children’s bible stories about creation in 19th century Britain, Alissa Droog, University Libraries

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Review of the book Academic librarianship: Anchoring the profession in contribution, scholarship, and service, Alissa Droog, University Libraries

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Unpacking the Graduate Student Research Experience: Findings from a Drawing-Based Interview Study, Alissa Droog, Frances Brady, and Kari D. Weaver, University Libraries

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When a Statute Comes with a User Manual: Reconciling Textualism and Uniform Acts, Gregory A. Elinson and Robert H. Sitkoff, College of Law

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Construction and case study of a novel lung cancer risk index, Ali Faghani, Lei Guo, Mahdi Vaezi, Margaret Wright Geise, and M. Courtney Hughes, School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions| School of Health Studies| Department of Engineering Technology

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Association of anti-contagion policies with the spread of COVID-19 in United States, Ali Faghani, M. Courtney Hughes, and Mahdi Vaezi, Department of Engineering Technology; Department of Mechanical Engineering; School of Health Studies

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Adapting To a 4°C World, Sarah Fox, Karrigan Börk, Karen Bradshaw, Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne, Robin Kundis Craig, Joshua Galperin, Keith H. Hirokawa, Shi-Ling Hsu, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Kevin J. Lynch, Michele Okoh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, J. B. Ruhl, James E. Salzman, David Takacs, and Clifford Villa, College of Law

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The Right to Access Legal Information: Progress and Evolving Norms in a Digital Age, Heidi L. Frostestad, College of Law

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What Web3 Means For Lawyers' Ethical Duties, Heidi L. Frostestad, College of Law

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Simulation, Optimization, and Economic Assessment of Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, Hana Ghaneei and Mohammadreza Mahmoudi, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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Linguistic awareness and dyslexia beliefs among teachers of students who are blind or visually impaired., Nosheen Gul, Lindsay N. Harris, Alicia LaRouech, and Gracie Strohm, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)

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The role of word knowledge in error detection: A challenge to the broken-error-monitor account of dyslexia, Lindsay N. Harris, Benjamin Creed, Charles A. Perfetti, and Benjamin Rickles, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)

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Braille literacy as a human right: A challenge to the “inefficiency” argument against braille instruction, Lindsay N. Harris, Allison Gladfelter, Alecia M. Santuzzi, Iwona Barbara Lech, Rocío Rodriguez, Luis E. Lopez, Dawn Soto, and Ailing Li, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)| Department of Psychology| School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders

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Culture is not destiny, for reading: highlighting variable routes to literacy within writing systems, Lindsay N. Harris and Elizabeth Hirshorn, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)

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A Comprehensive and Unified Procedure for Symbolic Analysis of Analog Circuits, Reza Hashemian, Department of Electrical Engineering

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Extended "A Comprehensive and Unified Procedure for Symbolic Analysis of Analog Circuits", Reza Hashemian, Department of Electrical Engineering

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Quick Access to Circuit Transfer Functions via NAM Determinant/Cofactors Using UaL Technique, Reza Hashemian, Department of Electrical Engineering

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Use of population indices in cancer research: a scoping review, M. Courtney Hughes, Sadia Afrin, and Mahdi Vaezi, Department of Engineering Technology| School of Health Studies

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Disparate Impacts of Performance Funding Research Incentives on Research Expenditures and State Appropriations, Xiaodan Hu, Justin C. Ortagus, Nicholas Voorhees, Kelly Rosinger, and Robert Kelchen, Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)

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Comparison of GPS imputation methods in environmental health research, Sungsoon Hwang, Kashica Webber-Ritchey, and Elizabeth Moxley, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences| School of Health Studies| School of Nursing

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Students' Perceptions of Learning Life Skills Through the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model: An Exploratory Study, Jennifer Jacobs, Paul M. Wright, and K. Andrew Richards, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE)

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Temperature-induced multi-species cohort effects in sympatric snakes, Richard B. King, Department of Biological Sciences

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Economic stress, parenting, and adolescents’ adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Natalie Low and Nina S. Mounts, Department of Psychology

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Bridging Two Tales of Engagement: A Meta-Analytic Review of Employee Engagement and Customer Engagement in Service Contexts, Eric J. Michel, Kristina K. Lindsey-Hall, Sven Kepes, Ji (Miracle) Qi, Matthew R. Leon, Laurence G. Weinzimmer, and Anthony R. Wheeler, Department of Management

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Madden-Julian oscillation influences United States springtime tornado and hail frequency, Douglas E. Miller, Vittorio A. Gensini, and Bradford S. Barrett, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Relationships between physical activity metrics of intensity and diabetes, Elizabeth Moxley, Desale Habtzghi, Vasanth Subramanian, Sungsoon Hwang, Sai Yalla, and Lauren Attewell, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE)| School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions| School of Nursing

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Abortion and Safe Haven Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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American Constitutions and Artificial Insemination Births, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Choosing Parentage Laws in Multistate Conduct Cases, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Civil Procedure and the New Bar Exam, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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DIY Artificial Insemination: The Not-So-Great Gatsby, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Expanding State Parent Registry Laws, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Irrationalities in Legal Parentage: Gender Identity and Beyond, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Presuit Civil Protective Orders on Discovery, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Presuit Lawyer Information Duties Relevant to Civil Litigation, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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State Spoliation Claims in Federal District Courts, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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The Roberts Court and Lost ESI, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Who Is A Parent? Intrastate and Interstate Differences, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Chlorine-36 Surface Exposure Dating of Late Holocene Moraines and Glacial Mass Balance Modeling, Monte Sierra Nevada, South-Central Chilean Andes (38°S), Brittany Price, Nathan Stansell, Alfonso Fernández, and Mary Sorensen, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences; Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Sameness in Mathematics: A Unifying and Dividing Concept, Rachel Rupnow, Brooke Randazzo, Eric Johnson, and Peter Sassman, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Sameness in Algebra: Views of Isomorphism and Homomorphism, Rachel Rupnow and Peter Sassman, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Public Reaction to Scientific Research via Twitter Sentiment Prediction, Murtuza Shahzad and Hamed Alhoori, Department of Computer Science

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Variability among the Isolates of Broad Bean Mottle Virus and Encapsidation of Host RNAs, Nipin Shrestha, Melvin Duvall, and Jozef Bujarski, Department of Biological Sciences

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Gut Virome: Role and Distribution in Health and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Laurie Spencer, Babatunde Olawuni, and Pallavi Singh, Department of Biological Sciences

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Applying Universal Design in the Legal Academy, Matthew L. Timko, College of Law

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Brief for Lorianne Updike Toler as Amicus Curiae Supporting Neither Party, Gorge Design Group, LLC v. Xuansheng, Lorianne Updike Toler and Lawrence A. Stein, College of Law

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Where Are They Now? The 2020 Status of Early (1996-2003) Online Digital Humanities Projects and an Analysis of Institutional Factors Correlated to Their Survival, Drew E. VandeCreek, University Libraries

Publications from 2021

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Enemy Soldiers and "Ball Mates": Intra-Imperial Football and Identity Politics in Interwar Northeast Asia, E. Taylor Atkins, Department of History

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Preparing for Class: Actions and Resources of Introductory Biology Students, Tina M. Ballard, Sabah Sattar, Kendra D. Wright, Jaime L. Sabel, and Heather E. Bergan-Roller, Department of Biological Sciences

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Assessing How Students Value Learning Communication Skills in an Undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology Course, Heather E. Bergan-Roller, Nicole D. LaDue, Karen E. Samonds, Alecia M. Santuzzi, and Christina Cline, Department of Biological Sciences| Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences| Department of Psychology

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More, Hannah, Alissa A. Droog, University Libraries

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Mortimer, Favell Lee, Alissa A. Droog, University Libraries

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ORCID education: A departmental approach, Alissa A. Droog, University Libraries

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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, Alissa A. Droog, University Libraries

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Exploring the impact of the pandemic on reference and research services: A literature review, Alissa A. Droog and Nestor L. Osorio, University Libraries

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Exploring How Public Libraries Can Build Situational Interest in Science, Amanda M. Durik, Sarah M. Post, Wanda Green, Audra P. Jensen, Joy S. Pawirosetiko, Cody Gibson, and Paul B. Dusenbery, Department of Psychology

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How the Biden Administration Can Empower Local Climate Action, Sarah Fox, College of Law

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Why Localizing Climate Federalism Matters (Even) During a Biden Administration, Sarah Fox, College of Law

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Global Legal Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Where’s the Beef?, Heidi L. Frostestad, College of Law

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Does Delivery Location Matter? A National Study of the Impact of Early Dual Enrollment on College Readiness and First-Year Academic Momentum, Xiaodan Hu and Hsun-Yu Chan, Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)

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Online Appendix for "Does Delivery Location Matter?: A National Study of the Impact of Early Dual Enrollment on College Readiness and First-Year Academic Momentum", Xiaodan Hu and Hsun-Yu Chan, Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)

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Plea Bargaining for the People, Daniel S. McConkie Jr., College of Law

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A lesson involving nursing management of diabetes care: Incorporating simulation in didactic instruction to prepare students for entry-level practice, Elizabeth Moxley, Larry Maturin Jr., and Desale Habtzghi, School of Nursing

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Virtual pedagogical strategies and HESI student outcomes in response to COVID-19, Elizabeth Moxley, Anitha Saravanan, Larinda Dixon, Janice Miller, and Maureen Waller, School of Nursing

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Global impact of physical inactivity and implications for public health nursing, Elizabeth Moxley, Kashica Webber-Ritchey, and Laura Hayman, School of Nursing

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The Doomed Constitutional Case Against Exclusive Representation, Michael M. Oswalt, College of Law

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Illinois Childcare Parentage Law (R)Evolution, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Innocent Losses of Constitutional Rights, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Nongendered Childcare Parentage, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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The Constitutional Limits on Custodial and Support Parentage by Consent, Jeffrey A. Parness, College of Law

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Conceptual Metaphors for Isomorphism and Homomorphism: Instructors’ Descriptions for Themselves and When Teaching, Rachel Rupnow, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Mathematicians’ Beliefs, Instruction, and Students’ Beliefs: How Related are They?, Rachel Rupnow, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Mathematical Sciences

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How Mathematicians Assign Homework Problems in Abstract Algebra Courses, Rachel Rupnow, Meredith Hegg, Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Estrella Johnson, and Keith Weber, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Conceptual metaphors for isomorphism and homomorphism: Instructors’ descriptions for themselves and when teaching, Rachel L. Rupnow, Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Mathematicians' beliefs, instruction, and students' beliefs: how related are they?, Rachel L. Rupnow, Department of Mathematical Sciences

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How mathematicians assign homework problems in abstract algebra courses, Rachel L. Rupnow, Meredith Hegg, Tim Fukawa-Connelly, Estrella Johnson, and Keith Weber, Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Establishing a Baseline of Science Communication Skills in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course, Rashmi Shivni, Christina Cline, Morgan Newport, Shupei Yuan, and Heather E. Bergan-Roller, Department of Biological Sciences| Department of Communication

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Accessibility and UDL, Kimberly C. Shotick, University Libraries

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Burnout Doesn't Frighten Me, Meredith A.G. Stange, College of Law

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Diet and nutrition of adult Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), a parasitoid of filth flies, Elizabeth H. Taylor, Bethia H. King, and Edwin R. Burgess IV, Department of Biological Sciences

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The Missing Indian Affairs Clause, Lorianne Updike Toler, College of Law

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Position-Scanning Peptide Libraries as Particle Immunogens for Improving CD8+ T-Cell Responses, Michael C. Vega, Other

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A Framework & Lesson to Engage Biology Students in Communicating Science with Nonexperts, Jason Wack, Collin P. Jaeger, Shupei Yuan, and Heather E. Bergan-Roller, Department of Biological Sciences| Department of Communication

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Assessing changes to ecosystem structure and function following invasion by Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis: a meta-analysis [Supplemental Files], Christy N. Wails, Kaleb Baker, Ryan Christopher Blackburn, Antonio Del Vallé, Jeff Heise, Heather Herakovich, Wieteke A. Holthuijzen, Matthew P. Nissenbaum, Lyndsay Rankin, Kirstie Savage, John P. Vanek, and Holly P. Jones, Department of Biological Sciences

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Understanding and Improving Outcomes for Students in an Underserved Secondary School in Kenya: A School-Community-University Partnership, Teresa A. Wasonga, Ximena D. Burgin, and Mayra C. Daniel, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)| Department of Curriculum and Instruction (CI)