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  Drawing to Conceptualize Research, Reduce Implicit Bias, and Establish Researcher Positionality in the Graduate Classroom

  Alissa Droog, Kari D. Weaver, and Frances Brady, University Libraries

  Through reflection, coupled with literature to ground our thinking, this chapter discusses the experiences of three librarians with the use of conceptual drawings about research processes as an equitable pedagogical practice. This drawing technique has pushed each of us to understand research in different ways and reflect on our own positionality as researchers and as teachers in the classroom. First, Kari D. Weaver considers how drawing research shapes an individual’s understanding of themselves as a scholar. Second, Alissa Droog reflects on the use of drawing to understand how research relates to our identities. Finally, Frances Brady connects drawing to further social justice discussions in the classroom. We conclude with instructional materials for others who may wish to adopt such a practice. We also acknowledge that all three of us identify as white, cisgender female librarians in a field where that is the norm. Through the interplay between communal reflection, existing literature, and lived experience, we address how drawing and discussing conceptions of research can support the growth and diversification of the next generation of scholars.

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  Technology in Cognitive Research: Methods to Examine Second Language Processing in Study Abroad Research

  Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg, Irene Finestrat, and Kara Morgan-Short, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature| Department of World Languages and Cultures

  This chapter provides an overview of research instruments and technologies that can inform questions about language processing among study abroad learners. Specifically, we consider behavioral, eye-tracking, and electrophysiological methods. For each method, we provide a description of the approach, including how data are collected, analyzed, and interpreted. Then, we summarize findings from research employing the method that includes a study abroad context. Finally, we consider the limitations of the method and gaps in the extant literature, and provide guiding principles for researchers interested in utilizing the technique. The chapter concludes with suggestions for future research and a discussion of the utility of including processing measures in study abroad research to gain a more holistic view of second language development.

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  From Rookie to Researcher: Integrating Information Literacy into Undergraduate Research

  Larissa K. Garcia, Dee Anna Phares, and Kimberly Shotick, University Libraries

  Undergraduate research is a specific pedagogical practice with an impact on teaching and learning, and the definition of what counts as research continues to expand to include different types of projects, mentors, and institutions. Diversity, equity, and inclusion in librarians’ work with students and faculty are present and growing. Collaborations between faculty, librarians, and students are furthering student knowledge in new ways. This community and an awareness of students’ non-academic challenges demonstrate the library’s contribution to students’ overall sense of belonging within their institutions. This chapter describes the involvement of an academic library with an undergraduate research program.

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  Five Hundred African Voices: A Catalog of Published Accounts by Africans Enslaved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1586-1936

  Aaron Spencer Fogleman and Robert Hanserd, Department of History

  The importance of published accounts by African slave ship survivors is well-known but not their existence in large numbers. Fogleman and Hanserd catalog nearly five hundred discrete accounts and more than 2,500 printings of them over four centuries in numerous Atlantic languages. Short biographies of each African, print histories of the complete or partial life story. Five Hundred African Voices an invaluable resource for scholars, teachers, students, and others wishing to study transatlantic slavery using African Voices.

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  Research in the Studio, Artists in the Stacks: Mapping Information Literacy and the Library in a Studio Arts Program

  Larissa K. Garcia and Jessica Labatte, School of Art and Design| University Libraries

  This chapter describes the collaboration between a studio arts faculty member and an art librarian to integrate information literacy into the photography program through curriculum mapping. What began as a one-shot library session for students soon developed into multiple, scaffolded sessions in several classes and eventually resulted in a formalized information literacy curriculum map. The authors adapted curriculum mapping concepts, first identifying information literacy objectives for students throughout the program and then matching them to specific courses, using the Framework as a guide to develop assignments and lesson plans. Through a fully integrated, disciplinary information literacy program in the photography curriculum, the authors have contextualized information literacy as an important part of the creative process while also underscoring the value of the library and its various resources.

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  Retreating to advance together: communicating through internal and external retreats

  Gwen Gregory, University Libraries

  It can be challenging to step away from our daily work in technical services. There are always invoices to be paid, licenses to be reviewed, and books to be cataloged. However, when we take a deep breath and “escape” together as a group, we can build new bonds and come up with fresh ideas. Leaving the day-to-day behind, spending time together in a different environment, and participating in thought-provoking activities can lead to many positive results. This chapter describes how a library technical services department held several staff retreats over a period of years.

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  Learning to Read English

  Charles A. Perfetti and Lindsay N. Harris, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)

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  Language Modularity

  Lindsay N. Harris and Iwona B. Lech, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (LEPF)

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  Top Ten Questions and Answers about Digital Preservation for Special Collections and Archives

  Jaime Schumacher and Lynne M. Thomas, University Libraries

  Chapter 14 from New Directions For Special Collections: An Anthology of Practice. The authors take a pragmatic approach to common digital preservation challenges faced by caretakers of unique digital materials in libraries and archives.

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  Mad Men in the Classroom: A Collection of Classroom-Tested Teaching Tools

  Rebecca Johnson and Jimmie Manning, Department of Communication

  This chapter includes classroom materials ranging from detailed lecture notes to assignments and activities to complete syllabi that can be adopted for personal use.

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  Coming Out Conversations and Gay/Bisexual Men’s Sexual Health: A Constitutive Model Study

  Jimmie Manning, Department of Communication

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  Communication and Healthy Sexual Practices: Toward a Holistic Communicology of Sexuality

  Jimmie Manning, Department of Communication

  This essay proposes a holistic communicology of sexuality inclusive of connections between sex, relationships, and health. Noting the rarity of research studies about sexuality in the communication discipline, two approaches to research that have gained traction are explored: medical and critical approaches. An argument is then made for the importance of a relational approach to researching sexual health. Links between existing research involving sex, relationships, and health are offered with a particular focus on interpersonal communication. Three original research studies are offered to extend this approach. The first explores multiadic interview data from families who enacted purity pledges. Results indicate that topics often avoided in parent-child talk about sex, including sexual pleasure, were present in purity pledge conversations. The second study explores data about sexting and reveals that adults use sexting as a way of reducing uncertainty about desired sexual activity. The final study explores interview data from couples who indicated that first sex was their first relational turning point. Discussion of data includes possibilities of reconsidering outliers from cultural narratives about sexuality and considering how those who do not follow those cultural narratives may have to reframe their relational histories. Implications for a constitutive communicology of sexuality are offered

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  Finding Yourself in Mad Men

  Jimmie Manning, Department of Communication

  The author reflects on how he places his father into the character of Don Draper, especially in consideration of Don's and his father's alcoholism.

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  The Face of Victory? A Misidentified Head in Rome and the "Problem" of Charioteer Portraits

  Sinclair Bell, School of Art and Design

  Chapter examines a piece of Roman statuary, arguing that it is not in fact a depiction of a Roman charioteer, but rather an ideal figure, probably a Greek athlete.

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  Popular Culture

  E. Taylor Atkins, Department of History

  Overview of popular culture in Japanese history.

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  Evolutionary Psychology: A Critique

  David J. Buller, Department of Philosophy

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  Inventing Jazztowns and Internationalizing Local Identities in Japan

  E. Taylor Atkins, Department of History

  Describes the respective claims of port cities Yokohama and Kobe to be the points of entry for jazz in Japan.

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  DeFreuding Evolutionary Psychology: Adaptation and Human Motivation

  David J. Buller, Department of Philosophy

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  Function, Selection, and Design

  David J. Buller, Department of Philosophy

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  Unseen Influence: Lucretia Blankenburg and the Rise of Philadelphia Reform Politics in 1911

  Drew VandeCreek, University Libraries

  Lucretia Blankenburg successfully made women a crucial element of her husband Rudolph's successful campaign to become Mayor of Philadelphia in 1911. Although the reform candidate did not enjoy the use of the type of political organization provided to major-party candidates, he benefited from the efforts of many of the city's club women. Many lobbied their husbands and other male relatives on behalf of Blankenburg's candidacy. The candidate also employed maternalist themes of good city management and civic purity in his campaign. Most significantly, women's clubs provided Rudolph Blankenburg with a large number of volunteers who made house-to-house canvasses, raised funds, and organized motor pools to bring voters to the polls. Although Lucretia Blankenburg played a large role in organizing these activities, she downplayed her influence so as to insulate her husband from potential charges of unmasculine ineffectuality. Machine Republicans and male municipal reformers in Philadelphia largely failed to notice the contributions of Lucretia Blankenburg and the city's club women, even after the election of 1911.