The EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship series houses works from Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff members, including article pre-prints, presentations, posters, and other types of scholarship. In cases where the full text cannot be posted due to copyright, the citation will be included with a link to the full text when possible. Books written or edited by Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff are highlighted in our Faculty and Staff Books Gallery.
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Submissions from 2019
Rudolf Otto as Platonist, Todd Gooch
Submissions from 2018
Business students' personal branding: An empirical investigation, Lee Allison, Philip J. Boutin, and Kevin J. Cumiskey
Total and Marginal Cost Analysis for a High School Based Bystander Intervention, Joshua L. Bush, Heather M. Bush, Ann L. Coker, Candace J. Brancato, Emily R. Clear, and Eileen A. Recktenwald
A Country in Crisis: Will Greece Survive?, Lana Carnes
Conveying the importance of personal brands to students, Lana Carnes and Faridah Awang
Use of Communication Plans by Certified Nursing Assistants: Little Things Mean a Lot, Christen Guffey, Robert C. Marshall, Dana Howell, and Graham D. Rowles
Critical Reading in Higher Education Academic Goals and Social Engagement, by K. Manarin, M. Carey, M. Rathburn, & G. Ryland, Leslie J. Hardman
Noncommutative reality-based algebras of rank 6, Allen Herman, Mikhael Muzychuk, and Bangteng Xu
Kidney-Friendly Label Reading for Chronic Kidney Disease Shoppers, Lois J. Hill and Amey J. Herald
Planning online course sites for middle and high school courses: Begin with a quality course plan., Paula Jones
Antibiotic residues in milk from three popular Kenyan milk vending machines, Amos Kosgey, Anakalo Shitandi, and Jason W. Marion
A Mixed Methods Comparison of Teachers' Lunar Modeling Lesson Implementation and Student Learning Outcomes, Mary F. Lamar, Dr. Jennifer Anne Wilhelm, and Merryn Cole
A mixed methods comparison of teachers' lunar modeling lesson implementation and student learning outcomes, Mary F. Lamar, Jennifer Anne Wilhelm, and Merryn Cole
Exploring the Correlates of Perceived Job Dangerousness Among Correctional Staff at a Maximum Security Prison, Eric G. Lambert, Kevin I. Minor, Jill Gordon, James B. Wells, and Nancy L. Hogan
Assessment of temperature and ultraviolet radiation effects on sunburn at an inland U.S. Beach: a cohort study, Jason W. Marion, Jiyoung Lee, James Rosenblum, and Timothy J. Buckley
Environmental Health Makes a Strong Entry Into the Global One Health Framework in Jamaica, Jason W. Marion, Henroy Scarlett, and Priscilla Oliver
152 Effects of Group Housing on Sow Production and Behavior, M. A. Martino, D. L. Peery, Z. T. Poynter, Courtney Sanders, Charles Powers, and Andrea Sexten
Darkness on the Edge of Town: Visual Criminology and the "Black Sites" of the Rural, Bill McClanahan and Travis Linnemann
Role Negotiation as Role Enrichment: A Study of Working College Students, Eric B. Meiners
A Collaborative, Trilateral Approach to Bridging the Information Literacy Gap in Student Writing, Trenia Napier, Jill Parrott, Erin Presley, and Leslie Valley
A model to increase rehabilitation adherence to home exercise programmes in patients with varying levels of self-efficacy, Kelsey J. Picha and Dana M. Howell
Indoor Air Quality in Schools, Clint Pinion Jr.
Serving LGBTQIA Students on College Campuses, Clint Pinion Jr.
Consent and Consumption of Spectacle Power and Violence, Dawn Rothe and Victoria E. Collins
Moving Beyond “Agreeable” Texts and “Boring” Tasks: Pairing YAL and Critical Literacy in Teacher Education, Eileen Shanahan and Ashley Dallacqua
Effect of variation in nestling hunger levels on the begging behaviour of nestlings and the provisioning behaviour of adult American Kestrels, Katheryn A. Watson and Gary Ritchison
Surface Thiolation of Silicon for Antifouling Application, Xiaoning Zhang, Pei Gao, Valerie Hollimon, DaShan Brodus, Arion Johnson, and Hongmei Hu
Facilitate active learning: The role of perceived benefits of using technology, Weiling Zhuang and Qian Xiao
Submissions from 2017
Biotic and Abiotic Predictors of Larval Salamander Size and Density, Thomas L. Anderson, Cy L. Mott, Bradley A. Hartman, and Howard H. Whiteman
Working toward holistic education: A case study of business program assessment, Faridah Awang, Qian Xiao, and Lana Carnes
Pseudo-direct sums and wreath products of loose-coherent algebras with applications to coherent configurations, Xu Bangteng
Regional economic integration in Mercosur: The role of real and financial sectors, Hem C. Basnet and Gyan Pradhan
Academic Socialization: Mentoring New Honors Students in Metadiscourse, Gaby Bedetti
Environmental Scanning and Global Marketing Strategy: A Multitheoretical Normative Conceptual Framework, Philip J. Boutin Jr.
George Wright and the Plateau Indian War, John P. Bowes
Book review: Piers Beirne, Hogarth’s Art of Animal Cruelty: Satire, Suffering and Pictorial Propaganda, Avi Brisman
New abolition, criminology and a critical carceral studies, Michelle Brown and Judah Schept
Enjoyment of a Therapy Dog by Child Social Group Participants, Myra Beth Bundy, Shirley P. O'Brien, and Corey Sheldon
Significant Surface-Water Connectivity of Geographically Isolated Wetlands, Aram J. K. Calhoun; David M. Mushet Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, US Geological Survey; Laurie C. Alexander; Edward S. DeKeyser; Laurie Fowler; Charles R. Lane; Megan W. Lang; Mark C. Rains; Stephen C. Richter; and Susan C. Walls
The Significant Surface-Water Connectivity of “Geographically Isolated Wetlands", Aram J.K. Calhoun, David M. Mushet, Laurie C. Alexander, Edward S. DeKeyser, Laurie Fowler, Megan W. Lang, Mark C. Rains, Stephen C. Richter, and Susan C. Walls
A Holistic Education Approach for Assessing Business Programs, Lana W. Carnes, Faridah Awang, and Qian Xiao
Designing a SoTL Professional Learning Community (PLC) Experience for Faculty Development, Rusty Carpenter and Shirley P. O'Brien
Designing Online Faculty Development to Facilitate SoTL, Rusty Carpenter and Shirley P. O'Brien
The Tensions Between Shared Governance and Advancing Educational Equity, Angelina Castagno and Charles Hausman
Occupational Therapy for Patients with Cardiopulmonary Conditions, Renee Causey-Upton
Suicide Exposure in the Population: Perceptions of Impact and Closeness, Julie Cerel, Myfanwy Maple, Judy van de Venne, Melissa Brown, Melinda Moore, and Chris Flaherty
Suicide Exposure in the Population: Perceptions of Impact and Closeness, Julie Cerel, Myfanwy Maple, Judy Venne, Melissa Brown, Melinda Moore, and Chris Flaherty
Accelerated Gillespie Algorithm for Gas–Grain Reaction Network Simulations Using Quasi-steady-state Assumption, Qiang Chang, Yang Lu, and Donghui Quan
Re-Designing A Practice Test Into A Game, Hung-Tao Chen and Michael Lee
Knowledge Dissemination Channels: Analytics of Stature Evaluation, Liang Chen, Clyde W. Holsapple, Shih Hui Hsiao, Zhihong Ke, J. -Y. Oh, and Zhiguo Yang
People-first Language, Equity, and Inclusion: How do we say it, and why does it matter?, Laura S. Clarke, Dusty Columbia Embury, Catherine Knight, and Jennifer E. Christensen
The consumption of patriarchy: commodification to facilitation and reification, Victoria E. Collins and Dawn L. Rothe
Turning Teachers into Action Researchers in their Classrooms, Dusty Embury Columbia and Laura S. Clarke
Turning Teachers into Action Researchers in their Classrooms, Dusty Columbia Embury and Laura S. Clarke
Remote sensing for restoration planning: how the big picture can inform stakeholders, Susan Cordell, Erin J. Questad, Gregory P. Asner, Kealoha M. Kinney, Jarrod M. Thaxton, Amanda Uowolo, Sam Brooks, and Mark W. Chynoweth
Provisioning Behavior of Male and Female Eastern Screech-Owls During the Post-Brooding Period, Jason R. Courter, Gary Ritchison, and W. Russell McClain
Penal abolition and the state: colonial, racial and gender violences, Michael J. Coyle and Judah Schept
Advantages and disadvantages of Distance Education in comparison to Traditional Education., Dr. Antoinette Marie Davis EdD
Cultural Competence in Mathematics Education, Dr. Antoinette Marie Davis EdD
How do we establish Social Presence within Online Mathematics Courses, Dr. Antoinette Marie Davis EdD
Overcoming Negative Reactions while Being a Minority Female in a STEM field, Dr. Antoinette Marie Davis EdD
The Role of the Civil Rights Movement in Strengthening the Black Race and Community, Dr. Antoinette Marie Davis EdD
Amphibian Use of Wetlands Created by Military Activity in Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana, USA., Stephen M. Ecrement and Stephen C. Richter
Navigating WMS Analytics for the Right Data, Laura Edwards, Todd King, and Kelly Smith
Electronic Swiss Army Knife: Deploying an Online Reference Service as an Interdepartmental Multi-Use Tool, Laura Edwards, Kelly Smith, and Jens Arneson
Perceived Benefits of Service Learning, Fisher Eden E., Sharp Ryan L., and Bradley Michael J.
CEO political ideology and mergers and acquisitions decisions, Ahmed M. Elnahas and Kim Dongnyoung
Religion and mergers and acquisitions contracting: The case of earnout agreements, Ahmed M. Elnahas, M. Kabir Hassan, and Ghada M. Ismail
Religion and ratio analysis: Towards an Islamic corporate liquidity measure, Ahmed M. Elnahas, M. Kabir Hassan, and Ghada M. Ismail
SITE Joint SIG Symposia: A Collaboration Between the K-12 Online Learning SIG and Distance Learning SIG: How Higher Education and K-12 Online Learning Research Can Impact Each Other, Rick Ferdig, Leanna Archambault, Kerry Rice, Margaret Niess, Trisha Litz, Amy Garrett-Dikkers, Aimee Whiteside, Michael Barbour, David Marcovitz, and Antoinette Davis
Perceived Stress Has a Negative Effect on Self-Reported Upper Extremity Function among Women Treated for Breast Cancer, Mary Insana Fisher, Anne Fleischer, Lynn Hendricks, Megan McClure, Kimbery Parent, and Renee Roberts
Perceived Stress Levels May Impact Upper Extremity Function Among Women Treated for Breast Cancer. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mary Insana Fisher, Anne Fleischer, Kimbery Parent, Renee Roberts, Megan McClure, and Lynn Hendricks
Exploratory Study of Breast Cancer Survivors’ Lived Experience Three to Four Years Post-treatment, Anne B. Fleischer and Rachel Parsley
The experience of breast cancer survivors’ participation in important activities during and after treatments, Anne Fleischer and Dana Howell
Leadership in Autism Training: Interprofessional Leadership, occuptional therapy, AT, Maggie Freeman, Natalie Fielders, Shirley P. O'Brien, and Myra B. Bundy
Inconsistent Responding on the MMPI-2-RF and Uncooperative Attitude: Evidence From Cognitive Performance Validity Measures, Roger O. Gervais, Anthony M. Tarescavage, Manfred F. Greiffenstein, Dustin B. Wygant, Patricia Arends, and Cheryl Deslauriers
Qualitative Study Regarding the Experiences of Adult-Oriented Physical Therapists Providing Services for Individuals with Lifelong Disabilities, Catherine Gohrband and Dana M. Howell
Student Veteran Occupational Transitions in Postsecondary Education: A Grounded Theory, Brian T. Green, Anne Shordike, Dana M. Howell, Patrick H. Kitzman, and Michael K. Iwama
Resource Night Benefits Families with DHH, Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Students, Michelle Gremp, Anita Dowd, Jerri Lafavers, Mica Davis, Marcey Ansley, Susan Fogg, Julie Beth Hayden, and Christina Grace
Field-based assessment of wetland condition, wetland extent, and the National Wetlands Inventory in Kentucky, USA, Michelle Guidugli-Cook, Stephen C. Richter, Barbara J. Scott, and David R. Brown
Meeting Society's Needs for Education and Discovery: A Survey of Eight Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the Southeastern United States, Christopher J. Havran, Kirk A. Stowe, Tom A. Blanchard, Karen L. Kandl, Matthew E. Kimball, Stephen C. Richter, Hilary M. Swain, Fred E. Lohrer, Dustin D. Angell, and Theron M. Terhune
The recognition problem for table algebras and reality-based algebras, Allen Herman, Mikhail Muzychuk, and Bangteng Xu
Examining the impact of organizational and individual characteristics on forensic scientists’ job stress and satisfaction, Thomas J. Holt, Kristie R. Blevins, and Ruth Waddell Smith
Disparities in uptake of Colorectal Cancer Screening among Diabetic Patients by Insurance type, Young-Rock Hong, Kalyani Sonawane, Derek Holcomb, and Ashish Deshmukh
Building sales people: Recommendations for the Development of a Professional Sales Mentorship Program, Karen Hood Hopkins and Christopher D. Hopkins
Plumage colouration and the provisioning behaviour of male and female Eastern Phoebes, R. Ian Horn and Gary Ritchison
Parental Views on Sexual Education in Public Schools in a Rural Kentucky County Eastern Kentucky University, Tiffany R. Howard, Lauri J. Larkin, Michael D. Ballard, Molly A. McKinney, and Jonathan S. Gore
Parkinson’s Disease and Non-Contact Boxing, Casey Humphrey, Melba Custer, and Dana M. Howell
Punching out the effects of Parkinson's disease, Casey Elizabeth Humphrey
Not All Evidence is Created Equal: Changes in practice require the highest possible level of statistical testing, Sandy Hunter
The Diet of the Cumberland Plateau Salamander (Plethodon kentucki) in an old growth forest of southeastern Kentucky, Jacob M. Hutton, Steven J. Price, and Stephen C. Richter
The Diet of the Cumberland Plateau Salamander (Plethodon kentucki) in an old growth forest of southeastern Kentucky, Jacob M. Hutton, Steven J. Price, and Stephen C. Richter
Bilingualism and age are continuous variables that influence executive function, Sara Incera and Conor T. McLennan
The association between compassionate goals and relational-interdependent self-construal, Tao Jiang, Amy Canevello, Jonathan S. Gore, Jennifer Hartsell Hahn, and Jennifer Crocker
International service learning and interprofessional education in Ecuador: Findings from a phenomenology study with students from four professions, Audrey M. Johnson and Dana M. Howell
Migratory and winter activity of bats in Yellowstone National Park, Joseph S. Johnson, John J. Treanor, Michael J. Lacki, Michael D. Baker, Greg A. Falxa, Luke E. Dodd, Austin G. Waag, and Elijah H. Lee
Developing Best Practices for Creating an Authentic Learning Experience in an Online Learning Environment: Lessons Learned, Cindy Judd and Brad Marcum
The incidence of MRSA infections in the United States: is a more comprehensive tracking system needed?, Kevin T. Kavanagh,; Said Abusalem; and Lindsay E. Calderon
Investigations on association schemes with elementary abelian thin residue, Kijung Kim, Sung -YellSong, and Bangteng Xu
Executive perceptions of communication and other soft skills and student preparedness for the workplace., Kristen L. King