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
Down and Out in Middletown and Jackson: Drugs, Dependency, and Decline in J.D. Vance's Capitalist Realism, Travis Linnemann and Corina Medley
Endogenous Firm Location with a Decreasing Density of Consumers, John R.F. Harter
Enduring Dispositions: Examining Punitive Logics in the Context of Disciplinary Reform, John J. Brent
Evaluation and Management of Scapular Dyskinesis in Overhead Athletes, W. Ben Kibler and Aaron D. Sciascia
Factors Influencing Discharge Readiness after Total Knee Replacement, Renee Causey-Upton, Dana Howell, Patrick H. Kitzman, Melba G. Custer, and Emily V. Dressler
Gender Composition and Share of Management: Tipping Points in US Workplaces, 1980–2005, Tiffany Taylor, Alison Buck, Katrina R. Bloch, and Brianna Turgeon
Getting Faculty Buy-In for Open Educational Resources, Kelly Smith
Guardianship and Predatory Crimes among Incapacitated Persons in Kentucky, Karen E. Martin and James Maples
Influences of Facultative Paedomorphosis on Kin Selection in a Larval Salamander, Ambystoma Talpoideum, Cy L. Mott, Haris Dzaferbegovic, Shelby R. Timm, and Howard H. Whiteman
Management Support for Safety: Disrupting the Paradigm, Scotty Dunlap
Mentoring: What Is Your Role?, C. Pinion, Jr. and Jamie D. Hisel
Pearls of Practice: Evaluating for Scapular Dyskinesis, Aaron D. Sciascia
Restructuring Heinrich: An Application for Modern Safety Management, Scott E. Dunlap, Bryan Basford, and Michelle Smith
Reviews and Price on Online Platforms: Evidence from Sentiment Analysis of Airbnb Reviews in Boston, Abdelaziz Lawani, Michael R. Reed, Tyler Mark, and Yuqing Zheng
Rudolf Otto as Platonist, Todd Gooch
Spatial Variation in U.S. Labor Markets and Workplace Gender Segregation: 1980–2005*, Tiffany Taylor Taylor, Brianna Turgeon, Alison Buck, Katrina Bloch, and Jacob Church
Spectroscopic Differentiation and Chromatographic Separation of Regioisomeric Indole Aldehydes: Synthetic Cannabinoids Precursors, Younis Abiedalla, Lewis W. Smith, Karim M. Abdel-Hay, Logan Neel, Tarek S. Belal, Amber Thaxton-Weissenfluh, Forrest Smith, Jack DeRuiter, and C. Randall Clark
Student Veterans' Assimilation in Higher Education: The Role of Identity Complexity, Eric B. Meiners
Teacher Candidate Tensions with the edTPA: A Neoliberal Policy Analysis, Alexis Jones, Stacey J. Korson, Natasha C. Murray-Everett, Meghan A. Kessler, Dorian Harrison, Stephanie Cronenberg, Michael Lauren Parrish, and Marilyn Johnston Parsons
Test/Re-Test reliability of the readiness for interprofessional education learning scale and interdisciplinary education perception scale in health science students, Aaron D. Sciascia, Karina Christopher, Casey Humphrey, Leah Simpkins, Christen Guffey Page, and Lisa G. Jones
The Fable of The Three Little Pigs: Climate Change and Green Cultural Criminology, Avi Brisman
The Gold Flat Tuff, Nevada: Insights into the Evolution of Peralkaline Silicic Magmas., Ray Macdonald, Boguslaw Baginski, Harvey E. Belkin, John C. White, and Don C. Noble
The Impact of Religious Affiliation on College Students’ 12-step Model Preferences, Sydney Alexandra Camargo, Michael J. McClellan, Craig Brandon Creech, Richard Osbaldiston, Colbey Adair, and Anna Rose Stanton
The Leyva Canyon Volcano, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Presidio Co., Texas., John C. White, Kevin M. Urbanczyk, and Kelly Watson
Upper Dimension and Bases of Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings, S. Pirzada, M. Aijaza, and Shane Redmond
Using Mouse Tracking to Investigate Auditory Taboo Effects in First and Second Language Speakers of American English, Sara Incera, Samantha E. Tuft, Rachel B. Fernandes, and Conor T. McLennan
Varietal Terwilliger Algebras Arising from Wreath Products of Rank Two Association Schemes, Bangteng Xu
Volatiles and Trace Element Contents in Melt Inclusions from the Zoned Green Tuff Ignimbrite (Pantelleria, Sicily): Petrological Inferences., Pierangelo Romano, John C. White, Alessandro Ciulla, Ida Di Carlo, Claudia D'Oriano, Patrizia Landi, and Silvio G. Rotolo
Submissions from 2018
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
A Collaborative, Trilateral Approach to Bridging the Information Literacy Gap in Student Writing, Trenia Napier, Jill M. Parrott, Erin Presley, and Leslie A. Valley
A Country in Crisis: Will Greece Survive?, Lana Carnes
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
A Model to Increase Rehabilitation Adherence to Home Exercise Programmes in Patients with Varying Levels of Self-efficacy, Kelsey J. Picha and Dana Howell
A Novel FTA™ Elute Card Collection Method that Improves Direct DNA Amplification from Bloodstained Concrete, Stephen G. Lipic, Lucille M. Giordullo, and Jamie Fredericks
Antibiotic Residues in Milk from Three Popular Kenyan Milk Vending Machines, Amos Kosgey, Anakalo Shitandi, and Jason W. Marion
A Retrospective Cohort Study of QuickDASH Scores for Three Hand Therapy Acute Upper Limb Conditions, V. Smith-Forbes, Dana Howell, Jason Willoughby, Donald G. Pitts, and Tim L. Uhl
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
A Storied Tale: Melding Digital Storytelling, Service-Learning, and Digital and Information Literacy Skills for Pre-Service Teachers, Heather K. Beirne
Authority Control in Digital Commons: Why Bother?, Laura Edwards
Building Spiritual Sensitivity Through an Online Spirituality Course, Ann M. Callahan and Kalea Benner
Business Students' Personal Branding: An Empirical Investigation, Lee Allison, Philip J. Boutin, and Kevin J. Cumiskey
Characterization of Groundwater and Surface Water Geochemistry in an Agricultural Setting at EKU Meadowbrook Farm, Madison County, Kentucky, Reid E. Buskirk, Walter S. Borowski, and Jonathan M. Malzone
Comparison of Green's functions for a family of boundary value problems for fractional difference equations, Paul W. Eloe, Catherine M. Kublik, and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Compositional and Thermodynamic Variability in a Stratified Magma Chamber: Evidence from the Green Tuff Ignimbrite (Pantelleria, Italy)., Katarzyna M. Liszewska, John C. White, Ray Macdonald, and Bogusław Bagiński
Consent and Consumption of Spectacle Power and Violence, Dawn Rothe and Victoria E. Collins
Conveying the Importance of Personal Brands to Students, Lana Carnes and Faridah Awang
Critical Reading in Higher Education Academic Goals and Social Engagement, Leslie J. Hardman
Darkness on the Edge of Town: Visual Criminology and the "Black Sites" of the Rural, Bill McClanahan and Travis Linnemann
Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills for Acute Care with Simulated Clients, Renee Causey-Upton and Dana Howell
Effect of Multimodal Information Delivery for Diabetes Care on Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes, Young-Rock Hong, Kalyani B. Sonawane, Derek B. Holcomb, and Ashish A. Deshmukh
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
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years, Catherine Howey Stearn
Environmental Gradients in Old‐Growth Appalachian Forest Predict Fine‐Scale Distribution, Co‐occurrence, and Density of Woodland Salamanders, J. Alex Baecher and Stephen C. Richter
Environmental Health Makes a Strong Entry Into the Global One Health Framework in Jamaica, Jason W. Marion, Henroy Scarlett, and Priscilla Oliver
Evaluation of Relative Technological Innovation Capability: Model and Case Study for Chinas Coal Mine, Wensheng Wang and Chengyi Zhang
Experiences of Postpartum Women in One Residential Treatment Facility for Substance Use Disorders, Rebecca Jo Williams and Christine Privott
Exploring Parents’ Experiences of Raising a Child with Sensorimotor Impairments and Expectations for Leisure Participation, Emily A. Eicher, Camille Skubik-Peplaski PhD, Shirley P. O'Brien, and Anne Fleischer
Exploring the Correlates of Perceived Job Dangerousness Among Correctional Staff at a Maximum Security Prison, Eric G. Lambert, Kevin I. Minor, Jill Gordon, James Wells, and Nancy L. Hogan
Facilitate Active Learning: The Role of Perceived Benefits of Using Technology, Weiling Zhuang and Qian Xiao
Green Criminology and Environmental Crimes and Harms, Avi Brisman and Nigel South
How Ethics Can Inform Spiritually Sensitive Social Work, Ann M. Callahan
Importance of Community Engagement for Young Nonprofit Organizations, Ramona Sudbeck and Michael J. Bradley
Indigenous reflexivity and resistance in global food activism: The case of Sápmi, Amanda S. Green
Indoor Air Quality in Schools, Clint Pinion Jr.
Infographics: Development and Utilization at EKU, Molly Bradshaw
International Challenges and Opportunities for Start-up Expatriates, Lana Carnes and Faridah Awang
Inventory in Digby, Laura Edwards
Is Tuba Masculine or Feminine? The Timing of Grammatical Gender, Sara Incera, Conor T. McLennan, Lisa M. Stronsick, and Emily E. Zetzer
It's About Communities: The Commitment to Promoting a Culturally Competent Environmental Health Workforce, Clint Pinion Jr., Leslie D. Mitchell, and Jason W. Marion
Kidney-Friendly Label Reading for Chronic Kidney Disease Shoppers, Lois J. Hill and Amey J. Herald
Maintaining Sexual Desire in Long-Term Relationships: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Model, Kristen P. Mark and Julie Lasslo
Measuring the Timing of the Bilingual Advantage, Sara Incera
Mortuuspolitics: Politicization of the Dead, Capitalism, and Inequality, Dawn L. Rothe and Stephen Muzzatti
Moving Beyond “Agreeable” Texts and “Boring” Tasks: Pairing YAL and Critical Literacy in Teacher Education, Eileen Shanahan and Ashley Dallacqua
Nerve Stimulation Enhances Task-Oriented Training for Moderate-to-Severe Hemiparesis 3-12 Months After Stroke: A Randomized Trial, Cheryl Carrico; Philip M. Westgate; Salmon E. Powell; Elizabeth Salmon Powell; Kenneth C. Chelette,; Laurie Nichols; L. Creed Pettigrew; and Lumy Sawaki
Noncommutative Reality-based Algebras of Rank 6, Allen Herman, Mikhael Muzychuk, and Bangteng Xu
Not Without a Fight-Final Draft 14 June 2018, Richard E. Day
Nutrient Contamination from an Agricultural Non-point Source and its Mitigation: A Case Study of EKU Meadowbrook Farm, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski, Reid E. Buskirk, James Scott Winter, and Jonathan Malzone Dr.
Nutrient Export from a Proximal Intermittent Stream Draining EKU Meadowbrook Farm, Madison County, Kentucky, James Scott Winter, Walter S. Borowski, and Jonathan M. Malzone
Pain Catastrophizing Behaviors and their Relation to Poor Patient-reported Outcomes after Scapular Muscle Reattachment, W. Ben Kibler, Cale A. Jacobs, and Aaron D. Sciascia
Planning Online Course Sites for Middle and High School Courses: Begin with a Quality Course Plan., Paula Jones
Possible Functions of Tail-pumping by American Kestrels (Falco sparverius), Joshua Suich and Gary Ritchison
Pre-operative Education for Total Knee Replacement: A Pilot Survey, Renee Causey-Upton, Dana Howell, Patrick H. Kitzman, Melba Custer, and Emily V. Dressler
Relational Mechanisms in the Goal Pursuit Process, Jonathan S. Gore, Raven Hester, Lauren Spegal, Kimberley Kavanaugh, and Yoshie Nakai
Relational Spirituality: An Opportunity for Social Work in Long-term Care, Ann M. Callahan
Relationships Among Symptoms of Spotted Wilt Disease of Peanut and their Potential Impact on Crop Productivity and Resistance Breeding, Barry L. Tillman and Justin Lee Mckinney
Responses of Blue Jays (Cyanocitta cristata) to Raptors that Differ in Predatory Threat, Julie A. Dahl and Gary Ritchison
Role Negotiation as Role Enrichment: A Study of Working College Students, Eric B. Meiners
Serving LGBTQIA Students on College Campuses, Clint Pinion Jr.
Social Constructivism and Cooperative Learning in Marketing Courses: A Sample In-class Activity, Philip J. Boutin
Surface Thiolation of Silicon for Antifouling Application, Xiaoning Zhang, Pei Gao, Valerie Hollimon, DaShan Brodus, Arion Johnson, and Hongmei Hu
The Editors’ Perspective: A Successful First Year of the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, Cynthia L. Hayden Dr, Renee Causey-Upton, and Dana Howell
The Evolution of Eastern Kentucky University Libraries Orientations: Giving Students a LIbStart to Student Success Through Library Engagement, Trenia Napier, Ashley J. Cole, and Leah Banks
The Librarians’ Guide to the Information Literacy Galaxy: Leading Campus Conversations, Sarah Richardson, Heather K. Beirne, Ashley J. Cole, and Trenia Napier
The Power of Play: Enhancing the Occupational Performance of Handwriting, Sarah Anderson, Nick Cross, Abby Hobbs, Brittney Phelps, Beth Mueller, Bobbie Phelps, Mallory Shoulkletovich, Dustin Turner, Kara Wade, Kayln Wilson, and Camille Skubik-Peplaski
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
Trends in State and Federal OSH Enforcement, James P. Klyza Jr., Clint Pinion Jr., and D. Gary Brown
Tuhualite in a Peralkaline Rhyolitic Ignimbrite from Pantelleria, Italy, Boguslaw Baginski, Ray Macdonald, John C. White, and Lidia Jezak
