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 2017
What Communication Characteristics and Behaviors Make a Dynamic and Effective Leader?, M. M. Robles
Why Design Thinking Should Matter to Higher Education, Part 1, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, and Rusty Carpenter
Why Design Thinking Should Matter to Higher Education, Part II, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, and Russell Carpenter
Working Toward Holistic Education: A Case Study of Business Program Assessment, Faridah Awang, Qian Xiao, and Lana Carnes
Submissions from 2016
5 Ways that Educators Can Help Young Women Succeed in STEM Fields, Antoinette Marie Davis EdD
A Dynamic Programming Model for Environmental Investment Decision-making in Coal Mining, Siwei Gao
A Fork in the Road for Environmental Health Workforce Development and U.S. Public Health, Jason W. Marion PhD and Timothy J. Murphy PhD
A Matter of Degrees? Views of EMS Online Degrees' Value and Design, Sandy Hunter
A Mixed Methods Comparison of Teachers' Lunar Modeling Lesson Implementation and Student Learning Outcomes, Mary F. Lamar, Jennifer Anne Wilhelm, and Merryn Cole
An Exploration of the Structure of Effective Apologies, Roy J. Lewicki, Beth Polin, and Robert B. Lount Jr.
A Reverse Stroop Task with Mouse Tracking, Naohide Yamamoto, Sara Incera, and Conor T. McLennan
A Space to Play, A Space to Compose: A Model for Creative Collaborations and Composition Practices., Russell Carpenter and Shawn Apostel
A Structural Model of Managing E-commerce Transaction Quality and Perceived Online Transaction Value, Qian Xiao
A Structural Model of Managing E-commerce Transaction Quality and Perceived Online Transaction Value, Qian Xiao
A Systematic Approach to Educating the Emerging Adult Learning in Undergraduate Management Courses, Alison M. Dachner and Beth Polin
Clifford, the Big Red HVAC: Assessment and Advocacy, Jackie Couture and Ashley S. Thacker
Commercial Crime Insurance for Coverage of Employee Fraud, Ed Fenton and Siwei Gao
Community-Based Programming Promoting Physical Activity, Jennifer Hight, Leslie Hardman, Colleen Schneck, and Shirley P. O'Brien
Comparison of satisfied and dissatisfied patients 2 to 5 years after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty, Cale A. Jacobs, Brent J. Morris, Aaron D. Sciascia, and T. Bradley Edwards
Construct Validity of the MMPI–2–RF Triarchic Psychopathy Scales in Correctional and Collegiate Samples, Taylor J. Kutchen, Dustin Wygant, Jessica L. Tylicki, Amy M. Dieter, Carlo O. C. Veltri, and Martin Sellbom
Current Practice for the Surgical Treatment of SLAP Lesions: A Systematic Review, W. Ben Kibler and Aaron D. Sciascia
Development of an Inconsistent Responding Scale for the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure, Elyse Mowle, S. E. Kelley, J. F. Edens, M.B Smith, Shannon Toney Smith, and Dustin B. Wygant
Differentiating solutions of a boundary value problem on a time scale, Lee H. Baxter, Jeffrey W. Lyons, and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Dissolved Nitrogen (Nitrate and Ammonium) in Surface and Groundwater at EKU Meadowbrook Farm, Madison County, Kentucky, Reid E. Buskirk, Hunter R. Evans, Walter S. Borowski, and Jonathan M. Malzone
Dissolved Phosphate Concentrations in Surface Water and Groundwater at EKU’s Meadowbrook Farm, Madison County, Kentucky., Hunter R. Evans, Reid E. Buskirk, Walter S. Borowski, and Jonathan M. Malzone
Don’t Forget About the Teachers! Parent and Teacher BASC-2 Reports of Children on the DSM-5 Autism Spectrum, Kimberly S. Ellison, Myra Beth Bundy, Dustin Wygant, and Jonathan S. Gore
Effective Interventions for Stroke Recovery: Comparing Modified Constraint-Induced With Occupation-Based Interventions, Camille Skubik-Peplaski, Robin Stroud, Dana Howell, Melba Custer, and Lumy Sawski
Examining the DSM-5 Alternative Personality Disorder Model Operationalization of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy in a Male Correctional Sample, Dustin B. Wygant, Martin Sellbom, Chelsea E. Sleep, and Christopher J. Patrick
Experiences of Veterans Transitioning to Postsecondary Education, Brian T. Gregg, Dana Howell, and Anne Shordike
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: Applying Metacognitive Pedagogy to the Research Process, Heather K. Beirne and Nicole Montgomery
Fostering Campus Diversity and Advancing the Internationalization of Education on College and University Campuses, Sherwood Thompson and Timothy Forde
Harmful and Beneficial Role of ROS, Sergio Di Meo, Tanea Reed, Paola Venditti, and Victor M. Victor
How Do I Know?: Using Metacognition within the Honors Program, Russell Carpenter, Rachel Lachut, Minh Nguyen, and Jessica Vaught
Inattention, Distraction, and Dysfunction - Modern Challenges for Business Education and Practice, Michael T. Roberson and Beth Polin
Initial Founders of Captive Populations are Genetically Representative of Natural Populations in Critically Endangered Dusky Gopher Frogs, Lithobates sevosus, Kristen M. Hinkson, Natochia L. Henry, Nina M. Hensley, and Stephen C. Richter
Instruction on the Fly: Crafting Creative Solutions., Ashley Cole and Trenia Napier
Intersections of Identity: Exceptionality and LGBTQ, Jennifer E. Christensen and Dusty Columbia Embury
Jumpstarting First-Year Student Success through Assessment and Cross-Disciplinary Collaborations., Ashley Cole, Leah Banks, and Trenia Napier
Learning Benefits of a Translation Corpus for Novice ASL-English Interpreters, Daniel R. Roush
LibAnswers: A Solution for eResource Ticketing and Workflow Management, Kelly Smith
Limiting Nutrient Contaminants from Agricultural Non-point Sources: Nutrient Monitoring at EKU’s Meadowbrook Farm, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski and Jonathan M. Malzone
Lipid Peroxidation and Tyrosine Nitration in Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights into Secondary Injury from Redox Proteomics, D Allan Butterfield and Tanea T. Reed
Manager in the Making: Learning to Manage People, Projects, and Time, Laura Edwards and Cristina Tofan
Managing a DDA Collection in OCLC Worldshare, Kelly Smith
Managing a Large Scale Project: Using StrengthsFinder in the Website Redesign, Laura Edwards and Cristina Tofan
Neuroproteomic Study of Nitrated Proteins in Moderate Traumatic Brain Injured Rats Treated with Gamma Glutamyl Cysteine Ethyl Ester Administration Post Injury: Insight into the Role of Glutathione Elevation in Nitrosative Stress, Moses Henderson, Brittany Rice, Andrea Sebastian, Patrick G . Sullivan, Christina King, Renã A.S. Robinson, and Tanea Reed
Non-point Sources and Point Sources for Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Contamination in a Typical Upland Stream: Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski and Malcolm P. Frisbie
On-Demand Tech Training for Students, Faculty, and Staff, Heather K. Beirne, Ashley J. Cole, and Brad Marcum
Partner in the Process: Redefining Reference to Create an Integrated Educational Experience, Cindy Judd, Ashley Cole, and Brad Marcum
Patient Experiences of Recovery After Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation: A Qualitative Study, Jenny L. Toonstra, Dana Howell, Robert A. English, and Carl G. Mattacola
Patterns and Sources of Anthropogenic Contaminants in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Elijah D. Wolfe, Walter S. Borowski, and Jacob L. Robin
Patterns and sources of anthropogenic contaminants in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Elijah J. Wolfe
Physical Wetland Characteristics Influence Amphibian Community Composition Differently in Constructed Wetlands and Natural Wetlands, Stephen C. Richter
Preoperative opioid use associated with worse outcomes after anatomic shoulder arthroplasty, Brent J. Morris, Aaron D. Sciascia, Cale A. Jacobs, and T. Bradley Edwards
Problem Solved! Managing Electronic Resource Workflows Using Ticketing System Software, Kelly Smith
Project-based Science Instruction for General-education Undergraduates and Seventh graders: Practices, Proficiency, and Pitfalls, Walter S. Borowski and Malcolm P. Frisbie
Promote Interculturalism, Leadership Communication, and Professionalism in Your Students: Success with a Corporate Communication Certificate, Lana W. Carnes, M. M. Robles, and F. Awang
Recruitment & Retention of Diverse EMS Students - A Panel Discussion, sandy Hunter
Reflective Learning in a Chinese MBA Program: Scale Assessment and Future Recommendations, Qian Xiao, P. Zhu, M. Hsu, Weiling Zhuang, and James Peltier
Reframing Library Instruction: Applying Metacognitive Pedagogy to One Shots and Beyond, Heather K. Beirne and Nicole Montgomery
Relationships Between Surface and Ground Water Velocities Determined from Dye Trace Experiments in McConnell Springs and Preston's Cave Spring, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, Laura A. Norris, Cassie E. Simpson, and Trent Garrison
Rethinking Honors Curriculum in Light of the AP/IB /Dual Enrollment Challenge: Innovation and Curricular Flexibility, David Coleman and Katie Patton
Role of ROS and RNS Sources in Physiological and Pathological Conditions, Sergio Di Meo, Tanea Reed, Paola Venditti, and Victor Manuel Victor
Smallest Eigenvalues for a Fractional Difference Equation with Right Focal Boundary Conditions, Johnny Henderson and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Species Interactions in Constructed Wetlands Result in Population Sinks for Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) while Benefitting Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), Chelsea S. Kross and Stephen C. Richter
Straight White American College Students' Attitudes Toward a Self-Identified Straight, Not Gay or Gay Man Who Has Sex with Men: Incongruent Sexual Orientation Identity Diminishes Perceived Psychological Health, Robert Mitchell and Beth A. Stroupe
Student Perceptions of Scholarly Writing, Shirley P. O'Brien, Dory Marken, and Kelsey B. Petrey
Take Your Program to the Next Level, Trish Isaacs
Tech Training and Library Advocacy: Linking the Academic Library with the School Library and Turning Pre-service Teachers Into Lifelong Library Users, Cindy Judd and Heather Beirne
Temporal Trends in Genetic Data and Effective Population Size Support Efficacy of Management Practices in Critically Endangered Dusky Gopher Frogs (Lithobates sevosus), Kristen M. Hinkson and Stephen C. Richter
The Cry of the Child and its Relationship to Hearing Loss in Parental Guardians and Health Care Providers., Lindsay Calderon, Logan D. Carney, and Kevin T. Kavanagh
The Expression of the Location Event-Structure Metaphor in American Sign Language, Daniel R. Roush
The FROG Model: Enhancing Teaching and Learning by Leaping from Archives to Classrooms, Neil Robert Kasiak and Deborah Whalen
The Relationship Between Academic Research and Instructional Quality, M. M. Robles
The Shoulder at Risk: Scapular Dyskinesis and Altered Glenohumeral Rotation, W. Ben Kibler and Aaron D. Sciascia
The Time Course of Within and Between-language Interference in Bilinguals, Sara Incera and Conor T. McLennan
Trouble with the edTPA: Sliding from Teaching to Preparing for the Test, Stephanie Cronenberg, Dorian Harrison, Stacey Korson, Alexis Jones, Natasha C. Murray-Everett, Michael Parrish, and Marilyn Johnston-Parsons
Tschermak Fractionation in Calc-alkaline Magmas: The Eocene Sabzevar Volcanism (NE Iran), F. Lucci, F. Rossetti, John Charles White, H. S. Moghadam, and M. Nasrabady
Using Constructivism as an Alternative to Teacher-Centered Instruction, Jacquelyn W. Jensen and Helyne I. Frederick
Why the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Is Essential to Creative Thinking, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, and Russell Carpenter
Submissions from 2015
50 shades of eBooks with a hint of PDA, Laura Edwards and Victoria Koger
A Critique of Stephane Savanah’s “Mirror Self-recognition and Symbol-mindedness”, Robert Mitchell
A Difference Equation with Anti-periodic Boundary Conditions, Jeffrey W. Lyons and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
A Model for Quality of Life: Occupational Justice and Leisure Continuity for Nursing Home Residents, Renee Causey-Upton
App it Up: Using Google Apps in Library Instruction, Heather K. Beirne, Ashley J. Cole, and Sarah Richardson
Associations Among Human-Associated Fecal Contamination, Microcystis aeruginosa, and Microcystin at Lake Erie Beaches, Cheonghoon Lee, Jason Marion, Melissa Cheung, and Jiyoung Lee
Better Assessment for Better Advocacy., Ashley Cole, Clay Howard, and Kevin Jones
Bromoenol Lactone Attenuates Nicotine-Induced Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Migration, Lindsay Calderon, Shu Liu, Nova Arnold, Bethany Breakall, Joseph Rollins, and Margaret Ndinguri
Collaborative Communities: Pursuing Public-Academic Engagement, Jackie Couture and Ruthie Maslin
Co-Teaching Versus Apprentice Teaching, Marilyn Friend and Dusty Columbia Embury
Dixon Factorization for a Number Theory or Cryptography Class, Pat Costello
Embracing Change: Adapting and Evolving Your Distance Learning Library Services to Embrace the New ACRL Distance Learning Library Services Standards, Heather K. Beirne, Sarah Richardson, Brad Marcum, and Karen Gilbert
Existence of an Antisymmetric Solution of a Boundary Value Problem with Antiperiodic Boundary Conditions, Jeffrey W. Lyons and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Faculty/Librarian Collaboration and Course Integration, Nicole Montgomery and Sarah Morris
Fecal Microbe Contamination in Otter Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Jacob L. Robin, Walter S. Borowski, and Elijah J. Wolfe
Fecal Microbe Contamination in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Jacob L. Robin and Walter S. Borowski
Generation Z: Facts and Fictions, Ashley Cole, Trenia Napier, and Brad Marcum