EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

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 2016

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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

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Learning Benefits of a Translation Corpus for Novice ASL-English Interpreters, Daniel R. Roush

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LibAnswers: A Solution for eResource Ticketing and Workflow Management, Kelly Smith

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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

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Manager in the Making: Learning to Manage People, Projects, and Time, Laura Edwards and Cristina Tofan

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Managing a DDA Collection in OCLC Worldshare, Kelly Smith

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Managing a Large Scale Project: Using StrengthsFinder in the Website Redesign, Laura Edwards and Cristina Tofan

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Managing E-commerce Platform Quality and its Performance Implication: Multiple-Group Structural Model Comparison, Qian Xiao

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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

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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

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On-Demand Tech Training for Students, Faculty, and Staff, Heather K. Beirne, Ashley J. Cole, and Brad Marcum

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Partner in the Process: Redefining Reference to Create an Integrated Educational Experience, Cindy Judd, Ashley Cole, and Brad Marcum

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Patient Experiences of Recovery After Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation: A Qualitative Study, Jenny L. Toonstra, Dana Howell, Robert A. English, and Carl G. Mattacola

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Patterns and Sources of Anthropogenic Contaminants in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Elijah D. Wolfe, Walter S. Borowski, and Jacob L. Robin

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Patterns and sources of anthropogenic contaminants in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Elijah J. Wolfe

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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

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Problem Solved! Managing Electronic Resource Workflows Using Ticketing System Software, Kelly Smith

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Project-based Science Instruction for General-education Undergraduates and Seventh graders: Practices, Proficiency, and Pitfalls, Walter S. Borowski and Malcolm P. Frisbie

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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

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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

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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

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Rethinking Honors Curriculum in Light of the AP/IB /Dual Enrollment Challenge: Innovation and Curricular Flexibility, David Coleman and Katie Patton

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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

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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

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Student Perceptions of Scholarly Writing, Shirley P. O'Brien, Dory Marken, and Kelsey B. Petrey

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Take Your Program to the Next Level, Trish Isaacs

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Using Constructivism as an Alternative to Teacher-Centered Instruction, Jacquelyn W. Jensen and Helyne I. Frederick

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Why the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy Is Essential to Creative Thinking, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, and Russell Carpenter

Submissions from 2015

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50 shades of eBooks with a hint of PDA, Laura Edwards and Victoria Koger

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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

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App it Up: Using Google Apps in Library Instruction, Heather K. Beirne, Ashley J. Cole, and Sarah Richardson

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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

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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

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Fecal Microbe Contamination in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Jacob L. Robin and Walter S. Borowski

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Generation Z: Facts and Fictions, Ashley Cole, Trenia Napier, and Brad Marcum

Increasing ball velocity in the overhead athlete: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Natalie Myers, Aaron D. Sciascia, Phillip M. Westgate, W. Ben Kibler, and Timothy L. Uhl

Is the Wigwam Worth It? A Contingent Valuation Method Estimate for a Small-city Sports Arena, John R.F. Harter

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Library Resource Usage and Student Success at Eastern Kentucky University, Kelly Smith, Jens Arneson, Matthew Irvin, and Kwan Yi

Microhabitat Conditions Influence Mesohabitat Associations and Distribution of Larval Salamanders in Headwater Streams, J. M. Yeiser and Stephen C. Richter

Mouse Tracking Reveals that Bilinguals Behave like Experts, Sara Incera and Conor T. McLennan

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Patterns of Anthropogenic Nutrient Contaminants in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Elijah D. Wolfe, Walter S. Borowski, and Jacob L. Robin

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Peralkaline Felsic Magmatism at the Nemrut Volcano, Turkey: Impact of Volcanism on the Evolution of Lake Van (Anatolia), Ray Macdonald, Mari Sumita, Hans-Ulrich Schmincke, Boguslaw Baginski, John C. White, and Slawomir S. Ilnicki

Portals for Professionals: Regional Stewardship for Working College Graduates and Citizens of Kentucky, Heather K. Beirne, Sarah Richardson, Brad Marcum, and Karen Gilbert

Portals for Professionals: Serving Our Graduates in Their Professional Lives, Heather K. Beirne, Sarah Richardson, Brad Marcum, and Karen Gilbert

Portals for Professionals: Serving Our Graduates in Their Professional Lives, Heather K. Beirne, Sarah Richardson, Brad Marcum, and Karen Gilbert

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Predatory Publishing: How Faculty Can Avoid Becoming Prey, Kelly Smith and Linda Sizemore

Preseason perceived physical capability and previous injury, Aaron D. Sciascia, Lauren E. Haegele, Jean Lucas, and Timothy L. Uhl

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Project-based Science for General Education College Students and Seventh Graders: Pitfalls and Pointers, Walter S. Borowski, Malcolm P. Frisbie, Tara Shepperson, and Linda Frost

Questionable Validity of the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Metric Used for Value-Based Purchasing, Lindsay Calderon, Kevin T. Kavanagh, and Mara K. Rice

Return to preinjury levels of participation after superior labral repair in overhead athletes: A systematic review, Aaron D. Sciascia, Natalie Myers, W. Ben Kibler, and Timothy L. Uhl

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Sources of Nutrient and Escherichia Coli Contamination within the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Nathaniel C. Crockett and Walter S. Borowski

Students Who Are Deaf with Additional Disabilities: Does Educational Label Impact Language Services?, Christina M. Borders, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Susan Wiley, Anne Bauer, and Dusty Columbia Embury

The FROG Model: Enhancing Teaching and Learning by Leaping from Archives to Classrooms, Neil Kasiak and Deborah Whalen

The FROG Model: The Leap from Archives to Classrooms, Neil Kasiak and Deborah Whalen

The Need for Environmental Public Health Professionals and the Role of EHAC-Accredited Programs in Increasing the Pool, Jason W. Marion and Yalonda Sinde

Viewpoint: a response to "Screening and isolation to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: sense, nonsense, and evidence"., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, and Daniel M. Saman

What, No Computers?: Engaging Students in a Low-Tech Space, Ashley Cole and Amy Bessin

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Whose Standards are These? A Chronological Glossary of Standards in P-12 Education, Richard E. Day

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Whose Standards are These? A Chronological Glossary of Standards in P-12 Education, Richard E. Day

Submissions from 2014

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“A Funny Thing Happened in Library Instruction”: Facilitating Communication Through Humor., Ashley Cole and Linda Sizemore

Conjugate Points for Fractional Differential Equations, Paul W. Eloe and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer

Creating Successful Vernal Pools: A Literature Review and Advice for Practitioners, A. J.K. Calhoun, J. Arrigoni, R. P. Brooks, M. L. Hunter, and Stephen C. Richter

Cryptic Diversity and Conservation of Gopher Frogs across the Southeastern United States, Stephen C. Richter, Eric M. O'Neill, Schyler O. Nunziata, Andrew Rumments, Emily S. Gustin, Jeanne E. Young, and Brian I. Crother

Do Elementary Children Learn Economics from Children’s Literature?, John R.F. Harter and Cynthia Harter

Existence and Comparison of Smallest Eigenvalues for a Fractional Boundary-value Problem, Paul W. Eloe and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer

Get Your Story Out: Digital Storytelling and Community Service, Heather K. Beirne and Delinda Dent

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Improvements on a Shoestring: Changing Reference Systems and Processes, Jackie Couture and Deborah Whalen

Incontinence Issues among Students with Disabilities, Laura S. Clarke, Dusty Columbia Embury, and Anne Bauer

Integrating Bacterial and Viral Water Quality Assessment to Predict Swimming-associated Illness at a Freshwater Beach: A Cohort Study, Jason W. Marion, Cheonghoon Lee, Qiuhong Wang, Stanley Lemeshow, Timothy J. Buckley, Linda J. Saif, and Jiyoung Lee

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Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominees, Grades 3-5, Heather K. Beirne and Christie Turner

Kentucky Bluegrass Awards Nominees, Grades 3-5, Heather K. Beirne and Christie Turner

Medial scapular muscle detachment: Clinical presentation and surgical treatment, W. Ben Kibler, Aaron D. Sciascia, and Timothy L. Uhl

Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Contamination within the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Nathaniel C. Crockett and Walter S. Borowski