Eastern Michigan University Research Articles

OCR concerned with handling of accommodation request

Case name: Letter re: Eastern Michigan University, No. 15‐21‐2097 (OCR 09/29/23).

Abstract 1098 Medicinal chemistry and drug design, A collaborative course redesign (CCRD) experience at Eastern Michigan University

Abstract 1098 Medicinal chemistry and drug design, A collaborative course redesign (CCRD) experience at Eastern Michigan University

S10-2 U.S. CDC’s Active People Health Nation: Michigan’s Story for Promoting Physical Activity in Local Communities

Abstract Purpose Being physically active is one of the most important ways people of all ages and abilities can improve their health. Survey data show that 76 percent of Asian Americans in Michigan USA do not meet the federal physical activity minimum guidelines. Guided by Active People, Healthy Nation (APHN), a national initiative to help 27 million Americans become more physically active, the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) initiative promotes physical activity through local partnerships in geographic areas where the priority population (Asian Americans) lives. Methods Working with the state department of transportation, local municipalities, public schools, faith-based organizations, local businesses, and community health partners, EMU REACH used the following strategies to increase physical activity: 1) implement policies and activities to connect pedestrian, bicycle, or transit transportation networks (i.e., activity-friendly routes) to everyday destinations. 2) launch safe routes to school programs to increase walking and bicycling to and from school and 3) promote equitable park programs and policies that make it safe and easy for residents to be physically active. The team adopted the action planning guide and assessment modules in the Active Communities Tool (ACT) to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in developing an action plan to improve the community built environments that promote physical activity. Results The EMU CHDIS has successfully reached 24,510 people impacted by new/improved policies and plans in 2018-22. In the process, our environment scan showed that people living in underserved areas and from racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to have access to these places due to historical land use, housing, and transportation policies. Based on the results from project implementation, it is recommended that creating or modifying streets, parks, and trails to connect activity-friendly routes to everyday destinations and offer access to safe places for physical activity for people of all ages and abilities can promote active lifestyles and provide physical-active environment. Conclusion While celebrating wins through the APHN initiative in Michigan, we advocate for new supportive policies and engage with more community members to raise awareness about the new resources to maintain the active momentum.

S10-1 Research on sub-national initiatives in HEPA policy making from Europe, Japan and the USA

Abstract The importance of local governments' engagement in physical activity promotion at local level has been acknowledged and advocated by the World Health organization in documents such as: “Promoting physical activity and active living in urban environments: the role of local governments” or “Global action plan on physical activity 2018–2030: more active people for a healthier world”. However, given the relative “youngness” of the physical activity policy research domain, the local level initiatives have been underrepresented in the scientific literature. The current symposium aims to present a number of diverse initiatives to promote health enhancing physical activity at sub-national level, each having a very unique context and approach. The paper from Eastern Michigan University presents the actions taken to implement Active People, Healthy Nation (APHN) program in geographic areas in Michigan where the priority population (Asian Americans) lives and the outcomes of this initiative. The contribution from Japan describes the process of developing and applying the L-PAT (local policy audit tool), an instrument comprising 11 items based on WHO’s HEPA Policy Audit Tool (HEPA PAT) and the results of this survey within 47 Japanese prefectures and the C-PAT (city policy audit tool), a 6 items tool, in a selection of 272 Japanese municipalities. The EU study presented in this symposium comprises the results of evaluation, using the CAPLA- Santé, a validated instrument, of local HEPA policies in 4 selected municipalities, one from each of the following countries: Finland, France, Germany, Romania and from one municipality in Japan. The responsibilities of local authorities in health promotion and protection are undeniable. The way the authorities manage to fulfil these responsibilities is gaining more and more interest from various stakeholders from local level activists to researchers and policymakers at national and international level. Local communities are increasingly stimulated to contribute to their own wellbeing, so data on the status quo and progress is needed more than ever. The initial discussion points of the symposium will focus on strengths and weaknesses of the initiatives presented, as well as the potential for knowledge exchange and replication & scaling-up.

Locating Arab Americans in Greater Detroit: An Overview of MENA Archives in Southeast Michigan

ABSTRACT Southeast Michigan is home to one of the largest, most highly concentrated populations of people of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent in the United States. This case study includes summaries of MENA-related collections at four separate repositories: the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, the Arab American National Museum, the Dearborn Historical Museum, and Eastern Michigan University Archives. This region not only provides unparalleled archival holdings, but researchers and archivists are actively working with local MENA communities to create future collections. In this study, staff from each of the four profiled institutions have contributed a summary that links collections across institutions and illustrates the importance of visiting two or more sites to fully understand the region's Arab American community. The authors reveal how researchers can find a rich collection of artifacts and photographs, oral histories, personal papers and organizational records, published materials, and government documents all within a half-hour drive of the Detroit Metro Airport. These collections, which are local, national, and international in scope, make metropolitan Detroit a crucial research site for historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and other scholars examining the life and culture of MENA communities across the United States.

Evaluating Students’ Performance Relative to Their Time Investment in an Asynchronous Online Class

COVID-19 lockdowns led to increased adoption of online teaching with courses that have an asynchronous format. It is recognized that some students could be online without dedicating all oftheir time to the class. This study aims to investigate whether there exists any association between the hours students invest in online classes with the point scores they achieve. Data on semester participation hours and total point scores were gathered in CNST 440-540, an asynchronous onlineclass at Eastern Michigan University from the winter semester of 2016 to the winter semester of 2021. Statistical modeling revealed a modest but significant relationship between student onlinetime and actual point scores.

Introduction to symposium: Dimensions of US economic freedom at the sub‐national level

The American Journal of Economics and SociologyEarly View INTRODUCTION Introduction to symposium: Dimensions of US economic freedom at the sub-national level James E. Payne, Corresponding Author James E. Payne [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0594-9405 Woody L. Hunt College of Business, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA Correspondence James E. Payne, Woody L. Hunt College of Business, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJames W. Saunoris, James W. Saunoris orcid.org/0000-0002-6304-3070 Department of Economics, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USASearch for more papers by this author James E. Payne, Corresponding Author James E. Payne [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0594-9405 Woody L. Hunt College of Business, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA Correspondence James E. Payne, Woody L. Hunt College of Business, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJames W. Saunoris, James W. Saunoris orcid.org/0000-0002-6304-3070 Department of Economics, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 19 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12526Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation

2022 Paul Kurnit Award: Dr. Judy Foster Davis

Abstract: The inaugural Paul Kurnit Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Field of Advertising & Society was presented to Professor Judy Foster Davis of Eastern Michigan University at the 2022 Advertising & Society Colloquium held at the National Museum of American History. This piece presents a summary of the Kurnit Award as well as Professor Davis' winning article "Representation Matters: An Illustrated History of Race and Ethnicity in Advertising," which appeared in Advertising & Society Quarterly in 2020.

Managing Streaming Video License Renewals

Managing license renewals is a challenging process: Do we acquire another short-term license? A longer term or perpetual license? Should we automatically renew a license or complete a review before proceeding? What criteria should we use to review a streaming video? To ensure continued access to content while also managing a limited budget, Eastern Michigan University’s Halle Library created a review process that includes internal criteria and outreach to faculty. This process has reduced the number of unnecessary renewals and helped to ensure required content is available, while also improving communication between the library and faculty and increasing awareness of the cost of streaming video access. This lighting talk will briefly describe our process for involving faculty in the review process, detail the criteria we use to recommend renewal or cancelation, and share the outcome of our efforts in 2021.

GIS-based classroom management system to support COVID-19 social distance planning

Schools across the United States and around the world canceled in-person classes beginning in March 2020 to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, a public health emergency. Many empirical pieces of research have demonstrated that educational institutions aid students’ overall growth and studies have stressed the importance of prioritizing in-person learning to cultivate social values through education. Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and school administrators have been making plans to reopen schools. However, few scientific studies had been done to support planning classroom seating while complying with the social distancing policy. To ensure a safe return to campus, we designed a ‘community-safe’ method for classroom management that incorporates social distancing and computes seating capacity. In this paper, we present custom GIS tools developed for two types of classroom settings – classrooms with fixed seating and classrooms with movable seating. The fixed model tool is based on an optimized backtracking algorithm. Our flexible model tool can consider various classroom dimensions, fixtures, and a safe social distance. The tool is built on a python script that can be executed to calculate revised seating capacity to maintain a safe social distance for any defined space. We present a real-world implementation of the system at Eastern Michigan University, United States, where it was used to support campus reopening planning in 2020. Our proposed GIS-based technique could be applicable for seating planning in other indoor and outdoor settings.

An experimental investigation of methanol combustion in low temperature supercritical water

Methanol combustion in supercritical water was systematically investigated at iso-thermal iso-baric conditions using the Eastern Michigan University Supercritical Batch Reactor. The nominal mixture was 1.5% methanol by volume with an oxygen equivalence ratio of 0.22 and a total density of 193 mg/mL; reaction times were 8–30 min with temperatures from 375° to 475 °C. The experimental observations here provide new comprehensive benchmark data for methanol oxidation near the critical point, including an evaluation of wall effects on chemical kinetics. Excellent repeatability demonstrates the effective function of the new experimental facility. The system was modeled using a custom kinetics solver and an existing chemical kinetic mechanism, with genetic optimization used for sensitivity analysis. Modeling results validate the general accuracy of an established chemical kinetic mechanism in lower temperature supercritical water and support a rate reduction for CH3OH + OH/HO2 = CH2OH + H2O/H2O2 reactions below existing uncertainty limits at these conditions.

CERM 2022 call for papers

submissions are being accepted for the 2022 Central Regional Meeting (CERM), to be held June 7–10 at Eastern Michigan University’s Student Center. The meeting’s theme, “Chemistry from A to Z,” will showcase work spanning the interface of archaeology and analytical chemistry (archaeometry) and the burgeoning discipline of fermentation science (zymurgy). Symposia include “Protein Structure, Function, and Mechanism,” “Advances in Organic Synthesis Directed to Bioactive and Related Molecules,” “Recent Advances in Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry,” “Development and Application of Olefin Functionalization Methodology,” “Functional and Functionalized Polymers,” “Quantum and Computational Chemistry,” “Physics and Chemistry of Radiation Damage to DNA and its Consequences,” “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,” “Energy Storage,” “Chemical Information,” “Data Science in Chemical Research,” “Chemistry in the Service of Archaeology: Dating and Materials Analysis,” “Fermentation Science,” “Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Legacy Symposium,” and “Eastern Michigan University Alumni Symposium.” Please visit the symposium website at sites.google.com/view/cerm-2022 or ACS’s Meeting Abstracts Programming System at maps.acs.org to

Good Morning

January 03 2022 Good Morning Carla Harryman Carla Harryman CARLA HARRYMAN is the author of twenty-four books and chapbooks of poetry, prose, and performance writing. Her poet's theatre and other works for performance have been collected in Animal Instincts: Prose, Plays and Essays, A Voice to Perform: One Opera/Two Plays, and Sue in Berlin and Sue á Berlin, with French translation by Sabine Huynh. Since the late 1970s in San Francisco, she has experimented with poetic language as medium for collaborative and music-text performance. Her works have been presented in numerous national and international venues, including The Center for New Music, San Francisco; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; The Stone, New York; Bétonsalon, Paris; Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit; and dOCUMENTA12 and Hölderlinturm in Germany. She lives in the Detroit Metro area and teaches at Eastern Michigan University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Carla Harryman CARLA HARRYMAN is the author of twenty-four books and chapbooks of poetry, prose, and performance writing. Her poet's theatre and other works for performance have been collected in Animal Instincts: Prose, Plays and Essays, A Voice to Perform: One Opera/Two Plays, and Sue in Berlin and Sue á Berlin, with French translation by Sabine Huynh. Since the late 1970s in San Francisco, she has experimented with poetic language as medium for collaborative and music-text performance. Her works have been presented in numerous national and international venues, including The Center for New Music, San Francisco; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; The Stone, New York; Bétonsalon, Paris; Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit; and dOCUMENTA12 and Hölderlinturm in Germany. She lives in the Detroit Metro area and teaches at Eastern Michigan University. Online Issn: 1537-9477 Print Issn: 1520-281X © 2022 Carla Harryman2022Carla Harryman PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art (2022) 44 (1 (130)): 89–117. https://doi.org/10.1162/pajj_a_00603 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Carla Harryman; Good Morning. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 2022; 44 (1 (130)): 89–117. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/pajj_a_00603 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsPAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King by Thomas J. Balcerski

Reviewed by: Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King by Thomas J. Balcerski John G. McCurdy Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. By Thomas J. Balcerski. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 352 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $34.95.) Pennsylvanian James Buchanan is the only US president to have been a lifelong bachelor. This status has raised questions about his sexuality, especially given Buchanan's well-known friendship with fellow single man Vice President William Rufus King. In Bosom Friends, Thomas Balcerski offers an authoritative account of the Buchanan-King friendship, exhaustively analyzing the evidence to situate this partnership in its historical context. Although Balcerski finds little to prove that the two men engaged in a sexual relationship, Bosom Friends is an engaging examination of politics and bachelorhood in the first half of the nineteenth century. James Buchanan and William King hailed from different sections—the forests of central Pennsylvania and the plantations of North Carolina, respectively—yet they shared an ambition for power in the nation's capital. From young ages, Buchanan and King held seats in the US House of Representatives and Senate and diplomatic posts in various administrations. This level of tenacity required the two men to navigate shifting political parties and forge alliances across sectional lines. Both men harbored presidential ambitions such that by 1840, it was rumored that the Democratic Party might nominate an all-bachelor ticket. A great strength of Bosom Friends is its detailed depiction of life in Jacksonian Washington, DC. In the time before Airbnb, many congressmen took rooms in boardinghouses, and it was in these intimate spaces that political friendships were born. Buchanan and King found much they could agree on while "messing" together (66). Although they represented different sections at a time when North and South were beginning to pull apart, the two men worked to hold the union together. Buchanan became a staunch defender of slavery, while King undermined South Carolina's efforts at nullification. [End Page 97] The closeness of the two bachelors elicited gossip from friend and foe alike. King's flawless appearance prompted him to be labeled "Miss Nancy" as well as Buchanan's "wife" (9). Yet this appears to have been merely partisan doggerel, as both men courted women; Buchanan escorted eligible ladies well into his sixties. To be sure, the pair left some curious correspondence. When King departed to become minister to France, Buchanan lamented that he was so "solitary & alone" that he had "gone a wooing to several gentlemen" (112). Yet, as Balcerski explains, such language was not unusual for the era. Ultimately, Balcerski makes the case for understanding the pair not as romantic and sexual partners but as "bosom friends" (13). Bosom Friends demonstrates how the personal was political in the nation's early history. The book thus complements the work of Catherine Allgor and Joanne Freeman by demonstrating the unique experience of unmarried politicians. Specifically, Balcerski argues that bachelorhood was "a vital political asset" for Buchanan and King, as it allowed them the flexibility to make alliances and advance their careers (43). As a result, Bosom Friends makes important contributions to our understanding of manhood and the politics of antebellum America. It is also delightful to read. If only Buchanan's presidency had been as successful. [End Page 98] John G. McCurdy Eastern Michigan University Copyright © 2022 Historical Society of Pennsylvania

University shares strategies for fall 2021 enrollment success

A 21% increase — that's how much Eastern Michigan University's freshmen enrollment went up from fall 2020 to fall 2021 (from 1,863 to 2,255). “We're in the midst of what will ultimately be a 20% decline in graduating high school seniors in Michigan,” said Kevin Kucera, Vice President of Enrollment Management at EMU. “And regional public universities like ours are feeling the pressure that comes with this decline. So over the last few years, we've really zeroed in on things we can do to address our numbers. Not only have we increased our enrollment, but we also welcomed our most academically prepared class this year with an average of 3.43 GPA. And 44% of incoming students self‐reported a diverse background for ethnicity, which was up 12% from the previous year.”

A Case Study and Vision: Supporting Undergraduate Research at Eastern Michigan University

Undergraduate research has proven to be a high-impact practice for students. We discuss the challenges inherent in creating a culture where undergraduate research can thrive. Without a doubt this imposes some costs, but we argue that even relatively modest expenditures can have positive effects on individual student success and on campus culture. We conclude with an aspirational model for what undergraduate research might mean for students during uncertain days within higher education.

Sustaining Solutions in Undergraduate STEM Education

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs that attract and sustain student interest feature learning that is experiential, investigative, hands-on, personally significant to both students and faculty, connected to other inquiries, and suggestive of practical application to students’ lives. Such learning flourishes in a community in which faculty are committed equally to teaching, to maintaining their own intellectual vitality, and to partnering with students in learning, and in which institutional support for such a community exists. The Creative Scientific Inquiry Experience (CSIE) Program at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is involved in retaining and increasing the number of STEM graduates by including faculty professional development, student connectedness to the sciences and mathematics through academic service-learning, and curricular reform. In this conference paper we report on the success of the CSIE program, including course development, student engagement, student success, especially among underserved students, and sustainability. This work is important because it offers insight into the development, sustainability, and scalability into faculty-driven STEM education reform spanning 15 years. Keywords: STEM education, retention strategies, undergraduate STEM, majors/non-majors

Building a digital marketing internship program for technology-based start-ups: an exploratory study of student experiences

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the role and characteristics of the summer internship program (Digital Summer Clinic) delivered by Eastern Michigan University. The authors report the results of an exploratory study of interns participating in the Digital Summer Clinic over a five-year time period. The study captures and analyzes the experiences of interns as expressed in structured interviews and blog posts.Design/methodology/approachThe study data were text from structured interviews and blog posts capturing the “voice” of the interns. A natural language processing (NLP) analysis of the text corpus, consisting of 43 interviews and blog posts, resulted in the identification of 242 unique stem-terms used by interns in describing the internship experiences. The authors used the JMP Pro 15.2 Text Explorer algorithm (It is defined as a suite of computer programs for statistical analysis developed by the JMP business unit of SAS Institute) to extract the terms that were subsequently transformed and analyzed with factor analysis and regression to address the research questions.FindingsThe factor analysis results found six dimensions or themes, defined by the stem-terms used by student interns, best described the internship experience. The authors then explored the relationship between the six themes and the umbrella term “internship” with multiple regression analysis. The regression findings suggest a hierarchy of effects with the theme “Introducing Professional Opportunities” being the theme most predictive of the umbrella term.Originality/valueThe methodology used within the paper is unique in several ways when compared to other research investigating internship programs. First, it uses NLP analysis for the qualitative analysis of text-based descriptions of student experiences over a five-year time horizon. Second, the data analysis uses transformed text to quantitatively determine the major dimensions or themes expressed by the interns about their experiences in the Summer Clinic program. Finally, the relative importance of the themes identified provided direction for future program development.

Green chemistry outreach

Abstract This paper discusses several approaches used to infuse green chemistry and its core values into the outreach curriculum spanning 2013–2017 at Eastern Michigan University. Pertinent pedagogy, best practices, suggestions on how to organize an outreach activity, and common pitfalls to be avoided will be discussed. A unique feature of the outreach camps described is that diversity is addressed.

Establishing a university food pantry: growth, changes in shopper characteristics and recommendations

Objective: Describe trends in usage and shoppers of Eastern Michigan University’s (EMU) food pantry over four academic years. Participants: Shoppers of EMU’s pantry between September 2015 and April 2019. Methods: Data come from shopper questionnaires and pantry records of daily visits and food distribution. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, and chi-square analyses were used to explore shopper characteristics and pantry use over time. Results: Pantry use increased over four academic years (from 1,021 to 3,080 visits/year). An increasing proportion of shoppers use the pantry ≥ once/month (6.1% in 2015/2016; 15.1% in 2018/2019). Compared to irregular shoppers (≤7 visits/year), regular shoppers (≥8 visits) reported higher rates of housing instability and were less likely to have a university meal plan. Conclusion: Data revealed substantial growth of the campus pantry, likely reflecting greater awareness and greater need. The findings highlight financial and social challenges faced by Michigan’s college students. Recommendations for pantry establishment/maintenance are indicated.