Navigating Faith in Criminal Justice
The criminal justice system is failing and incarceration rates are rising as a result of punitive practices. The law will be upheld with morality, humane discipline, and restorative practices by the...
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Student Evaluations of Faculty Generosity and Course Quality
Recent research has suggested that student evaluations of courses and professors are predicted by a variety of factors, ranging from rapport (Wilson, Ryan, & Pugh, 2010) to nonverbal behavior (Ambady...
Concurrent Validity And Reliability of Mobile Applications In Measuring Vertical Jump Performance
The purpose of this study was to test the concurrent validity and intraclass reliability of two mobile apps designed to measure countermovement jump (CMJ) height. The concurrent validity and...
Studies at Hannibal Bank, Panama: A Study of Evolutionary History of Mollusks and Developing a Program to Review Dive Track Data
This study focuses on the phylum Mollusca from Hannibal Bank in Panama. Through DNA sequencing and phylogenetic analyses, the biodiversity and evolutionary history of mollusks were evaluated. The...
Predator-prey relationships for coyote (Canis latrans), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and puma (Puma concolor) in Costa Rican ecosystems
Evaluating predatory-prey relationships is critical for understanding the dynamics of ecosystems and implementing effective conservation efforts. I investigated whether Neotropical mammalian predators...
What People Volunteer?: A Look Into How Race, Gender, Religion and Socioeconomic Status Effect Prosociality in America
The purpose of the study was to investigate how one’s race, religious background, socioeconomic class, and gender affect how likely one is to volunteer. In this project, prosociality is defined as how...
Kekeli Women: The Impact of Being A Community Health Promoter in Ghana, West Africa
The Kekeli Project seeks to improve the day to day health of individuals in Akatsi, Ghana (West Africa) by empowering lay women to serve as health promoters within their own villages and communities...
Belize and Taiwan: A Curious Friendship
Presented at the Faculty Research Symposium, November 13, 2017
A New Quantum Eraser Using Hyperentangled Photons
A new type of quantum eraser using hyperentangled photon pairs is proposed. Whereas a typical quantum eraser makes use of photons that are entangled in a single quantum state, usually in polarization...
I Can Tell by Your Accent: Accent Perception and Discrimination
Diagnosing and Rebuilding a Server System After a Major Failure
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of ArtsAfter a power failure, the Computer Science Lab server...
A Two-Charge Theory of Gravity
Our current standard theory of gravity is unable to fully explain the accelerating expansion of the universe. This expansion seems to imply a repulsive force associated with gravitational interaction...
“What Is Justice?”: An Investigation of Atonement Theories and Their Impacts on Justice in the United States
Kaleidoscope: Identity in Motion
This paper is a work of autoethnography. In other words, the author uses self-reflection in his writing to help explore his own personal experience and directly tie it into a larger social or cultural...
Autonomous Drone Project
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of ScienceThe use of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in...
Database System for Nampa Family Justice Center
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of ScienceThe city of Nampa offers help for victims of family...
Evaluation of Texture as a Fourth Input of Spatial Context Using Machine Learning to Map Wildland Fire Effects
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of ArtsA variety of machine learning algorithms have been used to...
Posture Analysis from Images
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of ArtsAccording to the American Chiropractic Association, 31...
Where Justice Meets Compassion: A Christian Assessment of Illegal Immigration
Presentation - Scholarship of Community Application, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Scholarship of Faith and Learning Faculty - student presentation Abstract This presentation examines the...
An analysis of the impact servant leadership has on staff retention in elementary schools
A successful superintendent once shared that, according to his research, the primary reason people remain with a company or a school is they enjoy those with whom they work. The second reason they...
“The amazing race” – success through persistence and resilience: a phenomenological study on the lived experiences of African American males at a private historically black college and university
Nationwide, a steep decline in the number of African American males enrolling and graduating from colleges and universities exists. To address the determination of African American male students, a...
A mixed methods study exploring the perceptions of elementary principals regarding grade retention of kindergarten and first grade students in rural Idaho districts
Thousands of students across the United States are retained annually in their current grade level for a variety of reasons, but primarily retention is due to academic grade level performance, on local...
The benefits and challenges of establishing a professional learning community through the lens of tiered instruction: principal and teacher perspective
Since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001, schools have focused on continuous school improvement and implementing systems that meet the legislative mandates set forth. Additionally, with the...
Android Application for Completing Medical Forms
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts An application for providing a simplified and more...
A Mobile Application for John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Bible
Submitted to the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts A mobile application that provides access to Wesley's...