A Production History of Urinetown: The Musical
03/2023This article explains the inception and development of Urinetown: The Musical.
A Production History of Urinetown: The Musical03/2023This article explains the inception and development of Urinetown: The Musical. |
A Note on SomewhereA brief description of Marisela Treviño Orta's Somewhere |
Adolescents’ Aesthetic and Functional View of Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants and Their Relationship to Self-Esteem Levels04/27/2015This study's aim was to determine how adolescents view their hearing devices. Through a lack of understanding by mainstream society, stigmatization has resulted in hard-of-hearing (HOH) adolescents having low self-esteem. HOH adolescents’ self-esteem is related to their way of dress including the aesthetic qualities of their hearing devices. Thus, fashionability is important in the lives of people with disabilities, just as it is in the lives of those without disabilities. Focus groups, individual interviews, and a Demographic and Device Design (DDD) questionnaire were used to collect data and to give participants the opportunity to design their ideal hearing device. Eight HOH participants between the ages of twelve and nineteen were involved in the study. The data revealed that others’ perceptions of the participants influenced positive or negative perceptions of hearing loss and/or their hearing device. Four participants reported having a high level of self-esteem, while the other four reported medium to low self-esteem. Aesthetics of the hearing device was not the primary focus, functionality was. The findings can inform manufacturers and professionals working with this population to better tailor their therapies and products to HOH teens. |
Adolescents’ Aesthetic and Functional View of Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants and Their Relationship to Self-Esteem Levels01/01/2013
This study's aim was to determine how adolescents view their hearing devices. Through a lack of understanding by mainstream society, stigmatization has resulted in hard-of-hearing (HOH) adolescents having low self-esteem. HOH adolescents’ self-esteem is related to their way of dress including the aesthetic qualities of their hearing devices. Thus, fashionability is important in the lives of people with disabilities, just as it is in the lives of those without disabilities. Focus groups, individual interviews, and a Demographic and Device Design (DDD) questionnaire were used to collect data and to give participants the opportunity to design their ideal hearing device. Eight HOH participants between the ages of twelve and nineteen were involved in the study. The data revealed that others’ perceptions of the participants influenced positive or negative perceptions of hearing loss and/or their hearing device. Four participants reported having a high level of self-esteem, while the other four reported medium to low self-esteem. Aesthetics of the hearing device was not the primary focus, functionality was. The findings can inform manufacturers and professionals working with this population to better tailor their therapies and products to HOH teens.
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African American Music01/01/2010 |
Amid Physical Isolation, Creating Connections: Cross university project offers students opportunity to experience a new team collaboration2021The article explores Kent State University, like many universities, pivoted to remote, recorded productions. This new format was challenging and it failed to fulfill the expectations of realized design work for Kent State's scenic design graduate students. Early in the fall, we were counting the design opportunities, or lack thereof, in current productions. |
Animation II: The BrothersDimensions: 7 x 5 inches |
Communicating Moral Responsibility: Stakeholder Capitalism, Types, and Perceptions03/01/2023With stakeholder capitalism being the new mantra for corporate moral responsibility, the question of how corporations’ moral commitments inconsistent with their executions would variably influence internal and external stakeholders and for different types of stakeholder capitalism issues remains unanswered. Using a 2 (inconsistency: present/absent) × 2 (stakeholder: internal/external) × 5 (stakeholder-capitalism issues: worker/environment/shareholder/customer/community) between-subjects experiment, this study investigated the variable impact on stakeholders’ corporate hypocrisy perceptions. With data collected from 1296 U.S. stakeholders, ANOVA results revealed that corporate moral responsibility messages-action inconsistency generates hypocrisy among stakeholders such that external stakeholders, namely consumers, experienced higher hypocrisy than internal ones, namely employees. The context of corporate moral responsibility (i.e., the types of stakeholder-capitalism issues) did not moderate resulting perceptions, but these issues directly impacted hypocrisy perceptions. These perceptions varied between external and internal stakeholders for different issues; the highest hypocrisy was recorded for shareholders and workers issues. Thus, the focus of this research was foregrounded on corporations’ moral responsibilities perceived as inconsistent with their execution to present a comparative analysis of different groups of stakeholders’ responses and devise effective solutions. |
Creating the Urban Village: Teaching Pre-Service Teachers about Sustainable Design in Architecture and Community Planning10/01/2010Sustainable design is a philosophy adopted by people concerned with the health of society and the natural environment. The practice of sustainable design works toward the improvement of the quality of the built environment, while reducing or eradicating the negative impact on the natural environment (McLennan 2004). It is a philosophical approach that may be used in designing any type of built structure, to include architecture, public art, products and community planning. This article will describe concepts that may be addressed in art education about sustainable design to develop an environmental awareness through artistic activities. An approach to teaching sustainable design is explained with an example of a multi-faceted project taught in a pre-service secondary methods course of prospective art teachers. |