Brooklyn Nine-Nine Takes the Stigma out of Sexual Orientation - Melissa Reese
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SALISBURY UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Academic Journal Inaugural Issue – Volume 1 – Fall 2019 Salisbury University Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (OURCA) Cover Art: Cult, 48” x 60” oil, glitter, and assorted jewels on canvas 2019, by student artist Arielle Tesoriero “Cult” contains elements referencing Kate Chopin’s 1899 novel The Awakening. This is one of my favorite novels. “A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: ‘Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!’ He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence.” Edna Pontellier, the main character of The Awakening, is a wife and a mother. She is described as not being particularly attractive, a bad parental figure, and an unaccomplished painter. This resonates with me as I feel I have similarities with Edna, (although I am not a mother), so in “Cult” I represent not only myself, but Edna. The first lines of the novel open with a parrot and a mocking bird, which represent Edna’s entrapment in society. She is an outcast, as women were expected to follow the four rules of “the cult of domesticity” or “the cult of true womanhood,” which were piety, purity, domesticity and submission. Throughout the novel, Edna defies these rules by acknowledging her sexual desires and establishing her own identity apart from her husband, her children, or anyone else. The ideology of “the cult of true womanhood” was more prevalent in the late nineteenth century, but the twenty-first century has adapted its own expectations, or societal roles, for women. I particularly refer to themes of desire, sexuality, sensuality, dependency, and confinement in “Cult.” Co-dependent relationships are a large theme of this piece as my “character” wonders to herself why someone hasn’t answered her yet. Is the person ignoring her? Are they too busy to answer? Why have they taken so long to answer? The dependency of social media has encouraged her codependent relationships. Edna awakens to a number of things as the novel progresses, which my “character” in “Cult” hopes to achieve. Edna awakens to the fact that she is not happy and that she finds her life unfulfilling; she awakens to grow a sense of her power and potential; she awakens to a growing sense of artistic skill and ambition; she awakens to understand that love and sex do not always go together; and she awakens to the idea that she can live her own life and have her own identity. My “character” wants to break free from “the cult of true womanhood” and understand herself as her own person without the codependent relationships she is used to through social media, but she isn’t sure she will ever be able to accomplish this. For further information, visit arielletesoriero.com. SALISBURY UNIVERSITY Undergraduate Academic Journal CONTENTS Letter from the Founder ................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Letter from the Editor ....................................................................................................................................................................1 Articles (articles appear in the style of their discipline) 1. The Fantasy Police Force: How Brooklyn Nine-Nine Takes the Stigma out of Sexual Orientation - Melissa Reese .................. 2 2. Turning the Page on a New Learning Style: The Educational Aspects of Graphic Novels - Anna Burns ............................ 7 3. Righting A Historical Absence: The Benefits of LGBTQ+ Inclusive History in K-12 Schools for Youth - Rayna Danis ...........................................................................................................................................................................11 4. Life After Taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Tool: A Discourse Analysis of the R/MBTI SubReddit Community - Tara Ward ....................................................................................................................................18 5. Increasing Migrant Women’s Report of PPD: Eliminating Stigma Through Improved Screening Practices - N’tuma Kamara .......................................................................................................................................................................27 6. Ethics and Morals in NICU Care: Attitudes, Stigmas, and Care Among Medical Staff - Maggie Giggey ...........................32 7. Evaluation of Intensive Care Mechanical Ventilator Response Time During Varying Levels of Inspiratory Effort - Sarah Donley ..........................................................................................................................................................................38 8. The Molecular Effects of Hyperphosphorylated Tau Protein Progression on the Pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease - Mariah Passwaters-Stamper ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 9. The Effects of Fasting on Immune Function and Autoimmunity - Julia Hamilos ...............................................................49 10. Effects of Exercise Intervention on Future Exercise Habits - Aaron Tate-Moore .................................................................. 52 11. Characterizing Carbon Quantum Dot Byproducts in the Synthesis of Copper-Indium-Sulfide Quantum Dots - Austin Dabbs ........................................................................................................................................................................ 57 12. Severe Thunderstorm Climatology of the Delmarva Peninsula (1987-2017) - Roger Riggin ................................................60 Art Cult - Arielle Tesoriero ........................................................................................................................................................................cover Unclean Yellow - Arielle Tesoriero ..........................................................................................................................................................25 Sleep - Arielle Tesoriero .......................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Letter from the Founder Greetings! Welcome to Salisbury University’s very first undergraduate research journal: Laridae. This journal was brought to you by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (OURCA). Since June 2018, we have worked hard to bring you the very first edition of this student-led journal. Supported by OURCA, our Faculty Advisory Board, professors, and staff members, we bring you a collection of student writers from a range of studies at Salisbury University. We invite you to read and view the areas of studies represented in this journal, take inspiration from them, and develop your own work, whether it be a research paper or a creative project that could someday be featured in a future edition of this journal. “Laridae” is a Latin word that means a “gull family,” and in that same spirit, this journal demonstrates the different works from Salisbury University students that reflect the academic diversity within our university. The mission of Laridae is to reflect the hard work that is done by our students and to provide an opportunity for students to showcase their work. As you turn the next pages, we hope that new ideas blossom in your mind, so that your work may be represented in a future edition of this journal. In the spirit of Salisbury University, I say to you: Learn, Live, Lead. Abiodun Adeoye Student Founder Letter from the Editor Salisbury University is an emerging presence in the arena of student-led research and creative activity. Much of the impetus behind this movement comes from the generous support of faculty and staff at Salisbury University; without their combined efforts, students would not have access to the tremendous resources offered by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (OURCA), the Writing Center, the Office of Graduate Studies and Research (GSR), the Nationally Competitive Fellowships Office, which enabled the creation of Laridae. In this context, Laridae was assembled in an effort to complement and highlight the great works produced by Salisbury University’s brilliant undergraduate student body. The process began when Abiodun (Abey) Adeoye conceived the idea to bring an undergraduate academic journal to Salisbury University. Early in the idea development phase, Abey partnered with OURCA and GSR. These partners came to form the bedrock on which this student-led journal has constructed a foundation. With the help of a supportive staff, Laridae began to take shape in the spring of 2019. The Laridae team spoke to numerous classes and at several school-sponsored events to solicit submissions. By the end of the spring semester, we had received nearly 25 submissions. Throughout the long editing period, which lasted from May to September 2019, the Laridae team whittled the submissions down to 12 outstanding manuscripts you will read in this journal. We are proud of our work thus far and delighted to share this diverse collection of academic works from a range of disciplines. Moreover, this first