{"id":7287,"date":"2019-06-13T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=7287"},"modified":"2019-06-13T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:03:10","slug":"research-notes-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2019\/06\/13\/research-notes-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

College of Arts and Humanities<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PROFESSOR\u2019S BOOK EXPLORES MARILYN MONROE\u2019S FILM ROLES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Department\nof Literature Assistant Professor Amanda Konkle\u2019s\nnew book offers the first extended scholarly analysis of Marilyn Monroe\u2019s film performances, Some Kind of Mirror: Creating Marilyn Monroe<\/em>, examines how her performances united the contradictory\ndiscourses about women\u2019s roles in\n1950s America. Although she remains one of the all-time most recognizable\nHollywood icons, critics have typically\nviewed Monroe\u2019s film roles as\nextensions of her sexpot star persona. Yet this\nignores both the subtle variations between these roles and the acting skill\nthat went into the creation of Monroe\u2019s public persona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Konkle suggests that Monroe\u2019s star persona resonated with\naudiences precisely because it engaged with the era\u2019s critical debates\nregarding femininity, sexuality, marriage and political activism. Furthermore,\nshe explores how Monroe drew from the techniques of Method acting and finely\ncalibrated her<\/p>\n\n\n\n

performances\nto better mirror her audience\u2019s anxieties\nand desires. Some Kind of Mirror <\/em>is\nabout why 1950s America made Monroe a\nstar, but it is also about how\nMarilyn defined an era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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College of Behavioral and Social\u00a0 Sciences<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DETERRENCE THEORY AND ITS IMPACT ON CYBERCRIME<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cybercrime or computer-related crime is growing at an alarming rate, but what actions are being taken to prevent these crimes? Professor Adam Bossler, Ph.D., addressed the issue at the First Annual Conference on the Human Factor in Cybercrime, hosted by Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, last October. He delivered a presentation titled, \u201cExamining the impact of deterrence on the willingness to commit politically motivated cyber attacks.\u201d His research found that students\u2019 willingness to engage in attacks against online and offline critical infrastructure in their own country and foreign lands was not deterred by formal sanctions, such as threats of being apprehended and punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead,\nconcerns about how family and friends would view the students (i.e. informal\ndeterrence) was more relevant. Bossler, a\nprofessor of criminal justice and criminology, will continue this line of\nresearch over the next year by\nexamining the relationship between willingness to attack critical\ninfrastructure with peers and techniques\nof neutralization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NEW CHAIR FOR IT DEPARTMENT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yiming Ji, Ph.D., has been selected as the new chair of the Department of Information Technology. The professor and chair for the computer science department at the University of South Carolina Beaufort will start his new job July 1. Ji was trained as an aerospace engineer and worked in the aerospace industry before returning to school to study computer science. His areas of scholarly interest include wireless communications and computer networks, modeling and simulation, scientific computing, and digital signal processing. In 2016, he was presented with the South Carolina Governor\u2019s Award for Excellence in Scientific Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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College of Science and Mathematics<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DUALLY ACCREDITED BIOCHEMISTRY DEGREE EXPANDS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The\nCollege of Science and Mathematics has expanded its dually accredited Bachelor\nof Science in Biochemistry to both the Armstrong and Statesboro Campuses.\nGeorgia Southern recently became the only public university in the State of\nGeorgia to have its biochemistry degree program accredited by the American\nSociety of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), and students now have an\nopportunity to earn dual certification from both the ASBMB and the American\nChemical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interdisciplinary biochemistry degree program utilizes chemical principles to understand biological systems, and prepares students for careers or continued graduate studies spanning biology, biochemistry and chemistry. The curriculum also provides students with the foundational content needed to sit for professional requisite exams, making it ideal for students interested in becoming dentists, optometrists, pharmacist or physicians.
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Waters College of Health\u00a0 Professions<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UNIVERSITY WELL REPRESENTED AT 2019 SOUTHEAST ASCM ANNUAL MEETING<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Georgia Southern University\u2019s\nWaters College of Health Professions\nwas well represented at the\n2019 Southeast American College\nof Sports Medicine (ACSM)\nAnnual Meeting. The meeting was held\nfrom Feb. 14-16, 2019, in Greenville,\nSouth Carolina. Faculty from the\nDepartment of Health Sciences and Kinesiology along with graduate and undergraduate students from the Department\nspent three days presenting more than 40 different research topics\nto those in attendance. The Southeast\nChapter of the ACSM consists\nof a diverse group of professionals\nand student members from 10 different\nstates in the Southeast\ndedicated to the advancement\nof sports medicine and exercise science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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College of Education<\/em>
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STUDYING THE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

College\nof Education faculty Lacey Huffling, Ph.D.,\nHeather Scott, Ed.D., and\nKania Greer, Ed.D., along  with College\nof Science and Mathematics colleagues Checo Colon-Gaud, Ph.D., and Shainaz Landge, Ph.D.,\nwere awarded a $763,897 grant\nfrom the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences,\nEngineering and Medicine. The grant will fund the first two years of Okefenokee\n\u2014 Understanding Real-world Relevance through Suwannee Watershed Assessment and\nMonitoring Project. Created by Huffling and her colleagues, the project will\noffer a summer on-site learning experience at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia\nas well as continued professional development for both in-service and\npre-service teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The project aims to increase Georgia middle and high school students\u2019 understanding of the impact their local watersheds have on larger bodies of water. The project will focus on the causal relationships between the Okefenokee Swamp and the Gulf of Mexico, allowing teachers to integrate what they learn into their classrooms and promote community awareness of local waterways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parker College of Business<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ECONOMETRICS STUDENTS ENGAGE IN RESEARCH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey Schiman, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics, is working with applied econometrics students on conducting original research, providing another aspect of experiential learning in the classroom. One student is exploring how differences in personality traits (openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion\/ introversion, agreeableness and neuroticism) early in life affect college entry and college major choice. Going forward, students will be encouraged to attend conferences and present their research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public\u00a0 Health<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PILOT GRANT FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN SOUTHEASTERN AGRICULTURE, FISHING AND FORESTRY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Atin Adhikari, Ph.D., recently received a pilot\/feasibility grant from the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS). The goals of this project are: (1) to collect preliminary data for a future large-scale study on dust exposure during cotton harvesting and associated allergic and inflammatory respiratory symptoms among cotton farmers in Georgia, and (2) field evaluation of three different models of N95 facepiece masks for protection against airborne respirable particles and microorganisms. SCCAHS\u00a0 is part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \/ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Agricultural Health and Safety Initiative at the University of Florida. SCCAHS explores and addresses the occupational safety and health needs of people working in agriculture, fishing and forestry in southeastern states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

College of Arts and Humanities PROFESSOR\u2019S BOOK EXPLORES MARILYN MONROE\u2019S FILM ROLES Department of Literature Assistant Professor Amanda Konkle\u2019s new book offers the first extended scholarly analysis of Marilyn Monroe\u2019s film performances, Some Kind of Mirror: Creating Marilyn Monroe, examines how her performances united the contradictory discourses about women\u2019s roles in 1950s America. Although she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-7287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-spring-2019"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}