The EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship series houses works from Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff members, including article pre-prints, presentations, posters, and other types of scholarship. In cases where the full text cannot be posted due to copyright, the citation will be included with a link to the full text when possible. Books written or edited by Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff are highlighted in our Faculty and Staff Books Gallery.
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Submissions from 2024
Developing Professional Prowess: A Strategic Journey from Studentship to Prosperous Employment, James Kirby Easterling, Kristen Wilson, and Julia Graham
Different but Synergistic Effects of Union and Manager Leadership on Member Job Satisfaction, Heungjung Jung, Ki-Jung Kim, and Inyong Shin
Do Takeover Premiums Hurt Post-Acquisition Performance? – Marketing Capabilities Matter!, Daoqin Han, Yue Sun, Yuan Wen, Lixun Su, and Jiayuan Tan
Effective Methods for Teaching Business Education, James Blair, Marcel Robles, Faridah Awang, Kambiz Tabibzadeh, Weiling Zhuang, James Kirby Easterling, and Michael Fore
Factors contributing to the use of references to diversity, inclusion, and gender issues in undergraduate economics courses: Findings from the sixth national “chalk and talk” survey, Laura J. Ahlstrom, Carlos J. Asarta, and Cynthia Harter
Faculty Networking Across Disciplines: Exploring a Transdisciplinary Networking Approach, James Blair, Lisa Kay, Allison Lee, and Cassie Bradley
On the structure of repeated-root polycyclic codes over local rings, Maryam Bajalan, Edgar Martinez-Moro, Reza Sobhani, Steve Szabo, and Gulsum Gozde Yilmazguc
Open Educational Resources in Kentucky, Stephen G. Krueger, Todd Seguin, Colleen Deel, AJ Boston, Lidiya Grote, Bailey Lake, Katrina Salley, Stacy Scott, Kelly Smith, Maria Taylor, and Kathleen Richardson
The effect of ESG scores on bank stability: Islamic vs. conventional banks, Asaad Sendi, Hasanul Banna, M. Kabir Hassan, and Tahsin Imtiazul Huq
The takeover Tango: Unraveling the impact of state-owned enterprise acquisitions on American competitors, Hassan T. I. Huq, M. Kabir Hassan, Reza Houston, and M. Sydul Karim
Use of Visual Prompts as a Pedagogical Strategy to Reduce Digital Distraction in College Classes, Jiyeon Park and Min Wook Ok
Submissions from 2023
A Low‐Cost Programmable Reversing Flow Column Apparatus for Investigating Mixing Zones, Reid E. Buskirk, Peter S. K. Knappett, M. Bayani Cardenas, Saugata Datta, Walter S. Borowski, and Itza Mendoza-Sanchez
Artificial Intelligence and bioinformatics applications in precision medicine and future implications, Ni Wang and Qiang He
A Ten-Step Approach to Refreshing Strategic Plans Within Higher Education, James Kirby Easterling and Kristen B. Wilson
Attempted predation of live-captured Neotoma Magister (Allegheny woodrat) by Strix varia (barred owl) and buteo jamaicensis (red-tailed hawk) in Kentucky, Makayla E. Beckner, Karen E. Powers, and Luke E. Dodd
Bacterial lipopolysaccharide hyperpolarizes the membrane potential and is antagonized by the K2p channel blocker doxapram, Rachael M. Vacassenno, Christine N. Haddad, and Robin L. Cooper
Ethics, Crisis Communication, and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater, Ginny Whitehouse
Extreme Differentiation along Multiple Liquid Lines of Descent in Strongly Peralkaline Magma Series at Pantelleria (Italy), John C. White, Ray Macdonald, Bogusław Bagiński, and Katarzyna M. Liszewska
Functional Headings’ Effects on Selective Attention and Reading Processes, Hung-Tao M. Chen, Megan S. Thomas, and Katelyn L. McClure
Illegal Wildlife Trades and Ecological Consequences: A Case Study of the Bird Market in Fereydunkenar, Iran, Seyed Ahmad Mir Mohamad Tabar, Nigel South, Avi Brisman, and Mohsen Noghani
Inter- and intra-specific dietary overlap in predacious bi-phasic salamanders, Jacob M. Hutton, Stephen C. Richter, and Steven J. Price
Kentucky’s New Education Landscape, Shannon Clinton
Knowledge Requirements Fulfillment Analysis, Theodore J. Randles, Lisa A. Gardner, and Zhe Zhang
Meal Preparation and Cooking Group Participation in Mental Health: A Community Transition, Alison Garcia and Christine Privott
Measuring Gatekeeper Instructor Comfort to Inform Suicide Prevention Train-The-Trainer Recruitment & Training in Agricultural Communities, Carolyn Oldham, Kristie Guffey, Kim Link, Shannon Sampson, Tyler McQueen, and Anna Stanton
Measuring Internalizing Psychopathology Using the MMPI-3: An Examination of Convergent, Discriminant, and Incremental Validity, Andrew J. Kremyar and Dustin B. Wygant
Preparing New Graduate Nurses for Patient Rescue An Experimental Quantitative Study, Heather Norris DNP, RN; Keri New DNP, RN; Bethany Miller PhD; Margaret Kramer MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Julia Fultz MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Charity Arthur MSN, RN; Brittany Smoot MSN, RN; and Allison Rogers, MSN, RN, CEN, NPD-BC
Programming Change Among Nonprofit Human Service Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Yinglin Ma and Erynn E. Beaton
Self-dual association schemes, fusions of Hamming schemes, and partial geometric designs, Bangteng Xu
Sunburn Frequency and Sun Protection Attitudes among Ocean Lifeguards at Florida Beaches, Samuel A. Hayworth, D. Gary Brown, and Jason W. Marion
Teaching methods and materials in undergraduate economics courses: School, instructor, and department effects, Laura J. Ahlstrom, Cynthia Harter, and Carlos J. Asarta
Therapeutic dosing and targeting efficacy of Pt-Mal-LHRH towards triple negative breast cancer, Margaret Ndinguri, Lisa Middleton, Jason Unrine, Shu Lui, Joseph Rollins, Emma Nienaber, Cassidy Spease, Aggie Williams, and Lindsey Cormier
Understanding and optimising support resources to facilitate CALD student and supervisor allied health fieldwork experiences, Fiona J. Newton, Den-Ching A. Lee, and Sara Brito
Units and linear independence, Sergio R. Lopez-Permouth, Jeremy Moore, Nick Pilewski, and Steve Szabo
Submissions from 2022
Abundance of Songbirds in Eastern Hemlock Stands Following Chemical Treatments for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Natalie M. Bekins and David R. Brown
Academic Women and Their Children: Parenting During COVID-19 and the Impact on Scholarly Productivity, Sara Bender, Kristina S. Brown, Deanna L. Hensley Kasitz, and Olga Vega
A convergence of crises: COVID-19, climate change and bunkerization, Anita Lam, Nigel South, and Avi Brisman
A Plague of Their Own: Injury Incidence Remains Elevated in the 2021 Major League Baseball Season Compared to Pre-COVID-19 Seasons, Brooks N. Platt, Breanna M. Sullivan, Shawn Dripchak, Timothy L. Uhl, Aaron D. Sciascia, W. Ben Kibler, and Austin V. Stone
Contrasting Styles of Inter-Caldera Volcanism in a Peralkaline System: Case Studies from Pantelleria (Sicily Channel, Italy), Pierangelo Romano, John C. White, Silvio G. Rotolo, Nina J. Jordan, Rosolino Cirrincione, Giovanni De Giorgio, Patrizia Fiannacca, and Epifanio Vaccaro
Current Views of Scapular Dyskinesis and its Possible Clinical Relevance, Aaron D. Sciascia and W. Ben Kibler
Differentiating Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders in Forensic Settings, Jaime L. Anderson, Danielle Burchett, David M. Glassmire, Dustin Wygant, Jan H. Kamphuis, Wineke Smid, and Martin Sellbom
Eco-Crimes and Ecocide at Sea: Toward a New Blue Criminology, Ascensión García Ruiz, Nigel South, and Avi Brisman
Effect of Forearm Position on Glenohumeral External Rotation Measurements in Baseball Players, W. Ben Kibler, Aaron D. Sciascia, and Kevin E. Wilk
Fundamental Neutron Physics at Spallation Sources, Nadia Fomin, Jason Fry, Robert W. Pattie Jr., and Geoffrey L. Greene
Fundamental Neutron Physics at Spallation Sources, Nadia Fomin, Jason Fry, Robert W. Pattie Jr., and Geoffrey L. Greene
Glenoid Labral Injuries Are More Common Posteriorly Than Superiorly and Are Combined Across Multiple Areas of the Glenoid, W. Ben Kibler, William J. Grantham, John Stuart Mattison Pike, and Aaron D. Sciascia
Green’s Functions for a Fractional Boundary Value Problem with Three Terms, Paul W. Eloe and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Immunity to Environmental Crime, Harm and Violence: An Ongoing Pandemic and a Possible Narrative Vaccine, Avi Brisman
Job retention opportunities in a pandemic crisis based on the example of three countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Arnold Toth, Botond Geza Kalman, Allen D. Engle, and Jozsef Poor
Leading on Open Educational Practices at a Regional Comprehensive University Library, Kelly Smith
More Elevated Fastballs Associated with Placement on the Injured List due to Shoulder Injury, Austin V. Stone M.D., Ph.D; Brooks N. .Platt M.D; Brandon S. Collofello M.D; Aaron D. Sciascia; Timothy L. Uhl Ph.D.; and William B. Kibler M.D.
Nonoperative Management of Traumatic Acromioclavicular Joint Injury: A Clinical Commentary with Clinical Practice Considerations, Aaron D. Sciascia, Aaron J. Bois, and W. Ben Kibler
Parasite Dynamics in Untreated Horses Through One Calendar Year, Ashley E. Steuer, Haley P. Anderson, Taylor Shepherd, Jessica A. Scare, Holli S. Gravatte, and Martin K. Nielsen
Pediatric Hand Therapists' Experiences with Outcomes Measurement: An Interpretive Descriptive Study, Jenny M. Dorich, Dana M. Howell, and Camille Skubik-Peplaski
Plateaued Functions on Finite Abelian Groups and Partial Geometric Difference Sets, Bangteng Xu
Quantification of Trace Elements in Surgical and KN95 Face Masks Widely Used During the SARS-COVID-19 Pandemic, Derek Bussan, Liliya Snaychuk, Georgios Bartzas, and Chris Douvris
Revision Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Major League Baseball Pitchers: Effects of Fastball Velocity and Usage, Christopher M. LaPrade, Mark E. Cinque, Deepak V. Chona, Aaron D. Sciascia, Geoffrey D. Abrams, Seth L. Sherman, Marc R. Safran, and Michael T. Freehill
Sensory Processing Abnormalities in Community-dwelling Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Mixed Methods Study, E. K. Rhodus PhD,OTR/L; E. G. Hunter PhD, ORT/L; G. D. Rowles PhD; S. H. Bardach PhD; Kelly Parsons MSW, CSW; Justin Barber MS; MaryEllen Thompson PhD, OTR/L; and Gregory A. Jicha PhD
The 2022 Roethlisberger Award: Experiential Learning and Large Class Size as Themes of the Year, Beth Polin
The current state of benchmarking use and networks in facilities management, Justin R. Dodd, Jake Smithwick, Steven Call, and Dipin Kasana
The Effectiveness of Telepsychology with Veterans: A Meta-analysis of Services Delivered by Videoconference and Phone., Michael J. McClellan, Richard Osbaldiston, Rongxiu Wu, Rachael Yeager, Addison D. Monroe, Tyler McQueen, and Mattie Helen Dunlap
We Are Not All the Same: The Influence of Personal Cultural Orientations on Vulnerable Consumers’ Financial Well-Being, Lixon Su, Emily C. Tanner, Natalie A. Marquart, and Dan Zhao
Submissions from 2021
Academic Womxn and Their Partners: Managing Scholarly Expectations During the Coronavirus Pandemic With the Support of Intimate Relationships in Quarantine, Kristina S. Brown, Sara Bender, Olga Vega, and Deanna L. Hensley Kasitz
Affordable Learning Kentucky: Strategies for Affordability and Success, Kelly Smith, Cristen Ross, Lori Werth, and Ilona Burdette
A new understanding and appreciation for the marvel of growing things”: exploring the college farm’s contribution to transformative learning, Amanda S. Green
An Exploratory Study of Possible Correlates of Individual Whistleblowing Propensity Among Sworn Staff in a City Jail, James Wells, Kevin I. Minor, Eric G. Minor, and Anna Reeves
Association Between Pitch Break on the 4-Seam Fastball and Slider and Shoulder Injury in Major League Baseball Pitchers: A Case-Control Study, Brooks N. Platt, Anthony V. Zacharias, Austin V. Stone, Aaron D. Sciascia, Caitlin Conley, Lindsay Hockensmith, and Nicholas Stockwell
A Virtue-care Approach to Spiritually Sensitive Social Work., Ann M. Callahan
Carbon Monoxide Exposure Potential Associated With the Use of Recreational Watercraft, Thomas Gerding, Jason W. Marion, and Dale Stephenson
Changes in Student Behaviors and Policy Opinion Regarding E-Cigarettes at a Kentucky University from 2014 to 2018, Jason W. Marion, Alina Strand, and Elliott Baldridge
C-jun N-terminal Kinase Mediates Ligand-independent p75NTR Signaling in Mesencephalic Cells Subjected to Oxidative Stress, Bradley Kraemer, Rachel T. Clements, Cassandra M. Escobedo, Kendall S. Nelson, Carter D. Waugh, Andrew S. Elliott, Wesley C. Hall, and Montana T. Schemanski
CODA, Avi Brisman
Comparison of the ColiPlate Kit with Two Common E. coli Enumeration Methods for Water, Gibson Cassi J., Abraham K. Maritim, and Jason W. Marion
COVID-19 Lessons Learned: A Global Perspective, Kevin T. Kavanagh, Christine Pontus, Judith Pare, and Lindsay E. Cormier
Critical Reading: What Do Faculty Think Students Should Do?, Abigail Sutherland and Sara Incera
Cyanobacteria Growth in Nitrogen- & Phosphorus-Spiked Water from a Hypereutrophic Reservoir in Kentucky, USA, Sarah E. Hughes and Jason W. Marion
Deuterium Enrichments in Hydrocarbons Produced During Ruthenium Catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Buchang Shi, Jennifer Naumovitz, and Mingsheng Luo
Does English Orthography Influence Bilingual Spanish Readers? The Effect of Grapheme Crosslinguistic Congruency and Complexity on Letter Detection, Carmen Hevia-Tuero, Sara Incera, and Paz Suarez-Coalla
Environmental Health Education in a Pandemic: Lessons and Opportunities, Kim Hall and Jamie D. Hisel
Evolution of the Magma System of Pantelleria (Italy) from 190 ka to Present., Nina J. Jordan, John C. White, Ray Macdonald, and Silvio G. Rotolo
Existence of a Positive Solution for a Singular Fractional Boundary Value Problem with Fractional Boundary Conditions using Convolution and Lower Order Problems, Jeffrey W. Lyons and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Exploring Sound and Noise in the Urban Environment, Avi Brisman, Ascensión García Ruiz, Bill McClanahan, and Nigel South
Exploring the Synthesis and Characterization of Fac-re(co)3l Complexes Using Diethylenetriamine Derivative Functionalized at the Central Nitrogen, Margaret W. Ndinguri, Carrie A. Black, Anna L. Gosser, Sarah Ritz, Cody Sutphin, Frank R. Fronczek, and Lindsay E. Cormier
Gender and Firm Performance around the World: The Roles of Finance, Technology, and Labor, Lee Allison, Yu Liu, Samuele Murtinu, and Zuobao Wei
Genesis of Trondhjemite by Low-pressure Fraction Anatexis of Hornblende-gabbro at Alvand Plutonic Complex (Hamedan, NW Iran): Insights from Geochemical Modelling., Federico Lucci, Adel Saki, Mirmohammad Miri, Ahmad Rabiee, and John C. White
High and Tight, Please: Self-explanations for Experiencing Short Haircuts as Erotic, Robert W. Mitchell
Injury Rates in Major League Baseball During the 2020 COVID-19 Season, Brooks N. Platt, Timothy L. Uhl, Aaron D. Sciascia, Anthony J. Zacharias, Nichole G. Lemaster, and Austin V. Stone
Isolation of Antimicrobial-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Nonfermenting Bacteria From Livestock-Associated Ambient Particulate Matter, Clint Pinon Jr. and S. Travis Altheide
Learning about the Economic Impact of a Sports Arena, John R.F. Harter
Management of Scapular Dyskinesis in Overhead Athletes, W. Ben Kibler, Austin V. Stone, Anthony Zacharias, W. Jeffrey Grantham, and Aaron D. Sciascia
Mechanical Properties of Hybrid Synthetic Fiber Reinforced Self-consolidating Concrete, Sahar Y. Ghanem, Jonathan Bowling, and Zhihui Sun
Meeting Our Students’ Educational Needs During a Gobal Pandemic: Creating Online Clinical Learning Experiences, Keri New, DNP, RN,; Catherine Edwards DNP, RN; and Heather Norris DNP, RN
On Association Schemes with Multiplicities 1 or 2, Mikhail Muzychuk and Bangteng Xu
Peralkaline Silicic Extrusive Rocks: Magma Genesis, Evolution, Plumbing Systems, and Eruption., Ray Macdonald, John C. White, and Harvey E. Belkin
Population Genetics of Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in an Altered Forested Ridgetop Wetland Ecosystem in Appalachia, Jennifer R. Skibbe, Jamie Farrar, Kelly Watson, and Stephen C. Richter
Pre-Operative Scapular Rehabilitation for Arthroscopic Repair of Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial, Luane Landim de Almeida, Adriano Fernando Mendes Junior, Jose da Mota Neto, Leandro Furtado De Simoni, Karine Helena Souza Lopes, Paloma Carvalho Guimaraes, Brenda Iasmin de Oliveira Valerio, and Aaron D. Sciascia
Return to Preinjured Function Following Ankle Injury, Aaron D. Sciascia, Arthur J. Nitz, Patrick O. McKeon, Jennifer Havens, and Timothy L. Uhl
Return to Preinjury Function Following Knee Injury, Aaron D. Sciascia; Arthur J. Nitz,; Patrick O. McKeon; Jennifer Havens; and Timothy L. . Uhl
Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Intermediate Theory, Statistics and Econometrics, and Other Upper-Division Economics Courses: Results From a Sixth National Quinquennial Survey, Cynthia Harter and Carlos J. Asarta