Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, 2014, Instructional Technology (Education)

This study aimed to examine whether cognitive, social, and teaching presence were significant predictors of the overall students′ satisfaction of the online program in one of the largest Saudi universities. The used research design was non-experimental and correlational in nature. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine to what extent did cognitive, social, and teaching presence predict the overall students′ satisfaction. The data in this quantitative study was collected using a self-report survey. The target population was students who joined the online program, the developed Entesab program, in one of the largest Saudi universities in the eastern region. The findings of this study showed that overall regression, which had social and teaching presence, was statistically significant, F(2, 811) = 180.291, p < .05. Social presence and teaching presence both were found to explain 31.4% of the variance in students′ satisfaction. The overall regression, which predicted students′ satisfaction from social presence, teaching presence, and cognitive presence, was statistically significant, F(2, 811) = 166.18, p < .05, R2 = .38. The three presences together explained 38% of the variance in students′ satisfaction. Cognitive presence was found to have the largest contribution in predicting students′ satisfaction and it was a better predictor of students′ satisfaction compared with teaching presence and social presence. Due to the importance of cognitive, social, and teaching presence in predicting students′ satisfaction, it is recommended that improving these factors in the online courses be taken into consideration. Providing workshops to the online instructors was one of the recommendations made in order to help in improving faculty knowledge regarding the Community of Inquiry elements in the online environment. Another recommendation to the online instructors is to provide timely feedback, interact, and prepare well for the class activities and assignments. (open full item for complete abstract)

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2007, Physical Activity and Educational Services

Projections call for the proportion of students enrolled in blended courses to outpace the proportion of students in totally online courses in a few years. Yet the literature indicates that we know little about how undergraduates and graduate students learn in blended environments. In addition, few theoretical models have been developed specifically for online or blended learning. One such model the Community of Inquiry framework. The purpose of this study was to investigate how well the Community of Inquiry model explains discussion interactions among teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence over time and in different group modes to produce a worthwhile educational experience. Specifically, an undergraduate/graduate-level inquiry-based course at a large Midwestern university about the philosophical and historical roots of adult education in America was the context of the study. A quantitative content analysis of transcripts from one group (n = 4) that met via synchronous chats and another group (n = 5) that met face to face were examined. Statements in the transcripts were transformed to quantitative data for analysis within the framework of a mixed MANOVA design. Results found that group mode had an effect on frequency of social presence and cognitive presence. The face-to-face group generated more than twice the frequency of social presence indicators and nearly three times the frequency of cognitive presence indicators than the online group. There was no difference over time on the frequency of teaching presence, social presence, or cognitive presence for either the online or face-to-face group.

Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, 2023, Psychology

In the current VR literature, postural sway analysis and survey methodologies are useful ways that researchers look to measure participant behavior and experience, but as they are typically performed separately, insights into participant experiences may be limited. The current project sought to employ both methods at the same time to gather new insights from participants as they go through radical changes in their avatar (virtual self) while performing two tasks in a virtual environment. This work sought to demonstrate the effectiveness of different surveys in capturing participant experience; demonstrate how postural sway analysis can provide insight into participants' experience; and illustrate how combining both datasets allow for a more complete representation of participants' phenomenological and behavioral experience in VR. We discovered that while the two types of data were not directly tied together, experience from participants could be partially explained from the behavioral measures collected.

Master of Music (MM), Ohio University, 2022, Music Therapy (Fine Arts)

The number of individuals diagnosed with dementia each year is on the rise in the United States, and with this burden comes the need for high quality long-term care. Music therapists are part of the diverse interdisciplinary team that is required to address the needs of the whole person in long-term memory care settings. Music therapy can uniquely benefit individuals with dementia, however, there are many challenges to facilitating therapeutic outcomes with individuals with limited communication such as those with advanced stages of dementia. The aim of this study was to explore a model of therapeutic presence in the context of music therapy with an individual with dementia who has impaired communication. I used a convergent parallel mixed methods design to capture my and the participant's perspective of therapeutic presence across five individual music therapy sessions. Through pre-session and during session strategies, I aimed to cultivate my own therapeutic presence as well as create opportunities for moments of shared presence. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through forms of self-reflection and post-session video observation. Through integration and interpretation of the data, I identified nine moments of shared presence. Therapeutic presence strategies were found to be beneficial in pre-sessions and during music therapy sessions, and the findings suggest music may be highly influential on the experience of therapeutic presence. There are many positive implications of translating a therapeutic presence model to music therapy when working with individuals with dementia, including reduced stress and burnout for music therapists, improved therapeutic relationships and treatment outcomes, and enhanced quality of care in long-term care facilities. However, there are also several adaptations related to the unique inclusion of music in the therapeutic presence model and barriers that occur when applied with individuals with cognitive and communicative (open full item for complete abstract)

Master of Arts, The Ohio State University, 2014, Communication

The purpose of this study was threefold. First, it sought to conceptually compare two constructs that have numerous similarities, social presence and mediated immediacy. Second, it attempted to empirically test the relationship between those constructs after determining that the conceptual similarities suggested an overlapping relationship. Third, the study sought to determine if aspects of the communicative message, such as the type of target or level of interactivity, influenced how socially present or immediate an individual perceived that message to be. Confirmatory factor analyses, independent groups t-tests, and ANCOVAs were utilized to test the research questions that were posed. The results indicated no uniform effect of target or interactivity on ratings of social presence and mediated immediacy. Additionally, the confirmatory factor analysis pointed toward the independent relationship proposed in existing research as the best model. Limitations such as poor measurement scales and group characteristics could have influenced these findings. Thus, more research attempting to identify the relationship between social presence and mediated immediacy is warranted.

Master of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, 2011, Art

This thesis demonstrate my artistic practice and research exploring empathy and human-machine interaction in projects involving robotic art and video installations and performance. The works investigate emotions and embodiment, presence and absence, relationships and loss, and ways to implicate these ideas in encounters between technology-based artwork and the viewer. This paper presents the framework of my practice, followed by descriptions, statements, and excerpts from my journal describing how, for both of my main projects developed during the past two years in the MFA program at The Ohio State University, I went through several numerous stages in which the projects were designed, tested and were modified as my new designs evolved, failed, and were modified. The purpose of this thesis is to show my process, to establish the continuum and consistency of my research and interests, and to expand on how my work relates to the traditions and discourse of new media art.

Master of Science (MS), Bowling Green State University, 2007, Chemistry

Estrogen receptor (ER) is a ligand-inducible enhancer protein that is a member of nuclear hormone receptor super family. Estrogen receptors share a highly conserved structure with other members of the steroid receptor super family and a common mechanism, regulating gene transcription. Estrogen receptors reside in the nucleus and in the absence of hormone signal bind to other proteins. However, in the presence of hormone, the receptor dissociates from the other proteins and dimerizes. The dimeric form of estrogen receptor is the active form which binds to a specific DNA sequence, known as the estrogen response element (ERE) in the regulatory region of the target gene. The estrogen response element (ERE) consists of asymmetric or pseudo asymmetric, palindromic repeat of two half-site sequences (cHERE) 5'-AGGTCA-3', separated by 3bps. HMG domain proteins are architectural proteins involved in chromatin function and have been shown to stabilize the ER/ERE binding. One aims of this thesis is to determine how differences in spacer length between the ERE half-site affect on ER binding affinity in the presence and absence of the coactivator protein, HMGB-1. The binding affinity and selectivity of the two forms of the estrogen receptor (a and a) and glucocorticoid receptor (GR) for cHERE, in three different orientations (direct repeats, inverted repeats and everted repeats) were studied by using the gel mobility shift assay (EMSA). ERs, in contrast to GR, showed a strong cooperativity when interacting with direct repeats, inverted repeats as well as everted repeats.

BS, Kent State University, 2024, College of Nursing

Family Presence During Resuscitation (FPDR) first proposed in 1987, has been recommended by numerous professional nursing organizations. Although studies have been conducted investigating the views of family members and healthcare professionals concerning FPDR, little is known about perceptions of nursing students. Due to this gap in the literature, we investigated the attitudes of nursing students toward FPDR as they will be future members of the largest healthcare profession in the United States. This study was guided by the Relationship Based Care Model, which is a way to provide care for our patients and their families. A descriptive cross-sectional study using Qualtrics was designed to identify the attitudes of nursing students from the largest BSN program in Northeast Ohio toward FPDR. The secondary aim was to investigate if age and work experience in a healthcare setting impacted the attitudes of nursing students towards FPDR. Funding for the project was provided by Kent State University Research Council, and Institutional Review Board approval was obtained prior to data collection which commenced in Summer 2023. By the end of Fall 2023 semester, a total of 96 participants were enrolled in the study which yielded a response rate of 53.6% of 179 eligible students enrolled in a senior-level critical care course. This study did not reach statistical significance in attitudes toward FPDR based on age and work experience in healthcare. However, 67.2% of the participants reported they would support FPDR.

PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2023, Nursing: Nursing - Doctoral Program

Background: Family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) was first introduced into clinical practice about thirty years ago in Foote Hospital in the U.S. when the chaplain disagreed with the commonly followed practice of excluding the family members from the patient's resuscitation. Since then, several attempts have been made to integrate this care practice into routine patient care. Moreover, several interventions to enhance the perception of FPDR and improve the daily practice of this care practice are developed earlier, including education and policy making. However, nurses' perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors are widely varied regarding the implementation of FPDR in critical and emergency care settings. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation within the hospital is mostly performed in the intensive care unit, cardiac care unit, and emergency department. As a result, critical care and emergency nurses are front-line healthcare providers who influence the practice of FPDR. Therefore, it was essential to understand the perspectives, perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of critical care and emergency nurses when it comes to the practice of FPDR. Aims: The specific aims of the dissertation were to describe nurses' perceptions and attitudes regarding FPDR and investigate the possible barriers, facilitators, benefits, and risks or challenges associated with practicing FPDR in critical care and emergency settings. Methods: This manuscript-option dissertation was composed of three interrelated projects that collectively address the dissertation's specific aims. The first project was an integrative review to investigate the current evidence on FPDR practice in critical care and emergency settings. The second project was a descriptive qualitative study where 21 registered nurses from critical care units and emergency departments from hospitals across three states in the Midwest U.S. completed interviews about their perceptions, attitudes, benefits, risks, and barriers to p (open full item for complete abstract)

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2023, Food Science and Technology

Food and beverage consumption occur in contextual settings where consumers are exposed to various environmental cues important for shaping product expectations. Traditional sensory and consumer testing conducted in isolated, neutral booths lacks ecological validity, which can lead to uninformative results and potential costly product failures. To facilitate evaluations reflective of real-world experiences and reliable data collection, sensory scientists have recently compiled a growing body of research using virtual reality (VR) immersive technologies to restore relevant context during consumer sensory testing. While promising effects of immersive contexts were found on consumer perception and acceptance data, limitations of existing sensory VR systems that prevent widespread adoption of the technologies include a diminished sense of presence, unrealistic visuals, and the lack of interactive capabilities enabling the integration of real-world features that facilitate taste testing and/or data collection. Therefore, we aimed to develop a user-friendly, interactive 360° VR system for sensory and consumer testing. Two system iterations with VR controllers (System 1) and hand tracking (System 2) as interactive techniques were assessed in two separate studies for their ability to deliver realistic consumption contexts and to facilitate a virtual product evaluation experience (Chapter 3). Participants found both systems usable and experienced high levels of presence and engagement during testing. System 1 (VR controllers) performed better at interactions with the virtual tablet interface to answer questionnaires, whereas interactions with the food objects were easier using System 2 (hand tracking). Prior research has applied the same consumption context for all participants without accounting for varying individual consumption habits; evaluating products in a consumption scenario of low personal relevance can also lead to misleading consumer response (open full item for complete abstract)

Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2022, Communication

This dissertation tests how contingency and personalization influence the way audiences engage with outgroup media characters. It is argued that the affordances of contingency and personalization can make exposure to media characters more akin to face-to-face social interaction. by experiencing social presence and parasocial interaction (PSI). As such, media with contingency and personalization should better elicit the psychological states of social presence and PSI will allow audiences to like these transgender media characters, which in turn reduces prejudice towards transgender people. After pretesting a stimulus that manipulates these affordances, a 2 (high contingency v. no contingency) x 2 (high personalization v. no personalization) factorial experiment was conducted on an online adult population. Results suggested that media with contingency caused audiences to experience more social presence and PSI. The personalization manipulation did not. Experiencing social presence predicted more liking of a transgender media character and lower prejudice towards transgender women. PSI predicted higher prejudice towards transgender women. Several theoretical implications and reflections are discussed.

Master of Arts, University of Akron, 2021, Communication

The fields of holistic education and spiritual pedagogy suggest one of the most essential capacities for a teacher is to be present and/or demonstrate presence with students, however a gap exists in specifically defining what presence is and how to exhibit it with students communicatively. Some articles from the fields of mindfulness and contemplative studies suggest that contemplative practices may improve the capacity to be present. This research project sought to more deeply understand presence, define it, and explore the communication practices such as empathic listening, silence and immediacy behaviors holistic educators engage in when being present to students and demonstrating presence. The research questions included: RQ1: What life-experiences shape the way holistic educators communicate with students? RQ2: What contemplative practices do holistic educators use to prepare for communicating with students? RQ3: What communication practices do holistic educators use to be present with students? Using a qualitative approach, autoethnographic stories by the researcher and semi-structured interviews were conducted with six holistic educators. A thematic analysis found four main themes including holistic educators: (1) Combine conceptual and experiential approaches to learning; (2) Engage in contemplative practices daily to be present to students; (3) Seek to be present soulfully with their students, and (4) Communicate for communion. Several key concepts which emerged included presence, being present, communion, connectedness, darshan, student-centered learning, experiential learning, channeling, soulfulness and spirituality to name a few.

Master of Science, The Ohio State University, 2021, Environment and Natural Resources

The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) is Federally threatened and Ohio endangered. Accepted Ohio survey protocols includes visual encounter surveys (VES) and artificial cover (corrugated tin sheets) surveys. Although effective, these traditional methods require intensive field effort (~25 weekly visits). The Adapted-Hunt Drift Fence Technique (AHDriFT) is a new low-effort camera trap and drift method for ectotherms and small mammals. However, the method has not been applied for Massasauga or in their habitats, or even evaluated beyond proof-of-concept. The objectives of this study were to: (1) assess AHDriFT as a wildlife survey tool; (2) compare AHDriFT efficacy for Massasauga presence-absence surveys to VES and tin surveys in terms of detection rates, detection probability, and cost-efficiency; (3) determine optimal AHDriFT deployment for Massasauga in terms of camera trap timing and length, array spatial placement, and weather influence; and (4) provide preliminary recommendations for a Massasauga survey protocol using AHDriFT. I deployed 15 Y-shaped AHDriFT arrays in fields with known Massasauga populations from March – October 2019 and 2020. In 2019, I compared arrays to prior VES and tin surveys, and assessed between-field detection covariates. In 2020, I evaluated concurrent surveys and assessed within-field detection covariates. Equipment for each array cost approximately US$1,570. Construction and deployment of each array took about three hours, with field servicing requiring 15 minutes per array. Arrays proved durable under wind, ice, snow, flooding, and heat. Processing two-weeks of images of 45 cameras averaged 13 person-hours. In 2019, arrays obtained 9,018 detections of 41 vertebrate species comprised of 5 amphibians, 13 reptiles (11 snakes), 16 mammals, and 7 birds. Arrays cumulatively detected all amphibians and 92% of expected snakes and small mammals. Arrays obtained a total of 206 Massasauga detections, 2 – 4 times that of (open full item for complete abstract)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, 0, Instructional Technology (Education)

At a time when the world is facing a range of significant challenges, including a rise in air temperature, rapidly evolving droughts in some areas, and floods, new technology in education can help inform people of current issues that may not be close to them but, nevertheless, can have a significant impact in the future. Our planet has been warming steadily for over a century, and the preponderance of evidence has pointed at human action as the main contributor to the change (Hansen et al., 2010). The evolution of technology has brought tremendous change. Virtual Reality (VR), 360-degree video, has the potential to bring the environment to the students since it can provide a close to a real-life situation. The use of VR for educational purposes has been quite unknown to most school systems. There are many gaps that need to be investigated prior to the effective implementation of VR-learning, such as the factors that influence students' intention to use it. This study fulfilled some of these gaps by focusing on the potential of using VR for future education and raising awareness of the climate change occurring in remote areas, specifically tropical regions. The findings of this study will hopefully encourage students to play a more responsible role in the development and implementation of VR education worldwide and help enhance the academic quality of courses for instructors and students. This study examined students' behavioral intentions towards using VR in their learning about climate change utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model of Davis (1989), combined with the spatial presence experience scale (Hartmann et al., 2015). Phase 1 was created in order to understand students' salient beliefs about the use of VR for educational purposes and learning about climate change. Furthermore, 65 students participated in this phase and reported that VR can be beneficial for educational purposes to learn about global climate change, and 95.2% of participants fully agreed. Ph (open full item for complete abstract)

Master of Fine Arts, The Ohio State University, 2020, Art

From 2017 to 2020, I conducted a series of artistic experiments that resulted in multiple sculptures and performance. The experiments explore the concept of the strange, presence and co-presence and examines how humans have and may confront what lies beyond the scope of the familiar. Subsequently, the 2018 series that utilize the wearable sculpture questions the possible materiality of absence. The thesis serves as the final report and record of the art practices during the three years. I hope that the record serves the academics and artists in the future who wish to explore the same topic.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, 2020, Higher Education Administration

The purpose of this study was to provide a phenomenological description of peer interaction and to explore the sense of community experienced by online learners in an accelerated online course delivered asynchronously. Though research indicates the importance of peer interaction and community in online learning, and online learners indicate their desire to feel a sense of community in online courses, there is a gap in literature that qualitatively details the essence of peer interaction and online learners' perception of community. To address this gap, I interviewed six post-traditional online learners regarding their experiences interacting with peers and the way those experiences contributed to their sense of community in an accelerated online course. Five main themes emerged based on participants' experiences and perceptions: (1) Routine, (2) Technology, (3) Course Design, (4) Perceptions of Interaction, (5) Sense of Community. The findings represented throughout this research align with the two research questions that guided this study: (1) How do students describe their experiences interacting with peers in an accelerated online course? (2) How do students describe their experiences of interacting with peers as contributing to their sense of community in an accelerated online course? This research contributes to a deeper understanding of factors that shape peer interaction and the sense of community felt in an accelerated online learning context. The findings evidence implications for online pedagogy, learning management systems, and for the implementation of the Community of Inquiry framework. Future research that focuses on the experiences and perceptions of online learners who share similar or different demographic characteristics through various methods would enhance understanding of peer interaction and community in online learning contexts. The need for such research is evident as diverse student populations' exposure to learning through distance, onl (open full item for complete abstract)

MA, Kent State University, 2020, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Geography

Wildlife corridors promote biodiversity, abate landscape fragmentation and – in areas of urban development – are often refuges for fauna. Yet, they appear at odds with their main goal of conserving wildlife's natural habitat, especially when applied to a real-world context, because they are typically located in areas prone to anthropogenic disturbances. The literature varies over how concurrent use affects wildlife. One such space where this occurs is urban parks where wildlife movement overlaps spatially with recreationists. Park visitors utilize formal trails and depart from them to create informal trails. Many negative consequences toward wild biota have been attributed to informal trails, which contribute to anthropogenic-induced fragmentation and, indirectly, disturbances within the matrix. The overlap of trails with wildlife corridors begs the questions: are wildlife using the shared corridors within the reservations or should landscape, resource and trail managers be directing their efforts elsewhere to facilitate wildlife movement? Also, to what degree, if any, will wildlife move through corridors shared with humans? To answer these questions, baseline and biodiversity data needed to be established first. Employing round-the-clock, passive, remotely triggered camera pairs in two urban parks in greater Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., scenarios were tested along a continuum of wildlife-anthropogenic interfacing that occurs on trails. Formal and informal trails in Cleveland Metroparks were studied, in addition to an area with restored informal trails. Examining the majority of terrestrial, animal wildlife, likelihood of Verified Use was established for each species, guild, and as a whole. Verified Use was defined as any species being detected on both cameras in the pair within a +/- five minute window. I found that non-consumptive, anthropogenic use of trails did not necessarily hinder terrestrial wildlife's movement as suggested in the literature. In situ, not (open full item for complete abstract)

Master of Arts (M.A.), Xavier University, 2020, Psychology

Individual differences impact how users interact with technology and many variables are likely to predict differences in the outcomes of training with virtual reality technology. This study explored if individual differences in perceptions of spatial ability and virtual reality self-efficacy significantly related to learning of virtual reality training content. In addition, perceptions of spatial ability and virtual reality self-efficacy were explored for their relationships with trainee reactions to virtual reality training in terms of affective reactions and utility reactions. Spatial ability significantly and positively related to all criterion variables in this study. Overall, virtual reality self-efficacy significantly and positively related to only affective reactions and did not significantly relate to learning of virtual reality training content or utility reactions. Factor analysis of the overall virtual reality self-efficacy measure allowed for a more informative interpretation of the hypothesized relationships of virtual reality self-efficacy. Lastly, several exploratory analyses were conducted to extend past virtual reality training literature and explore interesting questions posed during the research design phase. In this study, a sample of 92 undergraduate students completed a virtual reality training simulation wherein they embodied a patient facing progressive symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's disease. Participants also completed several questionnaires and a pre- and post-assessment of their knowledge of Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's disease. Results of this study have relevance for further understanding the role of individual differences in predicting outcomes of training with virtual reality technology, as well as offer many potential avenues for future research to examine.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, 2020, Mass Communication (Communication)

360-degree video and virtual reality news content is becoming more and more mainstream, yet research into its effects thus far have been limited, with early research focusing its attention on presence and empathy. This research expands our understanding of how 360VR news content affects cognition. Two experiments placing the user into a community-oriented news experience test memory performance, attention allocation, activation of spatial presence mechanisms, and the effects of sense of community on those mechanisms. Further, this study explores the persuasive power of politically-charged community news stories by incorporating attitude change measures. Findings of the first experiment indicate the presence of a visual focal point attracts attention to the story to the detriment of attention to the environment. Findings in the second experiment indicate both attitude change and attitude polarization occurred post-treatment. Sense of community was found to be a significant predictor of memory performance, activation of spatial presence, and others. According to the LC4MP, SOC is a motivating factor, and an increase in SOC may lead to greater memory performance, higher levels of perception of credibility, and an increase in the effectiveness of persuasive messages in moderates. Findings will inform both future research and professional practice.

MFA, Kent State University, 2017, College of the Arts / School of Art

NOISE OF EYELIDS: THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE The noise of eyelids is not silent. The opening and closing is a strike upon the plane of perception, as if it were an ocular frieze of the present tense. It is the residue of what one experiences, whether implied or actualized, an emotionally charged layer of response and retention. I combine phenomenology, the concept of subjective interpretation of an event, with visual marks of how dreams and images of loss can be iterated and inferred. These are my visual expressions of personal loss and the emotional residue that offer oneiric and meditative openings in the sepulchral landscape. The past tense can be ritualized, but in my explorations, I hope the viewer can share with me the idea of contextualizing that which is absent, yet present and itinerant in frequenting all of one's senses. I have utilized two processes in my thesis work, photograms and fumage. Photograms are a photographic technique in which one uses light to directly transfer an image onto light sensitive paper, eliminating the camera and negative. The three-dimensionality of the subject matter is captured onto the paper and is then developed. I used my hair as a subject, which I manipulated by gestural movements. I chose to use my hair, because of the implications and significance hair has in our culture: the lioness full with fringe, the loss with illness, age and genetics, a keepsake of babies and loved ones. The second process I used is fumage, a technique developed by the Surrealists in 1936. By holding a sheet of paper above an open candle flame, one can catch layers of carbon, which is sensitive and vulnerable on cold press paper. I can then blow away the carbon and continue to manipulate the surface with erasure and additional marks. These layers of soot are indicative of how I experience loss as a landscape in which I visit to interpret emotions. Valerie Buynak M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Center for Visual Arts, Kent State University, March 2 (open full item for complete abstract)