scholarly journals Interrogating Conflicting Narratives of Writing in the Academy: A Call for Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
Katie Byrant
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Writing Studies ◽  
University Student ◽  
Safe Haven ◽  
Feminist Politics ◽  
Generation Female ◽  
Subjective Identity

A safe haven in an often unsafe place: I would use this metaphor to describe the space writing studies and a university writing centre have offered me, as I’ve attempted to find my own place as a feminist in the academy. I feel these two things are my rocks. They are firm, solid places for me to reside amongst the challenges I’ve experienced as a writer. The reasons for my struggles with writing for academic purposes are difficult to pinpoint. Some would say they stem from my lack of literacy, hinting that laziness could be a culprit. Others might suggest they are connected to my subjective identity as a first-generation, female university student. Or others might take the discussion of subjective identity a bit further, arguing that my identity as a feminist, and my determination to bring my feminist politics into my academic work explain these challenges.

Work Hard

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-96
Author(s):  
Janel E. Benson ◽  
Elizabeth M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
High Status ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
Summer Bridge ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Campus Engagement ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Faculty Relationships

Chapter 4 describes first-generation students in a Work Hard geography. These academically engaged students made not only classes and homework central to their daily lives, but their friendships and social lives also were often rooted in either academic work and/or nonathletic extracurricular interests. Work Hard students report close faculty relationships and strong friendships, often with those from similar demographic backgrounds, but they are also lonely outside those spheres, avoiding the high-status social hubs of campus. Most students in this geography came through Summer Bridge, and much of their campus engagement is in reaction to the racism, classism, and sexism they feel and observe on campus. They have created friendship communities that provide affirmation and support and crafted geographies that link their social, extracurricular, and academic priorities. The overlap of these spaces provides a buffer but does not connect these students to wealthier peers.

Maternal l-proline supplementation during gestation alters amino acid and polyamine metabolism in the first generation female offspring of C57BL/6J mice

Amino Acids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Liu ◽  
Zhaolai Dai ◽  
Yunchang Zhang ◽  
Hai Jia ◽  
Jiangqing Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Polyamine Metabolism ◽  
Generation Female

Multisphere

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-115
Author(s):  
Janel E. Benson ◽  
Elizabeth M. Lee
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
High Status ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Extracurricular Involvement ◽  
The Way

Chapter 5 focuses on Multisphere students who incorporated elements from both Work Hard and Play Hard geographies, balancing serious academic work, strong extracurricular involvement, and social lives in high-status venues. Most Multisphere students arrived on campus through targeted orientation programs. While these led to early and lasting friendships, Multisphere respondents’ campus acclimation processes are distinguished by a pattern of branching out, locating strong peer ties in varied social locations. The way that students in this geography float among different spheres, able to be comfortable and successful in each, makes this the most fluid of the campus geographies. There are few first-generation students in this geography, and the authors think of them in some ways as being both outliers and examples of what is possible for first-generation students.

Parasitylenchus myiophagus n. sp. (Nematoda: Parasitylenchidae), a tylenchid nematode parasite of long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5072 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
GEORGE POINAR ◽  
JUSTIN B. RUNYON
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Host Record ◽  
Body Cavity ◽  
Nematode Parasite ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Host Record ◽  
Nematode Parasitism ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Generation Female

A tylenchid nematode parasite of a male long-legged fly, Tachytrechus sanus Osten Sacken (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Montana, USA is described as Parasitylenchus myiophagus n. sp. (Nematoda: Parasitylenchidae). The new species is characterized by the presence of an extremely long first generation female and numerous short and wide second generation males and females produced in “enclosed” clusters in the host’s body cavity. Both generation female nematodes are ovoviviparous, with short stylets lacking knobs and simple tails lacking spikes, palps or mucrons. The second generation males have paired, separate spicules, short stylets, and a bursa but no visible gubernaculum. The fly host shows evidence of demasculinization, which is attributed to nematode parasitism. The gonads of the second generation adults are infected with a microsporidium (Microsporidia), which is a new host record for tylenchid nematodes. A tylenchid-infected Baltic amber dolichopodid shows that associations between these two organisms extend back at least to the Eocene.  

Steinernema nguyeni n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa

Nematology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoinette P. Malan ◽  
Rinus Knoetze ◽  
Louwrens R. Tiedt
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematode ◽  
Infective Juvenile ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Spicule Length ◽  
Molecular Features ◽  
Generation Female

Steinernema nguyenin. sp. was recovered by baiting from beneath anOlea africanatree in South Africa. The combination of morphological and molecular features suggests thatS. nguyenin. sp. is a member of thefeltiae-kraussei-oregonensegroup, clustering with members of this group in Clade III. The new species is morphologically characterised by the infective juvenile body length of 737 (673-796) μm and the number of ridges in the infective juvenile lateral field is 2, 8, 2. The male of the first generation can be recognised by the spicule length of 66 (58-75) μm and a gubernaculum length of 43 (30-55) μm. The first generation female can be recognised by the vulval lips only slightly protruding and the presence of low, double-flapped epiptygmata. Analysis of the ITS and D2-D3 regions of the ribosomal DNA confirms thatS. nguyenin. sp. differs from all other knownSteinernemaspecies.

scholarly journals Measuring immigration stress of first-generation female Korean immigrants in California: psychometric evaluation of Demand of Immigration Scale

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ding Ding ◽  
C. Richard Hofstetter ◽  
Gregory J. Norman ◽  
Veronica L. Irvin ◽  
Douglas Chhay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Generation Female ◽  
Immigration Stress

From Folklore to Molecular Pharmacophores: Cultivating STEM Students among Young, First-Generation Female Mexican-Americans

2011 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Gardea ◽  
Laura Rios ◽  
Rituraj Pal ◽  
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey ◽  
Mahesh Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Stem Students ◽  
Generation Female

scholarly journals Scenes from Graduate School: Playing in the Smooth Spaces of Academic Writing

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 57-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Bray
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Writing Studies ◽  
Genre Studies ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Rhetorical Genre Studies ◽  
Rhetorical Genre ◽  
Academic Genres

In this essay, I describe how I have experienced difficulties writing in particular academic genres. Finding spaces to play in these genres has helped me to ease these difficulties and negotiate the conflicts and contradictions of the academy. To explore and explain innovative spaces within genres, I extend Deleuze and Guattari’s notion of smooth and striated spaces with work in rhetorical genre studies. I conclude that opening smooth spaces in striated academic genres is not only important for students like me but may also help us better respond to the changing realities of graduate studies and academic work in Canada. I offer some suggestions as to how writing studies scholarship could support these efforts.

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