AYE! IN HOUSE MEETING: BLACK MASCULINITY WITHIN MUSICAL MEDIA

Music videos have a way of leaving memories in people, especially music lovers. Music videos are creative marketing tools for artists, bands, or groups to promote new music to their respective markets. However, how artists represent themselves, especially when it comes to marginalized populations, can be more critical than others when those who are marginalized are judged against hegemonic standards. When the intersections of Black, male, and gay collide in a music video study, how do Black males view Black male artists when their sexual orientations are not the same? This qualitative study explored how fifteen (15) participants defined Black masculinity within the music videos they saw. Using music videos from Black gay male artists Todrick Hall and Lil Nas X and Black straight male artists Aminé and Pink Sweat$, this study found that most participants did not view anything in any of the videos as unmasculine. Because participant responses recognized the craft and music of the music videos, this study concluded that, despite heteronormativity socialized to be the norm, overall Black gay men can be positive role models of Black masculinity

Do U.S. Firms Fly Higher When Bypassing The U.S. Capital Markets? An Investigation of The Short- and Long-Run Performance of Foreign IPOs?

This dissertation studies the performance of U.S. firms that partake in a foreign IPO – bypassing their domestic exchanges and raising their equity in a foreign market. Chapter one provides an introduction and brief review of the main research questions and results. Chapter 2 provides a detailed literature review on initial public offerings-IPOs. This includes relevant studies on the long- and short-run performance of IPOs, theories for IPO underpricing and an international component of the IPO literature. Additional cross-listing literature is also reviewed to provide a more complete and balanced understanding of the international market for equity. Chapter 3 develops testable hypotheses and discusses data and the matching methodology for the investigation of the performance of foreign IPOs (FIPOs) matched with domestic IPOs (DIPOs) in both the short- and long-term. Chapter 4 examines the short-run performance and the underpricing of the foreign IPO sample and provides some explanation as to why such results are present. Chapter 5 examines the long-run performance of foreign IPOs and provides commentary on the results. Chapter 6 summarizes the results and provides implications for academics and practitioners

Effectiveness of instructional strategies based on schema theory on attention deficit disorder children

A review of the literature reveals that there are a number of children in the educational system who are characterized by Attention Deficit Disorder. Further review of the literature reveals that there are information processing programs which have had some success in increasing the learning of these children. Currently, an information processing program which is based on schema theory is being implemented in Lincoln County. Since schema theory based programs build structural, conditional, factual, and procedural schemata which assist the learner in attending to salient factors, learning should be increased. Thirty-four children were selected from a random sampling of Grade Seven classes in Lincoln County. Seventeen of these children were identified by the researcher and classroom teacher as being characterized by Attention Deficit Disorder. From the remaining population, 17 children who were not characterized by Attention Deficit Disorder were randomly selected. The data collected were compared using independent t-tests, paired t-tests, and correlation analysis. Significant differences were found in all cases. The Non-Attention Deficit Disorder children scored significantly higher on all the tests but the Attention Defici t Disorder children had a significantly higher ratio of gain between the pretests and posttests

Do U.S. firms fly higher when bypassing the U.S. capital markets? An investigation of the short-term performance of foreign IPOs

This paper investigates the performance of U.S. firms that partake in a foreign IPO – bypassing their domestic exchanges and raising their equity in a foreign market. The globalization of equity markets along with the increased regulations to financial markets in the U.S. has potentially led to the U.S. losing its title as the premier listing market. Using a sample of 77 U.S. based firms that totally bypassed the U.S. equity markets in their capital(equity) raising activities we are able to investigate the performance of this unique sample of firms. This investigation contributes to the literature by finding that U.S. firms which bypassed the U.S. market experienced less underpricing compared with U.S. only IPOs. We also test the window of opportunity and prestigious underwriter IPO hypotheses on our unique data set and find statistical evidence supporting the former hypothesis yet no statistical evidence confirming the latter hypothesis

The Impact of Oil Shocks on the Housing Market: Evidence from Canada and U.S.

The recent volatility in oil energy markets invites us to re-assess the impact of oil prices changes on the macroeconomic environment. The Great Recession of 2007–2009 led to closer monitoring of global housing markets by regulators and market participants. Employing a structural vector autoregressive model, we find that the reaction of housing markets to oil price shocks varies significantly depending on whether the change in oil prices is prompted by demand or supply shocks in the oil market and on country oil trading status (i.e. net importer or net exporter). Our results are robust to the inclusion of different macroeconomic channels through which oil shocks may influence housing prices and control for restricted dynamic feedback effects. We also study the role of the phases of the housing cycle

The long-run performance of U.S. firms pursuing IPOs in foreign markets

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-run performance of a unique set of US domiciled firms that have bypassed the US capital markets in pursuit of their initial public offering (IPO) overseas. Additionally, this paper then tests the popular underwriter prestige impact and the window of opportunity hypothesis on this unique subset of IPOs. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of foreign and purely domestic IPOs made by US firms from 2000 to 2011, this study investigates the long-term performance, one-, two- and three-year by using two measures (buy-and-hold return and cumulative abnormal returns) to test the long-run returns of newly listed companies. Finally, the research incorporates both the traditional matching methodology (issue year and size) along with propensity score matching methodology. Findings FIPOs of US companies underperform DIPOs and their matched DIPOs; furthermore, FIPOs underperform the index of the two listing countries they use the most (UK and Canada). Although the choice of a reputable underwriter mitigates underperformance, the choice of listing in a foreign country only may be a result of possible high valuations accorded by foreign investors who buy US-listed companies on the domestic exchange possibly for reducing exchange rate risk and gaining US diversification without incurring additional costs. It is, thus, possible that US companies that undertake Foreign IPOs not only escape potentially higher Security and Exchange Commission regulations and disclosure but also benefit from higher valuations in the foreign markets. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the long-term performance of US firms bypassing the US capital markets in pursuit of their initial equity offering elsewhere. Caglio et al. (2016) investigated why firms decide to pursue such equity raising activity but fail to investigate the firms’ actual performance after issuing equity. This research fills such a gap in the literature and is important for both academics and practitioners. Practitioners can use this information in assessing the quality of such investments in the long-run, and firms can use such information when determining the different options of issuing equity. Further, regulators should be aware of the implications that increased regulations have on capital raising activities in their domestic market

Connections and Tensions Between University and School Districts: Research Review Boards and School-Based Research

Currently researchers connected to university contexts who conduct research involving human participants must receive approval from a research ethics board, and in the case of school-based research, from school district authorities. This article focuses on the ethics review of school-based research. Applications submitted to a research ethics board and a district research review committee serve as primary data for the study. Information presented relates to research interests, researchers’ background, methodologies proposed, and board decisions. Emergent themes discussed are limited to two: a focus on student researchers and research ethics review, and the connections between the research review boards and their influence on school-based research.Les chercheurs qui travaillent dans des contextes universitaires et dont la recherche implique des sujets humains doivent obtenir l’approbation d’un comité d’éthique et, dans le cas de la recherche qui se déroule dans les écoles, des autorités du district scolaire. Cet article porte sur la révision déontologique de la recherche dans les écoles en s’appuyant principalement sur les documents constituant la demande soumise à un comité d’éthique en recherche et un comité local d’examen de la recherche. Nous présentons des données sur les intérêts de recherche, les antécédents des chercheurs, les méthodologies proposées et les décisions des comités. Des thèmes qui en découlent, nous nous limitons à deux : les chercheurs étudiants et la révision déontologique, et les liens entre les comités d’éthique et leur influence sur la recherche qui implique les écoles

Training Together: State Policy and Collective Participation in Early Educator Professional Development

This study used one state’s early care and education work-force registry and professional development attendance data to examine early educator patterns of professional development participation and the extent of collective participation. The article presents the concept of collective participation in professional development, discusses its potential benefits, and highlights the utility of statewide digital tracking of early educators’ patterns of professional development for informing policy. Results show that collective participation is uncommon in early education and care but can be increased through professional development policy decisions. The article concludes with implications for research and policy