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“Morality Appraisals in Consumer Responsibilization”

Abstract: In recent decades, U.S. “pro-gun” lobbying groups, politicians, courts, and market actors have sought to responsibilize U.S. consumers to use firearms to address the societal problem of crime. These responsibilization efforts center an interpretation of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms as an entitlement for individuals to engage in armed protection from criminals. Using interview and online discussion data, this research investigates consumers’ responses to responsibilization for this morally fraught set of behaviors, and the role of consumers’ various understandings of the right to bear arms in these responses. Findings show that acceptance of responsibilization is a matter of proportionality; consumers accept responsibilization for a proportion of specific armed protection scenarios and reject it for the remainder. Acceptance is determined by their appraisals of the morality of the responsibilization sub-processes (Giesler & Veresiu 2014). Consumers’ understanding of the constitutional right serves as a heuristic in these appraisals, with some understandings leading consumers to accept responsibilization across a much larger proportion of scenarios than others. Contributions include illustrating response to responsibilization as a proportionality; illuminating consumers’ active role in appraising responsibilizing efforts; and demonstrating how some consumers come to understand a responsibilized behavior as a moral entitlement.

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Michelle Barnhart, Aimee Dinnin Huff and Inara Scott "Morality Appraisals in Consumer Responsibilization" Journal of Consumer Research 2023 View on: Google Scholar

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DSGN - Apparel Design

“Motherhood meets Workwear [Garment + 2 page Abstract]”

This creative design project addresses the need for work-appropriate postpartum clothing that enables discreet public breastfeeding without requiring garment removal. Rooted in the Functional, Expressive, and Aesthetic (FEA) consumer needs model, the design integrates cultural identity, nursing access, and professional aesthetics. The final artifact is a peplum top and pencil skirt made from green and black Nigerian Ankara fabric. It features invisible zippers embedded in neckline princess seams, allowing private nursing access while maintaining privacy. The sloper was drafted from scratch, then refined and simulated in VStitcher for precise seam placement and fit analysis. The zipper structure also provides subtle abdominal support, enhancing comfort and confidence. This work offers a novel contribution by uniting Nigerian traditional textile and digital garment simulation to meet the real needs of postpartum professionals. The design affirms the multifaceted identity of mothers as caregivers, workers, individuals through fashion that is both expressive and functional. 37.4% international acceptance rate (37/99).
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Bolanle Dahunsi "Motherhood meets Workwear [Garment + 2 page Abstract]" International Textile and Apparel Association Design Exhibition 2025

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Academic Journal
BIS

“Moving Digital Libraries into the Student Learning Space: the GetSmart Experience”

The GetSmart system was built to support theoretically sound learning processes in a digital library environment by integrating course management, digital library, and concept mapping components to support a constructivist, six-step, information search process. In the fall of 2002 more than 100 students created 1400 concept maps as part of selected computing classes offered at the University of Arizona and Virginia Tech. Those students conducted searches, obtained course information, created concept maps, collaborated in acquiring knowledge, and presented their knowledge representations. This article connects the design elements of the GetSmart system to targeted concept-map-based learning processes, describes our system and research testbed, and analyzes our system usage logs. Results suggest that students did in fact use the tools in an integrated fashion, combining knowledge representation and search activities. After concept mapping was included in the curriculum, we observed improvement in students' online quiz scores. Further, we observed that students in groups collaboratively constructed concept maps with multiple group members viewing and updating map details.
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Byron Marshall, Hsinchun Chen, Rao Shen and Edward Fox "Moving Digital Libraries into the Student Learning Space: the GetSmart Experience" Journal on Educational Resources in Computing Journal on Educational Resources in Computing 2006 View on: Google Scholar

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DSGN - Apparel Design

“Mülch [Garment]”

mülch is redefining outdoor wear that prioritizes sport and competition driven activities.
Reconnecting people with nature through simple, stylish, and function-driven clothing. Nature is a captivating medium for humans due to its necessity for self-sufficiency as well as propensity to inspire confidence and joy. We hope to inspire individuals of all abilities to go out and appreciate nature as everyone should be able to. To recapture the childlike carefreeness and innocence that the outdoors elicits. Through end-use driven design principles our products connect people with nature like no other outdoor brand.

The garden acted as inspiration for our design decisions, from the fiber content to the natural dyes, to the functional details. The look features a crossover top, and skirt made
from hand dyed 55% hemp/45% cotton blend fabric. The top was dyed with marigolds and iron-shifted. The skirt was dyed with a natural logwood dye. The skirt is an adjustable, full-length skirt with a tie/flap closure at the waist and adjustable cinch-ties at the bottom that allow the wearer to customize the coverage of the hemline. We designed the look with the end-use of harvesting in mind. The wide, open sleeves of the top provide sun coverage and allow for airflow. The top features a hidden interior pocket for storage. The skirt’s large panel pockets maximize storage capacity for harvested fruits and vegetables. The adjustable full-length skirt provides protection when farmers are on their knees and can be cinched up for ease of walking.
The nature of the dyes and coloration methods of the garments used invites stains, dirt, and sun-bleaching. Our garments are meant to be imperfect and to us, wear and tear is promoted.
- Double-blind juried design exhibition. 72.7% acceptance rate for the undergraduate category
Exhibited at:
- Louisiana State University Human Ecology Building, October 1-21, 2024.
- Louisiana Old State Capitol Building, November 8-10, 2024.
- Corvallis Museum, March 22-June 1, 2025 https://bentoncountymuseums.org/exhibits/hemp-impressions/
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Lucas Mazurik, Zoe Reece, Jackson White, Colleen Gelhaus Pokorny and Marianne Dickson "Mülch [Garment]" Hemp Impressions: Sustainable Fiber and Fashion Reimagined 2024

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Academic Journal
Supply Chain

“Municipal Groundwater Management: Optimal Allocation and Control of a Renewable Natural Resource”

We study a municipal groundwater management problem to determine optimal allocation and control policies in the presence of water transfer opportunities. We establish and characterize threshold polices governing export or import decisions of a given municipality. In the spirit of the Triple Bottom Line (3BL), we ascertain that exporting (importing) water through a water market defined by an exogenous export/import price is detrimental (beneficial) to both society and the environment within the municipality. In contrast, fixed quantity trading between two municipalities defined by an endogenously negotiated export/import price can have positive as well as negative impacts from a global 3BL perspective. In particular, typical trading scenarios that occur between municipalities can be detrimental to the environment. We also study the implications of privatization, and find that a privatized municipality would be more (less) likely to export (import) water as compared to its non‐privatized counterpart, resulting in negative implications for society within the municipality. However, if exports are banned, privatization can benefit the environment by mitigating the damage caused by the extraction differential, a phenomenon analogous to the green paradox. Moreover, careful and restricted privatization of municipalities can lead to positive global 3BL impacts from fixed quantity trading.
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Karthik Murali, Michael Lim and Nicholas Petruzzi "Municipal Groundwater Management: Optimal Allocation and Control of a Renewable Natural Resource" Production and Operations Management Production and Operations Management Society 1453-1472 pages 2015 View on: Google Scholar

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