Module Six Journal Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

Understanding the lives and experiences of marginalized populations is crucial when studying a historical era or analyzing modern issues. Historically, dominant populations have used medicalization to define individuals from marginalized populations as deviant, pathological, or abnormal, often reinforcing social control and justifying exclusion or discrimination.

In the twenty-first century, Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, including natural language processing, machine learning, and data mining, are also impacting how people are defined. AI is increasingly being used in historical research and cultural studies. These tools have the potential to transform how we uncover and represent marginalized voices. This journal assignment allows you to reflect on what you have learned about marginalized populations and how mainstream populations view these populations.

Directions

Your journal assignment will explore the historical context of how mainstream populations view marginalized populations.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Commonalities: Describe commonalities about the perceptions that mainstream populations have about marginalized populations.
2. What stereotypes are attached to marginalized populations? Discuss a recent example from your observations and experiences that highlights stereotypes of marginalized populations.
3. Impacts: Explain how the stories and experiences of those marginalized populations impact mainstream populations.
4. Reflect on stories or lived experiences from marginalized individuals that you have learned about, either in this class or in your own life. How have these narratives influenced or challenged the attitudes and understanding of people outside those communities?

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Any sources used should be cited according to APA style both throughout and at the end of your journal.

CJ 120 Project Two Guidelines and Rubric

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

• Explain how cultural differences and diversity influence professional practice in criminal justice

Scenario

The (ABA) has sent an email to your organization looking for a presentation that pitches ideas for a 360-degree view installation at the new museum in Chicago. This installation will focus on the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s, with a specific focus on how diversity can influence professional practicesboth individual and systemicin criminal justice. Your immediate supervisor is interested in pitching an idea for your team, and she has asked you to create a presentation that highlights the theme of diverse people struggling both with and within the criminal justice system.

Directions

Installation Ideas

You will present your pitch research in a presentation format of your choosing. Numerous issues listed below are encompassed in the Sharanda Jones case. For the issues not related to the case, consider how they will fit into an installation; consider using a What if . . . ? slide that explores how it might have been different if she had been white, mentally ill, or otherwise different for each factor youve been asked to include.

1. Describe how policing is affected by a lack of cultural competence in both systemic and individual biases. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

• Overpolicing certain races or ethnicities
• Militarization of police
• Field decisions
• Other issues of diversity:

1. Mental illness
2. LGBTQ+
3. Describe how courts are affected by a lack of cultural competence in both systemic and individual biases. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

• Discrepancies related to drug crime sentencing
• Bail
• Discrepancies related to socioeconomic status
• Discrepancies related to death-penalty sentencing
• Other issues of diversity:

1. Mental illness
2. LGBTQ+
3. Describe how corrections is affected by a lack of cultural competence in both systemic and individual biases. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

• Geography and female prisons
• Medical issues (e.g., Sharanda Joness mother)
• Lack of oversight in private prisons
• Placement of transgendered people
• Male corrections officers in female prisons
• Treatment of mentally ill, disabled, pregnant, etc.

1. Explain the need for diversity in the recruitment of criminal justice professionals. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

• Current demographic information related to diversity
• Gender equity
• The importance of mirroring society

What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit the following:

Installation Ideas

Your installation ideas can be presented through whatever medium best suits your needs, including a portfolio of text and pictures, a video presentation in which you explain your ideas as if you were in a face-to-face meeting, or a presentation with speaker notes or voice over.

could i also have this in highschool level writing, not complicated words. this is for my college class but i dont want it to be too professional. Assignment: Your task is to compose a five-paragraph academic essay that reinterprets a mundane or commonplace personal experience from your recent summer break through the lens of a chosen theoretical or academic framework. This is not a simple recounting of events. Instead, you will elevate the narrative by applying a “highbrow” conceptual vocabulary, drawing on disciplines such as sociology, philosophy, critical theory, cultural studies, or an academic field of your choice. Your essay should have the following structure: Introduction (Paragraph 1): Introduce your summer experience in a manner that sets the stage for a critical analysis. Subtly foreshadow the theoretical framework you will employ to analyze it. This paragraph should end with a clear thesis statement that articulates the central argument of your essay. Body Paragraphs (Paragraphs 2-4): Each body paragraph should delve into a specific aspect of your summer experience, using your chosen theoretical framework to provide a sophisticated interpretation. For example, if you are analyzing a summer job in a retail store, you might discuss the “commodification of leisure” or the “performative labor of the service economy.” Use precise academic language and connect your observations to the broader intellectual concepts you have selected. Conclusion (Paragraph 5): Synthesize your arguments and restate your thesis in a new way. Discuss the broader implications of your analysis. What does this seemingly small, personal event reveal about larger societal or cultural phenomena? End with a strong concluding thought that leaves the reader with a new perspective on your experience. Coda: A Personal Insight Attached to your essay, please include a brief, one-page personal “coda.” This section is an opportunity to break from the academic tone of the essay and reflect on your own identity. You should provide a short narrative or reflection that offers unique insight into who you are as an individual and how your experiences or perspectives align with, diverge from, or perhaps even challenge common stereotypes associated with your generation (Gen Z or Gen Alpha). This can be a story, a list of personal manifestos, a series of short, impactful reflections, or any other creative format you choose, as long as it is a genuine and thoughtful representation of yourself. Sample Essay 0: The Dialectics of Disenchantment: A Highbrow Analysis of Summer Experience The Dialectics of Disenchantment: A Highbrow Analysis of Summer Experience Working as a barista might seem like a simple summer job, a basic exchange of coffee for cash. However, my time at “The Daily Grind” was far more complex. It was a hands-on lesson in how our society creates and consumes illusions of reality. Using philosopher Jean Baudrillards ideas of “hyperreality” and “simulacra,” I came to see that the coffee shop is not a place for authentic human connection. Instead, it is a carefully designed stage where customers and employees act out a script of community and leisure that isnt truly there. The design of a modern coffee shop is a key part of this illusion. The intentionally worn-out furniture, industrial lighting, and rustic brick walls are not genuinely old or authentic. They are new items made to look old, which Baudrillard would call a “simulacrum”a copy without an original. This aesthetic is created to make us feel like we’re in a real, cozy place that has a history. The menu names also contribute to this deception. Were not just ordering coffee; we’re buying into a feeling or an idea, which the fancy names like “Velvet Dawn” are designed to sell. The work of a barista is also part of this staged reality. My job was not just to make drinks but to perform a role. I was trained to offer scripted welcomes, make casual conversation, and give sincere-sounding goodbyes. This kind of “emotional labor” isn’t about real interaction; it’s about creating a feeling of connection for the customer that is completely manufactured. My colleagues and I were essentially actors, and our friendly attitudes were just part of the overall set design, meant to convince customers that they were part of a genuine, warm environment. The customers themselves participate in this performance. Many came not just for coffee, but to occupy a space. The coffee shop becomes a place to perform productivity, as people sit with laptops and headphones. They are physically together in one space but are often isolated from each other, focused on their own private tasks. This collective, yet solitary, behavior creates the illusion of a bustling community. Everyone is an audience for everyone else’s performance of being busy or social, even while true connection is absent. In the end, my summer as a barista taught me that a lot of our modern world is built on illusions. The coffee shop, in its efforts to create an authentic feel, shows just how much we rely on manufactured realities. It revealed that the spaces we inhabit and the interactions we have are often not what they seem. The most important lesson was that a deep understanding of our world can be found not just in major events, but in the small, everyday rituals that we take part in. Coda: A Personal Insight This essay is a pretty accurate description of my summer, at least from an academic point of view. But to be honest, I didnt think about any of this theory while I was working. I was focused on how many hours I had to put in to pay my bills and how close I was to having enough money for a concert. That’s something interesting about my generation (Gen Z). We can write an essay about how something is a fake construct and then go right back to participating in it without any sense of hypocrisy. We understand that our lives are a mix of real and fake, and were okay with it. We’ve grown up with social media, so we know that identity is a performance and that a coffee shop is a kind of stage. We don’t see this as a grand deception; it’s just the way things are. Were a generation thats both critical of the system and completely pragmatic about navigating it, which I think is a hopeful, if complicated, way to be. We’re not waiting for reality to returnwere trying to build our own version of it, one cup of coffee at a time.

For this assignment, you will write an essay that analyzes how the design of a place sends a message to visitors about the significance of that place. The only restriction on the type of place is that it must be a physical placenot the still, quiet place in your mind, for instance, or Middle Earthbecause you will need to go there for part of the assignment; the place you choose must be a place of commerce (somewhere that you purchase products: goods, food, entertainment, etc.).

You will need to incorporate ideas and quotations from outside sources, or the recommended readings, into your essay. You need to use at least two sources. Doing so will help you participate in a larger, on-going discussion concerning what we value about the spaces we inhabit and visit. It will also help you think about how the arrangement of these spaces can be read or interpreted as a text.

Describing your place is an important first step to this assignment, but it cant be the only step. The reason that description is a necessary, but not sufficient, aspect of writing this assignment is that analysis aims to explain how something works or what something means, which is different than simply describing. And if you go to this place, you will be able to observe it better.

For instance, lets say that you decide to write about the grocery store you frequent most. You go to the store to begin collecting observations about it and notice this time that the milk and the bread are always located in the back of the store. You knew this before, but now you ask the necessary analytic question: So what? Why does it matter that the milk and the bread are in the back of the store? Wouldnt it be more convenient for them to be in the front of the store? Now, you make an inference in an attempt to answer your own question. Perhaps they are in the back of the store so you will have to walk past any number of other items you might need (or be tempted by) that you would not have to pass if the milk and bread were placed at the front near the cash registers. You then conclude that there is some kind of organization to the place that affects the way you interact with it. It is, after all, a place of commerce, a place intended to sell you things, and the owners of the store could not care less whether you buy the stuff you need or stuff you simply want.

One can see, then, that observing a place helps locate important aspects of it but cannot provide insight by itself. The insight comes from the analysis of the parts of the place and how they work together to give the place its significance, meaning, function, and overall effect on its visitors. To ask, What does a place mean? may sound like a strange question. But this is essentially what you will be doing.

Finally, explaining why you like or dislike the place you visit is not the purpose of this assignment. Assume that your audience doesnt care whether you like the place or not. Instead, assume your audience wants to know what kinds of messages are sent by the place because of the way the place is designed. Then, attempt to make a general conclusion about the essence of these messages

We are continuing our scaffolded sequence:

• Carr The why and stakes of Africana Studies research
• Chapter 2 Paradigms, methodology, and theory
• Johnson (SQIT) Theory as analytic framework and methodological orientation

This assignment asks you to apply theory, not summarize it. You will again use Southern Queeroscopic Interactionism (SQIT) to analyze a scenario and demonstrate that you understand how theory:

• Shapes what we see
• Defines what counts as evidence
• Connects structure and lived experience
• Functions as both explanation and research orientation

Malachi – Interactional Resistance + Counter-Symbolic Practices

Assignment

Part I Conceptual Grounding

1. Explain your assigned SQIT concepts in your own words.
2. What theoretical gap or problem are these concepts responding to?
3. How does Johnson position SQIT as both theory and methodology?

Part II Application to Your Scenario

Using your assigned theoretical lens:

1. What is happening at the structural level? In your structural analysis, consider institutions, policy, regional norms, historical context, and broader systems of power.
2. What is happening at the interactional level? In your interactional analysis, consider dynamics such as identity negotiation, visibility and invisibility, symbolic resistance, and everyday navigation.
3. What does SQIT help you see that mainstream or urban-centered queer theory might miss?
4. If you were conducting research on this case, what kinds of data would you prioritize and why?
5. Explain how your theory determines what counts as evidence.

Overall, your response should be no less than 1 full (double spaced page) with proper APA citations where necessary. It is also important for to remember that this is an analytical exercise, so I offer this guidance:

Do:

• Use theory actively
• Connect macro and micro analysis
• Be specific about region and power
• Show methodological you thinking

Do not:

• Summarize SQIT
• Treat the scenario as fictional storytelling
• Default to general statements like society is oppressive

ENGL 114L Break It Down Photo Essay

Prompt: SLO 2, 3

In your Weekly Journal Responses, youve practiced analyzing texts (breaking them down by the elements of their genre) and offering up your unique interpretations. For this essay, you are doing the same, but more in-depth, with more elements.

The overall purpose of the assignment is to read your text, break it down by at least four elements, and then explain what you personally interpret as its overall meaning or cultural significance. This essay will be in the medium of an Adobe Spark photo essay web page (well go over this in class).

Overall meaning or cultural significance? This is the texts message–what its really about under the surface, in broad, generalized terms, instead of narrow and wordy. This is referring to the element of theme and abstract ideas of what it means to be human (specifically in American culture). Consider ideas like isolation, loneliness, love, hate, cruelty, being misunderstood, being ignored, loyalty, guilt, equality, equity, freedom, etc.

What you should include: each section should should be a minimum of 100 words.

Introduction section: Identify the title and author of the text youll be discussing, why you chose this text, the elements youll be discussing, and (briefly) what your overall interpretation of the texts meaning or cultural significance.

4 Element section(s): Use the split layout option and add a photo, then identify the element by name, define it in your own words, explain how it functions in the story, and mention how it contributes to your overall interpretation of the texts meaning or cultural significance. Each element section should total 100 words. ** see below for specific elements to mention

Conclusion section: Again mention by name the elements you covered and the main points of your analysis, then emphasize the connections between elements and fully explain your overall interpretation of the texts meaning or cultural significance.

The focus is on your own thoughts and interpretations, but as you break down each element, you may find it useful to support your analysis with direct quotes from the text youre analyzing or direct quotes and ideas from outside sources. In both cases, you must cite to avoid plagiarism; see instructions on how to cite under Assignment Resources below. After any cited material, be sure to explain how it contributes to your analysis.

Although the content of this assignment is similar to your Weekly Journal Responses, remember that this is a major assignment vs. a rough, casual, in-class assignment. Therefore, your analysis here should be more detailed, thought-out, and polished, since you have the benefit of time for both prewriting and revising before submitting. You may submit a rough draft to receive feedback prior to submission.

Parameters:

• Fits the medium: an accessible Adobe Spark site with a title, introduction section, split layout with photo and written portion for each element, and conclusion section.
• Each section is a minimum of 100 words; each element section has a photo.
• One specific text that you are analyzing, from our or from the list below
• A clear explanation (break down) of your interpretation of thetexts overall meaning/message or cultural significance based on analysis of the text
• Accurate to the text (character names, authors gender, etc.) and the four elements you choose to analyze from the texts genre, as covered in the course material (use your notes, google slidedecks in Canvas as well as elements cited below)
• Anything not from your own brain is cited, including direct quotes from the text but also any quotes OR summary, paraphrase or ideas from sources other than yourself or the text

To submit:

1. Go to your Adobe Spark web page. Be sure your photo essay is exactly how you want me to see it when I grade it.
2. At the top of the page, click Share Publish and share link (but if youve generated a link to this site before, youll need to instead click Publish Options Save and Update link in order to include any changes).
3. Copy the shareable link.
4. Go to Canvas Assignments Break It Down Photo Essay Break It Down Photo Essay Submission.
5. Under Assignment Submission click Write Submission.
6. Paste the shareable link into the text box.
7. Click Submit (not Save Draft).

Due date in Canvas.

On late major assignments: You may submit major assignments up to 3 days late, after that I will deduct 10 points per day until submitted. (This acts as forgiveness for any circumstances–broken computer, technological difficulties, personal or family emergencies, illness, etc. Save a late assignment for when you need it.)

Assignment Resources

Adobe Spark Help

(5 min)

My colleagues, Mrs. Mohans example:

Texts to Choose From (choose a text we have already read for class OR you may choose one below).

Fiction: (all, except the first, are flash fiction, because theyre easier to analyze thoroughly in an essay)

1. (12 pg) – second-person, lengthier
2. by Sandra Cisneros (6 pg) – love, heartbreak
3. (2 pg) – more abstract, kind of a giant metaphor
4. (~3 pg) – definitely a more modern-day story; second-person (you)

Creative Nonfiction:

1. (5 pg) – comedy, childhood memoir
2. Vikrami Zutshi, (1 pg) comedy
3. by Amy Tan (3 pag), culture critic on language
4. by Kiese Laymon (3 pg), how place and food intersect

Drama:

1. (4 pg) – absurd, satire
2. (6 pg) – absurd, satire (requires more interpretation)
3. (4 pg) – more traditional

Poetry:

1. (3 min) – spoken word performance
2. (3 min) – spoken word performance
3. (3 min) – spoken word performance
4. (3 12 min) – spoken word performance
5. – more modern
6. – more modern

Assignment Instructions-

Essay Question:

In academic reading and writing, in what ways might using AI be an aid, and in what ways does it hinder learning these skills?

Controlling Idea:

This is your answer to the above question. Your paper will explain and support this answer. Also, please do not use any personal pronouns (I, me, my) in stating your controlling idea.

Paragraphing

You need an introduction that tells reader what the subject of the essay is and states your controlling idea. If this first paragraph also shows us why this topic is important or interesting, that would be a bonus.

You need at least one body paragraph that explains the first part of your answer: ways that AI may be an aid in academic reading and writing.

You need at least two paragraphs that explain the second part of your answer: ways in which AI hinders the learning of academic reading and writing skills.

You need an ending, which we call the conclusion paragraph. This paragraph does not introduce anything new, and so it does not expand your argument. All it does is revisit your most important ideas so readers will remember them. Offer a final comment that will linger in readers’ minds after they have put down your paper.

Lastly, all of your paragraphs must be indented so I can “see” them. No indentations means the paper comes back to you and you must resubmit it late.

Textual Evidence

Choose at least three statements from the chapters we have read from More Than Words by John Warner and quote them in order to help explain or support what you are claiming to be true about AI and academic reading and writing. Follow the rules we covered last week in order to format your quotations. If the statement you want to quote does not fit into one of those formats, I can help, the Panther Lab can help, and/or the internet can help.

Length

Your paper should be between 700 and 1000 words. Longer does not always mean better.

Other Stuff

Please format your paper according to the we have included in this week’s materials.

this is the essay you did for me and my professor response

Write a response on how you believe plagiarism can impact nursing education, the nursing profession, and patients in the care of nurses.