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Voicing places : Maya-Mam youth navigating race, language, and labor in East Oakland
Keywords: Education.

This dissertation portfolio is composed of three stand-alone papers that all study the formation of Maya-Mam diaspora across Oakland, California and Mam municipalities in Guatemala. These papers are based on participant observation carried out in schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods across Oakland across three years, as well as shorter field trips in San Juan Atitán and Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango, and San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos in Guatemala. Across the three papers I argue that forms of Maya-Mam identity were composed, recomposed, and transposed across national borders through linguistic, municipal, and educational practices and perspectives. The implications of these transnational compositions, recompositions, and transpositions of highlight how ethnoracial identities are articulated through linguistic, educational, and municipal discourses
Vrinda M. Suresh's NSC ePortfolio
Keywords: Communication in science
Climatic changes
Ecology
Environment (Art)
Environmental protection
Environmental policy
Biodiversity conservation
Nature conservation
Mixed materials
Image
Sound
Text
Article
Essay
Interview
Photograph
Podcast
Policy brief
Poster
Presentation slides
Story
Syllabus
Thesis
Essays
Interviews
Photographs
Podcasts
Posters
Fiction
Syllabi

This document is an archive of an electronic portfolio (ePortfolio) produced as a capstone requirement for the Notation in Science Communication. In their ePortfolios, NSC students demonstrate how they have met the NSC learning outcomes. These learning portfolios detail students’ growth and development as scientists and science communicators rather than showcasing only their best work. ePortfolios are reviewed and approved by faculty, earning students a special designation on their official Stanford transcript that reflects their science communication acumen.
Watching feeling : emotional data from cybernetics to social media
Keywords: Communication.

This dissertation tells the story of how emotion was made computable. It traces a series of exchanges between the psychological sciences and computer science from the mid-20th century to the present, ranging from debates around cybernetic models of emotion at post-war interdisciplinary conferences, through early applications of computing to mental health at state hospitals, to the development of empathic AI agents at the MIT media lab. The history uncovered here tracks the development and mainstreaming of emotional data, by which is meant the result of the combination of psychological models of emotion and methods for recording emotional experiences, and paradigms for automating and algorithmically analyzing those recordings. The reconfiguration of emotion into data subject to algorithmic observation and intervention has ushered in a new biopolitical regime, one where these data give rise to new forms of knowledge, power, and value. The deep history in this dissertation reveals that emotion was a technical object long before contemporary algorithms learned to recognize it. At the same time, it demonstrates that the pursuit of artificial intelligence was an emotional endeavor from the earliest days of computer science, a field often considered the epitome of technical rationality
Water hydrogen bond structure and dynamics in ionic and polymeric aqueous systems
Keywords: Chemistry.

Water is a simple molecule with many unique physical properties that are critical to life on earth. Its properties arise from its extended hydrogen-bonded network, in which water-water hydrogen bonds are constantly breaking and forming. However, in many biological systems and materials, the water network is impacted by the presence of solutes and interfaces. In this thesis, the structure and dynamics of the hydrogen bond network are examined in technologically relevant materials where water plays a key role. The systems studied include fuel cell membranes, hydrogels and concentrated salt solutions. Nonlinear infrared spectroscopy can be used to experimentally observe ultrafast motions of water as well as its structural configurations within complex chemical systems. Polarization-selective pump-probe experiments on the OD stretch of dilute HOD in water provide information on both orientational and vibrational relaxation. Orientational relaxation describes the reorientation dynamics of water molecules in the hydrogen bond network. If angular diffusion is restricted, orientational relaxation also provides insight into how water may be sterically hindered within its environment. Vibrational relaxation describes coupling of vibrational energy absorbed by the HOD molecules to its surrounding media. The vibrational lifetime provides details on the local interactions of HOD and may allow separation of distinct dynamics near different species. Two-dimensional vibrational echo experiments on HOD molecules observe the time scales for structural evolution of the surrounding environment through ultrafast vibrational frequency fluctuations. With these experimental techniques, a holistic picture of the structure and motions of the water hydrogen bond network can be acquired
Wave propagation and earthquake rupture dynamics in coupled earth, ocean, and ice systems
Keywords: Geophysics.

From interpreting data to scenario modeling, computer simulations have been essential to study past events and assess a region's potential hazard. We rely on computer simulations that closely represent the real world, but with more data collected in areas where hazards originate, it can become evident that past model assumptions limit the model's applicability. In this dissertation, I examine coupled systems with differing material properties utilizing computer simulations and analytical solutions to assess wave propagation and earthquake rupture dynamics. First, I examine sliding behavior between two materials of differing stiffness, focusing on how frictional properties at their interface change the sliding behavior from steady sliding to earthquake-like cycles. I focus primarily on Antarctic ice streams' earth-ice interaction, as the project's motivation comes from unusual twice-daily slow slip events on the Whillans Ice Plain. However, this project extends to similar problem geometries, such as landslides and subduction zones. Second, I examine models for earthquake-driven tsunami generation. Most numerical models utilize two-step methods with one-way coupling between the separate earthquake and tsunami models. These models use approximations that might limit the applicability and accuracy of the resulting solution. Previous methods do not capture ocean acoustic or seismic waves, motivating more advanced methods that capture the full wavefield. The fully-coupled method, recently incorporated into the 3D open-source code SeisSol, simultaneously solves earthquake rupture, seismic wave propagation, and ocean response (including gravity). In this work, I verify the implementation of the fully-coupled method, analytically show how the three modeling techniques are derived from the fully-coupled method, compare the modeling methods through numerical simulation and examine how ocean depth influences the expression of oceanic Rayleigh waves. Third, using an extension of the fully coupled method, I investigate how incident ocean waves (such as tsunamis and ocean swells) impact an ice shelf, converting into two wave types: flexural-gravity and extensional Lamb waves. Previous models have focused exclusively on the flexural response; I show the first simulations of the transmission of extensional Lamb waves into ice shelves highlighting how these guided waves impact ice shelf stability
We See History Through a Glass, Abjectly, in Infinite Jest
Keywords: English
Infinite Jest
Wallace, David Foster
Kristeva, Julia, 1941-
End of History
Fukuyama, Francis
McLuhan, Marshall, 1911-1980
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969
Horkheimer, Max, 1895-1973
Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975
Barthes, Roland
Hayles, N. Katherine, 1943-
Abjection in literature
Mass media in literature
Television in literature
Motion pictures in literature
Formalism (Literary analysis)
Narratology
Myth in literature
Myth in mass media
Semiotics and literature
Liberalism in literature
Television advertising
Commercial art
Ideology in literature
Motion picture industry in literature
Culture Industry
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Thesis

David Foster Wallace’s 1996 novel Infinite Jest presents a version of postmodern myth that is mediated through film, television, and other commercial entertainments. This media landscape is hostile, grotesque, and self-referencing. Its recursivity corrupts the chain of narrativization that transforms reality into history into myth. In the novel, the newly formed Organization of North American Nations coopts the preexisting culture industry in order to create a new, updated mythos and identity in service of its nationhood. The myths that it manages to produce are bizarre, non-linear, and illegible. This myth-making machine, using (fictional) history as its source material, seems unable to make meaningful or unifying narratives about the North American people of Infinite Jest. This is because the nascent government coopts the culture industry as the medium for myth, which leads the North American people to understand the culture industry itself to be their new mythic inheritance. This situation resembles Francis Fukuyama’s proposed End of History. An important characteristic of post-History is the loss of art. Individuals in this post-Historical position are at risk of losing the ability to describe their historical context or understand their identity as one among a collective of people. I argue that this landscape can be described through abjection, as defined by Julia Kristeva and elaborated by N. Katherine Hayles. I additionally use Roland Barthes’ definition of myth, Marshall McLuhan’s definition of media, Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s critique of the culture industry, and Mikhail Bakhtin’s formalist method to aid my analysis of mythic entertainments that appear in the novel, which I term intratexts.
Well but unwanted : backlash against mental wellbeing prioritization in organizations
Keywords: Business.

We are in a mental-health crisis. The majority of U.S. employees (75%) report struggling with their mental health, and, consequently, organizations are investing more into mental wellbeing initiatives than ever before. Yet in a society where the "ideal worker" norm demands full devotion to one's job, many employees may hesitate to use these initiatives over fear of backlash. In this dissertation, I demonstrate across three chapters and six studies (N = 3,757) that fear of backlash for mental health prioritization negatively affects employees' willingness to prioritize their mental wellbeing (Chapter 1; Study 1) and that such fear of backlash is warranted (Chapter 2; Studies 2-4). I further show that the way in which this backlash manifests (overtly or subtly) depends on evaluators' concerns about the way they will be perceived in a/the (?) workplace (i.e., image risk)¬¬. I conclude by exploring how shifting organizational norms can mitigate or exacerbate the expression of backlash towards employees who prioritize their mental wellbeing at work (Chapter 3; Studies 5-6). I discuss the theoretical implications of my work for scholarship on mental health and wellbeing at work, backlash, and workplace normative change, as well as comment on the practical implications of my findings for organizations and their employees
"What does it mean to be both Indian and, like, American?" Representation in Contemporary South Asian American Young Adult Literature
Keywords: South Asian literature
Young adult fiction
Identification
Symbolism in literature
Emigration and immigration
South Asian American teenagers > Ethnic identity
South Asian Americans in literature
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Thesis

This thesis studies the contemporary landscape of South Asian American Young Adult Literature through its relationship with a specific set of emic readers, namely, young, wealthy South Asian Americans living in suburban ethnic enclaves. It explores how the bildungsroman format privileges uniquely South Asian generational conflicts and inherited traumas that craft a hybrid, mutable sense of identity. The answer to the question the title poses, “What does it mean to be both Indian and, like, American?” is simply a slew of related questions that signify different things to each individual. Using the case studies of three recent releases in the genre, this thesis endeavors to illustrate that second-generation immigrant identity conflicts are not a power struggle between two binaristic identities, but instead create a generative space that embraces different parts of any identity.
What does it take to teach teachers? A mixed-methods investigation of district-based teacher educators' knowledge and practices
Keywords: Education.

The offering of professional learning experiences (PLEs) for teachers to support and strengthen teaching quality is a widely adopted educational policy across different countries (Davis et al., 2011; Garet et al., 2001; Loyalka et al., 2019, Popova et al., 2018). However, even programs that are designed to incorporate features associated with effective teacher learning might no yield to change in teachers practices and student learning. Among several aspects that differentiate effective programs from those with few or no results, one seems to be a constant: the facilitator's profile. More specifically, the experience and knowledge of facilitators seem to matter. To advance the knowledge about preparing and supporting proficient facilitators, the first step is to investigate what they know and what they already do in their workshops with teachers. This dissertation aims to contribute to the knowledge in the field by investigating one element in this myriad of aspects that is usually less studied: the facilitator of the professional learning experiences. Leaning on the vast literature and knowledge produced in the field, I investigated the knowledge and practices facilitators in two large Brazilian departments of education have and how they use this knowledge and enact those practices to teach teachers. I used a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative data from a survey (N=285) and qualitative data from an interview with a simulated task (N=15). The results of this investigation show that facilitators working in these two departments of education, on average, do not demonstrate specialized facilitation knowledge. They draw heavily on their classroom experiences and knowledge developed as teachers. However, facilitators do not have robust specialized facilitation knowledge, do not use practices associated with the research on teacher learning systematically and coherently, and have few or no opportunities to learn about these aspects in their workplaces
When music gets old : revivals and revisions of eighteenth-century opéra comique in nineteenth-century France
Keywords: Music.

Re-orchestrating, reprinting, rebuilding, and rewriting artifacts of eighteenth-century opéra comique in the nineteenth century drew attention to time's passage. This dissertation investigates nineteenth-century cases of re-hearing, reevaluating, and revising the music and history of pre-revolution opéra comique, widely considered during the nineteenth century to be France's national genre. The phenomenon of revision offers insights into how people perceive the temporality of certain timbres, works, and entire genres. Inside an arranger's or re-orchestrator's decision to rewrite a sound lies a judgment that the sound had, over time, become undesirable. The music "had become old, " as many French artists and listeners said of eighteenth-century opera during the nineteenth century. Artists' revisions of eighteenth-century opéras comiques, both the scores themselves and their contexts, asserted new narratives of France's national music history. My archival research sheds light on the 1840 reconstruction of the Opéra-Comique's eighteenth-century theater as well as re-orchestrations of eighteenth-century opéras comiques whose extant manuscripts are analyzed for the first time
Who cares? : constructing the child care workforce, 1970-2000
Keywords: History.

This dissertation examines how Americans constructed a waged child care workforce to replace the traditionally unwaged labor of maternal care. Covering the years between 1970 and 2000, as maternal labor force participation grew dramatically across race and class, the dissertation explores both grassroots action and governmental policy to expand the child care workforce and assign value to the labor of child care. Focusing geographically on metropolitan centers on both coasts, this study relies on government documents, the press, oral histories, and the institutional records of various labor unions and advocacy groups. Part One focuses on workers in group child care (day care centers and family child care homes), who began mobilizing to address child care labor issues in the 1970s and early 1980s. This section explores how both grassroots collectives and national unions fought for better wages and increased worker power in the child care industry's nascency. Part Two shifts toward child care in private households to examine how immigration reform and neoliberalization in the 1980s and early 1990s ushered in two efforts to expand the availability of in-home providers: the establishment of the U.S. Au Pair Program and a profusion of nanny training academies. Both of these approaches represented racialized and class-inflected efforts to shape the child care workforce in an image that many white, middle-class American families desired. Part Three returns to group-based child care to show how, by the 1990s, day care workers and family care providers expanded child care labor activism into a national movement that struggled for traction in a decentralized industry and in the context of state retrenchment from social welfare. Considering these case studies in tandem, several findings emerge about the labor history of child care. First, the close association of waged child care with the unwaged labor of mothering, combined with the perception of motherhood as oppositional to exchange, resulted in an uneven incorporation of child care into the market. Second, debates over skill -- whether child care was best taught through certification and training or intergenerational transfers of caring knowledge -- divided generations of child care labor activists who sought better wages and working conditions. Third, the deep personal relationships between child care workers and those they cared for both strengthened and hampered efforts to improve the wages and status of the labor. Finally, child care labor activists never accepted the unresponsiveness of government actors to growing child care demand. Working with parents, they contested retrenchment at every turn. Policymakers' neglect of child care, however, is also somewhat mythic. Rather than abstaining from involvement in child care, federal actors intervened in support of solutions that drew new workers into the American labor force as marginal, quasi-market laborers
Widespread epistasis among beneficial genetic variants revealed by high-throughput genome editing
Keywords: Genetics.

Epistasis represents the deviation from the expected outcome of mutations due to genetic interactions between two or more loci. Decades of research have reported on its effects in molecular biology across the tree of life, and its pervasiveness in the genetic architecture of complex traits. However, knowledge of how molecular epistasis shapes natural populations and the evolution of species is limited, and the factors associated with the incidence of genetic interactions remain poorly understood. In this dissertation, I present results from a high-throughput screen of natural variants conducted in four genetically diverse yeast strains that systematically quantifies epistasis caused by genetic background effects at single nucleotide resolution. Almost a quarter of natural variants affecting fitness in a common laboratory environment show a dependence on strain background, where advantageous effects in one strain are instead neutral or deleterious in another. In addition, we uncover a striking enrichment for epistasis among beneficial variants — a pattern of fundamental importance that has not been previously observed. The identified epistatic variants reflect physiological differences between the strains, yielding novel insight into the mechanisms underlying complex traits. In summary, this work lays the foundation for building a framework to understand molecular epistasis genome-wide, advancing our knowledge towards a complete genotype-phenotype map
Wildfire Smoke Clean Air Centers: Identifying Barriers and Opportunities for Improvement from California Practitioner and Community Perspectives
Keywords: Air quality, community-based research, cleaner air space, clean air center, community resilience, clean air shelter, wildfire smoke
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As wildfire risk is projected to increase across most of the world, exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing global health issue. Clean air centers (CACs), public buildings designated to provide improved air quality to the public during a wildfire smoke event, have emerged as a community-oriented public health response to smoke. Some experts see CACs as the most effective way to reduce population exposure to wildfire smoke. Yet how and why smoke-vulnerable groups utilize CACs, as well as how CACs may be improved to meet their needs, is not well understood. Here, I explore these questions through exploratory interviews with two groups of stakeholders in California CAC development: practitioners and members of a community vulnerable to wildfire smoke. My findings suggest that a gap remains between California’s CACs and the needs of vulnerable groups. By comparing community and practitioner perspectives, I identify opportunities to close this gap.