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For archaeologist Maxine 'Max' Falkland, life in early-50s London is difficult enough as she tries to move on from the death of her brother, an RAF pilot shot down over Korea. But, when she meets John Knox things get more complicated — before they get outright dangerous. Flying her light plane to Scotland, Max overhears whispered arguments in Russian coming from the next-door room and sees lights across the moors that appear to answer flashes from the sea. Add the mysterious malfunction of her plane and she has a lot to confide when she encounters the enigmatic Richard Ash, a local landowner and recluse. But when Knox unexpectedly reappears and a dive goes disastrously wrong, Max must act fast as she finds herself in the middle of a Soviet military plot. This novel grew out of a 2010 oral history project at the University of Hertfordshire, where I interviewed female pilots from the Air Transport Auxiliary and extensive period detail research.

The article offers a brief "how-to" guide for getting around canned curriculum while still ensuring that your students learn the course content. It also includes caveats, trouble-shoots, and a justification for subverting requirements to teach standardized curriculum.

Proposal: Ever wondered what it would like to be a judge on a literary award? Come play the Relevant Britain literary award game – a workshop or seminar activity designed to overcome resistance, enable debate and enliven discussion over difficult current topics in a safe environment. Be a judge on a fictional literary award and perform your character to the fullest in order to influence the discussion, evidence your point and carry across your objective of awarding or not a current title the Relevant Britain award. Take part in this workshop activity and learn how to carry it through on your own. Description: In a recent Contemporary Writing module, we encountered unexpected resistance from third-year undergraduate students around issues in the literary zeitgeist such as politics, race, feminism and others. This third-year module aims to investigate what is happening in contemporary writing and pays attention to best-selling and award winning books and artefacts (such as interactive stories and podcasts) to highlight the current situation of publishing and literature. As an English module, engagement and debate in lectures, tutorials and seminars are highly relevant for generating a good student experience and enabling learning. To overcome student resistance, to challenge all students to safely discuss difficult topics and to achieve a good level of engagement, we created the Relevant Britain game. This activity asks students to participate as fictional judges of a literary award. Each student is given a character with a few notes on their personality, their politics and their initial ideas about the book they are judging for the award. In character, students debate the reasons why the week's book should or should not be given the Relevant Britain award. This activity enables them to engage with arguments other than their own, to make theirs more robust and evidenced when facing opposition, and to present relevant arguments in order to sway the opinion of others. It also allowed them to debate themes related to the module such as the role of technology in contemporary literature, the place of literary awards in a writer's career and what factors might influence award judges when deciding. For this workshop, we want to run a Relevant Britain game and allow participants to experiment for themselves how games can help lower resistance and enliven seminars and tutorials by helping lead safe, engaged discussions on important topics. We will provide a guide on how to run the Relevant Britain game and host a discussion on the role of games in overcoming resistance. Materials will be provided. Keywords: Teaching, Workshop, Debate, Seminar Activities, Games, Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, English, Social Issues, Cultural Issues

ObjectiveOur goal was to explore racial socialization practices in Asian American families during a time of heightened racial tension.BackgroundAsian Americans hold a complex racial position in the United States, made even more complicated by an increase in public protests regarding socioracial injustices in the United States experienced by racial minority groups. Discussions about race and ethnicity occur within Asian American families but often focus on cultural heritage rather than awareness of discrimination and the historical roots of racism.MethodOur study used an inductive–deductive thematic analysis to collect data from 12 Asian American young adults. Semistructured interviews queried participants' experiences with racial socialization in their nuclear families and their own racial identity.FindingsQualitative analysis revealed the following themes: (a) Participants received limited messages regarding racial issues, (b) participants engaged in "bottom‐up" racial socialization and taught their parents about race, and (c) participants felt left out of society's racial dialogue.ConclusionDuring this time of heightened racial tension, Asian American young adults struggle to find their place, despite wanting to participate in community building.ImplicationsWithout strong Asian American racial socialization practices in families, young adults must educate themselves and initiate racial meaning‐making in their families.

AbstractResearch conducted in rural Alberta from 200–2001 captured women's accounts of their lives after restructuring in the health and agriculture sectors during the 1990s. Thirty‐four public health nurses, home care nurses, and farm women from three Alberta health regions were interviewed individually and in focus groups which covered five Alberta health regions. The women reported that restructuring had affected their decisions, their organization of paid and unpaid work, and the quality of their lives. Rural women perceived themselves as caregivers and organizers in their homes and communities. As well, they saw themselves as key figures in the fight to save the farms and the communities in which they lived. While accepting the expectations of rural women, they also expressed frustration and anger over the endless and largely unrecognized, work that resulted. The conflicts between paid and unpaid work, and between the fight to preserve the well‐being of the community and their own well‐being, became particularly clear among the farm women who also worked as nurses. Their sense of themselves as farm women, nurses, and as good community members, led to decisions that in many cases affected their physical and mental health; but they knew that if they did not contribute, they risked losing the way of life they valued. While patriarchal power inherent in social structures has been well documented, we argue theoretical explanations that incorporate the power of agency to place women in situations where they have little choice in the reproduction of their own oppression have not been sufficiently recognized in the literature.

Asian Americans hold a complex racial position in the U.S. They have been considered "honorary Whites," unaffected by racial discrimination while simultaneously viewed as perpetual foreigners in their homeland. This study was conducted in the context of a historic uprising against racism and police brutality. Semi-structured interviews with 12 Asian American emerging adults explored how participants defined "Asian American" and their position in sociopolitical dialogue. An inductive/deductive thematic approach revealed: participants (1) challenged a monolithic Asian American identity, (2) experienced discrimination and stereotyping related to anti-Muslim sentiments, the "perpetual foreigner" stereotype, and the model minority myth, and (3) described a lack of visibility and representation of Asian Americans in the racial dialogue. In this time of increased racial tension, Asian American emerging adults face discrimination and stereotyping due to misconceptions about Asians. Participants demonstrated active engagement in racial meaning making and found solidarity in relationships with other racial minorities.

The current research study examined the relationship between gender role internalization andtransformational and transactional leadership style in female managers. This researcher intended todiscover whether the internalization of messages that society presents about female behaviorcorrelates with the adoption of transformational leadership by women in management positions.Specifically, the researcher wanted to find out whether there was a higher level of gender roleinternalization among female transformational leaders than in female transactional leaders.

Introduction: The field of genetics is rapidly expanding and people are increasingly utilizing genetic testing and counseling services. However, the current literature on genetic health topics and Filipinos remains limited, as many minority populations are not adequately studied. This study describes Filipino Americans' attitudes and knowledge of genetic disease, genetic testing and genetic counseling. To address these knowledge gaps and reduce the burden of health disparities, the informational needs of Filipino Americans regarding genetic disease and genetic services must be understood in order to better tailor these services and outreach methods.
Methods: Fifteen semi-structured, qualitative interviews were held with individuals who self-identified as Filipino American between November 2022 and January 2023. Interviews were transcribed and coded using an iterative process.
Results: Most participants were familiar with genetic disease and believed that factors such as biology, as well as cultural factors such as upbringing and food, contributed to its development. The majority of participants had previously heard of genetic testing however most participants either did not know much, or were only familiar with ancestry direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT). Most participants had not heard of genetic counseling and those that had heard of genetic counseling before did not understand its purpose. Overall, most participants had a positive attitude towards genetic testing and counseling. Participants identified benefits of these services including genetic disease prevention, management, and treatment. Participants stressed the importance of educating the Filipino community and shared their ideas for how to implement outreach efforts.
Discussion/Conclusion: This study found that Filipino Americans generally had a positive outlook on genetic testing and genetic counseling. We propose participant-generated ideas for outreach and education that may help inform future public health efforts to inform this population about genetic disease, testing and counseling.

In families with hereditary breast/ovarian cancer, complex disease histories challenge established patterns of family communication and influence decision-making for clinical surveillance, genetic testing, and risk management. An interdisciplinary team examined longitudinal interview data from women with identified BRCA1/2 mutations to assess interactions within family and social networks about risk information communication and management. We used interpretive description to identify motivation, content, and derived benefit of these interactions. Participants discussed risk information and management strategies with biological and nonbiological network members for multiple purposes: discharging responsibility for risk information dissemination, protecting important relationships, and navigating decision trajectories. Evolving interactions with loved ones balanced long-standing family communication patterns with differing personal preferences for privacy or open sharing, whereas interactions with nonbiological network members expanded participants' range of choices for sources of risk management information. Ongoing assessment of social networks may help support engagement with risk management by aligning with patient social needs.

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Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare hereditary cancer syndrome in which individuals have a significantly increased risk of developing multiple cancers throughout the life span. An LFS diagnosis may shift the individual's sense of self and tolerance of cancer risk as they engage in cancer screening and cancer prevention activities. This study examined the impact of family identity on health decision making, communication, and role function. Forty-five families completed one or more interviews during an annual, protocol-specific cancer screening study. An interdisciplinary team analyzed 66 interviews using interpretive description and modified grounding theory. Thematically, identity emerged as an evolving construct regarding self and/or family, embedded in historical and ongoing experiences with LFS. Notions of individual and shared family identities guided decision making related to healthcare and influenced interpersonal communication and role function between supportive networks and families. Alignment between individual, family, and generational identities may shape engagement in genetic testing, risk management, and family life. Medical teams that are unequipped to address the psychosocial challenges that LFS populations face may include mental health professionals on interprofessional care teams to navigate risk management and consequential familial conflict.