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When so many of us feel responsible for and powerless against climate change, it can be difficult to assess which actions are effective. In this episode, associate producer Jacob Einstein speaks with Chelsea Campbell about the environmental app she developed and explores the relationship between individual and collective action in the fight against climate change
Davis, Steven, Carley, Sanya, Robionson, Clay, Steinberg, Matthew
Summary:
As climate changes, so do pieces of culture. Pieces like car ownership, outdoor sports, and the drinks we share. This is the first episode in our beverage series, and it's all about beer. From field to glass, we explore challenges for barley farmers, options in sustainable brewing, and the willingness of the public to invest in more environmentally friendly beer.
4:30 - Steven Davis of University of California Irvine
11:30 - Sanya Carley of Indiana University
19:00 - Clay Robinson of Sun King Brewing in Indianapolis and Matthew Steinberg of Exhibit 'A' Brewing in Framingham
Seven performance scenes with commentary documenting how David DeBoor Canfield’s “Concerto after Mendelssohn” for trombone and orchestra was ideated, composed and entered into the repertoire. Peripheral information includes interviews with the composer and collaborators.
This Week: Air quality gains have slowed after two decades of improvement, and an app is helping beekeepers and growers check in on their bees without disturbing them.
Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in a Tanzanian Mobile Money Field Experiment:
When workers make operational decisions, the firm's global knowledge and the worker's domain-specific knowledge complement each other. Oftentimes workers have the final decision-making power. Two key decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these workers are: 1) what guidance to deliver, and 2) what kind of training (if any) to provide. We examine these choices in the context of mobile money platforms?systems that allow users in developing economies to deposit, transfer, and withdraw money using their mobile phones. Mobile money has grown quickly, but high stockout rates of currency persist due to sub-optimal inventory decisions made by contracted employees (called agents). In partnership with a Tanzanian mobile money operator, we perform a randomized controlled trial with 4,771 agents over eight weeks to examine how differing types of guidance and training impact the agents' inventory management. We find agents who are trained in person and receive an explicit, personalized, daily text message recommendation of how much electronic currency to stock are less likely to stock out. These agents are more likely to alter their electronic currency balance on a day (rebalance). In contrast, agents trained in person but who receive summary statistics of transaction volumes or agents who are notified about the program and not offered in-person training do not experience changes in stockouts or rebalances. We observe no evidence of learning or fatigue. Agent-level heterogeneity in the treatment effects shows that the agents who handle substantially more customer deposits than withdrawals benefit most from the intervention.
|| When Transparency Fails: Bias and Financial Incentives in Ridesharing Platforms:
Passenger discrimination in transportation systems is a well-documented phenomenon. With the advent and success of ridesharing platforms, such as Lyft, Uber and Via, there has been hope that discrimination against under-represented minorities may be reduced. However, early evidence has suggested the existance of bias in ridesharing platforms. Several platforms responded by reducing operational transparency through the removal of information about the rider's gender and race from the ride request presented to drivers. However, following this change, bias may still manifest after a request is accepted, at which point the rider's picture is displayed, through driver cancelation. Our primary research question is to what extent a rider's gender, race, and perception of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights impact cancelation rates on ridesharing platforms. We investigate this through a large field experiment using a major ridesharing platform in North America. By manipulating rider names and profile pictures, we observe drivers' patterns of behavior in accepting and canceling rides. Our results confirm that bias at the ride request stage has been eliminated. However, at the cancelation stage, racial and LGBT biases are persistent, while biases related to gender appear to have been eliminated. We also explore whether dynamic pricing moderates (through increased pay to drivers) or exacerbates (by signaling that there are many riders, allowing drivers to be more selective) these biases. We find a moderating effect of peak pricing, with consistently lower biased behavior.
Despite the growing popularity of experimental designs in sociological research, lab experiments remain relatively rare. Nevertheless, lab experiments are the gold standard for testing theory and assessing causal arguments, especially those that difficult to test using questionnaire measures. This workshop focuses on the logic of experiments, types of questions that are ideal for answering with lab experiments, issues of internal and external validity, and contrasting lab experiments to other experimental and observational methods. Using exemplars from sociology, I will walk through the design of lab experiments, common pitfalls that may surprise unaccustomed researchers, and ways to deal with these issues. The workshop is a mixture of lecture and hands-on exercises and is designed for those interested in designing their first few experiments or those on the fence about using lab experiments in their own research.
Alternative forms of dissertations and theses are hot topics in higher education, but what is it really like to write one? Join Mary Borgo Ton, a Ph.D. candidate in British Literature, for a behind-the-scenes look at her dissertation which takes the form of a Scalar-powered website. The dissertation explores the global history of Victorian screen culture through virtual reality, 3D models, and interactive maps. As she reflects on the design process, she’ll introduce writing techniques that have helped her pivot to a wide range of forms and identify local resources for training, tools, and equipment.
Studies of genes and social behavior, aided by new genomic resources, are coming of age. Here, I highlight three of the insights that have emerged from these studies that shed light on the evolution and mechanisms governing social life: 1) Nature builds diverse social brains from common genetic blocks in insects and vertebrates, including those related to metabolism and transcriptional regulation; 2) Changes in the wiring of gene regulatory networks are involved in the evolution of insect societies; and 3) The social brain is addicted to altruism.
Observational data often have issues which present challenges for the data analyst. The treatment status or exposure of interest is often not assigned randomly. Data are sometimes missing not at random (MNAR) which can lead to sample selection bias. And many statistical models for these data must account for unobserved confounding. This talk will demonstrate how to use standard maximum likelihood estimation to fit extended regression models (ERMs) that deal with all of these common issues alone or simultaneously.
This week: We take a look at how the state of Indiana's position on pesticides in food products selected for the state's WIC program could be exposing needy Hoosier families to potentially toxic chemicals, and a pathogen deadly to oak trees threatens to spread in the state.
This week: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lifted a ban on the sale of higher ethanol blends of gasoline during the summer months, a move that will benefit corn growers in Indiana but could adversely affect the environment.
This Week: We learn more about a proposed Vigo County ammonia plant that seeks to have a near-zero carbon footprint, and health organizations are suing the Trump administration to stop an air pollution rule that could actually increase air pollution.
This week: A government report says some Defense Department facilities may not be prepared for the effects of climate change, and the IER crew talks about HBO's Chernobyl and the state of Indiana's own ticking time bombs.
The Sample: It's that time in the semester where papers start piling up. In this week's episode, we had the chance to sit down with the tutors from The Writing Tutorial Services. They shared advice on how to improve your writing skills and how to work through writer's block.
The Sample: At long last it's starting to feel like fall in Bloomington, and we couldn't be happier. This week we pay homage to the sights, sounds, and smells of the season. Listen with headphones for a better experience!
This talk will focus on the scholarly activities of Julia Averkieva and Archie Phinney, anthropologists mentored by Franz Boas, the “father of modern anthropology” and a seminal figure in 20th century North American anthropology. While a Soviet exchange student at Columbia University in 1929-1931, Averkieva accompanied Boas in fieldwork among the Kwakiutl people of British Columbia. Phinney, a Nez Perce Indian, taught and conducted research at the Leningrad Academy of Sciences from 1932 to 1937, serving for many years as a field agent in the Bureau of Indian Affairs upon his return to the United States.
Prof. Stephen Porges, the originator of the polyvagal theory illustrates his scientific approach in a conversation with Dr. Gunther Schmidt. They discuss the evolutionary emergence of the polyvagal system, name implications for psychotherapy and give hints for the understanding of psychological trauma.
In the video, Prof. Stephen Porges briefly summarizes his work. Elaborate illustration can be found on his website.
Prof. Stephen Porges website:
http://www.stephenporges.com
Original publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLEAlhBHPM
This is an interview of Dr. Stephen Porges by Dr. David Berceli discussing the concepts of "spirituality" from a Polyvagal perspective. It is divided into 18 subcategories in order to be inclusive of this topic from the perspectives of science, psychology and various systems of belief. https://www.stephenporges.com/
https://traumaprevention.com/
Are you a caregiver who is on the verge of burnout? What is the difference between the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system? What happens if I misread a person's face, especially my partner? Listen to this fascinating interview with Polyvagal theory's founder, Stephen Porges.
Shownotes:
(1:45) Episode 116: Polyvagal theory, safety in relationships.
(4:26) Why knowing how to read other people matters.
(9:50) How our physiology affects how we perceive others, and how others perceive us.
(17:50) Arguments from a biological perspective.
(20:15) Co-regulation.
(25:05) How learning can be affected by a teacher’s physiology.
(27:40) Reading an audience when speaking in public.
(32:15) DPIR enrollment.
(34:10) Difference between the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.
(42:05) How stress affects to our bodies.
(50:00) About depression.
(55:45) About exercise.
(56:50) How taking care of others can impact your life.
(1:01:20) Final thoughts.
(1:06:40) Action Step.
Original publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0rCIYQVHF4
Thank you for tuning in! One Idea Away is a conscious community and movement to help you grow and develop your inner capacity. We reach higher levels of awareness through sharing our life experiences, getting clear on our dreams, uncovering our ideas, and shifting our perspectives. Keep listening as host Luke Iorio interviews the thought-leaders and unsung heroes of today.
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Who are you and what makes you whole? Do you have triggers such as sounds or scents that remind you of a familiar feeling? Why do you look at the world the way you do? So many of your questions can be answered by scientist and Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Stephen Porges, whose current work is unlocking the ways we can see another side of ourselves--our truest form.
Stephen is a distinguished University scientist at Indiana University where he’s the Founding Director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He's a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago as well as the University of Maryland. Stephen has served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences. He’s a former recipient of the National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award.
Stephen has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and in 1994 he first proposed and pioneered the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of the physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders.
Listen in and learn more about who you are--more now than ever!
Kay Takeaways:
Butterfly effect. Did you know we go through three evolutionary stages directly linked to those of vertebrates? To be clear, mammals are vertebrate and humans are mammals. The correlation between the two is eye-opening on how it affects your physiological state, let alone your health. Your THREE transformative stages are . . . [13:41].
Tranquility zone. Did you know that you have triggers that give you a sense of security? The sounds of certain music or someone’s voice are a couple of them. All your senses slowly drop, as do your defenses. There are simple ways to develop this sense of safety in ourselves and in others, start HERE . . . [25:34].
Connection boost. Did you know there’s no such thing as winning an argument? Once a person becomes physical--such as crossing their arms or retracting in some way--the conversation is over and therefore, the discussion is over. Winning isn’t an option. To strengthen any relationship–work, home, social–give these TWO evaluation methods a try . . . [39:44].
Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. You’re never more than One Idea Away from a whole, new reality.
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Original Publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJc3aRk52M
This interview "Stephen Porges: Resilience" is part of the series "Hardwiring Happiness: The 7 Essential Strengths with Rick Hanson," originally hosted by en*theos.
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Original publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeN4mWATl9g
http://plantyourself.com/340 Stephen Porges' body of work has informed my coaching as much as anything else. My exploration and use of Polyvagal Theory to help clients shift undesirable behavior patterns feels like a superpower.
I wish more coaches - especially, but not limited to, health coaches - knew about his work, and understood how to apply it.
Original publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQrgf1SKeU
In a conversation with Gunther Schmidt, MD, Prof. Stephen Porges illustrates his approach and they discuss implications for psychotherapy. Homepage von Prof. Stephen Porges (with concrete explications of the theory): http://www.stephenporges.com
Original publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK-Y2_eMfgw
Joanna Chromik, Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities
Summary:
This project examines publicly available statements about sex and sex work in light of the #MeToo movement and in response to the passing of the FOSTA-SESTA. It focuses on the online efforts of sex-work advocates against the passing of the SESTA, and how those efforts affect the public deliberative democratic process, especially with the rise of Democratic Socialist candidates, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who oppose the legislation. I want to consider how coalition building between different activist groups online contributes to new methods of rhetorical invention that can push outward to influence the public process of deliberation.
It was an honor to have Dr Porges on the podcast. As you probably know, he is the creator of the Polyvagal Theory and author of "The Polyvagal Theory" and "The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory." I recommend both of these books, but the Pocket Guide is easier to take in, understand and apply.
Polyvagal Theory as the basis for understanding and human experience.
“Understanding comes from feeling safe with ideas and thoughts.”
“Polyvagal Theory enabled me to understand the portals we have to optimize the human experience.”
Before PVT, the focus was on events versus feelings
Feelings
Emotion versus bodily experience
Feelings sit on top of autonomic state
Inverted triangle, bottom point is the brainstem and wider point are the higher brain structures
“What higher brain structures can do are in part limited by the state that the brainstem is in.”
”Many of the observables in our human behavior are not intentional.”
“We have feelings and we respond to them.”
Empathy vs Compassion
Empathy - we feel other people's’ feelings
“Empathetic pain” - If another feels pain, we may not be in a good position to support
Evaluating pain, like “That’s horrible.”
Compassion - respectful and acknowledging of another’s pain, but there to witness and support
“People aren’t prepared to listen, to witness, in a compassionate way.”
“Healing” the Vagus Nerve?
Vagus nerve is a conduit
Vagus isn’t the concern, it’s the feedback loop between organ and brainstem that is the concern
Certain feedback loops or defense strategies can get stuck
Comorbidities come along with an ANS that is in a defensive state
Be careful of ‘hacking the system,’ there are more natural ways to perform neural exercises, like singing, socializing, rocking, pranayama yoga and playing
Extend the duration of the exhale
Other Fs…
The responses are adaptive, not bad
“Flop” is an adaptive response to death feign, part of the most ancient dorsal vagal circuit
“Shutting down” is literally passing out, but not everyone does that, but will have immobilization features
Hybrid and gradation of sympathetic along with immobilization
A body that goes into immobilization features may actually mobilize in an attempt to resist immobilization
Substance Use
Addictive behavior is a strategy to regulate state
True physical addiction is secondary to initial benefit of addictive behavior
The addictive behavior is protecting the individual from shutting down
Psychiatry
Child psychiatry is about pharmacological manipulation
Psychiatry is not looking at the social engagement system behaviors
“Psychiatry needs a reeducation.”
“The warmest home for the polyvagal theory… is in trauma.”
Polyvagal Theory provides a narrative consistent with client reports
“Drugs effect physiology,” they are looking to “down-regulate” arousal
“Some drugs will calm people down and they will be isolated in their calmness.” Calmed down doesn’t mean socially engaged
Vagal tone means the amount of information coming down the vagus.
Psychiatric medications may remove efficiency of regulating physiological state
Psychiatry needs to measure autonomic regulation of the individual on and off the drugs
Dominant State
Safe and social system needs to be accessible to reduce ambiguity of a cue
“Freeze” is the mix of dorsal vagal immobilization plus sympathetic arousal
“Shut down” is limp, “freeze” is rigid
Clinical Disorders as Adaptations
Adaptations are a shifting of the more global autonomic states
Clinical disorders are a compromise to the social engagement system
As a species, we evolved to co-regulate, if we take that out of the equation, you get self-regulatory behaviors that result in diagnoses
"I think what you would find is it really doesn't matter what the diagnosis is. That they share some common features. And the common features have to do with state regulation. And in fact the manifestations... has to do with the strategies that the higher brain structures developed to regulate their state. And in a sense the personal narrative that evolved from those psychological or mental experiences." -Dr. Stephen Porges
A disruptor (like abuse or traumatic event) occurs that disrupts opportunities to co-regulate with a safe other
Personal Narratives
PVT brings the narrative that there is a reason someone is feeling the way they feel
Higher brain structures (cognitive and sense of awareness) attuned body state, it will act as a container to the feelings
Narrative will change when people become attuned to their state
Narrative can be a container to physiological activity
Our body’s reactions were heroic attempts to save our lives
Dissociative Identity Disorder & Dissociation
Alters may be seen as a polyvagal state, they have autonomic components
Often, DID systems have no more than three alters
Dissociation can be understood as decreased blood flow to the brain
Dissociation is an adaptive feature in place of passing out; repeated passing out can result in injury or death
Dissociation is common and there are gradations
Polyvagal theory is an evolving theory that others are adding to, it’s a framework of thought.
Buy "The Polyvagal Theory" and the "Pocket Guide" at these Amazon links. Other recommended books are in my Amazon Influencer Store.
DR PORGES Website - https://www.stephenporges.com/
Music & Sounds by Benjo Beats - https://soundcloud.com/benjobeats
Text and Original Publication: https://www.justinlmft.com/post/episode15
Marriage Equality: Stories from the Heartland is an on-going project dedicated to recording stories from same-sex couples about their journeys into marriage. Sponsored by the Indiana University’s Department of Gender Studies, the Office for Vice President for Research New Frontiers program, and the IU Bloomington Arts and Humanities Council. - WFHB Marriage Equality Stories from the Heartland
September 20 is the first day of the Global Climate Strike. It's an event that follows the rise of youth organizations like the Sunrise Movement and Zero Hour, a full year of Fridays for Future school strikes and CNN's 7-hour climate change town hall marathon. At every level of society, people have gotten involved in the politics of the environment. In this episode, the team talks with activists, a communication scientist and journalists to find out how much of a difference any of it can make. 4:30 - Louisville, Kentucky, Global Climate Strike and Extinction Rebellion story, featuring Alice Melendez 12:15 - interview between Janet McCabe and IU environmental communications scientist Nathan Geiger 20:15 - interview between Janet McCabe, Zahra Hirji of BuzzFeed News and Nathanael Johnson of Grist
Marizán, Paola, Shanahan, Jim, Eosco, Gina, Berardelli, Jeff
Summary:
With rising and warming ocean waters, hurricanes are on track to intensify. This change means greater risk for people in the path and greater need for effective long- and short-term risk communication. But the story of the hurricane doesn't stop with the radar, or the rescues, or la renuncia, or the rebuild. To understand the chatter around hurricane season, the team talks this week with a meteorologist, a risk communications specialist and a podcast host whose family lived through Hurricane Maria. 2:45 - Update on "Huracán Maria changed my family's life" with Paola Marizán from ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest? 16:45 - interview between Jim Shanahan and Gina Eosco from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 27:45 - interview between Jim Shanahan and Jeff Berardelli from Columbia University and CBS News
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, Mallory Melchi and Hudson sit down with us to talk about the work that they do with the Indiana Canine Assistance Network. Mallory does important work as both the president of the organization at IU and as one of its volunteer service dog trainers. Hudson is also doing important work-- becoming the best service dog he can be.
The Sample: Costume design is an important element to bringing a story to life. It brings out the personality of characters and lets the audience immerse themselves into a whole new world. This week we had the chance to explore the process of designing a costume, from a sketch to a final wearable garment for the stage.
Highly stressful situations can lead to an inability to act and respond. These feelings have long-lasting impacts that affect people well afterward. However, as you’ll hear, this is not the result of some inadequacy, but an ancient neurological response.
Stephen Porges, Ph.D. is a distinguished university scientist at Indiana University, professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. With more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, Dr. Porges pioneered the Polyvagal Theory which links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of the physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders.
Dr. Porges explains what Polyvagal Theory is and how it relates to all of us on a physiological level. According to this approach, stress has little if anything to do with our physical state, and everything to do with our emotional and psychological wellbeing. We talk about how Polyvagal Theory helps explain a state in between stress and unstress in which we actually disassociate from our surroundings as a result of trauma.
We then talk about how to handle the effects of this neurological response. It may lead to an inability to fully engage with people and feelings of shame and inadequacy. However, proper narrative framing, self-compassion, and even intentional breathing can help to make shifts towards recovery.
How might an understanding of Polyvagal Theory change the way you interact with other people? Let’s talk about it in the comments below.
In this episode
How trauma can trigger a reflex that leads to an inability to act
The ways that stress and trauma impact future relationships
How to cope with the lasting effects of trauma
The power of breath for helping to regulate parts of the nervous system
Ways to make others feel safe simply by using your voice
The link between feelings of safety and creativity
Technological innovations that may reduce inflammation of the vagal nerve
Quotes
“I would say that the nervous system is much more rational in its decision-making properties and we have to be very careful about imposing a simplistic worldview on it and trying to make everything fit that simplicity.” [1:43]
“This whole act of going into immobilization or inability to recruit fight-flight is a powerful reaction that many people have experienced. But once they experience it, they don’t know how to make sense of it.” [9:47]
“Breath is really a wonderful gift because when we manipulate our breathing we can change the tone of our autonomic nervous system. And if we change that tone, even for short periods of time, we can experience the world differently for those moments.” [16:52]
“What we really want is to enable people to be better witnesses of their own body and to become more self-aware and compassionate to respect those bodily feelings.” [48:38]
original description from: https://urbanwellnessclinic.com/dr-stephen-porges-polyvagal-theory/
As a scholar-activist devoted to anti-racist, decolonial, femme-inist, anti-capitalist, anti-ableist struggles to decriminalize undocumented people in the United States, I continuously organize in the hopes of altering or dismantling the systems and institutions that perpetuate violence against marginalized, Black and brown communities. Inspired by the website Torn Apart/Separados, which maps Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the settle U.S. (volume 1) and the amount of money congress representatives have received from ICE (volume 2), and as part of my dissertation, I wish to create a network graph visualization --eventually accompanied by written and audio interpretations in at least English and Spanish-- of the overlaps between ICE funding congress (potential effects on public policy), government representatives benefiting from public universities, and universities' ultimate complicity with ICE. In tracing "money moves," this project lays the groundwork for activist mobilizations that deploy working-class, labor movement tactics as a means to organize within/against the imperial, neoliberal university (in this case, Big 10 institutions). Finally, my larger aim is to create inter-state, national, and international (no-border) networks of communication and support for the communities to which we belong and/or with whom we are in solidarity.
Experimental designs remain the gold standard for assessing causality; perhaps because of this, the use of experiments has grown rapidly in most social science fields such as economics, political science, sociology, and others. While laboratory studies remain popular in some fields, there is increasing interest in bringing the power of experimental designs to more diverse samples. Survey experiments offer the capability to assess causality in a broad range of samples, including targeted samples of specific populations or in large-scale nationally representative samples. The rise of online workplaces and the TESS program offer the ability to bring these samples to applied researchers at a minimal cost, greatly expanding the possibilities for research. This workshop will focus on how to design quality survey experiments, giving researchers the tools to implement best practices. I will also advocate for survey experiments as a tool for tests of intersectionality and other theoretical questions requiring diverse samples.
Bass, Jennifer, Sanders, Stephanie, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Hundreds of same-sex couples throughout the state share one of two anniversaries: June 25 and 26, 2014. In this episode, makers of IU's "Just Married" podcast, Jennifer Bass and Stephanie Sanders, talk about why these two days in June matter, the history and laws surrounding marriage equality in the U.S., and how they're sharing the love stories of same-sex Hoosiers on their journeys into marriage.
The Sample: Under sunny early-April skies, IU's First Nations Educational & Cultural Center hosted its Eighth Annual Traditional Powwow. For years, this has been an event where native students can celebrate and non-native students can learn. This year, we chat with recent grad Scout Landin about the jingle dress and why she came back to town for this IU tradition.
