Tag: Poster 154

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in On-boarding for Event Policy for Volunteers

Presenter(s): Cally Gustafson − Environmental Studies

Faculty Mentor(s): Sarah Wald

Poster 154

Research Area: Environmental Studies

Diversity, equity and inclusion are necessary to think about when planning an event that involves groups of different backgrounds and cultures. I will work to help Bark (an organization whose mission is to help preserve and restore Mt. Hood National Forest back to a thriving forest with help from the community) plan events for their organization that uses diversity, equity and inclusion for the benefit of their guests. In developing a policy about how Bark welcomes volunteers to events, I hope to help Bark choose a friendly way to welcome their guests that will allow everyone to feel comfortable and appreciated enough to come to the following event. I want to allow all races and cultures to feel comfortable at the events through making the events friendly for everyone and to not offend any of them. I would enjoy finding out that through my research I have improved the overall acceptance rate of their guests and also their guest total for events (how many people show up). Through my research I hope that Bark will have an improved onboarding process for volunteers and that their guests will feel welcomed enough to want to come to as many events as they can. The significance of my research is to help Bark be able to have an on boarding process that is diverse enough for everyone to feel welcome and included.

Une Singularité Française: Laïcité and the Rise of Radical Islamic Terrorism among French Muslims

Presenter(s): Carson Hauth 

Faculty Mentor(s): Craig Parsons & Angela Joya

Poster 154

Session: Social Sciences & Humanities

In the past twenty years France has seen a sharp increase in radical Islamic terrorist attacks committed by its own citizens unparalleled by its neighbors in Western Europe. This study aims to address reasons for which French Muslims are radicalized at a significantly greater rate than Muslim citizens of other European nations. Three dominant theories exist to explain the phenomenon of radicalization: low socioeconomic status, external radicalization by existing terrorist and extremist cells, and secular identity politics which exclude French Muslims from French identities. Drawing from secondary sources regarding key features of the life histories of fourteen French Muslim terrorists between 1985 and 2018, we may address the extent to which these three theories explain the increased radicalization in France, and what sets France apart from other European nations. Founded on staunch republican values, the unique structure of French laïcité creates a French identity which conflicts with religious identities amongst Muslim communities. Through tacit and explicit secular laws- supported by the cultural acceptance of laïcité- which unequally target Muslims, Islam is externalized from French society thus increasing feelings of isolation and anger among French Muslims and facilitating radicalization by external catalysts. This study works towards furthering understanding the underlying causes of radicalization and the recent rise in radical Islamic terrorism.