Paul N Mcdaniel
Biographic Data
| ID | 179662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul N Mcdaniel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul N |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdaniel |
| SIGNATURE | MCDANIEL P N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kennesaw State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8363-2844 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Generative AI in Undergraduate Education
Across all disciplines, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) threatens student academic integrity in traditional assessments. Its detection is unreliable. From talking with students, however, we know they are finding GenAI to be helpful in their studies. Through experiments and experience at five universities and colleges in the United States and Canada, this article demonstrates that GenAI can be strategically, thoughtfully, and critically…
Commentary on Craig et al.’s “Bowling for Better
This commentary responds to Craig, Swab, and DeBruin’s (Citation2024) “Bowling for Better.” We welcome suggestions for how to improve the World Geography Bowl (WGB), and as described in this commentary, have consistently improved the WGB after suggestions provided to WGB leadership from competitors, volunteers, and American Association of Geographers leadership. We contend, however, that limitations in the methodology employed by Craig and collea…
Beyond Covid Chaos
The online pivot has opened many people’s eyes to new possibilities and challenges in the postpandemic world. This article describes what five geographers in three different countries learned from the experiment and assesses how the lessons can be carried forward. One of the big surprises for some of us was the extent to which students were open to different ways of learning during the 2020–2021 academic year. It is clear that some students wish …
Welcoming immigrant integration beyond the local level
Welcoming America, a nonprofit organization based in metropolitan Atlanta, has grown a membership network throughout the U.S. of nonprofit organizations and municipalities that present their communities as “welcoming cities” for immigrants. In 2018, Welcoming America launched the “One Region Initiative” to cultivate a concept of a “welcoming region” to transcend municipal boundaries. The purpose of this paper is to examine One Region member munic…
Integrating ArcGIS Online and digital story mapping for active learning in systematic geography courses
Amid the shift to virtual teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators across disciplines were faced with developing new teaching strategies for active learning and significant learning experiences. This paper discusses findings from a case study of integrating ArcGIS Online and StoryMaps for assignments and semester projects in systematic geography courses–health, population, and urban geography. The study assesses the process o…
Teaching, Learning, and Exploring the Geography of North America with Virtual Globes and Geovisual Narratives
Amid the shift to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators across disciplines were faced with developing new strategies for active learning. This article discusses findings from a case study of using Google Earth for virtual field trips and projects in an undergraduate Geography of North America course, assessing the process of incorporating Google Earth and student perspectives on their engagement with this technology. With broad…
The Immediate Impact of Covid-19 on Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
Universities and colleges worldwide have quickly moved campus-based classes to virtual spaces due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article explores the impact of this sudden transition of learning and teaching based on experiences and evidence from six institutions across three countries. Our findings suggest that although online and remote learning was a satisfactory experience for some students, various inequities were involved. Many students lac…
Immigration status as a health care barrier in the USA during Covid-19
In the context of the United States of America (U.S.), COVID-19 has influenced migrant experiences in a variety of ways, including the government's use of public health orders to prevent migration into the country and the risk of immigrants contracting COVID-19 while in detention centers. However, this paper focuses on barriers that immigrants of diverse statuses living in the U.S.-along with their families-may face in accessing health services d…
Human Services Providers' Perspectives on Refugee Resettlement in the United States before and after the 2016 Presidential Election
The United States has historically accepted and resettled refugees by opening its doors to those fleeing violence, armed conflict, or persecution around the world. However, the degree of receptivity toward refugee resettlement has vacillated over time. This study examines the challenges and opportunities that Refugee Resettlement Agencies (RRAs) experienced prior to and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. The findings presented in this pap…
Immigrant integration and receptivity policy formation in welcoming cities
Amid a broader context of immigration federalism and debates over immigration policy in the United States at the national level, states and municipalities in recent years have been pursuing their own paths on local immigration policy. One example is the welcoming cities movement that has formed a growing network of municipalities across the United States that are encouraging efforts for warmer receptivity and more efficient immigrant integration.…
Fu
Undocumented youth experience partial integration in some institutional spaces but remain barred from others. Although they are permitted to attend and graduate from K–12 public schools, the geographic unevenness of immigration policy leads to inequitable access to higher education for undocumented youth. In this article, we examine undocumented higher education access and how an underground freedom school is providing an alternative. We apply th…
Welcoming America
A growing number of leaders in towns and cities across the United States have embraced policies encouraging receptivity and integration of immigrant populations. This article examines this phenomenon and how communities are seeking greater immigrant integration. To do this, we describe immigration federalism and how it influences receptivity. A discussion of the organizational networks that facilitate greater immigrant integration follows. We con…
Receptivity's Construction in Public Schools
Speaking of Change in Charlotte, North Carolina
To what degree can a museum impact cultural change in a community? Drawing from an evaluation of Levine Museum of the New South's Speaking of Change program, this article – which is the outcome of a community engaged partnership between museum staff, urban social geographers, and urban education scholars – describes one museum's community practice in shaping receptivity toward newcomers in a new immigrant gateway. Specifically, we demonstrate how…
Belonging in charlotte
In the context of Charlotte, North Carolina's, emergence as a "globalizing" pre‐emergent immigrant gateway, this paper focuses on a complex and multiscalar set of governmental policies and community‐development dynamics that are shaping localized response to Hispanic/Latino immigration. Specifically, we explore how these policies and dynamics play out spatially in the context of two Charlotte neighborhoods, both of which have similar historical r…
Immigrant integration and receptivity policy formation in welcoming cities
Amid a broader context of immigration federalism and debates over immigration policy in the United States at the national level, states and municipalities in recent years have been pursuing their own paths on local immigration policy. One example is the welcoming cities movement that has formed a growing network of municipalities across the United States that are encouraging efforts for warmer receptivity and more efficient immigrant integration.…
Belonging in charlotte
In the context of Charlotte, North Carolina's, emergence as a "globalizing" pre‐emergent immigrant gateway, this paper focuses on a complex and multiscalar set of governmental policies and community‐development dynamics that are shaping localized response to Hispanic/Latino immigration. Specifically, we explore how these policies and dynamics play out spatially in the context of two Charlotte neighborhoods, both of which have similar historical r…
Immigration status as a health care barrier in the USA during Covid-19
In the context of the United States of America (U.S.), COVID-19 has influenced migrant experiences in a variety of ways, including the government's use of public health orders to prevent migration into the country and the risk of immigrants contracting COVID-19 while in detention centers. However, this paper focuses on barriers that immigrants of diverse statuses living in the U.S.-along with their families-may face in accessing health services d…
Welcoming America
A growing number of leaders in towns and cities across the United States have embraced policies encouraging receptivity and integration of immigrant populations. This article examines this phenomenon and how communities are seeking greater immigrant integration. To do this, we describe immigration federalism and how it influences receptivity. A discussion of the organizational networks that facilitate greater immigrant integration follows. We con…
Speaking of Change in Charlotte, North Carolina
To what degree can a museum impact cultural change in a community? Drawing from an evaluation of Levine Museum of the New South's Speaking of Change program, this article – which is the outcome of a community engaged partnership between museum staff, urban social geographers, and urban education scholars – describes one museum's community practice in shaping receptivity toward newcomers in a new immigrant gateway. Specifically, we demonstrate how…
Fu
Undocumented youth experience partial integration in some institutional spaces but remain barred from others. Although they are permitted to attend and graduate from K–12 public schools, the geographic unevenness of immigration policy leads to inequitable access to higher education for undocumented youth. In this article, we examine undocumented higher education access and how an underground freedom school is providing an alternative. We apply th…
Receptivity's Construction in Public Schools
Integrating ArcGIS Online and digital story mapping for active learning in systematic geography courses
Amid the shift to virtual teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators across disciplines were faced with developing new teaching strategies for active learning and significant learning experiences. This paper discusses findings from a case study of integrating ArcGIS Online and StoryMaps for assignments and semester projects in systematic geography courses–health, population, and urban geography. The study assesses the process o…
Human Services Providers' Perspectives on Refugee Resettlement in the United States before and after the 2016 Presidential Election
The United States has historically accepted and resettled refugees by opening its doors to those fleeing violence, armed conflict, or persecution around the world. However, the degree of receptivity toward refugee resettlement has vacillated over time. This study examines the challenges and opportunities that Refugee Resettlement Agencies (RRAs) experienced prior to and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. The findings presented in this pap…
Speaking of Change in Charlotte, North Carolina
To what degree can a museum impact cultural change in a community? Drawing from an evaluation of Levine Museum of the New South's Speaking of Change program, this article – which is the outcome of a community engaged partnership between museum staff, urban social geographers, and urban education scholars – describes one museum's community practice in shaping receptivity toward newcomers in a new immigrant gateway. Specifically, we demonstrate how…
Belonging in charlotte
In the context of Charlotte, North Carolina's, emergence as a "globalizing" pre‐emergent immigrant gateway, this paper focuses on a complex and multiscalar set of governmental policies and community‐development dynamics that are shaping localized response to Hispanic/Latino immigration. Specifically, we explore how these policies and dynamics play out spatially in the context of two Charlotte neighborhoods, both of which have similar historical r…
Receptivity's Construction in Public Schools
Fu
Undocumented youth experience partial integration in some institutional spaces but remain barred from others. Although they are permitted to attend and graduate from K–12 public schools, the geographic unevenness of immigration policy leads to inequitable access to higher education for undocumented youth. In this article, we examine undocumented higher education access and how an underground freedom school is providing an alternative. We apply th…
Welcoming America
A growing number of leaders in towns and cities across the United States have embraced policies encouraging receptivity and integration of immigrant populations. This article examines this phenomenon and how communities are seeking greater immigrant integration. To do this, we describe immigration federalism and how it influences receptivity. A discussion of the organizational networks that facilitate greater immigrant integration follows. We con…
Immigrant integration and receptivity policy formation in welcoming cities
Amid a broader context of immigration federalism and debates over immigration policy in the United States at the national level, states and municipalities in recent years have been pursuing their own paths on local immigration policy. One example is the welcoming cities movement that has formed a growing network of municipalities across the United States that are encouraging efforts for warmer receptivity and more efficient immigrant integration.…
Human Services Providers' Perspectives on Refugee Resettlement in the United States before and after the 2016 Presidential Election
The United States has historically accepted and resettled refugees by opening its doors to those fleeing violence, armed conflict, or persecution around the world. However, the degree of receptivity toward refugee resettlement has vacillated over time. This study examines the challenges and opportunities that Refugee Resettlement Agencies (RRAs) experienced prior to and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. The findings presented in this pap…
The Immediate Impact of Covid-19 on Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
Universities and colleges worldwide have quickly moved campus-based classes to virtual spaces due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article explores the impact of this sudden transition of learning and teaching based on experiences and evidence from six institutions across three countries. Our findings suggest that although online and remote learning was a satisfactory experience for some students, various inequities were involved. Many students lac…
Immigration status as a health care barrier in the USA during Covid-19
In the context of the United States of America (U.S.), COVID-19 has influenced migrant experiences in a variety of ways, including the government's use of public health orders to prevent migration into the country and the risk of immigrants contracting COVID-19 while in detention centers. However, this paper focuses on barriers that immigrants of diverse statuses living in the U.S.-along with their families-may face in accessing health services d…
Teaching, Learning, and Exploring the Geography of North America with Virtual Globes and Geovisual Narratives
Amid the shift to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators across disciplines were faced with developing new strategies for active learning. This article discusses findings from a case study of using Google Earth for virtual field trips and projects in an undergraduate Geography of North America course, assessing the process of incorporating Google Earth and student perspectives on their engagement with this technology. With broad…
Beyond Covid Chaos
The online pivot has opened many people’s eyes to new possibilities and challenges in the postpandemic world. This article describes what five geographers in three different countries learned from the experiment and assesses how the lessons can be carried forward. One of the big surprises for some of us was the extent to which students were open to different ways of learning during the 2020–2021 academic year. It is clear that some students wish …
Welcoming immigrant integration beyond the local level
Welcoming America, a nonprofit organization based in metropolitan Atlanta, has grown a membership network throughout the U.S. of nonprofit organizations and municipalities that present their communities as “welcoming cities” for immigrants. In 2018, Welcoming America launched the “One Region Initiative” to cultivate a concept of a “welcoming region” to transcend municipal boundaries. The purpose of this paper is to examine One Region member munic…
Integrating ArcGIS Online and digital story mapping for active learning in systematic geography courses
Amid the shift to virtual teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators across disciplines were faced with developing new teaching strategies for active learning and significant learning experiences. This paper discusses findings from a case study of integrating ArcGIS Online and StoryMaps for assignments and semester projects in systematic geography courses–health, population, and urban geography. The study assesses the process o…
Generative AI in Undergraduate Education
Across all disciplines, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) threatens student academic integrity in traditional assessments. Its detection is unreliable. From talking with students, however, we know they are finding GenAI to be helpful in their studies. Through experiments and experience at five universities and colleges in the United States and Canada, this article demonstrates that GenAI can be strategically, thoughtfully, and critically…
Commentary on Craig et al.’s “Bowling for Better
This commentary responds to Craig, Swab, and DeBruin’s (Citation2024) “Bowling for Better.” We welcome suggestions for how to improve the World Geography Bowl (WGB), and as described in this commentary, have consistently improved the WGB after suggestions provided to WGB leadership from competitors, volunteers, and American Association of Geographers leadership. We contend, however, that limitations in the methodology employed by Craig and collea…
Sociology (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Immigration (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Public relations (6 works)