Campbellsville University

Category: Volume 9 2016-2019

  • Understanding Generation Z Ethical Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence

    Thomas R. Jeffrey, PhD Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is a new technology paradigm with the potential to greatly benefit humankind, but it has just as much potential to have a negative impact. Unlike older technologies focused on doing specific tasks better than humans, AI is being designed to learn and make decisions as if it…

  • UNDERSTANDING BURNOUT AND PASTORAL BURNOUT: PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES & IMPLICATIONS FOR PASTORAL MINISTRIES

    The greatest asset of a successful organization is its people (Schneider, 1987; Parris & Peachey, 2012). Healthy organizations invest time and financial resources to promote the physiological and psychological well-being of their personnel. Individuals are expected to engage in their work enthusiastically and innovatively in order to help their organizations succeed (Bagi, 2013). Nevertheless, high…

  • The Waste Land, or How Much I Really Value My “four-year degree in a language I already spoke”

    by Judith Collins Dr. Collins wrote this essay for presentation at a meeting of The Informal Club of Transylvania University on January 12, 2021. She has revised it only slightly since then, cutting specific references to previous presenters and presentations within that group but retaining the informal tone appropriate to The Informal Club. She also…

  • I’ll Probably Die with Promises: A Study of American Rap Artists in the Context of Black Lives Matter

    Master’s Thesis Abstract Christina Laura Wade, M.A. Campbellsville University Chairperson: Dr. Wesley Roberts Rap in the United States is considered one of the radical genres in the last half century. This thesis gives a brief historic background of Rap, its relationship to Hip Hop and to Black Lives Matter with biographical information about selected Rap…

  • The Poetry and Hymnody of George Herbert

    James Bos Within the religious life and musical expression of Anglican Christians leading up to the English Civil War, George Herbert (1593-1633) stands out as a remarkable example of faith and musical output for those interested in hymn study.[1]  Acclaimed as one of the foremost “metaphysical” poets of the early 17th century, he is credited…

  • Remarks at the Memorial Service for Robert Lee Doty, Jr. January 18, 2020

    Rev. Dr. Gregory Mobley   Dr. Robert Lee Doty, Jr. was a longtime member of the Campbellsville Review Editorial Board and an integral part of the intellectual and literary life of Campbellsville University.  Dr. Doty passed from this life on January 8, 2020 at the age of 84.  The following eulogy was given by his…

  • The Harmonic Application of Impressionism into Selected Works by Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Master’s Thesis Abstract Marlon dos Santos Castro, M.A. Campbellsville University Chairperson: Dr. Wesley Roberts   The purpose of this study has been to create a reference source regarding the harmonic influence of French Impressionism into selected compositions by the Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994). Works studied in this thesis are Boto, Samba do Avião,…

  • The Grammar Headache

    The “Grammar Headache”:  The Vexing Problem of Instruction Susan Wright   Abstract In the 1990s, college grammar instruction was largely discarded for holistic, content-based instruction.  However, students typically enter college with poor grammatical skills.  Scholarship has encouraged a return to grammar instruction and has highlighted earlier studies that proved methods such as sentence combining effective…

  • A Whole New World

    A Whole New World: A College-Driven Psychological Transformation Julianna M. Koski   Being the product of conditioning and being free to change do not war with each other. Both are true. They coexist…We must affirm freedom and responsibility without denying that we are the product of circumstance, and we must affirm that we are the…

  • Michael Muldoon: Stephen F. Austin’s Priest

    Michael Muldoon: Stephen F. Austin’s Priest Joe Early, Jr., PhD In 1821, Stephen F. Austin received permission from the Mexican government to settle three hundred American families in southeast Texas in an area that became known as “Austin’s Colony.” This permission, however, came with many stipulations. As Catholicism was the established religion of Mexico, one…