The project goal was to make Mount Vernon’s industrial history more accessible to the Knox County community and to compare the changes in Mount Vernon in light of larger socio-economic trends by creating geographic information system (GIS) maps into an interactive, online timeline that highlights the industrial changes 黄瓜精品city.
While literature explores an increasing number of qualitative analyses of the ways in which rural women perceive their health and attitudes toward healthcare, there is little research surrounding how providers perceive the health outcomes, attitudes toward healthcare, and barriers to health experienced by rural women. This project aimed to work toward filling that gap in order to increase understanding of how disparities in health experienced by rural women are, or ought to be, addressed.
In 2003, the American Farmland Trust conducted a Cost of Community Services (COCS) Study for Knox County, Ohio; a COCS study consists of analyzing the fiscal impacts of current land uses with the view to inform policy makers about the benefits and costs of potential future developments. This project replicated the aforementioned COCS study using 2018 data in order to validate the methods and update the findings 黄瓜精品report. Another COCS study was also conducted of Knox County with the goal being to mitigate some of the potential bias that may be present 黄瓜精品previous study and provide a second view as to which is the most fiscally beneficial type of land use.
A common problem for many small farm enterprises is the creation of connections with consumers who desire their products. Without large marketing budgets or skills, or consistent connections with retailers, many small farm products may never reach those who desire them. And without such farm-to-consumer connections, some otherwise effective small farming enterprises can become unsustainable. The vision for this project was to create a web based solution for effectively connecting Ohio farmers with consumers and resellers who desire and would benefit from having access to their products.
This research utilized observed county-level economic and population trends to forecast employment growth over the next 10 years to estimate future housing needs.
The goal of this project was to create and pilot a program that combines dialogue facilitation with the creative writing workshop using the book "What Unites Us" by Dan Rather. The curriculum blended reading, writing, sharing and open conversation and was scaffolded in a way that would leave all participants feeling supported and heard. Building the curriculum for this writing and dialogue program included studying the theory of mediation and facilitation and theory surrounding the creative workshop — particularly workshop models that have the power to decolonize and deconstruct. This was built further through community interviews with participants and local partners to lay the groundwork and understand the issues most affecting Knox County. The program, too, had broader implications for other communities, and the research was made accessible to all. Feedback was collected from participants to see how adjustments could be made to the program and how to better improve the experience, with the hope of offering the workshop again and even making the curriculum available to other communities.
Oak Grove Cemetery was established shortly after the Civil War and is under the authority of the Village of Gambier. The first part of this project entailed updating and improving the Village's records and archives. The second part developed a separate research project that used the cemetery as an archive of local history. Oak Grove Cemetery, unlike the Kenyon cemetery, is home to a largely stable population; there are often family lineages that can be traced back generations. This improvement 黄瓜精品record keeping system not only prevented errors, but improved the cemetery's value as a source of local history. By drawing from data collected 黄瓜精品cemetery a more concentrated research project was established that examined information about the position of individuals, families, communities and historical demography in local contexts.
Economic growth in rural areas is a pressing concern for local and national policymakers and Knox County is poised to experience a large economic shock with the development of an Intel fabrication plant nearby. An economics student conducted a study for the Area Development Foundation that identified optimal future industrial-park sites for Knox County.
In 2021, Knox Public Health (KPH) conducted a county-wide Community Health Assessment to better understand the health needs and priorities of Knox County residents. KPH asked Kenyon to help them conduct a more thorough study of access to care with a specific focus on residents that were underrepresented 黄瓜精品original survey including: those of non-European descent, those with disabilities, older adults, those born outside of the United States and low-income adults. An interdisciplinary team of faculty and students took on this work.
Global Water Dance, a movement to increase awareness of local water issues through dance, provides an opportunity to integrate dance, art and site-specific work that increases awareness of the natural world, and to expand our understanding of community partnerships to the international scale. Choreographers were provided with a template for creating work with dancers and community members regarding water issues specific to their region. These dances were filmed and shared with the international dance community. The team researched the most pressing water issues in this area to use as inspiration for the choreography and also assisted with community outreach, establishing a base of local dancers and movers for the performance, and creating and teaching the choreography.