Browsing by Author "Thompson, Cris"

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    Case Study and Teaching Notes of THE ASCENSION OF ASUNCIÓN'S BILL
    Haugen, Inga; McFadden, Fiona; O'Fallon, Nash; Thompson, Cris; Williams, Travis (2021-12-08)
    A group assignment for LDRS 5984 Summer of 2021 at Virginia Tech, this case study and teaching notes are available for instructors to teach about farmworker fatalies and policy around farmworker protections. Because of the need for legislative action to protect farm workers from heat-related illness and death, this case study focuses on United States House of Representative Judy Chu (D-California). Chu represents the 27th Congressional District, which includes Pasadena and the west San Gabriel Valley of southern California. Chu has been an outspoken advocate for migrant rights and was the key sponsor of the Ascunsion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act which was introduced in July, 2019. At the time of this publishing, the Valdivia Act was still held up in committee in Congress.
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    Integrating Cybersecurity and Agricultural Innovation
    Drape, Tiffany A.; Thompson, Cris; Johnson, Kellie; Brown, Anne M.; Simpson, Joseph; Oakes, Joseph; Duncan, Sue; Westfall-Rudd, Donna M. (Virginia Tech, 2022-08-10)
    This 1-2 credit undergraduate course, as presented, is designed to provide an interdisciplinary, experiential-learning-based background and exposure to working on and completing a team project in cyberbiosecurity in agriculture and the life sciences. These modules and capstone are designed for students to learn about cyberbiosecurity and how their agriculture knowledge can provide employment opportunities related to cyberbiosecurity. This course will provide knowledge and training on cyberbiosecurity, issues with online data and security, how we might protect our biological data, and ethical implications of biological data sharing and ownership. The course will teach critical thinking and problem-solving in a team environment, professional presentations, and writing skills in the context of completing the capstone project.