The Husson University Repository
The Husson University Repository is an institutional resource managed by the W. Tom and Bonnie Sawyer Library and is made possible, in part, by the John M. Webber Husson University Library Endowment Fund. Our mission is to provide a central repository to collect, organize, archive, disseminate, and showcase the scholarly, creative, and institutional works of Husson University.
Content is organized into high level communities by College and School, and then into collections based on Student or Faculty/Staff work.
To have your work included in the repository:- Students: Please work through your course instructor.
- Faculty & Staff: Please contact the Sawyer Library.
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Recent Submissions
GOVERNANCE AND MISSION ACCOUNTABILITY IN NONPROFITS
(2026-04-16) Shimko, James; Shimko, James
Nonprofit organizations are typically mission-driven rather than profit-driven institutions. However, many reporting and evaluation systems used in nonprofit management emphasize financial performance and compliance measures. While financial accountability is essential, an overemphasis on financial metrics can obscure whether organizations are effectively achieving their mission and may limit stakeholders’ ability to evaluate the ethical stewardship of organizational resources.
This presentation introduces ongoing research examining how nonprofit governance structures shape the ways organizations evaluate and communicate mission performance. The central research question guiding this work is: how can governance and reporting systems help nonprofit organizations measure and communicate mission success more effectively than traditional financial metrics alone?
To address this question, the research explores how governance design, role clarity, and internal reporting systems influence the development of indicators that better reflect mission quality and organizational purpose. The study adopts a conceptual governance and accountability perspective to examine how organizational structures shape the information used to evaluate mission performance.
Drawing on research on governance, transparency, and accountability in nonprofit organizations, this work examines how governance frameworks and disclosure practices shape the ways organizations document mission outcomes, interpret organizational performance, and communicate mission-related value to stakeholders and the broader public.
The presentation shares emerging ideas from this research and considers how nonprofit organizations may develop governance and reporting practices that support mission-centered accountability, strengthen ethical stewardship, and improve public understanding of nonprofit performance. The session will also invite discussion on how this area of research may contribute to improving nonprofit effectiveness in practice.
ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF FOCUSED DETERRENCE STRATEGIES IN REDUCING CRIME
(2026-04-16) Bruce, Christopher
Focused deterrence, also known as “pulling levers,” emerged in the 1990s as one of the most promising crime reduction strategies of its age. The model involves identifying high-risk offenders, bringing them into individual or group “intervention-style” meetings, and warning them that future offending will be addressed with severity, swiftness, and certainty. These “threat” messages may be accompanied by offers of support from family and community members, offers of assistance from social service agencies, or both.
A 20-year body of literature attests to the success of focused deterrence programs in many locations and for many types of offenses, although most implementations focus on gang-related violence or drug markets. Although there is much evaluative research, there are few research studies that explain the success of focused deterrence from a criminological perspective. The few that exist focus almost exclusively on deterrence theory and its classic variables of severity, certainty, and swiftness. While it seems likely that deterrence theory plays a primary role in the success of these programs, we should not discount the additive or multiplicative possibilities of other criminological theories, such as strain theory, differential association theory, social bond theory, and techniques of neutralization. Unfortunately, the literature on focused deterrence programs does not provide enough detail to confirm or refute the influence of these mechanisms, but it does provide intriguing material for future practice and research.
ALPHA-CHYMOTRYPSIN PROTEASE-CATALYZED PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS OF ALTERNATING ARGNINE-TRYPTOPHAN PEPTIDES AND THEIR ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES
(2026-04-16) Lessa, Timothy; Edson, Cody
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an increasingly popular topic in research due to their effectiveness against drug-resistant bacteria and pathogens. These peptides target the cell membrane of the bacteria and that makes them very difficult for bacteria to build resistance to. Due to this, AMPs are being developed to help treat viral infections, aid in wound healing, act as a safe preservative for agriculture, and could be used to target cancer cells. The conventional synthesis methods for antimicrobial peptides however often involve harsh chemicals, large amounts of waste, and high costs. Therefore, to investigate more environmentally and economically favorable synthesis strategies for AMPs we used an alternative synthesis method in Protease-Catalyzed Peptide Synthesis (PCPS). PCPS is conducted using water as a solvent and is relatively cheaper, uses less toxic reagents, and utilizes renewable protease enzymes as catalysts. We specifically sought to form a repeating Arginine-Tryptophan amino acid sequence because of tryptophan’s ability to anchor to a cell wall and arginine’s ability to destroy it, making them a great antimicrobial agent. The protease enzyme I chose to investigate this synthesis with is Alpha-Chymotrypsin, because while it favors the hydrolysis of Tryptophan-Arginine amide bonds, we can target the reverse aminolysis reaction by using Arginine-Tryptophan dipeptide units which interact with the active sight of the enzyme differently and favor aminolysis over hydrolysis. We predict that the Alpha-Chymotrypsin will yield a bell-curve like distribution of alternating peptide chains ranging from 2-16 amino acids in length, which is the typical range of amino acid chain length for PCPS reactions. We will also conduct an antimicrobial assay to determine the oligopeptide’s effectiveness against gram + and gram -bacteria and determine the minimum inhibition concentration.
1979-1980 Financial Aid [Handbook]
(Husson College, 1979)
1979-1982: Husson College (Graduate Catalog)
(Husson College, 1979-06)