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Front Matter & Table Of Contents, Oracle
Front Matter & Table Of Contents, Oracle
Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice
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Attitudes And Beliefs Of Heterosexual Sorority Women Toward Lesbian And Bisexual Chapter Members, Daniel C. Neumann, Mark A. Kretovics Ph.D., Elisabeth C. Roccoforte
Attitudes And Beliefs Of Heterosexual Sorority Women Toward Lesbian And Bisexual Chapter Members, Daniel C. Neumann, Mark A. Kretovics Ph.D., Elisabeth C. Roccoforte
Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice
The authors explored the attitudes and beliefs of heterosexual sorority women toward lesbian and bisexual members at an urban, mid-western, private research university. The authors used a researcher-developed tool consisting of fifty-four Likert scale questions reduced to eight factors to provide evidence of measurement validity. A key finding of this study was that sorority women viewed themselves as very accepting of lesbian and bisexual members and held the belief that same-sex attraction in women is not immoral or inconsistent with their sorority values.
Weight Matters: African American Sorority Women Speak Up About Body Image, Robin Arnsperger Selzer Ph.D.
Weight Matters: African American Sorority Women Speak Up About Body Image, Robin Arnsperger Selzer Ph.D.
Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice
Seidman’s (1998) Three-Interview Series was conducted with eight African American sorority women to explore history, details, and meaning of their body image. These themes were identified: Weight Trumps Everything Else, Family Criticism and Comparison, How I Look in Clothes, Intra-cultural Understanding of Black Women’s Bodies, Health Awareness, Media Responsibility, and Age. Participants made connections between sorority stereotypes and body image. Participants questioned motivation (self versus society) behind their feelings and behaviors. Participants wanted to help others achieve body image acceptance. Findings challenge the notion that African American women are “culturally protected” from body image dissatisfaction. Implications for practice are discussed.
Collaboration Between Fraternal Organizations And Colleges And Universities In Addressing Student Conduct Issues, Brent G. Paterson
Collaboration Between Fraternal Organizations And Colleges And Universities In Addressing Student Conduct Issues, Brent G. Paterson
Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice
In fall 2011, Kim Novak, a risk management consultant and Larry Wiese, then president of the Fraternity Executives Association (FEA) and Executive Director of Kappa Alpha Order approached the author about writing a White Paper that examined collaboration between staff from inter/national fraternity headquarters, chapter alumni leadership and administrators at colleges and universities in addressing student conduct by members of a chapter. The White Paper was presented at the FEA annual meeting in July 2012. The content of this article remains largely unchanged from the original White Paper and is published with permission from FEA.
Introducing The Research Report, J. Patrick Biddix Ph.D.
Introducing The Research Report, J. Patrick Biddix Ph.D.
Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice
No abstract provided.
Sorority Members’ Views Of Negative Stereotypes, Beate Wilson, Craig Tollini Ph.D.
Sorority Members’ Views Of Negative Stereotypes, Beate Wilson, Craig Tollini Ph.D.
Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice
The purpose of this study was to have sorority members identify the negative stereotypes they believed other members of the university community had of them and the extent to which they believed these stereotypes were both accurate for and damaging to their chapters. To gather these perspectives, four focus groups were conducted with thirty-six women from four National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) member sororities at a medium-sized, midwestern, public university. In addition to the findings, implications and recommendations are also provided.