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Black Male College Achievers And Resistant Responses To Racist Stereotypes At Predominantly White Colleges And Universities, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D. Oct 2015

Black Male College Achievers And Resistant Responses To Racist Stereotypes At Predominantly White Colleges And Universities, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

In this article, Shaun R. Harper investigates how Black undergraduate men respond to and resist the internalization of racist stereotypes at predominantly White colleges and universities. Prior studies consistently show that racial stereotypes are commonplace on many campuses, that their effects are usually psychologically and academically hazardous, and that Black undergraduate men are often among the most stereotyped populations in higher education and society. The threat of confirming stereotypes has been shown to undermine academic performance and persistence for Blacks and other minoritized students. To learn more about those who succeed in postsecondary contexts where they are routinely stereotyped, Harper …


The Social Practice Of Human Rights, Joel Pruce Aug 2015

The Social Practice Of Human Rights, Joel Pruce

Joel Pruce

The Social Practice of Human Rights bridges the conventional scholar-practitioner divide by focusing on the space in between. In capturing this cutting edge research program, the volume proposes a perspective that motivates critical self-reflection of the strategies that drive communities dedicated to the advocacy and implementation of human rights. The social practice of human rights takes place not in front of a judge, but in the streets and alleys, in the backrooms and out-of-the-way places where change occurs. Contributors to this volume investigate the contexts and efforts of activists and professionals devoted to promoting human rights norms. This research takes …


Unveiling The Gaze: Belly Dance As A Site Of Refuge, Re-Envisioning And Resistance, Angela Moe Dec 2014

Unveiling The Gaze: Belly Dance As A Site Of Refuge, Re-Envisioning And Resistance, Angela Moe

Angela M. Moe

Central to studies of feminist theory and pop culture is the construct of the male gaze, which highlights and challenges imagery within various forums (e.g., film, media, art) that relegate women to a stereotypically aesthetic purpose. In other words, analyses of the male gaze question why it is that women are so often portrayed in overly sexualized ways, as if they are only objects to be considered and consumed by others (namely, heterosexual men). This construct was first developed by Laura Mulvey in her influential 1975 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”. What was unique about Mulvey’s analysis is that …


Sistemas Politicos Y Bienestar Social: Brasil, Colombia Y Venezuela 2000-2010, Augusto De Venanzi Dec 2014

Sistemas Politicos Y Bienestar Social: Brasil, Colombia Y Venezuela 2000-2010, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

El presente texto ofrece los resultados de una investigación comparada dirigida a revelar los efectos de la gestión social de los gobiernos de Brasil, Colombia y Venezuela, luego de la llamada década perdida. Si bien entre los años 1980 y 1995, la mayor parte de los países latinoamericanos centraron su atención en temas tales como la apertura económica, la reforma del Estado, la privatización de las empresas públicas, y la racionalización de las sociedades en su conjunto, el final de los años noventa anuncia un cambio de dirección marcado por una reevaluación del papel del Estado en el desarrollo, que …


Decriminalized Prostitution In Rhode Island: Impunity For Violence And Exploitation, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Melanie Shapiro Esq Dec 2014

Decriminalized Prostitution In Rhode Island: Impunity For Violence And Exploitation, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Melanie Shapiro Esq

Donna M. Hughes

For 29 years (1980 to 2009) prostitution was decriminalized in Rhode Island. Lack of laws or regulations created a permissive legal, economic and cultural environment for the growth of sex businesses. During this time, sexual exploitation and violence against women and girls were integrated into the economic development of urban areas. The number of sex businesses grew rapidly during this period. Organized crime groups operated brothels and extorted money from adult entertainment businesses. Rhode Island became a destination for pimps, traffickers, and other violent criminals. The lack of laws impeded police from investigating serious crimes.


Addressing Health Disparities In Minority Communities: Evaluation Of A Cultural Competency Curriculum In Medical School, Debbie Salas-Lopez, Maria Soto-Greene, Dawne Mouzon, A Davidow, J Reteguiz, C Mclauglin, Ana Natale-Pereira Sep 2014

Addressing Health Disparities In Minority Communities: Evaluation Of A Cultural Competency Curriculum In Medical School, Debbie Salas-Lopez, Maria Soto-Greene, Dawne Mouzon, A Davidow, J Reteguiz, C Mclauglin, Ana Natale-Pereira

Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH

No abstract provided.


Environmental Justice And Health: An Analysis Of Persons Of Color Injured At The Work Place, Jennifer Schoenfish-Keita, Glenn Johnson Jun 2014

Environmental Justice And Health: An Analysis Of Persons Of Color Injured At The Work Place, Jennifer Schoenfish-Keita, Glenn Johnson

Glenn S Johnson

Occupational and environmental hazards have a direct impact on people of color lives. People of color are disproportionately employed in the dirtiest and low-paying jobs in the United States. This study investigates workplace safety for persons of color from the analysis of three personal injury cases. These personal injury cases include two African-American females and one African American male who were killed or severely injured as a result of their job or the type of transportation they used trying to get to their place of work. The authors use the Environmental Justice Framework to examine how persons of color are …


Your Friends And Neighbors: Localized Economic Development And Criminal Activity, Matthew Freedman, Emily Owens Mar 2014

Your Friends And Neighbors: Localized Economic Development And Criminal Activity, Matthew Freedman, Emily Owens

Matthew Freedman

We exploit a sudden shock to demand for a subset of low-wage workers generated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program in San Antonio, Texas to identify the effects of localized economic development on crime. We use a difference-in-difference methodology that takes advantage of variation in BRAC’s impact over time and across neighborhoods. We find that appropriative criminal behavior increases in neighborhoods where a fraction of residents experienced increases in earnings. This effect is driven by residents who were unlikely to be BRAC beneficiaries, implying that criminal opportunities are important in explaining patterns of crime.

Forthcoming in the …


Youth In Australia - Policy, Administration And Politics, Terry Irving, David Maunders, Geoff Sherington Jan 2014

Youth In Australia - Policy, Administration And Politics, Terry Irving, David Maunders, Geoff Sherington

Terence H Irving, Dr (Terry)

This book describes and analyses the development of youth policy in Australia since the end of World War II. Three eras are distinguished in terms of how society constructed youth as a problem: as juvenile delinquency (to 1960); as a generation gap (to the mid-1970s); and most recently as a wasted resource (1975-1990). In each period chapters cover: the social and demographic context and images of young people; policy development; bureaucratic structures; and the politics of youth and youth policy.


Class Structure In Australian History - Poverty And Progress, Terry Irving, Raewyn Connell Jan 2014

Class Structure In Australian History - Poverty And Progress, Terry Irving, Raewyn Connell

Terence H Irving, Dr (Terry)

First published in 1980, this book is an updated and reorganized account of the history of the class structure in Australia. A new chapter discusses the period 1975-1991, and there is a new theoretical chapter introducing the reader to modern debates about class. Separate sections for documents and photographs support the narrative. Extensive notes provide a guide to research literature.


The Southern Tree Of Liberty - The Democratic Movement In New South Wales Before 1856, Terry Irving Jan 2014

The Southern Tree Of Liberty - The Democratic Movement In New South Wales Before 1856, Terry Irving

Terence H Irving, Dr (Terry)

Responsible government began in New South Wales after two decades of radical democratic agitation. Radical intellectuals from England, Ireland, Scotland and Europe mobilized the working men and women of the colony to resist the aristocratic form of government proposed by pastoralists and city capitalists. There was violence on the streets and goldfields, and some notable electoral victories. As 'a great fear' gripped the local elites the British government forced them to accept a more liberal form of representative government in the belief that this would placate the democrats and keep the colony safe for British imperial needs.


E Pluribus Unum: Elementary School Narratives And The Making Of National Identity, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2012

E Pluribus Unum: Elementary School Narratives And The Making Of National Identity, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Urban Latino Parents’ Narratives Of Parent Involvement, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2012

Urban Latino Parents’ Narratives Of Parent Involvement, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


College Curriculum As Counter Discourse: The California Immigration Semester At Occidental College, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis, Salvador Fernándex Dec 2012

College Curriculum As Counter Discourse: The California Immigration Semester At Occidental College, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis, Salvador Fernándex

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


My Tijuana Lost., Richard Mora Dec 2012

My Tijuana Lost., Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Zoot Suit Riots, Richard Mora Dec 2012

Zoot Suit Riots, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Gender Disparities In Self-Employment In Urban China's Market Transition: Income Inequality, Occupational Segregation, And Mobility Processes, Qian Forrest Zhang Dec 2012

Gender Disparities In Self-Employment In Urban China's Market Transition: Income Inequality, Occupational Segregation, And Mobility Processes, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

This paper presents the first quantitative analysis of gender disparities in self-employment in urban China. It documents the extent of gender income inequality in self-employment. By disaggregating self-employment into three occupational classes, it shows the gender segregation within self-employment—women were concentrated in the financially least rewarding segment—and identifies it as a main source of the gender income inequality. It examines a range of determinants of participation in self-employment—family structure, family background, and career history—and how their gender-specific effects contributed to gender segregation. Although using data from a 1996 national survey, this study captures two key processes that shaped the structure …


Exploring The Factors That Motivate Female Students To Enroll And Persist In A Collegiate Stem Degree Program, Rosemary L. Edzie, Moe Alahmad Dec 2012

Exploring The Factors That Motivate Female Students To Enroll And Persist In A Collegiate Stem Degree Program, Rosemary L. Edzie, Moe Alahmad

Rosemary L Edzie

In the United States, collegiate enrollment in science and engineering programs continues to decline, while European and Asian universities have increased the number of science and engineering graduates. In addition, there is a growing concern over too few females enrolling and persisting in collegiate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degree programs. Through increasing access to pre-collegiate STEM activities, providing a better understanding of STEM career choices, instilling of confidence in math and science, and establishing student and industry based mentoring programs, more female students will enroll and persist in collegiate STEM degree programs. This paper sets to explore the …


The Uselessness Of The “Middle Class” Notion, Qian Forrest Zhang Aug 2012

The Uselessness Of The “Middle Class” Notion, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

No abstract provided.


Dissecting The ‘Third Wave Of Emigration’ In China, Qian Forrest Zhang Aug 2012

Dissecting The ‘Third Wave Of Emigration’ In China, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

No abstract provided.


江戸時代女性の噂話 第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 (町の女1), Cecilia (淑子) S. Seigle (瀬川) Ph.D. Apr 2012

江戸時代女性の噂話 第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 (町の女1), Cecilia (淑子) S. Seigle (瀬川) Ph.D.

Cecilia S Seigle Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


江戸時代女性の噂話:第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 : 町の女 2, Cecilia (淑子) S. Seigle (瀬川)江戸時代女性の噂話:第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 : 町の女 2 江戸時代女性の噂話:第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 : 町の女 2 Ph.D. Apr 2012

江戸時代女性の噂話:第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 : 町の女 2, Cecilia (淑子) S. Seigle (瀬川)江戸時代女性の噂話:第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 : 町の女 2 江戸時代女性の噂話:第一部: 都会の庶民の女性 : 町の女 2 Ph.D.

Cecilia S Seigle Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


On Ideas, Life, And Death, Richard Mora Apr 2012

On Ideas, Life, And Death, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


José Ángel Guitierrez Martínez, Richard Mora Dec 2011

José Ángel Guitierrez Martínez, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Diversity Day: Immigration, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2011

Diversity Day: Immigration, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Feeding The School-To-Prison Pipeline: The Convergence Of Neoliberalism, Conservatism, And Penal Populism, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2011

Feeding The School-To-Prison Pipeline: The Convergence Of Neoliberalism, Conservatism, And Penal Populism, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Children, Development, And The Textual Gun Dilemma, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2011

Children, Development, And The Textual Gun Dilemma, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora Sep 2011

Abjection And The Cinematic Cholo: The Chicano Gang Stereotype In Sociohistoric Context, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

In this brief research note, the author uses a sociohistoric lens to examine selected films that have employed the cholo, or Chicano gang member, stereotype. He finds that the cholo is a prevalent archetype of Mexican and Mexican American youth. The author argues that the depiction of the cholo as a hypermasculine, abject personage threatening the social order converges with how actual Latino youth are constructed in sociopolitical and media discourses-as both marginalized young men and migrants unworthy of membership in U.S. society.


Guest View: Vote Of Confidence In Public Schools, Peter Dreier Jun 2011

Guest View: Vote Of Confidence In Public Schools, Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier

No abstract provided.


Teen Motherhood: Controlling Images, Abjection, & Performativit, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Feb 2011

Teen Motherhood: Controlling Images, Abjection, & Performativit, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.