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Up in smoke or down with worms? older adult environmentalist’s discourse on disposal, dispersal, and (green) burial
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-01-26)Environmentalists target their own behaviour choices as part of their identity, including recycling, transportation, and clothing. Based on interviews with older adult environmentalists, we investigate whether their ... -
Trailer Park Residents: Are They Worthy of Society's Respect?
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2019)Existing research is limited in explaining the existence of and reasons for stereotypes held against trailer park residents. This study uses an experimental design to measure attitudes towards trailer park residents, ... -
Book Review: Toxic Inequality: How America’s Wealth Gap Destroys Mobility, Deepens the Racial Divide, & Threatens our Future
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Strategies for Sexual Subversion: Informing the Future of Sexualities Research and Activism
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2019)In this paper, I review, analyze, and evaluate the myriad ways early canonical and more recent high-profile scholarship in the field of sexualities envision a liberatory sexual politics and the most fruitful modes of ... -
Re-examining Adorno on the Regression of Consciousness and Democracy: Towards Social Transformation
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2019)Scholars have charged Adorno of hypocritically abandoning efforts to articulate possibilities of social transformation, a propensity he emphasizes is central to social critique and sociocritical sociology. Keeping consistent ... -
Interview with René D. Flores
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2019)Dr. René D. Flores, 2018 Blackmar Lecturer, is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. His primary research interests are in the fields of international migration, race and ... -
Interview with Angie Carter
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2019)Dr. Angie Carter, 2017 Blackmar Lecturer, is Assistant Professor of Environmental and Energy Justice at Michigan Technological University. Her work focuses on issues situated within environmental sociology, including ... -
The Promise and Pitfalls of Public Sociology
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Social Thought and Research, Volume 35 (2019): Front Matter
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Dialogic Essentialism and Protecting Against Stigma within the Fat Admirer Community
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-07-29)Fat Admirers (FAs) represent a group of stigmatized individuals who challenge Western ideals of beauty. Using an internet ethnography, I analyze the sharing of stigmatizing experiences among FAs on the Dimensions forum, ... -
Cooptation : analysis of a neglected social process
(University of Kansas, 1978-12-31)The concept of cooptation is at the same time very popular and quite neglected. One frequently reads or hears the phrase mentioned in passing, as though there were agreement as to what it meant, but there is a dearth of ... -
Health and well-being for all: an approach to accelerating progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in countries in the WHO European Region
(Oxford University Press, 2020-05-11)Background Forty-three out of 53 of the WHO European Member States have set up political and institutional mechanisms to implement the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This includes governance ... -
KEEPING THINGS, BUT ONLY FOR A WHILE
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)The life course is accomplished by material culture held as a convoy of possessions, but also sustained by public affordances and amenities that include the artifacts and artworks to be found in museums. In both places—household ... -
THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION AND SES IN MANAGING CHRONIC CONDITIONS AMONG OLDER PERSONS IN NIGERIA
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)Increased life expectancy in Nigeria has corresponded with higher rates of chronic diseases among older persons. Consequently, this is a new experience that older persons progressively have to deal with. In this study, I ... -
THE INTERNET IS A BOY’S CLUB?: ANALYZING GENDER DIFFERENCES IN COMPUTER & INTERNET ADOPTION BY OLDER ADULTS
(Oxford University Press, 2019-11-08)The realization of technology’s exponential advancement has been noted in recent years. With ever advancing technologies becoming more integrated in our everyday lives, we must adapt and learn to utilize these new technologies ... -
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND FUTURE THOUGHT AMONG OLDER ADULTS
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Women’s Hypertension in Indonesia: The Role of Religion, Trust, and Community Involvement
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the leading cause of death worldwide and is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Approximately three quarters of individuals living with hypertension reside in low- and ... -
A Genetic Point of View: The Effects of Ancestry Testing on Racial and Ethnic Identities
(University of Kansas, 2019-08-31)The purpose of this research is to investigate how genetic ancestry tests can affect personal identity. Forty individuals from the cities of Topeka, Kansas City, and Lawrence who identified as primarily Black, White, or ... -
The Self-Protective Properties of Stigma within the Fat Admirer Community
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Due to their seemingly abnormal sexual preferences, Fat Admirers represent a group of stigmatized individuals who challenge Western ideals of beauty. This research investigates the self-protective strategies of Fat Admirers. ... -
Within-group Income Inequality among Asian American Families
(University of Kansas, 2019-05-31)Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a “model minority” for their relatively high socioeconomic standings in contemporary America. However, this characterization oversimplifies the economic circumstances of Asian ...
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