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Does Gender Climate Influence Climate Change? The Multidimensionality of Gender Equality and Its Countervailing Effects on the Carbon Intensity of Well-Being
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-04-02)The carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB) (a ratio measuring the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of life expectancy at birth) is an increasingly popular way to measure the ecological efficiency of nations. Although research ... -
Quality of Life of Latina Breast Cancer Survivors: From Silence to Empowerment
(Indiana University School of Social Work, 2013-09)Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among Latinas living in the United States. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study aimed at understanding the experiences of 25 Latinas between the ages of ... -
"I Had to Jump through a Lot of Hoops": How Working Mothers in Student Affairs Navigate Institutional Policies and Student Affairs Norms
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-11-08)In this instrumental case study, we explored the experiences of working mothers in student affairs and how their situated realities are shaped by institutional and professional norms, including commonly understood written ... -
COVID-19 Impacts on First-Gen Students: Findings from the COVID-19 First-Gen Survey
(2020-08)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic which began in the Spring of 2020, the entire TXST community needed to transition to remote learning. As a result, first-gen students faced many challenges in their academic and personal lives. ... -
How do slums change the relationship between urbanization and the carbon intensity of well-being?
(Public Library of Science, 2017-12-08)This study examines how the relationship between urbanization (measured as the percentage of total population living in urban areas) and the carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB) (measured as a ratio of carbon dioxide ... -
Does Gender Climate Influence Climate Change? The Multidimensionality of Gender Equality and Its Countervailing Effects on the Carbon Intensity of Well-Being
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-04-02)The carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB) (a ratio measuring the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of life expectancy at birth) is an increasingly popular way to measure the ecological efficiency of nations. Although ... -
Translational Science Project Team Managers: Qualitative Insights and Implications from Current and Previous Postdoctoral Experiences
(2014-07)The development of leadership and project management skills is increasingly important to the evolution of translational science and team-based endeavors. Team science is dependent upon individuals at various stages in their ... -
Assessing the Factors Associated with the Possession of an Academic Ethic in College
(Pennsylvania Sociological Society, 2014-09)Possession of an academic ethic in college is known to result in a higher likelihood of college success, but less is known about the factors associated with the development of an academic ethic in the first place. Based ... -
The Culture of Translational Science Research: Participants' Stories
(University of California Press, 2013-05)We apply a symbolic interactionist framework and a qualitative methodology to the examination of the everyday reality of translational science research (TSR). This is a growing scientific movement that aims to facilitate ... -
Collaborating with the Community: The Extra-Territorial Translational Research Team
(JSciMed Central, 2014-12)The purpose of the present study is to suggest a revision of the team science concept to the more inclusive extra-territorial research team (ETRT). Translational thinking is largely marked by the perception of the team as ... -
The Lonely Selfie King: Selfies and the Conspicuous Prosumption of Gender and Race
(University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, 2015)Taking selfies has become an integral part of the social media experience. As discussed in the introduction to this special issue, selfies are internationally pervasive and evoke strong reactions from those that encounter ... -
Rationalizing the Decision to Cheat: An Empirical Analysis to Determine Whether Social Rational Orientation Can Predict Academic Dishonesty
(NASPA, 2019-02)Academic dishonesty is a wide-spread issue in educational institutions, including higher education. This study determined if there was a correlation between social rational action orientations and the likelihood of engaging ... -
Developing Democratic Policing in the Caribbean: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago
(Institute of Criminal Justice and Security, 2009-01)The article discusses a study concerning the application of democratic policing concept in Trinidad and Tobago. It analyzes the assessment of the state of policing and police reform efforts which will be necessary in order ... -
Supporting Families of Children with Disabilities: What’s Missing?
(2014-12)This article presents findings from a web-based survey in which advocates and primary caregivers of children with disabilities were asked to indicate their level of satisfaction with various services and service providers, ... -
College Students and Alcohol Use: A Test of Social Learning, Strain, and Acculturation Theories
(Wiley, 2014-09)This article uses an original data set to explore the utility of three classic sociological theories to test patterns of college student alcohol consumption: social learning, strain, and acculturation. The survey data ... -
Music as Evil: Deviance and Metaculture in Classical Music
(University of Exeter, 2009-03-29)This paper aims to apply the sociology of deviance and the concept of metaculture to the sociology of high-art and music. Examples of classical music criticisms over time are presented and discussed. Music critics have ... -
Development as a Historical Component of the UN Crime Policy Agenda: From Social Defence to the Millennium Development Goals
(SAGE Publications, 2019-08)This article presents a historical analysis of the intellectual and institutional origins of the international community’s interest in the link between crime and development leading up to the adoption of the Millennium ... -
Homicide Rates and the Multiple Dimensions of Urbanization: A Longitudinal, Cross-National Analysis
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019-10)Sustainability scholars frame urbanization as a multidimensional concept with divergent environmental impacts. Through synthesizing recent quantitative studies of urbanization in criminology, we evaluated this multidimensional ... -
Dementia at the End of Life and Family Partners: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Communication
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-07)People with dementia are not dying; they are experiencing changes in the brain. This paper utilizes a symbolic interaction theoretical perspective to outline communicative alternatives to polypharmacy. There is a growing ... -
Association Between Prior Insurance and Health Service Utilization Among the Long-Term Uninsured in South Carolina
(2019-08)Purpose: Strong evidence supports the relationship between health coverage and improved health status. Little is known about the lasting impact of prior health insurance on the prior insured's use of health ...
