Sociology

Cultural Competencies for Healthcare Providers Working with Rural Finnish Americans

Abigail K. Carlson - The number of Americans aged 65-years-and-older is projected to increase significantly by 2050. As rural older adults age-in-place, it is imperative to examine the links between cultural competencies, ethnic minority status, and access to care. Rural providers from... Keep Reading »

One Person, Two Names: A Study of Naming Practices in Hong Kong and the Use of English and Chinese Names

Wibke Eickmann - The practice of using an English name is widespread among native Chinese speakers. Especially in Hong Kong many use an English name in their everyday life. Using qualitative interviews, this study examines the thoughts and feelings about this practice among students... Keep Reading »

Exploring the Role of Skin Tone Among Low-Income Black College Students

Chelsea G. Gardner - Colorism or skin tone bias is a form of discrimination based on skin tone that typically awards advantages to light-skinned people while penalizing dark-skinned people within an ethnic group. There is very little research on colorism in higher education, so this study... Keep Reading »

The Cycle of Punishment in Producing Society

Maureen A.S. Arsenal - Punishment from the legal system is typically seen as a proper response to lawbreakers and criminal activity. However, we do not consider how punishment enables law enforcement and the legal system to further oppress marginalized and minority populations, and how it... Keep Reading »
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Why Are South Asian Immigrant Women Vulnerable to Domestic Violence?

Humza Husain - South Asian women in particular are not only vulnerable to domestic violence, but exceptionally vulnerable to underreporting of domestic violence. The problem compounds itself by making it difficult not only to quantify the issue, but also harder to understand its... Keep Reading »
 
 

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Healthcare
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
Cultural Competencies for Healthcare Providers Working with Rural Finnish Americans
By Abigail K. Carlson
The number of Americans aged 65-years-and-older is projected to increase significantly by 2050. As rural older adults age-in-place, it is imperative to examine the links between cultural competencies, ethnic minority status, and access to care.... Read Article »
Cultural Identity Healthcare Ethnicity Cultural Competency Finnish Americans
Genocide
2020, Vol. 12 No. 12
Genocide Memorialization in the Modern Era: Communal Mourning Through Institutions and Culture
By Emily Bennett
Genocide Memorialization focuses on the community after a genocide in what they choose to remember and how they achieve that goal of memorialization. Memorialization efforts are museums, institutions, policy, law, education, documentaries and first... Read Article »
Genocide Rwandan Genocide Holocaust Indonesia Khmer Rouge Human Rights Memorialization Museums
Identity
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
One Person, Two Names: A Study of Naming Practices in Hong Kong and the Use of English and Chinese Names
By Wibke Eickmann
The practice of using an English name is widespread among native Chinese speakers. Especially in Hong Kong many use an English name in their everyday life. Using qualitative interviews, this study examines the thoughts and feelings about this practice... Read Article »
Hong Kong Identity Management Symbolic Capital Habitus Naming Practices
Colorism
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Exploring the Role of Skin Tone Among Low-Income Black College Students
By Chelsea G. Gardner
Colorism or skin tone bias is a form of discrimination based on skin tone that typically awards advantages to light-skinned people while penalizing dark-skinned people within an ethnic group. There is very little research on colorism in higher education... Read Article »
Colorism Skin Tone Higher Education Race Class
Colorism
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Flipping the Cultural Script: Papaya Soap and Skin Color Stratification in the Philippines
By Aimiel Trisha W. Casillan
Centuries of subjugation under Spanish and American colonial rule have embedded an idealistic view of white beauty in the minds of Filipinos. It continues to be deeply rooted in Philippine culture due to the constant exposure of Filipina bodies... Read Article »
Women's Studies Colorism Philippines Filipino History Racism Decolonization Advertising Neocolonialism
Sociolinguistics
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Preserving Cultural Identity in English Language Use by Korean Immigrants
By Heajune Lee
This paper argues that the Korean cultural values of humility and social deference directly influence the linguistic choices in Korean immigrants’ English emails. This relationship can be seen in consistent qualification of requests, ambiguous... Read Article »
Sociolinguistics Cultural Identity Linguistics Cultural Norms Immigrant Experience
Justice
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
The Cycle of Punishment in Producing Society
By Maureen A.S. Arsenal
Punishment from the legal system is typically seen as a proper response to lawbreakers and criminal activity. However, we do not consider how punishment enables law enforcement and the legal system to further oppress marginalized and minority populations... Read Article »
Punishment Crime Surveillance Deterrence Justice Criminal Justice Policing
Sexuality
2020, Vol. 12 No. 07
Women's Erotic Consumption: Articulating the Sexual Self Under Late Capitalism
By Ella Agoos
From a very young age, women are taught to suppress their sexuality. Sex, we are told, is deeply personal; a private act that must be sequestered within the four walls of a bedroom and never see the light of day. However, as we grow up we are steeped... Read Article »
Capitalism Women's Studies Sexuality Consumer Culture Sexual Behavior
Domestic Violence
2019, Vol. 11 No. 12
Why Are South Asian Immigrant Women Vulnerable to Domestic Violence?
By Humza Husain
South Asian women in particular are not only vulnerable to domestic violence, but exceptionally vulnerable to underreporting of domestic violence. The problem compounds itself by making it difficult not only to quantify the issue, but also harder... Read Article »
Domestic Violence Immigration Southeast Asia Family Public Policy Immigrant Women
Women's Studies
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
Why are Women More Religious than Men?
By Mie A. Jensen
Scholars have since the 1980s tried to explain why women are more religious than men, but contradictory evidence complicates a precise answer (Pew Research Center 2016:54), so this essay evaluates some theories to explain women’s increased... Read Article »
Religiosity Religion Women's Studies Judaism Feminism Jewish Women
Child Rearing
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
Fatherhood Socialization of Masculinity Through Parental Involvement in Youth Sport
By Joseph M. Serrato
Fathers often use sport to socialize their sons into masculinity. When coaching their own son in a sport, men must juggle their own desire to win with their son’s enjoyment. This paper examines the types of masculinity in coaching, while integrating... Read Article »
Fatherhood Child Rearing Masculinity Gender Socialization Youth Sports Father-Son Relationships
China
2018, Vol. 10 No. 05
Educational Investment and Sociopsychological Wellbeing Among Rural Chinese Women
By Jason Hung
Universal secondary education is vital if rural China is to achieve long-term socioeconomic sustainability, as education offers the pragmatic skills and knowledge base that would allow those living in rural China to adapt to the knowledge-intensive... Read Article »
China Education Gender Inequality Mental Health Educational Development
Public Policy
2018, Vol. 10 No. 02
Do Black and White Americans Hold Different Views on Marijuana Legalization? Analyzing the Impact of "The War on Drugs" on Racialized Perceptions of Legalizing Marijuana
By Benjamin S. Kaminoff
This study examines whether black and white Americans develop their views regarding the legalization of marijuana based on different life experiences and, specifically, their involvement with the criminal justice system and drug laws. It aims to... Read Article »
Marijuana Legalization Criminal Justice American Politics Identity Politics =African-American Experience Public Policy
Climate Change
2017, Vol. 9 No. 12
Narratives, Binaries, and Framing in the Cultural Contest Over Climate Change
By Scott B. Remer
Climate change is already altering our biosphere and is projected to bring about monumental changes to our planet’s environment, changes which are unprecedented in human history. Numerous social groups have drawn upon a wide assortment of... Read Article »
Climate Change Environmental Politics Environmental Communication Rhetoric Framing Theory
Religion
2017, Vol. 9 No. 12
Leaving Religion: A Qualitative Analysis of Religious Exiting
By Rose M. LeCount
Religion has been a part of society for thousands of years and touches every life on the globe. Despite this, religious non-affiliation is one of the fastest growing religious identities, and is currently the third largest globally. There has been... Read Article »
Religion Religious Exiting Self-identity Religious Affiliation Atheism
 
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