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Rhetoric Towards Female Political Candidates
This project explores how male candidates and males in general use sexist rhetoric to belittle female candidates. It also focuses on how these female candidates are framed and how they respond to such rhetoric. -
Transfer Today: Updates on the Transfer Code of Practice
Webinar presented on May 20, 2016 as part of the NISO Working Group Connections LIVE! series. What is the Transfer Code of Practice? Why was it developed? How does it benefit librarians? The Transfer Code of Practice is ... -
What is the Problem? Prejudice as an Attitude-in-Context
Keywords: prejudice, negativity, stereotypes, social roles, socioeconomic change This chapter contains section titled: Allport's Views on “The Nature of Prejudice”, Developments since Allport: Evidence of Prejudice in ... -
Beyond the Damsel in Distress: Gender Differences and Similarities in Enacting Prosocial Behavior
We examine gender differences and similarities in prosocial behavior from the vantage point of social role theory. According to this perspective, the gendered division of labor leads to gender roles, which are elaborated ... -
Seeking congruity between goals and roles: A new look at why women opt out of STEM careers
Although women have nearly attained equality with men in several formerly male-dominated fields, they remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We argue that one important factor ... -
Differential effects of female and male candidates on system justification: Can cracks in the glass ceiling foster complacency?
Despite women’s increasing representation in elected offices across a range of countries, women remain a minority of elected officials (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2012). Although greater gender equality in political ... -
A Change Will Do Us Good: Threats Diminish Typical Preferences for Male Leaders
The current research explores role congruity processes from a new vantage point by investigating how the need for change might shift gender-based leadership preferences. According to role congruity theory, favorability ... -
The Effect of Context on the Silver Ceiling: A Role Congruity Perspective on Prejudiced Responses
Three studies examined role incongruity as a source of age bias in hiring decisions. Building upon previous research demonstrating contextual variation in prejudice, we predicted that prejudiced responses emerge particularly ... -
Implementation of the 2014 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey
In 2014 the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the 7th biennial Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey under a contract with the Ohio Dept. of Aging. This year the survey had 947 facilities--the same number as in ... -
The Caregiver Toolbox: Evaluation of a Workshop for Informal Caregivers
This report is an evaluation of a face-to-face group workshop designed for informal caregivers of older adults provided by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging. Changes in caregiver knowledge, reported behaviors, and ... -
Reframing Liaisonship: Moving Towards Quality User Engagement
As librarianship continues to evolve, the roles of the liaison librarian have also changed considerably. So, what are the priorities for an effective liaison? This program will detail our institution's reframing of liaison ... -
Capitalizing on University Resources for Easy and Economical Information Literacy Assessment
ePortfolios continue to gain strength in higher education as a viable and relatively quick method for assessment of student work. Miami University (Oxford, OH) recently implemented Chalk & Wire as its ePortfolio system ... -
Transformation of Women's Sexual Health: The Fight Continues
For many years, feminists have been fighting for control over their own reproductive heath and sexual education. Looking through the works of NOW and the Fantastic Feminist, we see evidence of this fight that has continued ... -
Source Notes: A collaboration between C.D.S., Faculty, campus I.T., and the Humanities Center
Finding, retrieving and annotating digital news items is almost as important as their generation and storage. Our university is developing new tools for digital news research. To aid in the collection and close reading ... -
Connecting a Community: Analyzing Feminist Perspectives on Miami University's Campus
This presentation centers about research on whether or not the Miami student population considers their university to be feminist. It first describes some of the events that happened on campus during the Fall 2016 semester. ... -
Brief - Neighborhood Assistants Pilot:A Program Evaluation of Person-Centered Staffing
The purpose of this study was to pilot test and evaluate an innovative staffing approach called the Neighborhood Assistant (NA) at the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home. The goal of the program was to support the certified ...