Laura Boyer and Joel Selway, Political Science Department Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play an important role in international development. While the NGO sector addresses hundreds of issues and annually administers millions of dollars in aid (Hall-Jones 2006, Djelic 2006), these organizations are often Western based, which generates debates regarding the appropriateness of Western-based interventions in developing […]
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Differences in Social Interaction Patterns between Teachers and their Students Based on Gender
Shelby McNeill and Dr. Kristie J.R. Phillips, Department of Sociology Introduction Over the past few decades, a shift has occurred in the educational attainment between the sexes. In the 1990’s, the number of adults ages 25 to 29 years-old who had received a bachelor’s degree or higher was comparable across the sexes, whereas in 2012 […]
Predictive Factors of Gender, Attitudes Towards Sec, and Relationships on Signs of Dating Violence in Japan
Joshua Murphy, and Niwako Yamawaki, Psychology Introduction: Domestic violence is on the rise and poses serious societal and health concerns. Studies have shown that between 21% and 34% of all women in the United States will be physically assaulted by an intimate partner (Browne, 1993). Shockingly, 1 of every 5 female high school students have […]
Assessing Gender Differences in Cognitive Processes Using Event Related Potentials
Jack Silcox and Dr. Bruce Brown, Psychology Department Introduction Many have recognized the importance of identifying biomarkers for cognitive disorders (Casey, Craddock, Cuthbert, Hyman, Lee and Ressler, 2013). This is due to the amount of subjectivity that exists in current diagnostic methods. A patient with a mental disorder has to rely upon a psychiatrist’s experience […]
Reducing the Gender Gap through Religious Socialization
Kalifa Smith and Dr. Jessica Preece, Political Science Women are greatly underrepresented in politics. Researchers have studied many potential explanations for this such as the competitive nature of politics, gender role socialization, institutional structures, etc. Yet there is little research on the role of religious socialization on women’s political ambition. In this study I hypothesize […]
Including Religion in Gender: LDS Men’s Experiences in Masculinity-Making
Ashley Brocious and Dr. Leslee Thorne-Murphy, English Department Introduction Studies in masculinity have grown significantly in the last decades as conversations concerning gender have become more conscious of the meanings and constructions of gender in men’s experiences. Masculinity studies at its core questions the assumption that men have already achieved gender equality. Rather than blanketing […]
Implicit Association of Gender and Politics
Bryonna Bowen and Dr. Jessica Preece, Political Science The gender gap in participation, capability, and interest in politics has been widely researched. However, in this project we examined whether or not people implicitly identify men more strongly than women with politics. Furthermore, I was interested to determine to what extent everyday media exposure, particularly focusing […]
Assessing the Effects of Common Social Identity on Individual Effort and Cooperation in Cross-gender Teams.
Joseph Price, Economics Evaluation of academic objectives The academic objectives of this projects included introducing mentored students to experimental methods in economics and providing them with a unique experience working with the tools of this new field. This was particularly important for our students preparing to attend graduate school and likely to work for companies […]
Gender and Political Ambition
Jessica Preece, Political Science, and Olga Bogach Stoddard, Economics Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The purpose of this proposal was to fund a field experiment that examined the ways in which political parties could increase women’s desire to run for office (their “political ambition”). Specifically, we worked with […]
Political Ambition: The Effect of Gender Quotas on Ugandan Women
Jessica Weinfurter and Dr. Jessica Preece, Political Science In an effort to promote female political participation in states with historically patriarchal political systems, many nations have implemented gender quotas. The belief behind this practice is that as female descriptive representation increases, women become inspired to increase their political activity, and society in general becomes more […]
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