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While it is becoming increasingly clear that religious cues influence voter evaluations in the United States, work examining religious cues has largely overlooked the conditioning role of race. We employed a 2 × 2 (White candidate vs. Black candidate) × (racial cues vs. no racial cues) online experiment with a national sample (N = 397; 56% white, 46% black) where participants were exposed to a fictitious congressional candidate's webpage. Results show that White participants expected the religious candidate to be more conservative, regardless of race, while Black participants did not perceive a difference in ideology between the religious and non-religious Black candidates. Additionally, when it comes to candidate favorability, religious cues matter more to White participants, while racial cues are most important to Black participants. These findings provide evidence that religious and racial cues activate different assumptions among White and Black citizens.

Social and political history of the modern South.   This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South consider the region’s poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie illuminates the dual role of historian and public advocate in modern America. In a time when the nation’s eyes have been focused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita onto the vulnerability and dire condition of poor people in the South, the applicability of research, teaching, and activism for this voiceless element seems all the more relevant.   Responding to the example of Wayne Flynt, whose fierce devotion to his state of Alabama and its region has not blinded his recognition of the inequities and despair that define southern life for so many, the scholars assembled in this work present contributions to the themes Flynt so passionately explored in his own work. Two seasoned observers of southern history and culture—John Shelton Reed and Dan T. Carter—offer assessments of Flynt’s influence on the history profession as a whole and on the region of the South in particular.  

The Perceived Impact of Professional Learning Communities on Collective Teacher Efficacy in Two Rural Western North Carolina School Districts. Katie Thompson Bailey, 2016: Dissertation, Gardner-Webb University, Gardner-Webb School of Education. Professional Learning Communities/Collective Teacher Efficacy/Teacher Efficacy/Teacher Dispositions/Supportive Conditions/Dimensions of a PLC. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived impact of professional learning communities (PLCs) on collective teacher efficacy in two rural western North Carolina school districts. The theoretical framework for this study began with the assumption that there was a direct linkage between PLCs and collective teacher efficacy. The Professional Learning Communities Assessment-Revised (PLCA-R) survey instrument was utilized to collect data in two rural western North Carolina school districts. An elementary, middle, and high school from each district were involved in the study. Through the use of the PLCA-R, 95 total responses were obtained. In an attempt to triangulate the data to ensure validity and reliability, interview and focus-group sessions were conducted. At the conclusion of data collection, the data were analyzed using descriptive techniques. According to the results of this study, the six identified dimensions on the PLCA-R have a positive impact on collective teacher efficacy at all levels, especially at the elementary level. The researcher recommends that teachers and administrators within both districts continue educating themselves on the PLC concept and improving their PLCs’ practices.

College students in social Greek organizations are at greater risk of sexual assault than other college students. The present study examined how readership of the online news site TotalFratMove.com (TFM), through a survey questionnaire, which often includes coverage of stereotypical fraternity culture, may impact rape myth acceptance. Results revealed that the more frequently Greeks read TFM, the more likely they were to be accepting of rape myths when also taking into account the strength of their Greek social identity. Challenging stereotypes of the “frat daddy” and “sorostitite” may indirectly challenge behaviors and attitudes associated with rape myth acceptance otherwise perpetuated by Greek culture. Public Health Significance Statement: This study suggests that the more frequently Greek-affiliated college students read the popular website TFM, the more likely they were to have rape myth supportive attitudes when they also felt like being Greek was an integral part of their identity.

College students in social Greek organizations are at greater risk of sexual assault than other college students. The present study examined how readership of the online news site TotalFratMove.com (TFM), through a survey questionnaire, which often includes coverage of stereotypical fraternity culture, may impact rape myth acceptance. Results revealed that the more frequently Greeks read TFM, the more likely they were to be accepting of rape myths when also taking into account the strength of their Greek social identity. Challenging stereotypes of the “frat daddy” and “sorostitite” may indirectly challenge behaviors and attitudes associated with rape myth acceptance otherwise perpetuated by Greek culture. Public Health Significance Statement: This study suggests that the more frequently Greek-affiliated college students read the popular website TFM, the more likely they were to have rape myth supportive attitudes when they also felt like being Greek was an integral part of their identity.

The purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions held by female and male osteopathic students in regard to the status of women in the osteopathic medical education environment. Three general categories were examined: family/career conflict, professional representation, and gender discrimination. A sample of 576 students finishing their second year of education at five osteopathic medical schools in the United States was surveyed with a final return rate of 69.44%. Schools were selected by purposive sampling and data were analyzed using general linear models. The focus of the analysis was to compare the perceptions females and males reported regarding 26 Likert-type statements on the survey. These statements were grouped according to the three categories to be examined. Additionally, effort was made to ascertain if demographic characteristics had statistical significance in regard to student responses. Demographics were found to be significant at various stages throughout the evaluations. Evaluation of the data indicated that women still face challenges combining family and career. Although their male counterparts generally expressed positive support for all statements in this segment, women responded in the positive in higher percentages to each statement. Overall data seemed to suggest that males still perceive the solution of family/career conflict as a woman's dilemma and not a problem for the profession to solve. The data regarding student perceptions of professional representation indicated women still have challenges in this area. Discrepancies in how females and males view such issues as female role models, women bringing something different to the practice of medicine, and compensation were evident. One area of agreement was the perceived lack of overt institutional messages regarding the importance of participation by women physicians in all aspects of the academic program. Data suggest gender discrimination, the third area examined, is present on osteopathic medical school campuses. There were gender differences in opinions regarding women's sensitivity to the issue of sexual harassment and whether a statement can be sexist if it is unintentional. There was agreement that sexist statements are heard in classrooms and that certain medical specialties are more suited to one gender than another.

AS part of their Term 2 sustainability unit, students from Lambton Public School researched plastic drink bottles and their effect on the environment. They decided to take action in tackling...

[James Michener] belongs to the much older and more venerable tradition of storytelling. As the late critic Robert Penn Warren observed, what always brings the reader to fiction is an interest in a story. \"We seek to escape not from life but to life, to a life more satisfying than our own drab version.\"

[Loren Baritz] focuses on the privileged neighborhoods. He describes people obsessed with their private space and detached from public life. They have their cherished freedom, but they also suffer from high divorce rates, drug abuse and multiple anxieties.