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Submissions from 2024
College Specific Depression: Analyzing the Differences Between Class Year and Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds, Pamela A. Kplivi, Jaden Deluke, Caroline O'Conell, and Virginia B. Wickline
The Devil’s outriders: a LiDAR and KOCOA investigation of the battle of Buckhead Creek, 1864, Ryan K. McNutt
Does Where We Live Matter To Oral Health? Tensions Between Rural Older Adults’ Concept of Community and Health Individualism, Swaha Pattanaik, April M. Schueths Dr., Raymona H. Lawrence, Bettye A. Apenteng, and Georgia Dounis
Peacebuilding and Security Dilemmas in South Asia, Nalanda Roy
Revisiting Geopolitics in the South China Sea, Nalanda Roy
Exploring the Identity of First and Second-Generation Bengali Diaspora in the United States - A Personal Account, Nalanda Roy and Yashaswini Bhowmick
EXPRESS: Facial Occlusion with Medical Masks: Impacts on Emotion Recognition Rates for Emotion Types and Intensities, Virginia B. Wickline, A. Shea Hall, Ryan S. Lavrisa, Kaylee M. McCook, Michael Woodcock, Marco Bani, Selena Russo, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Renee K. Nowicki, and Stephen Nowicki
Submissions from 2023
Brief Historical Summary of the Tybee Lazaretto, Kara Bridgman Sweeney
Disparities in extreme contexts: The impact of gender and mental health status on the criminal justice outcomes of extremists, Andrea Corradi
Increasing Character Strength Knowledge, Interest, and Skill: Preliminary Evidence for a Collaborative and Multimethod Assessment Procedure, Jeff J. Klibert, Michaela D. Simpson, Brandon J. Weiss, C. Thresa Yancey, Calla Pritulsky, Amy Luna, Hayley Houseman, and Hani M. Samawi
Essay 10.6 Motivation in the Wild: Capturing the Complex Social Ecologies of Academic Motivation, Ellen Skinner, Thomas A. Kindermann, Justin W. Vollet, and Nicolette P. Rickert
Milling Around in Scriven**, M. Jared Wood
Submissions from 2022
Understanding Nonprofit Leaders' Perceptions of Organizational Efficiency, Jessica L. Berrett and Jayce Sudweeks
Paleoindian and Early Archaic South Carolina, Kara Bridgman Sweeney, J. Christopher Gillam, and Christopher R. Moore
Infirmities of Will: Good Governance, Public Service Reform, and Democratic Legitimacy in the Caribbean, Christopher M. Brown
Perceptions of Fatigue and Safety Climate Pertaining to Residency Duty-Hour Restrictions, Michele M. Carr, Jonathan E. Friedel, Daniel O'Brien, Anne M. Foreman, and Oliver Wirth
A Hostile Reputation: A Social Network Approach to Interstate Hostility, Andrea Corradi, Cassie McMillan, and Nick Dietrich
Pandemic Partnerships: Community/University Experiences with Community-Based Learning in the COVID-19 Era, Ryan J. Couillou, Beth McGee, April S. Carr, and Tabitha A. Lamberth
How Neofascism Emerges from Neoliberal Capitalism, Ronald W. Cox and Daniel Skidmore-Hess
Irregular Warfare, Insurgencies, and Counterinsurgencies: Culture Matters, José de Arimatéia da Cruz
Mental Health Symptoms Predicting American College Students’ Academic Performance: The Moderating Role of Peer Support, Gabrielle M. Goselin and Nicolette P. Rickert
Back in My Day: Generational Impacts on Beliefs about School Shootings, Amanda Graham, Cheryl Lero Jonson, and Heejin Lee
Book Review of Racial Resentment in the Political Mind By Darren W. Davis and David C. Wilson, Amanda K. Graham
Explaining White Supremacy and Domestic Terrorism, Amanda K. Graham
Bryan County Sheriff's Office Community Survey, Amanda K. Graham, L. Somers, K. Thompson, and C. Posick
The Wrapping Paper Problem: Expediting the Peer Review Process Without Sacrificing Rigor, Cheryl L. Jonson and Amanda Graham
Celebrity Admiration, Conspiratorial Belief, and Anti-vaccination Attitudes: Examining Relationships and Establishing Pragmatic Research, Nancy McCarley, Catherine Jones, and Joshua L. Williams
Further Validation of the Realness Scale: Are Celebrity Worshipers Unreal?, Lynn E. McCutcheon, Lillian Donahue, Joshua L. Williams, Sarah K. Nielson, Scott Peterson, and Terry F. Pettijohn II
“No Better Way of Selecting the Man in Whom They Place the Highest Confidence”: A Note on James Madison’s Remarks on the Electoral College at Richmond’s Ratifying Convention, Patrick J. Novotny
Sex Trafficking and the Proliferation of HIV in Africa, Kate Perry and Sam R. Bell
Remembering the “Human” in Human Trafficking: An Analysis of Female Leadership and Anti-Trafficking Policy Choices, Kate Perry and Courtney Burns
The American Racial Divide in Fear of the Police, Justin T. Pickett, Amanda Graham, and Francis T. Cullen
“Well Duh, That’s How You Raise a Kid”: Gender-Open Parenting in a (Non)Binary World, Elizabeth Rahilly
Parent and Teacher Involvement and the Development of Students' Academic Engagement: A Growth Curve Analysis Over Four Time Points, Nicolette P. Rickert and Ellen A. Skinner
Mindfulness Training Improves Middle School Teachers’ Occupational Health, Well-Being, and Interactions with Students in Their Most Stressful Classrooms, Robert W. Roeser, Andrew J. Mashburn, Ellen A. Skinner, Jaiya R. Choles, Nicolette P. Rickert, Cynthia Taylor, Jessica Robbeloth, Emily Saxton, Emily Weiss, Margaret Cullen, and Jillayne Sorenson
China’s Diplomatic Forays in the CARICOM-Caribbean Community in the Light of the Belt and Road Initiative, Nalanda Roy
Is India Retreating from its Act East to Act Indo-Pacific Policy?, Nalanda Roy
One Hundred Years of the Dialectic: Reflections on “Marxism and Philosophy”, Daniel Skidmore-Hess
Complex Social Ecologies and the Development of Academic Motivation, Ellen A. Skinner, Thomas A. Kindermann, Justin W. Vollet, and Nicolette P. Rickert
The Complex Social Ecology of Academic Development: A Bioecological Framework and Illustration Examining the Collective Effects of Parents, Teachers, and Peers on Student Engagement, Ellen A. Skinner, Nicolette P. Rickert, Justin W. Vollet, and Thomas A. Kindermann
Going Above and Beyond: Assessing the Characteristics of Officers Who Complete Additional in-Service Training, Logan J. Somers and Jacob T. Foster
Bail Denied or Bail Too High? Disentangling Cumulative Disadvantage by Pretrial Detention Type, Stacie St. Louis
Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 48: “Novo Cangaço” Style Urban Raid in Guarapuava, Paraná (PR), Brazil, John P. Sullivan, José de Arimatéia da Cruz, and Robert J. Bunker
The Role of Fisher Engagement in the Acceptance of Turtle Excluder Devices in Georgia's Shrimping Industry, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, Tracy Yandle, and Bryan Fluech
Consequences of Victimization on Perceived Friend Support During Adolescence, Jillian J. Turanovic, Sonja E. Siennick, and Kristin M. Lloyd
Comparison of Two Video Prompting Interventions to Teach Daily Living Skills to Adolescents With Autism, Jennifer Wertalik and Richard Kubina
I’ll See Your Beautified Photo and Raise You One: An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Edited Social Media Photo Exposure., Wendy L. Wolfe and Leah Yakabovits
Factors in Predicting and Preventing Conspiracy Theory Endorsement: An Empirical Review, Leah Yakabovits and Joshua L. Williams
An Assessment of the Viability of a Commercial Lionfish Fishery in the US Virgin Islands, Tracy Yandle, Jennifer Sweeney Tookes, Paulita Bennett-Martin, Sherry Larkin, and Michael Page
The Call2Care Program: Linking College Students and Older Adults, Jennifer Zorotovich and Adrienne Cohen
Death Education among Social Science College Students: The Good, the Bad, and the Unchanged, Jennifer Zorotovich and Adrienne L. Cohen
Submissions from 2021
The Great Equalizer? Gender, Parenting, and Scholarly Productivity during the Global Pandemic, Marijke Breuning, Christina Fattore, Jennifer M. Ramos, and Jamie E. Scalera
Examining the Effect of Perceived Responsibility On Online Bystander Intervention, Target Hardening, and Inaction, Leah C. Butler, Amanda K. Graham, Bonnie S. Fisher, Billy Henson, and Bradford W. Reyns
Racial Attitudes and Criminal Justice Policy, Francis T. Cullen, Leah C. Butler, and Amanda K. Graham
Catholics and Capital Punishment: Do Pope Francis’s Teachings Matter in Policy Preferences, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda K. Graham, Kellie R. Hannan, Alexander L. Burton, Leah C. Butler, and Velmer S. Burton Jr.
The Denier in Chief: Faith in Trump and Techniques of Neutralization in a Pandemic, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda K. Graham, Cheryl L. Jonson, Justin T. Pickett, Melissa M. Sloan, and Murat Haner
Enhancing Student Self-reflection in College-level Diversity Courses, Nikki DiGregorio and Delores D. Liston
Development and Validation of an Intimate Partner Cyber Abuse Measure in an Adult-based Sample, Erica R. Fissel, Amanda K. Graham, Leah C. Butler, and Bonnie S. Fisher
A New Generation of Survey Research in Criminology: Online Opt-In Surveys., Amanda K. Graham
Police Use of Force, Particularly Police Brutality and Lethal Force, Amanda K. Graham
Beyond a Crime Gene: Genetic Literacy and Correctional Orientation, Amanda K. Graham, J. C. Barnes, Hexuan Liu, and Francis T. Cullen
Who Wears the MAGA Hat? Racial Beliefs and Faith in Trump, Amanda K. Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Leah C. Butler, Alexander L. Burton, and Velmer S. Burton Jr.
Procedural Justice: In Theory and Practice, Amanda Graham, Travis C. Pratt, and Kyle McLean
Instructional Scaffolding in Internships: Supporting future professionals in Family Science, Katy Gregg, Meghan K. Dove, and Nikki DiGregorio
Racial Sympathy and Support for Capital Punishment: A Case Study in Concept Transfer, Kellie R. Hannan, Francis T. Cullen, Leah C. Butler, Amanda K. Graham, Alexander L. Burton, and Velmer S. Burton Jr.
Polish Non-violent Resistance against Foreign Occupation 1795-1918: A Post-revisionist Perspective, Jacek Lubecki
Beyond Plants: Biophilic Design as a Pedagogical Tool, Beth McGee and Nam Kyu Park
Brotherhood and sexism as manhood acts for trans men in the Southeastern United States, Megan Y. Phillips and Baker Rogers
Anxiety and the Onset of COVID-19: Examining Concerns of Historically Excluded Scholars, Jennifer M. Ramos, Jamie E. Scalera, Christina Fattore, and Marijke Breuning
Parent and Teacher Warm Involvement and Student's Academic Engagement: The Mediating Role of Self-System Processes, Nicolette P. Rickert and Ellen A. Skinner
Kurdish Identity, Resistance, and Agenda Setting in a Time of Renewed Turkish Hostility: Social Media and the HDP, Ned Rinalducci
Drag Kings, Baker A. Rogers
Evidence for Hope?: Mississippi Christians’ Views Toward Gay and Lesbian Equality Post Obergefell v. Hodges, Baker A. Rogers
Wearable Accessory Designers’ Perceptions Using 3D Printing Technology, Virginia Rolling
Beholding: the Neuroaesthetic Experience of a Synesthetic Dress, Virginia Rolling and Karla Teel
A Qualitative Analysis of the South China Sea Dispute, Nalanda Roy
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – Is It the Road to the Future?, Nalanda Roy
Global Climate Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Nalanda Roy
Exploring the Culture of Digital Resistance in India: The Nirbhaya effect, Nalanda Roy and Stephanie Mae-Pedron
Understanding the Face of Humanity- The Rohingya Genocide, Nalanda Roy and Stephanie Mae Pedron
Family Preservation Strategies: Regendering Labor in Mixed-Status Marriage After Co-Deportation, April M. Schueths Dr. and Nathan S. Palmer
Pandemic Emotions: The Extent, Correlates and Mental Health Consequences of Personal and Altruistic Fear of COVID-19, Melissa M. Sloan, Murat Haner, Amanda K. Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Justine T. Pickett, and Cheryl L. Jonson
The Opt-In Internet Survey, Angela J. Thielo, Amanda K. Graham, and Francis T. Cullen
“You Can’t Catch ‘Em and Sell ‘Em”: Perceptions of Obstacles to Direct Marketing among Georgia Fishers, Jennifer Tookes and Tracy Yandle
Submissions from 2020
A Consensus-Based Transparency Checklist, Balazs Aczel, Barnabas Szaszi, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Zoltan Kekecs, Šimon Kucharský, Daniel Benjamin, Christopher D. Chambers, Agenta Fisher, Andrew Gelman, Morton A. Gernsbacher, John P. Ioannidis, Eric Johnson, Kai Jonas, Stavroula Kousta, Scott O. Lilienfeld, D. Stephen Lindsay, Candice C. Morey, Marcus Munafò, Benjamin R. Newell, Harold Pashler, David R. Shanks, Daniel J. Simons, Jelte M. Wicherts, Dolores Albarracin, Nicole D. Anderson, John Antonakis, Hal R. Arkes, Mitja D. Back, George C. Banks, Christopher Beevers, Andrew A. Bennett, Wiebke Bleidorn, Ty W. Boyer, Cristina Cacciari, Alice S. Carter, Joseph Cesario, Charles Clifton, Ronán M. Conroy, Mike Cortese, Fiammetta Cosci, Nelson Cowan, Jarret Crawford, Eveline A. Crone, John Curtin, Randall Engle, Simon Farrell, Pasco Fearon, Mark Fichman, Willem Frankenhuis, Alexandra M. Freund, M. Gareth Gaskell, Roger Giner-Sorolla, Don P. Green, Robert L. Greene, Lisa L. Harlow, Fernando Hoces de la Guardia, Derek Isaacowitz, Janet Kolodner, Debra Lieberman, Gordon D. Logan, Wendy B. Mendes, Lea Moersdorf, Brendan Nyhan, Jeffrey Pollack, Christopher Sullivan, Simine Vazire, and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
Exploring Regenerative Co-benefits of Biophilic Design for People and the Environment, Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Angela Loder, Beth McGee, Jelena Brajković, and M. Brown
Chapter 5: U.S. Foreign Policy in the South China Sea, Barry J. Balleck
The Temporal Dynamics of Infants' Joint Attention: Effects of Others' Gaze Cues and Manual Actions, Ty W. Boyer, Samuel Harding, and Bennett I. Bertenthal
Belief in Redeemability and Punitive Public Opinion: “Once a Criminal, Always a Criminal” Revisited, Alexander L. Burton, Francis T. Cullen, Velmer S. Burton Jr., Amanda Graham, Leah C. Butler, and Angela J. Thielo
The securitization of Post-9/11 reception patterns of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants: deconstructing the Venezuelan Exodus (A case study), Georgina Chami, Christopher M. Brown, and Nalanda Roy
La légitimation du Rassemblement national et la lutte pour une Franceeuropéenne, Alison Clifton and Jamie E. Scalera
The Comedian, Nikki DiGregorio
Reflecting Upon Teaching Diversity-centered Courses: Dialogues Between Novice and Veteran Professors, Nikki DiGregorio and Delores D. Liston
Working Toward Reducing Violence Against LGBTQQIA+ Populations, Nikki DiGregorio and Bahira Sherif Trask
Democracy (Still) on the Edge: An Analysis of Brazil's Political Response to the Covid-19 Crisis, Matthew B. Flynn, André Pereira Neto, and Letícia Barbosa
Book Review of Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City , Amanda Graham
Race and Worrying About Police Brutality: The Hidden Injuries of Minority Status in America, Amanda Graham, Murat Haner, Melissa M. Sloan, Francis T. Cullen, and Teresa C. Kulig
Faith in Trump, Moral Foundations, and Social Distancing Defiance during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Amanda K. Graham, Francis T. Cullen, Justin T. Pickett, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Murat Haner, and Melissa M. Sloan
Advantages of Matched Over Unmatched Opt-in Samples for Studying Criminal Justice Attitudes: A Research Note, Amanda Graham, Justin T. Pickett, and Francis T. Cullen
