J H Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 101677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J H Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | J H |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7487-3216 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 363 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Scientism, trust, value alignment, views of nature, and U.S. public opinion about gene drive mosquitos
Gene drive could be a powerful tool for addressing problems of conservation, agriculture, and human health caused by insect and animal pests but is likely to be controversial as it involves the release of genetically modified organisms. This study examined the social determinants of opinion of gene drive. We asked a representative sample of the U.S. public to respond to a description of a hypothetical application of a gene-drive mosquito to the p…
Self-Interested and Altruistic Motivations in Volunteering for Clinical Trials: A More Complex Relationship
Empirical studies have found that altruism and self-interest are the two primary motivations for enrollment in clinical trials. Some studies have shown that in some cases these two motivations are contingent upon each other, which complicates our understanding of motivation. In this study, we interviewed 27 people with Parkinson's disease about their willingness to enroll in a hypothetical clinical trial. Through inductive, grounded theory analys…
Who Doesn't Trust Fauci? The Public's Belief in the Expertise and Shared Values of Scientists in the Covid-19 Pandemic
The primary tension in public discourse about the U.S. government's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been President Trump's disagreement with scientists. The authors analyze a national survey of 1,593 Americans to examine which social groups agree with scientists' ability to understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and which agree that COVID-19 scientists share their values. Republicans and independents are less trusting than Democrats…
Faith in science in global perspective: Implications for transhumanism
While citizens can know scientific facts, they also have faith in science – with faith defined as a firm belief for which there is no proof. Using national public opinion surveys from twelve nations from 1993 to 2010, I examine three different types of faith in science that citizens could hold. I examine temporal changes in levels of faith in science as well as the social determinants of each type of faith. I focus on the implications of these le…
Roundtable on the Sociology of Religion: Twenty-Three Theses on the Status of Religion in American Sociology--A Mellon Working-Group Reflection
American sociology has not taken and does not take religion as seriously as it needs to in order to do the best sociology possible. Despite religion being an important and distinctive kind of practice in human social life, both historically and in the world today, American sociologists often neglect religion or treat it reductionistically. We explore several reasons for this negligence, focusing on key historical, conceptual, methodological, and …
What Would You Do? Juggling Bioethics and Ethnography
Bioethics is a fairly new enterprise, only decades old, but it has been the subject of much sociological investigation. The author of this book, Charles Bosk, is one of the pioneers in this study, and his book takes advantage of the author's many years of experience in diverse medical settings. The study of bioethics itself has become large enough that a clarifying distinction must be made. It has become commonplace to think of bioethics as broke…
Introduction: The Diversity of Culture
By AMY BINDER, MARY BLAIR-LOY, JOHN EVANS, KWAI NG, and MICHAEL SCHUDSON 2008, the much publicized in sociology is old news.1 How far are we from the point where we made our initial turn toward culture? Some say we are in the midst of it (Friedland and Mohr 2004), while others believe we are in fact moving beyond it (Bonnell and Hunt 1999). Rather than debate this question, our goal in this special volume of The Annals is to add substance to the …
The Deeper "Culture Wars" Questions
Fiorina s book is powerful enough to become canonical, and other texts concerning polarization may fall by the wayside. Fiorina s book, however, comes with a lens which obscures certain phenomena that previous texts concerning polarization have thought to be important. In this article we describe this other literature, largely outside of the field of political science, and describe its foci. We argue for retaining the concerns of this previous li…
Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized
Many observers have asserted with little evidence that Americans' social opinions have become polarized. Using General Social Survey and National Election Survey social attitude items that have been repeated regularly over 20 years, the authors ask (1) Have Americans' opinions become more dispersed (higher variance)? (2) Have distributions become flatter or more bimodal (declining kurtosis)? (3) Have opinions become more ideologically constrained…
Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized
Many observers have asserted with little evidence that Americans' social opinions have become polarized. Using General Social Survey and National Election Survey social attitude items that have been repeated regularly over 20 years, the authors ask (1) Have Americans' opinions become more dispersed (higher variance)? (2) Have distributions become flatter or more bimodal (declining kurtosis)? (3) Have opinions become more ideologically constrained…
Who Doesn't Trust Fauci? The Public's Belief in the Expertise and Shared Values of Scientists in the Covid-19 Pandemic
The primary tension in public discourse about the U.S. government's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been President Trump's disagreement with scientists. The authors analyze a national survey of 1,593 Americans to examine which social groups agree with scientists' ability to understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and which agree that COVID-19 scientists share their values. Republicans and independents are less trusting than Democrats…
Roundtable on the Sociology of Religion: Twenty-Three Theses on the Status of Religion in American Sociology--A Mellon Working-Group Reflection
American sociology has not taken and does not take religion as seriously as it needs to in order to do the best sociology possible. Despite religion being an important and distinctive kind of practice in human social life, both historically and in the world today, American sociologists often neglect religion or treat it reductionistically. We explore several reasons for this negligence, focusing on key historical, conceptual, methodological, and …
Introduction: The Diversity of Culture
By AMY BINDER, MARY BLAIR-LOY, JOHN EVANS, KWAI NG, and MICHAEL SCHUDSON 2008, the much publicized in sociology is old news.1 How far are we from the point where we made our initial turn toward culture? Some say we are in the midst of it (Friedland and Mohr 2004), while others believe we are in fact moving beyond it (Bonnell and Hunt 1999). Rather than debate this question, our goal in this special volume of The Annals is to add substance to the …
Self-Interested and Altruistic Motivations in Volunteering for Clinical Trials: A More Complex Relationship
Empirical studies have found that altruism and self-interest are the two primary motivations for enrollment in clinical trials. Some studies have shown that in some cases these two motivations are contingent upon each other, which complicates our understanding of motivation. In this study, we interviewed 27 people with Parkinson's disease about their willingness to enroll in a hypothetical clinical trial. Through inductive, grounded theory analys…
The Deeper "Culture Wars" Questions
Fiorina s book is powerful enough to become canonical, and other texts concerning polarization may fall by the wayside. Fiorina s book, however, comes with a lens which obscures certain phenomena that previous texts concerning polarization have thought to be important. In this article we describe this other literature, largely outside of the field of political science, and describe its foci. We argue for retaining the concerns of this previous li…
Have American's Social Attitudes Become More Polarized
Many observers have asserted with little evidence that Americans' social opinions have become polarized. Using General Social Survey and National Election Survey social attitude items that have been repeated regularly over 20 years, the authors ask (1) Have Americans' opinions become more dispersed (higher variance)? (2) Have distributions become flatter or more bimodal (declining kurtosis)? (3) Have opinions become more ideologically constrained…
The Deeper "Culture Wars" Questions
Fiorina s book is powerful enough to become canonical, and other texts concerning polarization may fall by the wayside. Fiorina s book, however, comes with a lens which obscures certain phenomena that previous texts concerning polarization have thought to be important. In this article we describe this other literature, largely outside of the field of political science, and describe its foci. We argue for retaining the concerns of this previous li…
Introduction: The Diversity of Culture
By AMY BINDER, MARY BLAIR-LOY, JOHN EVANS, KWAI NG, and MICHAEL SCHUDSON 2008, the much publicized in sociology is old news.1 How far are we from the point where we made our initial turn toward culture? Some say we are in the midst of it (Friedland and Mohr 2004), while others believe we are in fact moving beyond it (Bonnell and Hunt 1999). Rather than debate this question, our goal in this special volume of The Annals is to add substance to the …
What Would You Do? Juggling Bioethics and Ethnography
Bioethics is a fairly new enterprise, only decades old, but it has been the subject of much sociological investigation. The author of this book, Charles Bosk, is one of the pioneers in this study, and his book takes advantage of the author's many years of experience in diverse medical settings. The study of bioethics itself has become large enough that a clarifying distinction must be made. It has become commonplace to think of bioethics as broke…
Roundtable on the Sociology of Religion: Twenty-Three Theses on the Status of Religion in American Sociology--A Mellon Working-Group Reflection
American sociology has not taken and does not take religion as seriously as it needs to in order to do the best sociology possible. Despite religion being an important and distinctive kind of practice in human social life, both historically and in the world today, American sociologists often neglect religion or treat it reductionistically. We explore several reasons for this negligence, focusing on key historical, conceptual, methodological, and …
Faith in science in global perspective: Implications for transhumanism
While citizens can know scientific facts, they also have faith in science – with faith defined as a firm belief for which there is no proof. Using national public opinion surveys from twelve nations from 1993 to 2010, I examine three different types of faith in science that citizens could hold. I examine temporal changes in levels of faith in science as well as the social determinants of each type of faith. I focus on the implications of these le…
Self-Interested and Altruistic Motivations in Volunteering for Clinical Trials: A More Complex Relationship
Empirical studies have found that altruism and self-interest are the two primary motivations for enrollment in clinical trials. Some studies have shown that in some cases these two motivations are contingent upon each other, which complicates our understanding of motivation. In this study, we interviewed 27 people with Parkinson's disease about their willingness to enroll in a hypothetical clinical trial. Through inductive, grounded theory analys…
Who Doesn't Trust Fauci? The Public's Belief in the Expertise and Shared Values of Scientists in the Covid-19 Pandemic
The primary tension in public discourse about the U.S. government's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been President Trump's disagreement with scientists. The authors analyze a national survey of 1,593 Americans to examine which social groups agree with scientists' ability to understand the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and which agree that COVID-19 scientists share their values. Republicans and independents are less trusting than Democrats…
Scientism, trust, value alignment, views of nature, and U.S. public opinion about gene drive mosquitos
Gene drive could be a powerful tool for addressing problems of conservation, agriculture, and human health caused by insect and animal pests but is likely to be controversial as it involves the release of genetically modified organisms. This study examined the social determinants of opinion of gene drive. We asked a representative sample of the U.S. public to respond to a description of a hypothetical application of a gene-drive mosquito to the p…
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