Rachel Zimmer Schneider

Biographic Data

ID109215
NAMERachel Zimmer Schneider
GIVEN NAMESRachel Zimmer
FAMILY NAMESchneider
SIGNATURESCHNEIDER R Z
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Akron
ORCID0009-0003-2146-420X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS15
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX3

  • "Have You Been to Walmart?" Gender and Perceptions of Safety in North Dakota Boomtowns

    Timothy Pippert, Timothy D Pippert et al.ARTICLESociological Quarterly2018References: 21

    Between 2010 and 2015, North Dakota’s economy was out of sync with the rest of the U.S. As a result of the Bakken oil boom, unemployment registered approximately 1% in northwestern North Dakota while the rest of the country suffered the lingering effects of the Great Recession. As one of the only sharply growing economies during that time, job seekers descended from every state in search of high-paying oilfield jobs. The majority of those job see…

  • Assessing Change in Student Critical Thinking for Introduction to Sociology Classes

    Open AccessMichael L Rickles, Rachel Zimmer Schneider et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology2013Cited by: 3References: 23

    Although there is widespread agreement among academics that critical thinking is an important component to the college classroom, there is little empirical evidence to verify that it is being taught in courses. Using four sections of introductory sociology, we developed an experimental design using pretests and posttests to assess students’ critical thinking skills. Controlling for grade point average, cumulative credit hours completed, gender, r…

  • It's Not Just a Joke

    Michelle Bemiller, Michelle L Bemiller et al.ARTICLESociological Spectrum2010Cited by: 8References: 16

    Sexism is a recurrent part of women's everyday lives. One understudied area within gender scholarship is the content and implications of sexist humor as a form of sexism. In this article, we explore the sexist content of 153 Internet jokes. Our analysis demonstrates that sexist jokes offer portrayals of misogyny that serve many functions, some of which include the sexual objectification of women, devaluation of their personal and professional abi…

  • No Matter What Has Been Done Wrong Can Always Be Redone Right”

    Open AccessRachel Zimmer Schneider, Kathryn M FelteyARTICLEViolence Against Women2009Cited by: 4References: 7

    In this article, the authors explore the religious and spiritual experiences and beliefs of incarcerated battered women who killed abusive intimate partners or (step)fathers. Through in-depth interviews with 12 imprisoned battered women, the authors examine the role that religion and spirituality played in the women's lives before and during their incarceration. Regardless of their religious upbringing, most had what they described as spiritual e…