Robert M Carini
Biographic Data
| ID | 120944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Carini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Carini |
| SIGNATURE | CARINI R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Customization of U.S. Holidays: Agency and Nonconformity
Scholars have long sought to understand the meanings and implications of holidays for societies, groups, and individuals. Normative observances for holidays shift over time, which scholars have explained primarily with macro-level forces such as galvanizing events/trends and priorities of social institutions, but this approach tends to undersell individual and familial agency to customize holidays to their own circumstances, including to reject o…
A Process Evaluation of a Learning Community Program: Implemented as Designed
Learning communities can be useful to counter some of the challenges encountered by first-semester students as they transition to college. This 2-year process evaluation examines the launch of a campus-wide learning community initiative for developmental reading students at a community college in the USA. Students, instructors, and administrators were interviewed about the implementation of the program, and program-related materials were reviewed…
Female anglers in a predominantly male sport: Portrayals in five popular fishing-related magazines
Kim Bain-Moore galvanized public interest as the first female competitor in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament. To examine the extent to which women were depicted by the fishing media during and after this watershed event, as well as how they were portrayed, we analyzed the content of five for-profit, fishing-related magazines from 2009-2012. Female anglers were numerically underrepresented relative to a national estimate of participa…
Putting (Big) Black Dog Syndrome to the Test: Evidence from a Large Metropolitan Shelter
Most support for Black Dog Syndrome or Big Black Dog Syndrome is anecdotal or theoretical. Yet some animal shelters/organizations have implemented strategies to address what they believe are lower rates of adoption and/or higher rates of euthanasia for "Big Black Dogs." This study examines the persistent anecdotes and theories on humans' preferences and aversions to dogs of various shades, using hierarchical multinomial logistic regression to pre…
Where are the female athletes in Sports Illustrated ? A content analysis of covers (2000–2011)
We content analyzed more than 11 years of Sports Illustrated (SI) covers (2000–2011) to assess how often females were portrayed, the sports represented, and the manner of their portrayal. Despite females’ increased participation in sport since the enactment of Title IX and calls for greater media coverage of female athletes, women appeared on just 4.9 percent of covers. The percentage of covers did not change significantly over the span and were …
Student Engagement and Student Learning: Testing the Linkages
Is Mentoring Enough? An Examination of the Mentoring Relationship in the Pilot Two-Year Kentucky Teacher Internship Program
This article examines a pilot program's mentoring component involving first-year interns and veteran teachers in relation to new teachers' needs and effects regarding support and professional development. Mentoring along with delayed work requirements and evaluation increased interns' adjustment to teaching. However, emotional and technical support through mentoring proved inadequate in meeting needs. Interns wanted structured professional develo…
Institutional Selectivity and Good Practices in Undergraduate Education: How Strong is the Link
Academic selectivity plays a dominant role in the public's understanding of what constitutes institutional excellence or quality in undergraduate education. In this study, we analyzed two independent data sets to estimate the net effect of three measures of college selectivity on dimensions of documented good practices in undergraduate education. With statistical controls in place for important confounding influences, an institution's median stud…
Advancing Age, Advantaged Youth: Parental Age and the Transmission of Resources to Children
Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, we identify parental age as influential in the parental provision of economic resources, social capital and cultural capital to adolescents, as well as in parental educational expectations for their children. At the bivariate level, the relationship is curvilinear, suggesting that having comparatively young or old parents is disadvantageous to teenagers, at least with regard to re…
A Comparison of International Student and American Student Engagement in Effective Educational Practices
This study compares engagement of a national sample of international undergraduate students and their American counterparts. Overall, international students were more engaged in effective educational practices, especially during the first year of college. The ethnic/racial background of international students and their density on campus had mixed effects on student engagement
Special Reviewers
Gender Differences in Student Engagement Among African American Undergraduates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Differences in student engagement between women and men at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are examined in this study. Data were collected from 1,167 African American undergraduate students at 12 four-year HBCUs that participated in the National Survey of Student Engagement. Controlling for several factors that might obscure gender differences, the results counter previous research regarding gender gaps on HBCU campuses by il…
Of Crime and Criminality: The Use of Theory in Everyday Life
Prelude - Sally S Simpson Introductory Chapter - Don C Gibbons Criminology, Criminologists, and Criminological Theory PART ONE: ACCOUNTING FOR GENDER, RACE AND CLASS DIFFERENCES IN CRIMINALITY AND CRIME CONTROL Differential Association Theory and Female Crime - Peggy C Giordana and Sharon Mohler Rockwell Feminist Theories of Women's Crime - Jody Miller Robbery as a Case Study Racial Hoaxes - Katheryn K Russell Applied Critical Race Theory The War…
Organizations: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes
Advancing Age, Advantaged Youth: Parental Age and the Transmission of Resources to Children
Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, we identify parental age as influential in the parental provision of economic resources, social capital and cultural capital to adolescents, as well as in parental educational expectations for their children. At the bivariate level, the relationship is curvilinear, suggesting that having comparatively young or old parents is disadvantageous to teenagers, at least with regard to re…
Gender Differences in Student Engagement Among African American Undergraduates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Differences in student engagement between women and men at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are examined in this study. Data were collected from 1,167 African American undergraduate students at 12 four-year HBCUs that participated in the National Survey of Student Engagement. Controlling for several factors that might obscure gender differences, the results counter previous research regarding gender gaps on HBCU campuses by il…
A Comparison of International Student and American Student Engagement in Effective Educational Practices
This study compares engagement of a national sample of international undergraduate students and their American counterparts. Overall, international students were more engaged in effective educational practices, especially during the first year of college. The ethnic/racial background of international students and their density on campus had mixed effects on student engagement
Institutional Selectivity and Good Practices in Undergraduate Education: How Strong is the Link
Academic selectivity plays a dominant role in the public's understanding of what constitutes institutional excellence or quality in undergraduate education. In this study, we analyzed two independent data sets to estimate the net effect of three measures of college selectivity on dimensions of documented good practices in undergraduate education. With statistical controls in place for important confounding influences, an institution's median stud…
Where are the female athletes in Sports Illustrated ? A content analysis of covers (2000–2011)
We content analyzed more than 11 years of Sports Illustrated (SI) covers (2000–2011) to assess how often females were portrayed, the sports represented, and the manner of their portrayal. Despite females’ increased participation in sport since the enactment of Title IX and calls for greater media coverage of female athletes, women appeared on just 4.9 percent of covers. The percentage of covers did not change significantly over the span and were …
Putting (Big) Black Dog Syndrome to the Test: Evidence from a Large Metropolitan Shelter
Most support for Black Dog Syndrome or Big Black Dog Syndrome is anecdotal or theoretical. Yet some animal shelters/organizations have implemented strategies to address what they believe are lower rates of adoption and/or higher rates of euthanasia for "Big Black Dogs." This study examines the persistent anecdotes and theories on humans' preferences and aversions to dogs of various shades, using hierarchical multinomial logistic regression to pre…
Female anglers in a predominantly male sport: Portrayals in five popular fishing-related magazines
Kim Bain-Moore galvanized public interest as the first female competitor in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament. To examine the extent to which women were depicted by the fishing media during and after this watershed event, as well as how they were portrayed, we analyzed the content of five for-profit, fishing-related magazines from 2009-2012. Female anglers were numerically underrepresented relative to a national estimate of participa…
Organizations: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes
Of Crime and Criminality: The Use of Theory in Everyday Life
Prelude - Sally S Simpson Introductory Chapter - Don C Gibbons Criminology, Criminologists, and Criminological Theory PART ONE: ACCOUNTING FOR GENDER, RACE AND CLASS DIFFERENCES IN CRIMINALITY AND CRIME CONTROL Differential Association Theory and Female Crime - Peggy C Giordana and Sharon Mohler Rockwell Feminist Theories of Women's Crime - Jody Miller Robbery as a Case Study Racial Hoaxes - Katheryn K Russell Applied Critical Race Theory The War…
Gender Differences in Student Engagement Among African American Undergraduates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Differences in student engagement between women and men at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are examined in this study. Data were collected from 1,167 African American undergraduate students at 12 four-year HBCUs that participated in the National Survey of Student Engagement. Controlling for several factors that might obscure gender differences, the results counter previous research regarding gender gaps on HBCU campuses by il…
A Comparison of International Student and American Student Engagement in Effective Educational Practices
This study compares engagement of a national sample of international undergraduate students and their American counterparts. Overall, international students were more engaged in effective educational practices, especially during the first year of college. The ethnic/racial background of international students and their density on campus had mixed effects on student engagement
Special Reviewers
Student Engagement and Student Learning: Testing the Linkages
Is Mentoring Enough? An Examination of the Mentoring Relationship in the Pilot Two-Year Kentucky Teacher Internship Program
This article examines a pilot program's mentoring component involving first-year interns and veteran teachers in relation to new teachers' needs and effects regarding support and professional development. Mentoring along with delayed work requirements and evaluation increased interns' adjustment to teaching. However, emotional and technical support through mentoring proved inadequate in meeting needs. Interns wanted structured professional develo…
Institutional Selectivity and Good Practices in Undergraduate Education: How Strong is the Link
Academic selectivity plays a dominant role in the public's understanding of what constitutes institutional excellence or quality in undergraduate education. In this study, we analyzed two independent data sets to estimate the net effect of three measures of college selectivity on dimensions of documented good practices in undergraduate education. With statistical controls in place for important confounding influences, an institution's median stud…
Advancing Age, Advantaged Youth: Parental Age and the Transmission of Resources to Children
Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, we identify parental age as influential in the parental provision of economic resources, social capital and cultural capital to adolescents, as well as in parental educational expectations for their children. At the bivariate level, the relationship is curvilinear, suggesting that having comparatively young or old parents is disadvantageous to teenagers, at least with regard to re…
Where are the female athletes in Sports Illustrated ? A content analysis of covers (2000–2011)
We content analyzed more than 11 years of Sports Illustrated (SI) covers (2000–2011) to assess how often females were portrayed, the sports represented, and the manner of their portrayal. Despite females’ increased participation in sport since the enactment of Title IX and calls for greater media coverage of female athletes, women appeared on just 4.9 percent of covers. The percentage of covers did not change significantly over the span and were …
Putting (Big) Black Dog Syndrome to the Test: Evidence from a Large Metropolitan Shelter
Most support for Black Dog Syndrome or Big Black Dog Syndrome is anecdotal or theoretical. Yet some animal shelters/organizations have implemented strategies to address what they believe are lower rates of adoption and/or higher rates of euthanasia for "Big Black Dogs." This study examines the persistent anecdotes and theories on humans' preferences and aversions to dogs of various shades, using hierarchical multinomial logistic regression to pre…
Female anglers in a predominantly male sport: Portrayals in five popular fishing-related magazines
Kim Bain-Moore galvanized public interest as the first female competitor in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament. To examine the extent to which women were depicted by the fishing media during and after this watershed event, as well as how they were portrayed, we analyzed the content of five for-profit, fishing-related magazines from 2009-2012. Female anglers were numerically underrepresented relative to a national estimate of participa…
A Process Evaluation of a Learning Community Program: Implemented as Designed
Learning communities can be useful to counter some of the challenges encountered by first-semester students as they transition to college. This 2-year process evaluation examines the launch of a campus-wide learning community initiative for developmental reading students at a community college in the USA. Students, instructors, and administrators were interviewed about the implementation of the program, and program-related materials were reviewed…
Customization of U.S. Holidays: Agency and Nonconformity
Scholars have long sought to understand the meanings and implications of holidays for societies, groups, and individuals. Normative observances for holidays shift over time, which scholars have explained primarily with macro-level forces such as galvanizing events/trends and priorities of social institutions, but this approach tends to undersell individual and familial agency to customize holidays to their own circumstances, including to reject o…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Innovations in Educational Methods (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Medical education (3 works)