David Boyns
Biographic Data
| ID | 182255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Boyns |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyns |
| SIGNATURE | BOYNS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Northridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6259-4412 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“It Was Changing [My] Embedded Inner Culture”: Culturally Informed Training in STEMM
While scholars have written about programs that support community college (CC) students in STEMM and their transition to four-year institutions, less attention has been paid to culturally informed approaches addressing cultural mismatch and leveraging community cultural wealth (CCW). This paper presents results from qualitative research conducted through five focus groups with 43 CC students who attended a summer program over three summers. Groun…
Latinx Mothers’ Perception of Grandparents’ Involvement in Children’s Physical Activity
Using a questionnaire survey, this study examined Latinx mothers’ (n = 72) perception of Latinx grandparents’ involvement in children’s physical activity. Data were collected about a specific child (i.e., focal child) and a specific grandparent who spent the most time with the focal child (i.e., focal grandparent). Results showed that mothers perceived a substantive level of grandparental support for child’s physical activity and a small-to-moder…
Reflections on Public Sociology: Public Relations, Disciplinary Identity, and the Strong Program in Professional Sociology 1
The emergence of Michael Burawoy's public sociology raises a single, overarching question: Why is there a perceived need for an institutionalized public sociology within the discipline? Burawoy's answer is tied to an issue raised by Turner and Turner in their historical examination of the institutionalization of sociology. This chapter examines sociology's problem of public relations by exploring the development of public sociology with respect t…
Between the Living and Undead: How Zombie Cinema Reflects the Social Construction of Risk, the Anxious Self, and Disease Pandemic
The zombie film has become an important component of contemporary popular culture. The sociological nature of the themes addressed by these films reflect prominent social concerns, and lend themselves to sociological analysis as texts themselves. This article examines the zombie film genre, its history, predominant themes, and its illustration of sociological dynamics related to identity, collective behavior, disease, contagion, and the privilege…
Negative Emotional Energy: A Theory of the “Dark-Side” of Interaction Ritual Chains
Randall Collins’ theory of interaction ritual chains is widely cited, but has been subject to little theoretical elaboration. One reason for the modest expansion of the theory is the underdevelopment of the concept of emotional energy. This paper examines emotional energy, related particularly to the dynamics of negative experiences. It asks whether or not negative emotions produce emotional energies that are qualitatively distinct from their pos…
Studies in the Suspension of the 'Flow' of Social Life
This article examines the suspension of activity in two different contexts—private and public social isolation. Drawing on Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi's theory of “flow” and Randall Collins' theory of emotional energy, we explore the link between the absence of social exchanges and the capacity to acquire emotional energy. Qualitative reports drawn from 248 participants reveal a distinct architecture to the experiences of both private and public iso…
The Return of Grand Theory
Reflections on public sociology: Public relations, disciplinary identity, and the strong program in professional sociology
Developing a sociological theory for the empirical understanding of terrorism
Negative Emotional Energy: A Theory of the “Dark-Side” of Interaction Ritual Chains
Randall Collins’ theory of interaction ritual chains is widely cited, but has been subject to little theoretical elaboration. One reason for the modest expansion of the theory is the underdevelopment of the concept of emotional energy. This paper examines emotional energy, related particularly to the dynamics of negative experiences. It asks whether or not negative emotions produce emotional energies that are qualitatively distinct from their pos…
Reflections on public sociology: Public relations, disciplinary identity, and the strong program in professional sociology
Developing a sociological theory for the empirical understanding of terrorism
Latinx Mothers’ Perception of Grandparents’ Involvement in Children’s Physical Activity
Using a questionnaire survey, this study examined Latinx mothers’ (n = 72) perception of Latinx grandparents’ involvement in children’s physical activity. Data were collected about a specific child (i.e., focal child) and a specific grandparent who spent the most time with the focal child (i.e., focal grandparent). Results showed that mothers perceived a substantive level of grandparental support for child’s physical activity and a small-to-moder…
Developing a sociological theory for the empirical understanding of terrorism
Reflections on public sociology: Public relations, disciplinary identity, and the strong program in professional sociology
The Return of Grand Theory
Studies in the Suspension of the 'Flow' of Social Life
This article examines the suspension of activity in two different contexts—private and public social isolation. Drawing on Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi's theory of “flow” and Randall Collins' theory of emotional energy, we explore the link between the absence of social exchanges and the capacity to acquire emotional energy. Qualitative reports drawn from 248 participants reveal a distinct architecture to the experiences of both private and public iso…
Negative Emotional Energy: A Theory of the “Dark-Side” of Interaction Ritual Chains
Randall Collins’ theory of interaction ritual chains is widely cited, but has been subject to little theoretical elaboration. One reason for the modest expansion of the theory is the underdevelopment of the concept of emotional energy. This paper examines emotional energy, related particularly to the dynamics of negative experiences. It asks whether or not negative emotions produce emotional energies that are qualitatively distinct from their pos…
Between the Living and Undead: How Zombie Cinema Reflects the Social Construction of Risk, the Anxious Self, and Disease Pandemic
The zombie film has become an important component of contemporary popular culture. The sociological nature of the themes addressed by these films reflect prominent social concerns, and lend themselves to sociological analysis as texts themselves. This article examines the zombie film genre, its history, predominant themes, and its illustration of sociological dynamics related to identity, collective behavior, disease, contagion, and the privilege…
Reflections on Public Sociology: Public Relations, Disciplinary Identity, and the Strong Program in Professional Sociology 1
The emergence of Michael Burawoy's public sociology raises a single, overarching question: Why is there a perceived need for an institutionalized public sociology within the discipline? Burawoy's answer is tied to an issue raised by Turner and Turner in their historical examination of the institutionalization of sociology. This chapter examines sociology's problem of public relations by exploring the development of public sociology with respect t…
Latinx Mothers’ Perception of Grandparents’ Involvement in Children’s Physical Activity
Using a questionnaire survey, this study examined Latinx mothers’ (n = 72) perception of Latinx grandparents’ involvement in children’s physical activity. Data were collected about a specific child (i.e., focal child) and a specific grandparent who spent the most time with the focal child (i.e., focal grandparent). Results showed that mothers perceived a substantive level of grandparental support for child’s physical activity and a small-to-moder…
“It Was Changing [My] Embedded Inner Culture”: Culturally Informed Training in STEMM
While scholars have written about programs that support community college (CC) students in STEMM and their transition to four-year institutions, less attention has been paid to culturally informed approaches addressing cultural mismatch and leveraging community cultural wealth (CCW). This paper presents results from qualitative research conducted through five focus groups with 43 CC students who attended a summer program over three summers. Groun…
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