Meggan M Jordan
Biographic Data
| ID | 194458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meggan M Jordan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meggan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Jordan |
| SIGNATURE | JORDAN M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Stanislaus |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4712-6615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Citizen Science to Collect Tobacco Waste: Exploring the Usability of Two Protocols
An emerging area of research is the impact of tobacco product waste (TPW) on the environment. Waste product assessment is of great interest to public health professionals and communities, and methods to collect waste products can easily lend themselves to community participation. Indeed, waste product collection can mobilize communities, but a standard methodology for collecting and assessing waste does not exist. This study utilizes two existing…
Why Believe Conspiracy Theories
Beliefs, even conspiratorial ones, do not occur in a vacuum: they reflect social conditions and fulfill important identity needs, including access to social connection and playfulness; distinction, purpose, and legitimacy; and a sense of certainty, justice, and order
A Care Paradox: The Relationship Between Older Adults’ Caregiving Arrangements and Institutionalization and Mortality
We investigate how the type of caregiving arrangement is associated with older Americans’ outcomes. We use the Health and Retirement Study (2004–2018) and discrete-time event history analysis to assess the odds of institutionalization or death over a 14-year period among older adults with limitations in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs; e.g., bathing). We consider caregiving arrangements as conventional (i.e., spouse or adult child), unconvention…
Conflict Over Conspiracy Theories: Face-Work, Epistemic Identity, and the Structure of Interactions
Existing research on conspiracy theories rarely examines their impact on interaction or how these theories are perceived by non-believers. We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty non-believers whose family members believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory. Using face-work as the main framework, findings reveal the role of face in the structure of encounters between believers and non-believers. Non-believing participants experienced identity vi…
I Would Give Anything to Talk about Aliens Now: QAnon Conspiracy Theories and the Creation of Cognitive Deviance
Conspiracy theory researchers observed how the conspiracy theory known as QAnon traveled from dark Web message boards like 4chan to mainstream sources like Facebook, turning everyday people into fervent believers. However, the responses from nonbelievers have been overlooked. We report findings from in-depth interviews with adults ( n = 20) who identify as concerned about their family member's involvement with the QAnon conspiracy theory. Overall…
Universities Confront ‘Tech Disruption’: Perceptions of Student Engagement Online Using Two Learning Management Systems
This article is a teaching note on the experiences of students and professors as they adapted to the use of a new learning management system (LMS). Using pedagogical theories of student engagement and the online learning process, we explore how the design of an LMS affects student satisfaction and interaction with peers and the instructor. This descriptive, qualitative study reports student and instructor experiences in four hybrid sociology cour…
Thinking Through Every Step: How People With Spinal Cord Injuries Relearn to Walk
In this article we explore how people with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) create meaning out of their changing bodies as they undergo a therapeutic intervention called locomotor training (LT). Therapeutic interventions like LT are used to promote the recovery of walking ability among individuals with iSCI. The chronological nature of this study-interviews at three points throughout the 12-week intervention-enhances understanding of the reco…
I Would Give Anything to Talk about Aliens Now: QAnon Conspiracy Theories and the Creation of Cognitive Deviance
Conspiracy theory researchers observed how the conspiracy theory known as QAnon traveled from dark Web message boards like 4chan to mainstream sources like Facebook, turning everyday people into fervent believers. However, the responses from nonbelievers have been overlooked. We report findings from in-depth interviews with adults ( n = 20) who identify as concerned about their family member's involvement with the QAnon conspiracy theory. Overall…
Conflict Over Conspiracy Theories: Face-Work, Epistemic Identity, and the Structure of Interactions
Existing research on conspiracy theories rarely examines their impact on interaction or how these theories are perceived by non-believers. We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty non-believers whose family members believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory. Using face-work as the main framework, findings reveal the role of face in the structure of encounters between believers and non-believers. Non-believing participants experienced identity vi…
Thinking Through Every Step: How People With Spinal Cord Injuries Relearn to Walk
In this article we explore how people with incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) create meaning out of their changing bodies as they undergo a therapeutic intervention called locomotor training (LT). Therapeutic interventions like LT are used to promote the recovery of walking ability among individuals with iSCI. The chronological nature of this study-interviews at three points throughout the 12-week intervention-enhances understanding of the reco…
Universities Confront ‘Tech Disruption’: Perceptions of Student Engagement Online Using Two Learning Management Systems
This article is a teaching note on the experiences of students and professors as they adapted to the use of a new learning management system (LMS). Using pedagogical theories of student engagement and the online learning process, we explore how the design of an LMS affects student satisfaction and interaction with peers and the instructor. This descriptive, qualitative study reports student and instructor experiences in four hybrid sociology cour…
I Would Give Anything to Talk about Aliens Now: QAnon Conspiracy Theories and the Creation of Cognitive Deviance
Conspiracy theory researchers observed how the conspiracy theory known as QAnon traveled from dark Web message boards like 4chan to mainstream sources like Facebook, turning everyday people into fervent believers. However, the responses from nonbelievers have been overlooked. We report findings from in-depth interviews with adults ( n = 20) who identify as concerned about their family member's involvement with the QAnon conspiracy theory. Overall…
Why Believe Conspiracy Theories
Beliefs, even conspiratorial ones, do not occur in a vacuum: they reflect social conditions and fulfill important identity needs, including access to social connection and playfulness; distinction, purpose, and legitimacy; and a sense of certainty, justice, and order
A Care Paradox: The Relationship Between Older Adults’ Caregiving Arrangements and Institutionalization and Mortality
We investigate how the type of caregiving arrangement is associated with older Americans’ outcomes. We use the Health and Retirement Study (2004–2018) and discrete-time event history analysis to assess the odds of institutionalization or death over a 14-year period among older adults with limitations in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs; e.g., bathing). We consider caregiving arrangements as conventional (i.e., spouse or adult child), unconvention…
Conflict Over Conspiracy Theories: Face-Work, Epistemic Identity, and the Structure of Interactions
Existing research on conspiracy theories rarely examines their impact on interaction or how these theories are perceived by non-believers. We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty non-believers whose family members believed in the QAnon conspiracy theory. Using face-work as the main framework, findings reveal the role of face in the structure of encounters between believers and non-believers. Non-believing participants experienced identity vi…
Citizen Science to Collect Tobacco Waste: Exploring the Usability of Two Protocols
An emerging area of research is the impact of tobacco product waste (TPW) on the environment. Waste product assessment is of great interest to public health professionals and communities, and methods to collect waste products can easily lend themselves to community participation. Indeed, waste product collection can mobilize communities, but a standard methodology for collecting and assessing waste does not exist. This study utilizes two existing…
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works)