Philip B Mason

Biographic Data

ID2185684
NAMEPhilip B Mason
GIVEN NAMESPhilip B
FAMILY NAMEMason
SIGNATUREMASON P B
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Sociology, University of South Carolina, 471 University Parkway, 29801, Aiken, SC, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX3

  • Just Talking about Life”: Using Oral Histories of the Civil Rights Movement to Encourage Classroom Dialogue on Race

    Open AccessMelencia Johnson, Melencia M Johnson et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology2017Cited by: 4References: 15

    Students in mixed race classrooms often find it difficult to discuss race. Using an assignment where students must have a conversation with someone who lived during the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) brings an element of oral history into the discussion of race and ethnicity. Students are able to discuss race using a historical lens from the perspective of their conversation partner rather than their own. Sharing opinions and observations from an or…

  • Metropolitan Influence and Land Use Competition in Potential Biomass Crop Production: A Spatial Demographic Analysis

    Open AccessJeremy R Porter, P Mason et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2013References: 21

  • The Risk of Overweight and Obesity among Latter-Day Saints

    Open AccessP Mason, Philip B Mason et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research2013Cited by: 3References: 42

    Despite evidence of the salutary effects of religion on physical health, relatively little attention has been paid to the influence of religiosity on the risk of overweight and obesity. Our study examines this relationship with specific attention to the influence of Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon) affiliation and attendance on bodyweight status. Latter-day Saints make an excellent test case because LDS proscriptions against the consumption of alco…

  • Religious affiliation and Hispanic health in Utah

    Open AccessP Mason, Philip B Mason et al.ARTICLEThe Social Science Journal2011Cited by: 4References: 4

    Two research hypotheses are addressed in this study. (1) Do health trajectories of Hispanics in Utah differ from what has been documented in states with longstanding large Hispanic populations? (2) Do non-Mormon groups in Utah have less favorable health status than Mormons in Utah? This study employs three health outcome measures: activity limitations caused by emotional problems, activity limitations caused by physical problems, and self-rated h…

  • Existing Biomass Infrastructure and Theoretical Potential Biomass Production in the U.S

    Open AccessJeremy R Porter, Frank M Howell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Maps2009

    The recent and projected status of energy production and consumption in the U.S., resulting in substantial dependencies upon foreign oil, has continued to provide pressure on domestic energy security. All told, bio-energy systems, and biomass crop production in particular, will be important elements of national security, economic vitality, and public policy. Using biomass crop estimates based upon models developed at the Oak Ridge National Labora…