John K Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 240085 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John K Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | John K |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS J K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7735-637X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Makes you proud to be black eh?”: Reflections on meaningful Indigenous research participation
There are considerable benefits for Indigenous people researching in their own communities. Most important for the community researchers on this project was the sense that they were doing important health work, not just conducting research. Given the persistent gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health, this is perhaps one of the most important contributions of this type of research. Whilst research outcomes are undoubtedly important, in …
The Transboundary Trade of Hazardous Wastes, 2000–2006
The regulation, disposal, and risks posed by hazardous waste are global issues. The Basel Convention and the Pollution Release and Transfer Registry were initiated to reduce the trade and to monitor the cradle-to-grave progress of hazardous wastes. We examined the quantities of hazardous wastes internationally transported during the period of 2000 to 2006 by countries that ratified the Basel Convention. Because the United States has not ratified …
Environmental Justice in the New Millennium: Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present , by Harriet A. Washington
Saving the Next Generation: Political Capacity and Infant Mortality Decline in India's States
National political development and its effect on economic and demographic changes are topics extensively addressed by power transition theory. Studies in political demography demonstrate that the political capacity of national governments plays a critical role in altering mortality and fertility patterns in developing nations. We test the effects of political capacity on infant mortality rates in fifteen Indian states in the period 1981 to 2000. …
Economic and Other Societal Determinants of the Prevalence of Hiv: A Test of Competing Hypotheses
The spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is believed to result from HIV-infected individuals who are unaware of their infection and, thus, the possible consequences of their sexual behavior for others. However, differential rates of HIV infection between countries may reflect a different set of circumstances. We obtained data from the World Bank and several other sources to test eight alternative explanations for the global differences in…
Metropolitan Proximity and U.S. Agricultural Productivity, 1978–1997
Metropolitan encroachment into surrounding countrysides has had noticeable consequences on American agriculture. This research examines gross farm sales in five categories of crops and five categories of livestock and poultry by county proximity to metropolitan areas. A seven‐category classification of counties was derived from the 1983 and 1993 Economic Research Service/Beale rural‐urban codes and used in the analysis. Our findings showed a sign…
Law enforcement personnel needs of a state natural resource agency
In this study, we assess personnel needs of the Law Enforcement Division (LED) of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The LED's mission is to enforce Texas’ laws and regulations regarding hunting, fishing, and other uses of wildlife resources for recreational and commercial purposes. Texas is a leading state nationally in outdoor recreational use of natural resources. It ranks second in the number of anglers and hunters, fourth in the…
Toxic chemical wastes and the coincidence of carcinogenic mortality in Texas
Environmental‐justice proponents have argued that demographic factors unevenly affect the location of manufacturing and waste facilities and, thus, differences in exposure risks and outcomes. In this paper, statistical relationships among demographic factors, toxic chemical wastes released by Texas manufacturing facilities who participated in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory program in 1990, and carcinogenic causes o…
Visualizing Trends in the Structure of U.S. Agriculture, 1982 to 1992 1
Multiple indicators of the structure of agriculture were extracted from the U.S. Census of Agriculture for the years 1982, 1987, and 1992, and used to extend previous work by Wimberley (1987). Exploratory factor analysis results for each year yielded three dimensions of agri‐structure: corporate‐commercial, farming‐firm, and small‐farm. Factor‐scores used to estimate scales had high reliabilities (omega coefficients > .9) and strong inter‐tempora…
The social organization of rattlesnake roundups in rural communities
Rural communities are often dependent on natural resources for their economic and social survival. This study describes the unique social and economic use of rattlesnakes by rural communities. It examines the organization of rattlesnake roundups conducted in 5 of 16 Texas rural communities in 1991. A rattlesnake roundup is an annually conducted community fund‐raising event for which live rattlesnakes are collected, commercially traded, and displa…
Minority Poverty in Nonmetropolitan Texas
Despite a high prevalence of poverty among minorities in nonmetropolitan areas, research and policy concerns regarding poverty have continued focusing on metropolitan minorities. This study uses a model integrating individual, household, and structural factors to examine poverty among Latinos, blacks, and Anglos in nonmetropolitan and, for comparative purposes, metropolitan areas, using data from the 1985 Special Texas Census TDHS 1987. The findi…
The Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Practices Among Texas Cotton Growers1
Agricultural technologies are becoming increasingly complex requiring farmers to bundle selected technologies. Technology bundling results in a variety of different farming systems. Features of diffusion and farming systems theories are combined to define an analytical model, which assesses background, diffusion, and technology belief factors' influence on growers' adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) practices and cotton yields.We select…
The Recreational and Aesthetic Value of Wildlife in Texas
The recreational and aesthetic value of wildlife is partly reflected in the Texas hunt lease system and rural land markets. The results of an extensive survey of Texas hunters and a land valuation
The Limits to Growth in a Mexican Ejido
Patterns of Early Adult Status Attainment and Attitudes in the Nonmetropolitan South
Utilizing data from a study of Southern, nonmetropolitan youth, this paper reports the patterns of congruency and deflection in occupational and educational attitudes and attainment. Descriptive comparisons of status aspiration, expectations and attainment were made for 427 white and 268 black males from six Deep South states. Aspirations and expectation levels for future occupational and educational attainment were apparently "unrealistic" in te…
Minority Poverty in Nonmetropolitan Texas
Despite a high prevalence of poverty among minorities in nonmetropolitan areas, research and policy concerns regarding poverty have continued focusing on metropolitan minorities. This study uses a model integrating individual, household, and structural factors to examine poverty among Latinos, blacks, and Anglos in nonmetropolitan and, for comparative purposes, metropolitan areas, using data from the 1985 Special Texas Census TDHS 1987. The findi…
Economic and Other Societal Determinants of the Prevalence of Hiv: A Test of Competing Hypotheses
The spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is believed to result from HIV-infected individuals who are unaware of their infection and, thus, the possible consequences of their sexual behavior for others. However, differential rates of HIV infection between countries may reflect a different set of circumstances. We obtained data from the World Bank and several other sources to test eight alternative explanations for the global differences in…
The Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Practices Among Texas Cotton Growers1
Agricultural technologies are becoming increasingly complex requiring farmers to bundle selected technologies. Technology bundling results in a variety of different farming systems. Features of diffusion and farming systems theories are combined to define an analytical model, which assesses background, diffusion, and technology belief factors' influence on growers' adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) practices and cotton yields.We select…
Visualizing Trends in the Structure of U.S. Agriculture, 1982 to 1992 1
Multiple indicators of the structure of agriculture were extracted from the U.S. Census of Agriculture for the years 1982, 1987, and 1992, and used to extend previous work by Wimberley (1987). Exploratory factor analysis results for each year yielded three dimensions of agri‐structure: corporate‐commercial, farming‐firm, and small‐farm. Factor‐scores used to estimate scales had high reliabilities (omega coefficients > .9) and strong inter‐tempora…
Metropolitan Proximity and U.S. Agricultural Productivity, 1978–1997
Metropolitan encroachment into surrounding countrysides has had noticeable consequences on American agriculture. This research examines gross farm sales in five categories of crops and five categories of livestock and poultry by county proximity to metropolitan areas. A seven‐category classification of counties was derived from the 1983 and 1993 Economic Research Service/Beale rural‐urban codes and used in the analysis. Our findings showed a sign…
Environmental Justice in the New Millennium: Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights
Saving the Next Generation: Political Capacity and Infant Mortality Decline in India's States
National political development and its effect on economic and demographic changes are topics extensively addressed by power transition theory. Studies in political demography demonstrate that the political capacity of national governments plays a critical role in altering mortality and fertility patterns in developing nations. We test the effects of political capacity on infant mortality rates in fifteen Indian states in the period 1981 to 2000. …
The Recreational and Aesthetic Value of Wildlife in Texas
The recreational and aesthetic value of wildlife is partly reflected in the Texas hunt lease system and rural land markets. The results of an extensive survey of Texas hunters and a land valuation
Patterns of Early Adult Status Attainment and Attitudes in the Nonmetropolitan South
Utilizing data from a study of Southern, nonmetropolitan youth, this paper reports the patterns of congruency and deflection in occupational and educational attitudes and attainment. Descriptive comparisons of status aspiration, expectations and attainment were made for 427 white and 268 black males from six Deep South states. Aspirations and expectation levels for future occupational and educational attainment were apparently "unrealistic" in te…
The Limits to Growth in a Mexican Ejido
The Recreational and Aesthetic Value of Wildlife in Texas
The recreational and aesthetic value of wildlife is partly reflected in the Texas hunt lease system and rural land markets. The results of an extensive survey of Texas hunters and a land valuation
The Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Practices Among Texas Cotton Growers1
Agricultural technologies are becoming increasingly complex requiring farmers to bundle selected technologies. Technology bundling results in a variety of different farming systems. Features of diffusion and farming systems theories are combined to define an analytical model, which assesses background, diffusion, and technology belief factors' influence on growers' adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) practices and cotton yields.We select…
Minority Poverty in Nonmetropolitan Texas
Despite a high prevalence of poverty among minorities in nonmetropolitan areas, research and policy concerns regarding poverty have continued focusing on metropolitan minorities. This study uses a model integrating individual, household, and structural factors to examine poverty among Latinos, blacks, and Anglos in nonmetropolitan and, for comparative purposes, metropolitan areas, using data from the 1985 Special Texas Census TDHS 1987. The findi…
The social organization of rattlesnake roundups in rural communities
Rural communities are often dependent on natural resources for their economic and social survival. This study describes the unique social and economic use of rattlesnakes by rural communities. It examines the organization of rattlesnake roundups conducted in 5 of 16 Texas rural communities in 1991. A rattlesnake roundup is an annually conducted community fund‐raising event for which live rattlesnakes are collected, commercially traded, and displa…
Visualizing Trends in the Structure of U.S. Agriculture, 1982 to 1992 1
Multiple indicators of the structure of agriculture were extracted from the U.S. Census of Agriculture for the years 1982, 1987, and 1992, and used to extend previous work by Wimberley (1987). Exploratory factor analysis results for each year yielded three dimensions of agri‐structure: corporate‐commercial, farming‐firm, and small‐farm. Factor‐scores used to estimate scales had high reliabilities (omega coefficients > .9) and strong inter‐tempora…
Toxic chemical wastes and the coincidence of carcinogenic mortality in Texas
Environmental‐justice proponents have argued that demographic factors unevenly affect the location of manufacturing and waste facilities and, thus, differences in exposure risks and outcomes. In this paper, statistical relationships among demographic factors, toxic chemical wastes released by Texas manufacturing facilities who participated in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory program in 1990, and carcinogenic causes o…
Law enforcement personnel needs of a state natural resource agency
In this study, we assess personnel needs of the Law Enforcement Division (LED) of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). The LED's mission is to enforce Texas’ laws and regulations regarding hunting, fishing, and other uses of wildlife resources for recreational and commercial purposes. Texas is a leading state nationally in outdoor recreational use of natural resources. It ranks second in the number of anglers and hunters, fourth in the…
Metropolitan Proximity and U.S. Agricultural Productivity, 1978–1997
Metropolitan encroachment into surrounding countrysides has had noticeable consequences on American agriculture. This research examines gross farm sales in five categories of crops and five categories of livestock and poultry by county proximity to metropolitan areas. A seven‐category classification of counties was derived from the 1983 and 1993 Economic Research Service/Beale rural‐urban codes and used in the analysis. Our findings showed a sign…
Economic and Other Societal Determinants of the Prevalence of Hiv: A Test of Competing Hypotheses
The spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is believed to result from HIV-infected individuals who are unaware of their infection and, thus, the possible consequences of their sexual behavior for others. However, differential rates of HIV infection between countries may reflect a different set of circumstances. We obtained data from the World Bank and several other sources to test eight alternative explanations for the global differences in…
Saving the Next Generation: Political Capacity and Infant Mortality Decline in India's States
National political development and its effect on economic and demographic changes are topics extensively addressed by power transition theory. Studies in political demography demonstrate that the political capacity of national governments plays a critical role in altering mortality and fertility patterns in developing nations. We test the effects of political capacity on infant mortality rates in fifteen Indian states in the period 1981 to 2000. …
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present , by Harriet A. Washington
Environmental Justice in the New Millennium: Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights
The Transboundary Trade of Hazardous Wastes, 2000–2006
The regulation, disposal, and risks posed by hazardous waste are global issues. The Basel Convention and the Pollution Release and Transfer Registry were initiated to reduce the trade and to monitor the cradle-to-grave progress of hazardous wastes. We examined the quantities of hazardous wastes internationally transported during the period of 2000 to 2006 by countries that ratified the Basel Convention. Because the United States has not ratified …
Makes you proud to be black eh?”: Reflections on meaningful Indigenous research participation
There are considerable benefits for Indigenous people researching in their own communities. Most important for the community researchers on this project was the sense that they were doing important health work, not just conducting research. Given the persistent gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health, this is perhaps one of the most important contributions of this type of research. Whilst research outcomes are undoubtedly important, in …
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