Andrea Laurent‐simpson
Biographic Data
| ID | 246422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Laurent‐simpson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Laurent‐simpson |
| SIGNATURE | SIMPSON A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7261-9860 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unpacking the Multispecies Family
The multispecies family has grown rapidly over the past 30 years in the United States. Scholarly understanding of pets as legitimate family members is increasing, but most work has been qualitative in nature. Statistical modeling of these dynamics has been bound by a lack of access to large‐scale, nationally representative datasets paywalled by industry actors like the American Veterinary Medical Association and American Pet Products Association,…
Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You
Covid-19 and Masking Disparities
This exploratory paper examines individual levels of risk assessment as impacting institutional trust in the CDC while also contributing to disparities in expressed willingness to mask early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both content and thematic analysis of the CDC's Facebook (FB) page from April 2020 and Gidden's modern risk society theory, I consider how social media (SM) users retrospectively perceived a dramatic change in public health (PH…
We Never Imagined
The experiences of foreign-born female academics (FBFA)
This article reports on a study that examined the lived experience of 15 foreign-born female university faculty members through the qualitative research methodology called photo elicitation. The article investigates ways in which intersectionality, social marginality, and resilience offer a framework for understanding the participants’ lived experiences of being foreign-born, female, and academic in the United States. Findings demonstrate that as…
Risk society online
While social construction of illness research has examined the redefinition of medically defined illness as non-illness by laypersons, nothing has considered this process alongside emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Using Gidden's notion of modern risk society and distrust in expert authority, this paper examines how social media posts construct Zika virus as nonhazardous while displaying a distrust in research and prevention. Using qualitative…
How SES May Figure in Perceptions of Zika Risks and in Preventive Action
The present study intended to determine how the socioeconomic status (SES) of citizens and public health communications help explain citizens’ risk perception and actions taken during Zika virus outbreaks in 2016. We used data from a nationally representative study conducted in March 2016 by the Associated Press–National Opinion Research Center to analyze 831 American adult responses regarding Zika. We found that respondent risk perception and ac…
“Phil's Calling Grandma… ”
This exploratory paper deals with human–animal role identity pairings such as parent–child or sibling–sibling and the necessity of support from other actors both for the formation of these idiosyncratic identities, as well as for their situational placement in social environments not limited to the nonhuman animal. Taken from a qualitative study examining identity formation counter to the nonhuman animal, I use in‐depth interviews of both people …
Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity
Identity theory posits that role identity is negotiated between human social actors and is based in broader cultural expectations about how particular statuses should be performed. I argue that the formation of role identity in actors can also occur in relationship to nonhuman actors, if they are perceived as minded. Depending on context and human perception, identity can be formed as a result of interaction and developing “theory of mind” with n…
They Make Me Not Wanna Have a Child
This article argues that for some who are childfree, the increasing perception of the companion animal as a sentient being with agency provides a deep, meaningful relationship with the power to inform fertility intentions. Qualitative, in-depth interviews with childfree companion animal owners reveal that this relationship serves to reinforce previous fertility choices such as delaying or completely opting out of childbirth, thus affecting presen…
Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity
Identity theory posits that role identity is negotiated between human social actors and is based in broader cultural expectations about how particular statuses should be performed. I argue that the formation of role identity in actors can also occur in relationship to nonhuman actors, if they are perceived as minded. Depending on context and human perception, identity can be formed as a result of interaction and developing “theory of mind” with n…
They Make Me Not Wanna Have a Child
This article argues that for some who are childfree, the increasing perception of the companion animal as a sentient being with agency provides a deep, meaningful relationship with the power to inform fertility intentions. Qualitative, in-depth interviews with childfree companion animal owners reveal that this relationship serves to reinforce previous fertility choices such as delaying or completely opting out of childbirth, thus affecting presen…
Risk society online
While social construction of illness research has examined the redefinition of medically defined illness as non-illness by laypersons, nothing has considered this process alongside emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Using Gidden's notion of modern risk society and distrust in expert authority, this paper examines how social media posts construct Zika virus as nonhazardous while displaying a distrust in research and prevention. Using qualitative…
How SES May Figure in Perceptions of Zika Risks and in Preventive Action
The present study intended to determine how the socioeconomic status (SES) of citizens and public health communications help explain citizens’ risk perception and actions taken during Zika virus outbreaks in 2016. We used data from a nationally representative study conducted in March 2016 by the Associated Press–National Opinion Research Center to analyze 831 American adult responses regarding Zika. We found that respondent risk perception and ac…
“Phil's Calling Grandma… ”
This exploratory paper deals with human–animal role identity pairings such as parent–child or sibling–sibling and the necessity of support from other actors both for the formation of these idiosyncratic identities, as well as for their situational placement in social environments not limited to the nonhuman animal. Taken from a qualitative study examining identity formation counter to the nonhuman animal, I use in‐depth interviews of both people …
Considering Alternate Sources of Role Identity
Identity theory posits that role identity is negotiated between human social actors and is based in broader cultural expectations about how particular statuses should be performed. I argue that the formation of role identity in actors can also occur in relationship to nonhuman actors, if they are perceived as minded. Depending on context and human perception, identity can be formed as a result of interaction and developing “theory of mind” with n…
They Make Me Not Wanna Have a Child
This article argues that for some who are childfree, the increasing perception of the companion animal as a sentient being with agency provides a deep, meaningful relationship with the power to inform fertility intentions. Qualitative, in-depth interviews with childfree companion animal owners reveal that this relationship serves to reinforce previous fertility choices such as delaying or completely opting out of childbirth, thus affecting presen…
How SES May Figure in Perceptions of Zika Risks and in Preventive Action
The present study intended to determine how the socioeconomic status (SES) of citizens and public health communications help explain citizens’ risk perception and actions taken during Zika virus outbreaks in 2016. We used data from a nationally representative study conducted in March 2016 by the Associated Press–National Opinion Research Center to analyze 831 American adult responses regarding Zika. We found that respondent risk perception and ac…
Risk society online
While social construction of illness research has examined the redefinition of medically defined illness as non-illness by laypersons, nothing has considered this process alongside emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Using Gidden's notion of modern risk society and distrust in expert authority, this paper examines how social media posts construct Zika virus as nonhazardous while displaying a distrust in research and prevention. Using qualitative…
The experiences of foreign-born female academics (FBFA)
This article reports on a study that examined the lived experience of 15 foreign-born female university faculty members through the qualitative research methodology called photo elicitation. The article investigates ways in which intersectionality, social marginality, and resilience offer a framework for understanding the participants’ lived experiences of being foreign-born, female, and academic in the United States. Findings demonstrate that as…
We Never Imagined
Covid-19 and Masking Disparities
This exploratory paper examines individual levels of risk assessment as impacting institutional trust in the CDC while also contributing to disparities in expressed willingness to mask early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both content and thematic analysis of the CDC's Facebook (FB) page from April 2020 and Gidden's modern risk society theory, I consider how social media (SM) users retrospectively perceived a dramatic change in public health (PH…
Unpacking the Multispecies Family
The multispecies family has grown rapidly over the past 30 years in the United States. Scholarly understanding of pets as legitimate family members is increasing, but most work has been qualitative in nature. Statistical modeling of these dynamics has been bound by a lack of access to large‐scale, nationally representative datasets paywalled by industry actors like the American Veterinary Medical Association and American Pet Products Association,…
Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Communication (2 works) · Companion animal (2 works)