Andrew F Baird
Biographic Data
| ID | 290773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew F Baird |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew F |
| FAMILY NAME | Baird |
| SIGNATURE | BAIRD A F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christopher Newport University |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-9030-1418 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Relational care as emotional resistance
Health sociologists conceptualise the medicalisation of birth and breastfeeding within broader socio-cultural frameworks of fear and antagonism toward the female body. While birth emotions shape breastfeeding initiation, their longer-term implications and the role of emotional support during childbirth remain less clear. We use survey data from the Hampton Roads Infant Feeding Study (N = 1,360), collected among mothers who gave birth between 2020…
An Inseverable Link to the Outside
This study examines how COVID-19 lockdown shaped household food practices and contributed to food dysregulation, defined as anxiety, stress, indecisiveness or impulsivity surrounding diet. We conducted a mixed-methods community survey of Newport News, Virginia (n ≈ 400), administered shortly after the March–May 2020 lockdown. Open-ended responses revealed widespread disruption of food routines, with participants describing heightened anxiety abou…
Understanding the Rise of Anti-Political Correctness Sentiment
The anti-politically correct (PC) stance has been a key defensive position held by many conservative Americans for more than three decades. This position holds that being forced to be politically correct hinders open dialogue and debate on important yet sensitive issues, especially those around race and racism. However, scholars have questioned this anti-PC orientation and tied it to political orientation and racism. One caveat that stands as the…
Seeking Evidence of Grade Inflation at For-profit Colleges and Universities
This research develops a quantitative test for anecdotal, qualitative claims that, relative to more traditional institutes of higher education, for-profit colleges and universities engage in systemic grade-inflation to retain students who may not be academically viable. This research used the National Center for Education Statistic’s Beginning Postsecondary Survey 2003/2009 Longitudinal Study (BPS) to test this claim by examining the correlation …
Veiled Threats
This research examines the way color-blind rhetorical techniques are used by supporters and opponents in legal documents submitted to the latest U.S. Supreme court case on affirmative action. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva posited that color-blind ideology is the dominant racial ideology in the United States. We focused our critical discourse analysis particularly on the use of color-blind frames as described by Bonilla-Silva. This research also assesses …
"How Can We Stay Sober?" Homeless Women's Experience in a Substance Abuse Treatment Center
Veiled Threats
This research examines the way color-blind rhetorical techniques are used by supporters and opponents in legal documents submitted to the latest U.S. Supreme court case on affirmative action. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva posited that color-blind ideology is the dominant racial ideology in the United States. We focused our critical discourse analysis particularly on the use of color-blind frames as described by Bonilla-Silva. This research also assesses …
Seeking Evidence of Grade Inflation at For-profit Colleges and Universities
This research develops a quantitative test for anecdotal, qualitative claims that, relative to more traditional institutes of higher education, for-profit colleges and universities engage in systemic grade-inflation to retain students who may not be academically viable. This research used the National Center for Education Statistic’s Beginning Postsecondary Survey 2003/2009 Longitudinal Study (BPS) to test this claim by examining the correlation …
"How Can We Stay Sober?" Homeless Women's Experience in a Substance Abuse Treatment Center
Seeking Evidence of Grade Inflation at For-profit Colleges and Universities
This research develops a quantitative test for anecdotal, qualitative claims that, relative to more traditional institutes of higher education, for-profit colleges and universities engage in systemic grade-inflation to retain students who may not be academically viable. This research used the National Center for Education Statistic’s Beginning Postsecondary Survey 2003/2009 Longitudinal Study (BPS) to test this claim by examining the correlation …
Veiled Threats
This research examines the way color-blind rhetorical techniques are used by supporters and opponents in legal documents submitted to the latest U.S. Supreme court case on affirmative action. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva posited that color-blind ideology is the dominant racial ideology in the United States. We focused our critical discourse analysis particularly on the use of color-blind frames as described by Bonilla-Silva. This research also assesses …
Understanding the Rise of Anti-Political Correctness Sentiment
The anti-politically correct (PC) stance has been a key defensive position held by many conservative Americans for more than three decades. This position holds that being forced to be politically correct hinders open dialogue and debate on important yet sensitive issues, especially those around race and racism. However, scholars have questioned this anti-PC orientation and tied it to political orientation and racism. One caveat that stands as the…
Relational care as emotional resistance
Health sociologists conceptualise the medicalisation of birth and breastfeeding within broader socio-cultural frameworks of fear and antagonism toward the female body. While birth emotions shape breastfeeding initiation, their longer-term implications and the role of emotional support during childbirth remain less clear. We use survey data from the Hampton Roads Infant Feeding Study (N = 1,360), collected among mothers who gave birth between 2020…
An Inseverable Link to the Outside
This study examines how COVID-19 lockdown shaped household food practices and contributed to food dysregulation, defined as anxiety, stress, indecisiveness or impulsivity surrounding diet. We conducted a mixed-methods community survey of Newport News, Virginia (n ≈ 400), administered shortly after the March–May 2020 lockdown. Open-ended responses revealed widespread disruption of food routines, with participants describing heightened anxiety abou…
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works) · Affirmative action (1 works)