Melanie M Bowers
Biographic Data
| ID | 294884 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie M Bowers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie M |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowers |
| SIGNATURE | BOWERS M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5518-9419 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Banning of cockfighting in Puerto Rico
Cockfighting was banned across the U.S. territories in 2018. While animal activists praise this legislative success, the Puerto Rican government and much of the public have been vocal opponents, asserting the ban undermines culture, reflects congressional overreach, and hurts the economy. This has led to minimal ban enforcement which has allowed the social problem to flourish on the island. We ask what drives public support for cockfighting and w…
Queering Climate Change
Although researchers have broadly addressed how race, party identification, political ideology, and binary gender categories influence climate change opinions, little attention has been paid to the relationship between sexuality and gender variance (LGBTQ+ identity broadly) and climate change perceptions. Using a quota-based survey from 2022 that approximates the US population on key demographic characteristics and oversamples LGBTQ+ individuals,…
What Drives Support for Transgender Rights? Assessing the Effects of Biological Attribution on U.S. Public Opinion of Transgender Rights
Assessing Voter Registration Among Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Individuals
Science, Politics and Policy
Collateral Consequences of a Collateral Penalty
Objective. Felon disenfranchisement (FD) policies are said to not only prohibit (ex)felons from voting, but also reduce the political influence of particular groups that are most affected by FD laws. This study tests several hypotheses regarding the role of socialization on individual‐level political participation to examine the claims that nonfelons' probability of voting is reduced by strict FD laws. Methods. The study uses multilevel modeling …
Assessing Voter Registration Among Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Individuals
What Drives Support for Transgender Rights? Assessing the Effects of Biological Attribution on U.S. Public Opinion of Transgender Rights
Collateral Consequences of a Collateral Penalty
Objective. Felon disenfranchisement (FD) policies are said to not only prohibit (ex)felons from voting, but also reduce the political influence of particular groups that are most affected by FD laws. This study tests several hypotheses regarding the role of socialization on individual‐level political participation to examine the claims that nonfelons' probability of voting is reduced by strict FD laws. Methods. The study uses multilevel modeling …
Queering Climate Change
Although researchers have broadly addressed how race, party identification, political ideology, and binary gender categories influence climate change opinions, little attention has been paid to the relationship between sexuality and gender variance (LGBTQ+ identity broadly) and climate change perceptions. Using a quota-based survey from 2022 that approximates the US population on key demographic characteristics and oversamples LGBTQ+ individuals,…
Collateral Consequences of a Collateral Penalty
Objective. Felon disenfranchisement (FD) policies are said to not only prohibit (ex)felons from voting, but also reduce the political influence of particular groups that are most affected by FD laws. This study tests several hypotheses regarding the role of socialization on individual‐level political participation to examine the claims that nonfelons' probability of voting is reduced by strict FD laws. Methods. The study uses multilevel modeling …
Science, Politics and Policy
What Drives Support for Transgender Rights? Assessing the Effects of Biological Attribution on U.S. Public Opinion of Transgender Rights
Assessing Voter Registration Among Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Individuals
Queering Climate Change
Although researchers have broadly addressed how race, party identification, political ideology, and binary gender categories influence climate change opinions, little attention has been paid to the relationship between sexuality and gender variance (LGBTQ+ identity broadly) and climate change perceptions. Using a quota-based survey from 2022 that approximates the US population on key demographic characteristics and oversamples LGBTQ+ individuals,…
Banning of cockfighting in Puerto Rico
Cockfighting was banned across the U.S. territories in 2018. While animal activists praise this legislative success, the Puerto Rican government and much of the public have been vocal opponents, asserting the ban undermines culture, reflects congressional overreach, and hurts the economy. This has led to minimal ban enforcement which has allowed the social problem to flourish on the island. We ask what drives public support for cockfighting and w…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)