Michelle Bemiller
Biographic Data
| ID | 298469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Bemiller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Bemiller |
| SIGNATURE | BEMILLER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Inclusion for All? An Exploration of Teacher’s Reflections on Inclusion in Two Elementary Schools
Teachers face numerous challenges. Pressure exists to meet Common Core Standards and increase state test scores while operating on shoestring budgets. In addition, public schools have seen an increase in students with disabilities—individuals with unique academic and social needs. Due to the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975, inclusion in general education classrooms is the right of children with disabilities. Disability advocate…
Distance Mothering
Contemporary families are diverse, though the diversity of configurations is not necessarily represented in society’s narrow definitions. This chapter focuses specifically on mothers who parent from a distance either because they have involuntarily lost custody or chose to relinquish custody to another caregiver. Noncustodial parents typically visit their children. This parenting arrangement creates a sociological opportunity to explore what it m…
The Role of Adaptation in Advocate Burnout
Domestic violence and sexual assault advocates, unlike other social service workers, experience only moderate burnout. The present study extends burnout research, exploring simultaneous effects of job demands and adaptation factors as they relate to burnout in the advocacy population. The authors identify the good soldiering phenomenon in which advocates adapt to work that is worthwhile, but risky, demanding, and resource poor. Good soldiering is…
Mothering From a Distance
Notions of motherhood have been shaped by a Western ideology that encourages mothers to intensively mother their children, selflessly indulging in their child's every want and need. Failure to adhere to such criteria results in the label of “bad” mother. This understanding of motherhood has been viewed through a White, middle-class, heterosexual lens, limiting our ability to see the diversity of women's lives. In an effort to encourage exploratio…
It's Not Just a Joke
Sexism is a recurrent part of women's everyday lives. One understudied area within gender scholarship is the content and implications of sexist humor as a form of sexism. In this article, we explore the sexist content of 153 Internet jokes. Our analysis demonstrates that sexist jokes offer portrayals of misogyny that serve many functions, some of which include the sexual objectification of women, devaluation of their personal and professional abi…
Non‐custodial Mothers
The non‐custodial mother is an anomaly. She does not live with her children on a full‐time basis, putting her outside of the dominant expectations associated with motherhood. Although there has been an increase in the number of non‐custodial mothers in recent years, information on the experience of being a non‐custodial mother is minimal. The majority of our knowledge of non‐custodial mothers stems from research conducted during the mid‐1980s thr…
From Madness to Mutiny
Men Who Cheer
This study examines the maintenance of gender and sexuality within a female-dominated sport, focusing specifically on men who cheer. Data were collected at a northeastern Ohio university using focus group discussions and one-on-one interviews. The interviews and discussions provided themes regarding stigmatization of male cheerleaders, the need to project a heterosexual image, and methods of saving face. Findings indicate that the gender and sexu…
Wives, Husbands, and Hidden Power in Marriage
A recurrent theme in scholarship on gender and the family is the asymmetry between husbands and wives on decision making, the division of household labor, child care, and so forth. In this article, the authors tested to see if this asymmetry can be explained, in part, by taking into account the invisible power of men. Using data from the third wave of the British Household Panel Survey, the authors tested this by assessing whether agreement betwe…
From Madness to Mutiny
The Role of Adaptation in Advocate Burnout
Domestic violence and sexual assault advocates, unlike other social service workers, experience only moderate burnout. The present study extends burnout research, exploring simultaneous effects of job demands and adaptation factors as they relate to burnout in the advocacy population. The authors identify the good soldiering phenomenon in which advocates adapt to work that is worthwhile, but risky, demanding, and resource poor. Good soldiering is…
Men Who Cheer
This study examines the maintenance of gender and sexuality within a female-dominated sport, focusing specifically on men who cheer. Data were collected at a northeastern Ohio university using focus group discussions and one-on-one interviews. The interviews and discussions provided themes regarding stigmatization of male cheerleaders, the need to project a heterosexual image, and methods of saving face. Findings indicate that the gender and sexu…
It's Not Just a Joke
Sexism is a recurrent part of women's everyday lives. One understudied area within gender scholarship is the content and implications of sexist humor as a form of sexism. In this article, we explore the sexist content of 153 Internet jokes. Our analysis demonstrates that sexist jokes offer portrayals of misogyny that serve many functions, some of which include the sexual objectification of women, devaluation of their personal and professional abi…
Wives, Husbands, and Hidden Power in Marriage
A recurrent theme in scholarship on gender and the family is the asymmetry between husbands and wives on decision making, the division of household labor, child care, and so forth. In this article, the authors tested to see if this asymmetry can be explained, in part, by taking into account the invisible power of men. Using data from the third wave of the British Household Panel Survey, the authors tested this by assessing whether agreement betwe…
Non‐custodial Mothers
The non‐custodial mother is an anomaly. She does not live with her children on a full‐time basis, putting her outside of the dominant expectations associated with motherhood. Although there has been an increase in the number of non‐custodial mothers in recent years, information on the experience of being a non‐custodial mother is minimal. The majority of our knowledge of non‐custodial mothers stems from research conducted during the mid‐1980s thr…
Wives, Husbands, and Hidden Power in Marriage
A recurrent theme in scholarship on gender and the family is the asymmetry between husbands and wives on decision making, the division of household labor, child care, and so forth. In this article, the authors tested to see if this asymmetry can be explained, in part, by taking into account the invisible power of men. Using data from the third wave of the British Household Panel Survey, the authors tested this by assessing whether agreement betwe…
Men Who Cheer
This study examines the maintenance of gender and sexuality within a female-dominated sport, focusing specifically on men who cheer. Data were collected at a northeastern Ohio university using focus group discussions and one-on-one interviews. The interviews and discussions provided themes regarding stigmatization of male cheerleaders, the need to project a heterosexual image, and methods of saving face. Findings indicate that the gender and sexu…
From Madness to Mutiny
Non‐custodial Mothers
The non‐custodial mother is an anomaly. She does not live with her children on a full‐time basis, putting her outside of the dominant expectations associated with motherhood. Although there has been an increase in the number of non‐custodial mothers in recent years, information on the experience of being a non‐custodial mother is minimal. The majority of our knowledge of non‐custodial mothers stems from research conducted during the mid‐1980s thr…
Mothering From a Distance
Notions of motherhood have been shaped by a Western ideology that encourages mothers to intensively mother their children, selflessly indulging in their child's every want and need. Failure to adhere to such criteria results in the label of “bad” mother. This understanding of motherhood has been viewed through a White, middle-class, heterosexual lens, limiting our ability to see the diversity of women's lives. In an effort to encourage exploratio…
It's Not Just a Joke
Sexism is a recurrent part of women's everyday lives. One understudied area within gender scholarship is the content and implications of sexist humor as a form of sexism. In this article, we explore the sexist content of 153 Internet jokes. Our analysis demonstrates that sexist jokes offer portrayals of misogyny that serve many functions, some of which include the sexual objectification of women, devaluation of their personal and professional abi…
The Role of Adaptation in Advocate Burnout
Domestic violence and sexual assault advocates, unlike other social service workers, experience only moderate burnout. The present study extends burnout research, exploring simultaneous effects of job demands and adaptation factors as they relate to burnout in the advocacy population. The authors identify the good soldiering phenomenon in which advocates adapt to work that is worthwhile, but risky, demanding, and resource poor. Good soldiering is…
Distance Mothering
Contemporary families are diverse, though the diversity of configurations is not necessarily represented in society’s narrow definitions. This chapter focuses specifically on mothers who parent from a distance either because they have involuntarily lost custody or chose to relinquish custody to another caregiver. Noncustodial parents typically visit their children. This parenting arrangement creates a sociological opportunity to explore what it m…
Inclusion for All? An Exploration of Teacher’s Reflections on Inclusion in Two Elementary Schools
Teachers face numerous challenges. Pressure exists to meet Common Core Standards and increase state test scores while operating on shoestring budgets. In addition, public schools have seen an increase in students with disabilities—individuals with unique academic and social needs. Due to the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975, inclusion in general education classrooms is the right of children with disabilities. Disability advocate…
Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (3 works)