Michelle L Edwards
Biographic Data
| ID | 323661 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle L Edwards |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle L |
| FAMILY NAME | Edwards |
| SIGNATURE | EDWARDS M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6961-4436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Creating a Pathway to Expand Representation of Underrepresented Students in Applied Sociological Research: An Undergraduate Applied Research Program
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields have been encouraged to expand and diversify the pipeline between undergraduate students and STEM professions. The field of sociology, however, has often been left out of these discussions. This teaching note examines a pilot program geared toward expanding applied research opportunities for underrepresented undergraduate students at a large, public, minority-serving institution in the Sout…
Nepa “Modernization”: From the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration
Researchers have recently examined changes to American environmental policy under the Trump administration's first term, and to a lesser extent, under the Biden administration. Scholars have largely not considered changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), one of the earliest environmental laws in the United States, and a law that requires federal agencies to consider the environmental and social impacts of their proposed actions pr…
Resisting settler colonialism: Comments from tribes on Nepa ‘modernization
Prison-based environmental training programs: Who is being transformed
Adult environmental education and training programs (environmental programs) are used to promote environmental stewardship in the United States (US). One unique setting for these programs is US prisons. Prison-based environmental programs vary widely, from Cooperative Extension Service programs (e.g. Master Gardener programs) to STEM lecture series to environmental literacy and job training programs to conservation research programs. Scholars hav…
Examining science communication on Reddit: From an “Assembled” to a “Disassembling” approach
This study examines science communication within Ask Me Anything sessions hosted by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists on Reddit. In addition to considering a unique social media platform, our work makes an important contribution in revealing the limitations of a traditional approach to studying science communication and modeling an alternative. First, using an “assembled” approach, we qualitatively explore themes in Na…
Environmental injustices in immigrant detention: How absences are embedded in the National Environmental Policy Act process
The United States' National Environmental Policy Act is a knowledge production process required by federal government agencies to assist in their evaluation of the environmental (and social) impacts of proposed federal agency actions prior to their implementation. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which manages immigrant detention in the United States, is included among these federal agencies. Using Texas as a case study, we explore how t…
Uncertainty and trustworthiness in discussions of fracking: Exploring the views of academic scientists and local governmental representatives
Just report the science”: How scientists frame their engagement in contested debates over fracking in the Barnett Shale
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber
A sociohistorical examination of George Herbert Mead’s approach to science education
Although George Herbert Mead is widely known for his social psychological work, his views on science education also represent a significant, yet sometimes overlooked contribution. In a speech delivered in March 1906 entitled “The Teaching of Science in College,” Mead calls for cultural courses on the sciences, such as sociology of science or history of science courses, to increase the relevancy of natural and physical science courses for high sch…
Public Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Water Governance Organizations in Nebraska and Washington
Environmental scholars propose increasing organizational legitimacy to improve the effectiveness of natural resource governance. This study applies Suchman's (1995 Suchman, M. C. 1995. Managing legitimacy: Strategic and institutional approaches. Academy of Management Review 20(3):571–610. doi:10.2307/258788[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) organizational legitimacy types to understand how Washington and Nebraska residents legitim…
An Experimental Test of the Effects of Survey Sponsorship on Internet and Mail Survey Response
Survey researchers have typically assumed that university sponsorship consistently increases response rates and reduces nonresponse error across different populations, but they have not tested the effects of utilizing different university sponsors to collect data from the same population. In addition, scholars have not examined how these effects differ for mixed-mode (web and mail) or mail-only data collection. To explore these questions, we cond…
“Our People Are Still Resisting”: Farmworker Community Organizing and the Texas Agricultural System
Previous research demonstrates that the contemporary industrial agricultural system in the United States is ecologically and socially destructive. In many ways, it exemplifies the capitalist system of production. A case study of farmworker community organizers in Texas reveals that a key aspect of organizers’ resistance to the industrial agricultural system is a critique of the overall capitalist system. Semistructured, in-depth interviews demons…
Gender, Social Disorganization Theory, and the Locations of Sexually Oriented Businesses
Communities are increasingly developing zoning ordinances for sexually oriented businesses based on presumed negative “secondary effects.” Utilizing social disorganization theory, this study examines neighborhood differences among three types of sexually oriented businesses. Based on census-tract data from four urban Texas counties, findings show that census tracts with only adult sexuality boutiques, which primarily market to women consumers, ar…
An Experimental Test of the Effects of Survey Sponsorship on Internet and Mail Survey Response
Survey researchers have typically assumed that university sponsorship consistently increases response rates and reduces nonresponse error across different populations, but they have not tested the effects of utilizing different university sponsors to collect data from the same population. In addition, scholars have not examined how these effects differ for mixed-mode (web and mail) or mail-only data collection. To explore these questions, we cond…
Gender, Social Disorganization Theory, and the Locations of Sexually Oriented Businesses
Communities are increasingly developing zoning ordinances for sexually oriented businesses based on presumed negative “secondary effects.” Utilizing social disorganization theory, this study examines neighborhood differences among three types of sexually oriented businesses. Based on census-tract data from four urban Texas counties, findings show that census tracts with only adult sexuality boutiques, which primarily market to women consumers, ar…
Environmental injustices in immigrant detention: How absences are embedded in the National Environmental Policy Act process
The United States' National Environmental Policy Act is a knowledge production process required by federal government agencies to assist in their evaluation of the environmental (and social) impacts of proposed federal agency actions prior to their implementation. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which manages immigrant detention in the United States, is included among these federal agencies. Using Texas as a case study, we explore how t…
Prison-based environmental training programs: Who is being transformed
Adult environmental education and training programs (environmental programs) are used to promote environmental stewardship in the United States (US). One unique setting for these programs is US prisons. Prison-based environmental programs vary widely, from Cooperative Extension Service programs (e.g. Master Gardener programs) to STEM lecture series to environmental literacy and job training programs to conservation research programs. Scholars hav…
Uncertainty and trustworthiness in discussions of fracking: Exploring the views of academic scientists and local governmental representatives
Just report the science”: How scientists frame their engagement in contested debates over fracking in the Barnett Shale
Public Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Water Governance Organizations in Nebraska and Washington
Environmental scholars propose increasing organizational legitimacy to improve the effectiveness of natural resource governance. This study applies Suchman's (1995 Suchman, M. C. 1995. Managing legitimacy: Strategic and institutional approaches. Academy of Management Review 20(3):571–610. doi:10.2307/258788[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) organizational legitimacy types to understand how Washington and Nebraska residents legitim…
Gender, Social Disorganization Theory, and the Locations of Sexually Oriented Businesses
Communities are increasingly developing zoning ordinances for sexually oriented businesses based on presumed negative “secondary effects.” Utilizing social disorganization theory, this study examines neighborhood differences among three types of sexually oriented businesses. Based on census-tract data from four urban Texas counties, findings show that census tracts with only adult sexuality boutiques, which primarily market to women consumers, ar…
“Our People Are Still Resisting”: Farmworker Community Organizing and the Texas Agricultural System
Previous research demonstrates that the contemporary industrial agricultural system in the United States is ecologically and socially destructive. In many ways, it exemplifies the capitalist system of production. A case study of farmworker community organizers in Texas reveals that a key aspect of organizers’ resistance to the industrial agricultural system is a critique of the overall capitalist system. Semistructured, in-depth interviews demons…
An Experimental Test of the Effects of Survey Sponsorship on Internet and Mail Survey Response
Survey researchers have typically assumed that university sponsorship consistently increases response rates and reduces nonresponse error across different populations, but they have not tested the effects of utilizing different university sponsors to collect data from the same population. In addition, scholars have not examined how these effects differ for mixed-mode (web and mail) or mail-only data collection. To explore these questions, we cond…
Public Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Water Governance Organizations in Nebraska and Washington
Environmental scholars propose increasing organizational legitimacy to improve the effectiveness of natural resource governance. This study applies Suchman's (1995 Suchman, M. C. 1995. Managing legitimacy: Strategic and institutional approaches. Academy of Management Review 20(3):571–610. doi:10.2307/258788[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) organizational legitimacy types to understand how Washington and Nebraska residents legitim…
A sociohistorical examination of George Herbert Mead’s approach to science education
Although George Herbert Mead is widely known for his social psychological work, his views on science education also represent a significant, yet sometimes overlooked contribution. In a speech delivered in March 1906 entitled “The Teaching of Science in College,” Mead calls for cultural courses on the sciences, such as sociology of science or history of science courses, to increase the relevancy of natural and physical science courses for high sch…
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber
Just report the science”: How scientists frame their engagement in contested debates over fracking in the Barnett Shale
Uncertainty and trustworthiness in discussions of fracking: Exploring the views of academic scientists and local governmental representatives
Environmental injustices in immigrant detention: How absences are embedded in the National Environmental Policy Act process
The United States' National Environmental Policy Act is a knowledge production process required by federal government agencies to assist in their evaluation of the environmental (and social) impacts of proposed federal agency actions prior to their implementation. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which manages immigrant detention in the United States, is included among these federal agencies. Using Texas as a case study, we explore how t…
Examining science communication on Reddit: From an “Assembled” to a “Disassembling” approach
This study examines science communication within Ask Me Anything sessions hosted by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists on Reddit. In addition to considering a unique social media platform, our work makes an important contribution in revealing the limitations of a traditional approach to studying science communication and modeling an alternative. First, using an “assembled” approach, we qualitatively explore themes in Na…
Prison-based environmental training programs: Who is being transformed
Adult environmental education and training programs (environmental programs) are used to promote environmental stewardship in the United States (US). One unique setting for these programs is US prisons. Prison-based environmental programs vary widely, from Cooperative Extension Service programs (e.g. Master Gardener programs) to STEM lecture series to environmental literacy and job training programs to conservation research programs. Scholars hav…
Resisting settler colonialism: Comments from tribes on Nepa ‘modernization
Nepa “Modernization”: From the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration
Researchers have recently examined changes to American environmental policy under the Trump administration's first term, and to a lesser extent, under the Biden administration. Scholars have largely not considered changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), one of the earliest environmental laws in the United States, and a law that requires federal agencies to consider the environmental and social impacts of their proposed actions pr…
Creating a Pathway to Expand Representation of Underrepresented Students in Applied Sociological Research: An Undergraduate Applied Research Program
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields have been encouraged to expand and diversify the pipeline between undergraduate students and STEM professions. The field of sociology, however, has often been left out of these discussions. This teaching note examines a pilot program geared toward expanding applied research opportunities for underrepresented undergraduate students at a large, public, minority-serving institution in the Sout…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Economics (3 works)