C Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3389 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6816-0973 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Furry Friends We Leave Behind: Human–Animal Relationships Commemorated in Obituaries
Animals and humans form complex, deep, and meaningful relationships. Throughout history, people have commemorated animals they were close to through various mortuary practices. But what about when humans die before their companion animal? Based on an analysis of Canadian obituaries from 1990 to 2024, this paper explores the ways that people describe human–animal relationships. The study sought to discover when animals began appearing in obituarie…
An’ Ye harm none? Discourses of hexes and harm on WitchTok
WitchTok describes a subsection of the social media platform TikTok dedicated to users and content related to Witchcraft. Though a range of topics and discourses circulate within WitchTok, this article focuses on a particular phenomenon: posts related to hexes and curses. Through critical thematic analysis of videos, captions, and comments, this article explores the content of spells, their intended purposes, and other ideas regarding magic which…
The Shape of Spirituality: The Public Significance of a New Religious Formation, edited by Dick Houtman and Galen WATTS
Remembering the Dead: Shifting Forms of Commemoration and Immanent Understandings of Death in Obituaries
Obituaries serve important social functions; they announce death, but more importantly, allow the living to shape how the dead are remembered. Originally reserved for the elite, a democratization of the format has led to obituaries becoming more common and more detailed over the past century. Changes in this genre interact with the rise of nonreligion. As declining affiliation complicates the relationship between death and religious structures, o…
Fastest-Growing Religion? Reflections on Contemporary Paganism’s Rapid Growth and How Scholars Describe That Which They Study
Starting around the early 2000s, many scholars declared that contemporary Paganism was the “fastest-growing religion” either worldwide, or in specific locales. This claim was most often based on data from the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey, which found a dramatic rise in Pagans compared to a similar study conducted ten years earlier. Although Paganism most certainly witnessed explosive growth around this time, there are many reason…
Nonreligious Afterlife: Emerging Understandings of Death and Dying
Death Cafés are informal events that bring people together for conversations about death and related issues. These events connect strangers from across a range of backgrounds, including healthcare workers, hospice volunteers, and funeral directors, among others. Based on an analysis of focus groups and interviews with Death Café attendees, this paper explores how participants construct and express conceptions of the process of dying and what happ…
Strategies of Language Politeness Across Tourism Service Actors: A Cross-Cultural Socio-Pragmatic Study in Lake Toba, Indonesia
Today, tourism is developing fast and many people travel. Therefore, cross-cultural communication is required to facilitate them. In the hospitality industry, politeness is essential and that includes the use of language. This paper examines the strategies of the use of language among the tourism actors in the Lake Toba area, in Indonesia
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 48, No. 1
Compared to affluent consumers, the consumption practices of poor and low-income consumers have received less attention in the global North, where they have been marginalized as flawed.This paper hopes to address this neglect by providing an exploratory profile of poor and low-income consumers in the United States.It will challenge that these consumers are flawed by explaining how they participate in consumer society via exploitative inclusion an…
Orientaciones para la comunidad científica sobre el diseño, implementación y evaluación de intervenciones escolares sobre promoción de comportamientos saludables (Guidelines for the scientific communi…
Despite the benefits of adopting a healthy lifestyle, a large percentage of young people do not meet the established recommendations for these health-related behaviors. Developing multiple health behavior interventions are, therefore, required. Although school has been considered an ideal setting to promote healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents, most school-based interventions reported small or non-significant effects, diminishing over t…
Evidence against emotion inference deficits in children with ADHD
Inconsistent evidence suggests that pediatric attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be associated with impairments in the ability to use context clues to infer the emotion states of others. However, the evidence base for these impairments is comprised of data from laboratory-based tests of emotion inference that may be confounded by demands on nonaffective cognitive processes that have been linked with ADHD. The current study builds…
New Religious Movements in the Town of South Park: Separating the Mainstream from the Marginal
Adult animated television shows such as South Park may come across as crude, juvenile humour, but they also reveal mainstream society’s disposition in regards to different social institutions. Building on the understanding that such programs offer viewers a sense of the “cultural climate,” this essay examines two South Park episodes—“712” and 912”—that parodied Mormons and Scientologists, respectively, in order to understand how these religions a…
Russia's Artificial Intelligence Strategy: The Role of State-Owned Firms
Will Russia's Pivot to Asia Last
Predicting Economic Booms in Japan and China
Understanding Russian Foreign Policy
Georgii Mirskii and Soviet Theories of Authoritarian Modernization
This article examines Soviet thinking about authoritarian modernization through the life and thought of Georgii Mirskii, a noted expert on Arab politics. Mirskii was a regular adviser and speechwriter for the Soviet Central Committee, and was also followed by the KGB for his criticism of Stalin. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mirskii looked to the example of Egyptian leader Gamal Abdul Nasser to develop a theory of military-led modernization.…
Role of the Black Grandmother in the Racial Socialization of their Biracial Grandchildren
The current study was conducted with seven Black grandmothers who have a biracial (Black and White) grandchild or grandchildren examining their role in the racial socialization process of their grandchild or grandchildren. Racial socialization is defined as how these grandchildren of biracial parentage came to understand their blackness. The following criteria had to be met; born before 1975 as this would ensure the grandmothers experienced the 7…
Quantification and source apportionment of the methane emission flux from the city of Indianapolis
We report the CH4 emission flux from the city of Indianapolis, IN, the site of the Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) project for developing, assessing, and improving top-down and bottom-up approaches for quantifying urban greenhouse gas emissions. Using an aircraft-based mass balance approach, we find that the average CH4 emission rate from five flight experiments in 2011 is 135 ± 58 (1σ) moles s-1 (7800 ± 3300 kg hr-1). The effective per cap…
Soviet Assessments of China after Mao
This article examines Soviet analyses of the economic reforms that China implemented during the 1980s under Deng Xiaoping. Many historians have argued that Soviet economic reform efforts during the Perestroika era might have been more successful had the Kremlin more closely followed Chinese efforts. This article shows that Soviet economists and sinologists carefully studied China’s reforms to agriculture, industry, and foreign investment law. By …
The Magic Medallion
Education, Intelligence, and Attitude Extremity
Journal Article Education, Intelligence, and Attitude Extremity Get access Michael D. Makowsky, Michael D. Makowsky * M ichael D. M akowsky is an assistant professor in the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. S tephen C. M iller is an associate professor of economics in the College of Business at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA. The authors wish to t…
The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use, Society, and Change in America's Forests
Wood made America. No sooner had European colonists encountered North America's vast forests than they began to fashion their lives and communities around what seemed an infinite resource. Using axe, fire, and livestock, they took down acre after acre of hardwood and softwood. They milled it into quantities of board feet—lumber that framed houses and stores; corduroy roads, canals, and later railroads; corrals, fences, and gates; ships, wagons, a…
Depressive symptoms as a link between barriers to care and sexual risk behavior of HIV-infected individuals living in non-urban areas
HIV-infected individuals living in non-urban areas have been proposed to be particularly vulnerable for sexual risk behavior because of barriers to adequate care. The current study examined the association of barriers to care and sexual risk behavior with a focus on depressive symptoms as a link between the two variables. One-hundred-and-one sexually active HIV-infected individuals living in non-urban areas in New England participated by completi…
Visible Past: Learning and discovering in real and virtual space and time
Visible Past proposes a cross platform, scalable environment (Exploratorium) for collaborative social, geographic, and historical education and research. The Exploratorium will be deployed in a variety of settings, from Web to fully immersive virtual reality environments. Educational activities can be formal (classroom teaching) or informal (conducted in a museum or self–directed online learning setting). The specific goals of the Exploratorium c…
New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City
Journal Article New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City Get access New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City. By Souther J. Mark. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. xiv, 303 pp. $34.95, isbn978-0-8071-3193-0.) Char Miller Char Miller Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American…
Russia's Artificial Intelligence Strategy: The Role of State-Owned Firms
Education, Intelligence, and Attitude Extremity
Journal Article Education, Intelligence, and Attitude Extremity Get access Michael D. Makowsky, Michael D. Makowsky * M ichael D. M akowsky is an assistant professor in the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. S tephen C. M iller is an associate professor of economics in the College of Business at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA. The authors wish to t…
Role of the Black Grandmother in the Racial Socialization of their Biracial Grandchildren
The current study was conducted with seven Black grandmothers who have a biracial (Black and White) grandchild or grandchildren examining their role in the racial socialization process of their grandchild or grandchildren. Racial socialization is defined as how these grandchildren of biracial parentage came to understand their blackness. The following criteria had to be met; born before 1975 as this would ensure the grandmothers experienced the 7…
Nonreligious Afterlife: Emerging Understandings of Death and Dying
Death Cafés are informal events that bring people together for conversations about death and related issues. These events connect strangers from across a range of backgrounds, including healthcare workers, hospice volunteers, and funeral directors, among others. Based on an analysis of focus groups and interviews with Death Café attendees, this paper explores how participants construct and express conceptions of the process of dying and what happ…
New Religious Movements in the Town of South Park: Separating the Mainstream from the Marginal
Adult animated television shows such as South Park may come across as crude, juvenile humour, but they also reveal mainstream society’s disposition in regards to different social institutions. Building on the understanding that such programs offer viewers a sense of the “cultural climate,” this essay examines two South Park episodes—“712” and 912”—that parodied Mormons and Scientologists, respectively, in order to understand how these religions a…
Will Russia's Pivot to Asia Last
Understanding Russian Foreign Policy
Georgii Mirskii and Soviet Theories of Authoritarian Modernization
This article examines Soviet thinking about authoritarian modernization through the life and thought of Georgii Mirskii, a noted expert on Arab politics. Mirskii was a regular adviser and speechwriter for the Soviet Central Committee, and was also followed by the KGB for his criticism of Stalin. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mirskii looked to the example of Egyptian leader Gamal Abdul Nasser to develop a theory of military-led modernization.…
Efficiency, Equity and Pollution: The Case of Radioactive Waste
The absence of compensation for third parties who are the victims of residual (that is, permitted) pollution can entail a violation of Rawls's second principle of justice. Environmental pollution, insofar as it is an uncharged cost, may lead also to an economically inefficient distribution of goods and services. Radioactivity and radiation dose are forms of pollution for which a control philosophy has been adopted which demands a consideration of…
Justification and Optimisation of Radiological Exposure: A Case Study of British Responses to European Obligations
Judicial reviews of two ministerial decisions, alleged by environmental pressure groups to have been in default of international obligations on radiological protection, are examined. Although both challenges were unsuccessful, they nevertheless exposed differences between UK pragmatism and the more prescriptive approach favoured by EURATOM. It is argued that the consolidation of the European environmental programme in the Maastricht Treaty offers…
The Law and Politics of Risk
A Syrian odyssey: The return of Syrian mosaics by the Newark museum
In 1971, the Newark Museum purchased a Roman mosaic, which, it later learned, had been stolen from the Syrian site of Apamea. Upon formal request for return of the mosaic, the museum arranged for its return with the assistance of the U.S. State Department. The museum received compensation from the dealer from whom the mosaic was purchased. This restitution was undertaken in the hope that future cooperation, including long-term loans of duplicate …
The creative city: A toolkit for urban innovators
By Landry, C., Comedia and Earthscan Publications, London, 2000, 300 pp, £17.95 pbk. ISBN 185383 613 3.
Surviving the sex trade: A comparison of HIV risk behaviours among street-involved women in two Canadian cities who inject drugs
In Canada, very little is known about the factors and processes that cause drug-related harm among female intravenous drug users (IDUs). Women who inject drugs and participate in the survival sex trade are considered to be at increased risk for sexual and drug-related harms, including HIV infection. Between September 1999 and September 2000, women participating in the VIDUS cohort in Vancouver and the St. Luc Cohort in Montreal completed intervie…
Visible Past: Learning and discovering in real and virtual space and time
Visible Past proposes a cross platform, scalable environment (Exploratorium) for collaborative social, geographic, and historical education and research. The Exploratorium will be deployed in a variety of settings, from Web to fully immersive virtual reality environments. Educational activities can be formal (classroom teaching) or informal (conducted in a museum or self–directed online learning setting). The specific goals of the Exploratorium c…
New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City
Journal Article New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City Get access New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City. By Souther J. Mark. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. xiv, 303 pp. $34.95, isbn978-0-8071-3193-0.) Char Miller Char Miller Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American…
Conservation and Environment, http: Lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cnsvhome.html. Created and maintained by Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Reviewed Dec. 13-15, 2006
“Maps do not talk simply of geography,” Peter Barber, the head of map collections at the British Library, observes. “They can tell us about the lives, preoccupations and values of their creators and users more clearly than words” (History Today, Nov. 2006, p. 4). In their telling, maps can thus help us understand how people have seen and read the world, how they explained to themselves what they did not know. Some of this explanatory power is dis…
Depressive symptoms as a link between barriers to care and sexual risk behavior of HIV-infected individuals living in non-urban areas
HIV-infected individuals living in non-urban areas have been proposed to be particularly vulnerable for sexual risk behavior because of barriers to adequate care. The current study examined the association of barriers to care and sexual risk behavior with a focus on depressive symptoms as a link between the two variables. One-hundred-and-one sexually active HIV-infected individuals living in non-urban areas in New England participated by completi…
The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use, Society, and Change in America's Forests
Wood made America. No sooner had European colonists encountered North America's vast forests than they began to fashion their lives and communities around what seemed an infinite resource. Using axe, fire, and livestock, they took down acre after acre of hardwood and softwood. They milled it into quantities of board feet—lumber that framed houses and stores; corduroy roads, canals, and later railroads; corrals, fences, and gates; ships, wagons, a…
The Magic Medallion
Education, Intelligence, and Attitude Extremity
Journal Article Education, Intelligence, and Attitude Extremity Get access Michael D. Makowsky, Michael D. Makowsky * M ichael D. M akowsky is an assistant professor in the Center for Advanced Modeling in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. S tephen C. M iller is an associate professor of economics in the College of Business at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA. The authors wish to t…
Quantification and source apportionment of the methane emission flux from the city of Indianapolis
We report the CH4 emission flux from the city of Indianapolis, IN, the site of the Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) project for developing, assessing, and improving top-down and bottom-up approaches for quantifying urban greenhouse gas emissions. Using an aircraft-based mass balance approach, we find that the average CH4 emission rate from five flight experiments in 2011 is 135 ± 58 (1σ) moles s-1 (7800 ± 3300 kg hr-1). The effective per cap…
Soviet Assessments of China after Mao
This article examines Soviet analyses of the economic reforms that China implemented during the 1980s under Deng Xiaoping. Many historians have argued that Soviet economic reform efforts during the Perestroika era might have been more successful had the Kremlin more closely followed Chinese efforts. This article shows that Soviet economists and sinologists carefully studied China’s reforms to agriculture, industry, and foreign investment law. By …
Georgii Mirskii and Soviet Theories of Authoritarian Modernization
This article examines Soviet thinking about authoritarian modernization through the life and thought of Georgii Mirskii, a noted expert on Arab politics. Mirskii was a regular adviser and speechwriter for the Soviet Central Committee, and was also followed by the KGB for his criticism of Stalin. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mirskii looked to the example of Egyptian leader Gamal Abdul Nasser to develop a theory of military-led modernization.…
Role of the Black Grandmother in the Racial Socialization of their Biracial Grandchildren
The current study was conducted with seven Black grandmothers who have a biracial (Black and White) grandchild or grandchildren examining their role in the racial socialization process of their grandchild or grandchildren. Racial socialization is defined as how these grandchildren of biracial parentage came to understand their blackness. The following criteria had to be met; born before 1975 as this would ensure the grandmothers experienced the 7…
Understanding Russian Foreign Policy
Will Russia's Pivot to Asia Last
Predicting Economic Booms in Japan and China
Orientaciones para la comunidad científica sobre el diseño, implementación y evaluación de intervenciones escolares sobre promoción de comportamientos saludables (Guidelines for the scientific communi…
Despite the benefits of adopting a healthy lifestyle, a large percentage of young people do not meet the established recommendations for these health-related behaviors. Developing multiple health behavior interventions are, therefore, required. Although school has been considered an ideal setting to promote healthy lifestyles in children and adolescents, most school-based interventions reported small or non-significant effects, diminishing over t…
Evidence against emotion inference deficits in children with ADHD
Inconsistent evidence suggests that pediatric attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be associated with impairments in the ability to use context clues to infer the emotion states of others. However, the evidence base for these impairments is comprised of data from laboratory-based tests of emotion inference that may be confounded by demands on nonaffective cognitive processes that have been linked with ADHD. The current study builds…
New Religious Movements in the Town of South Park: Separating the Mainstream from the Marginal
Adult animated television shows such as South Park may come across as crude, juvenile humour, but they also reveal mainstream society’s disposition in regards to different social institutions. Building on the understanding that such programs offer viewers a sense of the “cultural climate,” this essay examines two South Park episodes—“712” and 912”—that parodied Mormons and Scientologists, respectively, in order to understand how these religions a…
Russia's Artificial Intelligence Strategy: The Role of State-Owned Firms
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 48, No. 1
Compared to affluent consumers, the consumption practices of poor and low-income consumers have received less attention in the global North, where they have been marginalized as flawed.This paper hopes to address this neglect by providing an exploratory profile of poor and low-income consumers in the United States.It will challenge that these consumers are flawed by explaining how they participate in consumer society via exploitative inclusion an…
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