Rebecca Williams

Biographic Data

ID3620051
NAMERebecca Williams
GIVEN NAMESRebecca
FAMILY NAMEWilliams
SIGNATUREWILLIAMS R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Wales
ORCID0000-0001-5896-8995
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS39
TOTAL CITATIONS73
AUTHOR COUNT39
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX6

  • School Start Times in Alabama

    Open AccessRebecca Williams, Anna M Pyle et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2026

    This commentary summarizes the evidence base, equity implications, and implementation considerations for later school start times (SSTs) in Alabama. In Alabama, almost half of children report sleep durations below age-based recommendations. Of the 138 school districts in Alabama, few have middle and high schools adhering to the 8:30 am or later SSTs recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the National Sleep Foundation. Historica…

  • Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William Mccarthy (2024)

    Rebecca WilliamsARTICLEThe Journal of Fandom Studies2025

    Review of: Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland , William Mccarthy (2024) Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 236 pp., ISBN 978-1-49685-472-8, p/bk, USD 30

  • The impact of action plans on habit and intention strength for physical activity in a web-based intervention: Is it the thought that counts

    Open AccessAmanda Rebar, Rebecca Williams et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2025

    OBJECTIVE: Action planning is a common approach used in physical activity interventions. The aim of this study was to assess the association of frequency, consistency and content of action planning with physical activity behaviour, intention strength and habit strength. METHODS AND MEASURES: age =43.9; range = 22-73 years) could create 6 rounds of action plans for 4 activities each (24 total). RESULTS: Consistency of action planning during the in…

  • Somehow, Iger returned’: Brand fandom, cultural intermediaries and the contested authorship of Disney’s celebrity CEOs

    Open AccessRebecca WilliamsARTICLECelebrity Studies2025References: 41

  • Solving 'The Six: EastEnders , convergence culture, and 'forensic fandom

    Open AccessRebecca WilliamsARTICLECritical Studies in Television…2025References: 30

    This article focuses on EastEnders ' fan responses to the storyline known as 'The Six', which began with a flash-forward in an episode aired in February 2023 and involves six female characters faced with a dead body in the local pub, The Queen Vic. It argues that 'The Six' can be read as a form of 'event television' which highlights the show's attempts to innovate within the soap genre, to set up a core narrative enigma which fans could attempt t…

  • EastEnders at 40: Production, text, and audiences

    Open AccessRebecca WilliamsARTICLECritical Studies in Television…2025References: 13

  • Looking to Livestock: Gauging the Evolution of the EU's Agri-Climate Law and Policy

    Open AccessRebecca WilliamsARTICLETransnational Environmental Law2025References: 5

    Awareness of agricultural climate impacts is growing. In the European Union (EU), the agricultural sector is responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions while continuing to receive considerable EU budgetary support. A large share of agricultural emissions is linked to livestock husbandry, a sector the direct and indirect climate impacts of which the EU's 'green' agricultural policies have historically ignored. This blind spot extends to …

  • Participant Perspectives on a Community Health Worker Intervention to Reduce Infant Mortality: A Mixed Methods Assessment of the Bronx Healthy Start Partnership

    Open AccessElisa Fisher, Alma Idehen et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2024

    Findings underscore how programs like BxHSP can help address gaps in resources and improve health and well-being for pregnant and postpartum participants. Limitations include possible selection, recall, and/or social desirability biases as response rates were low and data were self-reported and retrospective. Limitations were addressed in part through triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data

  • Prenatal Exposure to Tobacco and Cannabis in Six Race/Ethnicity Groups during the First Three Years after Legalization of Cannabis for Recreational Use in California

    Open AccessM Kharrazi, Kimberly Berger et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    There are known health concerns linked to prenatal tobacco and cannabis exposures. This study aims to objectively determine the level of exposure to tobacco and cannabis in pregnant individuals from six race/ethnicity groups (Black, Hispanic, Asian Indian, Native American, Vietnamese, and White) in the first three years following legalization of recreational marijuana use in 2018 in California. We used a cross-sectional sample of prenatal screeni…

  • Reading gender in classics of children’s literature: The anthropomorphic representation of gender in Carlo Collodi’s Le Avventure di Pinocchio

    Open AccessRebecca WilliamsARTICLEPerspectives2022

    This paper examines the way in which translation and re-editioning intervene in the representation of the mutable concept of gender in a classic of children’s literature. It explores Carlo Collodi’s Le Avventure di Pinocchio [literally: The Adventures of Pinocchio] (1883) and the first English translation of the novella (1892), as well as selected re-editions and reprints of this translation (1911-2011), focusing on the anthropomorphic characters…

  • Transcultural fan studies in practice: A conversation

    Open AccessLori Morimoto, Paul Booth et al.ARTICLETransformative Works and Cultures2021

    At the end of 2018, a group of fan scholars led by Lori Morimoto journeyed to Japan for a fan studies field trip. The purpose was multifaceted: to speak at a symposium on transcultural popular culture; to bring together fans and fandom studies from both sides of the Pacific; and to augment their classrooms with practical experience. Eight participants share their experiences and reflect on what it means to be a transcultural fan scholar at the da…

  • The rise of disposable Juul-type e-cigarette devices

    Rebecca Williams, Rebecca S WilliamsARTICLETobacco Control2019

    For the first few years of the vaping epidemic, to draw in smokers, the tobacco industry provided disposable ‘try it and throw it out’ cigalike electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), potentially driven by desire to convince people to try a new product that looked similar to cigarettes with a low initial cost—about the same as (or less than) a pack of cigarettes1; much less than a typical reusable e-cigarette starter kit. As vaping became more wide…

  • Funko Hannibal in Florence: Fan Tourism, Participatory Culture, and Paratextual Play

    Open AccessRebecca WilliamsARTICLEJOMEC Journal2019Cited by: 1

    Fan studies has explored the concepts of ‘film-induced tourism’ (Beeton 2005, 2015) or ‘media tourism’ via the notions of cult geography (Hills 2002) or fan pilgrimage (Porter 1999), arguing that “fan-text affective relationships cannot be separated from spatial concerns and categories” (Hills 2002:145). This article contributes to work on fan tourism and participatory cultures by focusing on a visit to Florence, Italy which was inspired by fando…

  • “Fate Has a Habit of Not Letting Us Choose Our Own Endings”: Post‐object Fandom, Social Media and Material Culture at the End of Hannibal

    Open AccessRebecca WilliamsOTHERA Companion to Media Fandom and…2018

    This chapter offers an overview of work on endings and post-object fandom (Bore and Hickman 2013; Chin 2013; Whiteman and Metivier 2013; Jones 2014a, 2014b), exploring fan reactions to the ending of the television series Hannibal on its original US network NBC. It situates previous studies of endings within the context of our understandings of fans’ emotional and affective attachments, their fan self-identity and narratives, and their engagement …

  • Fan tourism and pilgrimage

    Rebecca WilliamsCHAPTERRoutledge Companion to Media Fandom2017

    This chapter discusses the importance of fan tourism to our understandings of fans' practices and experiences, considering how affective ties to specific places offer fans the "opportunity to relocate in place a profound sense of belonging which has otherwise shifted into the textual space of media consumption". It discusses practices such as taking photographs at key sites, recreating important moments or scenes and tracking down locations as pa…

  • The Association Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Systematic Review

    Open AccessAbigail Emma Russell, T Ford et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2016

  • The Geography of Inventiveness in the Primary Sector: Some Initial Results for New Zealand, 1880–1895

    Open AccessRebecca Williams, Les OxleyARTICLEAustralian Economic History Review2016

    At the turn of the twentieth century, New Zealand was one of the wealthiest nations in the world on a per capita basis. We examine the role of innovation in explaining New Zealand's economic performance. Using a new dataset on patent applications for the period 1880–95, we consider whether the geographical concentration of innovative activity influenced economic activity. We find relationships between agricultural and pastoral output indices and …

  • Longitudinal study of e-cigarette use and onset of cigarette smoking among high school students in Hawaii

    Thomas Ashby Wills, Rebecca Knight et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2016

    Adolescents who use e-cigarettes are more likely to start smoking cigarettes. This result together with other findings suggests that policies restricting adolescents' access to e-cigarettes may have a rationale from a public health standpoint

  • Energy homeostasis and appetite regulating hormones as predictors of weight loss in men and women

    Open AccessRebecca Williams, Rebecca L Williams et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016References: 40

  • Shifting landscapes: From coalface to quick sand? Teaching Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education

    Open AccessSarah Dyer, Helen Walkington et al.ARTICLEArea2016Cited by: 1References: 17

    In this paper we examine contemporary academic working lives, with particular reference to teaching‐only and teaching‐focused academics. We argue that intensification in the neoliberal university has significantly shifted the structure of academic careers, while cultural stories about those careers have not changed. We call for academics to re‐examine our collective stories about standard academic career paths. Challenging the stories and making …

  • Localebrities, adopted residents, and local characters: Audience and Celebrity in a Small Nation

    Rebecca WilliamsARTICLECelebrity Studies2016References: 18

    Within the small nation of Wales there have been considerable shifts in media production, with the opening of BBC Wales' Drama Village in Cardiff Bay in March 2012. This paper considers the impact of such production shifts on how audiences understand and respond to celebrity, exploring how audiences in the local area of South Wales discuss the famous figures that they may encounter in their everyday lives. Whilst many celebrities are considered t…

  • A Minimal Intervention to Promote Smoke-Free Homes Among 2-1-1 Callers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Michelle C Kegler, Lucja Bundy et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015Cited by: 3References: 52

    Objectives. We tested the efficacy of a minimal intervention to create smoke-free homes in low-income households recruited through the United Way of Greater Atlanta 2-1-1, an information and referral system that connects callers to local social services. Methods. We conducted a randomized controlled trial (n = 498) from June 2012 through June 2013, with follow-up at 3 and 6 months. The intervention consisted of 3 mailings and 1 coaching call. Res…

  • Anyone who Calls Muse a Twilight Band will be Shot on Sight”: Music, Distinction, and the “Interloping Fan” in the Twilight Franchise

    Rebecca WilliamsARTICLEPopular Music & Society2013Cited by: 3References: 12

    This article explores the connection between media fandom and intertextuality by looking at online fans who have moved between the movie franchise Twilight and one rock band featured on the soundtrack. Drawing on Matt Hills's work on "inter-fandom" and using fandom for the rock band Muse as a case study, this article first examines positive examples of inter-fan movement and the pleasures of discovering new fandoms. It also shows what happens whe…

  • Identifying Sexual Grooming Themes Used by Internet Sex Offenders

    Rebecca Williams, Ian A Elliott et al.ARTICLEDeviant Behavior2013Cited by: 13References: 12

    In the context of the sexual abuse of children, "grooming" is a process by which an individual prepares the child and their environment for abuse to take place, including gaining access to the child, creating compliance and trust, and ensuring secrecy to avoid disclosure (Craven et al. 2007 Craven , Samantha , Sarah Brown , and Elizabeth Gilchrist . 2007 . "Current Responses to Sexual Grooming: Implication for Prevention." The Howard Journal 46 (…

  • This Is the Night TV Died”: Television Post-Object Fandom and the Demise of The West Wing

    Rebecca WilliamsARTICLEPopular Communication2011Cited by: 1References: 10

    This article examines fan identity and ontological security through the work of sociologist Anthony Giddens (1991 Giddens, A. 1991. Modernity and self-identity: Self and society in the late modern age, Cambridge, , England: Polity Press. [Google Scholar], 1992 Giddens, A. 1992. The transformation of intimacy: Sexuality, love, and eroticism in modern societies, Cambridge, , England: Polity Press. [Google Scholar]) to explore how fans articulated t…