Pamela Roberts
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pamela Roberts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pamela |
| FAMILY NAME | Roberts |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0946-1252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
History maker
This extract from a recently published book tells the story of James Arthur Harley (1843‐1943), the first black student to achieve the first Diploma in Anthropology in 1909 at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
Black Oxford
Connecting expectations and experiences of students in a research-immersive degree
Recent studies of undergraduates engaged in authentic research have suggested that students may benefit in a range of different ways from such experiences. However, these same studies have also shown significant variation in the extent and universality of these benefits. This article investigates the impact of one potential source of variation in perceived benefits: students' prior expectations of what research experiences might offer. The author…
‘2 People Like This’
Memorials to the dead on the world wide web are increasing in number and variety. Each venue comes with its own advantages and drawbacks. This paper is a first exploration of how the formats of three frequently used venues (web cemeteries, webrings and social networking sites) affect the experience of web memorialisation – both for those who created the memorials and their visitors. Although all web memorials can benefit the bereaved, format affe…
Staff and student perceptions of support services for international students in higher education
One aspect of the internationalisation of higher education in Australia has been a large growth in the number of international students enrolled in universities. While this has brought a number of benefits to the institutions, the students themselves report varying levels of satisfaction with their experience. One area which can contribute to satisfaction levels is provision of student support services. This paper describes a study which found th…
Academics' perceptions of the purpose of undergraduate research experiences in a research-intensive degree
The inclusion of research experiences as core components of undergraduate curricula implies that students will be exposed to and situated within the research activities of their university. Such experiences thus provide a new prism through which to view the relations between teaching, research and learning. The intentions and actions of academics supervising these activities will be strongly influenced by their beliefs regarding the nature of res…
Debussy's Melisande
‘Never in the world would I take a curtain call after the death of Mélisande. I never did, because, you must understand this, I really died’ (Mary Garden and Louis J. Biancolli, Mary Garden’s Story (New York, 1951), 65). Thus wrote Mary Garden, and for all the manifest absurdities of her autobiography, ‘60 per cent drivel’, according to her clear-eyed successor in the role, Maggie Teyte (quoted in Gillian Opstad’s new study, p. 66), in this insta…
What Now? Cremation without Tradition
Although cremation is an increasingly popular method of body disposal, there is little research on ash disposition, particularly the decisions and negotiations underlying the process. Americans who have recently encountered the cremation of loved ones for the first time have not been studied at all; the present research describes 87 of their cremation experiences. Adults who were actively involved in cremation and ash disposition decisions were i…
Voices From the Edge
The Living and the Dead
Rheingold (1993) and others have described the potential for increased connectedness and community in cyberspace, but critics have charged that the Web increases social isolation rather than fostering interpersonal relationships. The present article explores how creating and visiting Web memorials (activities that initially appear isolating) affect the bereaved. Data from three studies on Web memorialization (descriptions of Web memorials, guestb…
Perpetual Care in Cyberspace
This study describes memorials in the newly created “virtual cemeteries.” Web memorials ( N = 276) from three cemeteries were coded for demographics about the deceased, characteristics of authors, and issues of content, audience, and theme. While memorials were extremely varied, they were written frequently for the young ( M age = 47, SD = 24) and for more males than females. Most deaths were recent, but 7.3 percent had occurred more than twenty …
In memoriam
Madame Yevonde
A Report on the Health of the Nicaraguan Revolution
This report examines the situation of health care in Nicaragua. When the Sandinistas came to power in 1979 they confronted a number of serious health problems bequeathed by the former Somoza regime. As we document, impressive gains were made in health care during the early years of the Sandinista revolution. The U.S.-sponsored aggression against Nicaragua, however, threatens to erode many of these gains
Contrary Warriors
Journal Article Contrary Warriors: A Story of the Crow Tribe. Prod, by Connie Poten and Pamela Roberts. A Rattlesnake Production, 1985. 58 mins. (Direct Cinema Ltd., P.O. Box 69589, Los Angeles, CA 90069) Get access Frederick E. Hoxie Frederick E. Hoxie Newberry Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 3, December 1986, Pages 838–839, https://doi.org/10.2307/190…
Staff and student perceptions of support services for international students in higher education
One aspect of the internationalisation of higher education in Australia has been a large growth in the number of international students enrolled in universities. While this has brought a number of benefits to the institutions, the students themselves report varying levels of satisfaction with their experience. One area which can contribute to satisfaction levels is provision of student support services. This paper describes a study which found th…
Academics' perceptions of the purpose of undergraduate research experiences in a research-intensive degree
The inclusion of research experiences as core components of undergraduate curricula implies that students will be exposed to and situated within the research activities of their university. Such experiences thus provide a new prism through which to view the relations between teaching, research and learning. The intentions and actions of academics supervising these activities will be strongly influenced by their beliefs regarding the nature of res…
Connecting expectations and experiences of students in a research-immersive degree
Recent studies of undergraduates engaged in authentic research have suggested that students may benefit in a range of different ways from such experiences. However, these same studies have also shown significant variation in the extent and universality of these benefits. This article investigates the impact of one potential source of variation in perceived benefits: students' prior expectations of what research experiences might offer. The author…
Voices From the Edge
A Report on the Health of the Nicaraguan Revolution
This report examines the situation of health care in Nicaragua. When the Sandinistas came to power in 1979 they confronted a number of serious health problems bequeathed by the former Somoza regime. As we document, impressive gains were made in health care during the early years of the Sandinista revolution. The U.S.-sponsored aggression against Nicaragua, however, threatens to erode many of these gains
Contrary Warriors
Journal Article Contrary Warriors: A Story of the Crow Tribe. Prod, by Connie Poten and Pamela Roberts. A Rattlesnake Production, 1985. 58 mins. (Direct Cinema Ltd., P.O. Box 69589, Los Angeles, CA 90069) Get access Frederick E. Hoxie Frederick E. Hoxie Newberry Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 3, December 1986, Pages 838–839, https://doi.org/10.2307/190…
A Report on the Health of the Nicaraguan Revolution
This report examines the situation of health care in Nicaragua. When the Sandinistas came to power in 1979 they confronted a number of serious health problems bequeathed by the former Somoza regime. As we document, impressive gains were made in health care during the early years of the Sandinista revolution. The U.S.-sponsored aggression against Nicaragua, however, threatens to erode many of these gains
Madame Yevonde
In memoriam
Perpetual Care in Cyberspace
This study describes memorials in the newly created “virtual cemeteries.” Web memorials ( N = 276) from three cemeteries were coded for demographics about the deceased, characteristics of authors, and issues of content, audience, and theme. While memorials were extremely varied, they were written frequently for the young ( M age = 47, SD = 24) and for more males than females. Most deaths were recent, but 7.3 percent had occurred more than twenty …
The Living and the Dead
Rheingold (1993) and others have described the potential for increased connectedness and community in cyberspace, but critics have charged that the Web increases social isolation rather than fostering interpersonal relationships. The present article explores how creating and visiting Web memorials (activities that initially appear isolating) affect the bereaved. Data from three studies on Web memorialization (descriptions of Web memorials, guestb…
Voices From the Edge
What Now? Cremation without Tradition
Although cremation is an increasingly popular method of body disposal, there is little research on ash disposition, particularly the decisions and negotiations underlying the process. Americans who have recently encountered the cremation of loved ones for the first time have not been studied at all; the present research describes 87 of their cremation experiences. Adults who were actively involved in cremation and ash disposition decisions were i…
Debussy's Melisande
‘Never in the world would I take a curtain call after the death of Mélisande. I never did, because, you must understand this, I really died’ (Mary Garden and Louis J. Biancolli, Mary Garden’s Story (New York, 1951), 65). Thus wrote Mary Garden, and for all the manifest absurdities of her autobiography, ‘60 per cent drivel’, according to her clear-eyed successor in the role, Maggie Teyte (quoted in Gillian Opstad’s new study, p. 66), in this insta…
‘2 People Like This’
Memorials to the dead on the world wide web are increasing in number and variety. Each venue comes with its own advantages and drawbacks. This paper is a first exploration of how the formats of three frequently used venues (web cemeteries, webrings and social networking sites) affect the experience of web memorialisation – both for those who created the memorials and their visitors. Although all web memorials can benefit the bereaved, format affe…
Staff and student perceptions of support services for international students in higher education
One aspect of the internationalisation of higher education in Australia has been a large growth in the number of international students enrolled in universities. While this has brought a number of benefits to the institutions, the students themselves report varying levels of satisfaction with their experience. One area which can contribute to satisfaction levels is provision of student support services. This paper describes a study which found th…
Academics' perceptions of the purpose of undergraduate research experiences in a research-intensive degree
The inclusion of research experiences as core components of undergraduate curricula implies that students will be exposed to and situated within the research activities of their university. Such experiences thus provide a new prism through which to view the relations between teaching, research and learning. The intentions and actions of academics supervising these activities will be strongly influenced by their beliefs regarding the nature of res…
Black Oxford
Connecting expectations and experiences of students in a research-immersive degree
Recent studies of undergraduates engaged in authentic research have suggested that students may benefit in a range of different ways from such experiences. However, these same studies have also shown significant variation in the extent and universality of these benefits. This article investigates the impact of one potential source of variation in perceived benefits: students' prior expectations of what research experiences might offer. The author…
History maker
This extract from a recently published book tells the story of James Arthur Harley (1843‐1943), the first black student to achieve the first Diploma in Anthropology in 1909 at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Art history (4 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (4 works) · History (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)