Megan Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swarthmore College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9191-2384 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Recent alcohol use and binge drinking behaviors among sexual minority undergraduate women and sorority members
Purpose Sorority members and sexual minority (SM) women engage in high rates of alcohol consumption and risky drinking in the college environment. Little is known of the alcohol use behaviors of SM sorority members, who may be especially at-risk. This paper aims to not only further investigate SM undergraduate women’s alcohol use broadly but also to understand how sorority affiliation may potentially impact their use patterns. Design/methodology/…
Aoir Ethics in Action
Since its inception, the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) has fostered critical reflection on the ethical and social dimensions of the internet and Internet-facilitated communication and interactions. The AoIR Ethics Working Committee has been committed to ensuring the AoIR Ethics Guidelines remain helpful and relevant to researchers and ethical review committees; our goal is to support ethical decision-making in internet research by ke…
Associations Between Food Restriction, Alcohol and Marijuana Use and Co-Use, and Consequences Among College Students
BACKGROUND: Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use (SAM) and food restriction on days students intend to drink are associated with an increased risk of substance use-related consequences. However, these negative outcomes have been studied mostly in alcohol-only use contexts. Little is known about the combination of alcohol, marijuana, SAM, and food restriction. Therefore, the current cross-sectional study investigated whether alcohol, marijuana, …
The Starving Empire
College Students’ Experiences of Freedom, Isolation, Meaninglessness, and Death
College years are a time when individuals often have newfound independence, are forging their identity, and are making decisions that will affect their life beyond graduation. Existential anxiety (EA) is a psychological reaction to existential threats (e.g., freedom, death, isolation, and meaninglessness). EA has been shown to be positively correlated with externalizing behaviors in college students, and recent research has identified a significa…
The Seventh Member State
For nearly two decades, including after its independence, Algeria was named as a part of the European Economic Community. Megan Brown unearths this forgotten history, showing that early visions of European unity were not limited to the “natural” geographic boundaries on which many today insist.
Seventh Member State
Developing and testing a theory of change for Boy Scouts of America
Positive youth development programs such as those offered by Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provide sources of support and opportunities for leadership and character development. Programmatic experts from BSA collaborated with researchers to develop a visual theory of change (pathway model) for youth development in Scouts BSA and for adult volunteer leader development. The pathway model was then validated through focus groups with Scouts BSA youth a…
Dwarfism on Display
Realistic children’s literature that includes characters who are dwarfs often draws on stigmatizing rhetorics which promote commodification of freakery for the gain of nondisabled readers while reifying dominant ablest understandings of disability. The article argues that this rhetoric begins with the cover art of the book and is directly supported by the text that follows in the title, peritext, and narrative content. Focusing on four children’s…
Le Rallye Méditerranée-le Cap
The retired military officers who organized the Rallye Méditerranée-le-Cap, a biennial car race from Algiers to Cape Town, did so to promote Eurafrica. Eurafrica, an idealized geopolitical fusion of the continents, would be a site of European partnership, with the rally literally paving the way. When its wealthy participants first took to the road in 1951, France, Belgium, and Britain administered much of the course. This article argues that the …
Laura Kottos, Europe between Imperial Decline and Quest for Integration
Héritier 1962
Drawing Algeria into Europe
In France and Europe today, claims arise defining so-called Muslim and European ‘worlds’ and labelling them irreconcilable. These claims ignore the intertwined history of France and North Africa. When the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Treaty of Rome, French administrators still considered Algeria to be a constituent part of France, despite the ongoing war. The Algerian question was central to negotiation…
Seeking Northlake
Decolonization and the French of Algeria
The title of her book notwithstanding, Sung-Eun Choi’s research and analysis in Decolonization and the French of Algeria: Bringing the Settler Colony Home extend beyond settlers to encompass the va
The Fortunate Flâneuse
The nineteenth century was a period of extraordinary change, and the built structure of cities became a representation of progress. As a consequence the city and the idea of the city became important points of exploration in Victorian life and literature. According to Lynda Nead, an authority on nineteenth-century visual culture, an urban â subjectivity was not already in place when men and women occupied the streets of Victorian London, but was …
Learning to Live Again
Using Michel Foucault's concepts of biopower and "technologies of the self," this essay argues that memoir can function as a mode of lifestyle instruction, teaching readers about self-care while enforcing and perpetuating norms of health, productivity, and attitude. In particular, memoirs about addiction, such as Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Koren Zailckas's Smashed , and James Frey's A Million Little Pieces become biopolitical guides for living, as th…
Mary Fortune as Sylphid
â â ¦When Lucy Sussexâ s own clever detective work revealed that the pseudonyms of W.W. and Waif Wander belonged to Fortune, an exciting chapter in colonial literary history was opened. Sussex has demonstrated convincingly that Fortuneâ s output was prodigious: the sheer volume of her contributions published in the *Australian Journal* between 1865 and 1908 demands recognition, as does their quality. This essay argues that in addition to the pseu…
Walk and Talk Therapy
A Shot in the Dark
There occurs ...an overproduction of risks, which sometimes relativize, sometimes supplement and sometimes outdo one another. -Ulrich Beck, Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity In 2007, the state of Maryland passed a law stating that parents who did not keep their children's vaccinations up to date could be fined or imprisoned. In November that year, parents from Maryland s Prince Georges County were summoned by the circuit court to get their ch…
The Cultural Work of Corporations
The Cultural Work of Corporations argues that corporate culture - the values, customs, and conventions of a business organization - has altered how workers conduct themselves both inside and outside t
Somehow We All Survived
This essay focuses on shifts in attitude toward risk management, which, following the work of Ulrich Beck, is loosely defined as a collection of preventive measures attempting to shield people from the widespread consequences of industrial development. Recent years have seen an increasing backlash against risk management and the (official and unofficial) enforcers of the values of caution, preparedness, and vigilance. Right-wing pundits sneer at …
I shall tell just such stories as I please’
Discusses Mary Fortune's contributions to the Australian Journal, 'a trailblazer for the production of colonial literature'. Focusing on Fortune's essays 'The Tressless Bride' (6 June 1868) and 'The Last Scene' (November 1970), Brown shows how Fortune's work exemplifies the Journal's 'breadth of views on gender
Taking Care of Business
The Effects of Homework Programs and After-School Activities on School Success
The role of homework needs to be considered within the context of the broader developmental needs of children. This article focuses on how children spend their time after school and how homework, as well as other activities, can contribute to school success. Children differ in their after-school experiences, from "latchkey" children who lack supervision and structure, to the overextended child engaged in multiple extracurricular activities with l…
The Effects of Homework Programs and After-School Activities on School Success
The role of homework needs to be considered within the context of the broader developmental needs of children. This article focuses on how children spend their time after school and how homework, as well as other activities, can contribute to school success. Children differ in their after-school experiences, from "latchkey" children who lack supervision and structure, to the overextended child engaged in multiple extracurricular activities with l…
Drawing Algeria into Europe
In France and Europe today, claims arise defining so-called Muslim and European ‘worlds’ and labelling them irreconcilable. These claims ignore the intertwined history of France and North Africa. When the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Treaty of Rome, French administrators still considered Algeria to be a constituent part of France, despite the ongoing war. The Algerian question was central to negotiation…
Le Rallye Méditerranée-le Cap
The retired military officers who organized the Rallye Méditerranée-le-Cap, a biennial car race from Algiers to Cape Town, did so to promote Eurafrica. Eurafrica, an idealized geopolitical fusion of the continents, would be a site of European partnership, with the rally literally paving the way. When its wealthy participants first took to the road in 1951, France, Belgium, and Britain administered much of the course. This article argues that the …
Survival at work
Using such business self-help bestsellers as Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese?, Harvey Mackay's Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Kevin Kelly's New Rules for the New Economy, this article analyses a recent trend in the American business world's use of Darwinian discourse: the increasing centrality of two specific traits – flexibility and adaptability – to corporate 'survival' in the 1980s, 1990s and today. The article argues…
College Students’ Experiences of Freedom, Isolation, Meaninglessness, and Death
College years are a time when individuals often have newfound independence, are forging their identity, and are making decisions that will affect their life beyond graduation. Existential anxiety (EA) is a psychological reaction to existential threats (e.g., freedom, death, isolation, and meaninglessness). EA has been shown to be positively correlated with externalizing behaviors in college students, and recent research has identified a significa…
Decolonization and the French of Algeria
The title of her book notwithstanding, Sung-Eun Choi’s research and analysis in Decolonization and the French of Algeria: Bringing the Settler Colony Home extend beyond settlers to encompass the va
Survival at work
Using such business self-help bestsellers as Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese?, Harvey Mackay's Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Kevin Kelly's New Rules for the New Economy, this article analyses a recent trend in the American business world's use of Darwinian discourse: the increasing centrality of two specific traits – flexibility and adaptability – to corporate 'survival' in the 1980s, 1990s and today. The article argues…
Taking Care of Business
The Effects of Homework Programs and After-School Activities on School Success
The role of homework needs to be considered within the context of the broader developmental needs of children. This article focuses on how children spend their time after school and how homework, as well as other activities, can contribute to school success. Children differ in their after-school experiences, from "latchkey" children who lack supervision and structure, to the overextended child engaged in multiple extracurricular activities with l…
I shall tell just such stories as I please’
Discusses Mary Fortune's contributions to the Australian Journal, 'a trailblazer for the production of colonial literature'. Focusing on Fortune's essays 'The Tressless Bride' (6 June 1868) and 'The Last Scene' (November 1970), Brown shows how Fortune's work exemplifies the Journal's 'breadth of views on gender
Somehow We All Survived
This essay focuses on shifts in attitude toward risk management, which, following the work of Ulrich Beck, is loosely defined as a collection of preventive measures attempting to shield people from the widespread consequences of industrial development. Recent years have seen an increasing backlash against risk management and the (official and unofficial) enforcers of the values of caution, preparedness, and vigilance. Right-wing pundits sneer at …
The Cultural Work of Corporations
The Cultural Work of Corporations argues that corporate culture - the values, customs, and conventions of a business organization - has altered how workers conduct themselves both inside and outside t
A Shot in the Dark
There occurs ...an overproduction of risks, which sometimes relativize, sometimes supplement and sometimes outdo one another. -Ulrich Beck, Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity In 2007, the state of Maryland passed a law stating that parents who did not keep their children's vaccinations up to date could be fined or imprisoned. In November that year, parents from Maryland s Prince Georges County were summoned by the circuit court to get their ch…
Mary Fortune as Sylphid
â â ¦When Lucy Sussexâ s own clever detective work revealed that the pseudonyms of W.W. and Waif Wander belonged to Fortune, an exciting chapter in colonial literary history was opened. Sussex has demonstrated convincingly that Fortuneâ s output was prodigious: the sheer volume of her contributions published in the *Australian Journal* between 1865 and 1908 demands recognition, as does their quality. This essay argues that in addition to the pseu…
Walk and Talk Therapy
Learning to Live Again
Using Michel Foucault's concepts of biopower and "technologies of the self," this essay argues that memoir can function as a mode of lifestyle instruction, teaching readers about self-care while enforcing and perpetuating norms of health, productivity, and attitude. In particular, memoirs about addiction, such as Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Koren Zailckas's Smashed , and James Frey's A Million Little Pieces become biopolitical guides for living, as th…
The Fortunate Flâneuse
The nineteenth century was a period of extraordinary change, and the built structure of cities became a representation of progress. As a consequence the city and the idea of the city became important points of exploration in Victorian life and literature. According to Lynda Nead, an authority on nineteenth-century visual culture, an urban â subjectivity was not already in place when men and women occupied the streets of Victorian London, but was …
Decolonization and the French of Algeria
The title of her book notwithstanding, Sung-Eun Choi’s research and analysis in Decolonization and the French of Algeria: Bringing the Settler Colony Home extend beyond settlers to encompass the va
Drawing Algeria into Europe
In France and Europe today, claims arise defining so-called Muslim and European ‘worlds’ and labelling them irreconcilable. These claims ignore the intertwined history of France and North Africa. When the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Treaty of Rome, French administrators still considered Algeria to be a constituent part of France, despite the ongoing war. The Algerian question was central to negotiation…
Seeking Northlake
Laura Kottos, Europe between Imperial Decline and Quest for Integration
Héritier 1962
Dwarfism on Display
Realistic children’s literature that includes characters who are dwarfs often draws on stigmatizing rhetorics which promote commodification of freakery for the gain of nondisabled readers while reifying dominant ablest understandings of disability. The article argues that this rhetoric begins with the cover art of the book and is directly supported by the text that follows in the title, peritext, and narrative content. Focusing on four children’s…
Le Rallye Méditerranée-le Cap
The retired military officers who organized the Rallye Méditerranée-le-Cap, a biennial car race from Algiers to Cape Town, did so to promote Eurafrica. Eurafrica, an idealized geopolitical fusion of the continents, would be a site of European partnership, with the rally literally paving the way. When its wealthy participants first took to the road in 1951, France, Belgium, and Britain administered much of the course. This article argues that the …
The Seventh Member State
For nearly two decades, including after its independence, Algeria was named as a part of the European Economic Community. Megan Brown unearths this forgotten history, showing that early visions of European unity were not limited to the “natural” geographic boundaries on which many today insist.
Seventh Member State
Developing and testing a theory of change for Boy Scouts of America
Positive youth development programs such as those offered by Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provide sources of support and opportunities for leadership and character development. Programmatic experts from BSA collaborated with researchers to develop a visual theory of change (pathway model) for youth development in Scouts BSA and for adult volunteer leader development. The pathway model was then validated through focus groups with Scouts BSA youth a…
College Students’ Experiences of Freedom, Isolation, Meaninglessness, and Death
College years are a time when individuals often have newfound independence, are forging their identity, and are making decisions that will affect their life beyond graduation. Existential anxiety (EA) is a psychological reaction to existential threats (e.g., freedom, death, isolation, and meaninglessness). EA has been shown to be positively correlated with externalizing behaviors in college students, and recent research has identified a significa…
Associations Between Food Restriction, Alcohol and Marijuana Use and Co-Use, and Consequences Among College Students
BACKGROUND: Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use (SAM) and food restriction on days students intend to drink are associated with an increased risk of substance use-related consequences. However, these negative outcomes have been studied mostly in alcohol-only use contexts. Little is known about the combination of alcohol, marijuana, SAM, and food restriction. Therefore, the current cross-sectional study investigated whether alcohol, marijuana, …
The Starving Empire
Recent alcohol use and binge drinking behaviors among sexual minority undergraduate women and sorority members
Purpose Sorority members and sexual minority (SM) women engage in high rates of alcohol consumption and risky drinking in the college environment. Little is known of the alcohol use behaviors of SM sorority members, who may be especially at-risk. This paper aims to not only further investigate SM undergraduate women’s alcohol use broadly but also to understand how sorority affiliation may potentially impact their use patterns. Design/methodology/…
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