Jason A Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3734673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason A Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason A |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6313-3298 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
There’s No Place Like a Home Department
White Supremacy, Revisionist History, and Masked Vigilantes
In 2019, the HBO limited television series Watchmen aired to critical acclaim. A contemporary extension of the world established by the 1986-87 Watchmen comic, viewers and commentators alike have viewed the show as a critical commentary on racial politics in the United States. Using Nexis Uni’s News Database, we conducted an inductive qualitative content analysis of 31 news articles written by mainstream television critics and/or writers about th…
Extreme Heat Governance
Extreme Heat Governance: A Critical Analysis of Heat Action Plans in California Michael T. Schmeltz DrPH, MS, Jason A. Smith JD, MTS, Isabella Olmos BS, and Erin Quintero BS Affiliation Michael T. Schmeltz is with the Department of Public Health, California State University, East Bay, Hayward. Jason A. Smith is with the College of Health and Human Development, California State University, Fullerton. Isabella Olmos and Erin Quintero are recent gra…
Global Agenda for Social Justice 2
Keith Haring, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Wolfgang Tillmans, and the Aids Epidemic
"Raced" Organizations and the Academic Success of Underrepresented Minority Faculty Members in Sociology
The purpose of this research is to determine whether participating in "raced" organizations benefits underrepresented minority (URM) faculty members in their quest for tenure and promotion to associate professor of sociology. Raced organizations such as historically black colleges and universities began as segregated institutions because black students and faculty members were prevented from attending or working at white-dominated institutions. O…
MOU or an IOU? Latina/os and the racialization of media policy
As media consolidation has led to debates over whether it has been good for communities of colour in the United States, political activism by civic groups regarding media policy has played a role in how regulation has taken shape. Through advocacy efforts over media policy, Latina/os seek inclusion within the media landscape. This article engages in an interpretive policy analysis of the 2011 Comcast/NBCU merger at the FCC and the racialization o…
Citams as a transfield
A decade ago, in June 2008,Information, Communication & Society published the first special issue of CITASA: the Communication and Information Technology section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Then, as now, it consisted of articles based on papers presented at the previous year’s annual meeting of the ASA. The basic principle was to obtain (sometimes revised) papers soon after the ASA meeting, referee them rigorously, and get the…
Climate Change, Public Health, and Policy
Anthropogenic activity will bring immediate changes and disruptions to the global climate with accompanying health implications. Although policymakers and public health advocates are beginning to acknowledge the health implications of climate change, current policy approaches are lagging behind. We proposed that 4 key policy principles are critical to successful policymaking in this arena: mainstreaming, linking mitigation and adaptation policy, …
Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness
Under-represented minority (URM) faculty can expand the range of perspectives taught to students, but only if they are hired, granted tenure, and promoted. Their career paths can be constrained due to a stratification process that appears to legitimate a non-Hispanic White male set of rules and practices, including value neutrality and objectivity. This article measures specific aspects of human and social capital and their relationship to academ…
Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media
This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is n…
Color Consciousness
In the contemporary United States, race relations are considered a dynamic process and linked to political struggle. Color consciousness is a concept that helps us understand how groups are formed and maintained in society, highlighting collective cohesion in relation to the dominate power structures. As a political practice, color consciousness disrupts both the centrality and neutrality of whiteness in structural arrangements, giving racial gro…
Birth of a Nation, The
The Birth of a Nation was a silent film released in 1915, applauded at the time as a masterpiece. However, the film was a racially charged propaganda film that perpetuated the “Lost Cause” ideology of the Civil War. Within the social milieu it sparked both protests, from the NAACP, and approval from the larger white community. The film left a lasting legacy on the film industry and its racist portrayal of African Americans.
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Between Colorblind and Colorconscious
Hollywood films reflect the racial order in which they are made. The sociological significance of understanding racial representations within films is highlighted in this study as it recognizes that films offer a useful site for contentious views of the racial order—colorblind and colorconscious—to be played out. Focusing on films with an African American actor and/or actress, this study will highlight how actors and actresses in these films demo…
Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness
Under-represented minority (URM) faculty can expand the range of perspectives taught to students, but only if they are hired, granted tenure, and promoted. Their career paths can be constrained due to a stratification process that appears to legitimate a non-Hispanic White male set of rules and practices, including value neutrality and objectivity. This article measures specific aspects of human and social capital and their relationship to academ…
Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media
This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is n…
Extreme Heat Governance
Extreme Heat Governance: A Critical Analysis of Heat Action Plans in California Michael T. Schmeltz DrPH, MS, Jason A. Smith JD, MTS, Isabella Olmos BS, and Erin Quintero BS Affiliation Michael T. Schmeltz is with the Department of Public Health, California State University, East Bay, Hayward. Jason A. Smith is with the College of Health and Human Development, California State University, Fullerton. Isabella Olmos and Erin Quintero are recent gra…
"Raced" Organizations and the Academic Success of Underrepresented Minority Faculty Members in Sociology
The purpose of this research is to determine whether participating in "raced" organizations benefits underrepresented minority (URM) faculty members in their quest for tenure and promotion to associate professor of sociology. Raced organizations such as historically black colleges and universities began as segregated institutions because black students and faculty members were prevented from attending or working at white-dominated institutions. O…
MOU or an IOU? Latina/os and the racialization of media policy
As media consolidation has led to debates over whether it has been good for communities of colour in the United States, political activism by civic groups regarding media policy has played a role in how regulation has taken shape. Through advocacy efforts over media policy, Latina/os seek inclusion within the media landscape. This article engages in an interpretive policy analysis of the 2011 Comcast/NBCU merger at the FCC and the racialization o…
Climate Change, Public Health, and Policy
Anthropogenic activity will bring immediate changes and disruptions to the global climate with accompanying health implications. Although policymakers and public health advocates are beginning to acknowledge the health implications of climate change, current policy approaches are lagging behind. We proposed that 4 key policy principles are critical to successful policymaking in this arena: mainstreaming, linking mitigation and adaptation policy, …
Between Colorblind and Colorconscious
Hollywood films reflect the racial order in which they are made. The sociological significance of understanding racial representations within films is highlighted in this study as it recognizes that films offer a useful site for contentious views of the racial order—colorblind and colorconscious—to be played out. Focusing on films with an African American actor and/or actress, this study will highlight how actors and actresses in these films demo…
Color Consciousness
In the contemporary United States, race relations are considered a dynamic process and linked to political struggle. Color consciousness is a concept that helps us understand how groups are formed and maintained in society, highlighting collective cohesion in relation to the dominate power structures. As a political practice, color consciousness disrupts both the centrality and neutrality of whiteness in structural arrangements, giving racial gro…
Birth of a Nation, The
The Birth of a Nation was a silent film released in 1915, applauded at the time as a masterpiece. However, the film was a racially charged propaganda film that perpetuated the “Lost Cause” ideology of the Civil War. Within the social milieu it sparked both protests, from the NAACP, and approval from the larger white community. The film left a lasting legacy on the film industry and its racist portrayal of African Americans.
Email Marketing in a Digital World
Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media
This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is n…
Citams as a transfield
A decade ago, in June 2008,Information, Communication & Society published the first special issue of CITASA: the Communication and Information Technology section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Then, as now, it consisted of articles based on papers presented at the previous year’s annual meeting of the ASA. The basic principle was to obtain (sometimes revised) papers soon after the ASA meeting, referee them rigorously, and get the…
Climate Change, Public Health, and Policy
Anthropogenic activity will bring immediate changes and disruptions to the global climate with accompanying health implications. Although policymakers and public health advocates are beginning to acknowledge the health implications of climate change, current policy approaches are lagging behind. We proposed that 4 key policy principles are critical to successful policymaking in this arena: mainstreaming, linking mitigation and adaptation policy, …
Who Climbs the Academic Ladder? Race and Gender Stratification in a World of Whiteness
Under-represented minority (URM) faculty can expand the range of perspectives taught to students, but only if they are hired, granted tenure, and promoted. Their career paths can be constrained due to a stratification process that appears to legitimate a non-Hispanic White male set of rules and practices, including value neutrality and objectivity. This article measures specific aspects of human and social capital and their relationship to academ…
Keith Haring, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Wolfgang Tillmans, and the Aids Epidemic
"Raced" Organizations and the Academic Success of Underrepresented Minority Faculty Members in Sociology
The purpose of this research is to determine whether participating in "raced" organizations benefits underrepresented minority (URM) faculty members in their quest for tenure and promotion to associate professor of sociology. Raced organizations such as historically black colleges and universities began as segregated institutions because black students and faculty members were prevented from attending or working at white-dominated institutions. O…
MOU or an IOU? Latina/os and the racialization of media policy
As media consolidation has led to debates over whether it has been good for communities of colour in the United States, political activism by civic groups regarding media policy has played a role in how regulation has taken shape. Through advocacy efforts over media policy, Latina/os seek inclusion within the media landscape. This article engages in an interpretive policy analysis of the 2011 Comcast/NBCU merger at the FCC and the racialization o…
Global Agenda for Social Justice 2
White Supremacy, Revisionist History, and Masked Vigilantes
In 2019, the HBO limited television series Watchmen aired to critical acclaim. A contemporary extension of the world established by the 1986-87 Watchmen comic, viewers and commentators alike have viewed the show as a critical commentary on racial politics in the United States. Using Nexis Uni’s News Database, we conducted an inductive qualitative content analysis of 31 news articles written by mainstream television critics and/or writers about th…
Extreme Heat Governance
Extreme Heat Governance: A Critical Analysis of Heat Action Plans in California Michael T. Schmeltz DrPH, MS, Jason A. Smith JD, MTS, Isabella Olmos BS, and Erin Quintero BS Affiliation Michael T. Schmeltz is with the Department of Public Health, California State University, East Bay, Hayward. Jason A. Smith is with the College of Health and Human Development, California State University, Fullerton. Isabella Olmos and Erin Quintero are recent gra…
There’s No Place Like a Home Department
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)