Andrew Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 3744638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Susquehanna University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7996-2098 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Church pipe organs
Churches are increasingly challenged to balance rising thermal comfort expectations with the microclimatic requirements for conserving heritage artefacts. Few studies have established the trends of rising indoor temperature and illustrated its perilous relationship with conservation from a historical perspective. This study discovered a new data source, i.e. the organ tuning books that document the historic environmental conditions of churches. P…
Reflecting on Crisis
This article offers a collective “gaze from within” the process of migration research, on the effects the pandemic has had on our interlocutors, our research fields, and our positionalities as researchers. Drawing from our experiences of researching a field in increasing crisis, and following the methodological reflections of the article written by our colleagues in this issue, we discuss a number of dilemmas and repositionings stemming from—and …
A Reflection on the Fair Use of Unpaid Work in Conservation
With increasing demand for large-scale data and effective, wide-spread action, conservation volunteers can play an important role in tackling the global biodiversity crisis. Cost-cutting pragmatism aside, the recruitment of volunteers into diverse roles within conservation organisations also responds to growing public concern for the environment and demand for 'meaningful' engagement in people's pastime. Here we argue that this auspicious premise…
The Three Rs and the Humanity Criterion
Cognitive Relatives yet Moral Strangers
This article provides an empirically based, interdisciplinary approach to the following two questions: Do animals possess behavioral and cognitive characteristics such as culture, language, and a theory of mind? And if so, what are the implications, when long-standing criteria used to justify differences in moral consideration between humans and animals are no longer considered indisputable? One basic implication is that the psychological needs o…
Perceptions, Knowledge and ethical concerns with GM foods and the GM process
Compared to their European counterparts, the American public has been characterized as relatively unknowledgeable and indifferent about genetically modified foods. To evaluate these claims, six focus groups were held in three Arkansas cities to: (1) determine the extent of knowledge the public possesses about genetically modified foods; (2) detail perceived benefits and risks associated with agricultural biotechnology applications; and (3) explor…
“Bats, snakes and spiders, Oh my!” How aesthetic and negativistic attitudes, and other concepts predict support for species protection
Resilience in the US red meat industry
Do Worldviews Matter? Post‐materialist, Environmental, and Scientific/Technological Worldviews and Support for Agricultural Biotechnology Applications
This paper draws upon the social science literature to evaluate whether materialist/post‐materialist, environmental, and scientific/technological worldviews predict levels of support for biotechnology applications. The novelty of this research is two‐fold: 1) it incorporates the post‐materialist hypothesis in risk perception models, and 2) it evaluates the effects of the these three worldviews simultaneously. Data from a regional southwest teleph…
Biotechnology, Industrial Agriculture, and the Risk Society
This article evaluates the risk/reflexive society perspective empirically by examining debates surrounding agricultural biotechnologies and the relationships between concepts associated with this perspective and support for agricultural biotechnology applications, using data from a regional U.S. Southwest telephone survey (n = 432). The perspective aided in conceptualizing debates surrounding agricultural biotechnology applications. Proponents of…
Determinants of Food Safety Risks
This research employs a multi-disciplinary approach by developing a model that draws upon psychometric, cultural, and reflexive modernization perspectives of risk perception. Using data from a 1999 national telephone survey, we tested our model on three food risks— pesticides, Salmonella, and fat. Results showed that perceptions of risks do vary by the nature of the risk investigated. Consistent with the psychometric perspective, the level of kno…
Europe and the Pentagon
Ronald Reagan's Watershed Year
Determinants of Food Safety Risks
This research employs a multi-disciplinary approach by developing a model that draws upon psychometric, cultural, and reflexive modernization perspectives of risk perception. Using data from a 1999 national telephone survey, we tested our model on three food risks— pesticides, Salmonella, and fat. Results showed that perceptions of risks do vary by the nature of the risk investigated. Consistent with the psychometric perspective, the level of kno…
Resilience in the US red meat industry
Biotechnology, Industrial Agriculture, and the Risk Society
This article evaluates the risk/reflexive society perspective empirically by examining debates surrounding agricultural biotechnologies and the relationships between concepts associated with this perspective and support for agricultural biotechnology applications, using data from a regional U.S. Southwest telephone survey (n = 432). The perspective aided in conceptualizing debates surrounding agricultural biotechnology applications. Proponents of…
Ronald Reagan's Watershed Year
Europe and the Pentagon
Determinants of Food Safety Risks
This research employs a multi-disciplinary approach by developing a model that draws upon psychometric, cultural, and reflexive modernization perspectives of risk perception. Using data from a 1999 national telephone survey, we tested our model on three food risks— pesticides, Salmonella, and fat. Results showed that perceptions of risks do vary by the nature of the risk investigated. Consistent with the psychometric perspective, the level of kno…
Biotechnology, Industrial Agriculture, and the Risk Society
This article evaluates the risk/reflexive society perspective empirically by examining debates surrounding agricultural biotechnologies and the relationships between concepts associated with this perspective and support for agricultural biotechnology applications, using data from a regional U.S. Southwest telephone survey (n = 432). The perspective aided in conceptualizing debates surrounding agricultural biotechnology applications. Proponents of…
Do Worldviews Matter? Post‐materialist, Environmental, and Scientific/Technological Worldviews and Support for Agricultural Biotechnology Applications
This paper draws upon the social science literature to evaluate whether materialist/post‐materialist, environmental, and scientific/technological worldviews predict levels of support for biotechnology applications. The novelty of this research is two‐fold: 1) it incorporates the post‐materialist hypothesis in risk perception models, and 2) it evaluates the effects of the these three worldviews simultaneously. Data from a regional southwest teleph…
“Bats, snakes and spiders, Oh my!” How aesthetic and negativistic attitudes, and other concepts predict support for species protection
Resilience in the US red meat industry
Perceptions, Knowledge and ethical concerns with GM foods and the GM process
Compared to their European counterparts, the American public has been characterized as relatively unknowledgeable and indifferent about genetically modified foods. To evaluate these claims, six focus groups were held in three Arkansas cities to: (1) determine the extent of knowledge the public possesses about genetically modified foods; (2) detail perceived benefits and risks associated with agricultural biotechnology applications; and (3) explor…
Cognitive Relatives yet Moral Strangers
This article provides an empirically based, interdisciplinary approach to the following two questions: Do animals possess behavioral and cognitive characteristics such as culture, language, and a theory of mind? And if so, what are the implications, when long-standing criteria used to justify differences in moral consideration between humans and animals are no longer considered indisputable? One basic implication is that the psychological needs o…
The Three Rs and the Humanity Criterion
A Reflection on the Fair Use of Unpaid Work in Conservation
With increasing demand for large-scale data and effective, wide-spread action, conservation volunteers can play an important role in tackling the global biodiversity crisis. Cost-cutting pragmatism aside, the recruitment of volunteers into diverse roles within conservation organisations also responds to growing public concern for the environment and demand for 'meaningful' engagement in people's pastime. Here we argue that this auspicious premise…
Reflecting on Crisis
This article offers a collective “gaze from within” the process of migration research, on the effects the pandemic has had on our interlocutors, our research fields, and our positionalities as researchers. Drawing from our experiences of researching a field in increasing crisis, and following the methodological reflections of the article written by our colleagues in this issue, we discuss a number of dilemmas and repositionings stemming from—and …
Church pipe organs
Churches are increasingly challenged to balance rising thermal comfort expectations with the microclimatic requirements for conserving heritage artefacts. Few studies have established the trends of rising indoor temperature and illustrated its perilous relationship with conservation from a historical perspective. This study discovered a new data source, i.e. the organ tuning books that document the historic environmental conditions of churches. P…
Political science (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social science (4 works)