Melissa Powell-Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Powell-Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell-Williams |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL-WILLIAMS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 144 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Preparing for Medical School
Educators have recently highlighted the importance of social science courses for students entering the medical field. This has led to the inclusion of sociological theories and concepts on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), a requirement for any student seeking formal medical training. Using open-ended survey data responses provided by students who recently completed the MCAT, we explore how students perceive that sociology courses prepar…
Effects of officer perception of race and racial tensions on support for body-worn-cameras
While the U.S. criminal justice system has a long history of racial injustice, the use of body-worn-cameras (BWCs) has changed the discourse on racial bias and police accountability. To date, the growing research on BWCs has yet to address the racial tensions that underly contentious interactions between police and citizenry. Using survey and interview data this research evaluates: (1) whether officer race influences perceptions of race/racism an…
Life in the Neither World
This research examines identity negotiation, stigma management, and authenticity strategies utilized by culturally deaf individuals when navigating deviance within hearing, deaf, and Deaf worlds. Data reveal that respondents feel compelled to prove capability and normalizing themselves and deafness when with hearing and to defend and affirm authenticity when with other deaf and culturally Deaf others. These insights increase our awareness of the …
God Hates Your Feelings
Drawing on individual and peer-group interviews, participant observations, and analysis of media content, we examine the habitual emotional deviance and neutralization techniques employed by the Westboro Baptist Church. We argue that their notoriety is attributed to their persistent, intentional, and unapologetic disregard for cultural feeling rules including incongruous emotional responses to events, fusion of culturally oppositional sentiments,…
I Help the Ones that Want Help
Using data gathered from participant observation and 32 individual in-depth interviews, this study examines how victim advocates achieve emotion management in their work with battered women. This research reveals that victim advocates often experience difficulty coping with occupational stress via daily “deep acting” strategies as they work to change their understandings of battered women and the advocate role from the “inside out.” The data reve…
Religion, politics, and support for same-sex marriage in the United States, 1988-2008
Everybody Makes Choices”
Semistructured interviews with 32 domestic violence victim advocates illuminate how advocates explain "battered women who stay." The interviews show that this behavior is a source of great frustration for advocates, who struggle to simultaneously conceive of battered women as victims trapped by social, psychological, and interactional forces and as agents whose choices must be respected. The authors argue that their organizational subculture and …
Religion, politics, and support for same-sex marriage in the United States, 1988-2008
Everybody Makes Choices”
Semistructured interviews with 32 domestic violence victim advocates illuminate how advocates explain "battered women who stay." The interviews show that this behavior is a source of great frustration for advocates, who struggle to simultaneously conceive of battered women as victims trapped by social, psychological, and interactional forces and as agents whose choices must be respected. The authors argue that their organizational subculture and …
I Help the Ones that Want Help
Using data gathered from participant observation and 32 individual in-depth interviews, this study examines how victim advocates achieve emotion management in their work with battered women. This research reveals that victim advocates often experience difficulty coping with occupational stress via daily “deep acting” strategies as they work to change their understandings of battered women and the advocate role from the “inside out.” The data reve…
God Hates Your Feelings
Drawing on individual and peer-group interviews, participant observations, and analysis of media content, we examine the habitual emotional deviance and neutralization techniques employed by the Westboro Baptist Church. We argue that their notoriety is attributed to their persistent, intentional, and unapologetic disregard for cultural feeling rules including incongruous emotional responses to events, fusion of culturally oppositional sentiments,…
Preparing for Medical School
Educators have recently highlighted the importance of social science courses for students entering the medical field. This has led to the inclusion of sociological theories and concepts on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), a requirement for any student seeking formal medical training. Using open-ended survey data responses provided by students who recently completed the MCAT, we explore how students perceive that sociology courses prepar…
Everybody Makes Choices”
Semistructured interviews with 32 domestic violence victim advocates illuminate how advocates explain "battered women who stay." The interviews show that this behavior is a source of great frustration for advocates, who struggle to simultaneously conceive of battered women as victims trapped by social, psychological, and interactional forces and as agents whose choices must be respected. The authors argue that their organizational subculture and …
Religion, politics, and support for same-sex marriage in the United States, 1988-2008
I Help the Ones that Want Help
Using data gathered from participant observation and 32 individual in-depth interviews, this study examines how victim advocates achieve emotion management in their work with battered women. This research reveals that victim advocates often experience difficulty coping with occupational stress via daily “deep acting” strategies as they work to change their understandings of battered women and the advocate role from the “inside out.” The data reve…
God Hates Your Feelings
Drawing on individual and peer-group interviews, participant observations, and analysis of media content, we examine the habitual emotional deviance and neutralization techniques employed by the Westboro Baptist Church. We argue that their notoriety is attributed to their persistent, intentional, and unapologetic disregard for cultural feeling rules including incongruous emotional responses to events, fusion of culturally oppositional sentiments,…
Life in the Neither World
This research examines identity negotiation, stigma management, and authenticity strategies utilized by culturally deaf individuals when navigating deviance within hearing, deaf, and Deaf worlds. Data reveal that respondents feel compelled to prove capability and normalizing themselves and deafness when with hearing and to defend and affirm authenticity when with other deaf and culturally Deaf others. These insights increase our awareness of the …
Effects of officer perception of race and racial tensions on support for body-worn-cameras
While the U.S. criminal justice system has a long history of racial injustice, the use of body-worn-cameras (BWCs) has changed the discourse on racial bias and police accountability. To date, the growing research on BWCs has yet to address the racial tensions that underly contentious interactions between police and citizenry. Using survey and interview data this research evaluates: (1) whether officer race influences perceptions of race/racism an…
Preparing for Medical School
Educators have recently highlighted the importance of social science courses for students entering the medical field. This has led to the inclusion of sociological theories and concepts on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), a requirement for any student seeking formal medical training. Using open-ended survey data responses provided by students who recently completed the MCAT, we explore how students perceive that sociology courses prepar…
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (2 works) · Law (2 works)