Jessica Mckenzie
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Mckenzie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckenzie |
| SIGNATURE | MCKENZIE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bethel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4920-2792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘Fragile, impermanent things’
In the introduction to his seminal 1988 book, The Collapse of Complex Societies, anthropologist and historian Joseph Tainter explained that lost civilizations have a vise-like hold on the human ima
Introduction
Ideas Exchanged
Bill McKibben explains what individuals can do to win the climate fight. Together
Few writers have chronicled the age of climate crisis as closely as Bill McKibben over the past 35 years, and even fewer have done so while also kickstarting multiple environmental groups and advoc
Regenerative agriculture sequesters carbon—But that’s not the only benefit and shouldn’t be the only goal
Agriculture is a climate problem. The global food system is responsible for approximately a third of global greenhouse gas emissions (Crippa et al. 2021), and nearly three-quarters of those emissio
“The world has already ended”
Britt Wray is a professor, a science storyteller, and the director of a research and action initiative focused on Community-minded Interventions for Resilience, Climate Leadership and Emotional wel
Why We Need Diverse Methods for Assessing Cultural Identity
In this introduction to the special issue on diverse methods for cultural identity, we begin by addressing the evolving complexities of defining oneself amidst modern globalization and immigration. We then preview the current collection of papers, which collectively showcase the complexity of cultural identity by exploring how people, especially adolescents and young adults, navigate a plethora of cultural influences-whether through direct migrat…
Macquarie Gale Rome Scholarship
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How bitcoin makes burning fossil fuels more profitable than ever
Bitcoin mining is a lucrative but energy-intensive activity. To keep costs low, miners are finding new ways to make their own electricity, often derived from fossil fuels. Mining companies are buying struggling coal, coal waste, and gas power plants and using the electricity they generate for their mining operations. Existing utility companies and power plants are pivoting to mining to make up for declining demand. Oil and gas companies are also …
Divine self and selves
Introduction to the Special Issue
Divinity Revised
This article explores how globalization reshapes moral development in northern Thailand. Employing a cultural-developmental approach to examine interview data gathered over the course of one year, the article discusses variations in Divinity-based moral reasoning among adolescents residing in variously globalized Thai communities. Quantitative analysis shows that moral reasoning diverges across contexts of globalization, with rural adolescents re…
Charting the moral life courses
Drawing from qualitative analyses of interviews, ethnographic data, and a review of interdisciplinary literature, this manuscript puts forth a theory of moral life course narratives among U.S. evangelical and mainline Protestants. This theory delineates the relationship between religious worldviews and conceptions of moral behaviors, and the manner in which these worldviews and attendant moral conceptions change across the life course for communi…
Globalization and Cultural Identity
Why We Need Diverse Methods for Assessing Cultural Identity
In this introduction to the special issue on diverse methods for cultural identity, we begin by addressing the evolving complexities of defining oneself amidst modern globalization and immigration. We then preview the current collection of papers, which collectively showcase the complexity of cultural identity by exploring how people, especially adolescents and young adults, navigate a plethora of cultural influences-whether through direct migrat…
Charting the moral life courses
Drawing from qualitative analyses of interviews, ethnographic data, and a review of interdisciplinary literature, this manuscript puts forth a theory of moral life course narratives among U.S. evangelical and mainline Protestants. This theory delineates the relationship between religious worldviews and conceptions of moral behaviors, and the manner in which these worldviews and attendant moral conceptions change across the life course for communi…
Globalization and Cultural Identity
Charting the moral life courses
Drawing from qualitative analyses of interviews, ethnographic data, and a review of interdisciplinary literature, this manuscript puts forth a theory of moral life course narratives among U.S. evangelical and mainline Protestants. This theory delineates the relationship between religious worldviews and conceptions of moral behaviors, and the manner in which these worldviews and attendant moral conceptions change across the life course for communi…
Divine self and selves
Introduction to the Special Issue
Divinity Revised
This article explores how globalization reshapes moral development in northern Thailand. Employing a cultural-developmental approach to examine interview data gathered over the course of one year, the article discusses variations in Divinity-based moral reasoning among adolescents residing in variously globalized Thai communities. Quantitative analysis shows that moral reasoning diverges across contexts of globalization, with rural adolescents re…
How bitcoin makes burning fossil fuels more profitable than ever
Bitcoin mining is a lucrative but energy-intensive activity. To keep costs low, miners are finding new ways to make their own electricity, often derived from fossil fuels. Mining companies are buying struggling coal, coal waste, and gas power plants and using the electricity they generate for their mining operations. Existing utility companies and power plants are pivoting to mining to make up for declining demand. Oil and gas companies are also …
Macquarie Gale Rome Scholarship
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Bill McKibben explains what individuals can do to win the climate fight. Together
Few writers have chronicled the age of climate crisis as closely as Bill McKibben over the past 35 years, and even fewer have done so while also kickstarting multiple environmental groups and advoc
Regenerative agriculture sequesters carbon—But that’s not the only benefit and shouldn’t be the only goal
Agriculture is a climate problem. The global food system is responsible for approximately a third of global greenhouse gas emissions (Crippa et al. 2021), and nearly three-quarters of those emissio
“The world has already ended”
Britt Wray is a professor, a science storyteller, and the director of a research and action initiative focused on Community-minded Interventions for Resilience, Climate Leadership and Emotional wel
Why We Need Diverse Methods for Assessing Cultural Identity
In this introduction to the special issue on diverse methods for cultural identity, we begin by addressing the evolving complexities of defining oneself amidst modern globalization and immigration. We then preview the current collection of papers, which collectively showcase the complexity of cultural identity by exploring how people, especially adolescents and young adults, navigate a plethora of cultural influences-whether through direct migrat…
‘Fragile, impermanent things’
In the introduction to his seminal 1988 book, The Collapse of Complex Societies, anthropologist and historian Joseph Tainter explained that lost civilizations have a vise-like hold on the human ima
Introduction
Ideas Exchanged
Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Business (3 works)