B Harger
Biographic Data
| ID | 38943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B Harger |
| GIVEN NAMES | B |
| FAMILY NAME | Harger |
| SIGNATURE | HARGER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gettysburg College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3105-0273 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unsettled Lives in Unsettled Times: College Student Strategies of Action in Response to Covid ‐19 Regulations on Campus 1
We use in‐depth interviews to explore the ways that on‐campus students at a selective liberal arts college responded to COVID‐19 regulations in spring 2021. We contribute to the literature on risky behaviors by showing that the “risk frames” these students adopted emphasized the social (wanting to be with friends) and situational (wanting to avoid punishment) concerns for their risky behavior in a setting where the risk of getting others sick was…
A culture of aggression: School culture and the normalization of aggression in two elementary schools
Since the late 1990s, increased public and academic attention has been focused on topics related to bullying and peer aggression in schools, yet these behaviors have proven difficult for schools to address. Using data from an ethnographic study of two rural elementary schools in the Midwestern United States, I make both methodological and theoretical contributions to the literature on this topic. Methodologically, I show that examining ‘minor’ ag…
To Tell or Not to Tell: Student Responses to Negative Behavior in Elementary School
In this article I examine the factors that influence fifth grade student decisions regarding whether or not to report negative interactions to adults. Data from observations and interviews with students and adults show that there are many factors influencing the reluctance to tell on others. Among them is a school context in which verbal attacks are downplayed and telling is seen as ineffective and stigmatized. This context prevents bystanders fr…
On the margins of friendship: Aggression in an elementary school peer group
This article uses qualitative data from a larger study of two elementary schools in a rural city of about 15,000 people in the Midwestern United States. Here, I focus on a single peer group and those who are on its margins to provide insight into the intersection of friendship, aggression, and masculinity. In doing so, I address the lack of research examining how aggression functions within peer groups and why those who are victimized choose to r…
Downed by Friendly Fire: Black Girls, White Girls, and Suburban Schooling
Bullying: The Social Destruction of Self
Race, Gender, and Research: Implications for Teaching from Depictions of Professors in Popular Film, 1985-2005
When students enter college classrooms for the first time they inevitably have preconceived images of professors. According to research on student evaluations of teaching, these preconceptions have important implications in college classrooms. This study explores one avenue through which these preconceptions are perpetuated—popular film. Using content analysis, the authors examine popular films released between 1985 and 2005 that contain professo…
Gossip at Work: Unsanctioned Evaluative Talk in Formal School Meetings
This article uses a form of linguistic ethnography (LE) to analyze videotaped recordings of gossip that took place during formal school meetings.By comparing these gossip data against existing models of gossip based on data collected in informal settings, the authors identify eleven new response classes, including four forms of indirectness that operate to cloak gossip under ambiguity and seven forms of avoidance that change the trajectory of gos…
Gossip at Work: Unsanctioned Evaluative Talk in Formal School Meetings
This article uses a form of linguistic ethnography (LE) to analyze videotaped recordings of gossip that took place during formal school meetings.By comparing these gossip data against existing models of gossip based on data collected in informal settings, the authors identify eleven new response classes, including four forms of indirectness that operate to cloak gossip under ambiguity and seven forms of avoidance that change the trajectory of gos…
On the margins of friendship: Aggression in an elementary school peer group
This article uses qualitative data from a larger study of two elementary schools in a rural city of about 15,000 people in the Midwestern United States. Here, I focus on a single peer group and those who are on its margins to provide insight into the intersection of friendship, aggression, and masculinity. In doing so, I address the lack of research examining how aggression functions within peer groups and why those who are victimized choose to r…
A culture of aggression: School culture and the normalization of aggression in two elementary schools
Since the late 1990s, increased public and academic attention has been focused on topics related to bullying and peer aggression in schools, yet these behaviors have proven difficult for schools to address. Using data from an ethnographic study of two rural elementary schools in the Midwestern United States, I make both methodological and theoretical contributions to the literature on this topic. Methodologically, I show that examining ‘minor’ ag…
To Tell or Not to Tell: Student Responses to Negative Behavior in Elementary School
In this article I examine the factors that influence fifth grade student decisions regarding whether or not to report negative interactions to adults. Data from observations and interviews with students and adults show that there are many factors influencing the reluctance to tell on others. Among them is a school context in which verbal attacks are downplayed and telling is seen as ineffective and stigmatized. This context prevents bystanders fr…
Gossip at Work: Unsanctioned Evaluative Talk in Formal School Meetings
This article uses a form of linguistic ethnography (LE) to analyze videotaped recordings of gossip that took place during formal school meetings.By comparing these gossip data against existing models of gossip based on data collected in informal settings, the authors identify eleven new response classes, including four forms of indirectness that operate to cloak gossip under ambiguity and seven forms of avoidance that change the trajectory of gos…
Race, Gender, and Research: Implications for Teaching from Depictions of Professors in Popular Film, 1985-2005
When students enter college classrooms for the first time they inevitably have preconceived images of professors. According to research on student evaluations of teaching, these preconceptions have important implications in college classrooms. This study explores one avenue through which these preconceptions are perpetuated—popular film. Using content analysis, the authors examine popular films released between 1985 and 2005 that contain professo…
Bullying: The Social Destruction of Self
Downed by Friendly Fire: Black Girls, White Girls, and Suburban Schooling
A culture of aggression: School culture and the normalization of aggression in two elementary schools
Since the late 1990s, increased public and academic attention has been focused on topics related to bullying and peer aggression in schools, yet these behaviors have proven difficult for schools to address. Using data from an ethnographic study of two rural elementary schools in the Midwestern United States, I make both methodological and theoretical contributions to the literature on this topic. Methodologically, I show that examining ‘minor’ ag…
To Tell or Not to Tell: Student Responses to Negative Behavior in Elementary School
In this article I examine the factors that influence fifth grade student decisions regarding whether or not to report negative interactions to adults. Data from observations and interviews with students and adults show that there are many factors influencing the reluctance to tell on others. Among them is a school context in which verbal attacks are downplayed and telling is seen as ineffective and stigmatized. This context prevents bystanders fr…
On the margins of friendship: Aggression in an elementary school peer group
This article uses qualitative data from a larger study of two elementary schools in a rural city of about 15,000 people in the Midwestern United States. Here, I focus on a single peer group and those who are on its margins to provide insight into the intersection of friendship, aggression, and masculinity. In doing so, I address the lack of research examining how aggression functions within peer groups and why those who are victimized choose to r…
Unsettled Lives in Unsettled Times: College Student Strategies of Action in Response to Covid ‐19 Regulations on Campus 1
We use in‐depth interviews to explore the ways that on‐campus students at a selective liberal arts college responded to COVID‐19 regulations in spring 2021. We contribute to the literature on risky behaviors by showing that the “risk frames” these students adopted emphasized the social (wanting to be with friends) and situational (wanting to avoid punishment) concerns for their risky behavior in a setting where the risk of getting others sick was…
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Aggression (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Focus group (2 works) · Peer group (2 works)