Jeffry A Will

Biographic Data

ID3923650
NAMEJeffry A Will
GIVEN NAMESJeffry A
FAMILY NAMEWill
SIGNATUREWILL J A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of North Florida
ORCID0000-0002-4053-6294
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS69
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • Navigating Funding Benchmarks

    Open AccessJeffry A Will, Timothy J CheneyARTICLEJournal of Applied Social Science2024

    The Magnolia Project has served a section of “the Northwest Corridor” of Jacksonville, FL, providing reproductive and well-woman care and intensive case management to reduce infant mortality in the African American community for more than a quarter century. As a grantee of the Federal Healthy Start Program, the Magnolia Project must adhere to certain benchmarks concerning women’s health, strengthening families, and promoting system change. As wit…

  • Toward an Understanding of Food Pantry Food Recipients and the Agencies that Serve Them

    Open AccessJeffry A Will, Tracy A MilliganARTICLEJournal of Applied Social Science2013

    Second Harvest North Florida (Second Harvest) provides food for approximately 450 organizations/agencies covering 17 counties in North Florida. These organizations that receive food include meal providers (“soup kitchens”), food pantries, religious organizations, and small, independent groups. In 2011, Second Harvest distributed more than 20 million pounds of food, an increase of 162% since 2008 (Second Harvest 2012). While it is clear that Secon…

  • It's Not Just Black and White

    Open AccessTracy A Milligan, Jeffry A Will et al.ARTICLEJournal of Applied Social Science2010

    In 2005–2006 the Northeast Florida Center for Community Initiatives carried out a series of research efforts with the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission (JHRC) to 1) understand how dramatic demographic changes will affect the local community in the future, 2) identify creative ways that the city could prepare for this opportunity, and 3) plan how to limit potential problems that other communities have experienced from demographic shifts. In thi…

  • Florida’s Changing Rainbow

    Open AccessJeffry A Will, Sharon C Cobb et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2008Cited by: 1References: 7

  • Crime, neighborhood perceptions, and the underclass

    Open AccessJeffry A Will, John H McgrathARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice1995Cited by: 24References: 22

  • God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

    Jeffry A Will, John K CochranARTICLESociology of Religion1995Cited by: 9

    Few studies in recent sociological literature include detailed analysis of how religious affiliation and religiosity affect perceptions of the poor. In this paper, data from the 1986 GSS Factorial Survey Supplement are used to examine the effects of religious affiliation and religiosity on generosity toward poor families, and on factors which affect such generosity. The analysis suggests that religious affiliation has a strong relationship with l…

  • Social Mobility and Social Structure

    Jeffry A Will, R Breiger et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1994

  • The Dimensions of Poverty

    Open AccessJeffry A WillARTICLESocial Science Research1993Cited by: 34

  • Political Ideology and Political Action in the New Christian Right

    Jeffry A Will, Jeffry Will et al.ARTICLESociological Analysis1986Cited by: 1

    In attempting to explain the recent prominence of politicized Evangelicalism, many researchers have used exposure to religious television as an important intervening variable between religious fundamentalism and the politicized attitudes of the New Christian Right. Using Tamney and Johnson's data (1983; 1984), we try to refine that model by distinguishing between televangelists with specifically political messages from those who emphasize a more …