Michael Middleton

Biographic Data

ID4094870
NAMEMichael Middleton
GIVEN NAMESMichael
FAMILY NAMEMiddleton
SIGNATUREMIDDLETON M
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Sociology, University of California, Davis , One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
ORCID0000-0002-7964-1139
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS6
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Rethinking migrant reception in the age of color-blind racism

    Open AccessMichael K Middleton, Michael MiddletonARTICLESocial Forces2025References: 53

    A large and robust literature has emerged in recent years that looks at the acceptance of migrants into Western countries. Surprisingly, these studies have consistently found that residents in Western countries accept non-White migrants at virtually the same level as White migrants. Missing from these studies is an engagement with racism in its modern form, which is often more "color-blind," or hidden, rather than overtly expressed, and thus can …

  • Co-Constructing Knowledge Spheres in the Academy

    Open AccessTimothy K Eatman, Gaelle Ivory et al.ARTICLEUrban Education2018Cited by: 2References: 15

    Publicly engaged scholarship (PES) has emerged as a powerful force, yet institutional policies and cultures have often inhibited its acceptance in the academy. This article considers the benefits of PES for higher education as well as the obstacles to its enactment. It identifies the college level as a critical site for change and offers a rubric for institutional change agents to use to assess support for community engagement at the college leve…

  • Encountering Disgrace

    Bill McDonald, Gary Hawkins et al.EDITORBOOKEncountering Disgrace2012

    Ever since it was first published in 1999, Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace has provoked controversy. Set in post-apartheid South Africa, it follows Prof. David Lurie as he encounters disgrace through his sexual exploitation of a student and then through the shocking gang-rape of his only daughter. The novel's uncompromising portrayal of the 'new' South Africa outraged many, who found the book regressive, even racist. It also challen…

  • The Change in Middle School Students’ Achievement Goals in Mathematics Over Time

    Open AccessMichael Middleton, Michael J Middleton et al.ARTICLESocial Psychology of Education2004Cited by: 4References: 8

  • Performance-approach goals

    Carol Midgley, Amy Kaplan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Psychology2001

    Some researchers have called for a reconceptualization of goal theory that acknowledges the positive effects of performance-approach goals. The authors of the present article review studies that indicate that performance-approach goals are associated with adaptive patterns of learning but note that, in other studies, these goals have been unrelated or negatively related to the same outcomes. There is a need to consider for whom and under what cir…

  • The Development and Validation of Scales Assessing Students' Achievement Goal Orientations

    Open AccessCarol Midgley, Amy Kaplan et al.ARTICLEContemporary Educational Psychology1998

  • Avoiding the demonstration of lack of ability

    Michael Middleton, Michael J Middleton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Psychology1997

    Traditionally, theorists have described motivation in terms of approach and avoidance tendencies. In contrast, goal orientation research has focused primarily on 2 approach goals: demonstrating ability (performance-approach) and developing ability (task). A scale to assess the goal of avoiding the demonstration of lack of ability (performance-avoid) was included with scales assessing approach goals in a survey given to 703 6th graders. Factor ana…