Karen Branden
Biographic Data
| ID | 4581187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Branden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Branden |
| SIGNATURE | BRANDEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Minnesota State University at Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Spatially Informed Analysis of Environmental Justice: Analyzing the Effects of Gerrymandering and the Proximity of Minority Populations to U.S. Superfund Sites
In 1987, and again 20 years later, the United Church of Christ (UCC) presented research showing that 60% of African Americans lived near an unregulated toxic waste facility. We build off the original UCC study and present an analysis of minority populations in relation to superfund sites, using the geometric complexity of congressional districts (CDs) as a proxy for gerrymandering within the lower 48 states. We further the analysis by looking at …
Native American Colorism: From Historical Manifestations to the Current Era
Following conquest by European settlers Native Americans internalized Euro-American traditions and ideals. Salient among such ideals was the internalization of a bias as pertains to skin color defined as colorism. Colorism is a quasi-manifestation of racism carried out by victim-group populations. Subsequently, light skin was idealized and dark skin denigrated. Initially the idealization of light skin was dramatically displayed in the school sett…
Family, Sociology of
Sociology of family is the area devoted to the study of the family as an institution central to social life. The basic assumptions of the area include the universality of family, the inevitable variation of family forms, and the necessity of family for integrating individuals into social worlds. Family sociology is generally concerned with the formation, maintenance, growth, and dissolution of kinship ties and is commonly expressed in research on…
Native American Colorism: From Historical Manifestations to the Current Era
Following conquest by European settlers Native Americans internalized Euro-American traditions and ideals. Salient among such ideals was the internalization of a bias as pertains to skin color defined as colorism. Colorism is a quasi-manifestation of racism carried out by victim-group populations. Subsequently, light skin was idealized and dark skin denigrated. Initially the idealization of light skin was dramatically displayed in the school sett…
Family, Sociology of
Sociology of family is the area devoted to the study of the family as an institution central to social life. The basic assumptions of the area include the universality of family, the inevitable variation of family forms, and the necessity of family for integrating individuals into social worlds. Family sociology is generally concerned with the formation, maintenance, growth, and dissolution of kinship ties and is commonly expressed in research on…
A Spatially Informed Analysis of Environmental Justice: Analyzing the Effects of Gerrymandering and the Proximity of Minority Populations to U.S. Superfund Sites
In 1987, and again 20 years later, the United Church of Christ (UCC) presented research showing that 60% of African Americans lived near an unregulated toxic waste facility. We build off the original UCC study and present an analysis of minority populations in relation to superfund sites, using the geometric complexity of congressional districts (CDs) as a proxy for gerrymandering within the lower 48 states. We further the analysis by looking at …
Native American Colorism: From Historical Manifestations to the Current Era
Following conquest by European settlers Native Americans internalized Euro-American traditions and ideals. Salient among such ideals was the internalization of a bias as pertains to skin color defined as colorism. Colorism is a quasi-manifestation of racism carried out by victim-group populations. Subsequently, light skin was idealized and dark skin denigrated. Initially the idealization of light skin was dramatically displayed in the school sett…
Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Asian americans (1 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (1 works) · Dark skin (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Demographic economics (1 works) · Dermatology (1 works) · Dermatology (1 works)