Robert B Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5922195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert B Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert B |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9977-6762 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Funding White Supremacy
In Funding White Supremacy, Robert B. Williams shows how current federal policies have perpetuated and expanded the racial wealth gap in the United States. Through the lens of stratification economics, Williams explores how twelve tax expenditures buried in the federal tax code shower over $1 trillion annually to mostly wealthy, white households, while federal estate and gift taxes have been systematically dismantled. The book reveals how these p…
Federal Wealth Policy and the Perpetuation of White Supremacy
Since its inception, the U.S. government has strongly promoted the expansion of White wealth. These past policies have created the current wealth gaps in which White households typically hold >10 times the wealth held by Black or Latinx households. The tradition continues today. Using nine tax deductions, the federal government currently supports household wealth accumulation by nearly $640 billion annually. Although they make no overt mention of…
Wealth Privilege and the Racial Wealth Gap
The emerging subfield of stratification economics is a response to the orthodoxy's resistance to recognizing the role of racial and ethnic disparities and its penchant for adopting cultural explanations for intergroup differences. With this view, the literature on the racial wealth gap and its particular embrace of the Life Cycle Hypothesis (LCH) offers a clear example of this critique at work. Not only is the LCH incapable of explaining why the …
Observing the Preservation and Decline of Abilities in Dementias
The Brief Cognitive Rating Scale facilitated observation of the preservation and decline of abilities due to dementias among 73 female and 52 male residents at nursing homes in a northeastern and southwestern state. They ranged in age from 41 to 102 years (M=78, SD = 10.5). Dementia diagnoses included presenile Alzheimers, senile Alzheimers, Vascular Dementia, Dementia secondary to Huntington's Disease, Dementia due to Pick's Disease, and Korsako…
Observing the Preservation and Decline of Abilities in Dementias
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Caffeine and cholesterol
The consumption of caffeinated beverages has been linked to elevated serum cholesterol and an increased risk of coronary disease, although the relationships are inconsistent across studies and remain controversial. The effect of caffeine on cholesterol and coronary disease risk may be modulated by other factors. Using cohort data from a subsample of the University of North Carolina Alumni Heart Study, we investigated whether the relationships bet…
Contributions to the History of Psychology
This article describes the process of tabulating a list of mentees and their official doctoral degree or dissertation mentors, their degrees, dates granted, and the universities where they trained. An example of the results of the process is provided with comments about the problems encountered
Biobehavioral basis of coronary-prone behavior in middle-age men. Part II
Prior research suggests that the Type A behavior pattern, Cook and Medley Hostility (Ho) scores, and Total Serum Cholesterol (TSC) are positively associated with physiological changes to behavioral stressors. The objective of the present study was to determine whether TSC interacts with the Type A behavior pattern and hostility to affect cardiovascular and neurohormonal responses to a mental arithmetic task (MATH). For Type A individuals, elevate…
Biobehavioral basis of coronary-prone behavior in middle-aged men. Part I
In previous research using young male subjects, the Type A behavior pattern was linked with cardiovascular and neurohormonal hyperresponsivity to laboratory stressors. The main objective of the present study was to determine whether the positive association between the Type A pattern and such physiological hyperreactivity is also present among healthy middle-aged men. Subjects were 28 middle-aged (35-50 years) white males who were classified as T…
Caffeine effects on cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to acute psychosocial stress and their relationship to level of habitual caffeine consumption
The effects of a moderate dose of caffeine on cardiovascular and neuroendocrine stress reactivity were examined in 25 healthy male subjects selected as habitual or light consumers of caffeine. Measurements were taken under resting conditions before and after administration of caffeine (3.5 mg/kg) or placebo, during a stressful laboratory task, and in a post-stress recovery period. Caffeine elevated blood pressure and plasma norepinephrine levels …
Substitution of Self-Reporting for Observing Time Spent on Work Activities by Mental Health Professionals
Self-reported time spent on work activities by mental health professionals during 1147 1/2 hr. compared favorably with the results of a study that involved direct observation of professionals' time spent on work activities
Social support, type A behavior, and coronary artery disease
The interaction of Type A behavior and social support in relation to the degree of coronary artery disease (CAD) severity was investigated. One hundred thirteen patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography received the Type A structured interview (SI) and completed a battery of psychometric tests, including the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS). Statistical analyses revealed a Type by social support interaction, such that the probabili…
Contributions to the History of Psychology
The professional activities and publications of Daniel A. Prescott, first Director of the Institute for Child Study at the University of Maryland are reviewed. Prescott's contributions were in the areas of child study, education, and human development. He was especially interested in synthesizing research findings on child and adolescent development from a variety of areas, e.g., genetics, physiology, endocrinology, anatomy, pediatrics, sociology…
School Compatibility and Social Work Role
By means of a behavioral research instrument, social work acts performed in "most compatible" schools are compared with those in "least compatible" schools. For example, out of a possible eighty-three behavioral items, forty-seven are performed by one social worker in the school he designates "most compatible" to the practice of school social work, while the same worker reports that only fifteen of the eighty-three acts are performed in the schoo…
John Dewey and oil city
Both as a native of Oil City, Pennsylvania, and as a teacher in the foundations of education, this writer has been puzzled for some time concerning a missing link that relates to the period of time that John Dewey taught in this particular community. The information hiatus suggests two sets of questions: (a) Of what particular significance was this period in his teaching career? Did it provide some fresh insights that made possible either clearer…
Wealth Privilege and the Racial Wealth Gap
The emerging subfield of stratification economics is a response to the orthodoxy's resistance to recognizing the role of racial and ethnic disparities and its penchant for adopting cultural explanations for intergroup differences. With this view, the literature on the racial wealth gap and its particular embrace of the Life Cycle Hypothesis (LCH) offers a clear example of this critique at work. Not only is the LCH incapable of explaining why the …
Federal Wealth Policy and the Perpetuation of White Supremacy
Since its inception, the U.S. government has strongly promoted the expansion of White wealth. These past policies have created the current wealth gaps in which White households typically hold >10 times the wealth held by Black or Latinx households. The tradition continues today. Using nine tax deductions, the federal government currently supports household wealth accumulation by nearly $640 billion annually. Although they make no overt mention of…
School Compatibility and Social Work Role
By means of a behavioral research instrument, social work acts performed in "most compatible" schools are compared with those in "least compatible" schools. For example, out of a possible eighty-three behavioral items, forty-seven are performed by one social worker in the school he designates "most compatible" to the practice of school social work, while the same worker reports that only fifteen of the eighty-three acts are performed in the schoo…
John Dewey and oil city
Both as a native of Oil City, Pennsylvania, and as a teacher in the foundations of education, this writer has been puzzled for some time concerning a missing link that relates to the period of time that John Dewey taught in this particular community. The information hiatus suggests two sets of questions: (a) Of what particular significance was this period in his teaching career? Did it provide some fresh insights that made possible either clearer…
School Compatibility and Social Work Role
By means of a behavioral research instrument, social work acts performed in "most compatible" schools are compared with those in "least compatible" schools. For example, out of a possible eighty-three behavioral items, forty-seven are performed by one social worker in the school he designates "most compatible" to the practice of school social work, while the same worker reports that only fifteen of the eighty-three acts are performed in the schoo…
Contributions to the History of Psychology
The professional activities and publications of Daniel A. Prescott, first Director of the Institute for Child Study at the University of Maryland are reviewed. Prescott's contributions were in the areas of child study, education, and human development. He was especially interested in synthesizing research findings on child and adolescent development from a variety of areas, e.g., genetics, physiology, endocrinology, anatomy, pediatrics, sociology…
Social support, type A behavior, and coronary artery disease
The interaction of Type A behavior and social support in relation to the degree of coronary artery disease (CAD) severity was investigated. One hundred thirteen patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography received the Type A structured interview (SI) and completed a battery of psychometric tests, including the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS). Statistical analyses revealed a Type by social support interaction, such that the probabili…
Substitution of Self-Reporting for Observing Time Spent on Work Activities by Mental Health Professionals
Self-reported time spent on work activities by mental health professionals during 1147 1/2 hr. compared favorably with the results of a study that involved direct observation of professionals' time spent on work activities
Caffeine effects on cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to acute psychosocial stress and their relationship to level of habitual caffeine consumption
The effects of a moderate dose of caffeine on cardiovascular and neuroendocrine stress reactivity were examined in 25 healthy male subjects selected as habitual or light consumers of caffeine. Measurements were taken under resting conditions before and after administration of caffeine (3.5 mg/kg) or placebo, during a stressful laboratory task, and in a post-stress recovery period. Caffeine elevated blood pressure and plasma norepinephrine levels …
Biobehavioral basis of coronary-prone behavior in middle-age men. Part II
Prior research suggests that the Type A behavior pattern, Cook and Medley Hostility (Ho) scores, and Total Serum Cholesterol (TSC) are positively associated with physiological changes to behavioral stressors. The objective of the present study was to determine whether TSC interacts with the Type A behavior pattern and hostility to affect cardiovascular and neurohormonal responses to a mental arithmetic task (MATH). For Type A individuals, elevate…
Biobehavioral basis of coronary-prone behavior in middle-aged men. Part I
In previous research using young male subjects, the Type A behavior pattern was linked with cardiovascular and neurohormonal hyperresponsivity to laboratory stressors. The main objective of the present study was to determine whether the positive association between the Type A pattern and such physiological hyperreactivity is also present among healthy middle-aged men. Subjects were 28 middle-aged (35-50 years) white males who were classified as T…
Contributions to the History of Psychology
This article describes the process of tabulating a list of mentees and their official doctoral degree or dissertation mentors, their degrees, dates granted, and the universities where they trained. An example of the results of the process is provided with comments about the problems encountered
Caffeine and cholesterol
The consumption of caffeinated beverages has been linked to elevated serum cholesterol and an increased risk of coronary disease, although the relationships are inconsistent across studies and remain controversial. The effect of caffeine on cholesterol and coronary disease risk may be modulated by other factors. Using cohort data from a subsample of the University of North Carolina Alumni Heart Study, we investigated whether the relationships bet…
Observing the Preservation and Decline of Abilities in Dementias
The Brief Cognitive Rating Scale facilitated observation of the preservation and decline of abilities due to dementias among 73 female and 52 male residents at nursing homes in a northeastern and southwestern state. They ranged in age from 41 to 102 years (M=78, SD = 10.5). Dementia diagnoses included presenile Alzheimers, senile Alzheimers, Vascular Dementia, Dementia secondary to Huntington's Disease, Dementia due to Pick's Disease, and Korsako…
Observing the Preservation and Decline of Abilities in Dementias
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Wealth Privilege and the Racial Wealth Gap
The emerging subfield of stratification economics is a response to the orthodoxy's resistance to recognizing the role of racial and ethnic disparities and its penchant for adopting cultural explanations for intergroup differences. With this view, the literature on the racial wealth gap and its particular embrace of the Life Cycle Hypothesis (LCH) offers a clear example of this critique at work. Not only is the LCH incapable of explaining why the …
Federal Wealth Policy and the Perpetuation of White Supremacy
Since its inception, the U.S. government has strongly promoted the expansion of White wealth. These past policies have created the current wealth gaps in which White households typically hold >10 times the wealth held by Black or Latinx households. The tradition continues today. Using nine tax deductions, the federal government currently supports household wealth accumulation by nearly $640 billion annually. Although they make no overt mention of…
Funding White Supremacy
In Funding White Supremacy, Robert B. Williams shows how current federal policies have perpetuated and expanded the racial wealth gap in the United States. Through the lens of stratification economics, Williams explores how twelve tax expenditures buried in the federal tax code shower over $1 trillion annually to mostly wealthy, white households, while federal estate and gift taxes have been systematically dismantled. The book reveals how these p…
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