Karen Miller‐Loessi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6086937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Miller‐Loessi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller‐Loessi |
| SIGNATURE | LOESSI K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Relationships with adults as predictors of substance use, gang involvement, and threats to safety among disadvantaged urban high‐school adolescents
Using a resilience framework, the authors examined the protective effects of parental support, self‐disclosure to parents, parent‐initiated monitoring of adolescent behavior, and relationships with school personnel on three critical problems of adolescents: substance use, gang involvement, and perceived threats to safety at school. The sample consisted of 342 ethnically diverse high‐school students in an economically disadvantaged urban area in t…
A Unique Diaspora
A Unique Diaspora?The Case of Adopted Girls from the People's Republic of China Karen Miller-Loessi (bio) and Zeynep Kilic (bio) Karen Miller-Loessi and Zeynep Kilic Arizona State University Karen Miller-Loessi Karen Miller-Loessi is Associate Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University, Tempe. Her most recent work includes a review essay, "The Chinese Diaspora" (forthcoming in Sociological Inquiry, fall 2002) and a chapter with John N. Pa…
A Unique Diaspora? The Case of Adopted Girls from the People's Republic of China
This article considers the recent and ongoing international adoptions of Chinese girls and argues that these adoptions are creating a unique kind of diaspora. The two most salient features of these adoptions are, firstly, that they are taking place on a relatively large scale to fourteen Western countries; and, secondly, that about 98% of the adoptees are girls. As we attempt to frame and understand this phenomenon, we refer to literature on trad…
Organizations, Labor Markets, and Gender Integration in Academic Sociology
This paper examines several facets of gender integration within academic sociology: total segregation, as in all-male faculties; appointments of women in token or solo positions; variations in the departmental faculty sex ratio; and the 'ghettoization' of women in lower academic ranks and positions with heavy committee assignments. These outcomes are analyzed at the organizational level as the product of the operation of internal and external lab…
Toward Gender Integration in the Workplace
True gender integration in the workplace faces barriers at several levels: societal, organizational, interactional, and individual. Recognition of the problems specific to each level greatly enhances our understanding of gender inequality in the workplace, and suggests new approaches to change. In this introduction I review articles in this special issue of Sociological Perspectives in the context of these four levels, and relate the themes of th…
Organizational Dynamics and Gender Equity
This research attempts to clarify the organization's role in creating or reinforcing occupational stratification by explicitly examining how major organizational characteristics, including dynamic processes of expansion, contraction, and turnover, affect change over time in women's representation. The research focuses on academic sociology, a discipline that recently made modest gains in incorporating women faculty and graduate students. Drawing …
Toward Gender Integration in the Workplace
True gender integration in the workplace faces barriers at several levels: societal, organizational, interactional, and individual. Recognition of the problems specific to each level greatly enhances our understanding of gender inequality in the workplace, and suggests new approaches to change. In this introduction I review articles in this special issue of Sociological Perspectives in the context of these four levels, and relate the themes of th…
Organizations, Labor Markets, and Gender Integration in Academic Sociology
This paper examines several facets of gender integration within academic sociology: total segregation, as in all-male faculties; appointments of women in token or solo positions; variations in the departmental faculty sex ratio; and the 'ghettoization' of women in lower academic ranks and positions with heavy committee assignments. These outcomes are analyzed at the organizational level as the product of the operation of internal and external lab…
Organizational Dynamics and Gender Equity
This research attempts to clarify the organization's role in creating or reinforcing occupational stratification by explicitly examining how major organizational characteristics, including dynamic processes of expansion, contraction, and turnover, affect change over time in women's representation. The research focuses on academic sociology, a discipline that recently made modest gains in incorporating women faculty and graduate students. Drawing …
A Unique Diaspora
A Unique Diaspora?The Case of Adopted Girls from the People's Republic of China Karen Miller-Loessi (bio) and Zeynep Kilic (bio) Karen Miller-Loessi and Zeynep Kilic Arizona State University Karen Miller-Loessi Karen Miller-Loessi is Associate Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University, Tempe. Her most recent work includes a review essay, "The Chinese Diaspora" (forthcoming in Sociological Inquiry, fall 2002) and a chapter with John N. Pa…
Relationships with adults as predictors of substance use, gang involvement, and threats to safety among disadvantaged urban high‐school adolescents
Using a resilience framework, the authors examined the protective effects of parental support, self‐disclosure to parents, parent‐initiated monitoring of adolescent behavior, and relationships with school personnel on three critical problems of adolescents: substance use, gang involvement, and perceived threats to safety at school. The sample consisted of 342 ethnically diverse high‐school students in an economically disadvantaged urban area in t…
Organizations, Labor Markets, and Gender Integration in Academic Sociology
This paper examines several facets of gender integration within academic sociology: total segregation, as in all-male faculties; appointments of women in token or solo positions; variations in the departmental faculty sex ratio; and the 'ghettoization' of women in lower academic ranks and positions with heavy committee assignments. These outcomes are analyzed at the organizational level as the product of the operation of internal and external lab…
Toward Gender Integration in the Workplace
True gender integration in the workplace faces barriers at several levels: societal, organizational, interactional, and individual. Recognition of the problems specific to each level greatly enhances our understanding of gender inequality in the workplace, and suggests new approaches to change. In this introduction I review articles in this special issue of Sociological Perspectives in the context of these four levels, and relate the themes of th…
Organizational Dynamics and Gender Equity
This research attempts to clarify the organization's role in creating or reinforcing occupational stratification by explicitly examining how major organizational characteristics, including dynamic processes of expansion, contraction, and turnover, affect change over time in women's representation. The research focuses on academic sociology, a discipline that recently made modest gains in incorporating women faculty and graduate students. Drawing …
A Unique Diaspora
A Unique Diaspora?The Case of Adopted Girls from the People's Republic of China Karen Miller-Loessi (bio) and Zeynep Kilic (bio) Karen Miller-Loessi and Zeynep Kilic Arizona State University Karen Miller-Loessi Karen Miller-Loessi is Associate Professor of Sociology at Arizona State University, Tempe. Her most recent work includes a review essay, "The Chinese Diaspora" (forthcoming in Sociological Inquiry, fall 2002) and a chapter with John N. Pa…
A Unique Diaspora? The Case of Adopted Girls from the People's Republic of China
This article considers the recent and ongoing international adoptions of Chinese girls and argues that these adoptions are creating a unique kind of diaspora. The two most salient features of these adoptions are, firstly, that they are taking place on a relatively large scale to fourteen Western countries; and, secondly, that about 98% of the adoptees are girls. As we attempt to frame and understand this phenomenon, we refer to literature on trad…
Relationships with adults as predictors of substance use, gang involvement, and threats to safety among disadvantaged urban high‐school adolescents
Using a resilience framework, the authors examined the protective effects of parental support, self‐disclosure to parents, parent‐initiated monitoring of adolescent behavior, and relationships with school personnel on three critical problems of adolescents: substance use, gang involvement, and perceived threats to safety at school. The sample consisted of 342 ethnically diverse high‐school students in an economically disadvantaged urban area in t…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works) · China (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)