Reba L Chaisson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6097310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Reba L Chaisson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Reba L |
| FAMILY NAME | Chaisson |
| SIGNATURE | CHAISSON R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Reba L. Chaisson received her Ph.D. from Loyola University-Chicago and has served on the faculty of Purdue University North Central in Westville, Indiana. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Her research interests are in race, media representations, higher education, and social stratification. She is the author of a book entitled For Entertainment Purposes Only? An Analysis of the Struggle to Control Filmic Representations (Lexington Books, 2000) and a paper... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Crack in the Door
Midwest Central University 1 has a population of 3,500 students, predominantly working class and 95 percent White. The racial composition of the university suggests, and rightly so, that the students have minimal contact with Asians, Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Indians, Middle-Easterners, and people of mixed race, even though there is a predominantly black community about two miles from the campus. Given the lack of opportunities for cross-racial …
The Forgotten Many
Being White in America is thought to ensure social and economic stability, but the lives of Whites who are poor run contrary to these assumptions. Members of this group, the focus group of this study, receive food stamps, public aid and general assistance payments on a monthly basis. And they rely on public health clinics and food pantries to get by-programs and services that are viewed by the larger society as being tapped only by Blacks. This p…
A Crack in the Door
Midwest Central University 1 has a population of 3,500 students, predominantly working class and 95 percent White. The racial composition of the university suggests, and rightly so, that the students have minimal contact with Asians, Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Indians, Middle-Easterners, and people of mixed race, even though there is a predominantly black community about two miles from the campus. Given the lack of opportunities for cross-racial …
The Forgotten Many
Being White in America is thought to ensure social and economic stability, but the lives of Whites who are poor run contrary to these assumptions. Members of this group, the focus group of this study, receive food stamps, public aid and general assistance payments on a monthly basis. And they rely on public health clinics and food pantries to get by-programs and services that are viewed by the larger society as being tapped only by Blacks. This p…
The Forgotten Many
Being White in America is thought to ensure social and economic stability, but the lives of Whites who are poor run contrary to these assumptions. Members of this group, the focus group of this study, receive food stamps, public aid and general assistance payments on a monthly basis. And they rely on public health clinics and food pantries to get by-programs and services that are viewed by the larger society as being tapped only by Blacks. This p…
A Crack in the Door
Midwest Central University 1 has a population of 3,500 students, predominantly working class and 95 percent White. The racial composition of the university suggests, and rightly so, that the students have minimal contact with Asians, Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Indians, Middle-Easterners, and people of mixed race, even though there is a predominantly black community about two miles from the campus. Given the lack of opportunities for cross-racial …
Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · White (mutation (2 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (1 work) · Critical race theory (1 work) · Curriculum (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Demography (1 work)