Rachel S Gross
Biographic Data
| ID | 6103910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel S Gross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel S |
| FAMILY NAME | Gross |
| SIGNATURE | GROSS R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1450-1178 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Covid-19 Affected Parenting in a Multi-City Sample With Low Incomes
We combined data from five cohorts of mothers of young children across three cities to understand how COVID-19 affected parenting among predominantly Black and Latine families with low incomes. We examined whether mothers reported that their parenting got worse, got better, or stayed the same; drew on a qualitative substudy to identify themes describing parenting experiences; and used quantitative data to identify psychosocial characteristics ass…
Nostalgia and Celebration
This article explores museological interpretations of outdoor industry history in the United States by assessing the state of retail, corporate, and amateur exhibits and history displays. Both independent and chain retail shops focused on mountaineering, camping, and hunting and fishing across the US maintain historical displays. In corporate headquarters, polished exhibits welcome clients to those facilities, often highlighting important inventi…
The effects of parent-child dysfunctional interactions on early childhood weight
Early Childcare Precarity and Subsequent Maternal Health
Collateral benefits from a school‐readiness intervention on breastfeeding
This study evaluated the collateral, or unanticipated, impacts of Smart Beginnings (SB), a two-site, tiered intervention designed to promote responsive parenting and school readiness, on breastfeeding intensity in a low-income sample. Impact analyses for the SB intervention were conducted using an intent-to-treat design leveraging a two-arm random assignment structure. Mothers assigned to the SB intervention group were more than three times more …
The gender politics of do-it-yourself
Dans les années 1970, les amateurs de plein air aux États-Unis ont adopté une nouvelle tendance en matière d’équipement et de vêtements de loisirs : les kits de couture à faire soi-même (en do-it-yourself). La société Frostline et ses concurrents ont fourni aux amateurs de plein air soucieux de leur budget des tissus et des matériaux prédécoupés, ainsi que des instructions sur la manière de les assembler. Au milieu des années 1970, il y avait au …
The gender politics of do-it-yourself
The Prenatal Neighborhood Environment and Geographic Hotspots of Infants with At-risk Birthweights in New York City
Gearing Up
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel has long been an aficionado of exercise, as she chronicles in her graphic memoir The Secret to Superhuman Strength. In her drawings and text, Bechdel—best known for her long-lived comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” as well as her graphic memoir Fun Home—examines some of the reasons for her pursuit of jogging, cycling, skiing, martial arts, and nearly every exercise trend of the last sixty years: stress relief and a desire to look…
Ultralight
In 1994, American outdoor adventurers Ray and Jenny Jardine completed the Pacific Crest Trail, a long-distance hiking trail in Washington, Oregon, and California, carrying remarkably light packs. Ray Jardine published multiple guidebooks explaining how he and Jenny got to the 8.5 pound base weight, and offered guidelines so that other aspiring hikers could try the ‘Ray-Way’. Jardine’s approach, including both pack design and philosophies about go…
Predictors of Gestational Weight Gain in a Low-Income Hispanic Population
Hispanic women have a higher prevalence of weight associated complications in pregnancy. This ethnic disparity is likely related to behavior patterns, social circumstances, environmental exposures, and access to healthcare, rather than biologic differences. The objective was to determine associations between sociodemographic characteristics, health behaviors, and psychosocial stressors and gestational weight gain (GWG) in low-income Hispanic wome…
Logos on Everest
In the 1950s, outdoor retailer Eddie Bauer donated down jackets to American mountaineers embarking on climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. In the 1990s, chemical manufacturer W. L. Gore & Associates donated both goods and $2 million to an expedition in Antarctica. The funds dedicated to sponsorship by the end of the twentieth century reflect a shift in how companies saw expeditions as useful to their marketing goals. This article uses two archi…
Layering for a Cold War
This article analyzes a World War II-era Army field jacket and the principle of layering it represents as a technology of war. The M-1943 jacket, designed in military laboratories and issued to soldiers in the European Theater, represents a scientized approach to layering clothing developed on test expeditions and in new research and development laboratories run by the Quartermaster Corps. Drawing on both histories of technology and histories of …
From Buckskin to Gore-Tex
No escape to nature is complete without a trip to the store. Or so suggest the purchases of tens of millions of American outdoor enthusiasts in recent decades. Since the late nineteenth century, the outdoor industry has played a central role in mediating Americans' back-to-nature experiences. Consumers have filled their packs and cars with camping stoves and sleeping bags in an effort to stay warm, comfortable, and, most importantly, have an auth…
Layering for a Cold War
This article analyzes a World War II-era Army field jacket and the principle of layering it represents as a technology of war. The M-1943 jacket, designed in military laboratories and issued to soldiers in the European Theater, represents a scientized approach to layering clothing developed on test expeditions and in new research and development laboratories run by the Quartermaster Corps. Drawing on both histories of technology and histories of …
From Buckskin to Gore-Tex
No escape to nature is complete without a trip to the store. Or so suggest the purchases of tens of millions of American outdoor enthusiasts in recent decades. Since the late nineteenth century, the outdoor industry has played a central role in mediating Americans' back-to-nature experiences. Consumers have filled their packs and cars with camping stoves and sleeping bags in an effort to stay warm, comfortable, and, most importantly, have an auth…
From Buckskin to Gore-Tex
No escape to nature is complete without a trip to the store. Or so suggest the purchases of tens of millions of American outdoor enthusiasts in recent decades. Since the late nineteenth century, the outdoor industry has played a central role in mediating Americans' back-to-nature experiences. Consumers have filled their packs and cars with camping stoves and sleeping bags in an effort to stay warm, comfortable, and, most importantly, have an auth…
Layering for a Cold War
This article analyzes a World War II-era Army field jacket and the principle of layering it represents as a technology of war. The M-1943 jacket, designed in military laboratories and issued to soldiers in the European Theater, represents a scientized approach to layering clothing developed on test expeditions and in new research and development laboratories run by the Quartermaster Corps. Drawing on both histories of technology and histories of …
Predictors of Gestational Weight Gain in a Low-Income Hispanic Population
Hispanic women have a higher prevalence of weight associated complications in pregnancy. This ethnic disparity is likely related to behavior patterns, social circumstances, environmental exposures, and access to healthcare, rather than biologic differences. The objective was to determine associations between sociodemographic characteristics, health behaviors, and psychosocial stressors and gestational weight gain (GWG) in low-income Hispanic wome…
Logos on Everest
In the 1950s, outdoor retailer Eddie Bauer donated down jackets to American mountaineers embarking on climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. In the 1990s, chemical manufacturer W. L. Gore & Associates donated both goods and $2 million to an expedition in Antarctica. The funds dedicated to sponsorship by the end of the twentieth century reflect a shift in how companies saw expeditions as useful to their marketing goals. This article uses two archi…
Ultralight
In 1994, American outdoor adventurers Ray and Jenny Jardine completed the Pacific Crest Trail, a long-distance hiking trail in Washington, Oregon, and California, carrying remarkably light packs. Ray Jardine published multiple guidebooks explaining how he and Jenny got to the 8.5 pound base weight, and offered guidelines so that other aspiring hikers could try the ‘Ray-Way’. Jardine’s approach, including both pack design and philosophies about go…
Collateral benefits from a school‐readiness intervention on breastfeeding
This study evaluated the collateral, or unanticipated, impacts of Smart Beginnings (SB), a two-site, tiered intervention designed to promote responsive parenting and school readiness, on breastfeeding intensity in a low-income sample. Impact analyses for the SB intervention were conducted using an intent-to-treat design leveraging a two-arm random assignment structure. Mothers assigned to the SB intervention group were more than three times more …
The gender politics of do-it-yourself
Dans les années 1970, les amateurs de plein air aux États-Unis ont adopté une nouvelle tendance en matière d’équipement et de vêtements de loisirs : les kits de couture à faire soi-même (en do-it-yourself). La société Frostline et ses concurrents ont fourni aux amateurs de plein air soucieux de leur budget des tissus et des matériaux prédécoupés, ainsi que des instructions sur la manière de les assembler. Au milieu des années 1970, il y avait au …
The gender politics of do-it-yourself
The Prenatal Neighborhood Environment and Geographic Hotspots of Infants with At-risk Birthweights in New York City
Gearing Up
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel has long been an aficionado of exercise, as she chronicles in her graphic memoir The Secret to Superhuman Strength. In her drawings and text, Bechdel—best known for her long-lived comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” as well as her graphic memoir Fun Home—examines some of the reasons for her pursuit of jogging, cycling, skiing, martial arts, and nearly every exercise trend of the last sixty years: stress relief and a desire to look…
Early Childcare Precarity and Subsequent Maternal Health
The effects of parent-child dysfunctional interactions on early childhood weight
Nostalgia and Celebration
This article explores museological interpretations of outdoor industry history in the United States by assessing the state of retail, corporate, and amateur exhibits and history displays. Both independent and chain retail shops focused on mountaineering, camping, and hunting and fishing across the US maintain historical displays. In corporate headquarters, polished exhibits welcome clients to those facilities, often highlighting important inventi…
How Covid-19 Affected Parenting in a Multi-City Sample With Low Incomes
We combined data from five cohorts of mothers of young children across three cities to understand how COVID-19 affected parenting among predominantly Black and Latine families with low incomes. We examined whether mothers reported that their parenting got worse, got better, or stayed the same; drew on a qualitative substudy to identify themes describing parenting experiences; and used quantitative data to identify psychosocial characteristics ass…
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