Laura Montgomery
Biographic Data
| ID | 6555615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Montgomery |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Montgomery |
| SIGNATURE | MONTGOMERY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Westmont College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Conceptualizing higher education students as social actors in a globalizing world
This introductory essay describes an analytical framework that locates students, staff, and institutions within both local and extra‐local patterns of stratification and clarifies our theoretical understanding of ethnographic data concerning student perceptions and practices in higher education. The essay introduces four articles based on ethnographic research that utilizes such a framework
It’s just what I like’
College students often use the rhetoric of individualism to explain their choice of major. Ethnographic interviews of male and female students reveal that students’ choices are gendered. Men’s decisions focus more on future earning potential and less on personal interest. Most women believe they can choose their major without concern for future income‐earning potential, because they plan to assume a traditional, feminine role of a non‐working wif…
The effects of poverty, race, and family structure on US children's health
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the independent and relative effects of family structure, race, and poverty on the health of US children and youth under 20 years of age at two time periods, 1978 through 1980 and 1989 through 1991. METHODS: Data were from the National Health Interview Surveys. Multivariate logit regression methods were used to analyze the effects of family structure, poverty, and race on children's health. RESULTS: Children in…
Short-Term Medical Missions
This paper analyzes two case studies of short-term medical missions to Latin America. Its conclusions suggest that when such projects are evaluated in terms of their impact upon the health status of the local population or health care delivery systems, they are found to have insignificant and even negative consequences. The shortcomings of these short-term efforts reflect the cultural assumptions that inform their design and implementation, rathe…
Animating history
Gruzinski, Serge. (Eileen Corrigan, transl.) Man‐Gods in the Mexican Highlands: Indian Power and Colonial Society, 1520–1800. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989. vii + 223 pp. including notes, glossary, maps, and index. $32.50 cloth. Seed, Patricia. To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico: Conflicts over Marriage Choice. 1574–1821. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. x + 322 pp. including notes and index. $39.50 cloth
The effects of poverty, race, and family structure on US children's health
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the independent and relative effects of family structure, race, and poverty on the health of US children and youth under 20 years of age at two time periods, 1978 through 1980 and 1989 through 1991. METHODS: Data were from the National Health Interview Surveys. Multivariate logit regression methods were used to analyze the effects of family structure, poverty, and race on children's health. RESULTS: Children in…
Conceptualizing higher education students as social actors in a globalizing world
This introductory essay describes an analytical framework that locates students, staff, and institutions within both local and extra‐local patterns of stratification and clarifies our theoretical understanding of ethnographic data concerning student perceptions and practices in higher education. The essay introduces four articles based on ethnographic research that utilizes such a framework
Animating history
Gruzinski, Serge. (Eileen Corrigan, transl.) Man‐Gods in the Mexican Highlands: Indian Power and Colonial Society, 1520–1800. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989. vii + 223 pp. including notes, glossary, maps, and index. $32.50 cloth. Seed, Patricia. To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico: Conflicts over Marriage Choice. 1574–1821. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. x + 322 pp. including notes and index. $39.50 cloth
Short-Term Medical Missions
This paper analyzes two case studies of short-term medical missions to Latin America. Its conclusions suggest that when such projects are evaluated in terms of their impact upon the health status of the local population or health care delivery systems, they are found to have insignificant and even negative consequences. The shortcomings of these short-term efforts reflect the cultural assumptions that inform their design and implementation, rathe…
The effects of poverty, race, and family structure on US children's health
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the independent and relative effects of family structure, race, and poverty on the health of US children and youth under 20 years of age at two time periods, 1978 through 1980 and 1989 through 1991. METHODS: Data were from the National Health Interview Surveys. Multivariate logit regression methods were used to analyze the effects of family structure, poverty, and race on children's health. RESULTS: Children in…
Conceptualizing higher education students as social actors in a globalizing world
This introductory essay describes an analytical framework that locates students, staff, and institutions within both local and extra‐local patterns of stratification and clarifies our theoretical understanding of ethnographic data concerning student perceptions and practices in higher education. The essay introduces four articles based on ethnographic research that utilizes such a framework
It’s just what I like’
College students often use the rhetoric of individualism to explain their choice of major. Ethnographic interviews of male and female students reveal that students’ choices are gendered. Men’s decisions focus more on future earning potential and less on personal interest. Most women believe they can choose their major without concern for future income‐earning potential, because they plan to assume a traditional, feminine role of a non‐working wif…
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work)