Veronica G Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 74973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Veronica G Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Veronica G |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS V G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Howard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Martha Tamara Shuch Mednick (1929–2020)
Memorializes Martha Tamara Schuch Mednick (1929-2020). Mednick was one of the most influential women in the development of the psychology of women. In 1965, Martha joined and was very active in the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). SPSSI, an organization of social scientists who have brought research to bear on a wide array of societal problems, and was considered the "conscience" of APA. In 1967, Martha received an of…
Attitudes and experiences regarding genetic research among persons of African descent
Racism, Social Programming, and Evaluation: Where Do We Go From Here
Recent public events have unnerved the country, touched the consciousness of the populace, and reveal the resurgence of the White supremacist movement, causing many citizens to reflect on race relations. Given the profound impact of racism deeply embedded in the fabric of this country and its complex and destructive influence on the lives of people of color in social programs and in the contexts being evaluated, evaluators and the evaluation prof…
Culturally Responsive Evaluation Meets Systems-Oriented Evaluation
The authors of this article each bring a different theoretical background to their evaluation practice. The first author has a background of attention to culturally responsive evaluation (CRE), while the second author has a background of attention to systems theories and their application to evaluation. Both have had their own evolution of thinking and application of their respective conceptual traditions over the last 20+ years, influenced consi…
Going Full Circle With Teacher Feedback: Conducting Responsive Evaluations in Urban Pre-K Classrooms
Research on the evaluation of early childhood programs focuses mainly on its outcomes rather than its process with often little attention given to the role that feedback to teachers in pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs plays in the larger cycle of the evaluation process. This article provides a case example of a multiyear evaluation of community-based pre-k programs serving about 360 three- and four-year old children over a 5-year period in the D…
Looking Ahead: The Future of Evaluation
The Case for Better Evaluation Theory: Comments on Miller, Kirkhart, and Smith
Integration of Social Justice Into the Teaching of Evaluation
This article argues that social justice should be included in evaluation education as a fundamental value in evaluation practice. A social justice orientation will provide students with a perspective that will enable them to challenge existing evaluation hegemonic ontological, epistemological, theoretical, and methodological practices that diminish groups at the margins of society and normalize injustice. We suggest four major areas where educato…
The Psychology of Black Women: Studying Women's Lives in Context
This article provides a critical analysis of a distinctive psychology of Black women, discusses the relevant epistemologies and conceptual framework that can inform such a perspective, and suggests a set of guiding principles for advancing theory and research on Black women within a historically and contextually relevant framework. A discussion of who is best suited to study the lives of Black women is also provided. The article concludes with a …
HIV/Aids knowledge, attitudes, and risk-behaviors among African-American and Caribbean college women
Introduction and Overview: New and Continuing Challenges and Opportunities for Black Women in the Academy
Florence B. Bonner, Veronica G. Thomas, Introduction and Overview: New and Continuing Challenges and Opportunities for Black Women in the Academy, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 70, No. 3, Black Women in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities (Summer, 2001), pp. 121-123
Educational Experiences and Transitions of Reentry College Women: Special Considerations for African American Female Students
Veronica G. Thomas, Educational Experiences and Transitions of Reentry College Women: Special Considerations for African American Female Students, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 70, No. 3, Black Women in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities (Summer, 2001), pp. 139-155
Learner-Centered Alternatives to Social Promotion and Retention: A Talent Development Approach
Learner-Centered Alternatives to Social Promotion and Retention: A Talent Development Approach* A serious problem in American schools that they typically seek strategies for helping students after they have encountered difficulty have experienced failure instead of focusing on reducing failure before it emerges. The most popular remedies for dealing with struggling students have been to retain them in the same grade to socially promote them to th…
Problems of Dual-Career Black Couples: Identification and Implications for Family Interventions
Body image, dieting tendencies, and sex role traits in urban black women
Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among Blacks
Depressive symptoms among a sample of Black adults were investigated as a function of three structural characteristics of social support networks: (1) frequency of contact with network members, (2) durability of network relationships, and (3) reciprocity of network relationships. Overall, respondents had frequent contact with their network members, long-term network relationships, and little reciprocity in network relationships. None of these str…
Career Aspirations, Parental Support, and Work Values Among Black Female Adolescents
Evaluation of sex-typed tasks by black men and women
Integration of Social Justice Into the Teaching of Evaluation
This article argues that social justice should be included in evaluation education as a fundamental value in evaluation practice. A social justice orientation will provide students with a perspective that will enable them to challenge existing evaluation hegemonic ontological, epistemological, theoretical, and methodological practices that diminish groups at the margins of society and normalize injustice. We suggest four major areas where educato…
The Psychology of Black Women: Studying Women's Lives in Context
This article provides a critical analysis of a distinctive psychology of Black women, discusses the relevant epistemologies and conceptual framework that can inform such a perspective, and suggests a set of guiding principles for advancing theory and research on Black women within a historically and contextually relevant framework. A discussion of who is best suited to study the lives of Black women is also provided. The article concludes with a …
Culturally Responsive Evaluation Meets Systems-Oriented Evaluation
The authors of this article each bring a different theoretical background to their evaluation practice. The first author has a background of attention to culturally responsive evaluation (CRE), while the second author has a background of attention to systems theories and their application to evaluation. Both have had their own evolution of thinking and application of their respective conceptual traditions over the last 20+ years, influenced consi…
Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among Blacks
Depressive symptoms among a sample of Black adults were investigated as a function of three structural characteristics of social support networks: (1) frequency of contact with network members, (2) durability of network relationships, and (3) reciprocity of network relationships. Overall, respondents had frequent contact with their network members, long-term network relationships, and little reciprocity in network relationships. None of these str…
Body image, dieting tendencies, and sex role traits in urban black women
Racism, Social Programming, and Evaluation: Where Do We Go From Here
Recent public events have unnerved the country, touched the consciousness of the populace, and reveal the resurgence of the White supremacist movement, causing many citizens to reflect on race relations. Given the profound impact of racism deeply embedded in the fabric of this country and its complex and destructive influence on the lives of people of color in social programs and in the contexts being evaluated, evaluators and the evaluation prof…
Educational Experiences and Transitions of Reentry College Women: Special Considerations for African American Female Students
Veronica G. Thomas, Educational Experiences and Transitions of Reentry College Women: Special Considerations for African American Female Students, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 70, No. 3, Black Women in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities (Summer, 2001), pp. 139-155
Looking Ahead: The Future of Evaluation
Introduction and Overview: New and Continuing Challenges and Opportunities for Black Women in the Academy
Florence B. Bonner, Veronica G. Thomas, Introduction and Overview: New and Continuing Challenges and Opportunities for Black Women in the Academy, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 70, No. 3, Black Women in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities (Summer, 2001), pp. 121-123
Problems of Dual-Career Black Couples: Identification and Implications for Family Interventions
Career Aspirations, Parental Support, and Work Values Among Black Female Adolescents
Evaluation of sex-typed tasks by black men and women
Evaluation of sex-typed tasks by black men and women
Career Aspirations, Parental Support, and Work Values Among Black Female Adolescents
Body image, dieting tendencies, and sex role traits in urban black women
Social Support and Depressive Symptoms among Blacks
Depressive symptoms among a sample of Black adults were investigated as a function of three structural characteristics of social support networks: (1) frequency of contact with network members, (2) durability of network relationships, and (3) reciprocity of network relationships. Overall, respondents had frequent contact with their network members, long-term network relationships, and little reciprocity in network relationships. None of these str…
Problems of Dual-Career Black Couples: Identification and Implications for Family Interventions
Learner-Centered Alternatives to Social Promotion and Retention: A Talent Development Approach
Learner-Centered Alternatives to Social Promotion and Retention: A Talent Development Approach* A serious problem in American schools that they typically seek strategies for helping students after they have encountered difficulty have experienced failure instead of focusing on reducing failure before it emerges. The most popular remedies for dealing with struggling students have been to retain them in the same grade to socially promote them to th…
HIV/Aids knowledge, attitudes, and risk-behaviors among African-American and Caribbean college women
Introduction and Overview: New and Continuing Challenges and Opportunities for Black Women in the Academy
Florence B. Bonner, Veronica G. Thomas, Introduction and Overview: New and Continuing Challenges and Opportunities for Black Women in the Academy, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 70, No. 3, Black Women in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities (Summer, 2001), pp. 121-123
Educational Experiences and Transitions of Reentry College Women: Special Considerations for African American Female Students
Veronica G. Thomas, Educational Experiences and Transitions of Reentry College Women: Special Considerations for African American Female Students, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 70, No. 3, Black Women in the Academy: Challenges and Opportunities (Summer, 2001), pp. 139-155
The Psychology of Black Women: Studying Women's Lives in Context
This article provides a critical analysis of a distinctive psychology of Black women, discusses the relevant epistemologies and conceptual framework that can inform such a perspective, and suggests a set of guiding principles for advancing theory and research on Black women within a historically and contextually relevant framework. A discussion of who is best suited to study the lives of Black women is also provided. The article concludes with a …
The Case for Better Evaluation Theory: Comments on Miller, Kirkhart, and Smith
Integration of Social Justice Into the Teaching of Evaluation
This article argues that social justice should be included in evaluation education as a fundamental value in evaluation practice. A social justice orientation will provide students with a perspective that will enable them to challenge existing evaluation hegemonic ontological, epistemological, theoretical, and methodological practices that diminish groups at the margins of society and normalize injustice. We suggest four major areas where educato…
Looking Ahead: The Future of Evaluation
Going Full Circle With Teacher Feedback: Conducting Responsive Evaluations in Urban Pre-K Classrooms
Research on the evaluation of early childhood programs focuses mainly on its outcomes rather than its process with often little attention given to the role that feedback to teachers in pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs plays in the larger cycle of the evaluation process. This article provides a case example of a multiyear evaluation of community-based pre-k programs serving about 360 three- and four-year old children over a 5-year period in the D…
Culturally Responsive Evaluation Meets Systems-Oriented Evaluation
The authors of this article each bring a different theoretical background to their evaluation practice. The first author has a background of attention to culturally responsive evaluation (CRE), while the second author has a background of attention to systems theories and their application to evaluation. Both have had their own evolution of thinking and application of their respective conceptual traditions over the last 20+ years, influenced consi…
Racism, Social Programming, and Evaluation: Where Do We Go From Here
Recent public events have unnerved the country, touched the consciousness of the populace, and reveal the resurgence of the White supremacist movement, causing many citizens to reflect on race relations. Given the profound impact of racism deeply embedded in the fabric of this country and its complex and destructive influence on the lives of people of color in social programs and in the contexts being evaluated, evaluators and the evaluation prof…
Attitudes and experiences regarding genetic research among persons of African descent
Martha Tamara Shuch Mednick (1929–2020)
Memorializes Martha Tamara Schuch Mednick (1929-2020). Mednick was one of the most influential women in the development of the psychology of women. In 1965, Martha joined and was very active in the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). SPSSI, an organization of social scientists who have brought research to bear on a wide array of societal problems, and was considered the "conscience" of APA. In 1967, Martha received an of…
Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)