Combined Theme Reading Lists

When using online versions, whenever possible you should use the "full page image." The articles are all available on line through Blackboard (under course documents) or through the Electronic Resources page of the Lehman Library. The specific database in which each article is available is given below.

Schools and Education

  1. Content Analysis: Evans, Lorraine and Kimberley Davies. "No Sissy Boys Here: A Content Analysis of the Representation of Masculinity in Elementary school Reading Text Books." Sex Roles 42: 255-270. (Social Science Plus Text)
  2. Survey: Gutman, Leslie Morrison and Carol Midgley. 2000. "The Role of Protective Factors in Supporting the Academic Achievement of Poor African American Students During the Middle School Transition." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 29: 223-248. (Social Science Plus Text)
  3. Field Research: Lopez, Nancy. 2002. Hopeful Girls, Troubled Boys. New York: Routledge.
  4. Evaluation Research: Stevahn, Laurie, David Johnson, Roger Johnson, and Ray Schultz. 2002. "Effects of Conflict Resolution Training Integrated into a High School Social Studies Curriculum. The Journal of Social Psychology 142, 305-331. (Social Science Plus Text)

Work and Families

  1. Content Analysis: LaRossa, Ralph, Charles Jaret, Malati Gadgil, and G. Robert Wynn. 2000. The Changing Culture of Fatherhood in Comic-Strip Families: A Six-Decade Analysis. Journal of Marriage and the Family 62, 375-387. (Social Science Plus Text ) ( Ebsco Academic Search Premier )
  2. Survey: Gianakos, Irene. 2000. "Gender Roles and Coping with Work Stress." Sex Roles 42: 1059-1079. (Social Science Plus Text)
  3. Field Research: Garey, Anita IIlta. 1999. Weaving Work and Motherhood. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  4. Evaluation: Hawkins, Alan J., Toni-Ann Roberts, Shawn L. Christiansen, and Christina M. Marshall. 1994. "An Evaluation of a Program to Help Dual-Earner Couples Share the Second Shift." Family Relations 43: 213-220.(Ebsco Academic Search Premiere)

Sociology of Relgion

  1. Content Analysis: Kerr, Peter A. and Patricia Moy. 2002. "Newspaper Coverage of Fundamentalist Christians, 1980-2000." Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 79: 54-72. ( Social Science Plus Text )
  2. Survey: McDuff, Elaine. 2001. " The Gender Paradox in Work Satisfaction and the Protestant Clergy." Sociology of Religion 62:1-21. ( Social Science Plus Text )
  3. Field Research: Zuckerman, Phil. 1999. Strife in the Sanctuary. Lanham, MD: Altamira Press.
  4. Evaluation: Markens, Susan, Sarah Fox, Bonnie Taub, and Mary Lou Gilbert. 2002. "Role of Black Churches in Health Promotion Programs: Lessons from the Los Angeles Mammography Promotion in Churches Program." American Journal of Public Health 92: 805-810. (Ebsco Academic Search Premier)

Immigration

  1. Content Analysis: Menjívar, Cecilia and Sang H. Kil. 2002. "For Their Own Good: Benevolent Rhetoric and Exclusionary Language in Public Officials' Discourse on Immigrant-Related Issues." Social Justice 29: 160-176. ( Social Science Plus Text )
  2. Survey: Portes, Alejandro, Luis Eduardo Gaurnizo, and William J. Haller. 2002. "Transnational Entreprueners: An Alternative Form of Immigrant Economic Adaptation." American Sociological Review 67: 278-298. (Social Science Plus Text)
  3. Field Research: Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette. 2001. Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caringin the Shadows of Affluence.Berkley: University of California Press.
  4. Evaluation: Sargent, Paul, Charles Hohm, and Robert Moser. 1999. "A Qualitative Comparision of the Effectiveness of Public and Private Refugee Resettlement Programs: The San Diego Case." Sociological Perspectives 42: 403-421. Also recommended: Hohm, Charles, Paul Sargent, and Robert Moser. 1999. "A Quantitative Comparision of the Effectiveness of Public and Private Refugee Resettlement Programs: An Evaluation of the San Diego Wilson Fish Demonstration Project." Sociological Perspectives 42: 755-563. (Ebsco Academic Search Premier(Full text may not be available here.))

Sociology of Age and Aging

  1. Content Analysis: Roberts, Scott and Nan Zhou. 1997. "The 50 and Older Characters in the Advertisements of Modern Maturity: Growing Older, Getting Better?" Journal of Applied Gerontology 16: 208-220. (Social Science Plus Text)
  2. Survey: Fry, P. S. 2001. "Predictors of Health-related Quality of life Perspectives, Self-esteem, and Life Satisfactions of Older Adults Following Spousal Loss: An 18-month Follow-up Study of Widows and Widowers." The Gerontologist 41: 787-798. (Social Science Plus Text)
  3. Field Research: Freidenberg, Judith. 2000. Growing Old in El Barrio New York: New York University Press.
  4. Evaluation: Linsk, N., Howe, M. & E Pinkston. 1975. "Behavioral Group Work in a Home for the Aged." Social Work 20: 454-463. (Ebsco Academic Search Premier)

Sociology of Medicine and Health Care

  1. Content Analysis: Chory-Assad, Rebecca M. and Ron Tamborini, Ron. 2001. "Television Doctors: An Analysis of Physicians in Fictional and Non-fictional Television Programs" Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 45: 499-521. (Social Science Plus Text)
  2. Survey: Hoff, Timothy, Winthrop F. Whitcomb, and John R. Nelson. 2002. "Thriving and Surviving in a New Medical Career: The Case of Hospitalist Physicians." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 43: 72-91. (Social Science Plus Text)
  3. Field Research: Guo, Zibin. 2000. Ginseng and Aspirin: Helath Car Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York. Ithaca: New York.
  4. Evaluation: Roger H. Secker-Walker, Brian S. Flynn, and Laura J. Solomon. 2000. "Helping Women Quit Smoking: Results of a Community Intervention Program." American Journal of Public Health 90: 940-946. (Social Science Plus text)