In this special live interview, new RCGP Chair Prof. Kamila Hawthorne answers AiTs’ questions on her experiences as a trainee, hospital rotations, exam fairness, new consultation models, the sustainability of careers in general practice, new roles in general practice, is training too protected, her priorities as chair, and what the College is doing for the future of the profession.  Do not miss this one!

In this podcast, Dr Sadiya Ayaz, a GP trainer, appraiser and SW London RCGP Faculty Board Member, discusses current issues in general practice with RCGP President Professor Dame Clare Gerada. We hear Clare’s views on the overwhelming mental health crises facing general practice amidst exceeding work pressures, what the future of general practice looks like and how many cups of tea Clare gets through in her clinic. Listen in to find out more!

Lisa Lau and Ana Mendes discuss their recent article on Arundhati Roy’s acclaimed novel. Posted January 2019.

Sound files for HF 662733

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Glen, Nancy L. (2016). Why Do We “Skip to My Lou,” Anyway? Teaching Play Party Songs in Historical Context. General Music Today, DOI: 10.1177/1048371316655845.

Sound file to the article:

Glen, Nancy L. (2016). Why Do We “Skip to My Lou,” Anyway? Teaching Play Party Songs in Historical Context. General Music Today, DOI: 10.1177/1048371316655845.

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Glen, Nancy L. (2016). Why Do We “Skip to My Lou,” Anyway? Teaching Play Party Songs in Historical Context. General Music Today, DOI: 10.1177/1048371316655845.

Coauthors Jeremy Reynolds and Matthew May discuss their article for Social Currents' second issue, "Religion, Motherhood, and the Spirit of Capitalism."

Abstract: Religion can help people cope with problems, but in the modern U.S. economy, it may also create problems for some women. Conservative Protestantism encourages women to avoid paid work when they have young children, but that is a preference many families cannot afford. To better understand how workplace outcomes may reflect religion, we examine whether conservative Protestant, mainline Protestant, Catholic, and non-religious women work the number of hours they prefer. We pay special attention to the interplay of religion and motherhood. We find that among new mothers, conservative Protestants are among the most likely to wish they were working fewer hours. Non-religious women, in contrast, are the least likely to want fewer hours. Among women who are not new mothers, the situation is reversed. Conservative Protestants are least likely to wish they were working fewer hours and non-religious women are the most likely to want fewer hours. These results suggest that researchers interested in the subjective side of employment should pay more attention to how religion shapes experiences of paid work.

Read the full article here.

Posted May 2014. 

Author Ivy Ken discusses her article for Social Currents' second issue, "A Healthy Bottom Line: Obese Children, A Pacified Public, and Corporate Legitimacy."

Abstract: Corporations rarely prioritize healthy communities over healthy profit margins, but their profits depend on community acceptance. This article reveals that in their quest to be perceived as legitimate citizens, some corporations co-opt the rhetorical tactics typically associated with social movement organizations to frame their profit-maximizing practices as the solution to the problem of childhood obesity. In this framing, explored here in an ethnography of the activities of two organizations called the Partnership for a Healthier America and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, obesity is the result of communities’ failure to work together and the cumulative effect of individuals’ bad choices. By framing corporations as vital community partners poised to “work together” across sectors to solve the childhood obesity “crisis,” these organizations hope to inspire the public to participate in this imagined community in one predominant way: by buying their products. Despite the apparent power and reach of their framing, though, these corporations implicitly acknowledge that they are not and cannot be legitimate members of communities unless the public lets them.

Read the article here.

Posted May 2014.

Author Nicoletta Balbo discusses her article for the June 2014 issue of American Sociological Review, "Does fertility behavior spread among friends?" 

Article will soon be available here.

Posted May 2014.

This Security Dialogue podcast features Carolin Kaltofen, author of Engaging Adorno: Critical security studies after emancipation which appears in the February 2013 issue of Security Dialogue, February 2013; 44(1).

Guest Co-Editor Erica Chenoweth discusses the May 2013 Special Issue of Journal of Peace Research 'Understanding Nonviolent Resistance' with the journal Editor-in-Chief, Henrik Urdal. The issue was co-edited with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham and is available online here.

Dr David Dodick interviews Dr Rami Burstein about his paper in Cephalalgia - Selective inhibition of meningeal nociceptors by botulinum neurotoxin type A: Therapeutic implications for migraine and other pains.

Read the associated full research article here.

Abstract: Community colleges play a key role in educating the large number of non-traditional, low-income, and under-prepared students who have entered higher education in the past several decades. Despite increased access, community colleges are struggling to graduate students. Most, if not all, strategies provided by scholars to improve college completion rates assume increased student engagement will enhance persistence and success. Existing theories of persistence overlook the dynamic influence of job markets for the students community colleges serve. Using National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics data, this article draws on Tinto’s theory of persistence and proposes a new framework that acknowledges the role of job opportunities and of work–family–schooling quandaries in community college students’ choices about persistence. Our model builds on the following relevant notions: (a) human capital theory, (b) social integration, and (c) socio-academic integration. Our model has important implications for leaders who aim to better align students’ college experiences with their desired careers and available jobs.

Read the full article here.

Associate Professor Rebecca Mitchell discusses her research into tension in the workplace and how this can sometimes be a good thing.

Posted May 2014