Existing theory claims that better marital outcomes are experienced by couples who believe their fate is determined by their own actions (internal locus of control). However, in this literature, cultural context has been largely ignored by focusing primarily on White, middle-class couples. Locus of control beliefs, discrimination, and marital well-being are examined in 80 Latino/a/x couples.
The climate future will fundamentally reconfigure society. This we know. But how can historical investigation critically engage contemporary social, cultural, and political, and intellectual approaches to climate change? Please join us in hearing about recent and forthcoming research by Zeke Baker (Dept. of Sociology), who will both present his research and provoke interdisciplinary dialogue on the topic of environmental crises.
Dr. James Mestaz will be discussing: In 1913, General Felipe Bachomo utilized the chaos of the Mexican Revolution to unite 6,000 indigenous Mayo soldiers to reclaim properties usurped by large landowners in Sinaloa, Mexico. Religious ceremonies—formerly conducted on these now usurped lands—using water and raw materials tied Mayo people to both each other and their ecosystems, acting as the basis of their identity. This insurgence went beyond regaining land to grow crops and survive, the existence of indigenous culture was at stake.
During this presentation, Dr. Steve Estes explores cultural connections between California and Japan in the writings of the American Beat Generation. It focuses specifically on Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac as they began their careers in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1950s. Snyder’s friendship inspired Kerouac to write the novel Dharma Bums that introduced Zen Buddhism to American youth. In the late 1950s, Snyder traveled to Japan where he connected with like-minded Japanese and American young people.
For this Brown Bag Lecture Dr. Soo-Yeon Yoon will discuss: While prior research provides insight into the importance of marriage on older adults’ well-being, it paid limited attention to the role of living arrangements, other than marriage, in shaping older adults’ well-being in Korea. In this talk, I will discuss the relationship between living arrangements and subjective well-being among older adults in South Korea. I pay attention to two aspects of subjective well-being (i.e., self-rated health and happiness) and how these are associated with living arrangements.
In this Brown Bag Lecture, Dr. Allison Ford will discuss how conservation scientists navigate conversations about conservation and climate change with ranchers and farmers who may hold conflicting environmental and political worldviews? This talk shares progress on an ongoing ethnographic study on collaborative conservation of working lands in California. Based on interviews primarily with conservation biologists who work in the field, I explore the social nature of ecological work and the strategies that scientists use to develop trust with ranchers, farmers, and land managers.
For this Brown Bag lecture, Dr. Samuel Cohen discusses how the city of Rome declined in importance after the third century, its continued economic, cultural, and religious significance meant that migration into the city remained common throughout the late ancient period. This talk continues Dr. Cohen’s research into migration and the language of marginalization in Late Antiquity by considering the rhetorical work done by ‘foreigners’ and the idea of foreignness in the writings of Roman political and religious authorities.
During this Brown Bag Lecture Bittner will speak about his travel to war-torn Ukraine in June and July of 2022, his research over the years in Kyiv, Odesa, Simferopol, and Yalta, and the way that the war has rearranged everything in his professional life, from the friendships he maintains to the types of historical research that are possible now and in the future.
