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Interior Design Majors Win National Scholarships
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Two interior design majors--Kylie Worman and Abigail Parisot--each won a $1,000 scholarship. WithIt is the women's leadership development network for the home and furnishings industry.
Published by: Winthrop University
Five Seniors Earn President's Award on May 5 for Academic Excellence
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Quick Facts President Dan Mahony recognized Kathryn Taylor Burt of Wilmington, North Carolina, in the morning ceremony, held for the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Arts and Sciences. In the afternoon...
Published by: Winthrop University
Candidate Emergence Among Women: Responsibility to Run
Abigail Peabody
Jan 01, 0001
Since women make competitive candidates, what explains the fact that fewer women run for political office? This paper analyzes women's emergence as candidates and finds that expectations of gender discrimination, women's...
Published by: Ursinus College
FBO or No? Explaining USAID Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations in Development Aid
Abigail Behm
Jan 01, 0001
Scholars and practitioners alike have long debated about how to best implement foreign aid programs. However, the relationship between the United States' primary foreign aid agency, United States Agency for International...
Published by: Ursinus College
Social Movements and Candidate Emergence Among Women
Abigail Peabody
Jan 01, 0001
This paper examines factors which drive candidate emergence among women. I look at social movements and utilize semi-structured interviews to understand how different factors such as role models, experiences, political parties...
Published by: Ursinus College
An Arts Therapy Case Study: The Vision, Progress, Impact, and Plan of Canada's First National Centre for Dance Therapy
Abigail Jane Axelrod
Jan 01, 0001
Since it's founding in 1957, the ballet company, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (LGBCM, Les Grands Ballets), has stretched the reputation of classical dance. Within its first year, the dance company was listed as a...
Published by: Winthrop University
Using Microfossils to Examine Paleoclimate Through Glacial / Interglacial Cycles at ODP Site 1233, Chile Margin, Southeast Pacific Ocean
Abigail Duimering
Jan 01, 0001
By investigating marine microfossils from the ODP Leg 202 ocean core at Site 1233 off the coast of Chile, I hope to expand on the paleoclimate reconstruction project I worked on during Summer Fellows 2023. The project will...
Published by: Ursinus College
Investigating Paleoclimate of the Chilean Margin and its Evolution Through Analysis of Deep Ocean Sediment
Abigail Duimering
Jan 01, 0001
Human-induced climate change is a major concern as climates are actively changing at rates that pose threats to human infrastructure, health, and ecosystems. Our research goal was to study the evolution of natural climatic...
Published by: Ursinus College
Fatherhood regimes and father involvement in France and the UK
This paper contrasts and compares the institutional framework for fatherhood and father involvement and the survey evidence relating to fathers’ contribution to childcare and domestic work in the two countries. It shows that...
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What is "new" about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK
This article reviews the way that fatherhood is constructed in the public discourse and more broadly in the public sphere in the UK and France by examining (1) the fatherhood regime and its influence on the construction of...
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Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK
Purpose – This paper focuses on the role of organizations in mediating the impact of national work-life balance (WLB) policy on employees, in particular fathers.
Design/methodology/approach – It presents...
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Fathers, care and family policy in France
This article reviews policy debates and output on employment rights for fathers in France, focusing on paternity leave and the debates leading to reform of leave in 2014. Since the extension of paternity leave to 10 days in...
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A Macro Economic Approach to Gender Disparities in Hiring at the CEO Level
Abigail R Wood
Jan 01, 0001
More men named John run S&P 1500 companies than all women combined, causing many to wonder what factors are limiting women's career advancement. While many studies have been written about the topic of women's success in the...
Published by: Ursinus College
What is "new" about fatherhood? The social construction of fatherhood in France and the UK
This article reviews the way that fatherhood is constructed in the public discourse and more broadly in the public sphere in the UK and France by examining (1) the fatherhood regime and its influence on the construction of...
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Work-life balance in times of economic crisis and austerity
Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview of the wider debates concerning the evolution of work-life balance practice and policy since the onset of the “Great Recession” of 2008 and to draw out some...
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Engaging use of Social Media as a research tool to capture the daily life experiences of young people with chronic pain
This article summarises a recent EBN Twitter chat on the use of social media as a research tool to capture the daily life experiences of young people with chronic pain. The Twitter chat was led by Line Caes (@LineCaes) from the...
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Fathers and work-life balance in France and the UK
Purpose – This paper focuses on the role of organizations in mediating the impact of national work-life balance (WLB) policy on employees, in particular fathers.
Design/methodology/approach – It presents...
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Gender equality bargaining in France and the UK
Collective bargaining is widely advocated as one means of addressing continued gender pay disparities. However, since collective bargaining has been weakened as a mode of employment regulation, its efficacy relative to statutory...
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