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Speaking ���Out���: Speech-Based Sexual Orientation Perceptions and Workplace Discrimination
Get PDFSexual orientation is often considered an invisible and concealable identity, but many studies have supported the existence of speech-based sexual orientation perceptions (or ���auditory gaydar���) and demonstrated their above-chance accuracy. Given that sexual orientation-based discrimination is still prominent in the workplace, a 2 (speaker sexual orientation: gay/lesbian, straight) x 2 (speaker gender: man, woman) between-subjects experiment investigated how gay/lesbian employees are impacted by speech-based sexual orientation perceptions. Utilizing a sample of 1509 participants recruited from MTurk, participants were unable to accurately identify speakers��� sexual orientation based on their voice, yet they were less likely to recommend hiring gay/lesbian speakers and viewed gay/lesbian speakers as having worse leadership ability than their straight counterparts. Additionally, regardless of speakers��� actual sexual orientation, participants��� endorsement of heterosexism predicted more lower hiring recommendations and more negative perceptions of leadership ability for speakers they perceived to sound less straight. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed
Documenting of Sterols, PAHs, and PCBs on Galveston Island Beaches
Get PDFUnderstanding the impacts of humans on an ecosystem is vital in developing methods to mitigate the amount of contamination in an environment. Given that Galveston Bay is one of the largest ports in Texas, it is an epicenter for human pollution. The human populations that inhabit cities around the bay rely on the surrounding oil refineries and municipal infrastructure for daily activities. The expansiveness of the maritime industry in Galveston Bay results in extensive ship traffic that increases the presence of oil in the port waters. Additionally wastewater treatment facilities are an essential component of infrastructure within human inhabited regions. The release of treated wastewater has been a topic of great discussion regarding its ecological impacts. Being able to quantify the extent of wastewater effluent contamination within an ecosystem is necessary when one is trying to understand the ecological impacts of treated wastewater effluent in an environment. The objective of this research project is to elucidate the extent of human derived pollution with respect to wastewater and oil refineries. Through the quantification of the presence of sterol biomarkers (indicating sewage pollution), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) (indicating industrial or oil refinery pollution) one can thereby grasp the magnitude of human pollution in the Galveston Bay area. To our knowledge, the analyses of sterols has not been previously conducted in the Galveston Bay area. Our preliminary results indicate the widespread presence of these pollutants on the beaches of Galveston Bay
