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Queer and Trans Necropolitics in the Afterlife of U.S. Empire
No full textExamining popular responses to highly visible examples of queer and trans death – the 2016 massacre of Latinx (largely Puerto Rican) victims at the Pulse LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and the 2014 murder of Filipina trans woman Jennifer Laude by a white U.S. Marine in Olongapo, Philippines – this article argues that queer and trans necropolitics are intimately intertwined with the afterlife of empire in former U.S. colonies/neocolonies. Queer Latinx and queer Filipina/o/x American responses to both events exemplify a coalitional moment in which diasporic anti-imperialist politics intersects with queer and trans social movements
It\u27s Funny \u27Cause It\u27s True: The Lighthearted Philosophers’ Society’s Introduction to Philosophy through Humor
Get PDFIt\u27s Funny \u27Cause It\u27s True is an introductory text in philosophy exploring logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics through questions in the philosophy of humor. Subfields receive a substantive introduction with interactive essays written to be accessible to undergraduates.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/oer/1009/thumbnail.jp
Confirmation Bias Susceptibility: Social Domains, Metacognitive Self, and Gender
Get PDFConfirmation bias is a daily and commonly under-recognized cognitive bias, one in which requires more research. More specifically, confirmation bias is when individuals seek out information to confirm beliefs and reject opposing views. This phenomenon is readily studied in economics and psychology to name a few. However, confirmation bias is often neglected in an empirical setting. Thus, with a gap in the literature, this study tested the susceptibility of confirmation bias in college students, and utilized social domains, Metacognitive Self Score (MCS), and gender to predict the level of confirmation bias. Using a between-subjects design, participants were randomly assigned to a community treatment or a competence treatment. The participants completed an online survey consisting of three parts that aimed to measure the confirmation bias, MCS, and demographic information. The participants in the competence treatment showed stronger confirmation bias, while the influence of MCS scores did not differ across the two domains. The hypotheses that females would show more confirmation bias in the competence domain and males would show more confirmation bias in the community domain were not supported. The overall results show important takeaways and implications regarding the confirmation bias in organizational settings
Hard and Soft Law in the Paris Climate Agreement
Get PDFThis paper examines the effectiveness of contractual, facilitative, and hybrid legal models in international climate agreements from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) to the Paris Climate Agreement (2015). It begins with a review of the balance between hard and soft treaty law in international environmental treaties prior to the Paris Climate Agreement with an eye for how this translated into effectiveness in terms of compelling states to lower greenhouse gas emissions. It then investigates the structure and effectiveness of the Paris Climate Agreement, taking into account global political realities and limitations for international environmental law. The product of this investigation is an argument in favor of Paris’s hybrid model utilizing both soft and hard treaty law in order to prioritize participation while maintaining an enforcement regime and state-level emissions-reduction obligations
Invisible Labor: Job Satisfaction and Exploitation Among Female Domestic Workers in Pakistan
Get PDFThe aim of this research was to look at the levels of job satisfaction among female domestic workers in Lahore and its association with the exploitation they face at work. Paid domestic service is not a part of the formal economy of Pakistan, thus there is no legal or political framework protecting workers. Informal work raises domestic workers’ chances of facing exploitation during employment in various forms. Sociological research conducted in this subject is very minimal, which is why this research was important to assess the working conditions of female domestic workers and how satisfied did they feel with their jobs. Two-Factor Theory by Herzberg was used to identify the factors of exploitation that lead to either job satisfaction or dissatisfaction. This research is of quantitative nature using survey based approach by targeting 100 employed female domestic workers above the age of 18 currently residing in Lahore. Random sampling technique was decided to be used for data collection but later on snowball sampling technique was adopted. The hypothesis for this research was “Women working in domestic service, facing more exploitation, perceive less job satisfaction and vice versa.” Factor Analysis and Simple Linear Regression were used to analyze the results of this research
Analyzing Alternative Modes of Transportation & Carbon Footprint in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Get PDFAs millions of students embark on their journey of college, many use different forms of transportation in and around their respective areas. The aim of this study incorporates the analysis of various forms of transportation, as well as each transportation method\u27s marginal greenhouse gas emissions and marginal cost per mile in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Data was collected by testing each mode of transportation on a short trip to the local Walmart. The results show that the two modes of transportation that contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions were biking and walking. The results for other modes of transportation that constitute the greatest greenhouse gas emissions were the car and rabbit transit (bus service). This study also identifies additional factors that have a positive (significant satisfaction), neutral (modest satisfaction), and negative (unsatisfactory) measurement regarding their overall experience with each transportation method. The research results indicate that biking was overall the best mode of transportation in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the e-scooter (electric scooter) having the second best mode of transportation. From an environmental standpoint, e-scooters pose greater risks than modes such as walking and biking because of user demographics and lifecycle emissions from production of e-scooters