This paper reflects on the transpositional comparison in Marginson and Yang’s article this special issue, with a focused discussion epistemic diversity cross-cultural comparative research. It argues that global research, largely co-exists inequity injustice, despite long-standing normative appeals. Against backdrop, studies have significant value, albeit facing range of challenges. There are fi...

We conducted 2 studies to investigate how cultural stereotypes that depict Blacks as criminals affect the way Blacks experience encounters with police officers, expecting that such encounters induce Blacks to feel stereotype threat (i.e., concern about being judged and treated unfairly by police because of the stereotype). In Study 1, we asked Black and White participants to report how they fee...

This research presents two studies examining scripts for the actual initial romantic encounters of young heterosexual Hispanic adults in the Southeastern U.S. In Study 1, 242 Hispanic undergraduates were asked to describe their most recent first romantic encounter using a cognitive script methodology, and then to classify the encounter as being a date, hangout, hookup, one-night stand, or other...

"Hookups," or uncommitted sexual encounters, are becoming progressively more engrained in popular culture, reflecting both evolved sexual predilections and changing social and sexual scripts. Hook-up activities may include a wide range of sexual behaviors, such as kissing, oral sex, and penetrative intercourse. However, these encounters often transpire without any promise of, or desire for, a m...

BACKGROUND/AIM Women and men are shaped over the courses of their lives by culture, society and human interaction according to the gender system. Cultural influences on individuals' social roles and environment are described in occupational therapy literature, but not specifically from a gender perspective. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how a sample of occupational therap...

This article seeks to address long-standing questions in academia, practice, and policymaking regarding the role public spaces might have promoting cross-cultural encounters experiences of social cohesion socially culturally diverse urban contexts, what theories methods researchers practitioners use objectively evaluate this. To answer these questions, this carries out a systematic literature r...

Hey there! If you’re just joining us, we’ve been talking about seminars, good and bad. And that terrific movie, The Sting, directed by the inimitable George Roy Hill. The one with Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Robert Shaw. Not the terrible sequel, which I don’t ever want to think about again. Ever. We’ve been using the chapters of The Sting to illustrate what makes up a good talk, one that w...