Africana studies

In the changing society of the 1920’s the “New Woman” was brought about in which changes in “the family and sexual mores, women’s participation in the work force, and the political activism” (Dumenil) influenced the society that was once ruled by men. This new idea brought skeptics, and those who believed that woman were to nurture and stay at home while the man was to be the provider. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald offers a view into this changing society where varying levels of the…

This essay will address the concept of positive and negative face and how it is communicated within an intercultural environment. The concept will be developed using a personal experience of travelling to Indonesia to demonstrate the influence of understanding interpersonal communication. Additionally, the essay will highlight the four propositions within Identity Management Theory, with emphasis on the Cultural Face Off proposition evident during my Indonesian experience. Furthermore, the essay…

encounter many cultural differences. Class work standards may be different from your home country, and classroom etiquette may differ quite a bit, than what you are used to. These cultural differences may, in some cases, affect or interfere with studies. Although college is challenging, I am going to succeed by using advice from experts, by developing strategies, and by taking advantage of the benefits offered by my college. Since I am From Iran, I know college will be challenging. I moved…

In college, students often faced many barriers that prevent them from being successful and do well in school. These barriers cause student to lose focus and lost track of their priorities such as finishing assignments on time and study for upcoming exams. A common barrier that student often face is negative thoughts. Student often give up easily before even trying. For example, students have to a physic class as a requirement to graduate. Due to all the math and intense problem solving, students…

Gender Identity: Biologically Inevitable or Sociologically Imposed? Today in society, gender identity is becoming a prominent topic of discussion. Many people believe that the attributes associated with a specific gender are deep rooted and established prematurely. From the time that a child is born their gender roles and personalities in life are predestined just by the term, “It’s a ___!” There are two major theories that have explanations for this phenomenon. In “The Early Development of…

Living in a time of political correctness it is crucial that we understand the smallest of issues, because we never know who is what nor do we know the circumstances. It is very easy to offend an individual, especially since we are living in such an age where the opinions of many different people are not being taken into consideration. In this discussion on gender identity and athletics, the issue is debated on different skill levels: high school, college, and professional. Athletes who identify…

Organizational culture plays a key role in the effectiveness of any company. Netflix has worked hard to establish a very strong organizational culture, or collective values that are the core makeup of the company (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). My organization has a strong but very different culture, but cannot compare in scale to that of Netflix. My organization is a public power company, which naturally leads us to a very different business model than Netflix, resulting in very different…

was homeschooled through high-school, the way I preferred to study was pretty simple, yet efficient. First, I would have a pre-planned general, weekly schedule of all my subjects that I needed to complete each day, but it was a flexible schedule that just described what I needed to generally do each day of each month through the whole year. After organizing my textbooks and their folders, I would find all my books and order them in my “study box” to help me stay on track with the readings and…

Applying CRT to this study The problem of practice that is being studied is the lack of engagement of Black alumni who attended PWIs and its possible connection to negative campus experiences. Gaier (2005) mentions that interpersonal relationships while in college are the most significant variable for determining alumni participation. He also notes that the higher the level of satisfaction with their academic experience, the more likely alumni would be involved with the university (Gaier,…

In contemporary society, there is an established gender hierarchy that maintains male superiority over females. This hierarchical perspective that is constantly reinforced generation after generation, consistently places a higher value on masculinity than on femininity (Schilt; Westbrook, 442). Many components attribute to the gender hierarchy like gender roles, racial privileges, “doing gender”, and a most important factor of heterosexuality. Heterosexuality contributes to the subordination of…