Policy Implications of Supporting Women of Color in the Sciences

ABSTRACT

This research suggests that, contrary to popular perception, there exists a pool of women of color with avid interest in science, and the academic skills to pursue that interest. It further suggests that these women, if given the support necessary to persist in science, will choose careers that address many other needs, domestic and international, including schooling and science education; rural and urban health care, public health and medical research; the environment; and other public service fields. Investing in the retention of high-achieving women of color in science yields returns on multiple levels. This conclusion is based on a study of high-achieving women of color interested in studying science, and an evaluation of a university enrichment program for science students of color.     

Examining Familial-Based Academic Success Factors in Urban High School Students: The Case of Puerto Rican Female High Achievers

ABSTRACT

This article works to dispel the myth that Puerto Rican female urban high school students living in poverty are not capable of performing at high academic levels. This article attempts to counteract these beliefs by describing the four success factors that seven Puerto Rican female high school students attribute to their high academic achievement. These success factors are: (1) religiosity and extracurricular activities as sources of social capital, (2) affirming and maintaining a Puerto Rican identity, (3) maternal influences on students' academic achievement and, (4) the potential for caring teachers and other school staff to influence high academic achievement. Finally, our findings suggest that opportunities for Latinas and other youth of color are still inequitably structured in large, comprehensive high schools. Hence, we argue that schools must continue to bridge the large gap between themselves and the families/communities they serve and utilize the funds of knowledge and social capital that their students already bring to school.     

汉英日语中颜色词“红”“青（蓝）”“绿”的感情隐喻考察

汉语、英语、日语中的色彩词“红”“青（蓝）”“绿”都有丰富的感情隐喻。由于人类有着许多共同的生理现象,从而使得颜色词在不同的语言中存在相同的隐喻;同时又由于文化的差异,这些颜色词在各语言中也有各自独特的隐喻,这里通过对比分析,以揭示它们所具有的共性和个性。     

Intersectionality Is Not a Choice: Reflections of a Queer Scholar of Color on Teaching,Writing, and Belonging in LGBTQ Studies and Academia

ABSTRACT

Drawing on my experience as a queer, genderqueer, Puerto Rican counselor educator, this article considers how LGBTQAI+ studies and academia can expand to better include people with multiple marginalized identities. This article highlights some of the contradictions that educators face when engaging in the liberatory praxis that connects and creates a sense of belonging during these tumultuous times. This reflection suggests a decolonizing approach to intersectionality and highlights the importance of transcending binary discourse to engage in deconstructing the multiple layers of colonization in our internal and external spaces that is necessary for liberatory praxis. Finally, a few recommendations for how LGBTQAI+ studies and academia can support scholars with multiple marginalized identities are identified.     

Skin Color and Intelligence in African Americans: A Reply to Hill

Hill's theory that the positive association between light skin color and intelligence among African Americans can be explained as a result of discrimination by whites against darker skinned blacks is implausible. There is no direct evidence for this theory. If it were true, dark skinned blacks should earn less than light skinned blacks as a result of greater discrimination against them. The NORC data show that this is not the case. Hill's analysis is an example of the Sociologists' Fallacy that consists of treating correlates as causes.     

浅析颜色词在中西方文化中的差异

由于世界各民族在风俗习惯、文化传统、宗教信仰、思维习惯等方面存在差异,同一颜色词有时表现出不同的意思,有着很深刻的民族性,甚至在经过引申、转义之后颜色成为了不同国家、民族的崇尚或禁忌。随着社会在不断的发展,颜色文化的神秘性和重要性也逐步的体现出来了。     

试析现代汉语词类的活用及其修辞效果

现代汉语词类活用是指在不改变该词词形的基础上,为了表达上的需要把某一类词的语法功能临时用作另一类词的语法功能。词类活用现象蕴含着丰富的民族文化,扩大了词语在意义层面和表达层面之间的弹性空间,增添了语言在词汇和语法层面的构建功能,是非常活跃的语法修辞手段。它可以使得言语表达生动形象、含蓄幽默,达到一种意想不到的修辞效果,日益受到人们的喜爱。     

从个人叙事到民族叙事——沈从文小说地域色彩的形成

地域色彩是沈从文小说的主要特征,他对湘西世界的创造,不仅为20世纪中国文学增添了光辉的一章,而且使其成为湘西地方民族叙事的代言人。沈从文小说地域色彩的形成,经历了个人叙事和民族叙事两个阶段,在这一过程中,他不仅认同了＂乡下人＂的身份,而且在摆脱早期个人叙事圈子的同时也把个体敏锐的感性认识与湘西地方特殊的民族历史文化融合在一起,创造出独具特色的湘西民族叙事。     

论钢琴弹奏中触键对音色的影响

音色实质上就是一种声音效果。在钢琴弹奏中,音色的控制非常重要。掌握具体的触键技术对钢琴弹奏中音色的控制至关重要。触键高度、触键力度、触键角度、触键速度、触键深度的不同会对音色产生不同的影响。五种触键技术应根据所弹奏的音乐作品的需要予以灵活运用。