Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2026
Emotion and othering in a contaminated community, Laura B. Hart
Revivals and Revolutions (1770s–1810s), Philippa Koch
The Construction and Usage of Kiowa Personal Names1, William C. Meadows and Andrew McKenzie
From Munches to Meaning: BDSM Communities, Connection, and Social Networks, Alicia M. Walker and Arielle Kuperberg
Submissions from 2025
The Council of Jerusalem and the Council of Nicaea, Leslie A. Baynes
‘Forget Me Not’: Catholic Passion Meditation in Later Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Bavaria, Vincent M. Evener
Education as Glorious, Perpetual Revolution: Rousseau, Dewey, and Freire, William H. Harwood
‘Be Curious, Not Judgmental’: Advice to Coaches, Ethnographers and Beginners Everywhere, Erin J. Kenny and Pamela R. Sailors
Automated detection of machine translation use in L2 Spanish writing, Luciane L. Maimone, Jason R. Jolley, and Falcon Restrepo Ramos
Does Disclosure Matter? Coupling Information to Performance in Texas, Steven P. McKnight, David P. Adams, and Jonathan M. Fisk
Big Goals but Biggers Barriers? Tracing Participation in a Local Voluntary Environmental Program, Steven P. McKnight, Jonathan M. Fisk, Kellie Falbo, Mac-Jane Crayton, and John C. Morris
Exchanging the shepherd’s staff for AK-47: Fulani Herdsmen and the negotiation of identity and security in Nigeria, Bukola Oyeniyi
The Ife-Modakeke Conflict: Historical Legacies, Cultural Divergences, and Sociopolitical Tensions, Bukola Oyeniyi
The Friend of My Enemy: German Perspectives on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, Sarah J. Panzer
State Tax Systems: Policy Making for Fiscal Stability, Yuhua Qiao
The Good, the Bad, and the Costly, Pamela R. Sailors
Virtuous connections along Russell’s route, Pamela R. Sailors
Koselleck, Danto, and Total History, Ralph E. Shain
The Infidelity Trap: Constrained Agency and the Limits of Monogamous Marriage, Alicia M. Walker
Submissions from 2024
Poisonous Progress: Dark Fantasy, Violence, and the Fear of Change in Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Espido Freire’s Irlanda, Heidi A. Backes
Kurdish Responses to Imperial Decline: The Kurdish Movement and the End of Ottoman Rule in the Balkans (1878 to 1913), Djene R. Bajalan
On the Frontiers of Empire: Culture and Power in Early Modern “Iranian” Kurdistan, Djene R. Bajalan
Veli Yadirgi, The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey - From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic, Djene R. Bajalan and Djene R. Bajalan
The Contradictions of “Civilizing” Consumption: Colonial Wine and Race in Britain’s Nineteenth-Century Imperial Project, Chelsea G. Davis
From Vine to Tavern: Jews, Christians, and Wine in Medieval France and Italy, Jessica M. Elliott
‘Our Dearest Lord and Father Received Him From the Baptismal Font’: The Life and Career of Philippe le Convers, Jessica M. Elliott
Records of Relinquishment Caregiving and Emotion in the Philanthropy Archive, Philippa Koch
In His Own Words: Reflections on a Scholarly Career with Rene Lemarchand, Ashley E. Leinweber
Catching Fire: How National Humiliation Spreads Hostile Foreign Policy Preferences on Chinese Social Media, Michael R. Masterson
The Comanche Indian Veterans Association: a Native American veterans organization and PTSD, William C. Meadows
Diffusion without Implementation: The social function of property in Latin America, Gabriel A. Ondetti
Economic Elites and Public Sector Size in Brazil and Mexico, Gabriel A. Ondetti
Honorary Aryans? Japanese German Mischlinge and the Negotiation of Identity in Nazi Germany, Sarah J. Panzer
Cultural Enology: What Wine Can Teach Us about Religion (And About Jewish Kabbalah and Hasidism in Particular), Vadim Putzu
Public Rental Housing and Long-Term Settlement Intention of the Migrants in China: The Mediating Effect of Identity, Yuhua Qiao, Cuicui Du, Wenlong Lou, and Yongchao Zhang
Justice for me and for all: Longitudinal analysis of justice perceptions across demographic indicators, Herbert Rodrigues, Kendra J. Thomas, and André V. Komatsu
Categorically Complicated, Pamela R. Sailors and Charlene Weaving
Nature sport’s ism problem, Pamela R. Sailors and Charlene Weaving
Marketing Mainline Campus Ministry: “God Loves Everyone, No Exceptions”, John A. Schmalzbauer
“Hang Ups, Let Downs, Bad Breaks, Setbacks”: Impact of Structural Socioeconomic Racism and Resilience on Cognitive Change Over Time for Persons Racialized as Black, Kyler Sherman-Wilkins, Paris B. Adkins-Jackson, Boeun Kim, César Higgins Tejera, Tiffany N. Ford, Ariana N. Gobaud, Indira C. Turney, Justina F. Avila-Rieger, Kendra D. Sims, Safiyyah M. Okoye, Daniel W. Belsky, Tanisha G. Hill-Jarrett, Laura Samuel, Gabriella Solomon, and Jack H. Cleeve
An exploration of neighborhood characteristics, psychosocial resilience resources, and cognitive functioning among midlife and older black adults, Kyler Sherman-Wilkins, Heather R. Farmer, Amy D. Thierry, and Roland J. Thorpe
Factors Associated With Working Caregivers’ Well-Being: Comparisons Between Black and White Working Caregivers in the United States, Maureen E. Templeman, Soomi Lee, and William E. Haley
Patterns of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication During Sex, Alicia M. Walker and Audrey Lutmer
Sexual Skills, Sexual Responsiveness, and Sexual Mindfulness: Components of Great Sexual Experiences, Alicia M. Walker and Audrey Lutmer
Submissions from 2023
The Buddha’s Story Continues: Afterlives of the Relics, Stephen C. Berkwitz
"still today the members of Christ are damp with blood": The Body in Sixteenth-Century Lutheran Passion Piety, Vincent M. Evener
Dogs and tigers and fish, oh my! Sporting captivity, Elizabeth Foreman and Pamela R. Sailors
Heroes and Demigods: Aristotle’s Hypothetical “Defense” of True Nobles, William H. Harwood and Paria Gashtili
Cultivating "Mass Intelligence": Nannie Helen Burroughs and the Quest for Racial Justice, Angela M. Hornsby-Gutting
Looks like google to me: Instructor ability to detect machine translation in L2 Spanish writing, Luciane L. Maimone and Jason R. Jolley
International threat and democratic breakdown in new democracies, Michael R. Masterson
Native American "Warriors" in the US Armed Forces, William C. Meadows
Clothing the Natives: Police Uniforms, Office Dress, and the Negotiation of Identity in Colonial Nigeria, Bukola Oyeniyi
The archer and the arrow: Zen Buddhism and the politics of religion in Nazi Germany, Sarah J. Panzer
How does owning commercial housing affect the subjective well-being of rural-urban migrants?-The mediating effect of housing assets and the moderating effect of debt, Yuhua Qiao, Wenlong Lou, and Cuicui Du
Theory of Belief in a Just World and Legal Socialization: perspectives in studies on children and adolescents, Herbert Rodrigues, Kendra J. Thomas, and Aline Morais Mizutani Gomes
Branded by Netflix: Money Heist, a Globalized Phenomenon Beyond Spanish Borders, Vanessa Rodriguez de la Vega
Equality and the Case of Women’s Sport, Pamela R. Sailors
Response to the Reviewers of The Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education, John A. Schmalzbauer and Kathleen Mahoney
Revisiting The Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education: The Argument and an Update, John A. Schmalzbauer and Kathleen A. Mahoney
An Invitation to the Sociology of Religion: Important Questions Answered by Scholars in the Field, John A. Schmalzbauer, Landon Schnabel, Katherine Ally Zaslavsky, Brian Haggard, Ashton Pihl, Amara Chiedu, Aisha Conte, Andy Han, Madelyn Leon, Isabelle Potash, Eman Abdelhadi, Joseph Baker, Roger Finke, Titus Hjelm, and Ilana Horwitz
A New Ceramic Price Index for the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Elizabeth A. Sobel and Jennifer A. Rideout
Correction: A New Ceramic Price Index for the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Historical Archaeology, (2023), 57, 2, (639-702), 10.1007/s41636-023-00395-2), Elizabeth A. Sobel and Jennifer A. Rideout
Infidelity, Alicia M. Walker
Caring, Chemistry, and Orgasms: Components of Great Sexual Experiences, Alicia M. Walker and Audrey Lutmer
Traveling Through Space-Time in the Manaus Boi-Bumbá, Margaret K. Watson and Margaret K. Watson
Submissions from 2022
VA?SA: History and lineage in the Therav?da, Stephen C. Berkwitz and Stephen C. Berkwitz
Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism, Stephen C. Berkwitz and Ashley Thompson
Aliens and Monsters: Aristotle’s Hypothetical “Defense” of Natural Slavery, William H. Harwood
The Quest for Survival, Cohesion and Voice for the Muslim Minority in Maniema, dr Congo, Ashley E. Leinweber
Humiliation and International Conflict Preferences, Michael R. Masterson
R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman. Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: The Politics, Experiences and Legacies of War in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, William C. Meadows
Looking Forward: Teaching after the Covid Crisis, Eric W. Nelson
Southern Cone Student Movements and Capitalist Development in the Late 1800S and Early 1900S: a “New Social Movement Theory” Approach, Indira Palacios-Valladares
Death-Defying: Voluntary Death as Honorable Ideal in the German-Japanese Alliance, Sarah J. Panzer
Ramirez v. Collier on Religious Liberty in the Execution Chamber, Kevin M. Pybas
Educate for Democracy: The Importance of Legal Socialization, Herbert Rodrigues and Justin Medina
Sex Verification and Protected Categories in Sport: Binary or Bust?, Pamela R. Sailors and Charlene Weaving
Pathways and Patterns of Entrance into BDSM, Alicia M. Walker and Arielle Kuperberg
“They Don’t Love Me Anymore”: A Deeper Look at Family-Related Anxiety for Nepali Bhutanese Refugees in Northeast Ohio, Margaret K. Watson
An Intersectional Approach to Problem Drinking in the Nepali/Bhutanese Community in Northeast Ohio, Margaret K. Watson, Nuha Alshabani, and Scott Swiatek
Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Loss, Transition, and Resilience in a Post-9/11 World, Margaret K. Watson and Pritha Gopalan
Understanding Later Resettlement: Transition and Resilience, Margaret K. Watson and Pritha Gopalan
Unpacking Early Resettlement: Loss and Transition, Margaret K. Watson and Pritha Gopalan
Submissions from 2021
The Kurdish Movement and the End of the Ottoman Empire, 1880-1923, Djene R. Bajalan
Revelation, Leslie A. Baynes
So where’s Momma? Selling coffee in the Ozarks, Sara L. Cochran, Lyle Foster, and A. Leslie Anderson
For Those Who Have Been Made Worthy of Favor by New Conversion”: Angevin Policies Toward Jews and Converts in Naples and Provence, 1285–1309, Jessica M. Elliott
Anthony Trollope: Novelist of the Democratic Revolution, Sara Henary
Human Malleability and Liberalism in Locke’s Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Sara Henary
Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union, Leonie Huddy, Alessandro Del Ponte, and Caitlin Davies
Performing mariage mondial through social media, Erin J. Kenny
Kiowa at the Battle of the Washita, 27 November 1868, William C. Meadows
A penile implant: Embodying medical technology, Jeffrey E. Nash
Property Threats and the Politics of Anti-Statism: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Tax Systems in Latin America, Gabriel A. Ondetti
Colonialism, Coloniality, and Colonial Rule in Africa, Bukola Oyeniyi
Orality, history and historical reconstruction, Bukola Oyeniyi
Police legitimacy and procedural justice among young Brazilian adolescents: A cross-sectional and time-ordered analysis, Herbert Rodrigues and Justin C. Medina
The great "auto de fe" at santiago de los caballeros, or how to achieve historical empathy with cultural heritage through virtual reality, A. Rodriguez, J. F. Chuchiak IV, Hans B. Erickson, and P. V. Ballicu