Duke University
Social Science Research Institute
Imagery interventions intended to increase exercise behavior are rare. The Active Adult Mentoring Program (AAMP) was a randomized controlled trial with imagery content. The purposes of this study were to examine the content and perceived... more
The present study investigated evidence for race-related test bias in cognitive measures used in the baseline assessment of the ACTIVE clinical trial. Test bias against African Americans has been documented in both cognitive aging and... more
The historical underpinnings in the field of gerontology rest on the contributions of scholars across a myriad of racial and ethnic backgrounds. With the increasing diversity of the adult population, there is a need to increase the number... more
Based on 45 interviews in the Paris metropolitan area, I focus on the middle-class segment of France’s North African second-generation and use the framework of cultural citizenship to explain why these individuals continue to experience... more
- by Jean Beaman
Je suis Ahmed,' Charlie Hebdo, and France's elephant in the room: race Race rally in Paris. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Recent events in Paris -the massacre at the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo in the 11th arrondissement and the hostage... more
- by Jean Beaman
Jean Beaman compares the conditions that led to 2005 uprisings in French banlieues and 2014 protests in cities across the U.S.
- by Jean Beaman
Amid growing Islamophobia throughout Europe, Muslims in France have been described as “ethnoracial outsiders” (Bleich 2006; 36: 1, 3–7) and framed as a cultural challenge to the identity of the French republic. Based on ethnographic... more
Traditional notions of citizenship have focused on formal membership , including access to rights, in a national community. More recent scholarship has expanded this definition beyond citizenship as a legal status to focus on struggles... more
- by Jean Beaman
While portrayals of immigrants and their descendants in France and throughout Europe often center on burning cars and radical Islam, Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France paints a different picture. Through... more