American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. This study examines how the fandom of pop star Taylor Swift negotiates her ‘political’ awakening, after politically coming-out via Instagram in 2018. When Swift announced her vote for two Democratic senato…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. The theoretical insights of Mikhail Bakhtin offer the rhetorical critic of demonstrations and the social movements they are often a part of a useful analytical tool. Bakhtin’s focus on polyphony, particula…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. As respondents assess the cultural normalcy of social events, they employ both affective and cognitive criteria. Does this event feel normal? Does this event make sense? While these related questions often…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of the civil society during the Catalan political process (2012–2021). In a context of a huge political polarization of the Catalan society, we would lik…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. Research on environmental politics typically focuses on the state as the unit of analysis. This special issue considers the larger terrain within which contention surrounding the environment occurs by focu…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. The importance of role models in inspiring and influencing the career paths of young people cannot be overstated, particularly in the fields where certain population segments are under-represented. However…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. There is nearly equal number of male and female student enrollments in primary and secondary level of education in Bangladesh, but at the tertiary level and at the job sector, a sharp drop in the number of…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. Fan-fiction is proposed as a participatory and discovery-learning approach to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; communication; and collaboration through the epistemic thir…
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. This article intends to understand the position of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in India and to highlight the challenges faced by them through the perspective of gender …
American Behavioral Scientist, Ahead of Print. The public transportation workers of New York City lost their lives to COVID-19 at a shocking rate in the spring of 2020, likely abetted by their employer’s resistance to allow workers to wear masks until …