 | This user is a student editor in Rice_University/Poverty,_Justice,_and_Human_Capabilities_(Spring_2021). |
| This user is a student editor in Rice_University/Poverty,_Justice,_and_Human_Capabilities_(Fall_2020). |
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Intro
editI'm a student at Rice University, where I study Sociology and the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. I am also pursuing a minor in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities. I am passionate about social justice and enjoy grounding my academic interests in real world advocacy.
PJHC 371 Project
editFor the Fall 2020 semester, I have created a page for the Women's Institute for Science, Equity, and Race (WISER). It is important to highlight the work of marginalized people and groups. Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, a black female economist, has not only faced marginalization herself but works to dismantle discrimination against women of color through focused policy research. A more detailed description of my plans for the page is in my sandbox.
I also contributed to the page for Cecilia Conrad and Aaron Philip, two Black women whose pages did not do them justice.
PJHC 394
editIn Spring 2021, I will be working on another Wikipedia project TBD.
I'm currently preparing to work on the page for the Built environment. The built environment plays a large role in social development/mobility and influences a variety of other topics, yet the page is underdeveloped and has a lot of issues.
Built Environment
editThe built environment page currently focuses too much on the public health aspect and does not adequately cover what the built environment actually is, and what its impact can be. I would like to restructure the page and expand on the parts that are important. I would also like to get the banner removed that says the article focuses too much on specific examples.
I will focus on expanding on the built environment itself, what it means and what it looks like in the real world. While revising the existing page, I will make sure that everything links back to the central focus of the built environment. For instance, the section on public health can be edited to emphasize the built environment's significant in public health as opposed to just giving examples of the built environment's impact without explaining how the two relate.
Here are some sources I would use:
Carmona, Matthew. 2019. “Place value: place quality and its impact on health, social, economic and environmental outcomes.” Journal of Urban Design 24:1, 1-48. DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1472523.
Clampet-Lundquist, Susan, Kathryn Edin, Greg J. Duncan, and Jeffrey R. Kling. 2011. “Moving Teenagers Out of High-Risk Neighborhoods: How Girls Fare Better than Boys.” American Journal of Sociology 116:4, 1154-89. DOI: 10.1086/657352.
Galster, George, and Patrick Sharkey. 2017. “Spatial Foundations of Inequality: A Conceptual Model and Empirical Overview.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 3:2, 1–33. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.01.
Goetz, Edward G. 2011. “Where Have All the Towers Gone? The Dismantling of Public Housing in U.S. Cities.” Journal of Urban Affairs 33:3, 267-287, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2011.00550.x
Holme, Jennifer J. 2002. “Buying Homes Buying Schools: School Choice and the Social Construction of School Quality.” Harvard Educational Review 72:2, 177-206. DOI: 10.17763/haer.72.2.u6272x676823788r.
Jargowsky, Paul A. “Segregation, Neighborhoods, and Schools.” Pp. 97-136 in Choosing Homes, Choosing Schools, edited by A. Lareau and K. Goyette: Russell Sage Foundation.