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Sociology of Education by Emily Daina Šaras

New Directions for Institutional Research, 2018

Journal of Homosexuality, 2021

Recent US studies showed that perceptions of campus climate vary considerably across individual L... more Recent US studies showed that perceptions of campus climate vary considerably across individual LGBQ students, with some students reporting friendly climates and others reporting persistent hostility. Although researchers have identified several factors that contribute to the perceptual variations, they have paid limited attention to the role of sexuality discourses. The present study sought to fill this gap in the literature by analyzing in-depth interviews. The analysis showed that LGBQ students drew on two major discourses to guide their interpretations of campus climate. A majority of students drew on post-closet discourse to celebrate their visibility on campus, LGBQ-friendly courses, and straight classmates' positive reactions. A smaller number of students drew on queer discourse to question the meaning of LGBQ students' visibility and criticize heterosexist biases in classrooms. Overall, these results highlighted the importance of the competing discourses, which set LGBQ students' expectations and guided their interpretations of campus experiences.

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2021

Öz Bu araştırma Özel Eğitim Uygulama Okullarında görev yapan ücretli öğretmenlerin özel eğitim ve... more Öz Bu araştırma Özel Eğitim Uygulama Okullarında görev yapan ücretli öğretmenlerin özel eğitim ve engelli öğrencilere yönelik görüşlerini incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Bu araştırmada olgubilim (fenomenoloji) modeli kullanılmıştır Araştırma Ankara ilinde Özel Eğitim Uygulama Okullarında görev yapan on ücretli öğretmenle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma verilerini elde etmek için veriler yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme sorularıyla elde edilmiştir. Verilerin analizi için içerik analizinden kesit alma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucuna göre öğretmenlerin sizce özel eğitim okulları gerekli midir? Sorusuna öğretmenler özel eğitim okullarının gerekli olduğunu ve öğrenciye çok önemli beceriler kazandırdığını ifade etmişlerdir. Öğretmenlerin sizce özel eğitim ve engelli öğrencilerin olumlu yönleri nelerdir? Sorusuna öğretmenler öğrencilerinin özel yetenek alanları olduğunu ve saf, duygusal, samimi olduklarını ifade etmişlerdir. Öğretmenlerin sizce özel eğitim ve engelli öğrencilerin olumsuz yönleri nelerdir? Sorusuna öğretmenler öğrencilerin davranış ve öğrenme sorunları olduğunu ve bazı öğretmenlerin ise olumsuz yanı olmadığını ifade etmişlerdir. Öğretmenlerin aldığınız özel eğitim kursu için neler düşünüyorsunuz? Sorusuna öğretmenlerin bir kısmı çok fayda gördükleri ve bu kursla özel eğitim alanını tanıklarını, bir kısmı ise teorik olarak öğrendikleri ancak uygulama eksiklikleri olduğunu ifade etmişlerdir. Öğretmenlerin özel eğitim okullarında sınıf yönetimine ilişkin görüşleriniz nelerdir? Öğretmenlerin büyük çoğunluğu sınıfta otoriter olmak ve öğrenciyi iyi tanımak ve çevre düzenlemesi yapmak gerektiğini ifade etmişlerdir.

Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets

Scholars of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and Education alike are interested in socializat... more Scholars of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and Education alike are interested in socialization. This phenomenon influences individual and collective development as well as the reproduction of status hierarchies and structural inequalities. Socialization is the multifaceted process through which individuals learn and internalize cultural norms, codes, and values. This process enables entry into and sustained membership in one or more social groups. Individuals develop social and cultural competencies through (1) interaction with other individuals and social institutions and (2) response to their macro- and micro-sociocultural contexts. Socialization does not occur in a vacuum: this process operates in social locations that both afford and constrain interaction and opportunity. In turn, social expectations for individuals coming of age are not uniform. Correspondingly, the mechanisms and outcomes of socialization vary across geographical space, sociocultural context, and sociohistorical time. Additionally, socialization processes may vary within a society, depending on the power and status of their subgroup identities. Many members of society additionally navigate the at times competing influences of the dominant culture and marginalized subcultures. Much scholarly attention has focused on the socialization processes of childhood and adolescence. However, adaptation to and internalization of social norms, values, and behaviors continues throughout adulthood. Individuals experience identity, Family, educational, and career changes and transitions alongside members of their generational cohort. As a result, their social roles may shift and change over the life course. Socialization facilitates processes of inclusion and participation of diverse individuals and groups in society. At the same time, socialization contributes to the stabilization of social order, which can include reproduction of existing stratification by race, gender, and social class. Processes of socialization continue to shape generational cohorts and intergenerational dynamics as well as across various social institutions. In summary, socialization prepares individuals for membership in society and is associated with the stability and maintenance of society writ large.

Gender and Sexualities by Emily Daina Šaras

Social Currents

In the United States, an increasing number of people have come to express support for sexual mino... more In the United States, an increasing number of people have come to express support for sexual minorities in recent decades, and more employers have implemented policies that protect sexual minority workers’ rights. Yet, heteronormativity remains in many workplaces. Considering this ambivalent social context, we examined the extent to which sexual minorities today see their workplaces as accepting and how they develop such a perception. We used a symbolic interaction framework to analyze data from in-depth interviews with 50 sexual minority young adults. The analysis revealed a general tendency among respondents to describe their workplaces as accepting. They used several strategies to feel accepted, including interpreting colleagues’ behaviors positively, creating dramatic narratives of key events, drawing on existing knowledge about the industry, and overlooking potential microaggressions. We use these results to discuss how minority individuals derive a sense of acceptance in conte...

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Abstract Past research has shown that sexual minority women have a higher rate of labor force par... more Abstract Past research has shown that sexual minority women have a higher rate of labor force participation and work more hours than heterosexual women, and that men show the opposite sexual orientation differences. Little is known, however, about sexual orientation differences in work history. Further, many past studies, especially US studies, defined sexual orientation by the gender of residing partners and therefore excluded people who do not have a partner from analysis. This study sought to overcome these limitations by analyzing US data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, Wave 4 (n = 14,707). The analysis showed that compared to women in different-sex marriage, those in same-sex partnerships had a higher rate of labor force participation, worked more hours, and had a greater number of jobs in their work histories, although these women showed very small differences from those in different-sex cohabitation. In contrast, single women did not show any sexual orientation differences in these outcomes. Although partnered men and single men also showed very little sexual orientation differences, single men with same-sex experience had more jobs in their work histories than those with different-sex experience, partly due to their greater chance of experiencing involuntary job loss.

The Activist, Human RightS Institute, Central European University, 2013.

"The right to religious freedom—allowing individuals to publicly or privately manifest religion t... more "The right to religious freedom—allowing individuals to publicly or privately manifest religion through prayer, ritual, education, and worship—is a right protected around the world and recognized as fundamental by many codes of law. However, LGBTQ individuals who are religious or belong to faith-based communities face stressors and obstacles that, all too often, encourage them to either remain closeted, face the threat of ostracism from their community, or willingly abandon their faith (IGLYO 2011:3). Though unfortunately considered by some to be in conﬂict, faith and queer identities need not be mutually exclusive—in fact, the homophobia and transphobia practiced in many world religions are primarily legitimized not by sacred texts, but by particular interpretations held by xenophobic authority ﬁgures in the infrastructure of the religions at hand. These phobias are manifested in exclusionary practices within many of the major world religions, and such discrimination often pushes young people, especially queer youth, towards secularization."

The international campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, is built off of a ... more The international campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, is built off of a movement that has historically focused most of its attention on sexual and physical violence against women -as many argue that it should. However, partner violence certainly stretches beyond this narrow definition. Unfortunately, sexual violence and various forms of abuse do not only happen to "women" in the normative sense. Abuse is a part of the lived reality of people of many biological sexes, gender identities and sexual orientations, whether in or out of relationships that may be identified as "partnerships."

Re.Framing Activism: University of Sussex, Aug 5, 2013

How is the tension between spirituality and sexuality changing as a result of media representatio... more How is the tension between spirituality and sexuality changing as a result of media representation? Furthermore, how are young LGBTQ people today mediating between these conflicting calls to abandonment of either their spirituality or their sexuality?

IGLYO on GENDER: Issue 20, Autumn 2012.

IGLYO on DIALOGUE: Issue 21, Spring 2013

IGLYO on TRANS: Issue 15, Winter 2011

Baltic Studies by Emily Daina Šaras

Lituanus 2013 v. 59-2

Throughout the last two decϲades following Lithuania's re--cϲent establishment of independencϲe, ... more Throughout the last two decϲades following Lithuania's re--cϲent establishment of independencϲe, the Lithuanian Minis--try of Cϴulture has featured the performancϲe of dainos, or folk songs, in mucϲh of the cϲountry's state---sponsored arts and cϲul--ture programming. This cϲelebration and state sponsorship of the "authenticϲ" Lithuanian folk song tradition is not a recϲent phenomenon. Mapping the relationship between the shifts in governmental power and the cϲhanging nature of the Lithu--anian folk song cϲanon as a "national" cϲommodity over the past hundred and fifty years reveals the variety of funcϲtions this art form has served. The cϲelebration and exploitation of this tradition has served entirely different, and sometimes oppos--ing, politicϲal goals and funcϲtions over time, despite very little cϲhange in the cϲollecϲtion or performancϲe of the musicϲ itself. In--trinsicϲally cϲonnecϲted with the Lithuanian national identity, the folk song cϲanon has been used during periods of ocϲcϲupation to mediate the relationship between nationalist Lithuanian senti--ments and the unificϲation aims of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. During periods of revolution and resistancϲe against ocϲcϲupying forcϲes, the performancϲe of these folk songs has been a preservation methodology through whicϲh national--ist Lithuanians have maintained their national identity, particϲ--ularly within the protests of the nonviolent Singing Revolution EMILY DAINA ŠARAS is an MA cϲandidate in

Imponderabilia Journal, University of Cambridge, 2009

The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture features the performance of dainos, or folk songs, in much of ... more The Lithuanian Ministry of Culture features the performance of dainos, or folk songs, in much of the country's state-sponsored arts and culture programming today. Celebration of the "authentic"

10, Anthropology and Music advisor: Philip Kohl, Anthropology Lithuanians and non--Lithuanians al... more 10, Anthropology and Music advisor: Philip Kohl, Anthropology Lithuanians and non--Lithuanians alike have used dainos [ancient folk songs] to construct the idea of what it means to be ethnically Lithuanian. These songs are historically tied to pagan folk history and the development of the Lithuanian language. Under both the Soviet Empire and the USSR, Lithuania's arts were suppressed-and performances were manipulated in order to further the aims of state--sponsored evolutionism. The performance of folk songs in times of occupation allowed Lithuanians to preserve their pride in their ethnicity, despite oppression. After their two separate declarations of independence in the last century, Lithuanians have used performances of dainos in festivals to proudly display their cultural roots. This ethnomusicological project is a comparative analysis of the cultural and musical trends in Lithuania over the last century, and demonstrates the critical role of folk song in the creation of Lithuanian identity .

New Directions for Institutional Research, 2018

Journal of Homosexuality, 2021

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2021

Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets

Social Currents

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

The Activist, Human RightS Institute, Central European University, 2013.

Re.Framing Activism: University of Sussex, Aug 5, 2013

IGLYO on GENDER: Issue 20, Autumn 2012.

IGLYO on DIALOGUE: Issue 21, Spring 2013

IGLYO on TRANS: Issue 15, Winter 2011

Lituanus 2013 v. 59-2

Imponderabilia Journal, University of Cambridge, 2009

10, Anthropology and Music Advisor: Philip Kohl, Anthropology Lithuanians and non--lithuanians al... more 10, Anthropology and Music Advisor: Philip Kohl, Anthropology Lithuanians and non--lithuanians alike have used dainos [ancient folk songs] to construct the idea of what it means to be ethnically Lithuanian. The performance of folk songs in times of occupation allowed Lithuanians to preserve their pride in their ethnicity, despite oppression. Since Lithuania's declaration of independence in 1991, the traditions of folk singing have been passed onto a new generation of Lithuanians who are reinterpreting the cultural meaning of these songs. for eight weeks I conducted an ethnographic study of music--making in Vilnius, Lithuania during its European Capital of Culture festivities. My work contextualizes and analyzes my experiences in the field, demonstrating the critical, yet dynamic, role of folk song in the continual construction of Lithuanian identity.

Lithuanians and non-Lithuanians alike have used dainos [ancient folk songs] to construct the idea... more Lithuanians and non-Lithuanians alike have used dainos [ancient folk songs] to construct the idea of what it means to be ethnically Lithuanian. The musical arts were suppressed and controlled under the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, and performances were manipulated in order to further the aims of state-sponsored evolutionism. The performance of folk songs during times of occupation allowed Lithuanians to preserve their pride in their ethnicity despite oppression. Since Lithuania's declaration of independence in 1990, the traditions of folk singing have been passed on to a new generation of Lithuanians who are reinterpreting the cultural meaning of these songs in a now proudly capitalist member state of the European Union. For eight weeks I conducted an ethnographic study of music-making in Vilnius, Lithuania during the European Capital of Culture 2009 festivities. This paper analyzes my experiences in the field, historically contextualizes the ideas, rituals, and opinions revolving around folk music, and demonstrates the critical, yet dynamic, role of folk songs in the continual construction of Lithuanian identity. _______________________________________________________________________

Imponderabilia Journal, University of Cambridge, 2010