RESEARCH INITIATIVES
Men in Health Care
As America deindustrializes, health and care labor are the future of working-class employment. However, men struggle to find meaningful work in these sectors. Furthermore, to the nation cannot meet the increasing demand for care work if half of the population is no included in the workforce. We aim to perform the largest systematic investigation to-date regarding the workforce experiences and overall well-being of male workers in healthcare occupations that do not require college degrees. We are especially interested in male nursing focused on issues related to workforce, masculinity, and unionization.
Mutualism and Social Assistance in United States
State and economic bureaucracies hold a near monopoly over health and social assistance in the United States (US). It was not always so. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, mutual aid societies were the bedrock of welfare assistance. Mutualism, the voluntary assistance to friends and neighbors grounded in solidarity, is the ethical foundation of these mutual aid societies. We have, in recent years however, witnessed a resurgence of interest in mutualism as a guiding principle in social assistance in the United States. In this project, we examine the role that mutualism might play in addressing the most complicated social problems in the US.
Education for Flourishing in the Neoliberal University
College students are struggling, reporting high levels of depression and anxiety. Universities around the country recognize the need to help students feel better but more importantly live better. At the same time, the contemporary university lacks an orienting telos that can help create a foundation and framework for interdisciplinary research. This research initiative focuses on examining the prospects of orienting higher education academic research around the concept of human flourishing.
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