Antioch University New England is a private graduate school located in Keene, New Hampshire, United States. It is part of the Antioch University system, a private, non-profit, 501(c)3 institution, that includes campuses in Seattle, Washington; Los Angeles, California; and Santa Barbara, California. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The most well-known campus was Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, which is now independent of the Antioch University system.
While national environmental education (EE) policies are crucial in advancing the field, there is a lack of available research and guidance to inform their development. This research aims to fill this gap by providing a comparative assessment of national EE policies in four South American countries with publicly available documents: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. We designed an assessment framework based on educational policy recommendations and literature, tailored to the South American context. We used the framework to analyze policies across six dimensions: evidence-based, regionally situated, addressing community issues, political feasibility, financial realism, and stakeholder consensus. The results reveal differences in policy content, approach, and theoreticalunderpinnings, providing insights for future policy creation. This study is a step towards developing criteria to inform national EE policy development in South America and also highlights examples of well-developed policy approaches from multiple South American countries.
Works of art can be extremely meaningful and important to people, and perhaps even more so when people consider themselves fans of a particular artist. In this paper, some of the thoughts and feelings of women fans of Bruce Springsteen are described and discussed, based on two large surveys of the fans. Some of the themes that emerged from the first survey are the relationship women have with Springsteen and his work, the meaning his work has for them, the ways in which his work has been helpful to them, the community of fans that exists, and the loss of longtime band member Clarence Clemons. Themes from the second survey include Springsteen’s legacy, and the ongoing community, especially through the Covid pandemic. The importance of art, in this case, music, for people is emphasized, and suggestions for how psychology can become more involved in the intersection of art and personal growth, identity, well-being, and relationships are offered.
Social media platforms, particularly TikTok, have become influential venues where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals publicly negotiate their identities, belonging, and stigma in real-time. Guided by minority stress theory, this study asked two central questions: (a) What types of affirmation and invalidation emerge in the most visible comment threads on LGBTQ+ TikToks? (b) How do these interactional patterns speak to the dual potential of social media as both a supportive and stressful environment? Using a deductive content-analysis approach, we examined the top 100 comments on each of 10 high-visibility LGBTQ+ creators' videos (N = 1,000). A theory-driven codebook captured four positive codes-for example, appearance affirmation and community defense-and four negative codes-for example, invalidation, misgendering, and overt slurs. Results showed that supportive comments comprised the majority (81.4%), whereas only 9.4% were explicitly invalidating; however, when all forms of stigmatization (e.g., misgendering, slurs, invalidation) were combined, they accounted for 48% of remarks-illustrating TikTok's simultaneous capacity to foster solidarity while reproducing minority stressors. Positive comments typically amplified creators' self-presentation and mobilized collective defense against hate; negative comments most often delegitimized gender or sexual identity and employed misgendering as a tactic of erasure.
Motivation: SNAPSHOT USA is an annual, multi-contributor camera trap survey of mammals across the United States. The growing SNAPSHOT USA dataset is intended for tracking the spatial and temporal responses of mammal populations to changes in land use, land cover and climate. These data will be useful for exploring the drivers of spatial and temporal changes in relative abundance and distribution, as well as the impacts of species interactions on daily activity patterns. Main Types of Variables Contained: SNAPSHOT USA 2024 contains 377,427 records of camera trap image sequence data and 3127 records of camera trap deployment metadata. Spatial Location and Grain: Data were collected across the United States of America in 49 states, 12 ecoregions and many ecosystems. Time Period and Grain: Data were collected between 1 August and 19 December in 2024. Major Taxa and Level of Measurement: The dataset includes a wide range of taxa but is primarily focused on medium to large mammals. Software Format: SNAPSHOT USA 2024 comprises two.csv files. The original data can be found within the SNAPSHOT USA 2024 project on the Wildlife Insights platform.
Black women experience disproportionately high rates of sexual assault. Their survivorship and healing are shaped by the intersecting forces of racism, sexism, classism, and historical trauma. This hermeneutic phenomenological study, guided by Black feminist theory, explores how Black women make meaning of sexual assault and pursue healing within the context of gendered racism. Fourteen cisgender Black women residing in the United States participated in semistructured interviews, and thematic analysis was used to identify patterns across their narratives. Participants’ accounts revealed the compounded effects of gendered racialized stereotypes that hinder disclosure, amplify shame, and complicate recovery. At the same time, participants identified culturally grounded sources of resilience and empowerment. Clinical implications are also discussed.
