Publications by Kerby Goff
Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-soe-10.1177_00380407211072428 for Academic Orientation as a Func... more Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-soe-10.1177_00380407211072428 for Academic Orientation as a Function of Moral Fit: The Role of Individualizing Morality by Kerby Goff, Eric Silver and Inga Dora Sigfusdottir in Sociology of Education
This data set contains the founding dates and organizational types of Woman's Missionary Move... more This data set contains the founding dates and organizational types of Woman's Missionary Movement organizations. Also included are the denominational founding dates and the founding dates of the general denominational mission boards.
Sociology of Education
Researchers have studied academic orientation—students’ valuing of and commitment to education—as... more Researchers have studied academic orientation—students’ valuing of and commitment to education—as in part a function of a cultural fit between students’ cultural capital, competencies, identity, and the institutional culture of the education system. Recent research on students’ aspirations and commitment highlights the moral undertones of such cultural fit. Scholars have identified the perceived moral connotations of becoming “an educated person” and illustrated how students’ academic orientation may be intertwined with the unique moral culture of the education system. Neoinstitutional scholars have examined modern education systems’ emphasis on an individualizing type of moral culture, that is, an institutional moral culture emphasizing individual autonomy, rights, and achievement over traditional mores, knowledge, and social hierarchies. Scholars have yet to bridge these streams of research by examining the link between students’ personal moral culture and the institutional moral ...
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The role of gender in a cross-cultural encounter is complicated by differences in norms, cultural... more The role of gender in a cross-cultural encounter is complicated by differences in norms, cultural tools, and forces of social change surrounding gender. These complications sometimes provide new opportunities for gender expression and achievement. Considering the experience of western missionary women who lived in China during the 19 th and early 20 th century, what can we learn about the role of gender in their use of social power in pursuing social change? Utilizing both secondary and primary historical sources as well as sociocultural analysis of the role of gender in China during this period, we found that western missionary women inhabited a cultural " zone of freedom " in which both gender ambiguity and gendered opportunity afforded them social power for social change that was not available in their home countries.
Papers by Kerby Goff
Social science quarterly, Jul 2, 2024
Social science quarterly, Jun 30, 2024
BRILL eBooks, Sep 11, 2021
Routledge eBooks, Jan 19, 2023
Social Science Research, Oct 1, 2022
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
The limited research on support for state repression of protests points to protest violence, ideo... more The limited research on support for state repression of protests points to protest violence, ideological opposition, and racial/ethnic resentment, but few have examined how moral intuitions influence support for repression and racialized opposition to protest claims. The authors use a national survey of 1,030 respondents, fielded in June 2020 at the height of the post-Floyd Black Lives Matter protests, to investigate the moral motivations for supporting Trump’s “law and order” response. Drawing on moral foundations theory, the authors hypothesize that individualizing moral intuitions that prioritize care and protection of the vulnerable (a social justice orientation) influences opposition to Trump, whereas binding moral intuitions that prioritize social stability (a social order orientation) influence support for “law and order.” The authors find strong support for these hypotheses, and skepticism toward racial injustice claims mediates much of these effects. This research thus expa...
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Publications by Kerby Goff
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