The author, who is concerned with the methodological implications of critical theory, explores issues in the developing area of emancipatory research. She defines the concept of "research as praxis...

Research as Praxis

In this paper, I attempt to reconceptualize validity within the context of openly ideological research.~ The usefulness of this reconceptualization is tested by applying it to examples from three explicitly value-based research programs: feminist research, neo-Marxist critical ethnography, and Freirian "empowering" research. 2 Finally, validity issues within research committed to a more equitable social order are discussed.

Issues of Validity in Openly Ideological Research: Between a Rock and a Soft Place.

Doing Participatory Research: A Feminist Approach

Dans cet article, les AA. se penchent sur l'essor et l'orientation des etudes feministes. Les AA. reviennent ici sur l'emancipation difficile du courant dominant dans la recherche en sciences sociales, pour analyser les changements methodologiques et epistemologiques que les etudes feministes ont apporte dans les domaines de recherche concernant l'oppression, la representation du corps, la reflexivite ou encore l'action sociale

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/428417

Feminist methodology : New applications in the academy and public policy

In 3 studies, the authors tested the hypothesis that discrimination targets' worldview moderates the impact of perceived discrimination on self-esteem among devalued groups. In Study 1, perceiving discrimination against the ingroup was negatively associated with self-esteem among Latino Americans who endorsed a meritocracy worldview (e.g., believed that individuals of any group can get ahead in America and that success stems from hard work) but was positively associated with self-esteem among those who rejected this worldview. Study 2 showed that exposure to discrimination against their ingroup (vs. a non-self-relevant group) led to lower self-esteem, greater feelings of personal vulnerability, and ingroup blame among Latino Americans who endorsed a meritocracy worldview but to higher self-esteem and decreased ingroup blame among Latino Americans who rejected it. Study 3 showed that compared with women informed that prejudice against their ingroup is pervasive, women informed that prejudice against their ingroup is rare had higher self-esteem if they endorsed a meritocracy worldview but lower self-esteem if they rejected this worldview. Findings support the idea that perceiving discrimination against one's ingroup threatens the worldview of individuals who believe that status in society is earned but confirms the worldview of individuals who do not.

Perceived discrimination as worldview threat or worldview confirmation: implications for self-esteem.

Essays examine the objectives of women's studies, the methods of their teachi their connection with the feminist movement, and the methodologies of femini research.

Betty Schmitz

Papers

Theories of women's studies

Seeking Women's Equity Through Curricular Reform: Faculty Perceptions of an Experimental Project.