Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Mentor/Supervising Professor Name
Ruth Williams
Description
The study of a cosmopolitan frame of reference is relatively new within the social sciences and there is little known about how prevalent this frame is used in the decision of college students. More needs to be known about whether college students work off of a cosmopolitan or nationalist frame and how this in turn affects their tolerance of diversity. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether college students possess nationalistic or cosmopolitan outlooks, and if so, how these relate to how tolerant of diversity these college students are as well as whether this tolerance correlates with any demographic variables. Knowledge of how cosmopolitanism and nationalist frames impact diversity tolerance will be useful in understanding an increasingly interconnected world. There are significant gaps within the empirical study of cosmopolitanism and this study provides empirical data about the affect cosmopolitinization has had on the attitudes of college students and may be useful in understanding shifts in policy decisions as societal priorities shift. Audiences that can benefit from this study include the scientific community (sociologists, anthropologists, social psychologists, political scientists), policy makers, university officials, and college students. This study will measure reported levels of nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and tolerance, and then evaluates the relationship between these three variables and how they are related to demographic categories.
Diversity Tolerance, Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism in College Students
The study of a cosmopolitan frame of reference is relatively new within the social sciences and there is little known about how prevalent this frame is used in the decision of college students. More needs to be known about whether college students work off of a cosmopolitan or nationalist frame and how this in turn affects their tolerance of diversity. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether college students possess nationalistic or cosmopolitan outlooks, and if so, how these relate to how tolerant of diversity these college students are as well as whether this tolerance correlates with any demographic variables. Knowledge of how cosmopolitanism and nationalist frames impact diversity tolerance will be useful in understanding an increasingly interconnected world. There are significant gaps within the empirical study of cosmopolitanism and this study provides empirical data about the affect cosmopolitinization has had on the attitudes of college students and may be useful in understanding shifts in policy decisions as societal priorities shift. Audiences that can benefit from this study include the scientific community (sociologists, anthropologists, social psychologists, political scientists), policy makers, university officials, and college students. This study will measure reported levels of nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and tolerance, and then evaluates the relationship between these three variables and how they are related to demographic categories.