scholarly journals Twins Reared Apart and Twins in Families: The Findings Behind the Fascination

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal ◽  
Yesika S. Montoya ◽  
Erika N. Becker
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Family Study ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Social Closeness ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Chinese Twins ◽  
Male Twin

Dr. Irving I. Gottesman was very creative in applying twin research designs to test hypotheses and predictions about human behavior. Two designs stand out among others: twins reared apart from birth and the twin-family study. I (NS) was inspired to incorporate both of these approaches into my own research programs at California State University, Fullerton. Gottesman's involvement and contributions to reared-apart twin research are described, followed by selected findings from the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (MISTRA), the Fullerton Study of Chinese Twins Reared Apart (CTA), a case report on separated monozygotic (MZ) female twins from South Korea, and doubly exchanged MZ male twin pairs from Colombia, South America. Recent findings from an ongoing twin-family study of social closeness, and future directions, are also presented.

Fullerton Virtual Twin Study: An Update

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 451-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal ◽  
Shirley A. McGuire ◽  
Jamie L. Graham ◽  
Joanne Hoven Stohs
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Social Coordination ◽  
The University ◽  
Chinese Twins

Virtual twins (VTs) are same-age unrelated siblings reared together from early infancy. These unique sibling sets replicate twinship, but without the genetic link. The first VT pair was identified and studied at the University of Minnesota in 1990, launching the development of the Fullerton Virtual Twin Study at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) in 1991. The registry currently includes 151 pairs, mostly children, with new pairs identified on a continuous basis. Research with VTs includes studies of general intelligence, body size, interpersonal trust, social coordination, social networks, and parenting. In some cases, VTs have been studied in conjunction with pairs of monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, full siblings, and friends as part of TAPS (Twins, Adoptees, Peers and Siblings), a collaborative project conducted between CSUF and the University of San Francisco, 2002–2006. VTs will also serve as a comparison group for epigenetic analyses of young Chinese twins reared apart and together.

scholarly journals BUILDing Equity in STEM: A Collaborative Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Achievement of Underserved Community College Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Jared Ashcroft ◽  
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Veronica Jaramillo ◽  
Jillian Blatti ◽  
Shu-Sha Angie Guan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community College Faculty ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
California State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
University Partnerships ◽  
Undergraduate Research Program ◽  
Underserved Community ◽  
Diversity In Education

The program Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity: Promoting Opportunities for Diversity in Education and Research partners baccalaureate-granting California State University, Northridge with community college faculty and students to facilitate undergraduate research and development at community colleges. The authors document student, faculty, and institutional outcomes and share best practices in forming community college–university partnerships. Future directions also are offered.

Epic Cruelty: On Post-Pandemic Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-136
Author(s):  
Rick Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
California State University ◽  
The State ◽  
State University ◽  
White Supremacist ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Disaster Capitalism

As today’s catastrophic Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates ongoing crises, including systemic racism, rising ethno-nationalism, and fossil-fuelled climate change, the neoliberal world that we inhabit is becoming increasingly hostile, particularly for the most vulnerable. Even in the United States, as armed white-supremacist, pro-Trump forces face off against protesters seeking justice for African Americans, the hostility is increasingly palpable, and often frightening. Yet as millions of Black Lives Matter protesters demonstrated after the brutal police killing of George Floyd, the current, intersecting crises – worsened by Trump’s criminalization of anti-racism protesters and his dismissal of science – demand a serious, engaged, response from activists as well as artists. The title of this article is meant to evoke not only the state of the unusually cruel moment through which we are living, but also the very different approaches to performance of both Brecht and Artaud, whose ideas, along with those of others – including Benjamin, Butler, Latour, Mbembe, and Césaire – inform the radical, open-ended, post-pandemic theatre practice proposed in this essay. A critically acclaimed dramatist as well as Professor of English and Playwriting at California State University, Northridge, Mitchell’s published volumes of plays include Disaster Capitalism; or Money Can’t Buy You Love: Three Plays; Brecht in L.A.; and Ventriloquist: Two Plays and Ventriloquial Miscellany. He is the editor of Experimental O’Neill, and is currently at work on a series of post-pandemic plays.

scholarly journals California State University

1986 ◽  
Vol 70 (493) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Walter F. Beckman
Keyword(s):  
California State University ◽  
State University

Fullerton Virtual Twin Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 963-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
California State University ◽  
Future Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Current Sample ◽  
The University ◽  
Mz Twins

AbstractVirtual twins (VTs; same-age unrelated siblings reared together from early infancy) have been studied at California State University (CSU), Fullerton since 1991. The current sample includes over 130 pairs. Past and current research have research have focused on siblings' similarities and differences in general intelligence and body size. Future research in these areas will continue as new pairs continue to be identified. These studies will be supplemented by analyses of personality, social relations and adjustment using monozygotic (MZ) twins, dizygotic (DZ) twins, full siblings and friends, as well as new VTs, who have participated in Twins, Adoptees, Peers and Siblings (TAPS), a collaborative project conducted between CSU Fullerton and the University of San Francisco, from 2002 to 2006.

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