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Running head: PROGRESS CHECK 1 1 Research Investigation Progress Check 1 Amber Powers SCS-200 Applied Social Sciences Dr. Mark Meis

PROGRESS CHECK 1 2 Research Investigation Progress Check 1 For my social science issue, I have decided to investigate the relationship between the shift in the way that Western culture views gender norms and roles and what is considered professional for college professors over the last 20 years. As someone who identifies as gender non-conforming, I have always been very aware of the Western culture’s social norms surrounding gender. Over the last 20 or so years, the way that the Western world views and understands gender norms and gender roles has greatly shifted to be more accepting of gender non-conforming individuals as well as those who are cisgender but do not adhere to traditional gender roles, such as women who work outside of the home even once they have children. At the same time, the Western world’s understanding of what is typically considered professional in most career fields has slowly been shifting. Workplaces are starting to become more accepting of things like visible tattoos, different hairstyles or unnatural colors, and different forms of dress just to name a few examples. This change in professional standards is apparent amongst college professors, especially with the rise in popularity of online learning platforms and remote learning opportunities. This is significant especially when discussing equity and fairness in minority groups among the faculty on college campuses and their online counterparts. If there isn’t an understanding of why something may be considered professional for one professor that wouldn’t be for another such as wearing eyeliner or nail polish simply based on their gender, we must understand how public perception of gender norms is shifting to avoid lawsuits or negative impacts on already marginalized groups as well as to ensure a sense of equity and fairness is maintained in university policy. The most obvious social science principle that relates to this issue would be social norms. When discussing things like changes in gender norms or professional norms within a community, we are discussing the evolution of social norms in the community. These are the spoken and unspoken expectations of how you act and present yourself within society that distinguish what is acceptable behavior and what isn’t through both verbal and nonverbal cues (MindEdge, 2016). The second social science principle that applies to this issue would be

PROGRESS CHECK 1 3 social roles. The role of professor, especially for those who identify with marginalized groups, is evolving with and driving the change in the standards of professionalism within this social role. Social roles, such as professor or parent, are the boxes or job descriptions that we all fill in society that determine what is expected of us in each position we occupy (MindEdge, 2016). 20 years ago, the description of what is expected of a person in the role of professor would have looked different than it does today, and this change is caused by both the changes in both the people filling the role and what is expected of them in terms of professionalism.

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PROGRESS CHECK 1 4 Source: MindEdge, Inc. (2016). SCS-200: Applied Social Science .

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