ENGL 122- Leong - Names Essay

In heterosexual marriages, women's marital last name change is a prevalent social custom, but one that was challenged by first- and second-wave feminism. In the present study, we examined whether attitudes, plans, and rationales about marital last name change differed between men and women, and between self-identified feminists and non-feminists.

2014
Middle name initials often appear in formal contexts, especially when people refer to intellectual achievements. On the basis of this common link, the display of middle initials increases positive evaluations of people's intellectual capacities and achievements. We document this effect in seven studies: Middle initials in authors' names increased the evaluation of their writing performance (Study 1), and middle initials increased perceptions of status (Studies 2 and 4). Moreover, the middle initials effect was specific to intellectual performance (Studies 3 and 6), and it was mediated by perceived status (Studies 5–7). Besides supporting our hypotheses, the results of these studies yield important implication for everyday life

2011
In addition to deciding whether to buy an item, consumers can often decide when they buy an item. This article links the speed with which adults acquire items to the first letter of their childhood surname. We find that the later in the alphabet the first letter of one’s childhood surname is, the faster the person acquires items as an adult. We dub this the , and we propose that it stems from childhood ordering structures that put children with different names in different positions in lines. For example, since those late in the alphabet are typically at the end of lines, they compensate by responding quickly to acquisition opportunities. In addition to responding quicker, we find that those with late alphabet names are more likely to acquire an item when response time is restricted and they find limited time offers more appealing than their early alphabet counterparts.

The article discusses how various U.S. law students such as Brittany Morgan-Glenn are offering free legal services to assist transgender clients with name change-related issues, and it mentions supervising adjunct professor Kelly Burden Lindstrom's work as a staff attorney on the Name & Gender Marker Change Project that was launched by the John Marshall Law School's Pro Bono Program & Clinic in July 2016. LGBT advocacy and Illinois' legal name and gender marker change process are assessed.