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The human tendency to use language to name things is remarkably important and foundational. While we don't delve into the incredibly deep and nerdy philosophy of naming specifically, we tackle some of the major implications and interesting effects of naming tendencies.

Links for Today:

Bertrand, M., & Mullainathan, S. (2004). Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. The American Economic Review, 94(4), 991-1013. Retrieved January 17, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3592802

Jacquet, J. L. and Pauly, D. (2008) Trade secrets: renaming and mislabeling of seafood. Marine Policy 32: 309-318. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308597X07000760

Karaffa, P.T., M.M. Draheim, and Parsons, E.C.M. (2012) What\u2019s in a name? Do species\u2019 names impact student support for conservation? Human Dimensions of Wildlife 17: 308-310. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10871209.2012.676708?journalCode=uhdw20

Rasmussen, G.S.A. (1999) Livestock predation by the painted hunting dog Lycaon pictus in a cattle ranching region of Zimbabwe: a case study. Biological Conservation 88: 133\u2013139. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320798000068?via%3Dihub

Sarasa M., Alasaad S., and P\xe9rez J.M. (2012) Common names of species, the curious case of Capra pyrenaica and the concomitant steps towards the 'wild-to-domestic' transformation of a flagship species and its vernacular names. Biodiversity and Conservation 21:1\u201312. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-011-0172-3

Scott, C. (2015) Otter social science research: An evaluation of the general public\u2019s knowledge of otter species. (Master\u2019s thesis) George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Retrieved from digilib.gmu.edu/ xmlui/handle/1920/10282

Wright, A., Ver\xedssimo, D., Pilfold, K., Parsons, E. C. M., Ventre, K., Cousins, J., et al. (2015). Competitive outreach in the 21st Century: why we need conservation marketing. Ocean & Coastal Management 115: 41\u201348. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569115001829

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/03/study-finds-seafood-mislabeled-illegal/#:~:text=Sea%20bass%20and%20snapper%20were,were%20marketed%20as%20wild%20caught. (National Geographic article on mislabeling fish)

https://www.anesi.com/presname.htm (US Presidential Candidates with more syllables win elections more often than candidates with fewer syllables)

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/07/02/name-changes-ellis-island#:~:text=More%20commonly%2C%20immigrants%20would%20change,for%20a%20number%20of%20reasons.&text=Someone%20might%20change%20their%20name,it%20was%20good%20for%20business (Why immigrants change their names)

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/century.html (Common US baby names)

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/researchers-new-study-method-catches-resume-bias.aspx (Gender bias in fictitious resumes)

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