Undergraduate Research and the Latino/a Chicano/a Oral History Project (open access)

Undergraduate Research and the Latino/a Chicano/a Oral History Project

Introduction to the special section on anthropology in the 2006 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2006
Creator: Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abriendo Puertas Hacia el Futuro: The Road Toward Becoming an Educator (open access)

Abriendo Puertas Hacia el Futuro: The Road Toward Becoming an Educator

This paper discusses The Oral History Project and research on becoming an educator.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Solano, Ivonne J. & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education, Feminism, and Spanish: The Definition of a Library Cuban (open access)

Education, Feminism, and Spanish: The Definition of a Library Cuban

Paper discusses Latina professors at the University of North Texas and aims to give insight into their lives by focusing on how race, gender, and language interact in their everyday lives.
Date: 2006
Creator: Sibley, Candace
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Migration and Healing in a Latino/a Context (open access)

Migration and Healing in a Latino/a Context

Paper examines the history and belief systems of Latin American folk healers in the United States.
Date: 2011
Creator: Diaz, Martha Nuño
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mosquito Hall: Ethnic Labels and Social Injustices Within the Public School System (open access)

Mosquito Hall: Ethnic Labels and Social Injustices Within the Public School System

The research outlined in this paper explores two important issues relevant to understanding Latino identity and educational achievement: ethnic labels and educational injustices.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Moses, Daniel & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study in Germxican American Education and the New Mestiza Consciousness (open access)

A Study in Germxican American Education and the New Mestiza Consciousness

Paper discusses the lives of multi-ethnic individuals in today's society, focusing on the experiences of a young woman with German and Mexican ancestry.
Date: 2007
Creator: GIlbert, Ryan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pioneers for the Future: Reform Women in Dallas (open access)

Pioneers for the Future: Reform Women in Dallas

Paper discusses archival research into women in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex who changed society.
Date: 2007
Creator: Blackburn, Renée
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rican Feminist Discourse: Culture through Narratives (open access)

Puerto Rican Feminist Discourse: Culture through Narratives

Paper examines Puerto Rican national identity through the lens of stories by women and feminist discourse.
Date: 2008
Creator: Velazquez, Magaly
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Freedman’s Town: One Community’s Preservation Within a Gentrified Environment (open access)

Dallas Freedman’s Town: One Community’s Preservation Within a Gentrified Environment

Paper discusses the effects of gentrification on communities by focusing on Dallas Freedman’s Town/North Dallas—established by freed slaves in the 1860’s—and the Saint Paul United Methodist Church congregation.
Date: 2010
Creator: Velin, Gabriel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mosquito Hall: Ethnic Labels and Social Injustices Within the Public School System

Presentation for the 2008 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on mosquito hall and ethnic labels and social injustices within the public school system.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: Moses, Daniel & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on legal and privacy implications for language archives captions transcript

Speech on legal and privacy implications for language archives

Video recording of a discussion in which attendees legal and privacy implications for language archives. This was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Wasson, Christina & Wolfson, Stephen
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Color Line? Discrimination and Ethnic Identity (open access)

What Color Line? Discrimination and Ethnic Identity

This paper discusses discrimination and ethnic identity and is based on an interview with a Hispanic professor.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Jones, Andrew & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Educating Latinos in the United States: The Need for Exposure, Resources, and Cultural Understanding (open access)

Educating Latinos in the United States: The Need for Exposure, Resources, and Cultural Understanding

This paper discusses research on education for Latinos in the United States and the need for exposure, resources, and cultural understanding.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Hardikar, Bethany & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion of the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States (open access)

Discussion of the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States

This paper offers a discussion on research on the validity of a guest worker program in the United States.
Date: April 3, 2008
Creator: MacNeil, Melissa S. & Hartman, David W.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Toward an Understanding of Contemporary Professional Culture

This paper discusses an applied anthropology research study on the American professional culture of shoe repair.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Giulietti, Michael & Jordan, Ann
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ready for Apocalypse: Survivalism and Stigma in Online Communities (open access)

Ready for Apocalypse: Survivalism and Stigma in Online Communities

Paper examines survivalists in online communities, the sigma associated with their culture, and their conceptions of common stereotypes.
Date: 2009
Creator: Roberts, Stephen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Star Trek and “The Other”: Race, Gender and the Cultural Imagination (open access)

Star Trek and “The Other”: Race, Gender and the Cultural Imagination

Paper examines the portrayal of the Other as an indicator of change in the cultural imagination in Star Trek.
Date: 2012
Creator: Resendiz, Ramon
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cultural Hybridity: Arab/Latino – A Reflexive Approach (open access)

Cultural Hybridity: Arab/Latino – A Reflexive Approach

Paper discusses the experiences of being multi-ethnic and multicultural, focusing on three people of Arab and Latino heritage.
Date: 2006
Creator: Rios, L. Danyel
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sabbath: How Orthodox Jews Create Sacred Space (open access)

The Sabbath: How Orthodox Jews Create Sacred Space

Paper examines the ritual and cultural significance of the Sabbath to Orthodox Jews.
Date: 2011
Creator: Hernandez, Carlos
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Indian Cultural Identity: A Narrative Analysis of Identity in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (open access)

American Indian Cultural Identity: A Narrative Analysis of Identity in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Paper explores how American Indians navigate life and connect to their heritage within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Date: 2010
Creator: Cevaal-Moore, Yolonda L.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survival Strategies of Mexicanas (open access)

Survival Strategies of Mexicanas

Paper seeks to identify and describe the coping strategies of Mexicanas, Mexican woman living in the United States.
Date: 2007
Creator: Robles, Jannell
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Facilitators and Inhibitors to Self-Maintenance for Type II Diabetics (open access)

Facilitators and Inhibitors to Self-Maintenance for Type II Diabetics

Paper explores factors that influence the ability of Type-II diabetics to follow recommended self-maintenance procedures.
Date: 2007
Creator: Davis, Rian E.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Looking For the Perfect Beat: Feedback Loops, Media Panopticism, and the Hip-Hop DJ (open access)

Looking For the Perfect Beat: Feedback Loops, Media Panopticism, and the Hip-Hop DJ

Paper examines the relationships between disc jockeys (DJs), the music industry, and their listener communities in order to better understand the relationship between people and the media.
Date: 2009
Creator: Bittle-Dockery, Darius
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood (open access)

Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood

Paper explores the challenges faced by women faculty members with children who work at colleges and universities in North Texas.
Date: 2007
Creator: Lewis, Stephanie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library