Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on English as a second language in a global study.

This paper discusses an applied anthropology research study on the American professional culture of shoe repair.

This article focuses on the ways in which cautiousness is exercised to achieve consensus in American business meetings.

This article reviews the documentary film "Refugees of Shangri-La" by Doria Bramante and Markus Weinfurter.

Paper examines the portrayal of the Other as an indicator of change in the cultural imagination in Star Trek.

Paper discusses research attempting to identify communication gaps between survivors and the response to Hurricane Katrina.

Paper uses a content analysis of the editorial section in a major Dallas-area newspaper to demonstrate a shift within American public discourse toward moral and cultural arguments against illegal immigration, and argues that this is due to the inclusion of participatory journalism in newspaper editorial pages.

Report for the project, Exploratory User Research for CoRSAL, which was an exploratory ethnographic study to generate a foundational understanding of how different user groups might use a planned language archive for South Asian languages. Their research project was to be used by the CoRSAL team to help plan the design of CoRSAL’s infrastructure, and laid the groundwork for further studies that will take a deeper look at issues surrounding the design and use of the planned language archive.

This paper offers a discussion on research on the validity of a guest worker program in the United States.

This article considers an alternative formulation of urban planning generated by three-plus decades of economic and governmental liberalization.