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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
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

Black's Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Martin Heidegger's Theory of Language

This paper discusses research on the philosophical connotations of words.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Guyden, Lateesha; Glazebrook, Patricia & Davenport, Beverly
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey (open access)

Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey

Paper discusses the experience of conducting anthropological research into the Cuban diaspora to Texas as a creative writing student.
Date: 2008
Creator: Vega, Jason
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
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
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
Do You Get Me? Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication Between Refugees and Health Practitioners (open access)

Do You Get Me? Exploring Cross-Cultural Communication Between Refugees and Health Practitioners

Paper discusses recurring themes in cross-cultural communication between medical practitioners and refugees, specifically Vietnamese refugees who have lived in the United States for more than 20 years, at the Dallas County Health Services Refugee Clinic, including substitution, omission, editorialization with the use of an interpreter, and nonverbal communication expressed by both populations.
Date: 2010
Creator: Haynes, Kayla Marie
Object Type: Article
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
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
The Education of a Latin American Student in the United States: Diversity, Identity, and Assimilation (open access)

The Education of a Latin American Student in the United States: Diversity, Identity, and Assimilation

This paper discusses the education of a Latin American student in the United States.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Myers, Johnathan W. & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Paper
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
Folk Concepts and Cultural Constructs of the Flu among College Students (open access)

Folk Concepts and Cultural Constructs of the Flu among College Students

Paper examines college student perceptions of the flu, and how these perceptions are influenced by other conditions with similar names, such as the "stomach flu".
Date: 2007
Creator: Garcia, Joy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Geography of HIV in Harris County, Texas, 1999-2003 (open access)

The Geography of HIV in Harris County, Texas, 1999-2003

Paper discussing the geography of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Harris County, Texas and the factors associated with areas of high prevalence.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Jezari, Arianna & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hurricane Katrina: Survivors’ Perceptions of a Social Disaster (open access)

Hurricane Katrina: Survivors’ Perceptions of a Social Disaster

Paper discusses research attempting to identify communication gaps between survivors and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Date: 2009
Creator: Gregory, Sarah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care (open access)

Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care

Paper examines the perspectives of Indian immigrants on health care.
Date: 2008
Creator: LaBrake, Aleina
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
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
On the Line in the Motor City: Narratives of Latina Auto Worker Culture (open access)

On the Line in the Motor City: Narratives of Latina Auto Worker Culture

Paper explores the experiences of the Latina auto-worker community, their struggles in family life, and the effects of marginalization.
Date: 2009
Creator: Gonzalez, Lisa A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of Sustainability Among Undergraduates at the University of North Texas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural Sustainability (open access)

Perceptions of Sustainability Among Undergraduates at the University of North Texas: Environmental, Economic, Cultural Sustainability

Paper examines the knowledge, beliefs, values, concerns, and actions of college students at the University of North Texas toward sustainability.
Date: 2007
Creator: Atkinson, Ange
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
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas

Introduction to the special section featuring the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology in the 2009 edition of the Eagle Feather.
Date: 2009
Creator: Dessouky, Shimaa Y. & Yamaki, Satoshi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology at the University of North Texas

Introduction to the proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Summer Research Methods Program in Anthropology as featured in the 2007 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2007
Creator: Rios, L. Danyel & Dessouky, Shimaa Y.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library