This paper discusses The Oral History Project and research on becoming an educator.

Paper explores how American Indians navigate life and connect to their heritage within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on the effects that the tragedies and illnesses of Frida Kahlo had on her artwork.

Presentation for the 2005 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This presentation discusses research on the hybrid Arab and Hispanic culture in the United States, understanding the customs and traditions of the two separate cultures respectively, and how the two cultures blend together socially, culturally, and linguistically.

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the philosophical connotations of words.

This paper discusses research on the philosophical connotations of words.

Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing a comparative research study of children and their attitudes towards violence.

Paper discusses the experience of conducting anthropological research into the Cuban diaspora to Texas as a creative writing student.

Paper discusses the experiences of being multi-ethnic and multicultural, focusing on three people of Arab and Latino heritage.

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.

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

Presentation for the 2008 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the validity of a guest worker program in the United States.

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at at the University of North Texas discussing research on DNA profiling and forensics.

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.

This paper discusses research on education for Latinos in the United States and the need for exposure, resources, and cultural understanding.

Presentation for the 2006 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing educating Latinos in the United States and the need for exposure, resources, and cultural understanding.

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.

This paper discusses the education of a Latin American student in the United States.

Presentation for the 2006 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on education of Latin American students in the United States.

Presentation for the 2008 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing educational trajectories of Latino/a students.

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.

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.

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing concerns of social justice in the education of minority language students within rural communities.

Paper explores factors that influence the ability of Type-II diabetics to follow recommended self-maintenance procedures.