This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This slide deck accompanied all presentations by workshop participants on the perspectives of stakeholder groups.

Paper investigates the symbolic function of non-binary individuals in Star Trek, positing that characters with easily gendered qualities are portrayed as more benevolent and relatable, while more ambiguous characters are portrayed as more dangerous.

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

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.

This paper discusses the needs of distance learners.

Paper seeks to identify and describe the coping strategies of Mexicanas, Mexican woman living in the United States.

Paper examines the ways in which “public characters” in South Dallas regulated the space in their regular gathering area, with a focus on the need for life-sustaining informal spaces.

Article discussing an essay by the author titled "Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners," discussing the Swadhyayis and their Vrksamandiras, or tree-temples, and dharmic ecology.

This article discusses diverse theologies in Hinduism and describes ten important Hindu teachings on the environment.

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

Presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on an understanding of contemporary professional culture.

This document provides a transcript summary of the first part of the Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives; it contains an overview of language archives by Gary Holton and an overview of user-centered design by Christina Wasson.

This document provides a transcript summary of the second part of Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives; it contains a detailed summary of individual presentations by all workshop participants on the perspectives of stakeholder groups.

This document provides a transcript summary of the third part of Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives; it contains a detailed summary of discussions on the first day of the workshop.

This document provides a transcript summary of the fourth part of Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives; it contains a detailed summary of discussions on the second day of the workshop.

This document provides a transcript summary of the fifth and final part of Workshop on User-Centered Design of Language Archives; it contains a detailed summary of the concluding discussion at the end of the workshop.

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on religion in a global society and true tolerance.

This article provides comments and reflection on the symbolic position of business anthropology with mainstream anthropology.

Introduction to the special section on anthropology in the 2006 edition of The Eagle Feather.

Introduction to the special section for undergraduate research in anthropology in the 2007 edition of The Eagle Feather.

Paper examines the issues faced by residents of Grayson county who lack medical insurance.

This NSF-funded workshop initiated a research trajectory that brings the fields of language archives and user-centered design (UCD) into dialogue, with the goal of improving users’ experiences with language archives and making them more accessible and useful to diverse user groups. The workshop documented perspectives of key stakeholder groups and generated initial conceptual frameworks to guide further research. This slide deck accompanied the presentation by Christina Wasson on user-centered design.

Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation discusses user-centered design for language archives.

This article reports on research to identify area-restricted search foraging behavior at fish aggregating device (FAD) patches.