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Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources (open access)

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: December 16, 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Antonovic, Annette; Buete, Sherri; Deardorff, Philip; DoCarmo, Tania; Gutierrez, Paula et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources (open access)

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This paper presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Carlson, Steve; Cheatham, Dennis; Gorby, Megan; Leach, Matt; McAllister, Guenivere et al.
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Irony and the 'yoga wars' (open access)

Irony and the 'yoga wars'

Article discussing the debated topic of whether yoga is a Hindu or Secular practice and the potential causes and impacts of how and why this subject is being debated.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek (open access)

The Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek

Article discussing an image that appears on the front cover of Newsweek magazine depicting President Barack Obama.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World (open access)

Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World

Article discussing research on the ideals of Hinduism, such as pluralism, dharma, ritam, and nonviolence holding important lessons for the future of Hinduism in particular and for humanity in general.
Date: June 28, 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analysis of the Effects the Tragedies and Illnesses of Frida Kahlo Had on her Artwork

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.
Date: April 15, 2010
Creator: Godwin, Alexandria & Hartman, David W.
Object Type: Poster
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
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
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
The Hindu Method to Save the Planet (open access)

The Hindu Method to Save the Planet

This paper discusses the Hindu religion and elements of ecology that relate to this religion. It describes some of the principles of Mahatma Gandhi and describes how these are important spiritually and ecologically.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This presentation presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Antonovic, Annette; Buete, Sherri; Deardorff, Philip; DoCarmo, Tania; Gutierrez, Paula et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Improving Student Success: Researching How Students Use Electronic Library Resources

This presentation presents a research study conducted at UNT. The UNT Libraries partnered with the Department of Anthropology at UNT to conduct ethnographic research of how UNT students use the electronic library services.
Date: 2010
Creator: Henry, Lisa; Carlson, Steve; Cheatham, Dennis; Gorby, Megan; Leach, Matt; McAllister, Guenivere et al.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics (open access)

Jainism, Dharma, and Environmental Ethics

Article discussing the absence of a formal category of environmental ethics in Jainism and Jainism's historical relationship to environmental ethics.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Introduction to the proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Anthropology 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, featured in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Davenport, Beverly Ann & Franco, David Oliveira, Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films (open access)

Renunciation and Non-Renunciation in Indian Films

Article discussing the renunciation and non-renunciation in Indian films. The author reviews several films to analyze the portrayal of ascetics and householders.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism (open access)

[Review] Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism

This article reviews the book "Biodivinity and Biodiversity: The Limits to Religious Environmentalism," by Emma Tomalin, a book about religion and ecology.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition (open access)

[Review] Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition

This article reviews the book "Mourning the Nation: Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition," by Bhaskar Sarkar. The book examines the political truncation of India at the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Swadhyaya's Dharmic Ecology (open access)

Swadhyaya's Dharmic Ecology

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.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings (open access)

Ten Key Hindu Environmental Teachings

This article discusses diverse theologies in Hinduism and describes ten important Hindu teachings on the environment.
Date: 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
"With Anything Manmade There is Going to be Danger": The Cultural Context of Navajo Opinions Regarding Snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks (open access)

"With Anything Manmade There is Going to be Danger": The Cultural Context of Navajo Opinions Regarding Snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks

This article explores the perspectives of Navajo living in Leupp, Arizona, who object to a plan to use artificial snow on the San Francisco peaks.
Date: 2010
Creator: Dunstan, Adam
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

DNA Profiling -- Forensics' Secret Weapon: A Work in Progress

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at at the University of North Texas discussing research on DNA profiling and forensics.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Tippen, Samantha & Golden, Teresa
Object Type: Poster
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

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

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the geography Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Harris County, Texas from 1999-2003.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Jezari, Arianna & Oppong, Joseph R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Making Space for Inclusion: A Case Study About A Latina Anthropologist

Presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on making space for inclusion and a case study about a Latina anthropologist.
Date: April 2, 2009
Creator: Robles, Jannell & Nuñez-Janes, Mariela
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library