Effects of Revitalizing the Trinity River on Social Environments: The Fluidity of Migrations in Dallas, Texas (open access)

Effects of Revitalizing the Trinity River on Social Environments: The Fluidity of Migrations in Dallas, Texas

Paper explores the effects of the The Trinity River Corridor Project in Dallas on the Latino community in Oak Cliff.
Date: 2013
Creator: Gomez, Corina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiesta Math Night: The Parent Perspective (open access)

Fiesta Math Night: The Parent Perspective

Paper discusses Hispanic parental involvement in Fiesta Math Night (Noche de Matemáticas), a school event that takes place in Denton area schools each year in the fall.
Date: 2013
Creator: Ortez, Enid
System: The UNT Digital Library
Honey, Ain’t You Glad We’re Texan: The Mythic Narrative of Texas in the Texas Centennial (open access)

Honey, Ain’t You Glad We’re Texan: The Mythic Narrative of Texas in the Texas Centennial

Paper explores how the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936 was used to build the mythology of a unified Texas identity and history.
Date: 2016
Creator: Wilson, Hannah Joan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Insecurity and Related Health Problems Among Children in Denton, Texas (open access)

Food Insecurity and Related Health Problems Among Children in Denton, Texas

Paper examines the geography and consequences of food insecurity in Denton, TX.
Date: 2013
Creator: Kouchade, Bissilola
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Central Intake for Collaborating Nonprofits (open access)

Developing a Central Intake for Collaborating Nonprofits

Paper discusses the feasibility of a centralized intake process for Serve Denton, a nonprofit organization that seeks to co-locate several nonprofit service providers in Denton, Texas.
Date: 2013
Creator: Quinn, Heather
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introducing Change of Early Implementation of Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Texas Education System (open access)

Introducing Change of Early Implementation of Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in the Texas Education System

Paper explores why the United States, and in particular Texas, does not begin requiring foreign language education until high school.
Date: 2017
Creator: White, Krystin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions (open access)

Environmental Awareness: A Survey of UNT Students’ Knowledge and Opinions

Paper discusses study examining awareness and opinions of environmental issues among students at the University of North Texas.
Date: 2014
Creator: McClinchie, Elizabeth
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Values of Texas Farmers and Ranchers Engaged in Agritourism (open access)

Environmental Values of Texas Farmers and Ranchers Engaged in Agritourism

Papers explores the ways in which Texas agritourism operators value their land and construct their relationships with the natural environment.
Date: 2011
Creator: Bonham, Mēgan S. Albaugh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Breast Cancer in Texas Counties 1980-1998 (open access)

Breast Cancer in Texas Counties 1980-1998

Paper examines effects of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, genes and environment on breast cancer morbidity in Texas counties from 1980-1998.
Date: 2011
Creator: Barry, Djenabou
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.
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sounds of Identity: A Case Study on Mexican American College Students in Texas (open access)

The Sounds of Identity: A Case Study on Mexican American College Students in Texas

Paper discusses how language use reflects the identity of Mexican-American college students in Texas.
Date: 2011
Creator: Grady, Khalia Nicole
System: The UNT Digital Library