An Unheard Voice: The American Muslim Struggle for Political Inclusion (open access)

An Unheard Voice: The American Muslim Struggle for Political Inclusion

Paper explores the effect of discrimination against American Muslims on their political participation.
Date: 2012
Creator: Dean, Tahirah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secrets Between Selves and The Exchange of Desires: Mirror-Stage Politics and Self-Reflecting Wishes within Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" and Under Western Eyes (open access)

Secrets Between Selves and The Exchange of Desires: Mirror-Stage Politics and Self-Reflecting Wishes within Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" and Under Western Eyes

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing author Joseph Conrad's work in relation to self-realization, self-awareness, and the loss of self. Includes psychoanalytic theories, especially those of Jacques Lacan.
Date: Autumn 2011
Creator: Savage, Jon
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fragments of Familiar Ground (open access)

Fragments of Familiar Ground

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the process of writing a book length collection of poems. Includes a selection of the author's poems.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Heffner, Christopher Daniel
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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
Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going (open access)

Healthcare for Uninsured Children: Where We Are and Where We Are Going

Paper examines the state of children's healthcare and explores options for expanding care to more uninsured children.
Date: 2009
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Article
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
“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency (open access)

“Nor Cruel and Unusual Punishments Inflicted”: A Look at the Eighth Amendment and the Evolving Standards of Decency

Paper discusses constitutional interpretation and focuses on the evolving interpretation of the Eighth Amendment through Supreme Court cases.
Date: 2009
Creator: Redding, Kory
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors (open access)

Sustainable & Subsistence Providing Spaces Regulated by Public Characters: An Anthropological Study of South Dallas Street Vendors

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.
Date: 2009
Creator: Oliver, Elisha
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caring for Indigent Children in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas (open access)

Caring for Indigent Children in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing health care of people without health insurance in Denton County, Texas.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Math Anxiety in Fundamentals of Algebra Students (open access)

Math Anxiety in Fundamentals of Algebra Students

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing her experiences as a math tutor in math classes with traditionally high dropout rates. In addition, research into math anxiety is explored and evaluated.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Draznin, Sara
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Genetic Markers Aid in Identifying the NIP Locus in Medicago (open access)

New Genetic Markers Aid in Identifying the NIP Locus in Medicago

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing symbiotic nitrogen fixation that takes place between a bacterium and a legume.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Spoor, Erich
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationships of Insomnia and Mental Health in College Students (open access)

The Relationships of Insomnia and Mental Health in College Students

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between insomnia and mental health among college students.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Gardner, Christie Erin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caring for Indigent Infants in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas (open access)

Caring for Indigent Infants in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas

Paper compares care for uninsured infants in Denton County, under a County Indigent Health Care Plan (CIHCP), and in Dallas and Tarrant counties, which have hospital districts.
Date: 2008
Creator: Grant, Scott
Object Type: Article
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
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
The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of Participatory Journalism on the Immigration Debate in Texas (open access)

The Production of Cultural Boundaries: The Influence of Participatory Journalism on the Immigration Debate in Texas

Paper uses a content analysis of the editorial section in a major Dallas-area newspaper to demonstrate a shift within American public discourse toward moral and cultural arguments against illegal immigration, and argues that this is due to the inclusion of participatory journalism in newspaper editorial pages.
Date: 2008
Creator: Williams, Alexander T.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors (open access)

The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors

Paper describes a project seeking to provide photos that better reflect the lives of residents directly affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans after the hurricane.
Date: 2008
Creator: Bolds, Vadal A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Actigraphy, Sleep Diaries and Polysomnography in College Students with Insomnia (open access)

Actigraphy, Sleep Diaries and Polysomnography in College Students with Insomnia

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the use of actigraphy on college students to measure the number of awakenings, wake after sleep onset, total sleep time, and sleep efficiency.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Williams, Jacob M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussing the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States (open access)

Discussing the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the history and potential benefits and disadvantages of a guest worker program within the United States of America, and attempts to formulate a such a program.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: MacNeil, Melissa S.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library