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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sex Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates in the United States: A Study of California Public Schools (open access)

Sex Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates in the United States: A Study of California Public Schools

Paper examines teen pregnancy rates across states in the United States and proposes a study that correlates the types of sex education utilized in individual counties or independent school districts and teen pregnancy rates across a sufficiently diverse state, such as California.
Date: 2015
Creator: Horton, Hannah
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roles of the White House Chief of Staff (open access)

Roles of the White House Chief of Staff

Paper analyzes the roles that the White House Chief of Staff plays and how effective they are in said roles.
Date: 2013
Creator: McAlister, Lisa
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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
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
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
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
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
Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood (open access)

Professor Mom: Surviving the World of Academia and Motherhood

Paper explores the challenges faced by women faculty members with children who work at colleges and universities in North Texas.
Date: 2007
Creator: Lewis, Stephanie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of the Appropriation and Commodification of “Art” on the Cultural Identification of American Indians in the States of Texas and New York (open access)

The Impact of the Appropriation and Commodification of “Art” on the Cultural Identification of American Indians in the States of Texas and New York

Paper examines American Indian artists’ self-identities and the factors that affect the way they identify, focusing on two artists that live in Texas and New York.
Date: 2007
Creator: Kuizon, Jaclyn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Understanding the Health Care Needs of the Medically Indigent of Grayson County (open access)

Understanding the Health Care Needs of the Medically Indigent of Grayson County

Paper examines the issues faced by residents of Grayson county who lack medical insurance.
Date: 2005
Creator: Rahman, Rumana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
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
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
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
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
"My Prospect Lies Upon That Coast": The Feminine Conquered in Sidney's Astrophil and Stella (open access)

"My Prospect Lies Upon That Coast": The Feminine Conquered in Sidney's Astrophil and Stella

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the themes of conquest, gender reversal, exploration, and political commentary in Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella.
Date: 20XX
Creator: Wagner, Sydnee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Keeping Good Company: A Critical View of the CIA (open access)

Keeping Good Company: A Critical View of the CIA

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the Central Intelligence Agency, its operations, its standards, and its future.
Date: Spring 1990
Creator: Graham, Stacy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Problems and Possibilities in the Translation of the Classics (open access)

Problems and Possibilities in the Translation of the Classics

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the author's translations of two selections by Aristotle. The translation appears on even pages and the author's translation notes follow on odd pages.
Date: Autumn 1990
Creator: Davis, Mike Lee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reawakening the Dreamtime (open access)

Reawakening the Dreamtime

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing textual interpretation, linguistics, and philosophy.
Date: Autumn 1990
Creator: Hood, Robert L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Classical Inspiration and Modern Expression: Greek Art Turned Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop (open access)

Classical Inspiration and Modern Expression: Greek Art Turned Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop

Senior colloquium written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing Greek sculpture and architecture as filtered through the Fauve, Constructivist, Dada, and Pop artistic movements. The author takes examples of Grecian sculpture, recreates them in each of the other styles, and discusses the results.
Date: April 27, 1991
Creator: Capen, Sheri
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Literary Illusion (open access)

Literary Illusion

Thesis in short fiction written by a student in the UNT Honors College about a young writer living with a wealthy couple.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Midkiff, Brandi Leigh
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library