Article on a qualitative study exploring older poor parents who lost an adult child to AIDS in Togo, West Africa.

Article on a longitudinal assessment and the consequences of empowered CAN teams in nursing home settings.

Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington, Texas.

Book discussing empowered work teams in long-term care and strategies for improving outcomes for residents and staff.

The research outlined in this paper explores two important issues relevant to understanding Latino identity and educational achievement: ethnic labels and educational injustices.

This book chapter discusses the metaphoric analysis of a shipyard union dispute and the theory and method in the cultural analysis of collective action. Rather than treating grievances and political opportunities, given, and exogenous to organized movement groups, cultural analysts of social movements have recently focused on cognitive and linguistic processes by which factors relevant to collective behavior are themselves interpreted collectively.

Article discussing a case study on community and university collaboration in health care planning.

Encyclopedia article in the 'International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology' discussing health care, globalization and health, and the effect of the economy on the structure of the health care system.

Article on community-oriented policing in a multicultural milieu and the case of loitering and disorderly conduct in East Arlington.

Book chapter discussing social issues in aging such as structural lag theory, race and ethnic differences in aging, different social roles associated with older adults, and how the role of retirement has changed in recent years.

Paper examines the impact of social environments on the development of self-identity in young African American women.

Presentation for the 2008 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on mosquito hall and ethnic labels and social injustices within the public school system.

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on music therapy and its effects on various medical patients.

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing methods of exoplanet detection for amateurs.

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on the cultural abuse of African women.

Poster presented at the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on Alzheimer's disease and how to treat it. The presenters conducted a meta-analysis on data about available treatments to see which one is the most effective in alleviating or reversing the symptoms.

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing a comparison of education in China and the United States.

Poster presentation for the 2008 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on expressions and acceptance of non-normative gender.

This research portrays a paradigm for the assessment of aging services to support populations aging in place. The dissertation was designed to establish a model to identify and evaluate senior ready communities. Area specific social programs and services are identified. In order to meet the growing needs of aging populations, the dynamic representation of existing services and the need for services that could be developed in certain communities require reevaluation in current planning, restructuring, and/or community development.

This report summarizes the results of a survey of adult, working-aged patients in a large, urban, tax-supported county healthcare system, consisting of an inpatient hospital facility and eight community health centers. The major objectives of this research project were to assess the patients' access to healthcare, factors affecting their access, and their health status.

Article on ethnicity, health care and socio-economic status and the continuing disparity among minority children in Texas.

Report for the Irving City Council Community Development Advisory Committee. This report discusses the need for an indigent healthcare clinic in Irving, Texas.

Article on violence against women and strategies for rural health.

Article on pediatric emergency departments and "safety-net" providers for vulnerable children.