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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radio Frequency Identification: The Current and Future Solutions for Privacy and Security (open access)

Radio Frequency Identification: The Current and Future Solutions for Privacy and Security

Paper discusses standards, protocols, security, and privacy concerns related to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
Date: 2007
Creator: Jain, Vivek
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soft Power and International Public Opinion: U.S Presidents and the Treatment of Prisoners of War (open access)

Soft Power and International Public Opinion: U.S Presidents and the Treatment of Prisoners of War

Paper discusses the international effects of the policies of a nation in the form of soft power.
Date: 2009
Creator: Wagner, Coleman
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Trafficking: An International Study (open access)

Human Trafficking: An International Study

Paper analyzes the factors that contribute to human trafficking worldwide.
Date: 2005
Creator: Johnykutty, Sophia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Verdant Gospel: A Hispano Moresque Charger and its Correlation to the Gospel of John (open access)

The Verdant Gospel: A Hispano Moresque Charger and its Correlation to the Gospel of John

Paper proposes that the Hispano Moresque charger correlates to the Gospel of John.
Date: 2005
Creator: Reyes, JoAnna
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results (open access)

According to the Goal: How Eliyahu Goldratt Helps Organizations Examine Their Processes to Achieve Maximum Results

Paper analyzes Eliyahu Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints and discusses how it's proposed business model has helped companies who implement it.
Date: 2005
Creator: Winter, Chrisitan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contextualizing Effects of Public Spheres on Community Socialization (open access)

Contextualizing Effects of Public Spheres on Community Socialization

Paper discusses the changing role of public spaces in community socialization, with a focus on coffee shops serving as work environments.
Date: 2009
Creator: Portillo, Jacqueline
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Identity Among African American Women (open access)

Self-Identity Among African American Women

Paper examines the impact of social environments on the development of self-identity in young African American women.
Date: 2008
Creator: Jackson, Andrina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grandparents Raising Children with Disabilities (open access)

Grandparents Raising Children with Disabilities

Paper analyzes the experiences of and difficulties faced by grandparents who are raising grandchildren with disabilities.
Date: 2007
Creator: Phillips, Landeia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Market Evolution: Marketing to the Mexican American Female (open access)

Market Evolution: Marketing to the Mexican American Female

Paper examines the effectiveness of advertising techniques used in print magazines that target Mexican American consumers.
Date: 2008
Creator: Evins-Ketron, Bethany
System: The UNT Digital Library
Morality, Religion, and the Lure of the Ascetic in Halevi’s “The Kuzari” (open access)

Morality, Religion, and the Lure of the Ascetic in Halevi’s “The Kuzari”

Paper analyzes Judah Halevi’s The Kuzari and what it has to say about the philosophic and religious ways of life.
Date: 2009
Creator: Moore, Ian Alexander
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survival Strategies of Mexicanas (open access)

Survival Strategies of Mexicanas

Paper seeks to identify and describe the coping strategies of Mexicanas, Mexican woman living in the United States.
Date: 2007
Creator: Robles, Jannell
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rican Feminist Discourse: Culture through Narratives (open access)

Puerto Rican Feminist Discourse: Culture through Narratives

Paper examines Puerto Rican national identity through the lens of stories by women and feminist discourse.
Date: 2008
Creator: Velazquez, Magaly
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cultural Hybridity: Arab/Latino – A Reflexive Approach (open access)

Cultural Hybridity: Arab/Latino – A Reflexive Approach

Paper discusses the experiences of being multi-ethnic and multicultural, focusing on three people of Arab and Latino heritage.
Date: 2006
Creator: Rios, L. Danyel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Play and the Subculture of Larping: Gender, Motivations, and Self (open access)

Play and the Subculture of Larping: Gender, Motivations, and Self

Paper analyzes perceptions of gender, motivations, and self of people who participate in the subculture of Live Action Role-Playing, or LARPing, to better understand the importance of play for adults.
Date: 2010
Creator: Lee, Mai Cha
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
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
Gender Equality and Post-Conflict Peace (open access)

Gender Equality and Post-Conflict Peace

Paper explores relationship between gender equality and the duration of peace in post civil war societies.
Date: 2010
Creator: Kelly, Eliza
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Central Banking Independence and the Onset of Civil Conflicts (open access)

The Relationship between Central Banking Independence and the Onset of Civil Conflicts

Paper examines the relationship between central banking independence in a state and the costs and benefits of igniting a civil conflict.
Date: 2010
Creator: Mai, Minh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Risk in College Students (open access)

Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Risk in College Students

Paper describes the results of a study on the relationship between mindfulness and cardiovascular health in college students.
Date: 2010
Creator: Kettler, Kristen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perception, Loss, and Rivalry Termination (open access)

Perception, Loss, and Rivalry Termination

Paper examines the impact of the perception of losses and gains on the length of rivalry and conflict between rival states.
Date: 2011
Creator: Carpenter, Craig
System: The UNT Digital Library