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Naccs 37th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Chicana/o Environmental Justics Struggles for a Post-Neoliberal Age
April 7-10, 2010
Grand Hyatt

The Role Of Chicana/O Studies In Advancing Hispanic Serving Institutions: A Pragmatic Approach Combining Pedagogy Y La Práctica, Ramon Del Castillo, Adriann Wycoff

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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Superando La Teta Asustada: Structural Violence, Intergenerational Trauma, And Indigenous Peruvian Women’S Agency, Damarys Espinoza

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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The Hidden Costs: A Case Study For Sustainable Development Studies, Gabriel R. Valle

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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Mujeres As Carriers Of Cultura, An Activista Remembers, Gloria A. Ramirez

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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Indigenous Women In The Food Justice And Sovereignty Movement: Lessons From The South Central Farm, Rufina Juarez

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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Spring 2010 Newsletter, Juan Pablo Mercado, Ana Angel, Victor Vasquez, Berta Jimenez, Ricardo Agredano, Robert Unzueta, Elisa Ocegueda

XGC: Xicana/o Graduate Council Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Environmental Justice Movements For A Post-Capitalist World, Devon Peña, Kathryn Blackmer Reyes

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 39, No. 1, February 2010, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Anthropocentric Distance In National Geographic’S Environmental Aesthetic, Anne Marie Todd

Faculty Publications

Tourism is the way we understand the world: tourists travel in an increasingly mediated environment in which ubiquitous promotional material and other popular artifacts employ stunning images and romantic travel narratives to describe local environments. Tourist texts “sell” local landscapes to entice visitors, employing an environmental aesthetic that urges travel. With its mission to “explore the planet,” the National Geographic Society contributes to this tourist aesthetic. This essay examines three special issues on Africa simultaneously published by the National Geographic Society: its official journal, National Geographic, and its sister magazines, National Geographic Traveler, and National Geographic Adventure. The photographic images …

Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 38, No. 4, Nov/Dec 2009, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 38, No. 3, August 2009, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 38, No. 1, Pre-Conference 2009, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Sustainable Tahoe : Bridging The Economic Gap, Gabriel Reuben Valle

Master's Theses

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Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 37, No. 3, August 2008, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Indigenous Ecology And Chicanada Coalition Building In The Dramatic Works Of Cherríe Moraga: “Living Models” For A Sustainable Future, Paula Straile-Costa

NACCS Annual Conference Proceedings

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This study focuses on three recent dramatic works by Cherríe Moraga’s written in the same period as her essay and poetry collection, The Last Generation. Heroes and Saints, Watsonville: Some Place Not Here, and Circle in the Dirt: El Pueblo de East Palo Alto draw from indigenous ecology and the historical archive of Chicano struggle that provide models for a sustainable future she envisions. The author shifts from poetry and essay - the lyrical, reflective mode of self-inquiry and expression for which she is so well known – to a collective dramatic dialogue allowing her to …

Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 37, No. 2, Spring 2008, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Naccs 35th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Poesía, Baile y Canción: The Politics, Implications, and Future of Chicana/os' Cultural Production
March 19-22, 2008
Hyatt Regency Hotel

Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 37, No. 1, Pre-Conference 2008, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Fema Trailers, Jae Rhim Lee

SWITCH

This article introduces an art and research project centered on a surplus FEMA travel trailer delivered to MIT which is used as a focal point of a course taught by Jae Rhim Lee. Lee uses the trailer to explore broader issues of environmental justice, government failure, and the health effects of disaster response. The project connects to another one of her projects, N=1=0=Infinity, a proposal for eco-friendly burial methods using mushrooms to return the body’s nutrients to the Earth.

Assessing The Professional Development Needs Of Public Health Educators In Light Of Changing Competencies, A. R. Demers, Edward M. Mamary

Faculty Publications

Introduction Because of the need for a well-trained public health workforce, professional competencies have been recently revised by the Institute of Medicine and the National Health Educator Competencies Update Project. This study compared the self-identified training needs of public health educators with the updated competencies and assessed employer support for continuing education. Methods A convenience sample of public health educators was recruited from an e-mail list of San Jose State University master of public health alumni. Respondents completed a Web-based survey that elicited information on emerging trends in public health education, training needs, and employer support for continuing education. Results …

Carbon Neutral? Exploring Electronic Waste., Jessica Issler

SWITCH

This interview with Ted Smith, founder of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, explores the environmental and human health issues caused by electronic waste and toxic materials in the tech industry. Smith discusses his advocacy work, experiences meeting global leaders, and the efforts needed to make the electronics industry more sustainable. He shares insights on policy change, personal eco-practices, and the need for public access to environmental data.

Naccs 34th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Sociological and Ideological Shifts: Chicana/o Migratory Movements and Immigration Passages
April 4-7, 2007
Fairmont Hotel

Spartan Daily, February 22, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 124, Issue 18

Biodiesel: To Switch Or Not To Switch? A Greener Fuel Option For The Sjsu Shuttle Bus System, Olga Meydbray

Master's Projects

For the past several years the SJSU shuttle bus system has been the subject of anger from the residents living in the neighborhoods through which the shuttle buses travel several times daily. Individuals living in the Spartan-Keyes neighborhood, near the Spartan stadium, have been working with staff at the City of San Jose to reduce the amount of large truck and bus traffic in their neighborhood for several years.

The staff at the San Jose State University Police Department (UPD), the organization in charge of the campus shuttle bus system, is in a position to make a real difference in …

Noticias De Naccs, Vol. 31, No. 1, Spring 2004, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

Noticias de NACCS Newsletter

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Theory And History Of Social Indicators With Demonstration, David Edward Roemer

Master's Projects

This planning report outlines the history and evolution of social indicators into community indicators and examines their use in regional and urban planning. Second, this planning report is a study of the uses and types of indicators that have been, and are being, used for planning at the regional and community level. As such, this report also examines what it means for indicators to be appropriate” and describes how they may also be misused. Third, this report demonstrates the recreation of a Santa Clara County social indicator index based on a 1984 published report updated to the year 2000. The …

Get It Out Of My Backyard! Why We Need To Proactively Plan For “Sensitive” Uses, Tara A. Kelly

Master's Projects

Today’s planning literature is ripe with articles and books proclaiming the value of “Smart Growth” and to a lesser degree New Urbanism. Planning conferences*, magazines and websites repeatedly proclaim the need for planners and municipal leaders to adopt Smart Growth practices and New Urbanist design guidelines as they shape the futures of their regions.

Broadly, Smart Growth is a set of planning principles largely defined and popularized in reaction to what is seen as the failures of sprawling single-family development which has dominated post-World War II housing construction in the United States.

Smart Growth’s counterpart, New Urbanism, was developed primarily …

Making Growth Work For California’S Communities, Kenneth R. Schreiber

Mineta Transportation Institute

If the State of California government is to become a stronger advocate for transportation and land use policies that address growth patterns and related issues associated with community planning and development, it will be helpful for state policymakers, concerned professionals, and others involved in shaping California’s land use policies to have the clearest and most up-to-date understanding of existing efforts by local governments to improve and update planning methods; the status of, and attitude toward, innovation and change in the planning and community development profession; the extent to which local governments are incorporating new ideas and concepts into local plans …

Book Review. Nonprofits In Urban America (Richard C. Hula, Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Eds.), Peter J. Haas

Faculty Publications

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