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They'll Expect More Bad Things From Us.: Latino/A Youth Constructing Identities In A Racialized High School In New Mexico', Chalane E. Lechuga Sep 2010

They'll Expect More Bad Things From Us.: Latino/A Youth Constructing Identities In A Racialized High School In New Mexico', Chalane E. Lechuga

Sociology ETDs

This research explores how Latino/a high school students in New Mexico constitute their racial identities in this particular historical moment, the post-Civil Rights colorblind era. I explore what their chosen nomenclatures and employed discourses suggest about the relationship between their racial identities and academic achievement. The research questions are: How do Latino/a youth articulate their expressions of racial identity in the post-Civil Rights colorblind era? What discourses or nomenclatures do they employ? How are these discourses distinguished from one another? What do their expressions of racial identity suggest about the relationship between racial identity and gender? What may their expressions …

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 8/28/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association Aug 2010

Gpsa Council Meeting, 8/28/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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Unm's Role As A Flagship, Carnegie Very High Research University, Its Programs, And Its Economic Impact On The State, Office Of The Vice President For Research, Julia Fulghum Aug 2010

Unm's Role As A Flagship, Carnegie Very High Research University, Its Programs, And Its Economic Impact On The State, Office Of The Vice President For Research, Julia Fulghum

Office of the Vice President for Research

Faculty whose research creates new knowledge and innovation, who then pass that knowledge on to students, and use that knowledge to improve the communities in which we live • Students who will actively participate in the process of knowledge creation and application • Infrastructure to support these faculty and students! — Robust facilities, lab space, specialized equipment — Attractive financial aid packages, including merit scholarships, employment, and research opportunities — Extensive support infrastructure, including skilled staff support — Flexible funding streams that can be used for faculty recruitment and retention, facility renewal, and grant matching funds

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Nuances In A Panethnic Southwest Landscape, Angelica Solares Jul 2010

Nuances In A Panethnic Southwest Landscape, Angelica Solares

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Urban landscapes of places with large immigrant populations are transformed as immigrants bring a different use of space with them. Mexican immigrants throughout the southwestern United States have physically transformed the landscape, and these trans-formed places often result in spaces that foster socialization and assert cultural identity. This thesis proposes that a three-stage cycle of spatial production exists in Mexicano communities in the United States, and describes the authors three-stage cycle of spatial production model in detail. The cycle begins with the formation of an enclave, followed by the transformation of the urban landscape which then results in one of …

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Navigating Reentry Shock: The Use Of Communication As A Facilitative Tool, Caroline C. Niesen Jul 2010

Navigating Reentry Shock: The Use Of Communication As A Facilitative Tool, Caroline C. Niesen

Communication ETDs

Even though many university students travel and study abroad, there is minimal literature and research about supporting these students when they return from their study abroad experience. In order to understand and incorporate the experience into the students everyday life, communication plays a key role in facilitating the transition back into the United States. Thus, the principal purpose of this study was to expand the research on reentry shock and communication by creating a new scale of reentry shock and testing a proposed model of variables to uncover which factor is most important (individual, interpersonal, and cultural). One hundred fifty …

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U.S. Press Representation Of The Southern Sudanese Civil War, 1983-2005, Abdissa Zerai Jun 2010

U.S. Press Representation Of The Southern Sudanese Civil War, 1983-2005, Abdissa Zerai

Communication ETDs

The study examines how the U.S. print news media discursively represented the civil war that raged from 1983-2005 between southern Sudan and the central government in the north over the tenures of three successive war-time Sudanese administrations. The study was situated within the broader theoretical umbrella of cultural studies. However, the theory of representation and postcolonial theory served as the principal theoretical frames for the study. Employing critical discourse analysis, with framing as a strategy, the study focused on five U.S. print news media outlets (three national newspapers and two national newsmagazines): The New York Times, The Washington Post, The …

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Adolescent Geographies In The Classroom: Interactions With Place- And Community-Based Education, Anna Gahl Cole Jun 2010

Adolescent Geographies In The Classroom: Interactions With Place- And Community-Based Education, Anna Gahl Cole

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

The purpose of this study was to examine three phenomena, 1.) the classroom struggles and successes of students and teachers participating in a place- and community-based curriculum; 2). students personal geographies: their experiences, perspectives and interpretations of their homes, school, community and city; and 3.) interactions between community-based curriculum and students' geographies. This study goes to the intersection of place-based curriculum and students' geographies to explore the interactions that exist between these phenomena. Grounded in critical spatial, feminist standpoint, and constructivist theories, this study draws upon scholarship in Children's Geographies, place- and community-based education, and critical spatial studies. The Second …

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Exposing Sexual Harassment And Bullying In Secondary Schools: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis., Rebecca Erickson Jun 2010

Exposing Sexual Harassment And Bullying In Secondary Schools: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis., Rebecca Erickson

Sociology ETDs

Incidents of sexual harassment and bullying in secondary school are extremely commonplace, yet student experiences are underreported to school officials. Moreover, there are competing definitions regarding what constitutes sexual harassment among administrators, staff, and students. How does social identity influence incidents of sexual harassment and bullying in secondary schools? What kinds of sexual harassment and bullying occur and what are their consequences? How do gender, race/ethnicity, and class affect who is disciplined for sexual harassment and bullying? What role do peers and friends play in the choice to report an incident of sexual harassment? Two distinct school districts are compared, …

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Book Review: Responsible Business: Self-Governance And Law In Transnational Economic Transactions Edited By Olaf Dilling, Martin Herberg And Gerd Winter, Laura M. Spitz Jun 2010

Book Review: Responsible Business: Self-Governance And Law In Transnational Economic Transactions Edited By Olaf Dilling, Martin Herberg And Gerd Winter, Laura M. Spitz

Faculty Scholarship

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T. Lynn Smith Pamphlet Collection Guide., Center For Southwest Research May 2010

T. Lynn Smith Pamphlet Collection Guide., Center For Southwest Research

CSWR Reference Tools

This collection contains over 5,000 pamphlets collected by Thomas Lynn Smith, Professor of Rural Sociology, whose work encompassed sociology, including rural and urban studies, population and census studies, and individual country and state studies in the United States and Latin America. This collection primarily contains pamphlets about the U.S. and Latin America. Topics include agriculture, land use, family, health, education, population, labor, and sociology.

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Strengthening Your Faith Community Through Organizing, Richard L. Wood May 2010

Strengthening Your Faith Community Through Organizing, Richard L. Wood

Sociology Faculty and Staff Publications

In speaking around the country in 2001 about how faith-based community organizing influences power in American cities, I was frequently asked by key funders and participants from PICO and other organizing networks what impact organizing has on the diverse faith communities that sponsor it. During 2002-2004, I worked with Interfaith Funders to answer this question, through a research project called the Congregational Development Research Study (CDRS, with major funding from the Ford Foundation). I here briefly describe the findings of that study as they relate to the PICO National Network.

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 5/1/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association May 2010

Gpsa Council Meeting, 5/1/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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A Sample Of Rural And Global Health Issues, Carol J. Bett, Barbara Cechanowicz, Demetrius Chapman, Stephen Hernandez, Hannelore Kriegor, Melanie Mayo, Loyce Phoenix, Conrad Rios, Teresa Sellstrom, Max Veltman May 2010

A Sample Of Rural And Global Health Issues, Carol J. Bett, Barbara Cechanowicz, Demetrius Chapman, Stephen Hernandez, Hannelore Kriegor, Melanie Mayo, Loyce Phoenix, Conrad Rios, Teresa Sellstrom, Max Veltman

Global, Rural, & Cultural Health Book Series

The challenges faced by local, national, and global communities in an ever-changing world have continued to grow as we complete the first decade of the 21st century. The doctoral students writing this book undertook the effort with advocacy for disenfranchised populations in mind. This compilation illuminates the challenges and gaps in access to health care confronted by a wide range of people, from overweight children, lesbians, and Native Americans to individuals in rural communities in Papua New Guinea. As the reader can readily see, we are a group of students with wide-ranging experiences and interests.

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Faculty Senate Summarized Minutes, 4/27/2010, Unm Faculty Senate Apr 2010

Faculty Senate Summarized Minutes, 4/27/2010, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, 1920 - 2013

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 4/17/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association Apr 2010

Gpsa Council Meeting, 4/17/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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Keeping Up With The E. Coli: Considering Human-Nonhuman Relationships In Natural Resources Policy, Mrill Ingram Apr 2010

Keeping Up With The E. Coli: Considering Human-Nonhuman Relationships In Natural Resources Policy, Mrill Ingram

Natural Resources Journal

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Tribal Justice And Property Rights: The Evolution Of Winters V. United States, A. Dan Tarlock Apr 2010

Tribal Justice And Property Rights: The Evolution Of Winters V. United States, A. Dan Tarlock

Natural Resources Journal

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Reconciling Norm Conflict In Endangered Species Conservation On Private Land, Andrea Olive, Leigh Raymond Apr 2010

Reconciling Norm Conflict In Endangered Species Conservation On Private Land, Andrea Olive, Leigh Raymond

Natural Resources Journal

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 3/27/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association Mar 2010

Gpsa Council Meeting, 3/27/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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Peru: Poverty Does Not Diminish And Social Spending Does Not Bring Relief, Ladb Staff Mar 2010

Peru: Poverty Does Not Diminish And Social Spending Does Not Bring Relief, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Evidence-Based Scholarly Communications Conference Notebook, Philip J. Kroth, Sally Bowler-Hill, Jonathan Eldredge, Holly E. Phillips Mar 2010

Evidence-Based Scholarly Communications Conference Notebook, Philip J. Kroth, Sally Bowler-Hill, Jonathan Eldredge, Holly E. Phillips

Evidence Based Scholarly Communications Conference

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 3/6/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association Mar 2010

Gpsa Council Meeting, 3/6/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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Gpsa Council Meeting, 2/20/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association Feb 2010

Gpsa Council Meeting, 2/20/2010, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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Liberal And Devout: The Sources Of Enthusiasm And Organizational Commitment Within The Liberal Religious Niche, Kevin Lapoint Feb 2010

Liberal And Devout: The Sources Of Enthusiasm And Organizational Commitment Within The Liberal Religious Niche, Kevin Lapoint

Sociology ETDs

This four-year qualitative study examined three culturally-lenient churches with loose membership standards in order to determine the institutional dynamics that inspire participant devotion to liberal styles of religiosity. Research locations included an Episcopal parish, Unitarian Universalist church, and United Church of Christ congregation. Extensive participant observation and thirty-six open-ended, in-depth interviews conducted with senior ministers, lay leaders, and new members revealed how the liberal faith communities primarily attracted cultural and social elites driven by postmodern, existentialist concerns. Churchgoers were committed to their inclusive religious environments because of the mix of social, cultural, and/or mystical relationships available within the groups, and …

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Hispanos In The Valley Of Death: Street-Level Trauma, Cultural-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Overdoses, And Suicides In North Central New Mexico, W. Azul La Luz Baez Feb 2010

Hispanos In The Valley Of Death: Street-Level Trauma, Cultural-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Overdoses, And Suicides In North Central New Mexico, W. Azul La Luz Baez

Sociology ETDs

New Mexico has had the highest per capita drug overdose death rate in the United States, about 18 per 100,000, for more than ten years — 1995 to 2006. The USA's rates for the same period are about 5 per 100,000. North Central New Mexico (the Valley) has the highest per capita 'accidental drug overdose' death rate in all of New Mexico ranging from 42 to 72 per 1000,000 over the course of the eleven years examined, from 1995 to 2006. What are the differences and similarities between victims of 'accidental drug overdoses' and suicide victims in the Valley (as …

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Policy, Racial Threat, And Economic Conditions: A Look At Police Use Of Deadly Force, Jeffrey S. Nowacki Feb 2010

Policy, Racial Threat, And Economic Conditions: A Look At Police Use Of Deadly Force, Jeffrey S. Nowacki

Sociology ETDs

In general, the literature suggests that police behaviors, such as the use of lethal force, can be controlled by placing limits on police discretion. One way to achieve this is through policy. Officers tend to use lethal force less frequently in cities where restrictive deadly force policies are in place. By the same token, research indicates that lethal force incidents are more prevalent in cities with 1) larger minority populations, and 2) greater levels of economic disadvantage. In this study, I examine how each of these factors (policy, minority population size, and economic disadvantage) affect police use of deadly force …

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The College Of Education Family Literacy Program: Exploring The Literacy Experiences Of Latino Families, Rosemary Fessinger Feb 2010

The College Of Education Family Literacy Program: Exploring The Literacy Experiences Of Latino Families, Rosemary Fessinger

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study presents the results of a fifteen-month research project conducted with a group of Latina (Mexicana) immigrant mothers who took part in an after-school family literacy program that was grounded in a participatory approach to education. This family literacy program emphasized a strengths perspective by acknowledging the rich resources that all families bring to their children's school experiences. The research explores the experiences of the families, mostly mothers, who participated in this family literacy program and examined how their participation impacted their personal literacy development, their children's academic experiences, and their involvement in the school and broader community. During …

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Citizenship, Religion And Revolution In Cuba, Carolyn Watson Feb 2010

Citizenship, Religion And Revolution In Cuba, Carolyn Watson

History ETDs

Throughout the twentieth century, various Cuban regimes have tried to eliminate the practice of religions of African origin by combining repressive legislation and coercive social practices that stigmatized practitioners as culturally backward, socially deviant, and mentally deficient. Religious practitioners, however, used the state apparatus to continue worshipping their African deities, sometimes challenging government officials excessive application of the law or devising ways to evade their scrutiny. Through an analysis of archival documents, newspapers, works produced by practitioners, oral history interviews and published ethnographies, this dissertation examines the strategies practitioners of Ocha-Ifa — also known as Santeria — employed as they …

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A History And Development Of The Intercultural Communication Field In Japan (1950-Present), Holly Siebert Kawakami Feb 2010

A History And Development Of The Intercultural Communication Field In Japan (1950-Present), Holly Siebert Kawakami

Communication ETDs

The history of the academic discipline of Intercultural Communication in Japan began at the end of the 1950s, in convergence with the historical context of Japan devastated by war and the social context of a population struggling to navigate a new identity and way forward. Both Japanese and American scholars contributed to the establishment and development of the Intercultural Communication field over the decades. Three research questions were posed for this study: one, why did the Intercultural Communication discipline become established in Japan as the first place after the United States, two, what was it about Intercultural Communication that resonated …

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Institutional Ethnography: How Tenured Academic Women Talk About Success, Martina H. Myers Feb 2010

Institutional Ethnography: How Tenured Academic Women Talk About Success, Martina H. Myers

Communication ETDs

This institutional ethnography on tenured academic women focused on how twenty women talked about success. The purpose of this study was to use the discourse of tenured academic women to illustrate social interactions that constitute and transform the ruling relations. Institutional ethnography, a feminist methodology, inherently explores where communicative text provides insight into the larger structures of the ruling relations that govern, educate, train and inform. The information provided by tenured academic women, through in-depth one-on-one interviews and participant observation illuminated the fluid power dynamics of academic women in the gendered discursive organization of the academy. The women respondents described …

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