From Classroom to Community: The Impact of Ethnic Studies Curricula on Students’ Civic Engagement in California’s Centra...
Feminist Iterations of “The Implosion”: New Techniques for Teaching About Science, Technology, and Society through The “...
This article outlines a new and explicitly feminist iteration of Professor Joseph Dumit’s (2014) “Implosion Project.” The “Implosion Project” is a classic pedagogical technique used widely in the field of Science and Technology Studies as an innovative way to teach students to critically engage with the complex relationships of science, technology,...
Examining the impact of daily urban activity on spatial segregation: disparities in the proportion of foreign-born resid...
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Sonidos de Aztlán: A Historical Analysis of Chicano Music
This paper analyzes music made primarily by Chicanos in the U.S. and social movements that the music was a part of. Case studies include the Zoot Suit Riots, the Delano Grape Strike, The Chicano Movement, Tejano/Conjunto and Tex-Mex, Narcocorridos, and the Chicanx Renaissance.
El nacimiento del rock en español: ¿Cómo fue que este género de música latina tuvo éxito?
This paper titled El nacimiento del rock en español: ¿Cómo fue que este género de música latina tuvo éxito? will cover information regarding the Spanish rock movement. This essay compares what is written in this paper to that of prior scholars to show that although they do bring valid points, there is a lot more than many of us realize. There are v...
Arte-Culations: The Novel Form and the Filipino Style of Being
My dissertation project examines contemporary Filipino American novels to describe the aesthetics and inner-workings of everyday Filipino performances, or what I call “the Filipino style of being.” My selection of novels (which includes Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters, Gina Apostol’s Insurrecto, and R. Zamora Linmark’s Leche) shows how a specific post...
150W: Matriarchs of TWLF* Ethnic Studies: A look into the history of the matriarchs of the Department of Ethnic Studies ...
The everyday dimensions of stigma. Morofobia in everyday life of daughters of Maghrebi-Spanish couples in Granada and Ba...
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An Exploration of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage Within the Vietnamese Community in Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska is home to over 5,000 Vietnamese refugees and immigrants, many of whom practice complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as a result of healing traditions passed down through family members. This thesis explores the use of CAM among the Vietnamese population of Lincoln. The study employs an analysis of the literature on CAM am...
Racial Reckoning and the Role of Schooling: Exploring the Potential of Integrated Classrooms and Liberatory Pedagogies
Schools have long existed as a means of maintaining democracy in the United States and, given the centrality of race relations to the success of democracy, this paper suggests that schools can be called upon to address racism as well. As such, this paper looks to our rapidly diversifying nation and asks: “What would it take to move closer to meanin...
