The Texas Canyon granite is an Early Cenozoic (57 Ma) two-mica granite present within the Laramide magmatic arc in Arizona in an area modified by superimposed Cretaceous to early Tertiary compression and mid- to late Cenozoic extension. It is simultaneously associated with two d…
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The history of women’s suffrage in the United States has by-and-large focused on white, middle class women on the eastern side of the country. However, western states and territories have their own rich history surrounding women’s suffrage, and were successful in passing women’s…
This dissertation presents a qualitative content analysis of the U.S. District Court-District of Arizona Transcripts of Proceedings of Bench Trial (González et al. v. Douglas et al., 2017), the constitutional challenge to Arizona’s anti-Mexican American Studies law A.R.S. §15-11…
The highly endemic and unique fishes’ native to the American Southwest are suffering substantial population declines due to changes in natural flow regimes, alteration to instream habitat, and a legacy of nonnative fish introductions. Here I quantify habitat for native and nonna…
Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve provider and staff knowledge, self-efficacy, and beliefs about the benefits of mindfulness-based interventions for use with patients enrolled in medication-assisted treatment programs in southern Arizona.
Over the past twenty years, the state of Arizona has increasingly become a key location for the debate surrounding immigration and border policy in the United States. Its geographical position within the Southwest North American Region (SWNAR) of the United States and shared phy…
Since pursuing higher education at Northern Arizona University, I have become personally invested in understanding, protecting and being a voice for the Black community. Through my own academic scholarship at Northern Arizona University, I have unearthed a hidden passion for the…
The Rio de Flag watershed, which covers approximately two hundred square miles, runs from the western slopes of the San Francisco Peaks into and through the City of Flagstaff, Arizona until it merges with the San Francisco Wash to the east of the city, which runs into the Little…
I sampled the eastern portion of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation from June 19 to August 8 in 2008 and from May 6 to June 19 in 2009. I used scat detection dogs to find wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) scat on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation during 2008 and 2009. My population si…
This dissertation addresses the rhetoric of deficiency that frames Latina/o students as lacking with regard to education. This dissertation begins by examining the cultural deficit model entrenched in colonial narratives of history that justify unequal access to resources in the…
For most of our history humans have been closely tied to energy provided by the sun. Phases of light and dark initiate major biological functions within each day and regulate patterns of sleep and heightened alertness. Daylight was historically synonymous with sophisticated arch…
The primary goals of this thesis are to examine the importance of public archaeology education and to present possible opportunities for Federal agencies to teach archaeology through unique media on the Internet and through mock excavation scenarios. During the Summer of 2011, I…
This dissertation examines contemporary changes in relations and forms of urban governance by focusing on neighborhood associations in Tucson and analyzing their practices and experiences in the midst of an emerging trend that values collective action and direct democracy. This …
Saudi Arabia and Tucson, Arizona are both surrounded by desert and rely on groundwater. Both places also suffer from similar types of water shortage problems. The average water usage, in gallons per person per day, in Tucson is 160. In contrast, in Saudi Arabia this figure is 26…
Load associated fatigue cracking is one of the major distress types occurring in flexible pavement systems. Asphalt Concrete (AC) mixtures flexural beam fatigue testing in the laboratory has been used for several decades and is expected to be an integral part of the new Superpav…
This study demonstrates the centrality of the legitimation processes of the paradoxical nature of the "battle over immigration" regarding the Senate Bill 1070 in Arizona. Through historical and critical discourse analysis, I illustrate how the language in the immigration debate …
Given the surge of immigrant and resettled refugee student enrollment in public schools, a strong understanding of the transition process for these students and their families and facilitating the creation of effective schooling contexts are major educational priorities. It is c…
Applications of lead and strontium isotope analysis were made on archaeological materials from three different contexts in both the Old and New Worlds. These materials comprised pre-Hispanic glaze painted ceramics from Arizona, U.S.A., glass beads from late first millennium AD I…
This project draws on sociocognitive rhetoric to ask, How, in complex situations not of our making, do we determine what needs to be done and how to leverage available means for the health of our communities and institutions? The project pulls together rhetorical concepts of the…