Across the nation, Latina/o educational leaders who serve large urban school systems face the challenges of educating historically marginalized Latinx student populations, many of whom represent a diverse group of English Learners (ELs) in school systems designed for monolingual…
"11" Result
Sort By:
Cumbia Tejana emerges as the Texas-Mexican (Tejano) adoption of the Mexican (Cumbia Nortena) and Afro-Colombian Cumbia into the repertoire of the ensembles, music-cultures, and dance traditions of South Texas. Musically, Cumbia Tejana is not one interpretation of the Cumbia, but…
The purpose of this study was to determine the common methods among former gang members which allowed them to successfully exit their gangs. Potential positive effects such gang intervention programs, outreach programs, familial support, peer support or religious involvement wer…
This research discusses the inherited and internalized sex-negative culture that many Latina women face and embody. For many familias, procreation has a direct association with religious purity and is seen as an acceptable sexual behavior. Leaving little to no room for women who…
Globally, rates of maternal morbidity and mortality have declined; however, in the United States they continue to climb. In this dissertation we investigated individual-level and neighborhood-level exposures and their roles on adverse delivery outcomes, including severe maternal…
Among the many stressors that undocumented Latinx families experience, the current political climate has exacerbated the worries and fears about deportation and can heighten psychological distress. Although the research is minimal with undocumented Latinx, recent figures indicat…
The need for culturally competent mental health providers and the Mexican American immigrant population in the United States are growing. This study focused on themes from therapists’ narratives that may help to comprehend the intricacy of difficulties facing Mexican American ch…
Federal law states that any student suspected of having a disability must meet initial eligibility requirements to qualify for special education services. Furthermore, an individual education program (IEP) team is required by federal law to re-evaluate each student with a qualif…
La tesis indaga en las alegorías de la nación latinoamericana de finales de los noventa y comienzos del siglo XXI contenidas en las novelas El cielo llora por mí (2008) de Sergio Ramírez, (Nicaragua); La neblina del ayer (2005) de Leonardo Padura (Cuba); La hora azul (2005) de A…
The current study quantitatively and qualitatively investigated Spanish maintenance among 45 Spanish heritage language (SHL) speakers in Utah who completed a survey about their linguistic background, their attitudes toward Spanish, their self-rated Spanish proficiency, and their…