Research Publications: Recent submissions
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Etnia, cultura y sociedad: apuntes sobre el origen y desarrollo de la novela chicana
(1997)El presente articulo intenta dar una vision historica de lo que se conoce en medios academicos estadounidenses como "novela chicana". Partiendo de ciertos postulados etnicos, sociales, culturales y linguisticos, este ... -
The Effects of a Yearlong Recess Intervention on Body Fat Shifts in Elementary-Aged Children
(2022)Introduction: Obesity has continued to rise in recent years due to a lack of physical activity. The school environment contributes to this problem as opportunities for physical activity are eliminated for more classroom ... -
Comparison of Inter- and Intra-Individual Neuromuscular Patterns of Responses During Moderate-Load Bilateral Leg Extension Exercise
(2021)Introduction: This study examined the electromyographic (EMG) and mechanomyographic (MMG), amplitude (AMP) and mean power frequency (MPF) responses during bilateral, leg extension exercise performed to failure at a moderate ... -
"Wow, I Didn't Know These Options Existed": Understanding Tenure-Track Start-Up Packages
(2022)Start-up packages vary enormously, particularly across institutions, and not all faculty know what items they may negotiate for to support their probationary period. To demystify this part of the hidden curriculum, we ... -
Effect of post-exercise ingestion of different molecular weight carbohydrate solutions. Part 1: The glucose and insulin response
(2015)Background: Post-exercise ingestion of a high molecular weight (HMW) carbohydrate (CHO) solution has been shown to result in greater rates of muscle glycogen synthesis, attributed, in part, to the higher rates of gastric ... -
"Dharm is technology": the theologizing of technology in the experimental Hinduism of renouncers in contemporary North India
(2017)This article advances a conceptual shift in the ways that scholars think and teach about the established categories of religion, renunciation, and the modern in religious studies, anthropology, and Asian studies through ... -
Advertising Avoidance: A Consumer Socialization Perspective
(2017)The current study adopts the consumer socialization framework to assess the socio-economic factors influencing advertising avoidance across newspapers, magazines, radio, and television via an online survey of 2,002 U.S.adults. ... -
Out of the Beta Phase: Obstacles, Challenges, and Promising Paths in the Study of Cyber Criminology
(2015)The article provides an overview of the current state of cyber criminological study with regard to theory, research, and teaching. In contrast to the vast knowledge about technical aspects of cyber crimes, behavioral ... -
Creating contemplative studies in the Southwest: theory and practice
(2016)In this article, I offer a brief history of the Contemplative Studies initiative at Texas Christian University, then discuss some of the theoretical underpinning for our program, indicating the value of contemplative ... -
Social Media and News Gathering: Tapping into the Millennial Mindset
(2014)Social media are transforming the way information travels within and between networks of individuals. Many pundits claim that individuals no longer seek news but instead news finds individuals, particularly on social media ... -
Lake surface area expansion: Insights into the role of volcano-tectonic processes, Lake Beseka, East Africa
(2022)Lake Beseka, Ethiopia Lake Beseka has been expanding despite climatic and other relevant variables remaining largely the same over time. In this study, we applied an integrated approach based on multi-source datasets—Synthetic ... -
Reshaping Public Memory through Hashtag Curation
(2021)Social media campaigns such as #BlackLivesMatter have demonstrated Twitter as a powerful tool for anti-racist social activism. This article traces one local hashtag, #BeingMinorityatTCU, which has resurged on the TCU campus ... -
Pre-Service Teachers Nature of Science Views After Engaging with COVID-19 as a Socioscientific Issue
(2022)This study investigates undergraduate pre-service understanding and views of nature of science (NOS) before and after engaging with a socioscientific issues-based unit based on a the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 unit ... -
Effect of post-exercise ingestion of different molecular weight carbohydrate solutions. Part II: The incretin response
(2015)Background: Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP) and glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1), incretin hormones of the small intestine, are secreted in response to the presence of food in the lumen. Once released into circulation, ... -
Sustainability efforts of denim brands Mud Jeans and Levi Strauss & Co.
(2020)The textile and apparel production processes make use of scarce resources and many chemicals resulting in products with high environmental impact. The social and environmental factors that disrupt textile and apparel ... -
Freedom of Speech and Press in Muslim-Majority Countries
(2021)This article examines the constitutions of 47 Muslim-majority countries and the Palestinian territories to compare the inclusion of free speech and free press guarantees, as well as the presence of Islam as the official ... -
Presidential Communication in the "Tweetosphere": A Functional and Network Analyses of President Trump’s Direct Messaging
(2020)This study examined President Donald J. Trump’s "tweetosphere". It was a multimethod functional analysis of Trump’s ego network (him and the people he follows, mentions, retweets, and replies to) of 741 tweets and retweets ... -
Fuzzy, Transparent, and Fast: Journalists and Public Relations Practitioners Characterize their Connections and Interactions in Social Media
(2014)This mixed-methods study, based on a survey including open-ended responses from 167 journalists and public relations practitioners, examines views on social media interactions between these professionals. Grounded in ... -
Celebrity Adjudication: Comparative Analyses of United States Verdict Rates for Celebrity Defendants
(2016)The effect of outside influences on judicial decision-making has a long and storied history. However, the impact of celebrity status as an outside influence on judicial decision-making has received very little attention ...
