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Incorporation Patterns of Latinx College Immigrants
(2021-04-29)
This study draws on twenty-two interviews with undocumented, deferred action, legal permanent residents, visa students, and recently naturalized citizens from Texas to examine how the context of reception shapes their ...
Development of NRCS Peak Rate Factors for Hydrologic Modeling in Texas
(2022-07-27)
In many cases, estimation of the peak discharge is the primary goal of hydrologic modeling. We employed a dataset of 1,648 rainfall-runoff events in 104 watersheds in Texas to explore the peak rate factor (PRF) of 484 ...
Survey of Fungal Pathogens Affecting Watermelon Production throughout Texas Growing Regions
(2021-07-26)
Texas ranks 3rd in US watermelon production, with 40% of Texas counties generating $83.2 million in 2019. Fungal pathogens such as Stagonosporsis spp. and Fusarium spp. can cause significant revenue loss annually. Fungal ...
Texas Pride: The Formation of Dallas' Gay Community, 1966-2003
(2022-11-13)
This dissertation draws upon the works of John D’Emilio in Sexual Politics and Sexual Communities and John Howard in Men Like That to explain the formation of Dallas’ gay community during the second half of the twentieth ...
Brazos Santiago's Legacy: Implications of CRM on a Texas Maritime Landscape
(2022-11-17)
Situated in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV), Brazos Santiago was the deepest natural deep-water port for southernmost Texas and northernmost Mexico for over one hundred- and fifty-years. Due to its depth and position, ...
A Survey of Texas Freshwater Turtles for Turtle Blood Flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea: "Spirorchiidae"), with Comments on Morphology, Updated Phylogenies and Cryptic Species
(2022-11-29)
Turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatoidea: “Spirorchiidae”; TBFs) are important disease agents in turtles yet are underreported in many turtle species and localities. In Texas, previous researchers documented TBF ...
""They Asked for Traders Amongst Them": Buffalo Robes, the Santa Fe Trade, and Social Change on the South Plains 1817-1858”
(2023-05-31)
This dissertation focuses on the South Plains during the Mexican period and investigates how the Santa Fe trade network increased interest in the region from all sides even as the people who did the actual trading played ...
Scientific and Socio-Political Planning for the Reintroduction of an Additional Endangered Ocelot Population in Texas
(2023-06-01)
This study has developed the scientific and socio-political framework for planning the reintroduction of an additional population of federally endangered ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) to part of the cats’ historic range in ...
Gentrification of Educational Programs: A Critical Race Spatial Analysis of Programming Allocation for Linguistically Diverse Students in Texas
(2023-06-19)
This dissertation investigated the relationship between two-way dual language program placement and surrounding neighborhood and/or county level demographics, including socioeconomics, immigrant density, urbanicity, and ...
""They Asked for Traders Amongst Them": Buffalo Robes, the Santa Fe Trade, and Social Change on the South Plains 1817-1858”
(2023-05-31)
This dissertation focuses on the South Plains during the Mexican period and investigates how the Santa Fe trade network increased interest in the region from all sides even as the people who did the actual trading played ...