Research
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Dr. Alessandro Bonanno is currently researching “the reorganization of time and space under globalization”. Employing the case of agriculture and food, his focus is on the consequences that the time-space reorganization has on democracy and governance. |
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Dr. Jin Young Choi is working on research relating to immigrant health and health care. In particular, she is focusing on the roles of ethnic communities, social capital, and policy on existing health care disparity among different ethnic and immigrant groups. She has begun a research project on health and health care disparities in rural Texas. |
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Dr. Doug Constance is working on a research project with Dr. Bonanno from SHSU and Dr. Gilberto Aboites and Dr. Francisco Martinez from the Autonomous University of Coahuila at Saltillo, Mexico on the socio-economic impacts of regional integration of the poultry industry in the post-NAFTA years. |
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Dr. Mary Ann Davis received SHSU funding for a Summer 2007 research project entitled: "The Health Effects on Adults age 55 and Over Who Function as Carers for Family Members with Alzheimer's Disease". This study investigates the health effects on adults who are primary caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease (AD) using the National Institute of Aging database. |
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Dr. Furjen Deng is developing culturally-appropriate support programs for Chinese Breast Cancer Survivors in Houston. Her research supplies important information to help the medical profession provide programs to the growing Asian community in Houston and Texas and help rectify the problem of health disparities in Texas. |
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Dr. Karen Douglas is conducting research regarding Mexico-US border water. Currently, this research focuses on the El Paso area which includes New Mexico, Juarez, Mexico and El Paso. Part of the research involves interviewing water stakeholders (municipalities, irrigators/agriculture, environmental, etc.) in the region. |
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Dr. Amy Manning Kirk's current research involves examining the effectiveness of the 10-year old Louisiana covenant marriage law in preserving marital stability and quality over time. She is also collaborating with colleagues from Sam Houston's Education and Leadership Training Program to investigate the socialization process and relationship commitment among college students. |
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Dr. Olena Leipnik has on-going research projects focused on representation of ethnicity in multicultural environment, particularly on ethnic humor. She has started work at the topic Ukrainian land and nation: application of the processes of ‘Europeanization’ and Globalization. This research is based on analysis of how food markets have been changed in Ukraine – the largest European country, located in the very center of Europe and rich in ‘chernnozem’ soil - with it’s adherence to the global market economy, and how this influences the society. . |
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Dr. Lee Miller is continuing her research in community response to disasters. After participant observation, in-depth interviews and surveys of Walker County responders, community members and volunteers, Dr. Miller will begin interviewing Katrina evacuees who have resettled in rural East Texas this fall. |
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Dr. Gene Theodori is either principal investigator or a co-principal investigator on five active research projects. These projects include: "Field Testing of Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems" (funded by the United States Department of Energy); "Acceptance and Assimilation of Environmentally Friendly Energy Exploration and Production Practices" (funded by the Global Petroleum Research Institute); "Attitudes and Behaviors on Water Conservation in Texas" (funded by the Texas Water Development Board); "Water Pricing and Household Water Conservation" (funded by the Renewable Resources Extension Act); and, "A Membership Survey of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association" (funded by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association). |
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Dr. Sujey Vega conducts ethnographic research on community belonging, gendered social networks, and civic participation of transnational Mexican residents in the U.S. In particular, this project explores the efforts of Mexican residents to participate and belong as recognized members of local, regional, national, and transnational communities. This qualitative research examines the social discourse of citizenship and social justice in the lives of both immigrants and established non-Latino residents.
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