• Rethinking Baseball in the Dominican Republic 

  Ostrom, Reid A. (2018)

  This paper examines how the sport of baseball mediates the relationship between the United States and Dominican Republic. In part based on Walter Mignolo’s idea of “decolonial thinking,” which undoes the power structures ...

• Seeking Asylum in the United States: The Process Confronting Those Fleeing From Violence in the Northern Triangle 

  Lee, Taylor D. (2018)

  The purpose of this document is to describe the preliminary portion of the often complex process for seeking defensive asylum in the United States. This document considers “the preliminary portion” of the defensive asylum ...

• Hispanic K-12 Students in the United States Public School System: Why are they Disproportionately Underachieving in School? 

  Corona Gonzalez, Eduardo (2018)

  Hispanic students account for 22% of all people enrolled in school in the United States and, on average, these students are significantly educationally underachieving compared to their white peers in every academic measure. ...

• Catastrophic Colonialism 

  Connelly, Corey J. (2018)

  Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico and its people and sadly exposed the neo-colonial structures that remain in American society that represent a disconnect between the mainland and the Caribbean archipelago. Without the ...

• Silent Culprits: Immigrant Detention Centers 

  Castellanos Campos, Edwin A. (2018)

  Many gaps exist within the law that allow it to be interpreted differently for immigrants. Although the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 is the foundational law for immigration, it has not served all equally. The ...

• For What (?) Frida Kahlo's Worth 

  Beasley, Abigail E. (2018)

  A queer, disabled, communist female has become a celebrity of pop culture, although not celebrated for the intersectionality of those things. Rather, she is honored as a woman but stripped by a capitalist society that ...

• Hizbollah in the Triple Frontier: How Political Discourse and National Identity Can Augment How We Understand Counterterrorism Efforts 

  Bean, Harleigh J. (2018)

  This paper analyzes primary sources in the form of political discourse to demonstrate the link between discourse, national identity, and political action. I employ theoretical frameworks regarding national identity and ...

• The Dominican Republic Major League Baseball Academies: Facilities of Opportunity 

  Rollo, Emily Katherine (2017)

  Nearly 30% of all Major League Baseball players today are from Latin America, and with the exception of the United States, the Dominican Republic is the most represented on all MLB rosters. The recent significant increase ...

• The Silencing and the Vocalization of the Transgender Latin American Identity and the Transgender Latinx Identity 

  Moran, Mary Katherine (2017)

  Throughout Latin America and the United States, transgender individuals experience a political and social silencing and loss of personhood due to their transgression of the rigid gender binary. In the United States, ...

• Refugee Crisis in the Western Hemisphere: Violence, Movement, and the Response of the United States 

  Lee, Taylor Douglas (2017)

  The aim of this paper rests on the argument that the nature of the violent conflict in the Northern Triangle of Central America necessitates that those who are fleeing the region should be considered asylum-seekers or ...

• A Modernizing Midwife: Improving Outcomes While Preserving Tradition 

  Wolgemuth, Tierney E. (2016)

  . . . the first portion of the study will investigate if the characteristics of a midwife’s education—such as formal education, taking a midwifery course, or years of experience— have a significant effect on producing ...

• Billboards for the Left: Leon Trotsky's Exile and Mexican Muralism 

  Curtiss, Sally J. (2016)

  Leon Trotsky’s exile in Mexico in the 1930s significantly changed the political voices of both David Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. His presence also influenced both artists to make changes to their artistic styles. [From ...

• From Nemesio to Moncada: Major League Baseball and the Development of a Baseball Identity in Latin America 

  Smith, Cory D. (2015)

  Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the world, and it has grown to be the most popular sport in a number of Latin American countries. However, that was not always the case. Through this paper, I am doing a study ...

• Exporting U.S. Goods and Services in a Down Economy: Not Just Tilting at Windmills 

  Coffman, Mary C. (Carson) (2015)

  It is time to recognize that there is a great deal of Latin American influence in the United States and as such, the business practices and needs of both regions overlap. By analyzing Latin American economies and cultures, ...

• Microentrepreneurs, Microfinance, and Business Training: Cases from Chile 

  Barrera-Torres, Myrna (2015)

  This project will be focusing specifically about the case of Chile and the various organizations aimed to assist entrepreneurs. I aim to use the data and theories of microfinance and small business development to evaluate ...

• The Plight of Hispaniola: An Island of Two Conflicting Nations Divided by Extreme Race Ideologies 

  Long, Mary Virginia W. (2015)

  An Island of Two Conflicting Nations Divided by Extreme Race Ideologies

• Prohibido Olvidar 

  Siso, Andrea V. (2015)

  Writing creatively about identity construction through political displacement

• The Game of NAFTA: Winners, Losers and Policy Implications 

  Flores, Shelby L. (2015)

  The North American Free Trade Agreement, which took effect in 1994, lacks a social component. It has hindered economic development in Mexico.

• Acculturation: The Cumbersome Road to Chronic Diseases among Latino Immigrants 

  Garcia Padilla, Johan Manuel (2014)

  The aim of this work is to analyze the relationship between chronic diseases and the acculturation process in Latin American immigrants. In comparison with many other ethnic groups, the Hispanic/Latino population is young ...

• Narcoterrorism: The Growing Threat in Latin America 

  Goodell, Elizabeth Mercer (2014)

  This paper will explore and analyze how Latin America and the Caribbean has been such a conducive environment for the growth of narcoterrorism historically, as well as investigate the new developing threat of Islamic ...

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