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My ‘Hair’itage
(2022-05-09)It is a girl’s first day at her new school, and she is challenged to fit in because of her unique appearance. -
Love Grows
(2022-05-10)A caterpillar going through changes asks her mother a series of questions about life, love, and growing up. Her mother answers with bedtime stories like anecdotes that deal with race, gender, and sexuality both as personal ... -
Pluto and Juno
(2022-01-27)The story explores two identical siblings who are unable to be set apart from one another and can be relational to children who are experiencing a sense of neglect within their upbringing. Thus, encouraging readers to ... -
Riding with Abuelita
(2022-05-10)After failing to ride his bike, Eddie visits his grandma who encourages him to try again through stories of her life adventures. -
Finding Our Hue
(2022-05-10)Blue is faced with a choice: Follow their dreams and let down their parents, or follow their parents’ wishes and let down themselves. When different colors meet, will they collide, or mix to create a new hue? -
A Knead to Belong
(2022-05-10)Batches of freshly, baked pastries come out of the oven. Many of the same. But, there is one that stands out amongst the rest. Will they ever find where their place? -
Flowing Back to Me
(5/10/22)A poetic picture book which details the journey of losing one’s inner child and the path back to recovery. -
The Potential and Pitfalls of Collector Collaboration in Southeast Arizona
(Advances in Archaeological Practice;Volume 10, Issue 1, 2021-12-06)In locales where much of the archaeological record has been destroyed or heavily impacted by pothunting and development, engaging with collector informants—including those who legally excavated sites on private property ... -
Where Did That Sound Go? (1st place winner)
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Applied Psychometrics (2nd place winner)
(2022-04-07)Citation for image: Barbash, E. (2017). THE REAL VALUE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING: IMPLICATIONS & MONETARY WORTH [Online Image]. Tampa Therapy. https://tampatherapy.com/2017/11/13/the-real-value-of-psychological-testing-im ... -
Front Matter
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A Pilot Study Examining Ceramic Paste Fabrics at the Ancient Maya Site of Hun Tun in Northwestern Belize
(Beyond Boundaries, 2021)This article is a pilot study applying a petrographic analysis to ceramic body sherds from the ancient Maya site of Hun Tun, a hinterland site in northwestern Belize. The goal is to understand if there are multiple producer ... -
Panoramas and Personas: Setting and Subject in Rania Matar’s Photographic Works
(Beyond Boundaries, 2021)In this research paper, I have investigated photographer Rania Matar’s usage of the physical landscape, natural and/or artificial, in combination with the physical bodies of her subjects, to create dialogue with the viewer ... -
Monstrous: The Grotesque, Abject, and Monstrous in “The Husband Stitch"
(Beyond Boundaries, 2021)This literary analysis of Carmen Maria Machado’s “The Husband Stitch” reinterprets women who exist outside patriarchal prescripts. The bildungsroman narrative follows an unnamed woman who struggles with the slow decline ... -
African Identity and the African Diaspora: The Genetic Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
(Beyond Boundaries, 2021)Africans enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade not only lost their families, their friends, their homes, they also lost their identity. Forced onto ships in tight quarters, these men and women of Africa were stripped ... -
Technological Reshaping of Traditional Museum Roles: Digitization and the Emergence of Virtual Museums in the Age of COVID-19
(Beyond Boundaries, 2021)Museums constantly conduct research to learn how they can become more efficient educators and increase engagement with their visitors. These institutions have adapted and many have created ways in which visitors can use ...