Browsing College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs by Author "Martinez-Cosio, Maria"
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A City in Crisis: Communication Network, Ethics, and Power in the City of Dallas
Syed, Sana Salma; 0000-0002-1008-1049 (2018-12-10)The conceptual framework for this research builds on Manuel Castells’s work to find the specific network configuration of actors, interests, and values that engage in their power-making strategies to operationalize a ... -
The Children Of Mexican Immigrants In U.s.public Schools: Exploring Their Parents' And Teachers' Perception And Knowledge Gaps
Janecek, Uvaldina (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-03-20)The influx of Mexican immigrants has posed enormous challenges to the nation's public school systems where migration is rapidly increasing. The high Hispanic dropout rate points to a failure in educating Latinos and has ... -
Communihood: Being a planning activist in the twenty-first century
Tayebi, Ali (2014-09-17)Introducing communihood as a hybrid concept and defining planning activism as a planners' role outside the dominant planning power structure are two main contributions of this dissertation in scholarly debates among planning ... -
Effective Truancy Reduction Programs: How Is Success Defined?
Cole, VeronicaThis research examines how stakeholders involved with the Dallas County Truancy Court measure and define the success of truancy reduction programs. Previous studies have failed to include the perceptions of all of these ... -
EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN MILITARY MASTER PLANNING: EXAMINING PLANNERS' PERCEPTIONS
Fields, Rhonda E; 0000-0001-8232-5981 (2020-11-24)An increasingly globalized world and mounting threats to our economy, environment, and social structures have brought the concepts of sustainability and resilience into sharp focus. These threats include climate change, ... -
EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS BEHIND THE MODE PREFERENCE FOR AND FREQUENCY OF USE OF APP-BASED, ON-DEMAND RIDE SERVICES AND FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT SERVICES BY TRANSIT-DEPENDENT POPULATIONS
Bagheri, Farokh (2020-06-05)In recent decades, the development of diverse types of transportation systems to meet the needs of people in all parts of a country is a trend in urban development that is in line with interest in the sustainable development ... -
EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE PUBLIC ADOPTION OF SHARED AND PRIVATE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES : A CASE STUDY OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN AREA
Hajjafari, Hamid (2018-08-14)Although the self-driving technology promises to solve several urban issues, the deployment of the autonomous vehicles (AV) is an evolutionary process that depends on different factors. One of these factors is the public ... -
The Impact Of Institutional Support Networks: A Case Study Of A Small Texas Public School District
Fougerousse, Christine B. (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)This thesis project focuses on a small independent school district in Texas that serves a high-poverty population yet excels at graduating economically disadvantaged students. Using the concepts of cultural and social ... -
Impact Of The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program On Closing The Academic Achievement Gap
Ford, Charlotte S. (Urban & Public Affairs, 2010-07-19)There is disparity in the quality of school experiences encountered by students of different races, languages, social classes, and communities. There are also systemic issues that affect the quality of education received ... -
A Neighborhood Foreseen: Identifying Social Capital On Congo Street
Humphrey, D. Deidre (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)The small Southeast Dallas community of Congo Street is not only unique because of its location within Jubilee Park neighborhood, but rather, it is a place where a group of five homeowners made history by cooperatively ... -
The Nonprofit Sector's Involvement In Prisoner Reentry : A Mixed Methods Analysis
Woods, Michael Jay (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)The 1990's were plagued with crime and high recidivism rates, and the State of Texas responded by embarking upon the largest expansion of a criminal justice system in its history. Having served their sentences, record ... -
Public Budgeting With A Gender Lens: Fulton County, Georgia And San Francisco, California
Dena, Mercy K. (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)Public budgeting with a gender lens, also known as gender budgeting [GB], evaluates policies for their effects on men and women to promote gender equity. This research assesses GB in Fulton County, Georgia and San Francisco, ... -
Technology-based Learning On At-risk High School Students: An Evaluation Of The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Technology Center After-school Program
Carpenter, Makenzie Hawley (Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-04-22)Objective. High school students across North Texas are failing to meet the academic standards of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In response, after-school programs have been implemented to support cognitive and ... -
The Impact of Perceived Organizational Support On Member Satisfaction with Community Health Worker Organizations
Hernandez, Denise Adame; 0000-0001-5126-9737 (2020-09-02)Community Health Workers (CHWs) organizations are professional associations that support the growing CHW workforce and advocate for the unique needs of CHWs. CHWs have successfully improved health outcomes of vulnerable ...