Publications by the Latino/Latin American Studies Program faculty members are collected here.
Submissions from 2024
Latinx RESPECTs: Using Theatre to Prevent Dating Violence, Heidi Adams Rueda, Patricia Newman, and Kathleen McGee
Submissions from 2023
School (socie)ties: individual and school level differences in the association between ethnic/racial victimization and academic functioning, Josafa M. da Cunha and Jonathan Santo
How Chile's Welcome Turned Sour, Cristián Doña-Reveco
Using OER in Tenure Narratives: Conversations with Tenure Experts, Stephen Craig Finlay and Isabel Soto-Luna
Mexican American Adolescents’ Conversations About Goals: The Centrality of Financial Aspiration to Career and Educational Pursuit, Heidi Adams Rueda, Qihao Zhan, Lela Rankin, and Deaven Greenberg
Submissions from 2022
“¡Estos inmigrantes!” Un análisis de la memoria colectiva de la inmigración europea en la prensa chilena, 1850-1920, Gonzalo Martínez Alarcón and Cristián Doña-Reveco
Welcoming immigrants to Nebraska is both moral and pragmatic, Laura E. Alexander and Cristián Doña-Reveco
For Hemispheric Unity, a Change in U.S. Foreign Policy is Needed, Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter
Why have military courts become such as popular tool of repression?, Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter
Mexican Middle Schoolers’ Questions on Sexuality and Dating Relationships: A Descriptive Qualitative Analysis, Deaven Rodriguez, Heidi Adams Rueda, Steven Hoffman, and Bethany Gutierrez
Barriers to the delivery of teen dating violence programs in urban school and after-school settings serving Mexican-heritage youth, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, and Abigail Vera
Job search during COVID: A new librarian navigating a new normal, Isabel Soto-Luna
Submissions from 2021
Economic Stress Among Low Income Latino Adolescent Fathers: An Application of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model, Diana Cedeño, Autumn M. Bermea, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Michelle L. Toews
Virtual Communities of Anglo and Spanish Migrants in Chile. A Multiple Case Study, Cristián Doña-Reveco and Yanko Pavicevic
Race, ethnicity, nativity, and perceptions of health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, Thomas Jamieson, Dakota Caldwell, Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga, and Cristián Doña-Reveco
Cariño Pedagogy: A Framework of Corazón, Ferial Pearson, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, and Gabriel Gutiérrez
Inmigración y derecho al voto Una investigación exploratoria en Santiago de Chile (Immigration and the Right to Vote An Exploratory Study in Santiago, Chile), José Joaquín Pérez, Matías Corbeaux, and Cristián Doña-Reveco
Experiencias Migrantes: Una Aproximación a la Relación entre la Calificación de los Migrantes, su Región de Origen y la Estructura Social en Chile, Luis Acuña Urzúa, Braulio Cabrera Toledo, and Cristián Doña-Reveco
Submissions from 2020
Trust, Ethnicity, and Political Approval in 21st Century South Africa, Alecia Anderson and Jonathan Bruce Santo
Staff Perspectives Regarding the Influence of Trauma on the Intimate Partnering Experiences of Adolescent Mothers in Residential Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Kwynn M. Gonzalez-Pons
Memories of Exile and Temporary Return: Chilean Exiles Remember Chile, Cristián Doña-Reveco
Health-Related Quality of Life and Health Literacy among Mexican American and Black American Youth in a Southern Border State, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lauren Beasley
An Assessment of Mental Wellbeing and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Youth Living in Central Mexico, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Stefan Chase
Urban American Indian Community Health Beliefs Associated with Addressing Cancer in the Northern Plains Region, Regina Idoate, Mark A. Gilbert, Keyonna King, Lisa Spellman, Bobbie McWilliams, Brittany Strong, Liliana Bronner, Mohammed Siahpush, Athena Ramos, Martina Clarke, Tzeyu Michaud, Maurice Godfrey, and Joyce Solheim
Learning from the History of Language Oppression: Educators as Agents of Language Justice, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo and Ferial Pearson
Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence Across Contexts: Mental Health, Delinquency, and Dating Violence Outcomes Among Mexican Heritage Youth, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2019
Chapter 3: Migration Governance in South America: Regional Approaches verse National Laws, Victoria Finn, Cristián Doña-Reveco, and Mayra Feddersen
Youth Perspectives of Healthcare in Central Mexico: An Application of Massey’s Critical Health Literacy Framework, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Lauren Beasley
A New Dawn for Latin American Militaries: Across the region, militarization is on the rise, posing a major threat to democracy and justice. What can be done?, Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter
Cognitive processes that indirectly affect olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson's disease, Attakias T. Mertens, Jonathan B. Santo, Katerina Markopoulou, and Bruce A. Chase
Technology and Dating Among Pregnant and Parenting Youth in Residential Foster Care: A Mixed Qualitative Approach Comparing Staff and Adolescent Perspectives, Heidi Adams Rueda, Megan Lindsay Brown, and Jennifer M. Geiger
Proving their love: Violence and gender norms in descriptions of relationships among rural Mexican adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Steven Hoffman, and Kaitlin Grytza
Submissions from 2018
The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city, Lissette Aliaga-Linares
Repeatability and reliability of exploratory behavior in proactive and reactive zebrafsh, Danio rerio, Matthew R. Baker, Alexander C. Goodman, Jonathan B. Santo, and Ryan Y. Wong
Resiliency and Adolescent Motherhood in the Context of Residential Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Brad Forenxa, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Michelle L. Toews
Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century, Brett J. Kyle
Militarization Redux: Across the Region, Latin America's Militaries are Regaining Power through the Court System, Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter
From State Policy to School Practices: Accessibility and Implementation of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Education, Heidi Adams Rueda and Peter R. Fawson
Does Gottman’s Marital Communication Conceptualization Inform Teen Dating Violence? Communication Skill Deficits Analyzed Across Three Samples of Diverse Adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Monica Yndo, Lela Rankin Williams, and Ryan C. Shorey
Teenage Dating Violence: Perceptions of Need, Priority, and Prevention Responsibility among Schools in Predominantly Mexican Heritage Communities, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2017
Queerness and Dating Violence Among Adolescent Mothers in Foster Care, Autumn M. Bermea, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Michelle L. Toews
Mexican Working-Class Literature, or The Work of Literature in Mexico, Eugenio Di Stefano
Confirmatory factor analysis of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale among youth in Mexico, Steven Hoffman, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Matthew C. Lambert
Graduating MSW students’ recommended interventions for teen dating violence: A descriptive analysis, Heidi Adams Rueda, Alicia Hawley, Beverly M. Black, and Bernadette Ombayo
Submissions from 2016
Latinos and the Economic Downturn in Nebraska: Demographic and Socioeconomc Trends 2005-2013/2014, Lissette Aliaga-Linares
Work–family conflict among Black, White, and Hispanic men and women, Samantha K. Ammons, Eric C. Dahlin, Penny Edgell, and Jonathan Santo
Socio-Emotional Development in Latin America: Family and Peer relations, Ellyn Bass, Lina María Saldarriaga, and Jonathan Santo
Classroom Context and the Relations Between Social Withdrawal and Peer Victimization, Ellyn Bass, Jonathan Santo, Josafa M. da Cunha, and Cara Neufeld
Del mediterráneo a Santiago, pasando por París y otras partes: un comentario sobre refugio y migración internacional, Cristián Doña-Reveco
Reporting on Art in the City: Newspaper coverage of public art in Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Chicago, 2001 – 2010, Cristián Doña-Reveco and Toby A. Ten Eyck
Prenatal androgen exposure and parental care interact to influence timing of reproductive maturation in marmosets, Michelle C. Huffman, Jonathan Santo, and Jeffrey French
Social Workers’ Roles in Supporting the Sexual and Relational Health of Children with Disabilities, Heidi Adams Rueda, Sharon J. Bolin, Kristen Faye Linton, Lela Rankin Williams, and Eva Pesta
International and Comparative Peer Research: Challenges in comparing apples to oranges, Jonathan Santo
Mother–Child Attachment and Social Withdrawal In Urban Chinese Children, Jonathan Santo and Bin-Bin Chen
Correlates of Early Adolescent Friend Choice Order in a Colombian Sample: Interactions between Friend, Individual, and Contextual Prosocial Behavior and Aggressio, Jonathan Santo, Lina María Saldarriaga, Ana María Velásquez, Felicia Meyer, and William M. Bukowski
Mental Health Disparities Within the LGBT Population: A Comparison Between Transgender and Nontransgender Individuals, Dejun Su, Jay A. Irwin, Christopher Fisher, Athena Ramos, Megan Kelley, Diana Ariss Rogel Mendoza, and Jason D. Coleman
Exhaust All Measures: Ethical Issues in Pediatric End-of-Life Care, Kara J. Thielman, Cara L. Wallace, Andrea N. Cimino, and Heidi Adams Rueda
Peer Rejection as a Social Regulation Mechanism of Group Norms: The Case of Aggression Across Se, Ana María Velásquez, Kate Mills Drury, Lina María Saldarriaga, Jonathan Santo, Luz Stella-Lopez, and William M. Bukowski
Ethics at the End of Life: A Teaching Tool, Cara L. Wallace, Kara J. Thielman, Andrea N. Cimino, and Heidi Adams Rueda
Mexican American adolescent couples' vulnerability for observed negativity and physical violence: Pregnancy and acculturation mismatch, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2015
Socio-Emotional Development in Latin America: Development of children and adolescents in adverse circumstances, Ellyn Bass, Jonathan Santo, and Lina María Saldarriaga
Evidence for a synchronization of hormonal states between humans and dogs during competition, Alicia Buttner, Breanna Thompson, Rosemary Strasser, and Jonathan Santo
The relationships between shyness and unsociability and peer difficulties: The moderating role of insecure attachment, Bin-Bin Chen and Jonathan Santo
Latinos Throughout the City: A Snapshot of Socio-Demographic Differences in Omaha, Nebraska, Jasney Cogua-Lopez, Lissette Aliaga-Linares, and Lourdes Gouveia
Is reading-aloud performance in megastudies systematically influenced by the list context?, Michael J. Cortese, Sarah Hacker, Jocelyn Schock, and Jonathan Santo
Overrating Bruins, Underrating Badgers: Media, Bias, and College Basketball, Daniel Hawkins, Andrew M. Linder, Ryan Larson, and Jonathan Santo
Reproductive and Sexual Healthcare Needs Among Adults with Disabilities as Perceived by Social Workers, Kristen Faye Linton, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, Alex Sandoval, and Sharon J. Bolin
Help-seeking and help-offering for teen dating violence among acculturating Mexican American adolescents, Heidi Adams Rueda, Lela Rankin Williams, and Julie L. Nagoshi
Does Blocking Words by Difficulty in a Reading Aloud Megastudy Improve the Predictive Power of Standard Variables on Performance Measures?, Jonathan Santo
On Bringing the Pain and Pleasure of Peer Reviews into Developmental Courses, Jonathan Santo
Think globally, collaborate locally, Jonathan Santo
Friendship Security, But Not Friendship Intimacy, Moderates the Stability of Anxiety During Preadolescence, Megan A. Wood, William M. Bukowski, and Jonathan Santo
Submissions from 2014
A Demographic Portrait of the Mexican-Origin Population in Nebraska, Lissette Aliaga-Linares
Latino Businesses in Nebraska: A Preliminary Look, Lissette Aliaga-Linares
Negocios Latinos en Nebraska: Una visión preliminar - Resumen Ejecutivo, Lissette Aliaga-Linares
QUICK FACTS about South Omaha, Lissette Aliaga-Linares
Un Retrato Demográfico de la Población de Origen Mexicano en Nebraska, Lissette Aliaga-Linares
Migration Policy and Development in Chile, Cristián Doña-Reveco and Brendan Mullan
Experiences with Pregnancy of Adolescents with Disabilities from the Perspectives of the School Social Workers Who Serve Them, Kristen Faye Linton and Heidi Adams Rueda
“She Posted It on Facebook”: Mexican American Adolescents’ Experiences With Technology and Romantic Relationship Conflict, Heidi Adams Rueda, Megan Lindsay, and Lela Rankin Williams
School Social Workers' Needs in Supporting Adolescents with Disabilities toward Dating and Sexual Health: A Qualitative Study, Heidi Adams Rueda, Kristen Faye Linton, and Lela Rankin Williams
Mexican American and European American Adolescents' Dating Experiences across the Ecosystem: Implications for Healthy Relationships within an Ecodevelopmental Framework, Heidi Adams Rueda, Julie L. Nagoshi, and Lela Rankin Williams
“It’s not just you two”: A grounded theory of peer-influenced jealousy as a pathway to dating violence among acculturating Mexican American adolescents., Heidi Adams Rueda and Lela Rankin Williams
Socio-emotional Development in Latin America: Promoting Positive Socio-emotional Development, Lina María Saldarriaga, Jonathan Santo, and Josafá Da Cunha
Trust, Cheating, and Dating Violence in Mexican American Adolescent Romantic Relationships, Lela Rankin Williams, Heidi Adams Rueda, and Julie L. Nagoshi
Submissions from 2013
Investigating the Portrait Values Questionnaire at two transitions in adulthood: Retirement and University, Andrew Burr, Jonathan Santo, and Dolores Pushkar
Supervisors behaving badly: Witnessing Ethical Dilemmas and What to Do About It, Andrea N. Cimino, John Rorke, and Heidi Adams Rueda
Multi-level Governance Processes - Citizens & Local Budgeting: Comparing Brazil, China, & the United States, Aimee Franklin, Dale Krane, and Carol Ebdon
Militarized Justice in New Democracies: Explaining the Process of Military Court Reform in Latin America, Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter
The Never Ending Story of Language Policies in Puerto Rico, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
The Never Ending Story of Language Policy in Puerto Rico, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
Bringing Latino Images and Voices to the Mainstream Classroom, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo and Kathy Everts Danielson
Factors Underlying Contextual Variations in the Structure of the Self: Differences Related to SES, Gender, Culture, and “Majority/Nonmajority” Status During Early Adolescence, Jonathan Santo, William M. Bukowski, Luz Stella-Lopez, Gina Carmago, Shari B. Mayman, and Ryan E. Adams
Successful transition to elementary school and the implementation of facilitative practices specified in the Reggio-Emilia philosophy, Barry H. Schneider, Mara Manetti, Laura Frattini, Nadia Rania, Jonathan Bruce Santo, Robert J. Coplan, and Eli Cwinn
Friends with benefits or “friends” with deficits? The meaning and contexts of uncommitted sexual relationships among Mexican American and European American adolescents, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Parties, Drugs, and High School Hookups: Socioemotional Challenges for European and Mexican American Adolescents, Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi Adams Rueda
Submissions from 2012
Recent issues in Latino labor and migration around the globe: Interdisciplinary approaches, Juan F. Casas and Jonathan Bruce Santo
The Unintended Consequences of Exile: The Brazilian and Chilean Cases in Comparative Perspective, 1964 – 1990, Cristián Doña-Reveco
The Chilean State and the search for a new migration policy, Cristián Doña-Reveco and Amanda Levinson
Salivary cortisol and interpersonal functioning: An event-contingent recording study in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder, Mark A. Ellenbogen, Anne-Marie Linnen, Jonathan Bruce Santo, Marije aan het Rot, Sheilagh Hodgins, and Simon N. Young