StMU Research Scholars

Featuring Scholarly Research, Writing, and Media at St. Mary's University

American Studies

Colonias in the Rio Grande Valley: La Monjita en la Bicicleta

Angela Perez

¿Importa el idioma que hablas?

Kimberly Parker

The Political Involvement of Twitter

Janie Cheverie

Seeking Asylum: Finding Assault, Torture, and Mistreatment

Maria Obregón

From Being a Christian and Ex-Military to being a Serial Killer: Israel Keyes

Adrianna Hernandez

The Non-Stick Chemical That Stuck DuPont with a Stiff Bill In The Courtroom

Aleea Costilla

Feeding Students’ Mind and Body: When Education Means Providing Meals

Yamel Herrera

The Complicated Process of Seeking Asylum in the United States

Emilia Caballero Carmona

Claudette Colvin: The Woman Who Wasn’t Rosa Parks

Abilene Solano

From Curiosity to an Obsession: The Sinister Evolution of the Milwaukee Cannibal

Justine Ruiz

Mike Nguyen: The Struggle Of a Restaurant Owner During COVID-19

Alyssa Ramos

Live Rattlesnakes and Rock n’ Roll: The Story of ZZ Top’s “Worldwide Texas Tour”

Richard Moreno

Tus idiomas te definen, mentalmente hablando

Ángel Velarde

Private Felix E. Longoria: An Affair, Some Would Rather Not Remember!

Lulu Guadalupe Avitua-Uviedo

When An Invisible Threat Took Over the World: COVID-19

Aracely Beltran

How the Soviet Union Compelled the United States to Build the World’s Fastest Jet: The Lockheed A-12 OXCART

Nathaniel Bielawski

Hugs Not Walls: Reunification of Families on the South Border

Eliane Castorena

The Courageous Work of Americo Paredes

Anthony Coronado

The Enola Gay Dropping A Big ol’ A-Bomb: The Start of the Nuclear Age

Destiny Lucero

Walter McMillian: Condemned to Death by Perjury

Melanie Fraire