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Helicopter parents; impact of 9/11 on students; college student choice and persistence; cyberactivisim; free speech and academic freedom; films about high school and college students; higher education law; student…
Medieval Islamic history and religion; Ottoman Turkish and Byzantine cultures; pre-Islamic religions of Iran; Islam in Europe and America; Gender- social attitudes toward women in each of these historical contexts…
I am interested in cultural anthropology; climate justice; Museum Studies; Native American and Indigenous Studies; culture and health; cultural identities and differences; the politics of representation; youth…
I’m interested in studying what constitutes a literate society and the role that people play in creating and sustaining literate environments. Using a variety of methods (historical, qualitative, quantitative, and…
Colonial Spanish America, 15-18th century Spain, the Hispanic imperial world. Current projects include a monograph entitled "Purchasing Whiteness: Unofficial and Official Passing in Colonial Spanish America…
Debra Umberson is Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also affiliated with the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and the Population…
Interpersonal communication among family members and between romantic partners; secrecy and disclosure; the associations between communication and emotion in the context of close, personal relationships.
Fatima Varner's major research interests include the roles of ethnicity, gender, and context on parenting, family processes, and adolescent outcomes.