Stories about exorcisms say a lot about the cultures that tell them. Dr. Joseph Laycock (associate professor of philosophy) analyzes the case of a famous exorcism in the book The Social Scientific Study of Exorcism in Christianity in a chapter
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Shameless Protest for Queer and Trans Migrant Rights
Sometimes protesters act in ways that some people consider shameless to fight for their rights. In a new chapter–“Shameless Interruptions Finding Survival at the Edges of Trans and Queer Migrations“–published in Queer and Trans Migrations: Dynamics of Illegalization, Detention, and
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Studying Mental Health in the Mexican American Community
Multiple factors impact health, for everyone generally and for Mexican Americans specifically. A study conducted by Dr. Jessica Perrotte (assistant professor, Psychology Department, Texas State University) and colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin (including Drs. Michael R Baumann,
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The Interfaith Literature of a Castilian King
The Biblical story of a great flood around the world is told in Genesis. But it is also told in other world texts, as well. A version of the story is recounted by Alfonso X of Castile in the historiographic
Understanding Attitudes About Immigrants
Host countries are not always accepting or welcoming of immigrants who relocate to escape dire circumstances. A recent study by Dr. Roque Mendez (professor in the Psychology Department at Texas State University) and Elia Hilda Bueno (Texas State alum and
The Pandemic’s Impact on First-Generation Students at an HSI
First-generation students face many challenges in the transition to college; a pandemic only complicates them. A recent study–“Assessing the Needs and Experiences of First-Generation Students’ Transition to Remote Learning Due to COVID-19 Pandemic at a Hispanic Serving Institution” published in
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Rethinking Indigenous Land Ownership in the 16th Century Americas
Who owned the pasture and farmland in the Americas during the 16th century? How did native and indigenous people understand the idea of land ownership? How was it different from the colonizing Europeans? In a new article, “Of Widows, Furrows,
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Queering Western History
Stories of history can leave out as much as they say. Dr. Louie Dean Valencia-García’s work shows how this tenet holds true in European history. He and all of the students in his class wrote an article evaluating textbooks that
Celebrating Juneteenth
Juneteenth is an important independence day celebration for America. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Liberation Day, or Freedom Day because it celebrates the symbolic end of slavery and the process of enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation and freeing enslaved
LGBTQ Employment and Discrimination
“The workplace is not sex neutral,” writes Dr. Patti Giuffre (Department of Sociology) and her colleague Courtney Caviness, who is Texas State MA Sociology alum, Dr. Giuffre’s former mentee, and currently a doctoral student from the University of California, Davis.