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“Burdened”: A Collection of Short Stories about Eldest-Born Daughters in Immigrant Families“Burdened”: A Collection of Short Stories about Eldest-Born Daughters in Immigrant Families
(2021-05) Ameena, Irene
Online discourse often paints eldest daughters in immigrant families as carrying an outsized burden within their homes. Many feel that there is a tendency for a larger portion of responsibility to fall on them, whether that is emotional weight or tangible tasks. The roles assigned to them are influenced by birth order, race, and gender. These factors intersect to give them a unique position in their families, influenced by the challenges of migration, the duties assigned to eldest children, and the patriarchal society around them. This collection of short stories depicts the lives of five eldest daughters in immigrant families: Minahil, Ty, Eniola, Vivian, and Luna. These characters come from different backgrounds and have specific family dynamics that affect the stories I tell about them. By sharing a slice of their lives, these stories function to tell about just a few of the experiences, joys, and pressures that oldest daughters face.
A Case for Holding On
(2021) Khan, Roshan
Children and Families in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities
(Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, 1994) Hamburg, Beatrix A.
Comparative Analyses of Two Geraniaceae Transcriptomes Using Next-Generation Sequencing
(2013-12) Zhang, Jin; Ruhlman, Tracey A.; Mower, Jeffrey P.; Jansen, Robert K.; Zhang, Jin; Ruhlman, Tracey A.; Jansen, Robert K.
Organelle genomes of Geraniaceae exhibit several unusual evolutionary phenomena compared to other angiosperm families including accelerated nucleotide substitution rates, widespread gene loss, reduced RNA editing, and extensive genomic rearrangements. Since most organelle-encoded proteins function in multi-subunit complexes that also contain nuclear-encoded proteins, it is likely that the atypical organellar phenomena affect the evolution of nuclear genes encoding organellar proteins. To begin to unravel the complex co-evolutionary interplay between organellar and nuclear genomes in this family, we sequenced nuclear transcriptomes of two species, Geranium maderense and Pelargonium x hortorum. Results: Normalized cDNA libraries of G. maderense and P. x hortorum were used for transcriptome sequencing. Five assemblers (MIRA, Newbler, SOAPdenovo, SOAPdenovo-trans [SOAPtrans], Trinity) and two next-generation technologies (454 and Illumina) were compared to determine the optimal transcriptome sequencing approach. Trinity provided the highest quality assembly of Illumina data with the deepest transcriptome coverage. An analysis to determine the amount of sequencing needed for de novo assembly revealed diminishing returns of coverage and quality with data sets larger than sixty million Illumina paired end reads for both species. The G. maderense and P. x hortorum transcriptomes contained fewer transcripts encoding the PLS subclass of PPR proteins relative to other angiosperms, consistent with reduced mitochondrial RNA editing activity in Geraniaceae. In addition, transcripts for all six plastid targeted sigma factors were identified in both transcriptomes, suggesting that one of the highly divergent rpoA-like ORFs in the P. x hortorum plastid genome is functional. Conclusions: The findings support the use of the Illumina platform and assemblers optimized for transcriptome assembly, such as Trinity or SOAPtrans, to generate high-quality de novo transcriptomes with broad coverage. In addition, results indicated no major improvements in breadth of coverage with data sets larger than six billion nucleotides or when sampling RNA from four tissue types rather than from a single tissue. Finally, this work demonstrates the power of cross-compartmental genomic analyses to deepen our understanding of the correlated evolution of the nuclear, plastid, and mitochondrial genomes in plants.
A Conversation with R. Lofton Hudson: On Marriage and Family
(Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, 1975) Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Crossover Cousins
(ORANGE Magazine, 2022-04-19) Passanisi, Alex
Discrimination's Aftermath
(The Texas Scientist, 2020) The Texas Scientist
Family Mobility in Dallas, Texas, 1923-1938
(University of Texas at Austin, 1942-03-01) Rosenquist, Carl M.; Browder, Walter Gordon
Family Mobility in Houston, Texas, 1922-1938
(University of Texas at Austin, 1942-06-22) Rosenquist, Carl M.; Browder, Walter Gordon
Grandparenting In Today's World
(Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, 1989) Smith, Bert Kruger
The Labor of Women in the Production of Cotton
(University of Texas at Austin, 1931-09-08) University of Texas at Austin
Letter to H.B. Stenzel from John F. Bookout on Undated
(0000-00-00) Bookout, John F.
Letter to H.B. Stenzel from John F. Bookout on Undated
(0000-00-00) Bookout, John F.
Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Judy Bleyberg on 1950-12-07
(1950-12-07) Bleyberg, Judy
Letter to H.B. Stenzel from Lois Berggren on 1958-02-19
(1958-02-19) Berggren, Lois
Letter to Henryk B. Stenzel from Mildred E. Barnes on 1957-05-04
(1957-05-04) Barnes, Mildred E.
Letter to Henryk B. Stenzel from Unknown on Undated
(0000-00-00) Unknown
Letter to Katherine V.W. Palmer from H.B. Stenzel on 1960-10-12
(1960-10-12) Stenzel, H.B.
Mary Wilson Interview
(2020-08-26) Department of Religious Studies
This interview is with Mary Wilson, a retired pastor and teacher who discusses her experiences from both occupations. Mary grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and has a background in education, first teaching junior high and later serving as an instructor at Austin Community College, upon receiving her masters in education. Mary was the pastor of The Church of The Savior for 18 years and holds a ministry doctoral degree. She also ran for a seat in Congress in 2017. In this interview, she shares formative experiences of her life, lessons from her time as a pastor and congressional candidate, and the challenges in her life, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
My Battlefield Skin
(2023) Forrest, Leigha
A personal essay about the author’s acne and her refusal to take Accutane pills to treat it. The essay includes information about the drug isotretinoin and anecdotes from the author’s life.