Deanna Meyler

Biographic Data

ID353813
NAMEDeanna Meyler
GIVEN NAMESDeanna
FAMILY NAMEMeyler
SIGNATUREMEYLER D
AFFILIATIONSDallas Christian College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS27
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX3

  • The Human-Environment Dialog in Award-winning Children's Picture Books

    Open AccessJohn Allen Williams, Christopher W Podeschi et al.ARTICLESociological Inquiry2012Cited by: 1References: 15

    Picture books often play an important role in childhood socialization. Given the seriousness of environmental problems, we ask how natural, modified, and built environments have been portrayed in children's books. To answer this question, we analyze the 296 books receiving Caldecott awards from 1938 to 2008. Two possibilities are explored with respect to content change. Growing concern about critical environmental problems, such as decline in bio…

  • Walking with Latinas in the Struggle for Justice

    Deanna Meyler, Milagros PeñaARTICLEJournal of Feminist Studies in…2008References: 1

    This article focuses on El Centro Mujeres de la Esperanza (Women's Center of Hope, or CME), a faith-based nongovernmental women's organization serving women living along the U.S.–Mexico border in greater El Paso/Ciudad Juárez. The center has brought together Catholic sisters and women on both sides of the border in the pursuit of common goals toward social justice. The authors began their study with archival data and participant observation at CM…

  • Landscapes of Risk

    Open AccessDeanna Meyler, Jim P Stimpson et al.ARTICLEOrganization & Environment2007

    Several hurricanes and industrial explosions in 2005 brought increasing public attention to the risk inherent in the location of US petrochemical facilities. The upper Texas Gulf Coast is home to a significant cluster of petrochemical industries including some of the largest refineries in the United States. Residents live, play and work in the shadow of petrochemical towers. While the petrochemical industries have brought jobs and economic develo…

  • Health concordance within couples

    Open AccessDeanna Meyler, Jim P Stimpson et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007

  • Identifying Potential Risk and Protective Factors among Non-Metropolitan Latino Youth

    Open AccessRosalie A Torres Stone, Deanna MeylerARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2006Cited by: 12References: 12

  • Acculturation and self-esteem among older Mexican Americans

    Deanna Meyler, Jim P Stimpson et al.ARTICLEAging & Mental Health2006Cited by: 9References: 4

    Several researchers have examined how acculturation shapes the self-esteem of adolescents, but few studies have looked at the influence of acculturation for older Mexican Americans. The aim of this study was to examine how language acculturation shaped the self-esteem of older Mexican Americans. The data come from the baseline wave (N=3050) of the ongoing Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (H-EPESE), a m…

  • Teaching Diversity and Learning Outcomes

    Timothy Kubal, Deanna Meyler et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology2003Cited by: 5

    Timothy Kubal, Deanna Meyler, Rosalie Torres Stone, Teelyn T. Mauney, Teaching Diversity and Learning Outcomes: Bringing Lived Experience into the Classroom, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct., 2003), pp. 441-455