Lucila Vargas
Biographic Data
| ID | 4087932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucila Vargas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucila |
| FAMILY NAME | Vargas |
| SIGNATURE | VARGAS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Do you feel safe at home? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Tools Used in Medical Settings to Screen for Intimate Partner Violence
The Web’s Potential to Provide Depression Literacy Resources to Latinx Teens
Among U.S. adolescents, Latinxs have the highest levels of depression and the lowest access to treatment. Educational resources on the World Wide Web have potential to redress disparities by improving mental health literacy, but little is known about the availability and quality of web documents about depression targeting Latinx teens. We conducted a qualitative content analysis of search-engine results to inform future research. Of the 330 resul…
Cultural Competence Development, Critical Service Learning, and Latino/a Youth Empowerment
As universities create service-learning programs, educators are experimenting with pedagogical approaches that enhance learning outcomes while benefiting communities. We present a qualitative case study of a radio-based, service-learning program, grounded in a Freirean foundation and aimed at developing the cultural competence and sense of citizenship of undergraduate students while empowering working-class high school Latino/a students. Undergra…
Ambiguous Loss and the Media Practices of Transnational Latina Teens
Drawing on ethnographic data from a study with 17 working-class, transnational Latina teens, I examine the media practices they perform to cope with ambiguous loss. According to Pauline Boss (1993 Boss, P. 1993. The experience of immigration for the mother left behind: The use of qualitative feminist strategies to analyze letters from my Swiss grandmother to my father. Marriage & Family Review, 19(3-4): 365–378. [Google Scholar], 1999 Boss, P. 19…
Transnational Media Literacy
Transnational Latina teens use media as key cultural resources to manage their passage to womanhood while building identities as U.S. citizens. This article examines the challenges of media literacy within the transnational context of working-class Latinas. It presents findings of an action-research project with 12 Latina teens, which was grounded on Freire’s (1999) pedagogy and Willis’s (1981) insights about class culture. The study found that t…
Communicating Ethnic and Cultural Identity
This intercultural communication text reader brings together the many dimensions of ethnic and cultural identity and shows how they are communicated in everyday life. Introducing and applying key concepts, theories, and approaches_from empirical to ethnographic_the chapters look at the experiences of African Americans, Asians, Asian Americans, Latino/as, and Native Americans, as well as many cultural groups. The authors also explore issues such a…
When the “Other” Is the Teacher
When the “Other” Is the Teacher
Cultural Competence Development, Critical Service Learning, and Latino/a Youth Empowerment
As universities create service-learning programs, educators are experimenting with pedagogical approaches that enhance learning outcomes while benefiting communities. We present a qualitative case study of a radio-based, service-learning program, grounded in a Freirean foundation and aimed at developing the cultural competence and sense of citizenship of undergraduate students while empowering working-class high school Latino/a students. Undergra…
Ambiguous Loss and the Media Practices of Transnational Latina Teens
Drawing on ethnographic data from a study with 17 working-class, transnational Latina teens, I examine the media practices they perform to cope with ambiguous loss. According to Pauline Boss (1993 Boss, P. 1993. The experience of immigration for the mother left behind: The use of qualitative feminist strategies to analyze letters from my Swiss grandmother to my father. Marriage & Family Review, 19(3-4): 365–378. [Google Scholar], 1999 Boss, P. 19…
Transnational Media Literacy
Transnational Latina teens use media as key cultural resources to manage their passage to womanhood while building identities as U.S. citizens. This article examines the challenges of media literacy within the transnational context of working-class Latinas. It presents findings of an action-research project with 12 Latina teens, which was grounded on Freire’s (1999) pedagogy and Willis’s (1981) insights about class culture. The study found that t…
When the “Other” Is the Teacher
Communicating Ethnic and Cultural Identity
This intercultural communication text reader brings together the many dimensions of ethnic and cultural identity and shows how they are communicated in everyday life. Introducing and applying key concepts, theories, and approaches_from empirical to ethnographic_the chapters look at the experiences of African Americans, Asians, Asian Americans, Latino/as, and Native Americans, as well as many cultural groups. The authors also explore issues such a…
Transnational Media Literacy
Transnational Latina teens use media as key cultural resources to manage their passage to womanhood while building identities as U.S. citizens. This article examines the challenges of media literacy within the transnational context of working-class Latinas. It presents findings of an action-research project with 12 Latina teens, which was grounded on Freire’s (1999) pedagogy and Willis’s (1981) insights about class culture. The study found that t…
Ambiguous Loss and the Media Practices of Transnational Latina Teens
Drawing on ethnographic data from a study with 17 working-class, transnational Latina teens, I examine the media practices they perform to cope with ambiguous loss. According to Pauline Boss (1993 Boss, P. 1993. The experience of immigration for the mother left behind: The use of qualitative feminist strategies to analyze letters from my Swiss grandmother to my father. Marriage & Family Review, 19(3-4): 365–378. [Google Scholar], 1999 Boss, P. 19…
Cultural Competence Development, Critical Service Learning, and Latino/a Youth Empowerment
As universities create service-learning programs, educators are experimenting with pedagogical approaches that enhance learning outcomes while benefiting communities. We present a qualitative case study of a radio-based, service-learning program, grounded in a Freirean foundation and aimed at developing the cultural competence and sense of citizenship of undergraduate students while empowering working-class high school Latino/a students. Undergra…
The Web’s Potential to Provide Depression Literacy Resources to Latinx Teens
Among U.S. adolescents, Latinxs have the highest levels of depression and the lowest access to treatment. Educational resources on the World Wide Web have potential to redress disparities by improving mental health literacy, but little is known about the availability and quality of web documents about depression targeting Latinx teens. We conducted a qualitative content analysis of search-engine results to inform future research. Of the 330 resul…
Do you feel safe at home? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Tools Used in Medical Settings to Screen for Intimate Partner Violence
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)