LITR 5731: Seminar in American Minority Literature
University of Houston-Clear Lake, spring 2003
Index to Student Research Projects

Below are links to copies of student research projects. These papers are provided to serve as models and as research aids for future students as well as to create an opportunity for present students to share their research with each other. Most of the papers are posted "as they came in." Therefore, some editing and format problems may remain. (Italics, underlines, and indentations are especially vulnerable to formatting changes through electronic transmission.)

Tomasina Alford, journal: "Multicultural Literature and the English/Language Arts Curriculum "

Jane Ftacnik, essay: "Chicana Feminism: Assertion of Power"

Ginger Hilton, journal: "African-American: Crisis in Identity"

Thana Hines, journal: "Native Americans, Gays, & Women: A Contrast and Comparison of 'Out Groups'"

Rosalyn Mack, essay: "Power and Identity: Naming an American People of Color"

Elizabeth Martin, journal: "Births of Nations: Functions of origin myths in Minority Literature"

Alcira Molina, journal: "The Arab-American Woman Poet: A Commentary on the Emerging Voice of a Double Minority"

Martin Perez, journal: "[Education is Power?]"

Ashley Salter, journal: "Understanding Ultima: Las curanderas y las brujas"

Sergio Santos, essay: "Binary Oppositions and  Balance in Bless Me, Ultima"

Toni Sammons, journal: "The Five Civilized Tribes"

Craig Sprowl, journal: "The Slave Narrative: Creation of Identity"

Jana Stafford, essay: "Slavery: The Humble Beginnings of African-American Music"