TBI Grants Awarded 2003-04
Angela Yeung
ayeung@SanDiego.edu
University of San Diego, Department of Music
USD Symphony Outreach Concerts in Tijuana, Fall 2003
Border Activity
$6,500
Description of Project:
The USD Symphony has engaged in varies outreach performances in Tijuana. This project would be a continuance of these outreach efforts in Tijuana in the Fall 2003. Two concerts will be held, one for the Parroquia del Espíritu Santo and one at the Casa de la Cultura. Through rehearsals and performances, members from the two ensembles get to interact and share not only their musical talents but their diverse cultural backgrounds. The USD Symphony Tijuana outreach also includes a musical presentation at a community such as an orphanage. The visit is always an eye-opening experience for many members.
Randy Willoughby
rwilloug@SanDiego.edu
University of San Diego, Department of Political Science
Y tus terroristas también. U.S.-Mexican Border Security and the War on Terror
Faculty Research
$3,500
Description of Project:
This research project will examine the reorganization and reconceptualization of US-Mexican border security following the new "war on terror." It will focus particularly on the way US policies towards illegal immigration and drug trafficking have evolved since 2001. It will include the Mexican governments' (local, state, and national) own initiatives and responses to this far reaching American mobilization, but the focus will be on Mexican developments along "la linea" between San Diego and Tijuana.
Elaine Elliott
elliott@SanDiego.edu
University of San Diego, Community Service Learning
Quetzalcoatl on the Outcomes of Therapy among Mexican Males after Incidents of Domestic Violence, in Tijuana and San Diego
Border Activity
$3,000
Description of Project:
Project Quetzalcóatl aims to conduct a trans-border research study of first-generation, monolingual Mexican immigrant men who have been mandated by San Diego courts or by social services in Tijuana to 52 weeks of treatment, subsequent to a domestic violence incident perpetrated against their intimate partner. There are no outcome evaluation studies in the literature that measure the efficacy of treatment programs for Latino men who are in treatment for domestic violence in the United States or Mexico. The proposed study will involve several different agencies that conduct therapy groups for Latino men in the San Diego region, including Tijuana. Two different Spanish treatment programs will compared to each other, and non-offenders will compared to offenders. Participants from Tijuana, Mexico, will be compared to immigrant participants from the San Diego are. Multiple measures will be used for this research study.
Project Outputs:
Partner Abuse Among Latinos
Psychological Characteristics of Male Abusers [ PDF (80.90 KB) ]
Presented to the California Psychological Association Pasadena, California 4/8/2005
Christauria Welland, Psy.D.
Scott Robinson, Ph.D.
Claudia Arellano
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Un Estudio Empírico de los Factores Relacionados al Abuso de la Pareja [ PDF (132.14 KB) ]
Congreso Internacional de Psicología
Universidad de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, Oct. 31, 2005
Christauria Welland, Psy.D.
Claudia Arellano
Paul Turounet
University of San Diego, Department of Art
Más allá. Photographic Retablos of Mexican Migrants along the Mexican-American Border
Border Activity
$3,000
Description of Project:
The research involved in Más Allá included traveling along the Mexican-American border between Tijuana and Matamoros, meeting, photographing, and interviewing Mexican migrants preparing to cross into the United States. The resulting photographs and text that were based on these interviews were utilized in the production of photographic retablos (on exhibit from October 16 through December 15, 2006 in the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice). The photographs focused in revealing an intimate portrait of the migrant(s), while the text seeks to capture the essence of their experience, what kind of divine intervention they've sought as well as their hopes upon entering the United States. The retablos reference not only the cultural significance of Mexican votive paintings, but also the history of photography and the making of photographic tintypes that made photographic images accessible to the masses in the late 1800's.
Project Outputs:
Image Gallery: "Más Allá: Photographic Retablos of Mexican Migrants along the Mexican-American Border"
James Weyant
jweyant@SanDiego.edu
University of San Diego, Department of Psychology
Adapting the Implicit Association Test (LAT) to Measure Disavowed Prejudice against Hispanics
Faculty Research
$2,945
Description of Project:
This project will closely examine existing versions of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) with the goal of modifying the test to measure prejudice against Hispanics. Existing versions to the IAT measure negative associations to various social ethnic groups (e.g., Blacks, women), but, as yet, not to Hispanics. An important figure of the IAT is that it can measure negative feelings that individuals may not otherwise admit to having. The measurement of disavowed prejudice is accomplished by having test takers make rapid responses to stimuli that are presented on a computer. In addition to designing a version of the test to measure feelings about Hispanics, this project proposes to assess its validity. To do so the newly, designed IAT will be administered along with other test of prejudice (e.g., the Social Distance Scale). Ultimately, the goal would be to use the IAT as a measure on ongoing research on stereotypes about, and prejudice against, individuals who speak English as a second language.
Project Outputs:
Weyant, J. M. (2005). Implicit stereotyping of Hispanics: Development and validity of a Hispanic version of the Implicit Association Test. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 27, 355-363.
Paula Cordeiro
cordeiro@SanDiego.edu
University of San Diego, School of Education
USD-Universidad Iberoamericana Collaborative Partnership in Teacher Education
Border Activity
$2,050
Description of Project:
This project seeks to plan and implement a variety of collaborative activities between the schools of education at USD and Universidad Iberoamericana. The partnership will increase interaction between faculty and students facilitating cross-cultural learning about pedagogical issues. Faculties from respective institutions will meet to plan activities such as courses offered at USD and UIA for students on both sides of the border, co-authored journal publications, and research work. Participants will also explore ways to begin an exchange program similar to that of the University of San Francisco where students live and study in Tijuana.
Mieczyslaw Boduszynski
mb5@sandiego.edu
University of San Diego, Department of Political Science
The San Diego-Tijuana Border Community in the Era of Homeland Security: The Effect of Post-9/11 Border Crossing Regulations on Educational and Humanitarian Organization
Faculty Research
$2,000
Description of Project:
This project examines the effect of these changes on organizations and individuals whose objectives are educational and/or humanitarian and depend on regular San Diego-Tijuana crossings. Besides providing vital services, these individuals and organizations also constitute an important element of non-commercial cross-border ties and as such are active participants in the construction of a true "border community." Through in depth interviews in both San Diego and Tijuana, this project aims to document the extent to which changed regulations have impacted the ability of various non-profit organizations ability to carry out their mission. The project also examines the way in which they have adapted or reduced their activities in order to meet new constraints on border crossings. The findings will be presented in the form of a one to two hour documentary film, as well as a paper to be submitted for publication.
