Getting to Know the Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin

I have always loved going to the library. As a kid it was a place of wonder and amazement. Now, as a graduate student and scholar, I have an entirely new respect for libraries as repositories of our culture and history – in all of forms. Before I started my M.A at the University of [...]

Sexual Violence in the Borderlands: One project I’m working on

I never thought I would say this, but I look forward to going to a class and discussing the pervasive brutality that reinforces modern power structures. Capitalism, democracy, and the family are the social structures have the most influence in formative Western ideology. One way that each of these systems of dominance are created and [...]

5 Tips for Using Zotero to Keep Track of Research

I’ve been using Zotero for a while now. Rhonda pointed me to it a few years back and since then, I’ve been able to learn the finer points of cultivating a Zotero Bibliography. Instead of keeping copies of all the articles I’m reading for class, I’m collecting the citation, abstract, permanent link to the resource, [...]