Drugs and Alcohol
- "Labor Migration, Drug Trafficking Organizations, and Drug Use: Major Challenges for Transnational Communities in Mexico." Journal of Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, Vol. 38 (2-4), 2009
- "Juramentos and Mandas: Traditional Catholic Practices and Substance Abuse in Mexican Communities of Southeastern ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø." NAPA Bulletin, Vol. 31, 2009 (Special Issue, Immigration)
- "Binational Substance Abuse Research and Internal Review Boards: Human Subject Risks and Suggestions for Protections." Human Organization, Vol. 68 (3), 2009
- "Problem Drinking among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers: Exploring Migrant Status and Situational Factors." Human Organization, Vol. 67, (1), 2008
- "Meeting a Bi-National Research Challenge: Substance Abuse among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers in the United States." Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 23, Fall 2008, Supplemental Issue. (Special Issue, NIDA conference on "Advances and Challenges in Conducting Research in Rural Communities", December, 2005)
- "Drug use among migrant Mexican Farmworkers." Proceeding of the Community Epidemiology Work Group (NIDA, Bethesda, Maryland: NIH Publication), 2, 293-294, 2007
- "Transnational Mexican Farmworkers and Problem Drinking: A Review of the Literature." Contemporary Drug Problems. Vol. 31, Spring 2004
- "Critical Ethnography and Substance Abuse Research Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers." In Juana Mora & David Daz (eds.), Research in Action: A Participatory Model for Advancing Latino Social Policy. Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press 2003
- "Participatory Research Challenges in Drug Abuse Studies among Transnational Mexican Migrants," The Open Anthropology Journal, 2011, Vol. 4
- "Drinks Per Day in Women of Mexican Origin: Does Birth Place Matter?" with
Methodology
- "Exploring Undercounts in the Agricultural Census: An Alternative Enumeration of Hispanic Farmers in Southwestern Michigan." Journal of Latino and Latin American Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2009
- "New Latino Farmers in the Midwest: The Case of Southern Michigan. Latinos in Missouri: Gateway to a New Community." Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Conference, University of Missouri Extension & Cambio Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007
- "Exploring Agricultural Census Undercounts among Immigrant Hispanic Farmers with an Alternative Enumeration Project." Journal of Extension. Vol. 43 (5), 2005
Southern Chester County, PA
- "Silvia Tlaseca and Kaolin Mushroom Workers Union: Women's Leadership in the Mexican Diaspora." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 34 (1), 2008
- "The Mushroom Industry and the Emergence of Mexican Enclaves in Southern Chester County, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 1960-1990." Journal of Latino and Latin American Studies, Vol. 1, Fall 2005 (Special Issue on Rural Latinos)
- "Local Challenges to Labor Organizing in Mexican Immigrant Enclaves: Kaolin Mushroom Workers Union in Southeastern ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø." Journal of Latino and Latin American Studies Vol.2, (4), 2004
- "Mexican Enclaves in Southern Chester County, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø: Revisiting Old Observations of an Ongoing Immigration Process." In Gilbert Garca & Jerry Garca (eds.), Readings in Chicano Studies. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2002
Education
- "Barriers in the Transfer Process for Hispanic and Hispanic Immigrant Students." Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Vol. 6, (2), 2007
- "Using Ethnography in the Community College as a Strategy to Recruit Latino Students to the University." Teaching Anthropology: Publication of the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges. Vol. 11 (1), Fall 2004
- "How Cultural Studies Help Latino Students Transfer to the University." The Community College Enterprise, Fall 2004