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ST JOHN'S Cemetery: A report detailing how Denton County Commissioner Hub Clark stole a cemetery from a Pilot Point freedpersons community in 1938.

Description: This report was submitted to the Denton County Commissioner’s Court on December 12, 2023. The independent research contained herein was inspired by a collaborative community effort to highlight the emerging historical narrative of the St. John's freed-persons community of Pilot Point, its unexplained disappearance in the 1930s, and the events that led to the community's cemetery becoming landlocked and inaccessible to the public for more than eighty years.
Date: December 12, 2023
Creator: Luther Rummel, Jessica
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Webinar 4: Accessing and Using Oral History

Description: Video recording of the fourth webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the last webinar of the series explores innovative uses of oral history collections and pushes for equitable access to oral history collections.
Date: February 22, 2023
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Marcus, Eric; Sullivan, Sady & Sielaff, Steven
Partner: University of North Texas
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Webinar 3: Preserving and Archiving Oral History Collections

Description: Video recording of the third webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explore best practices and considerations for ethically informed preservation and archiving of oral history.
Date: February 15, 2023
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Alvarez, Carla O.; Phillips, Mark Edward; Hughes-Watkins, Lae'l & Turner, Francena F. L.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Webinar 2: Creating and Collecting Oral History

Description: Video recording of the second webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explores the relevant issues and concerns regarding creating and generating oral histories in a time of social and technological change.
Date: February 8, 2023
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Reeves, Troy; Milbrodt, Natalie & Milligan, Sarah
Partner: University of North Texas
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Webinar 1: Oral History and Communities

Description: Video recording of the first webinar from the Oral History Forum. The theme of the webinar explores how community identity, history, activism, and experiences are represented through oral history.
Date: February 1, 2023
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Cain, Adrienne; Piedra, Benji de la & Lee, Jamie A.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Dysphoric History: A Trans/Historical Approach

Description: Video recording of a presentation by Dr. Gabrielle M.W. Bychowski which unpacks how dysphoria has been an organizing pattern within trans literature since the premodern period, predating the adoption of the term within the modern medical sciences, and she emphasizes the need for critical trans literary and historical theory to better identify and analyze trans history and narratives that have been silenced in archives. The event was organized for LGBTQ History Month and held virtually on Novemb… more
Date: November 14, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Bychowski, Gabrielle
Partner: University of North Texas
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Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians through Oral Histories

Description: Grant narrative for the grant, "Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians Through Oral Histories." The University of North Texas (UNT) Department of Information Science, partnering with the UNT Oral History Program, will host a series of forums to identify best practices and strategies to respond to challenges around building, implementing, preserving, and accessing community oral history projects. The project team will convene librarians, archivists, oral history practiti… more
Date: 2022
Creator: Kim, Jeonghyun; Moye, J. Todd & Roeschley, Ana
Partner: University of North Texas
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Pilgrimage and Textual Culture

Description: This article considers issues of reading and writing before, during, and after medieval pilgrimages, as well as the methodological and historical issues at stake for both pilgrim writers and modern scholars. In particular, the articles address the vexed issue of where — and how much — reading and writing took place around historically attested pilgrimages.
Date: January 1, 2021
Creator: Bale, Anthony & Beebe, Kathryne
Partner: UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
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Population Heterogeneity and Human Nutrition: Where Do We Go From Here?

Description: This presentation is from the keynote speaker for the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research. It focuses on nutrition, how it interacts with genomics, the current state of nutrition research, and the high expectations of our food systems and precision nutrition.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 38 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Stover, Patrick J.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Adjustment for Local Ancestry in Genetic Association Analysis of Admixed Populations

Description: Presentation on the consideration of local ancestry of admixed populations, or populations comprised of genetically distinct ancestral populations which can alter their gene flow in unique ways. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 9 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Wang, Xuexia
Partner: University of North Texas
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[Introduction and Motivation for the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research by Jennifer Wallach]

Description: Presentation from Jennifer Jensen Wallach, the chair of the Department of History at UNT, to introduce and highlight the conference's origination by Dr. Constance Hilliard and Dr. Denise Perry Simmons.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974-
Partner: University of North Texas
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[Examining the Role of Nanomaterials and Optical Sensors for Genomics Research]

Description: This presentation introduces the possibility of using nanomaterials and optically active sensors in genomics research. The presenter shares the history and applications of nanomaterials, introduces their research into optical-luminescent sensors and optically active plasmonic nanoparticles, and explores how they might be used in genomics. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Marpu, Sreekar
Partner: University of North Texas
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Structural and Functional Studies of TRPV6 Channels

Description: Presentation on TRPV6, which is an entry channel for calcium ions in epithelial cells, and its associated risk for cancer when overexpressed. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 25 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Sobolevsky, Alexander
Partner: University of North Texas
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From Consents to Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms: An Overview of National Center for Biotechnology Information's Network of Human Genetic Resources and Data Access

Description: This presentation highlights public resources available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), including PubMed, Clinical Variation (ClinVar), Genotype & Phenotype (dbGaP), Human Genetic Variation (dbSNP/dbVar), Genetic Testing Registry (GTR), GenBank, RefSeq, and Sequence Read Archive (SRA). It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 44 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Pruitt, Kim D.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Research to Precision Medicine: Examining Current Perceptions and Use of Race, Ethnicity and Ancestry Among Clinical Genetics Professionals

Description: Presentation on the difficulty of achieving diversity in genomic research, a review of recent research, and recommendations for moving forward. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 32 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Popejoy, Alice B.
Partner: University of North Texas
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The Imprecision of Precision Medicine: Biomedical Research Must Be More Than Average

Description: This presentation delves into the lack of precision in precision medicine when it comes to anyone who is not the average research subject, with the average is usually males of European ancestry. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 38 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Oh, Sam S.
Partner: University of North Texas
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[Welcome and Introduction to the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research by Mark McLellan]

Description: Presentation from Mark McLellan, the Vice-President for Research and Innovation at UNT, to welcome attendees, introduce the University, and advocate for the importance of the diversifying genomics research. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 2 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: McLellan, Mark
Partner: University of North Texas
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Nested Subsets of African Diversity as an Alternative to Race for Understanding Global Human Diversity

Description: Presentation exploring nucleotide diversity as nested subsets from larger continents/regions. The African continent has very high genetic diversity, but globally, many common alleles are widely shared because they are typically older than human migration out of Africa. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 40 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Long, Jeffrey C.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Leveraging Genetic Ancestry to Study Health Disparities

Description: This presentation delves into genetic ancestry and health disparities, and it highlights the difference between genetic ancestry, local genetic ancestry, and socio-cultural factors in health disparities. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 33 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Kittles, Rick
Partner: University of North Texas
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Six Overlooked Hurdles to Achieving Diversity in Genomic Research

Description: This presentation is a broad overview on the challenges to achieving diversity in genomic research. It is also an introduction for the research of the other presenters at the conference. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 43 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Hilliard, Constance
Partner: University of North Texas
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How Tiny Zebrafish and Their Surprisingly Human-Like Genome Can Benefit Medical Research

Description: Presentation highlighting the use of zebrafish to identify genes relating to predisposition to thromboembolism and cardiovascular disease in people with African ancestry. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 21, 2020
Duration: 16 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Jagadeeswaran, Pudur
Partner: University of North Texas
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