The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The publisher's version is available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ae.2004.31.2.2006

El laberinto de la indigenidad: Cómo se determina quién es indígena maya ch’orti’ en Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The publisher's official version is available at: http://estudiosterritoriales.org/articulo.oa?id=72923937017Determining who is indigenous does not seem a problem, but when one goes to the Ch’orti’ Maya region of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, one soon realizes that nothing can be taken for granted. If one begins with universal criteria, such as experiencing colonialism, the maintenance of a separate identity since the colonial invasion, distinctive traditions, and a different phenotype, one soon enters a labyrinth of social and historical details that are unique to a nation, region, town, and even home. If one considers that culture always changes, especially under colonialism, one will realize that the most important criterion is that the indigenous Maya ch’orti’ identify themselves and are identified (by others) as a distinct people, and the traditions and phenotypes are, among other characteristics, tools that accentuate that identification

Questions of Indigeneity and the (Re)-Emergent Ch'orti' Maya of Honduras

This is the author's accepted manuscript. The publisher's official version is accessible from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1935- 4940.2010.01087.xEntre el espacio de unos an˜os, los Ch’orti’de Honduras salieron de una identidad de´bil y vergonzosa a tener unmovimiento e´tnico con miles demiembros y tan fuerte que apresuro´ el gobierno nacional. La volatilidad de tal identidades en la e´poca de derechos y reparaciones indı´genas exige un ana´lisis que reconozca la construccio´n social de identidades de grupos, pero atencio´n u´nica a procesos de construccio´n de corto plazo es impracticable y engan˜adora. La gente utiliza cultura existente para reconocer y fortalecer fronteras e´tnicas. Tal cultura y las identidades que moldea es evidencia clave en decidir si los demandantes indı´genas son legı´timas, o si esta´n aprovecha´ndose de recursos mejor destinados a otros. In the early 1990s, the Honduran Ch’orti’s denied their indigenous heritage; within a few years, however, they had formed a fully fledged ethnic movement with thousands of members putting pressure on the government for land. The volatility of such changing identities in an era of indigenous rights and remuneration lends strong support to the social construction approach to group identity, but extreme versions of this approach are impractical and misleading. People use pre-existing culture to both recognize and reinforce ethnic boundaries. Such culture and the identities it informs are useful in deciding whether people have legitimate claims based on indigeneity, or are usurping resources meant for others in greater need

An Expression of Cultural Change: Invisible Converts to Protestantism Among Highland Guatemala Mayas

This is the published version, also found here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/377368

Agate Outcomes Analysis: Using the Foundation for SATS

This study explored the policy implications of a specific jointly funded government-industry-academic research and development initiative on future planning. The researcher sought to uncover what trends or patterns of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (AGATE) had a positive affect on the outcomes of the consortium. By identifying these trends, the research may be able to help foster a more practical transition to follow-on programs. AGATE focused on developing innovative cockpit technologies that highlighted safety, affordability, and ease-of-use based in such areas as flight systems and integrated design and manufacturing. A quantitative analytic methodological approach encompassing qualitative data analysis software and the policy research construct was applied to analyze the organizational policy trends through the application of lessons learned from the AGATE program with reference to the current NASA program-the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS). Both NASA programs consist of a similar participant pool. By examining the effects of recommendations from previous studies, this analysis illustrated the transitional effects identified through the analysis. This planning framework illustrated the evolution of program and goal structure and the catalytic effect on the aviation industry and product development through increased interaction

Casualties of Heritage Distancing: Children, Ch’orti’ Indigeneity, and the Copán Archaeoscape

This is the published version, made available with the permission of the publisher

The Violence after 'La Violencia' in the Ch'orti' Region of Eastern Guatemala

This is the authors' accepted manuscript. The publisher's official version is available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1935-4940.2010.01061.x

Performance of a Parallel Transport Code for Molecular Electronics Simulations

We describe the sequential and parallel performance of a nonlinear transport simulation code. This code is used by researchers at Virginia Tech to investigate phenomena underlying the emerging eld of molecular electronics. The computational requirements of the code are summarized, and an initial distributed-memory parallel implementation of the code is evaluated. We conclude with several suggestions for improving the parallel performance and scalability of the code

Journal of Air Transportation, Volume 10, No. 1

The mission of the Journal of Air Transportation (JA is to provide the global community immediate key resource information in all areas of air transportation. The goal of the Journal is to be recognized as the preeminent scholarly journal in the aeronautical aspects of transportation. As an international and interdisciplinary journal, the JAT will provide a forum for peer-reviewed articles in all areas of aviation and space transportation research, policy, theory, case study, practice, and issues. While maintaining a broad scope, a focal point of the journal will be in the area of aviation administration and policy