LRI Publications
Research Publications:
Knoche, L., & Zamboanga, B.L. (2006). College student mentors and Latino Youth: A qualitative study of the mentoring relationship. The Qualitative Report, 11(1), 138-160.
Rafaelli, M., Carlo, G., Carranza, M.A., & Gonzalez-Kruger, G. (2005). “Understanding Latino children and adolescents in the mainstream: Placing culture at the center of developmental models.” In L. A. Jensen & R.W. Larson (eds.), New horizons in developmental theory and Research: New directions for child and adolescent development, No. 109 (pp. 23-32). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Knoche, L., Carranza, M.A., Raffaelli, M. with G. Carlo & G. Gonzalez-Kruger. (2004) The quality of life of Latino adolescents in Lincoln, Nebraska. Lincoln, NE: The Latino Research Initiative, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
de Guzman, M. T., Raffaelli, M., Cantarero, R., Carlo, G., Carranza, M., Gonzalez-Kruger, G. (2003). The Quality of Life of Latino Parents in Lincoln, NE.
Zamboanga, B. L. & Knoche, L. (2003, June). Voices from college student mentors: Implications for extension programming with Latino youth. Journal of Extension [On-line.]
Carlo, G., M.A. Carranza and B.L. Zamboanga (2002). "Culture and ecology of Latinos on the Great Plains: An introduction," Great Plains Research, 12, 3-12.
Carranza, M. A., G. Carlo, and M. de Guzman. (2000). The role of research and scholarship in enhancing the quality of life for Latinos in the Great Plains. Great Plains Research, 10, 409-21.
Gonzalez-Kruger, G., Zamboanga, B. L., Carlo, G., Raffaelli, M., Carranza, M., Hansen, D. J., Cantarero, R., & Gajardo, J. (2000). The Latino Research Initiative: A multidisciplinary and collaborative community-university outreach and scholarship model. Great Plains Research, 10, 359-385.
Newspaper/magazine articles:
Hancock, T. (2002). Research initiative addresses influx of Latinos into Nebraska. Article from Lincoln Journal Star (1/22/01).
Riis, V. (2001, January 29). Mentoring program offers Latino youth chance at a brighter future. Daily Nebraskan.
Hachiya, K. (2001, January 25). LAMP brightens future for kids. The Scarlet.
Zamboanga, B. L., Roy, L.A., Knoche, L., & Snyder, A. (2001). The Latino achievement mentoring program: A community-university collaborative partnership program. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 11, 18-21.
Professional presentations:
Carranza, M.A. and M. Raffaelli. (2006) Paper Presentation: The Latino Achievement Mentoring Program: Mentoring to address leaks in the academic pipeline. 1st Annual Conference of the American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education, San Antonio, TX, March.
Carranza, M., G. Gonzalez-Kruger & M. Raffaelli. (2001) The Latino Achievement Mentoring Program: Creating Collaborative Partnerships with the Latino Community. ACE "Educating All of One Nation" Conference, October, Cincinnati, OH.
Gonzalez-Kruger, G., Raffaelli, M., Zamboanga, B.L., & The Latino Research Initiative (2001, May). Interdisciplinary and collaborative model for teaching, research, and outreach: The Latino Research Initiative. Building Family Strengths International Symposium, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Knoche, L., Roy, L., Raffaelli, M., Gonzalez-Kruger, G. (2001) Latino Achievement Mentoring Program (LAMP): Promoting academic achievment among disadvantaged youth. Poster presentation. The 3rd Annual Minority Issues in Prevention Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Zamboanga, B. L., Knoche, Gonzalez-Kruger, L. G., & Raffaelli, M. (2001) The Latino Achievement Mentoring Program: A Community-University based Program for Latino Youth. Education of Hispanic Students 2nd Annual Symposium, October, Lincoln, NE.
Zamboanga, B. L., Knoche, L., Gonzalez-Kruger, G., Raffaelli, M., and the Latino Research Initiative (2001). Promoting higher education: The Latino achievement program (LAMP). Invited panel host discussion. The 6th Annual National Conference: People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gonzalez-Kruger, G.E., Zamboanga, B.L., Carlo, G., Raffaelli, M., M. Carranza, D. Hansen, R. Cantarero, & J. Gajardo. (2000). The Latino Research Initiative: An interdisciplinary model for collaborative research and community programming. National Council on Family Relations Conference, November, Minneapolis, MN.
Other:
DeLeón, J.G. (2004). Latino youth biculturalism, language use, parent attachment, at substance use: A strengths perspective. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Thomsen, Abigail. (2003). The Latino Achievement Mentoring Program: An Effective Academic Mentoring Program. Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Roy. Laura A. (2002). The Latino Achievement Mentoring Program: A Community-University Partnership Program, 2000-2002. Unpublished Masters Thesis, UNL.
Williams, Annette. (2002). The Latino Achievement Mentoring Program (LAMP): The Experiences of Ethnically-Matched Mentors and Mentees. Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis, UNL.
Roy, L., Zamboanga, B. L., & Snyder, M. (2000). Latino Achievement Mentoring Program Handbook. Hispanic Community Center, Lincoln, NE.
Related Publications:
Gouveia, L., Carranza, M.A. & Jasney Cogua (2005). “The Great Plains migration: Mexicanos and Latinos in Nebraska.” Pp. 23-49 in V. Zúñiga and R. Hernandez-Leon (eds.), New destinations of Mexican immigration in the United States: Community formation, local responses and inter-group relations. New York: Russell Sage.
Raffaelli , M., Zamboanga, B. L., & Carlo, G. (in press). Acculturation and sexuality among Cuban-American college students. Journal of American College Health.
Carranza, M.A. (2004). “Latinos struggle for equality: A case study of Nebraska’s Latino communities.” Pp.139-76 in G. Cardenas (Ed.), La Causa: Civil Rights, Social Justice the Struggle for Equality in the Midwest. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press.
de Guzman, M. R. T., & Carlo, G. (2004). Family, peer, and acculturative correlates of prosocial development among latino youth in Nebraska. Great Plains Research, 14, 185-202.
Carranza, M. A. and Gouveia, L. (2002). The Integration of the Hispanic/Latino Immigrant Workforce. Final Project Report submitted to the State of Nebraska Mexican American Commission and Task Force on the Productive Integration of the Immigrant Workforce Population.
