Gary D. Keller
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A Biographical Handbook of Hispanics and United States Film provides the most complete biographic and filmographic record currently available on the participation of Hispanics in the United States film industry. Gary D. Keller has collected biographical information on hundreds of Hispanic actors, directors, cinematographers, screenwriters, producers, animators, and other film professionals who have participated in United States film from its beginnings...
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"This book showcases nearly 120 works of Chicana and Chicano art and provides a good representation of the art movement for general readers and students. Created in part as a catalog for the 2004 exhibition of the same name, the book is also designed to serve as a usefule tool for teaching Chicana/o art from the elementary grades through graduate school as well as for the novice adult. Art aficionados will relish the striking full-color images in...
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"With more than 600 full-color images, this book celebrates the art organizations that have promoted Mexican American art and served as art education centers for their communities. Their efforts have produced a significant body of collectible works that inspire through their artistry. Vividly showcasing many of these works on generously sized pages, this coffee-table book is the fourth volume in the series that began with Contemporary Chicana and...
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Introduction: advances in assessment and the potential for increasing the number of Hispanics in higher education by Gary D. Keller. Cultural and linguistic influences on Latino testing by José P. Mestre and James M. Royer. Diagnostic testing of reasoning skills by Richard P. Durán. Assessing heuristic knowledge to enhance college students' success by Raymond V. Padilla. Time as a factor in the cognitive test performance of Latino college students...
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"Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art" brings into sharp focus the rich diversity of an art movement that is now achieving full recognition in the art community at large. These two volumes encapsulate the lives and careers of nearly two hundred artists -- from such established masters as Luise Jiménez and Yolanda López to emerging new talents Xóchitl Cristina Gil and Vincent Valdez -- and presents representative samples of their work, faithfully...