APPROVED: Alicia Re Cruz, Major Professor Mariela Nuñez-Janes, Committee Member Ozlem Altiok, Committee Member Lisa Henry, Chair of the Department of Anthropology David Holdeman, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Victor Prybutok, Vice Provost of the Toulouse Graduate School BODIES OF EVIDENCE: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF FEMALE CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN DALLAS Ryan K. Kober Thesis Prepared for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS May 2017