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Constituting the Invisible : An Examination of the Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity

Creator:: Whitney, April L.
Abstract:: Bisexual females experience unique forms of discrimination, but are often overlooked in scholarship. Recent research focuses on various aspects of bisexuality, yet female bisexuality is largely overlooked. Many existing studies focus on the experiences of bisexuals, rather than on social constructions of the identity and the role communication plays in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Identity Abstract approved: _________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root

Introducing and validating a high-throughput bud break sensor

Creator:: Kleinknecht, George J.
Abstract:: Bud break is a key adaptive trait that can help us understand how plants respond to a changing climate from the molecular to landscape scale. Despite this, acquisition of bud break data is currently constrained by cost, scale, and a lack of information at the plant scale on the environmental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sensor Abstract approved: Heather E. Lintz Bud break is a key adaptive trait that can help us

Systems and methods for multi-robot comedy

Creator:: Swaminathan, Janani
Abstract:: This thesis seeks to make developing multi-robot comedy performances more accessible to developers and performers, and suggests the use of duo comedy for robot-run research experiments. It involved four main steps: technology development, experimental deployments in the general public, the development of the Multi-Robot Comedy Performance System, and an analysis...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Multi-Robot Comedy Abstract approved: Heather Knight This thesis seeks to make developing multi-robot

Hydraulic experiments on impact forces from tsunami-driven debris

Creator:: Ko, Harrison T.
Abstract:: Impact by an idealized shipping container on a column were observed for tsunami flow in a large-scale wave flume modeled at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University. Two specimen types, aluminum and acrylic, were tested; and each specimen was tested in two orientations, longitudinal and transverse....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -Driven Debris AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Harrison T. Ko for the degree of Master of Science in

The University Experiences of First-Generation Polynesian Football Players : An Exploratory Study of Cultural Adaptation

Creator:: Vave, Walker Cook
Abstract:: This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian football players’ university experiences with cultural adaptation. There is little research on this topic. Because of the importance of these issues and the exploratory nature of this study, a qualitative approach was needed. Interviews were conducted with 15 first-generation Polynesian football male...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian

I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

Creator:: Carron, Ashley A.
Abstract:: The rise of social networking is more prevalent in today's society than ever before. Of the existing social networking platforms, Twitter is widely recognized as operating within the social networking elite. With this rise in social networking comes the challenge to develop new strategies of navigation when presenting one's identity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root The rise of social networking is more prevalent in today’s society than

Underneath Our Feet: A Critical Discourse Analysis of an Underground Museum Tour

Creator:: Sokoloski, Taryn Leigh
Abstract:: This study explores an underground museum located in Pendleton, Oregon. Using the method of Critical Discourse Analysis, I identify the ways Whiteness and Chinese as “the Other” are visually and verbally depicted. This study uses a qualitative approach to identify the ways both groups are presented on the tour. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: _______________________________________________________ Elizabeth Root This study

Toward Machine Learning-Enabled Adaptivity for Humorous Robots

Creator:: Gray, Carson C.
Abstract:: Social robots benefit from a sense of humor, which requires the ability to recognize and adapt to human responses during playful interactions. Past work on humorous robots has classified audience responses with audio-based and preliminary visual-based methods following the joke punchline. Building on this progress, we conducted a survey of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Smart, Professor Heather Knight, and Professor Chris Sanchez. And of course, a huge thank you to my

Enhanced rooting of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Oregon Hybrid' with ectomycorrhizal fungi

Creator:: Call, Christopher Alan
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Roberts The effect of 13 ectomycorrhizal fungi on the enhancement of root- ing of stem cuttings of

“I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

Creator:: Anderson, Anna
Abstract:: This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Constituting the Invisible : An Examination of the Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity

Introducing and validating a high-throughput bud break sensor

Systems and methods for multi-robot comedy

Hydraulic experiments on impact forces from tsunami-driven debris

The University Experiences of First-Generation Polynesian Football Players : An Exploratory Study of Cultural Adaptation

I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

Underneath Our Feet: A Critical Discourse Analysis of an Underground Museum Tour

Toward Machine Learning-Enabled Adaptivity for Humorous Robots

Enhanced rooting of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Oregon Hybrid' with ectomycorrhizal fungi

“I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

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