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  • Testimonio: ne ̀aahtove - listen to me! voices from the edge : educational stories of Northern Cheyenne women

    Creator:
    Gondara, Brookney C.
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    The purpose of this research was to hear the stories of Northern Cheyenne women's educational experiences using the method of testimonio, a method culturally aligned and academically appropriate for use among indigenous people. The researcher, also a Northern Cheyenne tribal member used testimonio based on its roots in resistance literature...
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    Dissertation
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    Listen to Me! Voices From the Edge - Educational Stories of Northern Cheyenne Women. Abstract approved

  • Pregnancy and the Academy : A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experience of Pregnant Graduate Students

    Creator:
    Larkins, Emma L.
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    This study explored the lived experiences of graduate students in masters-level academic programs who become pregnant, whether intended or otherwise, and the sources from which they received support in their efforts to balance their dual responsibilities as students and mothers-to-be. Through a series of three, semistructured one-on-one interviews, seven participants...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Graduate Students Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction to topic The number of women earning a

  • The experiences of middle-level Chinese female adult immigrants working at west coast community and technical colleges

    Creator:
    Zhou, Lin
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    Community and technical colleges in the United States are experiencing an expansion of racial and ethnic diversity in students, faculty, and administrators. From 1996 to 2006, the number of Asian female college students increased 55.3%, from 13,184 to 20,477. The number of Asian male students increased 48.9%, from 9,731 to...
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    education, Chinese immigrant women who are middle-level administrators play a role as important as that of

  • How does a collaborative community affect diverse students' engagement with an open source software project : a pedagogical paradigm

    Creator:
    Morgan, Becka S.
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    Open Source Software (OSS) communities are homogenous and their lack of diversity is of concern to many within this field. This problem is becoming more pronounced as it is the practice of many technology companies to use OSS participation as a factor in the hiring process, disadvantaging those who are...
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    documented as being a hostile environment for women and minorities to participate in. Additionally OSS

  • In search of belongingness : perceptions, expectations, and values congruence within sorority new members

    Creator:
    Clegg, Karen S.
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    This study addresses perceptions, expectations, and values of women who espoused interest in joining National Panhellenic Conference sorority organizations, and the congruence of their beliefs with their first term membership experiences. The sources that informed women's expectations were also explored. Eight participants were selected from the potential new member pool...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ___________________________________________________________ Tom Scheuermann This study addresses perceptions, expectations, and values of women who

  • Equine-Assisted Group Work : An Exploration of Therapeutic Factors and Group Practices

    Creator:
    Schroeder, Katy
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    Equine-assisted group work has recently emerged in the empirical literature as a promising treatment approach for a variety of populations, including women trauma survivors (Whittlesey-Jermone, 2014; Shambo, Seely, & Vonderfecht, 2010). However, group therapeutic processes (e.g., therapeutic factors) and group leader characteristics have yet to be studied in equine-assisted groups....
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    literature as a promising treatment approach for a variety of populations, including women trauma survivors

  • Gendered Leadership? Female Community College Presidents and their Leadership Behaviors

    Creator:
    Rafia, Lida
    Abstract:
    Considerable research has been done on women and leadership styles, and while most have found very little to no difference in leadership style between men and women, there has been conflict with individual gender roles and organizational roles (Eagly & Johnson, 1990; Eddy & Cox, 2008; Kanter, 1997). These studies...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Shelley I. Dubkin-Lee Considerable research has been done on women and leadership styles

  • Moral dilemmas of bulimics and non-bulimics : a study of voice and self in eating disorders

    Creator:
    Wiggum, Candice Diehl
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    The central question of this study was to examine the moral orientation and the role of self in subject generated moral dilemmas for information on the developmental and cultural forces contributing to the etiology and maintenance of eating disorders in college women. The research was based on the theories of...
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    Dissertation
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    cultural forces contributing to the etiology and maintenance of eating disorders in college women. The

  • Testimonios of shared experience : Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott

    Creator:
    Black, S. Jill
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    The testimonios of three Canadian women athletes and the 1980 Olympic boycott are presented. The Latin American method of testimonio is adapted as a framework for understanding personal stories. Testimonios written in a series of interpretive narratives and poems--poetic testimonios--represent three women's voices. This study includes three journeys: the research...
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    Experience: Canadian Women Athletes and the 1980 Olympic Boycott. Abstract approved: Lizbeth A. Gray The

  • The lived experience of women student mentors

    Creator:
    Rennick, Vikki
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    This is a phenomenological research study of the lived experience of women student mentors at one community college located in an urban setting on the West Coast. The study participants were women students who served as mentors to other women at the community college who are participants in a returning...
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    of Women Student Mentors. Abstract approved: Rich Shintaku This is a phenomenological research