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California Community College Faculty Perceptions of Their Work within a Postmodern Market Economy

Creator:: Oliveira, Kristine Yvonne
Abstract:: The diversity of attitudes held by California community college faculty about Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) was studied. In twelve semi-structured interviews, faculty informants explained how their work has changed as a result of increased standardization and accountability measures, how they value those changes, and how they expect the profession to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Work within a Postmodern Market Economy AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristine Y. Oliveira for the

"I've lived on these streets, and these streets aren't pretty" : The Life Stories of Corvallis Homeless Women

Creator:: Koch, Elizabeth C.
Abstract:: Over two million people experience homelessness in the United States, but homeless people are often marginalized by invisibility and stigmas surrounding poverty within their local communities. This research seeks to amplify the voices of Corvallis area homeless women as a means to understand their everyday lived experiences. Six women residing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Mehra A. Shirazi Over two million people experience homelessness in the United States

Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

Creator:: Galipeau, Brendan A.
Abstract:: This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Brendan A. Galipeau for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented on July 6, 2012

Searching for Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene-age Deposits in the Paleo-Tahkenitch Stream Basin: A Geoarchaeological Investigation in Douglas County, Oregon

Creator:: Newell, Zachary A.
Abstract:: Coastal stream basins are of great importance to efforts aimed at refining our understanding of the earliest populations that inhabited the ancient Oregon coast. However, geomorphic responses to post-glacial sea level rise in these settings has produced depositional environments that destroy or deeply bury late Pleistocene and early Holocene-age archaeological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Zachary A

Integrated Evaluation of Drinking Water Purification: A Mixed-Method Laboratory and Field Assessment of a Biomass-Powered Water Treatment Technology

Creator:: Burleson, Grace Ellen
Abstract:: The global water crisis is defined as one of the major threats facing humankind over the next decade with over 1 in 10 people lacking access to clean drinking water worldwide. An estimated 1.2 million people pasteurize their drinking water by using boiling as an indicator. Pasteurization is the process...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on June 6, 2018. Title: Integrated Evaluation of Drinking Water Purification: A Mixed-Method

Conceiving A Colony: A Multi-Level Biocultural Analysis of the Maternal Stress-Preterm Birth Nexus in Puerto Rico

Creator:: Horan, Holly L.
Abstract:: This dissertation aims to elicit how a neo-colonial context shapes maternal and infant heath (MIH) outcomes by describing how they are socially, politically, historically, and culturally produced. Using a multi-level critical biocultural, medical anthropological research approach, the purpose of this research was to investigate maternal stress in the United States...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: late grandma Barbara Horan, thank you for showing me what it means to be a strong woman, I am amazed

Food storage practices within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : an ethnographic comparison of discourses

Creator:: Valora, Amanda
Abstract:: Personal preparedness and self-‐reliance have been themes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-‐day Saints since its early days as an organized religion. These themes are still strong and vibrant today and one of their key aspects is the practice of food storage. Personal and familial preparation for problems...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: is a key aspect behind their keeping of a storage, there

Central Desert Studies : Archaeological Survey and Excavation in Baja California, Mexico

Creator:: Willis, Samuel C.
Abstract:: This dissertation serves as a contribution to the study of the prehistory of the Central Desert region of Baja California, Mexico. Between 2007 and 2011, a trans-peninsular archaeological survey and excavation program―the Central Desert Early Prehistory Project (CDEPP)―was completed for a portion of the Baja California peninsula extending from the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Davis This dissertation serves as a contribution to the study of the prehistory of the Central

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out : Negotiations of Poverty and Class Among Low-Income Oregonians

Creator:: Montañez, Morgan
Abstract:: The Linn and Benton County Gleaner network has helped the low-income families of urban and rural Oregon reclaim moral, social and cultural capital that is lost in the act of being poor in America. Rather than participating solely in government safety nets, these people reject “hand-outs” in favor of exchanging...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Microsoft Word - A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out.docx AN

Academic women : individual considerations and structural forces in navigating academic organizations

Creator:: Almquist, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: This dissertation is situated as the third work in a series on academic women. In 1964, Jessie Bernard published Academic Women, which provided a comprehensive assessment of the status of women in academia. Two decades later, in 1987, Angela Simeone offered insight into attempts to achieve equity for women in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________ Nancy R. Rosenberger This dissertation is situated as the third work in a series on academic

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California Community College Faculty Perceptions of Their Work within a Postmodern Market Economy

"I've lived on these streets, and these streets aren't pretty" : The Life Stories of Corvallis Homeless Women

Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

Searching for Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene-age Deposits in the Paleo-Tahkenitch Stream Basin: A Geoarchaeological Investigation in Douglas County, Oregon

Integrated Evaluation of Drinking Water Purification: A Mixed-Method Laboratory and Field Assessment of a Biomass-Powered Water Treatment Technology

Conceiving A Colony: A Multi-Level Biocultural Analysis of the Maternal Stress-Preterm Birth Nexus in Puerto Rico

Food storage practices within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : an ethnographic comparison of discourses

Central Desert Studies : Archaeological Survey and Excavation in Baja California, Mexico

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out : Negotiations of Poverty and Class Among Low-Income Oregonians

Academic women : individual considerations and structural forces in navigating academic organizations

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