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  • (Re)-conceiving birthing spaces in India : exploring NGO promotion of institutional delivery in Rajasthan, India

    Creator:
    Price, Sara
    Abstract:
    In India, globalized flows of bio-medical discourse, practices and technologies are reshaping the field of reproductive healthcare, and the performance of childbirth more specifically. These projects aim to produce institutional delivery rooms that are "safe and modernized" by equating the utilization of westernized, obstetric techniques for managing delivery with better...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara Price for the

  • Geoarchaeological research within five river miles of the Upper Klamath River Canyon : use of pedogenic properties to calculate alluvial terrace age

    Creator:
    Hescock, Sara
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    Soil is a valuable medium when investigating the past-- from understanding rates of development, landform evolution, to the construction of various predictive models. Landforms and sediments provide insight into depositional environments and soil morphology indicates pedogenic change within those landforms. The rate at which pedogenesis occurs has been quantitatively measured...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara Hescock for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology

  • You better work : negotiating race, sexuality, gender, and neoliberalism in plus-size fashion blogs

    Creator:
    Conway, Clare
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    Over the past decade, the explosion of social media has secured the Internet as a venue for political discussions of all sorts; as well as a realm of consumption and commodification. One population of women that has utilized social media in this way is the plus-sized fashion ("fatshion") community on...
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  • The Internet Usage Habits of Young Women with ADHD : Insights and Implications

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    Dakessian, Drew R.
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    Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the most common childhood neurological disorder in the United States, also affects grown women. But girls with ADHD, who tend towards symptoms of inattentiveness, often go undiagnosed until young adulthood. This is because (a) their symptoms are less obvious than the hyperactivity common in ADHD boys, and...
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I express my profound gratitude to the members of my thesis committee: Sara Jameson, Stephanie

  • On Happiness, Dysphoria and Pain

    Creator:
    Anderson, Eli Evan
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    This project is a personal exploration of happiness and optimism through the lens of a queer and transgender subject who experiences gender dysphoria, depression, and suicidality. Taking inspiration from Ann Cvetkovich’s (2012) Depression: A Public Feeling, this work incorporates both analysis of affective theory, especially Lauren Berlant’s theory of cruel...
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    ) and Sara Ahmed’s (2017) idea of “break[ing] through a happiness seal” (p. 60); as well as personal

  • Feeling through Language: Tracing Affect in Gendered Language

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    Moody, Jeana S.
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    This study looks at how gendered language circulates affect in order to coerce gender binary conformity. I analyze the ways gendered phrases like “sit like a lady”, “don’t be a bitch”, and “man up” communicate binary gender expectations within a U.S. context, and what they have to do with larger...
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    sociolinguistics to inform my analysis and primarily use Sara Ahmed’s discussion of affect as socially produced

  • Queering the Birthing Body: Coming Out Fatigue and the Medical Gaze

    Creator:
    Danna, Maria N.
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    Queer birthing parents in the Pacific Northwestern United States have multifaceted and variable paths when it comes to conceiving a family. With the innovations in assisted reproductive technology accompanying the wider acceptance and recognition of gender and sexual difference in mainstream society, a greater number of queer birthing parents are...
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    Melissa J. Cheyney Queer birthing parents in the Pacific Northwestern United States have

  • "All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

    Creator:
    Schindell, Jennifer R.
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    The sudden and unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant sets in motion a number of linked processes with potentially complex and far-reaching ramifications. While individuals, families and communities grapple with the shock and heartbreak associated with the loss of a young life, a chain of multidisciplinary investigative responsibilities is...
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    :  ______________________________________________________   Melissa  J.  Cheyney         The  sudden  and  unexpected  death

  • Casting Call: A Female Actor's Struggle to Stardom

    Creator:
    Schiller, Dawn S.
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    In the era of #MeToo, we have learned more about the plight of women in Hollywood as they seek employment as actors. While the recent public conversation about gender and sexualization in Hollywood is robust, few peer-reviewed academic articles examine the actor’s personal experiences of gaining meaningful employment in television...
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  • ¿Que es rico? In Support of the ¡Que Rico Es! 250mil Familias Campaña : Practice, Ideology, Rica, Sana, y De Nuestra Tierra

    Creator:
    Fisher, Nicholas A.
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    What does comida rica mean? In this thesis, I explore the meanings of comida rica, sana, and de nuestra tierra through the discourses, practices, and kitchen geographies in six urban, highland households in the Ecuadorean Andes. This research, as part of a larger investigation carried out by a team of...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1. Sara preparing masa