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“Missed the Best Months of the War”: Masculinity, Homosociality, and Empire among British Royal Flying Corps Interned in First World War German Prisoner of War Camps

Creator:: Graham, Devon E.
Abstract:: This thesis focuses on performances of masculinity by British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) airmen in the charged landscape of the First World War prisoner of war (POW) camp. I examine how captive airmen coped with imprisonment by reasserting the familiar homosocial communities of pre-capture squadron life, particularly through practices associated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Kryn Freehling- Burton, Dr. Ron Mize, Dr. H Rakes, Dr. Susan Shaw, Dr

Gender, Race, and Nation in the Dear America Series

Creator:: Furman, Kali
Abstract:: Books and literature help children and young adults develop language, cognitive, and social skills. Additionally children's literature enables individuals to develop a deeper appreciation for their own, and others' cultures and histories. This thesis analyzes the young adult historical fiction series Dear America, published by Scholastic press, and examines how...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: gender and sexuality. Susan Mann identifies a critique of normativity, as well as an understanding of

The Conseciuences and Effects for Male Students in the Women Studies Classroom

Creator:: Love, Melanie S.
Abstract:: This research explores the consequences and effects for men enrolled in introductory Women Studies courses at Oregon State University. Men are enrolling in the feminist classroom in larger numbers due to institutional changes allowing Women Studies to provide credit for baccalaureate core curriculum. The intention of this study is to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Enerience of Women's Higher Education at Oregon Agricultural College 1870-1916

Creator:: Knewtson, Katrina Anne
Abstract:: This study addresses women's experiences in higher education at Oregon Agricultural College between 1870 and 1916. The experiences of these women illustrate how they were affected by society's beliefs and values, and further, how their education encouraged them to develop skills necessary to transform their role in society. Education has...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

Creator:: Mau, Sindy Kay
Abstract:: Old women face a unique set of obstacles in their quest for empowerment. In this study the concept of empowerment is explored by politicizing issues of personal safety. The most significant factors that impede an old woman's sense of safety and control include oppression, primarily ageism and sexism, along with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

Creator:: Dubyak, Erin A.
Abstract:: Within the U.S. there is a growing interest in the case of female adolescents being coerced into the sex industry (Bernstein, 2010; Estes & Weiner, 2001; Soderlund, 2010; Williams and Frederick, 2009). This interest, which emerged due to U.S. involvement in the international trafficking phenomena and grassroots organizing, has resulted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: George, Amanda Littke, Andrea Doyle Hugmeyer, Sonya J.P., Leilah Zahedi, and Dr. Susan Logsdon

Transgender Adults Living with Disabilities: Factors Associated with Health Care Utilization

Creator:: Mulcahy, Abigail
Abstract:: Background: Although both transgender adults and adults living with disabilities struggle to access healthcare, both populations are underserved and understudied. Existing research either examines transgender adults and adults with disabilities as separate groups or frames disability as a health outcome a transgender person may experience. Health care utilization and health...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

Creator:: Brinker, Rachel K.
Abstract:: Research shows that women's lives are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. While the topic of women is largely absent from climate discourse overall, the representations of women that occur reveal underlying structures of power rooted in imperialism and colonial dominance. This thesis presents an analysis of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Patti Duncan, Lani Roberts, Janet Lee, Susan Shaw, Kryn Freehling- Burton, Lori Cramer, Jane Nichols

Gender and Race Stereotypes in Advertisements in Science, 2004-2006

Creator:: Atwood-Wheeler, Kathryn
Abstract:: This study documents the occurrence of stereotypical representations of gender, race, and other characteristics in individuals that appear in advertisements in the prestigious academic journal Science. It repeats and expands upon a study conducted by Mary Barbercheck (2001) that analyzed advertisements in Science between 1995 and 1997. In this study,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: professors Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Ronald Doel, Dr. Lori Cramer, Dr. Susan Shaw and Dr. William Lunch. Thank

Letting Our Students Speak: Enriching the Discourse about Feminist Pedagogy in the Virtual Classroom

Creator:: Hugmeyer, Andrea Doyle
Abstract:: The increasingly corporatized and privatized public university has resulted in significant role changes for students and faculty. Among these changes includes the development of online education and its proliferation among various disciplines to not only increase educational access, but to sustain budgetary program needs. Such processes are occurring in women's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: theorists like Susan Sanchez-Casal and Amie A. MacDonald (2002), they argue for an updated theory of

ScholarsArchive@OSU

“Missed the Best Months of the War”: Masculinity, Homosociality, and Empire among British Royal Flying Corps Interned in First World War German Prisoner of War Camps

Gender, Race, and Nation in the Dear America Series

The Conseciuences and Effects for Male Students in the Women Studies Classroom

The Enerience of Women's Higher Education at Oregon Agricultural College 1870-1916

The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

Transgender Adults Living with Disabilities: Factors Associated with Health Care Utilization

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

Gender and Race Stereotypes in Advertisements in Science, 2004-2006

Letting Our Students Speak: Enriching the Discourse about Feminist Pedagogy in the Virtual Classroom

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