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Filtering by: Creator Donnelly, Jeffrey P. Advisor Pflugfelder, Ehren H. Degree Name Master of Arts (M.A.)

Classified bodies : disability, identity, and the technological classroom

Creator:

Iwertz, Chad E.

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This thesis pursues a flexible understanding and definition of dis/ability as a broadly and liberally applied mark of stigma. It asks questions that develop a deeper understanding of how disability influences mētis, a knowledge or cunning use of the body. Through this framework of mētis, this thesis explores technologies as...

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Masters Thesis
Translingual Science Communication: From Local Publications to the STEM Writing Classroom

Creator:

Werndli, Alexander J.

Abstract:

In order to assist WAC/WID practitioners and science writing faculty in incorporating translingual perspectives in disciplinary writing instruction, this study extends translingualism to language practice in the sciences by conducting a corpus study of Al-Awamia, a Moroccan agronomic journal. Mapping rhetorically significant changes across abstracts authored in English, French, and...

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Masters Thesis

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teaching of writing. (p. 6). These needs undoubtedly extend beyond the University of Missouri’s campus
Public Proof : Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational

Creator:

Snyder, Wesley M.

Abstract:

A 2014 Pew Research poll revealed large gaps between public opinion and scientific opinion over environmental and biomedical issues (Funk and Rainie). Similarly, a number of recent popular books have described a growing public mistrust in scientific expertise (Mooney; Storr; Specter). Why is it, then, that so much of the...

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Masters Thesis