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Managing a non-profit organization: directors' views from the top

Creator:: Barp, Meghan E.
Abstract:: This research is based on in-depth interviews with 10 women directors of nonprofit organizations in New York City. Each director identified as feminist, or worked for a feminist-identifying organization that existed to meet the needs of women in New York City. The intention of this study is to examine how...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Twin Peaks and the Ideological Problematic of Feminine Representation: An Examination of the Character Audrey Home

Creator:: Wood, Susan (Susan Elaine)
Abstract:: In this thesis, I examine the ways in which the television series Twin Peaks represents the feminine through a textual analysis of the character Audrey Home. Using reader-response theory, I seek to show that while the series conforms to patriarchal media conventions such as the male gaze and narrative stereotypes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Susan Wood for the degree of

The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil

Creator:: Melchor, Carolina R.
Abstract:: This Thesis examines Brazil’s political and historical context to explore and understand the logics behind the high rates of violence in our society. It focuses in education as one of our main vehicles of disseminating knowledge and therefore culture, language and values that might be contributing and perpetuating sexism, racism,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw This Thesis examines Brazil’s political and historical context to explore and

Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

Creator:: Freehling-Burton, Kryn
Abstract:: Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite examines the ways in which the audience at Oregon State University (OSU) responds to the annual production of the play in connection with the international college campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and to raise money for community organizations...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

A Thematic Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books

Creator:: Marie, Michelle
Abstract:: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the top ten best-selling children's picture books of 2006 reveals that these books contain elements of systematic privilege and oppression. Dominant group members are numerically overrepresented in the sample. Major emergent themes are the normalization of racism and white privilege, the stereotypical portrayal of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books. Abstract approved: Susan M. Shaw

A Global Trend of Child trafficking Among Girls Experiencing Violence and Neglect in the Yorùbá Ethnic group in Nigeria: A Transnational Feminist Approach

Creator:: Oludayo, Folasade M.
Abstract:: The trafficking of children is one of the gravest violations of human rights globally today. Every year, hundreds of thousands of girl child are smuggled across borders and sold as mere commodities. There are minimal scholarly works focusing on the girl child and analyzing it from the global trends among...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw Abstract The trafficking of children is one of the gravest violations of human

Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

Creator:: Filan, Trina Robin
Abstract:: This research is based on in-depth interviews with 20 women farmers and ranchers from the state of Oregon. These women employ a variety of methods and subscribe to a number of divergent philosophies regarding agricultural practices. The intention of this study is to examine how women who are the primary...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection. Susan M. Shaw This research is based on in-depth interviews

The Experiences of Male Students in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Creator:: Viveros Cespedes, Marcos Andres
Abstract:: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) is an interdisciplinary academic field that addresses gender, sexuality, and social justice issues. The research objective of this project was to examine the attitudes of self-identified male students in introductory Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for winter term 2016 at Oregon State University. This...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw

Feminist and Mormon: Reconciling Ideals of Equality and a Culture of Patriarchy

Creator:: George, Julie A. (Julie Ann)
Abstract:: The aim of this study is to explore how women who identify as both active, believing Mormons and as feminists negotiate the contradictions between an ideology that values equality (feminism) and a religion that values patriarchy (Mormonism). Data were gathered through recorded and transcribed interviews with women who identify as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ___________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw The aim of this study is to explore how women who identify as both active

Casting Call: A Female Actor's Struggle to Stardom

Creator:: Schiller, Dawn S.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw In the era of #MeToo, we have learned more about the plight of women in

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Managing a non-profit organization: directors' views from the top

Twin Peaks and the Ideological Problematic of Feminine Representation: An Examination of the Character Audrey Home

The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil

Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

A Thematic Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books

A Global Trend of Child trafficking Among Girls Experiencing Violence and Neglect in the Yorùbá Ethnic group in Nigeria: A Transnational Feminist Approach

Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

The Experiences of Male Students in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Feminist and Mormon: Reconciling Ideals of Equality and a Culture of Patriarchy

Casting Call: A Female Actor's Struggle to Stardom

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