Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Creator Epsky, Nancy D. Remove constraint Creator: Epsky, Nancy D. Committee Member Gross, Joan Remove constraint Committee Member: Gross, Joan

Search Results

  • The Accessible Foodscape: Vulnerable Populations, Policy, and Navigating Complex Strategies

    Creator:
    Caplan, Shannon
    Abstract:
    The act of accessing food is embedded within various systems of power. This dissertation problematizes our understanding of food access for vulnerable populations by making explicit ways that social constructions, including power, affect food access for vulnerable populations. This is accomplished across three manuscripts. The first manuscript presents textual analysis...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    . Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________ Nancy R. Rosenberger The

  • Development projects and questions of empowerment: a Salvadorean women's cooperative

    Creator:
    Hannigan-Luther, Kristen L.
    Abstract:
    Many development organizations now recognize the importance of culturally sensitive project design and implementation. Unfortunately most of these groups continue to disregard the significance of gender. This qualitative research examines a women's cooperative in rural El Salvador which formed in order to find a means of generating income and to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    encouraged me through many courses and examsJudi, Dawn, Pips, Laura, Nick and Heather. To Nancy Rosenberger

  • Serving Amid Institutional Camouflage : The Invisibility of School Food Service Workers

    Creator:
    Byrd, Janette
    Abstract:
    The products, processes, and tools of school feeding programs have been examined from multiple perspectives and disciplines in an attempt to improve child nutrition outcomes, to support local and national agriculture, and increase sustainability practices. There is little qualitative research on the role, needs, and experiences of school food service...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    : Nancy R. Rosenberger The products, processes, and tools of school feeding programs have been

  • Japanese animation in America and its fans

    Creator:
    Davis, Jesse Christian
    Abstract:
    This research covers Japanese animation and its popularity in the United States. It focuses on hardcore fans for whom this animation has become part of their lives. Using interviews of self-identified anime fans, this research explores how anime fandom has become a part of American life despite originating in a...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger This research covers Japanese animation and its popularity in the

  • Portlandia's Other Children : Refugee Communities in Urban Life

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele M.
    Abstract:
    This research analyzes the relations of ethnic refugee communities and particularly their businesses to gentrification and community vitality in a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. The data indicates that gentrification is not a linear process of displacement of African Americans by Whites seeking affordable housing and new frontiers, but rather is...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    : ______________________________________________________ Nancy R. Rosenberger This research analyzes the relations of ethnic refugee

  • Civic agriculture : the successes, trials, and future of the local food movement in the Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Klingensmith, Thomas S.
    Abstract:
    This study investigated the local and sustainable food movements in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The aim of the research was to better understand the current condition of the phenomenon, what it means to the communities studied and the future role it will play in the state. Other research objectives...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    Movement in the Willamette Valley Abstract approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger This study

  • Mothers and Work: Women's Perceptions in Contemporary Japanese Society

    Creator:
    Yoshizaki, Kimiyo
    Abstract:
    This paper investigates certain women's problems in contemporary Japan. Historically, Japanese believed ideal women fit in the stereotype of "Good wife, Wise mother." Japanese women's main roles were regarded as wife and mother. Especially, motherhood was the main responsibility of women. However, the advance of industry, technology, and methods of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    . Nancy Rosenberger, Dr. Joan Gross, Dr. Susan Shaw, and Dr. Anita Helle. Especially, I would like to

  • Going somewhere or getting stuck : transitions to adulthood in rural Oregon

    Creator:
    Cunningham, Sarah E.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation explores the real world problem of rural youth out-migration and finds that the central problem is one of persistent class difference in this rural Oregon town. The research that informs this dissertation was conducted in a rural community of approximately 2300 residents in Eastern Oregon, here called Talltown....
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    : ____________________________________________________ Nancy R. Rosenberger This dissertation explores the real world problem of rural youth out

  • Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

    Creator:
    Kinoğlu, Sera D.
    Abstract:
    As Turkey's cultural and economic climate has experienced dramatic shifts in accordance with its changing role in global society, a neo-Ottoman movement has taken root in recent years which can offer insight into the new Turkish identity. This sociopolitical movement captures a diverse set of cultural attributes through a contemporary...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
                ____________________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sera D. Kinoğlu for the degree of Master

  • Culturally appropriate supermarket nutrition education for Mexican-American families

    Creator:
    Saldana, Tina Marie
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
    Full Text:
    . Joan Gross and Professor Nancy Bryant, your support each step of the way has been greatly appreciated