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  • Disability to Super-Ability: Issues Along The Human Enhancement Spectrum

    Creator:
    Oakes, Ian R.
    Abstract:
    Advancements in the field of medical and computer technology promise a new age of human enhancement technology (HET). These technologies may be aptly applied to existing Assistive Technology (AT), which was created to ameliorate disability, moving one up the spectrum of ability. This study aimed to determine how these technologies...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    Enhancement Spectrum by Ian R. Oakes A THESIS submitted to

  • Making & finding childhoods : forest schooling in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Bustamante, Stephanie
    Abstract:
    East School is a private, forest schooling program in the Pacific Northwest. This ethnography focuses on student engagement with teacher led efforts to "educate" them within an emergent social system depending on new subjectivities. I ground this premise in a reflexive analytical framework, unpacking an implicit ethnotheory of perception as...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    FInal Draft! AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephanie Bustamante

  • Factors of Trust: The Role of Interpersonal Communication and Physical Touch on the Patient-Physician Relationship

    Creator:
    Trinh, Daniel S.
    Abstract:
    The physician-patient relationship is one that relies heavily on the premise of trust. In contemporary medicine, trust is difficult to sustain due to the distractions created by technological documentation, rules, an increasing number of patients seen by a fewer physicians that diminish the human interaction within the relationship. To emphasize...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    ______________________________________________________________________________ Stephanie Jenkins, Committee Member, representing the School of History, Philosophy, and

  • Abandoning the girl show ghetto : introducing and incorporating care ethics to girls' animation

    Creator:
    Hughes, Adam C.
    Abstract:
    In regards to animation created and aimed at them, girls are largely underserved and underrepresented. This underrepresentation leads to decreased socio-cultural capital in adulthood and a feeling of sacrificed childhood. Although there is a common consensus in entertainment toward girls as a potentially deficient audience, philosophy and applied ethics open...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • The Internet Usage Habits of Young Women with ADHD : Insights and Implications

    Creator:
    Dakessian, Drew R.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ______________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Drew R. Dakessian for the degree of Master of Arts in Women

  • Tragedy at Sandy Hook and the National Rifle Association's Propaganda Response

    Creator:
    Gundlach, Andrew
    Abstract:
    This research examines the response from the National Rifle Association (NRA) to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Specifically, the research seeks to conclude whether the NRA engaged in propaganda, and if so, what the ethical implications of such use are. Using literature from...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    committee members: Dr. Robert Thompson, Dr. Erin Gallagher, Dr. Stephanie Jenkins, and of course, Dr

  • Chasing the Limelight : An Exploratory, Grounded Theory Multivariate Analysis of Academic Prestige in Sociology

    Creator:
    Farris, Tucker D.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to provide exploratory understanding of the nature of academic prestige in the field of sociology, and to provide insights into the history of the discipline. The primary research question was: does academic prestige act as a factor in controlling academic knowledge production in the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    students have infinitely benefitted from. Dr. Stephanie Jenkins, for the first and only class at OSU

  • Rethinking autonomy in group home policy

    Creator:
    Gaddis, Matthew A.
    Abstract:
    In this thesis I argue that in contemporary Oregon, the policies and design of group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities emphasizes an ineffective conception of autonomy, and this emphasis should be shifted to provide better opportunities for the growth of individuals both within the homes and in their communities....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Clough and Stephanie Jenkins, have been brilliant and have helped develop my writing and thinking

  • Allocation in Health Care : Antecedent Conditions and Catholic Insights

    Creator:
    Hosford, Laura L.
    Abstract:
    This research was aimed at providing the foundation for changing standards of care in a critical care setting using Catholic concepts of respect for human dignity, subsidiarity, common good, and solidarity as a matter of social justice. I first unpacked the nature of ICU care and the inevitability of the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Lived Experiences of “Beautiful” Women : A Postmodern Feminist Exploration of Beauty Discourse and Identity

    Creator:
    Marie, Michelle
    Abstract:
    While a great deal is known about the benefits of being culturally identified as attractive, very little is known about the lived experiences of beautiful women. In this study, 21 adult women who are currently employed as models or represented by modeling agencies participated in open-ended interviews, and their responses...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . Stephanie Duckett, who created for me the opportunity to become a student parent advocate and who