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  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

    Creator:
    Jameson, Sara
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    Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Arts in English presented on April 28, 2004. Title: Mike Rose: Composing a Reading of

  • Fostering a Multidimensional, Metacognitive Landscape Through Rhetorical Narrative Analysis

    Creator:
    Breeden, Regan
    Abstract:
    Close reading has long been favored as an interpretative framework within those classrooms commonly united under the umbrella of English studies. This thesis explores the role of a particular brand of close reading—one often assessed through text-dependent questions—and critiques its centrality within assessment and curriculum materials for the AP Program...
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    Masters Thesis
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    thank Dr. Ehren Pflugfelder, Dr. Megan Ward, and Dr. Kristy Kelly for serving on my committee and

  • Gods and knickknacks : the American adoption of Asian religious items

    Creator:
    Jameson, Tamsyn L.
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    This thesis contains the cultural biography of Buddhist and Hindu items in a small college town in the United States. It explores different factors that have led to the availability of these items here, what attracts Americans to them, and the meanings they give these items. Semi-structured interviews were conducted...
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    Masters Thesis

  • How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

    Creator:
    Nassar, Arica Louise Fafa
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    Mental health among student athletes has gotten much more attention in the world of sport today. However, there has been a lack of research focusing on how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Division 1 student athletes can play a role in their mental health and their desire to seek out help...
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    Masters Thesis
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    parents as compared to White/Caucasian families (Magana, Parish, Rose, Timberlake, & Swaine, 2012

  • Modern apostles

    Creator:
    Casas, Ruben
    Abstract:
    Modern Apostles actively attempts to blur the line between academic scholarship and narrative fiction for the purpose of satirizing the social and the political assumptions of its contemporary moment. By appropriating the loudest voices in dominant American culture, the inter-textual narratives (1) call attention to the voices that go unheard,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    seen walking out of the Black Rose in Boston, Massachusetts last Friday evening with the mysterious

  • The experiences of Asian American females seeking vice president and president positions in community colleges : A view of the barriers and facilitators

    Creator:
    Somer, Marcia G.
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    This qualitative narrative inquiry study explored the experiences and perspectives of five Asian American females who have sought presidencies and/or vice presidencies in community colleges. All five of the participants are currently either a president or vice president in community colleges. This study found nine themes that capture the barriers...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    (Kelly, 2002; Townsend & Twombly, 2007). With the majority of ethnically diverse students, including

  • On top

    Creator:
    Richter, Amanda M.
    Abstract:
    This collection of stories spans a range of content: the personal, the domestic, the political, and the downright terrifying. In “Ilka the Flyer,” a young man is faced with his own crisis and that of his veteran uncle. Sister relationships bloom and fade as the entire family deals with changes...
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    Masters Thesis
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    protested, setting down my fork. Heat rose in my cheeks. “But those are filled with carbohydrates and

  • (re)Presenting in a global village : students of color and the study abroad international experience

    Creator:
    Davis-White Eyes, Allison
    Abstract:
    Post-secondary education institutions across the United States are increasingly allocating resources to promote international education exchange programs as a pedagogical praxis to develop students into global citizens. Underlying such notions of global citizenship is the assumption that students will also develop a stronger post-national or cosmopolitan identity as a result...
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    Dissertation