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Finding a Reason to Run: Examining Women's Experiences with a Running Program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

Creator:: Ward, Alicia
Abstract:: Bunk to 5K is a program designed to encourage and support new and experienced runners in custody at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF). CCCF is the only women’s prison in Oregon, housing around 1,200 women at any given time, at all levels of custody (ODOC, 2020). The non-profit which runs...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Finding a Reason to Run: Examining Women's Experiences

The Effect of an Ethics Course on Bioengineering Students' Understanding of Social Justice Issues in the Context of Engineering

Creator:: Rinker, Torri E.
Abstract:: The nature of engineering work requires that ethical considerations are taken into account while making decisions surrounding topics such as technology, equal distribution of cost benefits, and consumer risk. In order for engineers to make ethical decisions in their careers, it is helpful if their engineering education provided them with...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Caslin has been a constant source of support, fun, and intellect since the day I stepped on the OSU

Food storage practices within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : an ethnographic comparison of discourses

Creator:: Valora, Amanda
Abstract:: Personal preparedness and self-‐reliance have been themes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-‐day Saints since its early days as an organized religion. These themes are still strong and vibrant today and one of their key aspects is the practice of food storage. Personal and familial preparation for problems...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: as a gatherer; present-‐day hunter-‐gatherer societies are studied in an

Breast cancer screening behaviors among immigrant Iranian women in the United States

Creator:: Shirazi, Mehra A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe Iranian immigrant women's knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards breast cancer, and their breast cancer screening behaviors. Specifically, this research examined the predictors of age-specific breast cancer screening participation among this population. The participants in this study consisted (n=34 1) of self-identified first...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Mehra A

Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

Creator:: Larsen, Haley A.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the electrified female subject in two novels, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905). As cultural touchstones, two literary works that prominently feature electricity -- Henry James' story "In the Cage" and Henry Adams' biography The Education of Henry Adams --...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ! ! AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Haley A. Larsen for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented

Muscle & money : determining the relationship between occupational physical demands and individual earning power

Creator:: O'Neill, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: Women are economically disadvantaged in most U.S. labor markets, demonstrated by a persistent gender wage gap. The relative wage discrepancy can be understood as a result of labor market conditions, human capital investments, and gender discrimination. To determine if the wage gap could be decreased, I use classical regression modeling...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Wardle’s 1976 report proving that women can do ‘very’ to ‘unduly strenuous work’ for 8.5 hours a day, and

Seeking Wholeness Within Conditions of Possibility: Trans People's Intersectional Experiences Resisting the Pressure to Conform to the Gender Binary

Creator:: Blodgett, Jey A. H.
Abstract:: As a targeted attack is unfolding against LGBTQ+ people across the U.S. right now, the unique experiences of queer and trans people deserve more attention. Transgender people are subjected to unique forms of discrimination and marginalization through cisnormativity (i.e., the assumption that everyone is and should be cisgender) and transnormativity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jey A. H

Parents’ Reflections on their Gender Socialization Practices with their Adolescent Daughters and Sons

Creator:: Blodgett, Jennifer A. H.
Abstract:: Parents shape their adolescents’ gender role attitudes through the process of gender role socialization. How parents socialize their adolescent’s gender role attitudes has long-lasting impacts on how youth navigate social relationships, envision work and family roles, and enforce or reject gender stereotypes. Adolescence is a period in which romantic interests,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jennifer A. H

Instructors as learning managers : span of control as a factor of class size in higher education

Creator:: McKiel, Carol J.
Abstract:: Research suggests that a key factor in student persistence and success is the relationships students form with faculty (Chickering & Gamson, 1991; Kuh et al., 2005; Tinto, 1987). While it appears to be intuitive that small classes would promote these instructor/student relationships, research on class size provides conflicting results, with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Instructors as Learning Managers: Span of Control as a Factor of Class Size in Higher Education

Creative Placemaking as a Composition Pedagogy

Creator:: Yerace, Marisa
Abstract:: This thesis explores the ways in which creative placemaking, a neighborhood-based practice for building community, can offer community-building and civic action wisdom as a model for composition. This model brings attention to spatial metaphors for rhetoric and teaching that have persisted for millennia; it re-focuses us on community; it encourages...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on May 14, 2020. Title: Creative Placemaking as a

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Finding a Reason to Run: Examining Women's Experiences with a Running Program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

The Effect of an Ethics Course on Bioengineering Students' Understanding of Social Justice Issues in the Context of Engineering

Food storage practices within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : an ethnographic comparison of discourses

Breast cancer screening behaviors among immigrant Iranian women in the United States

Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

Muscle & money : determining the relationship between occupational physical demands and individual earning power

Seeking Wholeness Within Conditions of Possibility: Trans People's Intersectional Experiences Resisting the Pressure to Conform to the Gender Binary

Parents’ Reflections on their Gender Socialization Practices with their Adolescent Daughters and Sons

Instructors as learning managers : span of control as a factor of class size in higher education

Creative Placemaking as a Composition Pedagogy

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