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White racial identity development in transitional space : Discourse and praxis among Christian teacher educators

Creator:: Harris, Gennie S.
Abstract:: This research examines two questions: 1) What stories do Christian teacher educators tell about their own White racial identity development? and 2) Is there an impact of studying White racial identity development on the praxis of Christian teacher educators? If so, in what ways? The researcher began the project with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________________ Jean G. Moule This research examines two questions: 1) What stories do Christian teacher

Assessing the feasibility of policy prescriptions in the Salmon 2100 Project

Creator:: Whitehead, Katharine S.
Abstract:: Wild salmon populations are in decline in the Pacific Northwest. In the region populations and runs of Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytsha), Chum (Oncorhynchus keta), Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Sockey (Oncorhynchus nerka), and Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) have been listed as threatened and/or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the U.S. and/or...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Steel, representing Political Science Robert T. Lackey, representing Fisheries & Wildlife

Resilience of large river basins : applying social-ecological systems theory, conflict management, and collaboration on the Mekong and Columbia Basins

Creator:: MacQuarrie, Patrick R.
Abstract:: River basins provide essential services for both humans and ecosystems. Understanding the connections between ecosystems and society and their function has been at the heart of resilience studies and has become an increasing important endeavor in research and practice. In this dissertation, I define basin resilience as a river basin...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ................................. 333 6.7. APPENDIX G: PROJECTS IN THE COLUMBIA AND MEKONG BASINS

Where wildfire risk and social vulnerability coincide: mapping place vulnerability to wildfire over the coterminous US

Creator:: Wigtil, Gabriel A.
Abstract:: The hazards-of-place model of vulnerability to environmental hazards posits that vulnerability has biophysical and social components. While biophysical characteristics are important in predicting locations of elevated wildfire risk, the social characteristics of human communities may help us predict locations of elevated wildfire impacts. We examine the relationship between biophysical and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Keeping state policy public : meeting accountability in commission governance

Creator:: Stauffer, Scott
Abstract:: Despite their widespread use and presence at all levels of government, public commissions and boards are rarely given much attention, by the general public, academia, or surprisingly by public policy and agency experts. As a state infrastructure governing entity transportation commissions often deal with controversy, but do we really understand...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text::       TABLE OF BOXES  1. Robert Moses of New York  .  .  .  .  .    5  2. Glenn L. Jackson of Oregon

The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

Creator:: Eckstein, Nathan
Abstract:: Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. have exhibited an upward trend over time similar to that observed for GDP and personal income. While conventional wisdom suggests that economic growth leads to more driving and thus higher VMT, it is theoretically possible that the causation could also be the other...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

Creator:: Yang, Hui
Abstract:: The objectives and characteristics of university biotechnology research, including its applicability to such industries as agriculture and food processing, arise from formal and informal linkages among university scientists, public and private-nonprofit funding sources, and industry. In the present study I develop, specify, and estimate a model of the supply and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Research Excludability (Public vs. Private) 38 4.2 Measure of Research Funding (G) 41 4.3 Measures of

Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking

Creator:: Freeman, Misty
Abstract:: The state of Oregon is divided in important ways along rural and urban lines, including the way people make a living, individual and group relationships with the natural world, political ideologies, and personal values. This rural-urban divide has assisted policymakers in making decisions that balance the needs of Oregonians on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon

Creator:: Adams, Vince
Abstract:: The federal government owns 60 percent of Oregon’s forests and, since 1908, has shared proceeds from federal forest timber harvests with counties. These revenues have provided a relatively stable source of funds for the provision of services by county governments in Oregon. Shared revenues from US Forest Service (USFS) lands...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: hypothetical local government. The horizontal axis is the production of services by government G and the

Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

Creator:: Peterson, Holly L.
Abstract:: Public policy narratives and stories are often referenced by the media, politicians, advocacy groups, and across many disciplines in academia. Studies of social and political narratives support the notion narrative matters, but often lack systematic design capable of producing generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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White racial identity development in transitional space : Discourse and praxis among Christian teacher educators

Assessing the feasibility of policy prescriptions in the Salmon 2100 Project

Resilience of large river basins : applying social-ecological systems theory, conflict management, and collaboration on the Mekong and Columbia Basins

Where wildfire risk and social vulnerability coincide: mapping place vulnerability to wildfire over the coterminous US

Keeping state policy public : meeting accountability in commission governance

The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking

Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon

Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

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