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  • Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

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    Hanna, Erika L.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University polo team negotiate aspects of their social identity. Over the course of the 2011-2012 school year, 15 interviews and 30 hours of observations were conducted. From the data, five overarching themes were identified: inclusion as...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Erika L. Hanna for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • “I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

    Creator:
    Anderson, Anna
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    This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
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    : _____________________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the

  • Native American Representation in Museums : A Cross Cultural Comparison of the Effects of Cultural Resource Laws

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    Thorsgard, Misty
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    The image of Native Americans in the United States has changed through the passage of time. Part of this change is directly related to the representation of their cultures in a museum setting and the inception of cultural resource laws that govern them. This research looks at four museums, two...
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    : ___________________________________________________________________ Deanna M. Kingston The image of Native Americans in the United States has changed through

  • The reflection of culture in biological evolution

    Creator:
    Yates, Dean Arnold
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    Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
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    EVOLUTION Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Kenneth L. Beals Kelso's theory of Biocultural

  • Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

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    Read, Richard Thomas
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    In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
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    (Springfield, Mass.: G & C Merriam Company, 1981), p. b94. 3Examples are H. M. Vollmer and Donald L. Mills

  • Measurement and meaning of archaeological diversity

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    Betz, Virginia Marie
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    Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity refers to both the number of artifact classes present (richness) and the proportional representation of classes (evenness). Numerical diversity indices measure one or both components. Archaeologists use assemblage diversity to infer behavior of prehistoric cultures. Archaeological inferences about behavior...
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    Courtland L. Smith Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity

  • Archival Anthropometry: An Analysis of the Anthropometric Data of Native American Children Gathered by Franz Boas, 1888-1902

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    Kirkpatrick, Kristin A.
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    Franz Boas collected anthropometric data on approximately 15,000 people from over 200 Native American tribal groups between 1888 and 1902. Twelve basic measurements were taken: standing height, shoulder height, height to digit III, arm span, sitting height, shoulder width, head length and width, face height and breadth, and nose height...
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    . Abstract approved: Roberta L. Hall Franz Boas collected anthropometric data on approximately 15,000 people

  • Perspectives from the Ranching Culture in the 1990's : Addressing Mythological and Environmental Concerns

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    Steward, Judith A.
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    Ideals of freedom, independence, and land ownership helped form and perpetuate the mythology of ranching in the United States. However, stereotypes emerged as a result of distortion from the media and the move away from the land. Social philosophies changed regarding the environment, land use, and the health and safety...
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    Mythological and Environmental Concerns. Abstract approved: Courtland L. Smith Ideals of freedom

  • Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

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    Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
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    Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Alexandra L. Simmons

  • Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

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    Prior, Jan M.
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    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
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