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  • (Com)Posing Rhetorical Ecology: Cultivating Phronesis via Permacultural Praxis

    Creator:
    Ferris, Ian
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    Contrasting the productive ground gained in ecological rhetorical theory through embedded fieldwork, composition as a discipline has yet to enact such transformative engagements with ecology. In this thesis, I put forward a praxis for ecological rhetoric and composition through permaculture design, utilizing the design framework’s system of ethics and principles...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Edith Wharton’s dark ecology : representations of nature in three major novels

    Creator:
    Bacon, Julie M.
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    This thesis is arranged in three chapters which explore Wharton’s representations of nature in three novels: The House of Mirth (1905), The Fruit of the Tree (1907), and The Custom of the County (1913). This thesis contends that Wharton’s novels reveal changes in the interplay between representations of nature and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    match. For example, Carrie Fisher in a conversation with Selden says, “That's Lily all over, you know

  • Argument and common ground : scholarly research meets the common core state standards

    Creator:
    Clark, Jillian
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    This thesis examines the recent history of the teaching of argument and its implications in the face of new writing standards being implemented in K-12 classrooms under the Common Core State Standards. The new educational policies will shift the focus of writing instruction onto argument writing as part of students'...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Dedicated to Carrie, my old friend, always with me. To Kristy, my older friend, no longer with me. And

  • The identification and division of Steve Jobs

    Creator:
    Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
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    On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak entered into a partnership agreement to found Apple Computer. In the decade that followed, Apple experienced remarkable growth and success, as Jobs catapulted Apple to the Fortune 500 list of top‐flight companies faster than any other company in history. Under direction...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Religion in the writing classroom : toward a pedagogy of possibility

    Creator:
    May, Laura D.
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    In this thesis, I examine composition scholarship on the intersections of religious faith and writing pedagogy over the past twenty years, tracing the origins of compositionists' discomfort with religion and focusing on pedagogical approaches for working with religiously-committed students. In particular, I emphasize the way in which these approaches are...
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    Masters Thesis

  • The Emergent Qualities of Diversity in Free and Open Source Software Communities: A Critical Review and Theoretical Discussion

    Creator:
    Kuechler, J. Victor
    Abstract:
    Free and open source software (FOSS) projects primarily rely on the efforts of volunteer contributors from around the world. For this reason, recruiting and retaining contributor is vital to the sustainability and growth of FOSS projects. This notion became the jumping-off point for this three-part investigation into the cultural structure...
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    Masters Thesis
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    all, I would also like to hypothetically high five Darren, Jose, Jordan, Carrie, Vignesh, Ben, and

  • The Oregon State University Writing Center : history and context

    Creator:
    Weintraub, Melissa R.
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    The Oregon State University (OSU) Writing Center: History and Context provides a detailed and multi-faceted view of the Writing Center from its start in 1976 through the present. The information was gathered from interviews, annual reports, archival sources, and scholarly research. Chapter One examines the scholarly conversation about writing centers,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Fifty Years of Individualized Instruction in Writing," describes how Carrie Stanley established the