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Creator:: McConnell, Kiah
Abstract:: Traditional archives have excluded marginalized people (women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people) from sharing their histories through socially just representations. Portrayals of oppressed people that do exist in traditional archives are from the lens of the white cis-heteronormative patriarchy, and justify a narrative of colonialism, oppression, and injustice. This...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: A PROJECT submitted to Oregon State University University Honors College

Creator:: Sullivan, Riese C.
Abstract:: This paper examines the recent evolution of aggrieved entitlement and social fragility in young white American males and the subsequent violent backlash that certain individuals in this group have unleashed upon women, the LGBTQ community, Jewish people, Black people, and other socially vulnerable populations. Throughout the past decade, America at...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Weaponized Insecurity in White American Men by Riese “Ray” Sullivan A

Creator:: Glenn, Judith A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in the resources and library services in men's and women's state prison facility libraries, and to determine to what extent the librarians who administer services to inmates in prisons believe the resources available are adequate in giving...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Schenectady Boys Club, spoke from a perspective unfamiliar to most of us. Mr. Bradley had been out of prison

Creator:: Zarins, Eriks
Abstract:: In recent times, public policy debates in the United States have been very contentious and dysfunctional. To help improve this situation, a multi-discipline research effort was conducted to look at "solution papers" as a form of public participation. Specifically, the roles of objectivity and mutual respectfulness were under consideration. Foundational...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Eriks A. Zarins for the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Political Science

Creator:: Zimmerman, Zelda L.
Abstract:: A web-based survey was conducted to investigate the relationships between adopters and the dogs they adopted from three types of rescue groups/organizations: humane societies, greyhound rescues, and pit bull rescues. The dog selected to adopt can vary for many reasons, one of which is breed preference. This study found dog...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Linda L. Blythe A web-based survey was conducted to investigate the relationships

Creator:: Fuhr-Dunn, Susan D.
Abstract:: Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the American medical profession and, is a controversial political and legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical, and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth. A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Factors in the selection of home birth : a comparative

Creator:: Dokken, Cort J.
Abstract:: Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kimball's view. Bradley maintains that communication attitudes and behaviors are acquired through a

Creator:: Farris, Tucker D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to provide exploratory understanding of the nature of academic prestige in the field of sociology, and to provide insights into the history of the discipline. The primary research question was: does academic prestige act as a factor in controlling academic knowledge production in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: primary research question was: does academic prestige act as a factor in controlling academic knowledge

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