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  • Developing the Next Generation of SociallyResponsible Employees: The Case of Enactus at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Weik, Shireen Mary
    Abstract:
    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a pervasive focus of organizations and is regarded, alongside sustainability and financial profit, as a key element of a triple bottom-line approach. Corporations are realizing that CSR cannot be approached compartmentally but instead must be ubiquitous across departments and operations. Therefore, it is in...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    prepare for the summer, and form new partnerships with the OSU Enactus faculty advisor. Research

  • Food Insecurity Among Oregon Food Bank Clientsover the Course of the Great Recession

    Creator:
    Schoblom, Arielle
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    This thesis examines food insecurity in Oregon among food bank users over the course of The Great Recession. Analyzing data from the Oregon Food Bank, this thesis tells the story of the change that the recession brought upon low-income families. In examining the regional differences in food insecurity, the local...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    )   Research shows that the more accessible programs such as SNAP and summer nutrition programs may lower

  • OSU LGBTQ+ Community Film

    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...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    , Committee Member, representing Special Collections and Archives  Research Center

  • Gender role attitudes among Thai college students : traditional or egalitarian?

    Creator:
    Surinya, Tippavan
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    The purpose of this investigation is to explore gender role attitudes among Thai college students and to determine whether differences in gender role attitudes among Thai college students are related to the sex of students, college major and family structure. To investigate this problem a Gender Role Attitude Inventory is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    problem a Gender Role Attitude Inventory is developed and three hypothesis are developed. Research

  • Menstrual dignity and stigma : how college students perceive period poverty

    Creator:
    Taylor, Sophia
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    Period poverty is the inability to access menstrual products and more generally the lack of knowledge surrounding menstruation. About one in ten undergraduates suffer from period poverty, a number that almost doubles for first-generation students (Haneman, 2021). Previous research and current legislation aimed at addressing period poverty largely revolve around...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    doubles for first-generation students (Haneman, 2021). Previous research and current legislation aimed at

  • Illuweet (Teasing Cousin) Songs as an Expression of King Island Inupiaq Identity

    Creator:
    Kingston, Deanna M.
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    This thesis describes how illuweet or teasing cousin songs are an expression of King Island Inupiaq identity. It is based upon ten months of intermittent participation observation and fieldwork. In the summer of 1991, my uncle, Alex Allughuk Muktoyuk, began teaching Inupiaq songs and dances to a group of displaced...
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    fieldwork. In the summer of 1991, my uncle, Alex Allughuk Muktoyuk, began teaching Inupiaq songs and dances

  • Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

    Creator:
    Smith, Dorian
    Abstract:
    African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA Division 1-A schools, but they make up a large portion of population of college football players. African American male college students are also one of the most at-risk student populations on campus in regards to retention....
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    Masters Thesis
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    African American student athletes are properly supported. Research has found that African Americans face

  • Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

    Creator:
    Michinobu, Toshiyuki
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    Guided by the emerging interest in gender of siblings as one important sociological component in American family studies, the major objective of this study was to examine the effect of sex composition of siblings on women's levels of educational attainment in the Japanese setting. The present study hypothesized that the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Implications of the findings for future research are discussed. Exploration of Japanese Women's Patterns

  • Change in some aspects of Chinese core values, 1978-1988

    Creator:
    Qi, Xiaoping
    Abstract:
    Great change has taken place in China during the past decade. As core values represent the most basic aspects of social life, change in some aspects of Chinese core values indicates that China is moving rapidly from being an agricultural society toward becoming a modern industrial society. China today can...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Research Design 15 The Purpose and Problems 15 Background and Data Collection 15 Sampling and Fieldwork

  • Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

    Creator:
    Yatani, Choichiro
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    This study was designed to assess the effects of political participation upon hostility and the preference for violence. To investigate this problem a political participation scale was developed. 148 male subjects (mean age 22.6 years) and 93 female subjects (mean age 20.7 years) responded to the Political Participation Scale, the...
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    areas of possible future research on ideological factors and violence. Attitudes toward Political