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Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

Creator:: Wright, Amanda R.
Abstract:: American women’s quest for equality came into focus in the early 1900s. Amidst the cultural and societal forces pushing for suffrage, some chose the mechanism of theater. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Lloyd Bitzer’s situational approach to two suffrage theater artifacts: Mary Shaw's The Woman...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A comparative study of two methods for measuring attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices

Creator:: Martin, Larry G.
Abstract:: Noise induced hearing loss is a subject of growing concern. Over the past 15 years, several well-documented studies have been completed which express the relationships between industrial noise exposure and damage to normal and pathological ears. This research has provided knowledge of considerable importance to developing successful hearing conservation programs....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved. _Redacted for Privacy Harlan D. Conkey / Noise induced hearing loss is a subject of

Innovative Coaching in Intercollegiate Athletics : Advocating for Cultural Responsiveness

Creator:: Thompson, Mitchell D.
Abstract:: It has been established that intercollegiate sport is an important social institution for student athletes of color in the United States (Coakley, 2012). White intercollegiate coaches have a prominent influence on the academic, athletic, social and emotional development of student athletes and therefore must be tuned into variation in cultural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mitchell D. Thompson

Identified Influences on Second Generation Latina/os on Their Pathway Through Community College

Creator:: Jaime-Diaz, Jesus
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to determine factors that encourage second generation Latina/os to obtain a community college education. A critical qualitative ethnography focused on "Testimonio" was used in conducting this study. The key findings were formulated around three critical research questions. In relation to each research question, three...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: pursue a higher education? (b) How does the Latina/o culture influence college attendance? (c) How has

An Examination of the Equilibrium Theory of Intimacy in Dyadic Interactions

Creator:: Almuaybid, Ameer J.
Abstract:: Videotapes of 90 dyadic interactions from Sommer and Bernieri (2015) were examined to assess verbal and nonverbal intimacy. Verbal intimacy (self-disclosing statements) and nonverbal intimacy behaviors (face gaze, distance, body orientation, and forward lean) were coded in every interaction. It was hypothesized that verbal intimacy (self-disclosure) would increase over time...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Appendix D: Experimenter Instruction Script ………………………………………… 83 Appendix E: Behavior Coding Training

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

Creator:: Nassar, Arica Louise Fafa
Abstract:: Mental health among student athletes has gotten much more attention in the world of sport today. However, there has been a lack of research focusing on how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Division 1 student athletes can play a role in their mental health and their desire to seek out help...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

High-context and low-context cultures: value system variations for American and Japanese university students and their resultant communication patterns

Creator:: Yamaguchi, Shinobu Yume
Abstract:: This exploratory investigation focused on the validity of the concepts of high-context and low-context as a meaningful and powerful construct for examining cultural differences. Specifically, American and Japanese value differences and communication patterns were examined. The study tested the hypotheses that Japanese students would rank high-context group orientation values higher...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Cradu e SchoOl d Date thesis is presented May 5, 1986 Typed for researcher by Amy K. Horn

Generativity During Preretirement : Motivation and Actions of Pre-Retirees

Creator:: Hatlen, Andrew James
Abstract:: This thesis examines the role of Erikson’s (1950) theory of generativity in facilitating knowledge transfer during the preretirement transition. McAdams and de St. Aubin’s (1992) updated framework for generativity is used as a theoretical foundation to explain motivation and actions during this period. Through the use of multiple-case studies, twenty-one...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

Creator:: Martin, Nicole R.
Abstract:: The present study examined involuntary attentional bias toward facial emotion expression. Particularly, the study examined two different attentional components for emotional processing, namely, orienting vs. disengagement. A cueing paradigm using two cue presentation times (250ms and 350ms) was used to determine if attention would be involuntarily captured by an irrelevant...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: happy (Cohen’s d = 0.2). However, when they were searching for happy faces (target), participants

RTFM NOOb: Criticizing Internet Based Instructional Documents as a Rhetorical Genre

Creator:: Carlson, Gordon S. III
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to aid in qualitative improvements to technical support documents on the Internet. By using a generic criticism this analysis will make substantive suggestions towards the improvement of this type of document by engaging the rhetoric employed by their authors. It will discuss the history...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: particular, conducted by D. A. Winsor and Roger C. Pace, decried the lack of a humanistic component in the

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Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

A comparative study of two methods for measuring attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices

Innovative Coaching in Intercollegiate Athletics : Advocating for Cultural Responsiveness

Identified Influences on Second Generation Latina/os on Their Pathway Through Community College

An Examination of the Equilibrium Theory of Intimacy in Dyadic Interactions

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

High-context and low-context cultures: value system variations for American and Japanese university students and their resultant communication patterns

Generativity During Preretirement : Motivation and Actions of Pre-Retirees

Attentional Bias Toward Facial Emotion Expression : Orienting vs. Disengagement

RTFM NOOb: Criticizing Internet Based Instructional Documents as a Rhetorical Genre

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