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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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays. Abstract

  • “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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    Masters Thesis
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    : _____________________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the

  • Justice Isn't Fair: A Collection of Monologues

    Creator:
    Ferriso, Alessandra B.
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    I always knew I was interested in the criminal justice system, evident from the hours I spent as a child binge watching Law & Order, Rizzoli and Isles, and Dateline when my parents weren’t home. I very nearly pursued criminal justice as a major, but ended up going a different...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth Helman, Committee Member, representing Theatre Arts

  • Guilt and Redemption on Wisteria Lane: A Burkeian Analysis of Desperate Housewives

    Creator:
    Huillet, Michelle M.
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    In 2004 after Desperate Housewives premiered, it was met with significant criticism condemning the lack of values and morals on the show, depicted through the pervasiveness of sinful and illegal behavior (Olsen & Morgan, 2010). However, Olsen and Morgan contend that sinful and illegal behavior is accompanied with attempts at...
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    Masters Thesis
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    believing in me, even when I did not believe in myself. To Dr. Elizabeth Root for her encouragement and

  • The First Lady and the American Parent: A Rhetorical Examination of Michelle Obama’s Use of Metaphor to Combat Childhood Obesity

    Creator:
    Puls, Brittany Acacia
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    First Ladies have performed a variety of public and private roles, from presidential escort, hostess, and social advocate to policy maker and presidential advisor. The nature of the position has always been both traditional and gendered, greatly influencing each First Lady's performance. Due to the changing role of women in...
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    Masters Thesis
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    assisting me in completing my thesis. To Dr. Elizabeth Root for her constant encouragement and help

  • Simply Simulation: What a Birth Simulator Says About the Birthing Process

    Creator:
    Nevin, Fiona K.
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    Modern technology has provided many new opportunities in medicine, one of which is improved learning through simulation. One of the newest incarnations of robotic simulation dolls is the Victoria S2200 produced by Gaumard scientific company. With the recent surge of technological advancement in simulation dolls there has been little research...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Guilt and Redemption in a National Eulogy: President Obama’s “Together We Thrive: Tucson and Arizona” Address as a Call for Mortification

    Creator:
    McLennan, Chelsea J.
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    On January 8th, 2011 tragedy struck in Tucson, Arizona. A gunman opened fire on Representative Gabrielle Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event, wounding thirteen and killing six ("Arizona Shooting"). Four days later, President Obama spoke to a grieving crowd at the University of Arizona's McKale Memorial Center. This study seeks...
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    Masters Thesis
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    helping me understand the complexities of the presidency. To Dr. Elizabeth Root for making me question

  • The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

    Creator:
    Biddle, Jeanette M.
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    This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
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    Masters Thesis
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    start the healing process. We grieved for Christopher and rejoiced in the birth of Elizabeth. In time

  • Al Gore Jr. and the Rhetoric of Self-Disclosure

    Creator:
    Palmer, Scott Aaron
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    Senator Al Gore Jr. was elected Vice-President of the United States on November 3, 1992. During many of his public speeches, Gore utilized a speaking style that differed radically from the style he used in other political campaigns of his life. This style, which will be called the "rhetoric of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    that same year met Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson, a junior at St. Agnes Episcopal School for Girls

  • A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

    Creator:
    Acklin, Melissa Barrett
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    During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...
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    the Jew. In 1895, Mary Elizabeth Jenning wrote in Asa of Bethlehem and His Household, that Jews are