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Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

Creator:: Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
Abstract:: This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Sarah Elizabeth Hanna for the thesis of Master of Arts in

Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

Creator:: Hanna, Erika L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University polo team negotiate aspects of their social identity. Over the course of the 2011-2012 school year, 15 interviews and 30 hours of observations were conducted. From the data, five overarching themes were identified: inclusion as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Erika L. Hanna for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

Autobiography as image repair : an analysis of Sarah Palin's restoration strategies

Creator:: Canja, Elizabeth H.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how autobiography functions as image restoration for a political candidate through the analysis of Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life. In particular, the study will identify and evaluate specific restoration strategies implemented by Palin in order to repair her image...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Autobiography as Image Repair: An Analysis of Sarah Palin‟s Restoration Strategies by Elizabeth H. Canja

Community Driven Development (CDD) in Action: Three Case Studies of International Nongovernmental Development Organizations’ (INGOs’) CDD Practices

Creator:: Rhynard-Geil, Meghann
Abstract:: Since the 1980s, NGOs have created a necessary niche for themselves within developing nations addressing poverty “traps” such as: lack of infrastructure, corruption, environmental degradation, conflict, disease, educational paucity, and gender inequality. Due to increasing issues of dependency and failed development projects resulting from a top-down, organizational structure, international nongovernmental...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : Sarah Henderson, representing Political Science

Producing possibility : glimmering alternatives in Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf

Creator:: Nipper, Sarah
Abstract:: This thesis examines alternative modes and forms of production in texts by Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf. Applying queer methodologies drawn from the work of Michel Foucault, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Lee Edelman, and Elizabeth Freeman, I show how Cather’s The Professor’s House and Woolf’s To the Lighthouse demonstrate and interrogate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sarah Nipper_Producing Possibilities AN

Sarah Grimke's Rhetoric for Empowerment : Her Life and Letters

Creator:: Hamilton, Susan E. Maier
Abstract:: In twentieth century America, women continue the age-old struggle for recognition as whole, intelligent individuals, not just an "other," less hearty, less deserving or less capable being than man. Sarah Grimke spoke of the inequalities over 150 years ago during the abolitionist movement when she compiled her major arguments into...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sarah Grimke's rhetoric for empowerment : her life and

Improving Best Management Practices for Potato Production in the Columbia Basin : An Evaluation of Essential Oils for Control of Verticillium Wilt and the Fate of Chloride in the System

Creator:: Light, Sarah Elizabeth
Abstract:: Although the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a global crop, few growing regions rival the high yields of the Columbia Basin of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Two research projects were conducted in Hermiston, OR to contribute to best management practices for the region. The first project evaluated the efficacy of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sarah Elizabeth Light for the degree of Master of Science in Soil

Alteration mineralogy and geochemistry of the Archaean Onverwacht Group, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa

Creator:: Hoffman, Sarah Elizabeth
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: GROUP, BARBERTON MOUNTAIN LAND, SOUTH AFRICA by Sarah Elizabeth Hoffman A THESIS submitted to

Beyond Buzzwords: A Case Study of U.S. NGO Implementation of Sustainable and Participatory Development in Rural Guatemala

Creator:: Boege, Sarah
Abstract:: Over the last several decades, the narrative around international development has shifted away from neoclassical models towards an increased focus on sustainability and community-driven participatory approaches. However, there is a lack of research looking at whether these theoretical concepts manifest in practical realities that avoid the imperialistic flaws of previous...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: THE THESIS OF Sarah Boege for the degree of Master of Public Policy presented on May 15th, 2017

Microfinance as a Policy Tool for Women's Empowerment

Creator:: Ghimire, Narbada
Abstract:: Microfinance has been extolled by donor agencies, development practitioners and policy makers as a tool for alleviating poverty and empowering women. Yet little systematic research has been done to assess the conditions and extent to which microfinance programs accomplish these goals. This essay provides an assessment of that research. Based...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , representing Sociology Sarah Henderson, representing Political Science Elizabeth

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

Autobiography as image repair : an analysis of Sarah Palin's restoration strategies

Community Driven Development (CDD) in Action: Three Case Studies of International Nongovernmental Development Organizations’ (INGOs’) CDD Practices

Producing possibility : glimmering alternatives in Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf

Sarah Grimke's Rhetoric for Empowerment : Her Life and Letters

Improving Best Management Practices for Potato Production in the Columbia Basin : An Evaluation of Essential Oils for Control of Verticillium Wilt and the Fate of Chloride in the System

Alteration mineralogy and geochemistry of the Archaean Onverwacht Group, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa

Beyond Buzzwords: A Case Study of U.S. NGO Implementation of Sustainable and Participatory Development in Rural Guatemala

Microfinance as a Policy Tool for Women's Empowerment

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