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The role of social support in overcoming obstacles to abortion access : Oregon women tell their stories

Creator:: Ostrach, Bayla
Abstract:: Current estimates indicate that between one-third and one-half of women in the United States have at least one abortion in their lifetime, and that many women encounter socioeconomic, logistical, or social obstacles in the process of seeking care (Jones 2005, Guttmacher 2008). The purpose of this study is to critically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: care (Jones 2005, Guttmacher 2008). The purpose of this study is to critically examine the

Casting Call: A Female Actor's Struggle to Stardom

Creator:: Schiller, Dawn S.
Abstract:: In the era of #MeToo, we have learned more about the plight of women in Hollywood as they seek employment as actors. While the recent public conversation about gender and sexualization in Hollywood is robust, few peer-reviewed academic articles examine the actor’s personal experiences of gaining meaningful employment in television...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Bordwell, Staiger and Thompson, 1985; Bordwell, Thompson and Ashton,1997; Stacey, 2013.) From concept to

Feedback as Critical Care: An Antiracist, Feminist Praxis for Composition

Creator:: Rowland, Olivia A.
Abstract:: Feminist compositionists have long argued for addressing the feminization of composition, or its association with low value “women’s work,” by revaluing caring labor (Enos; Heinert and Phillips; Tuell). However, this argument assumes that writing teachers’ care work is beneficial for all students and teachers. Focusing on responding to student writing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oleksiak, Stacey Waite aims to move writing workshops away from improvement and toward queer ways of

Beckett, Barthelme, and Vonnegut : finding hope in meaninglessness

Creator:: Britten, Alex M.
Abstract:: This thesis is a study of the shifting philosophical trends in the works of Samuel Beckett, Donald Barthelme, and Kurt Vonnegut as representations of a greater shift from modernism to postmodernism. I have chosen to explore Beckett's plays Waiting for Godot and Krapp's Last Tape, Barthelme's short stories "Nothing: A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: concise as possible. I would like to thank my husband, Casey Pyke, who offered endless enthusiasm

Empowering others and empowering ourselves : a case study of community health workers in a mental health project

Creator:: McNeil-Delaney, Oona D.
Abstract:: The Surgeon General of the United States in 2003 documented the existence of striking disparities for minorities and immigrants in mental health services and the underlying knowledge base. This thesis expands the knowledge base by examining the personal experiences and perspectives of community health workers (CHWs) employed in a mental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: range of abilities and skills (Witmer et at, 1995). In 1998, the Annie E. Casey Foundation commissioned

Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

Creator:: Marshall, Lindsay J.
Abstract:: In this thesis, I examine the experiences of breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth center, and the factors that influence their known high rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using grounded theory and data collected from participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ; Ekstrom et al. 2005; Ekstrom, Widstrom, and Nissen 2003; Hauk, Hall and Jones 2007; Flower et al. 2008

“Missed the Best Months of the War”: Masculinity, Homosociality, and Empire among British Royal Flying Corps Interned in First World War German Prisoner of War Camps

Creator:: Graham, Devon E.
Abstract:: This thesis focuses on performances of masculinity by British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) airmen in the charged landscape of the First World War prisoner of war (POW) camp. I examine how captive airmen coped with imprisonment by reasserting the familiar homosocial communities of pre-capture squadron life, particularly through practices associated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Elizabeth Sheehan, Dr. Mehra Shirazi, Dr. Ben Mutschler, and Dr. Stacey Smith. I am also so grateful to my

"All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

Creator:: Schindell, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: The sudden and unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant sets in motion a number of linked processes with potentially complex and far-reaching ramifications. While individuals, families and communities grapple with the shock and heartbreak associated with the loss of a young life, a chain of multidisciplinary investigative responsibilities is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Cosmic Heritages: Multiraciality and Epistemologies of Black and Native Storytelling

Creator:: Miller, Gabrielle
Abstract:: This thesis thinks through the ways in which Black and Native storying offer epistemological interventions on neoliberal formations of multiracial identity. I argue that Black and Native storytelling methods and methodologies facilitate rethinking and re/unlearning relationships to the racial and ethnic categories of mixed-race, biracial, and multiracial, as well as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Advocates Empowered : Queering the Contemporary Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

Creator:: Shelton, Samuel Z.
Abstract:: While the contemporary movement against sexual and domestic violence has roots in radical, feminist theory and anti-state, community-based modes of resistance, over the past several decades, advocates and activists have increasingly turned to corporations and the state for support through the non-profit, prison, and medical industrial complexes. This acceptance of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: without recognizing the generosity of my best friend, Casey Walsh, who put up with me during the many

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The role of social support in overcoming obstacles to abortion access : Oregon women tell their stories

Casting Call: A Female Actor's Struggle to Stardom

Feedback as Critical Care: An Antiracist, Feminist Praxis for Composition

Beckett, Barthelme, and Vonnegut : finding hope in meaninglessness

Empowering others and empowering ourselves : a case study of community health workers in a mental health project

Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

“Missed the Best Months of the War”: Masculinity, Homosociality, and Empire among British Royal Flying Corps Interned in First World War German Prisoner of War Camps

"All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

Cosmic Heritages: Multiraciality and Epistemologies of Black and Native Storytelling

Advocates Empowered : Queering the Contemporary Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

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