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  • Acculturation and food : a study of Vietnamese women in Portland, Oregon

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    Sarasin, Heather M.
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    This study is intended to provide information about the situation of first-generation Vietnamese women to the IRCO Parent and Child Program Department in Portland, Oregon. Nutrition intervention and food assistance currently offered to Vietnamese women enrolled in this program is the focus of the study. The women interviewed characterize themselves...
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    graduate school process and in all aspects of my life. To my committee, Dr. Barry Hewlett, Dr. Anne

  • Falling Into Place: Relational Perspectives on the US Creative Residency Field

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    Baker, Jay A.
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    Falling Into Place: Relational Perspectives on the US Creative Residency Field is an Environmental Arts & Humanities thesis built around a research project called Creative Residencies and Expanded Senses of Community: Interviews With Artists & Residency Leaders. It’s an extended meditation on arts residencies via research, interviews, and experiential learning,...
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    ....……………….154 Appendix B: Recruitment Flier.………………………………………………...156 Appendix C: Initial Outreach Message

  • Site formation at Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos and predictive modeling for neolithic sites, Cyprus

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    Barnett, Darby E.
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    Site formation processes at Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos, a potentially early Neolithic archaeological site on Cyprus, are examined in order to build a larger predictive model. The study area immediate to the site encompasses 6.33 hectares and includes the site and alluvial terraces on both sides of the Gialias River. Fourteen...
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    indicate a buried A horizon overlying what is thought to be a Pre- Pottery Neolithic B cultural component

  • Argument and common ground : scholarly research meets the common core state standards

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    Clark, Jillian
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    This thesis examines the recent history of the teaching of argument and its implications in the face of new writing standards being implemented in K-12 classrooms under the Common Core State Standards. The new educational policies will shift the focus of writing instruction onto argument writing as part of students'...
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    purposefully use the terms agonistic and competitive. Similarly, Barry Kroll, modeling argument on the

  • Gender, Race, and Nation in the Dear America Series

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    Furman, Kali
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    Books and literature help children and young adults develop language, cognitive, and social skills. Additionally children's literature enables individuals to develop a deeper appreciation for their own, and others' cultures and histories. This thesis analyzes the young adult historical fiction series Dear America, published by Scholastic press, and examines how...
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    Appendix B: Complete list of books from the current Dear America series, 2010-2013 ........... 94

  • 'Reclaiming Voice : Enacting Social Discourse Communities in Belizean First-Year College Composition'

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    Habet, André Antonio
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    This thesis explores the evolving purposes for the teaching of first-year English composition in Belize. Starting from an analysis of the underlying cultural assumptions of U.S. composition pedagogies, this thesis argues that American composition pedagogies need to be rethought when applied in a Belizean context to fulfill the country's unique...
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    a variety of countries and religiously affiliated interest groups (Barry and Dylan xviii). This

  • Constructing heroic identities : masculinity and the western film

    Creator:
    Foster, Brad D.
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    This thesis employs the study of gender to demonstrate how recent Hollywood western films have constructed a hero that is reflective of contemporary beliefs regarding masculinity. Beginning with a New Historicist approach at studying gender, this work first considers the construction of masculinity in post World War II America and...
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  • Responsible Generation: How Care Ethics Can Activate a Just Energy Transition

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    Grubby, Emily C.
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    At the urging of international scientists, large industrialized nations like the United States must transition away from fossil fuel energy and toward renewable energy by 2030 in order to stay the tide of climate change. To complete this energy transition citizens must take up responsibilities to change the known paradigms...
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    individualism and thus might resist the desire to increase energy intensity. Art historian Barry Lord has

  • When High School Teachers Teach College Writing : Oregon Approaches to Dual Credit Teacher Qualifications, Support, and Professional Development

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    Terriere, Jordan E.
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    This thesis examines the challenging situation high school dual credit teachers in Oregon face teaching first-year composition in the high school location. I argue that thorough training, support, and professional development are vital for high school teachers teaching dual credit writing courses, who without it may find themselves faced with...
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    ........................................................ 76 Appendix B Oregon Dual Credit State Standards

  • Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

    Creator:
    Yeager, Angela L.
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    This thesis employs a narrative analysis of more than twenty-five films that are centrally concerned with immigrants and the immigrant experience. In Part One, drawing from the work of Yosefa Loshitzky, I will focus on films that feature an immigrant lead character. In Part Two, I will explore movies that...
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