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  • The accessible Chaucer

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    Luepke, Natasha M.
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    In this thesis I explore the ways in which twenty-first century Americans have access to Geoffrey Chaucer and his works. I look at issues surrounding Chaucer within the canon debate, high school history and literature textbooks, and Chaucer in popular culture, such as in movies like A Knight's Tale. I...
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    , Robert C. Stacey, Robert E. Lerner, and Standish Meacham, was published by W.W. Norton and Company in

  • In Defense of the "Ringding Mukta" : The Later Work of J.D. Salinger

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    Herb, Danielle Kristine
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    My thesis explores the later work of author J.D. Salinger, including two narratives featured in Nine Stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," and "Teddy," and Franny and Zooey, "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters," and "Seymour: an Introduction." Through my analysis I argue that the religious nature of Salinger's fiction...
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    simply fulfilling ―God‘s will.‖ Gordon E. Slethaug argues that for Seymour, ―Each stage is an act in

  • Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

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    Oney, Celia E.
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    People involved in a nuclear activity, whether they are developing it, benefiting from it, or opposing it, see inherent connections between various aspects of nuclear science and technology. This thesis investigates three nuclear sites: a university research reactor, a dual-purpose reactor that produced plutonium for the U.S. military and electricity...
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    Loren D. McKinley, 13 September 1974, Radiation Center Records; George E. Carter to Norman E. Fuller

  • David Foster Wallace's communal middle ground

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    Randlemon, Daniel E.
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    Throughout the course of this thesis, I argue that the prose of David Foster Wallace, specifically his posthumously published novel The Pale King, inhabits a middle ground between universal sincerity and the particularized authenticity of postmodern irony. I examine Lionel Trilling's definitions of sincerity and authenticity before moving toward an...
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    Daniel E. Randlemon for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on May 25, 2012. Title

  • To grow or to buy : food staples and cultural identity in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes

    Creator:
    Karnes, Daniel A.
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    In this era of free trade and globalization, food is traveling greater and greater distances to its consumers. This is causing small farms and small farmers all over the world to protest as their livelihood is being undercut by cheap agricultural commodities from outside their communities. In the Ecuadorian Andes,...
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________________ Joan E. Gross In

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

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    McNeil-Delaney, Oona D.
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    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...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Oona D. McNeil-Delaney for the

  • “We All Live Downriver”: Environmental Justice and Community Resistance to the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove Export Terminal in Southern Oregon

    Creator:
    Halleran, Patricia C.
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    Native America tribes and community members throughout Oregon have asserted a strong opposition to the fossil fuel industry’s attempt to expand railways, build pipelines, and construct refineries, holding facilities, and export terminals. Despite the limited presence of fossil fuel infrastructure in the state, however, the industry is actively pursuing permits...
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    E. McNair Program at Southern Oregon University, including my friends and colleagues Naomi

  • Exploring Embodied Gender Identities in Steven Universe

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    Painter, Stephanie
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    Steven Universe, a relatively new show from Cartoon Network, explores an unexpectedly complex understanding of gender through their main protagonists. Utilizing Judith Butler’s work on gender performativity and doing gender, as well as Daniel Dennett’s conception of the self as a theorist’s fiction, and Alexander Weheliye’s understanding of power and...
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  • Degree and scale of interactions among chiefdoms during the pre-Hispanic late period in northern Highland Ecuador (AD 1250-1525)

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    Yanchar, Kaitlin C.
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    During the Late Pre-Hispanic period, settlements in Northern Highland Ecuador were organized under a number of chiefdoms. While a basic hierarchical political system is described in the ethnohistoric literature, the nature of the interactions between specific settlements has remained unknown. This study utilizes two methods for describing the degree and...
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    - Hispanic Late Period in Northern Highland Ecuador (AD 1250-1525) Abstract approved: Leah D

  • Designed to fit : tailored technologies for medical practitioners

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    de Brum, Silvina
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    Although electronic medical records systems (EMR) present promising benefits, they have not yet been widely adopted. A problem facing many EMR are that they are disruptive technologies; their complex hardware and software are not designed to account for the clinicians' characteristics and needs, thus, demanding a steep learning curve and...
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    Practitioners Abstract approved: Carmen D. Steggell Although electronic medical records