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Early Adventures of a Home Economist: Ava B. Milam’s Integration of Science and Home Economics at Oregon Agricultural College, 1911-1921

Creator:: McHugh, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: Across from the Memorial Union on Oregon State University’s campus sits Milam Hall, the former site of the Department of Home Economics. The building is named for Ava Milam Clark, the dean of home economics for thirty-three years, from 1917 to 1950. I aim to understand Ava Milam’s early career...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: bulletins of the Department of Agriculture, the farmer's institutes throughout the country, the home

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kevin R. Stoller for the degree of

Reclaiming space for small scale agriculture in Lincoln County, Oregon

Creator:: Gossen, Kimberly A.
Abstract:: As recent interest has grown in the connections between how food is produced, distributed and consumed, and the overall health of food systems for people and the environment, a movement toward localizing food systems has emerged. In Lincoln County, Oregon, citizens, restaurateurs and university extension faculty, among others, have started...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: PAST AGRICULTURE IN THE COUNTY……………………………….………….35 The Current State of Agriculture in Lincoln

The benefits of diversified agricultural systems among Maya Mopan farmers in southern Belize

Creator:: Hofbauer, Derek M.
Abstract:: Maya Mopan farmers in southern Belize face socio-economic hardships, persisting environmental constraints, and an unfavorable political climate that has prevented land tenure stability on reservation lands. This thesis describes the agricultural practices of a group of Mopan farmers and examines farm-site diversification and its relationship to ecological knowledge, out-migration, agricultural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on a swidden (shifting cultivation) system of agriculture for the production of maize, which was a

The Grizzly Bear and the Deer : the history of Federal Indian Policy and its impact on the Coast Reservation tribes of Oregon, 1856-1877

Creator:: Van Laere, M. Susan
Abstract:: The Coast Reservation of Oregon was established under Executive Order of President Franklin Pierce in November, 1855, as a homeland for the southern Oregon tribes. It was an immense, isolated wilderness, parts of which had burned earlier in the century. There were some prairies where farming was possible, but because...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Because agriculture was the most important component of the immigrants' world view, the major problems

An observation of the history and discrimination of the Buraku in modern day Japan

Creator:: Kawano, Mika
Abstract:: The Buraku people have been segregated, oppressed, and discriminated against throughout Japanese history. The Japanese can dismiss the Buraku issue because of assimilation theories, the belief in homogeneity, and passive attitudes by the Buraku people. The Buraku Liberation League (BLL), which has fought for equal rights on behalf of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agriculture supported the ancient slave system, the origin of the Buraku people seems to be determined by a

Political, economic and educational aims of the National Association of Manufacturers' public relationships program : a case study in opinion-molding

Creator:: Vogel, Barbara Ross
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Political, Economic and Educational Aims of the National

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Farms in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Loewenstern, Eli
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on farms in the Willamette Valley. Using semi-structured interviews, this study analyzes the economic and social challenges created by the pandemic and the adaptation strategies farmers employed to build resilience within the food system. This study found that the farmers experienced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: short period of time. Data collected on tomatoes harvested in Florida during the pandemic revealed a

Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

Creator:: Bertha, Clarissa
Abstract:: My research is looking at the cultural and kinship ties of African and Native peoples and how our worlds were forged together by colonization, bonded during the institutionalize state of shackles and slavery and how the legacy of these tools of genocide are now tearing us apart. Being of mixed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: fighting between the Carolina Indians and Indians of Florida such as the Seminole Tribe, which had

Theoretical perspectives on Latin American indigenous development, with reference to a case study of Cebadas, Ecuador

Creator:: Ocana, Juan Carlos
Abstract:: This thesis presents a discussion of the main materialistic theories proposed to explain the process of development among the indigenous population of Latin America. Four theoretical approaches are presented and discussed. The first one deals with the social group referred to as peasants. The second one explains the process of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: technology and capital in order to increase the economic output of agriculture. The peasants are considered

Cosmovisions and Farming : An Investigation of Conventional and Alternative Farmers' Environmental Values along the Willamette River

Creator:: French, Melissa M.
Abstract:: Understanding which factors motivate farmers to adopt certain practices is an important part of helping to solve many agri-environmental issues. This study uses 19 interviews with farmers along Oregon’s Willamette River, a statewide producer survey, and select interviews with organizations and agencies active in the farming community to examine the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Agriculture (USDA) under National Institute for Food and Agriculture grant 2014-68006-21854 and

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

Creator:: Habet, André Antonio
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: study period, as well as composition syllabi from University of Southern Florida University and St

A GIS investigation of indigenous intensification of native food plants : humans as environmental variable in maxent habitat suitability modeling of Camassia in Oregon

Creator:: Elliott, Braden T.
Abstract:: This thesis merges the fields of Ecology and Anthropology by applying Habitat Suitability Modeling to the relationship between people and plants in the Pacific Northwest. In it, I create and optimize two Maxent habitat suitability models for camas (Camassia spp.) in Oregon. The first model describes the physical environment of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: American groups on the eve of their independent adoption of agriculture, the Calusa in Florida and the

Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Creator:: Saylor, Kirsten N.
Abstract:: The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , transportation barriers, and lack of awareness of local agriculture. Reimbursement delays, policing of coupon

Habitat distribution of birds of southeastern Washington

Creator:: Dumas, Philip Conrad
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Habitat distribution of birds of southeastern Washington

A survey of the resources of Union County

Creator:: Richards, Wayne Elliott
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries. Oregon metal mines handbook 4 A (looseleafl 957 p 110-113

The present status of industrial arts in the junior high schools of California

Creator:: Baldwin, Willis Ambrose
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: The present status of industrial arts in the junior high

A contribution toward a bibliography of Oregon botany with notes on the botanical explorers of the state

Creator:: Osborn, Katherine H., 1906-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: plant pathology bas not been covered. The fields of applied botany, as agriculture, horticulture, and

Understandings of sustainability and the contributions of non-governmental organizations : a case study of Toledo, Belize

Creator:: Rosien, Jessica
Abstract:: This thesis reviews theoretical and local understandings of sustainability and examines the contributions which the NGO, the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), makes to achieving sustainability in the district of Toledo in Belize, Central America. The study focuses mainly on the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, which TIDE manages...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , agriculture represents the backbone of the Belizean economy, with agricultural exports constituting 75 % of

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out : Negotiations of Poverty and Class Among Low-Income Oregonians

Creator:: Montañez, Morgan
Abstract:: The Linn and Benton County Gleaner network has helped the low-income families of urban and rural Oregon reclaim moral, social and cultural capital that is lost in the act of being poor in America. Rather than participating solely in government safety nets, these people reject “hand-outs” in favor of exchanging...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: United States is organized under the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture). Although the

Seasonal activities of two species of eriophyid mites on holly and their relation to foliage damage

Creator:: Welton, Richard Elroy
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Agriculture, Ontario, Canada, for his identification of the typhylodromid mites, Dr. N. T. James, Professor

In Search of the Carnivalesque: An Investigation of Carnival in Santiago de Cuba

Creator:: Nichol, Melanie
Abstract:: Carnival celebrations in Santiago de Cuba transform large swaths of the city for an anticipated week of festivities, during which Afro-Cuban dancers and musicians are center stage, performing a complicated statement of prescribed cultural ideology, historic acts of agency, and nationalism. A particularly revealing celebration, carnival can be understood as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Melanie Nichol for

A revision of the North American species of Pactopus Leconte and Trixagus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Throscidae)

Creator:: Yensen, Arthur Eric
Abstract:: This study was undertaken to find means of separating the morphologically similar species of North American Trixagus and to bring together information on Trixagus and Pactopus. A key to separate the world's eight genera of extant Throscidae is presented for the first time. A key to the five species of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , University of Arizona; Dr. R. E. Woodruff, Florida State Collection of Arthropods; Dr. D. A. Young, North

Urban residents and non-point source pollution : an examination of practices, influences, and values in the Tualatin watershed

Creator:: Nielson, Lisa M.
Abstract:: In July of 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs) provisions of the Clean Water Act. As the first river in Oregon to implement TMDL regulations, people and agencies in the Tualatin basin face many challenges. Non-point source pollution affects water quality in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Agriculture ODOT Oregon Department of Transportation PWB Portland Water Bureau RRA Riley Research Associates

A Game of Silent Irreverence : Passive Resistance in The Dalles, Oregon

Creator:: Maddoux, Maryanne
Abstract:: 210 East First Street (site 35WS453) contains the only extant remains of a once thriving Overseas Chinese settlement, in the city of The Dalles, Oregon. Very little is known about the everyday lives of these early settlers, or the pressures that they faced. This thesis will help to enrich the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A Game of Silent Irreverence: Passive Resistance in The

International students as educational migrants : east and southwest Asian perspectives

Creator:: Visconti, Lauren A.
Abstract:: Projected to reach one million people next year, international students in the United States are undergoing a transformative educational migration. Moving away from the existing study abroad paradigm is the first step to more accurately understand the lived experience of an educational migrant. Discovering the perceptions of what value an...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT IN THE THESIS OF Lauren A.Visconti for the

Just Beneath the Surface : Analysis of Excavations at 35WS453, The Dalles Chinatown

Creator:: French, Jamie
Abstract:: In a mostly abandoned block, capped by concrete, the building at 210 East 1st Street, The Dalles, Oregon still stands as one of three remaining structures. This building housed the Wing Hong Hai Company, a mercantile store and Chinese laundry, from 1889 to 1926. Beneath the modern concrete that encircles...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jamie

The Oregon State University Writing Center : history and context

Creator:: Weintraub, Melissa R.
Abstract:: The Oregon State University (OSU) Writing Center: History and Context provides a detailed and multi-faceted view of the Writing Center from its start in 1976 through the present. The information was gathered from interviews, annual reports, archival sources, and scholarly research. Chapter One examines the scholarly conversation about writing centers,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Melissa R. Weintraub for the

The Jews of Portland (Oregon) : their religious practices and beliefs

Creator:: Segal, Jack
Abstract:: This dissertation is concerned with the synagogue-affiliated Jews of Portland, Oregon. Employing an elaborate questionnaire this writer examined the ritual practices (home and synagogue) and traditional beliefs of Judaism as practiced or accepted by the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Jews of Portland and thereby attempted to reach a conclusion whether...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ), Miarni, Florida (17, p. 4-71, and Suburbia, U. S. A. (9) describing the religious practices of the Jews

The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

Creator:: Stone, Helen Delight
Abstract:: Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: son, twenty year old Andrew Smith, was a member of this family. Agriculture exercised the greatest

Anthropological case studies of religious syncretism in Bolivia

Creator:: Lord, Jonathan
Abstract:: Religious histories have always appropriated pre-existing symbol systems of religion into newer forms, often with the goal in mind to acculturate a population into a new cultural setting to reach a desired status quo of society. The problem with acculturation theory is that it is filled with teleological and quantitative...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: lacking in terms of agriculture. Ritual exchanges involving gift giving and ceremonialism to ancestral

The emergency department as a provider of nonemergent care

Creator:: Stiles, Catherine M.
Abstract:: Emergency departments (ED) provide access to care for large numbers of patients who have nonemergent medical needs. More than half of the patients presenting to the ED at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon, were found to be seeking care for nonemergent medical needs. In an effort to provide an alternative...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: from a lack of care continuity (Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1992a and 1992b; Glotzer et al

Development projects and questions of empowerment: a Salvadorean women's cooperative

Creator:: Hannigan-Luther, Kristen L.
Abstract:: Many development organizations now recognize the importance of culturally sensitive project design and implementation. Unfortunately most of these groups continue to disregard the significance of gender. This qualitative research examines a women's cooperative in rural El Salvador which formed in order to find a means of generating income and to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristen L. Hannigan-Luther for the

Observations on the purchase, inspection, and preparation of vegetables for group feeding at certain army air bases

Creator:: McIntyre, Ethel Mae
Abstract:: Since vegetables are of such importance in the nutrition of human beings, it is natural that they should play a large part in Army feeding. They are high in food value. The different kinds vary widely in their energy values; some-- like potatoes--are high in carbohydrates, others--like lettuce and cucumbers--...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ETHEL M. MCINTYRE (Name) AN.ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

Clothing behavior related to certain personality traits of a selected group of Japanese and American men and women

Creator:: Sugimura, Diane Maeda
Abstract:: The study was undertaken for the purpose of investigating the relationship between clothing behavior and sex, Japanese and American cultures, feminine or masculine personality types, and sex-role concepts. The aspects of clothing behavior included in the study are interest, tolerance, acceptance, and innovation of uni-sex clothing items, and the femininity-masculinity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF DIANE MAEDA SUGIMURA (Name of

Risk Perceptions in the Oregon Hazelnut Growing Industry: An Exploratory Study of a Recovering Industry

Creator:: Harrison, Darin L.
Abstract:: This paper is an exploratory study of the risk perceptions in the Oregon Hazelnut growing community. The study takes place at a time when the industry as a whole has begun to stabilize from the effects of Eastern Filbert Blight, a fungal pathogen that infects hazelnut trees which had devastated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and global food systems (Rhoades, 2005). Agriculture is the foundation of most food systems, and by

Oregon outdoor garments : outdoor garments worn in the Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon regions between 1880 to 1920

Creator:: Mower, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to describe women's outdoor garments worn in Oregon from 1880 to 1920 to determine whether there were garment differences between the Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon. The question addressed was: can garment differences be explained by the different Oregon climates, geographic locations, and availability...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agriculture and farming supplies, dry goods such as cloth and other articles of clothing, and information

A morphological study of gonatid squids found off the Oregon coast

Creator:: Spencer, Larry Thomas
Abstract:: Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818), G. magister Berry, 1913, G. anonychus Pearcy and Voss, 1963, and Gonatopsis borealis Sasaki, 1923 (Gonatidae) are squid forming a major portion of the cephalopod fauna found off the Oregon coast. A study was undertaken to determine the morphological differences among the four species of squid....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , University of. Miarni Miarni, Florida Gonatus rnasister Berrv. 19I3 Gonatus rnagister differs frorn G

One methodology for the incorporation of entomological material in the discipline of historic archaeology using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) as a test subject

Creator:: Kellar, Brenda M.
Abstract:: Using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) this thesis shows that entomological information and material can be retrieved using current historical archaeological methods. Historical archaeology has the ability to uncover connections between arenas as varied, and seemingly isolated, as the honey bee, the environment, and human cultures. By focusing on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: industrial nation to an information-based nation, agriculture is a necessary part of the United States

"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

Creator:: Watson, Annaliese
Abstract:: Haiti's political and economy history has led to a maternity care system that lies out of reach, geographically and financially, of most Haitians, resulting in excessively high maternal and infant mortality. The most common birth practitioners are homebirth midwives (matwòns), who attend roughly three-fourths of all births in Haiti (UNICEF),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Annaliese Watson

A preliminary study of expressed preferences and task efficiency in differing communication networks

Creator:: Weimer, Robert Edward, II
Abstract:: The present study is an attempt to investigate some of the relationships between certain personality characteristics and expressed preferences for various communication structures; it is also an examination of the relative efficiency of the networks used. Subjects drawn from the university population participated in experimentally formed five-person groups. These groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A Preliminary Study of Expressed Preferences and Task

Certain ecological aspects of cultivated hill pastures in Kings Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Miller, Bonita June
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Certain ecological aspects of cultivated hill pastures in

Perspectives on Pits of the Western Stemmed Tradition : An Analysis on the Contents of Feature 59 at the Cooper’s Ferry Site

Creator:: Carroll, Amanda J.
Abstract:: Excavation of a pit feature designated as Feature 59 (F59) from the Cooper’s Ferry site (10IH73) in western Idaho offers a unique opportunity to explore more about the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) and how people used pits in the Far West. In this thesis, an analysis is conducted on the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amanda J. Carroll for

Changing Mother-Daughter Relationships in Isan Rural Culture in the Context of Women’s Migration

Creator:: Ramwong, Patsarin
Abstract:: This thesis explores the changes in mother-daughter relations in Northeast Thailand over the last three generations in relation to migration out of this region. Qualitative interviews were done with ten families in two villages; the interviews focused on representatives of three generations of women in each family. In recent decades,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Agriculture is the largest sector of the local economy with rice as the main cash crop. However, the weather

Aspects of respiration in vertically separated Mytilus californianus (California sea mussel)

Creator:: Moon, Thomas William
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Aspects of respiration in vertically separated Mytilus

An investigation into the ecology and distribution of Kalmiopsis leachiana (Hend.) Rehder

Creator:: Marquis, Robert John
Abstract:: Ecological factors associated with the relictual distribution of the endemic shrub Kalmiopsis leachiana (Ericaceae) were investigated. A prostrate evergreen species with small coriaceous leaves, K. leachiana is restricted to two disjunct populations in the Siskiyou Mountains and southern Cascade Mountains of southwestern Oregon, USA. Exact distributions of individual populations were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: An investigation into the ecology and distribution of

Advocacy travel, creating social and ideological change : a comparison of travelers to Cuba and Chiapas

Creator:: Donckers, Jana L.
Abstract:: As a result of academic research into the effects of mass travel, an industry of alternative tourism has emerged. Application of this research has resulted in myriad forms of tourism, two of these being ecotourism and educational travel. Ecotourism represents a response to what is the destructive nature of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jana L. Donckers for the degree of

The parasite complex of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) on alfalfa in western Oregon

Creator:: Dickie, Alfred Gordon
Abstract:: This study was initiated in the Spring of 1966 for the purpose of determining the present status and effectiveness of imported parasitic wasps of the pea aphid in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. The pea aphid is a serious pest throughout the pea and alfalfa growing regions of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: The parasite complex of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Nematode associates and parasites of the Douglas fir beetle Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins with notes on biological control

Creator:: Martin, Gordon Wyatt
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . 34 p. (New Jersey. Dept. of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Circular no. ZIL) 38 11. . The

The Space Between: How We Understood, Valued, and Governed the Ocean Through the Process of Marine Science and Emerging Technologies

Creator:: Newton, Samantha
Abstract:: Ian Angell, in the New Barbarian Manifesto, said “A ‘brave new world’ is being forced upon unsuspecting societies by advances in information technology.” It would seem then, that technological advances happen automatically and have a life of their own. There is a logic to technological advancements that is outside human...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Florida Keys, the Stratton Commission led to the creation of NOAA, the report Our Nation and the Sea

Radicalizing Food: Navigating the Radical Fault Lines of our Local Food Systems—on Farm, at Market, & Online

Creator:: Bennett, Laura E.
Abstract:: Mainstream local food systems focus on environmental and individual health, but labor is out of sight and out of mind. We begin with a story that introduces the immigrant in the room, the locavore’s blind spots, and the need to move beyond mainstream environmentalism and embrace social justice. In the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Food_2019_ARCHIVE.docx AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Laura Bennett for the degree of Master of Arts in

Educational, economic and sociological problems encountered in training the light aviation sections of the Oregon National Guard

Creator:: Monroe, Melvin Candee
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , shipping, lumbering, and agriculture. Numerous processing industries have been attracted of late years by

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area

Creator:: Rolston, Irene
Abstract:: Thesis summarizes interviews with growers residing within the Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) in the Southern Willamette Valley of Oregon. Informal and semi-structured interviews were used to identify perceived impediments and incentives perceived by local farmers in following best management practices related to water quality. Results from the interviews were coded...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Questions .............................116 Appendix F: 2002 Census of Agriculture County Profiles

Dust storm transport of pathogenic microbes to Viking Scandinavia : a query into possible environmental vectors or disease pathogenesis in a closed biological and ecological system

Creator:: Boling, David Carter
Abstract:: This thesis is an integrated study that links several disciplines-archaeology, anthropology, geography, atmospheric sciences, and microbiology. It attempts to generate an argument that central to climate change is disequilibrium in human ecologies- in my case, disease ecologies in Iceland during the 15th century. This thesis investigates the environment's effect on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Joseph Prospero, who found that large quantities of African dust were carried into Florida airborne, and

The role of traditional ecological knowledge in understanding a species and river system at risk : Pacific lamprey in the Lower Klamath Basin

Creator:: Petersen, Robin S.
Abstract:: Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) have historically been considered by the Western scientific community as a "trash" fish and generally overlooked in West Coast fisheries management. Recent population declines in Pacific Northwest streams have triggered new research to understand the life history and ecological significance of this species. These new studies...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robin S. Petersen for the degree of Master of

Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

Creator:: Burke, Erik P.
Abstract:: Reinhabitation is an approach to building local cultures and economies within industrial society. The food system is a vital starting point. What are the principles of reinhabitory food systems? What are the possibilities for a locally adapted food system in the Marys River region of western Oregon? I describe past...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: different relationship between culture and nature than the dominance of industrial agriculture. Leopold

Queering Science Writing: Bringing Marginalized Perspectives to the Mainstream

Creator:: Goodfriend, Olivia F.
Abstract:: Within the field of science communication, the voices, perspectives, and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community have long been kept at the margins. This has led to a gap in material that recognizes queer individuals and communities as audiences, communicators, and stakeholders in STEM. I address this gap by generating a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Olivia F. Goodfriend for the degree of Master of Arts in Environmental Arts

Allocation in Health Care : Antecedent Conditions and Catholic Insights

Creator:: Hosford, Laura L.
Abstract:: This research was aimed at providing the foundation for changing standards of care in a critical care setting using Catholic concepts of respect for human dignity, subsidiarity, common good, and solidarity as a matter of social justice. I first unpacked the nature of ICU care and the inevitability of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: FinalThesis AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

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

Creator:: Karnes, Daniel A.
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: situation in the upper Cañar region is one of largely subsistence agriculture with small amounts being

Conservation programs from the farmer's perspective : where is the greener grass?

Creator:: Gibson, Jennifer S.
Abstract:: On the national level, landowners demand for conservation programs like EQIP and WRP has far outstripped federal funding in 2001. Yet within Oregon's Willamette Valley, both EQIP and CREP have had a rough time gaining momentum. Much of the past research on rural landowners' conservation participation has relied on surveys...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Districts USDA U.S. Dept. of Agriculture USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service WHIP Wildlife Habitat

"Otherwise I hear riffs and drones": Sound and Decoloniality in Contemporary Latinx Poetics

Creator:: Diaz-Hui, Alexander
Abstract:: This thesis examines Latinx poetry in relation to the September 11th attacks and the reconfigurations of racial structures and the American empire that followed, most notably through the Department of Homeland Security and their agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE politically characterizes immigrants as anti-American to perpetuate stereotypes against...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Campaigns for Homeland Security Dept.”). This move to treat immigration as an issue of national security

Satisfaction with clothing and personal appearance related to self-esteem and participation in activities among full-time homemakers

Creator:: Olstrom, Janet Marie
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships among satisfaction with clothing, satisfaction with physical appearance, concern over weight, self-esteem, and participation in leisure-time activities among a sample of full-time homemakers. To test these relationships, five measures were used. Satisfaction with clothing was measured by comparing the actual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to self-esteem and participation in activities among full-time homemakers AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS

Using computers for reversing language shift : ethical and pragmatic implications from a Wasco case study

Creator:: Denis, Armelle
Abstract:: Indigenous languages worldwide are rapidly disappearing, forced out of use by the spread of dominant Western culture and its languages. On the Warm Springs reservation of Oregon, the Culture and Heritage department, the tribal agency in charge of language preservation, is offering instruction in all three languages of the reservation:...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: purpose of securing land for settlement and agriculture. Representatives for the Wascos and Warm Springs

Source material for holiday programs in high school : an annotated bibliography

Creator:: Castle, Leola Blanche
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: annotated bibliography AN ABSTRACT OF Ti T8IS OF _____ for the___1fl _--- (Name) (Deree (Major) Date

Public Proof : Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational

Creator:: Snyder, Wesley M.
Abstract:: A 2014 Pew Research poll revealed large gaps between public opinion and scientific opinion over environmental and biomedical issues (Funk and Rainie). Similarly, a number of recent popular books have described a growing public mistrust in scientific expertise (Mooney; Storr; Specter). Why is it, then, that so much of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Wesley M. Snyder for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on

Neighborhood emergency networks in Uzhhorod, Ukraine and Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. : women's neighborhood network and Linn-Benton neighborhood emergency training

Creator:: Weidner, Naomi
Abstract:: This thesis examines two neighborhood emergency preparedness programs: the Linn-Benton Neighborhood Emergency Training (LB NET) program in Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A., and the Women's Neighborhood Networking Program (WNNP) in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. In Corvallis, the LB NET began in 1996, in part out of concerns that in a large disaster the local...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Naomi Weidner for the degree of

Feeling through Language: Tracing Affect in Gendered Language

Creator:: Moody, Jeana S.
Abstract:: This study looks at how gendered language circulates affect in order to coerce gender binary conformity. I analyze the ways gendered phrases like “sit like a lady”, “don’t be a bitch”, and “man up” communicate binary gender expectations within a U.S. context, and what they have to do with larger...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Nature and culture in two Pacific Northwest timber-dependent communities

Creator:: Six, Amanda
Abstract:: Timber-dependent, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest face dramatic economic, political, and cultural change. New philosophies of forest management, primarily formulated in urban communities, require new approaches to the use and extraction of resources. What are the roles of rural communities that wish to adapt and sustain themselves? Two rural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Kubein, Adele
Abstract:: This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

Creator:: Brown, Nicole A.
Abstract:: This thesis examines perceptions of cooperation among small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in western Oregon's forest products industry. Recent changes in the industry, such as corporate consolidation, global marketing, and government regulations have created an environment in which many SMEs find it difficult to stay competitive. Cooperation among SMEs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Oregon's total land base. Forest land is defined by the Department of Agriculture as "land that

A proposed farmstead plan for an irrigated area in central Oregon

Creator:: Yang, Edith Leong
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Agriculture. The agricultural ftture of this area is insured by the Lain Canal, Deschutes Project, Oregon

Cape Scene & the path to a conscientious tourism product

Creator:: Sykes, Kimberly M.
Abstract:: Many countries around the world are looking to tourism as a sustainable solution for economic development and many individuals seek business opportunities in the tourism industry. Researchers in the field of anthropology and other disciplines alike have recorded findings of the environmental, economic and cultural impacts of tourism development that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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A Public Elementary School as a Cultural Context : Japanese Children Learning to Perceive their Environment

Creator:: Sugai, Taichi
Abstract:: This thesis examines the cultural context in which Japanese children are constructing their own perspective of the environment because in the development of environmental education in Japan, the perspectives of children and teachers have not been taken into consideration. Although educators have made efforts to give direction to environmental education,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Foodways at Fort Yamhill, 1856-1866 : an archaeological and archival perspective

Creator:: Eichelberger, Justin E.
Abstract:: Fort Yamhill, located in the eastern foothills of the Oregon Coast Range near modern day Grand Ronde, Oregon, was a U.S. Army post established in March 1856 as part of a three fort system to guard the newly established Coast Reservation and to provide a Union presence in the state...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: agriculture, they did improve the productivity of the landscape through the use of prescribed burning. The

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