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  • The Andy Stories

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    Henkel, William B.
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    The four stories within, "Jim of India," "Shooting the Breeze," "Bridge," and "Point Reyes," are part of a longer work in progress, tentatively titled The Andy Stories. The stories follow Andy, a woman in her 50s, on a voyage across the continent and into herself. Of these, all are written...
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    as far along as it is. Warm thanks are due my committee members Michael Oriard and Mina Carson for

  • “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

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    Graham, Devon E.
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    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...
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    . Mina Carson, and Dr. Daniel López-Cevallos, for your interest, encouragement, and your service

  • Learning by imitation : the scholarly works of David Bartholomae

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    Gallup, Sarah E.
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    This thesis examines the scholarship in pedagogical theory and practice of David Bartholomae over the past thirty-five years, in particular examining the role that the rhetorical construct of imitation has played in its development. Through my research, I trace the evolution of Bartholomae’s pedagogical stances and practices, as these both...
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    Mina Shaughnessy…………………………………………………………… 32 Anthony Petrosky…………………………………………………………….. 37 Final

  • Narratives of Motherwork, Agency, and Resilience: An Oral History of Afghan Immigrant Mothers in the Pacific Northwest Diaspora

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    Rezai, Fatima
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    Using intersectional, matricentric feminist of color approaches, this study interrogates the particularities of Afghan immigrants' mothering experiences—as one of the hidden facets of their lived experience—in the United States from a life-course perspective. Using a combination of feminist oral historical approaches, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation, this thesis explores the...
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    Narratives………………...………........…………………………………………......……….. 37 Mina……………………………………………………………………………………..37

  • A circle of response : addressing the tensions of teacher responseto student writing

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    Carothers, April D.
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    What students need most from instructors’ written response on their texts is commentary that evokes a sense of exchange. Teachers often believe that their job is to point out the deficits in a student’s paper and help eliminate those deficits. While this is a part of the function of response,...
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    , are Mina Shaughnessy, David Bartholomae, Donald Murray, Linda Flower, Nancy Sommers, Mike Rose

  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

    Creator:
    Jameson, Sara
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    Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
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    of scholars such as James Berlin, Mina Shaughnessy, Paolo Freire, and Peter Elbow but I hadn't yet

  • Wendy Bishop : a feminist voice at the intersections of composition, creative writing, and ethnography

    Creator:
    Rosman, Alice L.
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    Wendy Bishop's lively voice and scholarly contribution continue to resonate and be important in composition studies. Bishop--poet, scholar, feminist, teacher, ethnographer, and compositionist--sought to blur the lines between creative writing and composition. This thesis argues that in challenging the boundaries that exist between creative writing and composition, Bishop also challenged...
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    occurring in composition studies, citing important figures like Mina Shaughnessy and Patricia Bizzell

  • Invitations to the writing life : a study of popular writing books

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    Finley, Devon
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    The field of composition studies has concerned itself with the way in which people learn to write and the role schooling plays in writing development. Recently a trend has developed within the field towards exploring writing development outside of the classroom, termed the extracurriculum. Much of the scholarship thus far...
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    example. I love to cook. I do not call myself "chef," but I call myself cook. I like to cook for

  • Pan, techo y libertad : women, gender and development in the Afro-Ecuadorian highlands

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    Guerron-Montero, Carla Maria
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    Married Middle Middle Manuel Mina M.Mi. 63Jan/26/1993 Widow Middle IMiddle 10 During my fieldwork, I

  • A study of drop-outs from the accelerated mathematics classes of the Portland public schools, Portland, Oregon

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    Palmer, Joyce Eileen
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    Statement of the problem: The study sought to determine whether certain measurable differences existed between students who had withdrawn after acceptance into the accelerated mathematics classes in the Portland schools and students who had persisted after acceptance into the program. Examined were: scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills,...
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    which they might otherwise have discontinued. (2, p. 1-2) Edward S. Cook, in studying students who