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Disciplining the reception of Darwin : the botanical and sociological work of Lester Frank Ward

Creator:: Zimmerman, Katharine
Abstract:: The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, truly a synthesized work of natural history, coincided with the emergence of specialized disciplines in the 19th century. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between the specialization of knowledge, in the form of disciplinization, and the reception of new...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Creator:: Rosman, Alice L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , a figure she associates with Peter Elbow and Donald Murray, has caused so-labeled expressivists to

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

Creator:: Oney, Celia E.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this was the first completed decommissioning. Chih Wang to Clifford Smith, 2 July 1980, Radiation

"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
Full Text:: as care providers influenced by the “partial truths” (Clifford 1986

Chronic low back pain : patient perceptions and treatment trajectories in Australia's medical system

Creator:: Miller, Carissa (Carissa Marie)
Abstract:: The perplexing condition of chronic pain, particularly low back pain, is the catalyst for interest in this research project. It is specifically focused on treatment trajectories of individuals experiencing chronic low back pain. The predominant interest is the utilization of alternative treatments and that of mainstream medicine (also referred to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: patients (Holmes 1998). One mainstream medical practitioner stated, "Most physicians have been trained

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

Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Buerger, Catherine F.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Dig Sites and Domesticity: Jessie Camp and the 1947 University of California Africa Expedition

Creator:: Fraas, Picabo K.
Abstract:: In 1947, scientists from the University of California departed for a fifteen-month expedition to Africa. Jessie Camp, wife of the head paleontologist Dr. Charles L. Camp, had no official position on the expedition. Yet in performing her traditional domestic duties, she greatly contributed to the overall success of the expedition....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Donald Opitz et. al claim, “the domestic sphere has in fact remained critically important for the

A study of the animals inhabiting laminarian holdfasts in Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Creator:: Markham, John Charles
Abstract:: During the six-month period of July through December, 1966, a study of animals inhabiting laminarian holdfasts in Yaquina Bay, Oregon, was carried out to determine what animals live in this habitat and to gain some idea of the factors which influence their presence and distribution. This study deals with yet...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oceanography. Hartman, Olga and Donald J. Reish. 1950. The marine annelids of Oregon. Corvallis, Oregon State

Breeding the new woman : the eugenic discourse of motherhood in Shaw, Yeats, and Lawless

Creator:: Tracy, Hannah R.
Abstract:: The popularity and pervasiveness of eugenic discourse during the modernist period in England and Ireland raised many questions about race, class, and gender. While Hitler's Nazi "experiment" ultimately demonstrated the consequences of implementing eugenic ideas, forcing eugenicists to abandon, or at least mask, their theories, the eugenics movement before World...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sexuality. Citing Daniel Kevies, Donald Childs notes in Modernism and Eugenics that "certain feminists

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Disciplining the reception of Darwin : the botanical and sociological work of Lester Frank Ward

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

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

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

Chronic low back pain : patient perceptions and treatment trajectories in Australia's medical system

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

Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

Dig Sites and Domesticity: Jessie Camp and the 1947 University of California Africa Expedition

A study of the animals inhabiting laminarian holdfasts in Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Breeding the new woman : the eugenic discourse of motherhood in Shaw, Yeats, and Lawless

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