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  • Prescribing politics : an examination of the local and global factors which govern access to "atypical" psychotropic medications for Oregon's unfunded clients

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    Maxey, Judith L.
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    This thesis is based on a study conducted for the state of Oregon's Office of Mental Health Services (OMHS). OMHS' primary research objectives included 1) the identification of the unfunded population (individuals who are uninsured and ineligible for Medicaid) who seek services at community mental health programs and 2) an...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS Judith L. Maxey for the degree of

  • Genres at Play : History, Tragedy, and Comedy in Shakespeare's Richard II

    Creator:
    Wiley, Marie
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    This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare's Richard II. By exploring the play's references to conflicting interpretations of history from different generic perspectives, I hope to advance a more nuanced reading of the play's dynamic staging of history. In Chapter One, I suggest that Richard II...
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    , 2016. Title: Genres at Play: History, Tragedy and Comedy in Shakespeare’s Richard II

  • 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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    , on the other hand, gives Chaucer his own subheading. This textbook, edited by Judith C. Coffin

  • 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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    Judith Butler’s work on gender performativity and doing gender, as well as Daniel Dennett’s conception

  • The size of the chromosome segment transduced by phage Pl.

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    Cowan, Judith Harmon Miller
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    The purpose of this research was to determine whether the transducing phage Pl picks up original bacterial chromosome segments and whether these segments are always the same size. The plan of approach was to grow the donor bacteria Escherichia coli C600 gal⁺ (galactose) in minimal media containing the heavy isotopes...
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    . AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Judith Harmon Miller Cowan for the M. A. in Microbiology (Degree

  • Ecotourism, community development, and local autonomy : the experience of Shan-Mei aboriginal community in Taiwan

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    Lee, Pei-Yao
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    Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of environmental conservation, where ecotourism has been successfully combined with integrated community development. Indigenous knowledge containing "ecological wisdom" and decision-making based on consensus are perceived to be the greatest contributors to this achievement. I conducted three months...
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    thank my other committee members: Dr. Judith Li, Dr. Nancy Rosenberger, and Dr. Peter List, and to

  • 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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    , Linda Richards, Marisa Chappell, and David Bernell. Thanks also to Trina Hogg for her advice and

  • Solidarity’s Last Stand: Rudi Nussbaum and the Hanford Downwinders

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    Vitale, Anthony
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    The Hanford Nuclear Reservation drew public ire during the 1980s and 1990s when activist groups forced the declassification of 19,000 documents and discovered proof of accidental and intentional releases of radioactive materials into the environment. These releases had been kept from the public. Although many locals had for decades wondered...
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    would also like to sincerely thank Dr. Linda Richards, whose environmental history class and our

  • Conjuring September 11, 2001 : Midwest Narratives in the Time of Death

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    Josten, Jonathon M.
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    Over the past fourteen years since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Americans of varied political persuasions have continually identified the day as a defining moment in the history of the nation, which caused a rupture in the cultural rhythm and psyche. This sensibility is...
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    ”, Jonathan Franzen’s novel Freedom, and Richard Powers’ novel The Echo Maker. Despite their differing

  • Justifications for K-12 education standards, goals, and curriculum

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    Creighton, Sean
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    In the contemporary U.S., the state, through the Legislative Assembly, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Education, sets policies for K-12 education. These include goals and standards that affect the kinds of influences local officials, parents, and students can have on various education programs, required and elective...
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    ) “they are value-based;” (D) “they are challenging;” and (E) “they are active” (ODE, 1). These