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  • Sites of Memory : Black Women's Geographies, #SayHerName, and Black Hair Politics

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    Adkins, Daryl
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    According to Katherine McKittrick, black women’s geographies reveal and confront geographies of domination that have been erased or considered unworthy of analysis. This thesis positions #SayHerName protests and natural kink/coiled hair within a black women’s geographic analysis suggesting that both body and hair politics provide historical and contemporary geographic clues...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Patti L. Duncan According to Katherine McKittrick, black women’s geographies reveal and

  • Local resilience, canola cropping, and biodiesel production

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    Bates, Christopher Allen
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    New technology may have negative, as well as positive, effects on a sociocultural system. Biodiesel is growing in popularity as a fuel alternative that addresses global warming and reduces dependency on petroleum. The biodiesel innovation fits well into the existing behavioral infrastructure of Linn and Benton Counties, Oregon. The introduction...
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    . Canola Cropping. and Biodiesel Production Abstract approved: Courtland L. Smith New technology may

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

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    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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    __________________________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Alice L. Rosman for the degree of Master of

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

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    Schindell, Jennifer R.
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    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...
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     2010;  Jenny  and  Isaac  2006;  Southall  1997),  but  are   more  commonly

  • Little houses on the prairie : a predictive model of French-Canadian settlement in Oregon's Willamette Valley

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    Kinoshita, Jun R.
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    Using GIS, this study creates a predictive model of a distinct population of French-Canadian settlers, highlighting shared environmental characteristics of known sites that may have factored into their decision-making process as they chose locations for their farmsteads. While traditional historic and archaeological research has been conducted on French Prairie, the...
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    and Sebastian 1988; Maschner 1996; Moon 1993; Wescott and Brandon 2000). This thesis explores the use

  • Remaking myths and subverting the mainstream : teen girls come of age on and off the screen

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    Hentges, Sarah Duncan
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    For at least 30 years American culture has failed to provide empowering myths and symbols to its adolescents as they come of age and try to make sense of their selves, sexuality and the culture that surrounds them. This lack of myths and symbols is especially harmful to girls and...
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  • Street children : the other side of tourism in Hue, Viet Nam

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    Wangsgard, David B.
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    Street children are a significant presence in Hue, Viet Nam's tourist center, where they eat, sleep, work, and play. Utilizing ethnographic methods, this study examines how tourism impacts the lives of street children involved in the industry. The street children have generally been compelled to leave home because of adverse...
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    (Brandon 1993; Lindberg 1991; Lindberg and Huber 1993). Goods and services are imported to serve the

  • Geoarchaeology at Tseriadun (35CU7), Curry County, Oregon

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    Anderson, Frederick C.
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    The continuation of geoarchaeological investigations at Tseriadun (35CU7) contributes to the understanding of the site's depositional history and the associated environments, thereby identifying the long term geomorphic change in the area and providing the environmental context for local human activity as it is reflected in the archaeological record. Meeting this...
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  • Identical confusion : the history of twin studies on sexual orientation, 1952-1973

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    Boltseridge, Nathan H.
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    In 1952, at the height of the McCarthy era, Franz Kallmann, a Jewish psychiatrist and eugenicist who fled the National Socialist regime in Germany, published a study, in which he claimed to have found a one hundred percent concordance rate for homosexuality among forty pairs of identical twins. From this...
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    paths of research and advice on composition that I received from Mina J. Carson and Paul L. Farber was

  • Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

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    Galipeau, Brendan A.
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    This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
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