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Who We Are and Will Be

Creator:: Jackson, Linda Carol, 1949-
Abstract:: The protagonists in the fiction of Paule Marshall, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison illuminate American cultural perceptions of black women and illustrate how the creators of these characters hope to change those perceptions. I studied Paule Marshall's Daughters, Alice Walker's Meridian and The Color Purple, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Linda C. Jackson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in English, English, and

Metaphor and Bias : An In-Depth Look at CNN and Fox News Channel

Creator:: Duncan, Sara R.
Abstract:: This study links together two very complicated, but very important subjects: media bias and metaphor. More specifically, this study investigates whether or not examining a media outlet's use of metaphor is an effective methodology for investigating media bias. Using cluster analysis, I identified the source metaphors most commonly used on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara R. Duncan for the

"My nonsense is only their own in motley" : Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ware Jr., and the "nature" of christian character"

Creator:: Jensen, Timothy Ward
Abstract:: Recent changes in the historiography of American Transcendentalism have inspired a reappraisal of the relationship between the Transcendentalist movement in New England and the pietistic wing of the Unitarian church. This thesis explores this reappraisal through a close reading of selected writings by Henry Ware Jr. in juxtaposition to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ware Jr., and the "Nature" of "Christian Character." Abstract approved: David M. Robinson Recent

Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

Creator:: Garrett, Christopher Edward
Abstract:: During his lifetime C. S. Lewis chose to speak to Christians in plain and simple language that they could understand. Lewis taught and defended truths that he felt were discernible through reason. Morality, free will, and the divinity of Jesus Christ were fundamental to his core beliefs and teachings. His...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Robinson writes, "Latter-day Saints would agree entirely with C. S. Lewis." He then quotes from Mere

Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

Creator:: Hanna, Erika L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University polo team negotiate aspects of their social identity. Over the course of the 2011-2012 school year, 15 interviews and 30 hours of observations were conducted. From the data, five overarching themes were identified: inclusion as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members, Dr. Elizabeth Root, Dr. Trischa Goodnow, Dr. Fina Carpena-Mendez and Sara Jameson for

Sex stereotypes in Thai elementary school textbooks

Creator:: Pobsook, Thanitthar
Abstract:: This study analyzed Thai textbooks as a dimension of research on sex-role stereotypes in Thailand. One hundred and sixty-two stories in Thai elementary school textbooks were investigated, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of content analysis. This study was a modified replication of Britton and Lumpkin's study (1977) and partly...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Charles C. 191hgford This study analyzed Thai textbooks as a dimension

Differences Between Public Attention and Understanding of School Budget Formats Published in Newspapers

Creator:: Mason, Sue Cockeram
Abstract:: This thesis study attempts to differentiate between attention and understanding as separate phases of communication theory. To do this, additional analysis was made of data already gathered from a random sample of Oregonians by the Survey Research Center at Oregon State University. An additional objective was to determine the role...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Harold C. Dorn, for help and encouragement with this project. I appreciate, too, the cooperation shown

A Comparative Study of the Relation Among Religion, Development and Population Policy in Three Muslim Countries : Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia

Creator:: Rihani, Ina Lee
Abstract:: This is an interdisciplinary study combining the areas of Sociology, Religious Studies, and Adult and Community Education. Drawing from these disciplines, an investigation was made into the religious and socio-economic variables of development and their relation to family planning policies in the Muslim world. The primary focus in this study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and Tunisia Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy Charles C VLangford This is an interdisciplinary

Historic Farm Structures As Material Culture : An Oregon Study

Creator:: Judge, Barbara C.
Abstract:: The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in 1850 and 1915. The study embraces the theory that material culture reflects customs and values. The material culture indicators within the study are the architectural structures of the Oregon farms. The study filters...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: study AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Barbara C. Judge for the degree of Masters of Arts in

An investigation of ethnocentrism, its elements, factors affecting its intensity, and implications for cross-cultural activities

Creator:: Olufson, Loreen C.
Abstract:: Ethnocentrism is a term for an attitude which causes individuals to place their culture at the center of the universe as they see it. Other cultures are evaluated in terms of the culture of the individual and are often valued less. Ethnocentrism and the behaviors associated with it have frequently...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Its Intensity, and Implications for Cross-Cultural Activities by Loreen C. Olufson A THESIS

The Effects of Electromyographic Biofeedback on Test Anxiety and Performance

Creator:: Reed, Michael L.
Abstract:: The applicability of electromyographic biofeedback toward alleviating test taking anxiety was examined along with the effects of relaxation training on general anxiety, locus of control, test performance, and muscle tension during a test. The Achievement Anxiety Test (AAT) was administered to 271 freshman psychology students. Students whose scores indicated high...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: instructions alone. A second control group (C) received no treatment. B and IC subjects received eight half

Beagle, Oregon, An Unknown Casualty of War: Camp White and the Destruction of a Farming Community During the Second World War

Creator:: Shelnutt, Kay
Abstract:: This project examines the landscape of the farming community of Beagle, Oregon prior to and during the Second World War and the effect on it due to the construction of Camp White, a World War II training facility. The Beagle landscape is examined through the prism of current theory that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Presented January 30, 2007 Commencement June 2007 R e d a c t e d f o r p ri v a c y Master of

From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

Creator:: Gilmore, Jennifer
Abstract:: Sororities play an important role in the process by which sorority women become gendered by influencing members' ideas about what it means to be a woman. Women and men become gendered through regular social interaction with other women and men, and sororities have a particularly strong impact on their members...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Saudi Arabian Women Pursuing Higher Education at Oregon State University

Creator:: Al-Sheikhly, Nadya A.
Abstract:: Since 2005, the United States has experienced a significant influx of international students from Saudi Arabia, particularly women (Bollang, 2006). The American educational structure is something Saudi women have never experienced due to the vast differences between both cultures in all facets. There is very little to no research conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Appendix C: Semi-Structured Interview Questions I……………………….76 Appendix D: Semi-Structured Interview

An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

Creator:: McFarland, Janine Ruth
Abstract:: During the summer of 1986, an archaeological testing project was completed at seven prehistoric campsites primarily located in the upper Deschutes River Basin of central Oregon. Testing was focused on two low-density "lithic scatters", an archaelogical site type which is especially abundant in this obsidian-rich region but which, to date,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this work in different ways, David Dukes; Sara Scott, CH2M Hill Archaeologist; Dan Mattson, Warm

Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

Creator:: Yatani, Choichiro
Abstract:: This study was designed to assess the effects of political participation upon hostility and the preference for violence. To investigate this problem a political participation scale was developed. 148 male subjects (mean age 22.6 years) and 93 female subjects (mean age 20.7 years) responded to the Political Participation Scale, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Purpose of the Study Scale Construction a. Conceptualization b. Composition of Item Pool c. Criterion of

Claude McKay's Vision of Community in the African Diaspora : A Fresh Take on Home to Harlem and Banjo

Creator:: De Jesus, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
Abstract:: This research examines the literary and philosophical dimensions of the African American Harlem Renaissance, beginning with the historical milieu of the early twentieth century. A social movement that became known as Uplift and the so-called Cabaret Movement emerged as important, competing literary and social ideologies within the Renaissance. W.E.B. Du...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and serving as the church choirmaster (C. McKay, My Green 18-19), was privately a free thinker

Rodeo Cowgirls : An Ambivalent Arena

Creator:: Oliver, Audra Leah
Abstract:: The term "cowboy" was closely bound to American image long before the 1990s. Rodeo claimed the image of the cowboy from the earliest contests to the latest and pledged itself to patriotism almost as early. This historical study was conducted viewing rodeo as a subculture and relating women's role in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students majoring in speech communication

Creator:: Maier, Pamela M.
Abstract:: This study investigated terminal and instrumental value priorities of students in various majors within an academic department. The investigator tested a sample of 99 volunteers of both sexes from several classes in the department of Speech Communication at a major land grant university by use of the Rokeach Value Survey....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 74 Appendix A - INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBJECTS Appendix B - INVITATION TO SUBJECTS Appendix C - FOLLOW-UP

The Schultz Fire: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on its History, Management, and Ecological Effects

Creator:: Ranseen, Susanne N.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the Schultz Fire as a case study to explain the complex history of fire suppression management in America’s forests, and to gain further understanding of how management practices have affected the increase in fire severity levels and how forests respond to such a disturbance. The thesis objectives...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .................................................................... - 73 - APPENDIX C: POLICY TIME LINE

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Who We Are and Will Be

Metaphor and Bias : An In-Depth Look at CNN and Fox News Channel

"My nonsense is only their own in motley" : Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ware Jr., and the "nature" of christian character"

Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

Sex stereotypes in Thai elementary school textbooks

Differences Between Public Attention and Understanding of School Budget Formats Published in Newspapers

A Comparative Study of the Relation Among Religion, Development and Population Policy in Three Muslim Countries : Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia

Historic Farm Structures As Material Culture : An Oregon Study

An investigation of ethnocentrism, its elements, factors affecting its intensity, and implications for cross-cultural activities

The Effects of Electromyographic Biofeedback on Test Anxiety and Performance

Beagle, Oregon, An Unknown Casualty of War: Camp White and the Destruction of a Farming Community During the Second World War

From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

Saudi Arabian Women Pursuing Higher Education at Oregon State University

An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

Claude McKay's Vision of Community in the African Diaspora : A Fresh Take on Home to Harlem and Banjo

Rodeo Cowgirls : An Ambivalent Arena

An examination of terminal and instrumental values of selected Oregon State University students majoring in speech communication

The Schultz Fire: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on its History, Management, and Ecological Effects

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