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  • Eternal Years : Religion, Psychology and Sexuality in the Art of Emily Bronte

    Creator:
    Miranda, Pamela C.
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    This thesis offers a textual analysis of Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights and, to a lesser extent, her poems in an effort to understand fully the complicated relationship of gender to time that characterizes her artistic imagination. The study emphasizes the interplay of religious, psychological and sexual forces inherent in...
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    by researcher for Pamela C. Miranda ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A very special thanks to Elizabeth Campbell

  • Underneath Our Feet: A Critical Discourse Analysis of an Underground Museum Tour

    Creator:
    Sokoloski, Taryn Leigh
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    This study explores an underground museum located in Pendleton, Oregon. Using the method of Critical Discourse Analysis, I identify the ways Whiteness and Chinese as “the Other” are visually and verbally depicted. This study uses a qualitative approach to identify the ways both groups are presented on the tour. The...
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    Abstract approved: _______________________________________________________ Elizabeth Root This study

  • Constituting the Invisible : An Examination of the Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity

    Creator:
    Whitney, April L.
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    Bisexual females experience unique forms of discrimination, but are often overlooked in scholarship. Recent research focuses on various aspects of bisexuality, yet female bisexuality is largely overlooked. Many existing studies focus on the experiences of bisexuals, rather than on social constructions of the identity and the role communication plays in...
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    Identity Abstract approved: _________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root

  • The University Experiences of First-Generation Polynesian Football Players : An Exploratory Study of Cultural Adaptation

    Creator:
    Vave, Walker Cook
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    This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian football players’ university experiences with cultural adaptation. There is little research on this topic. Because of the importance of these issues and the exploratory nature of this study, a qualitative approach was needed. Interviews were conducted with 15 first-generation Polynesian football male...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian

  • “I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

    Creator:
    Anderson, Anna
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    This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
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    : _____________________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the

  • Team Bella : reimagining character portrayals and engaging with social constructions of power in Twilight fanfiction

    Creator:
    Rost, Coral
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    Online fanfiction communities have received attention for providing spaces of creativity and individual empowerment. Yet as critics have sought to establish fanfiction as a worthy object of study, many have not grappled with the ways that fanfictions not only trouble, but also reinforce various discourses and ideas of gender and...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Sheehan

  • Negotiating Social Identity within the Oregon State University Polo Club

    Creator:
    Hanna, Erika L.
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    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...
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    : Elizabeth M. Root The purpose of this study is to examine how members of the Oregon State University

  • Autobiography as image repair : an analysis of Sarah Palin's restoration strategies

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    Canja, Elizabeth H.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine how autobiography functions as image restoration for a political candidate through the analysis of Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life. In particular, the study will identify and evaluate specific restoration strategies implemented by Palin in order to repair her image...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Elizabeth H. Canja for

  • Science Through the Lens of Art

    Creator:
    Garton, Elizabeth
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    There is a connection between science and art. This study is specifically looking at the connection between soil science, art, and biochemistry. The traditional display of research in the sciences is in a written form such as a manuscript or journal article. To challenge this traditional presentation of scientific knowledge...
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    Lens of Art Elizabeth Garton MAIS Project Report (Thesis) Soil Science Art Biochemistry 2015 2

  • Wedding Bells, Binaries and the Heterosexual Menace

    Creator:
    McNeill, Elizabeth
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    This research explores and aligns a postmodern method in line with a theoretical lens of "strategic political queer/feminism" to understand the construction and positioning of the issue/ problem of same-sex marriage. The method takes shape through a theoretical framework that leads to a political maneuver opening access to the rights...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Elizabeth McNeill for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

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    Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
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    This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Sarah Elizabeth Hanna for the thesis of Master of Arts in

  • Reward Allocation Behavior as a Function of Psychological Gender and Biological Sex : A Study of Advanced Business Students

    Creator:
    Woods, Elizabeth A.
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    Women today represent a larger part of the American workforce than ever before. The influx of women into the workplace raises questions about differences in male and female work-related behaviors particularly in groups, and decision making. For example, existing research suggests that men and women have differing strategies in groups...
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    gender and biological sex : a study of advance[d] business students AN ABSTRACT OF THESIS OF Elizabeth

  • The Building of a ‘Harmonious World’ and the Conflict of the Confucius Institute

    Creator:
    Flatt, Tomena M.
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    The Confucius Institutes program is a Chinese organization established in 2004 to provide the world with language instruction and increase cultural awareness. The program forms joint venture business models with universities and schools around the world to establish language and culture centers on their school’s campus (“Constitution and By-Laws”). Over...
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    a wall and got stuck. Dr. Elizabeth Root, I knew after taking my first class with you in

  • The identification and division of Steve Jobs

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    Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
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    On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak entered into a partnership agreement to found Apple Computer. In the decade that followed, Apple experienced remarkable growth and success, as Jobs catapulted Apple to the Fortune 500 list of top‐flight companies faster than any other company in history. Under direction...
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  • British policies toward Palestine

    Creator:
    Earl-Taylor, Michael A.
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    This study traces British government policies with regard to Palestine from the time the British Expeditionary Forces under General Allenby invested Jerusalem in December 1917 to the imposition of the Mandate with Britain as the Mandatory power, which came into effect on July 22, 1922. The first chapter provides an...
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    to extend my gratitude to my committee, Pro- fessors Kurt Philipp, Harland Padfield, Elizabeth

  • Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

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    Barbour, Nancy Staton
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    This thesis examines the convergence of neoliberal rhetoric across popular media, academic, and institutional discourses, and draws connections between contemporary women's travel literature and common scripts in study abroad promotion. Finding such narratives to be freighted with ethnocentric constructs and tacit endorsements of market-based globalization, I critique the mainstreaming of...
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    Travel………...… The Tao of Elizabeth Gilbert……….…………………………...... The White, Western Woman

  • The First Lady and the American Parent: A Rhetorical Examination of Michelle Obama’s Use of Metaphor to Combat Childhood Obesity

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    Puls, Brittany Acacia
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    First Ladies have performed a variety of public and private roles, from presidential escort, hostess, and social advocate to policy maker and presidential advisor. The nature of the position has always been both traditional and gendered, greatly influencing each First Lady's performance. Due to the changing role of women in...
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    assisting me in completing my thesis. To Dr. Elizabeth Root for her constant encouragement and help

  • Guilt and Redemption on Wisteria Lane: A Burkeian Analysis of Desperate Housewives

    Creator:
    Huillet, Michelle M.
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    In 2004 after Desperate Housewives premiered, it was met with significant criticism condemning the lack of values and morals on the show, depicted through the pervasiveness of sinful and illegal behavior (Olsen & Morgan, 2010). However, Olsen and Morgan contend that sinful and illegal behavior is accompanied with attempts at...
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    believing in me, even when I did not believe in myself. To Dr. Elizabeth Root for her encouragement and

  • A Narrative Analysis of Captain America’s New Deal

    Creator:
    Ledbetter, Forest L.
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    In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media attempted to make sense of the seemingly radical altered political landscape. Comic books, though traditionally framed as low brow pulp, were no exception. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Walter Fisher's Narrative Paradigm to a...
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    to each of the members of my committee, Dr. Elizabeth Root, Dr. Paul Wanke, Dr. Steven Zielke, and

  • Suck it Up and Drive on Soldier: A Burkean Rhetorical Analysis and Critical Examination of the Internal Rhetoric of a Military Rape Victim

    Creator:
    Ward, Corrina M.
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    Sexual assault in the military is prevalent, underestimated, and sadly overlooked. This is largely due to the inherent patriarchy and hegemonic masculine ideologies that set rigid power boundaries in the military. The roles of powerful and powerless are indoctrinated into Servicemembers from the first moment of training, and are reified...
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    and a better human being. I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Dr. Elizabeth Root, whose