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

Creator:: Sokoloski, Taryn Leigh
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: _______________________________________________________ Elizabeth Root This study

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

Creator:: Vave, Walker Cook
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian

I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

Creator:: Carron, Ashley A.
Abstract:: The rise of social networking is more prevalent in today's society than ever before. Of the existing social networking platforms, Twitter is widely recognized as operating within the social networking elite. With this rise in social networking comes the challenge to develop new strategies of navigation when presenting one's identity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root The rise of social networking is more prevalent in today’s society than

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

Creator:: Whitney, April L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Identity Abstract approved: _________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root

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

Creator:: Miranda, Pamela C.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by researcher for Pamela C. Miranda ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A very special thanks to Elizabeth Campbell

The Effectiveness of a Malleable Mindset Intervention in an Introductory Psychology Course

Creator:: Bostwick, Keiko C. P.
Abstract:: Students who believe that their intelligence is able to grow over time (malleable/ growth mindset) perform better on measures of academic success than students who believe that intelligence is a fixed trait that cannot be changed (fixed mindset; Dweck, 2000). Previous research on the effectiveness of mindset interventions have demonstrated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Introductory Psychology Course. Abstract approved: Kathryn A. Becker-Blease Students who believe that

Investigating Differences between Rural and Non-rural Students

Creator:: Sinnott, Christian B.
Abstract:: Rural students have lagged behind non-rural students in matriculation into higher education, as well as in completion of four-year degrees. The current studies sought to investigate academic readiness, academic performance, and psychological differences between rural and non-rural students at Oregon State University. Rural and non-rural students were compared during spring...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kathryn A. Becker-Blease Rural students have lagged behind non-rural students in matriculation into

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

An electrophysiological study of emotional perception in a dual-task paradigm

Creator:: Shaw, Kathleen Elizabeth
Abstract:: The present study examined whether emotion perception requires central attentional resources. A dual-task paradigm was used to examine whether people can direct their attention to a face expressing a target emotion, even while they are still selecting a response to another task. Task-1 required an auditory discrimination while for Task-2,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kathleen Elizabeth Shaw for the degree of Master of Arts in

Maria Susanna Cummins' "The Lamplighter" : a revisioning of a sentimental writer of the nineteenth-century United States as rhetor, social critic, and feminist

Creator:: Steinert, Laura
Abstract:: Within The Lamplighter, a novel written in 1854, Maria Susanna Cummins defines a version of the sentimental novel that significantly differs from the prescriptive analysis male critics have offered for the genre. This thesis argues that feminist theory and recent rhetorical theory have caused a critical paradigm shift that has...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: " category. Since the 1940's, Pattee has been one of the most influential reviewers of nineteenth

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

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

I Tweet therefore I am: An Interview Study of Identity Development and Portrayal of Twitter Users Utilizing the Communication Theory of Identity

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

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

The Effectiveness of a Malleable Mindset Intervention in an Introductory Psychology Course

Investigating Differences between Rural and Non-rural Students

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

An electrophysiological study of emotional perception in a dual-task paradigm

Maria Susanna Cummins' "The Lamplighter" : a revisioning of a sentimental writer of the nineteenth-century United States as rhetor, social critic, and feminist

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