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  • Rodeo Cowgirls : An Ambivalent Arena

    Creator:
    Oliver, Audra Leah
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    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...
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    Arena Abstract approved: Don E. Mcllvenna The term "cowboy" was closely bound to American image long

  • Interpretations of reality : cross-cultural encounters of Asian students with healthcare at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Barclay, Julie Hanson
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    Enrollments of international students have increased dramatically in the last several decades. The delivery of health care to these students has become a topic of study for college health care providers and medical researchers across the country. The purpose of this study was to explore how Asian international students cope...
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    Health Care at Oregon State University Abstract approved: Nancy Roenberger Enrollments of international

  • Prepare Before You Say "I Do " : The Rhetorical Construction of Marriage in Premarital Counseling Programs

    Creator:
    Young, Jun
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    The increasing prevalence of marital breakdown in the United States has been met by the proliferation of premarital counseling programs in professional counseling centers and churches. As increasing masses of couples turn to premarital counseling to prevent future interpersonal problems, and as communities and churches across the United States deem...
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    Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts

  • In Pursuit of Literacy

    Creator:
    Freemole, George Maynard
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    My teaching experiences raised questions about the nature of literacy, especially about its relationship with education and schooling. Common sense, straightforward definitions of literacy failed to address those questions adequately, and that inadequacy led to the study which culminates in this thesis. In Pursuit of Literacy focuses on literacy in...
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    Pursuit of Literacy by George Maynard Freemole A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

  • Learning from Women of Color working within the United States Forest Service

    Creator:
    Ramos, Jeanna A.
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    The purpose of this study is to analyze women of colors's (WOC) experiences working within the United States Forest Service (USFS) accessing the challenges of recruitment, retention, and promotional efforts. Using testimonios and Anzaldúa's theory of mestiza consciousness, I found three themes that included white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, presumed incompetence,...
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    States Forest Service by Jeanna A. Ramos THESIS Submitted to Oregon State

  • A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

    Creator:
    Wilson, Suzanne M.
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    This study will show that polygamy is not a religious freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power system in which men use economic, political, social and physical force to control the behavior of others. This thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a theoretical outline for...
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    THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

  • Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

    Creator:
    Read, Richard Thomas
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    In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
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    Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard Thomas Read for the

  • Perspectives from the Ranching Culture in the 1990's : Addressing Mythological and Environmental Concerns

    Creator:
    Steward, Judith A.
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    Ideals of freedom, independence, and land ownership helped form and perpetuate the mythology of ranching in the United States. However, stereotypes emerged as a result of distortion from the media and the move away from the land. Social philosophies changed regarding the environment, land use, and the health and safety...
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    A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements

  • The third wave : not your mothers' feminism

    Creator:
    Bjorkman, Gail M.
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    Examination of all known U.S. Third Wave feminist literature reveals that there is no coherent unitary theory. Explication of the Third Wave addresses the generational and cultural strife within the feminist family and provides a modern feminist response to the changing faces and locations of the isms. Identification of the...
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    A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

  • Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

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    Morita, Sally J.
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    The problems facing our nation's public schools today cannot be divorced from our enthusiasm for technology and the positive relationship we believe it shares with our perception of progress. Based on the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the development of increasingly "efficient"...
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    unavailable energy or energy in a bound state. Another name for this accumulation of unavailable energy is