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  • A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

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    Dwyer, Jennifer A.
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    This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts between commercial fishermen and fishery resource management agencies. The purpose of the study was to develop a rich picture of the conflict phenomenon and apply sociological theory in order to illuminate the underlying structures and functions which contribute to...
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    . Cramer This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts

  • ESPN and the Construction of Gay Identity

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    Cook, Alexandra Cleo
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    On February 9th, 2014 Michael Sam stated in an interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that he is gay. Since he was drafted, Sam will become the first ever openly gay player in NFL history. The following study aims to explore ESPN's coverage of Michael Sam, with a goal of...
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    understanding during my time as a graduate student. Thank you to Dr. David Bernell for being supportive

  • The Art of Noticing : An Essay on Contemporary Ecological Writing

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    West, Rex Alan, 1967-
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    A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look...
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    writing AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Rex Alan West for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Evaluating the quality of teaching in art : a social judgment analysis

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    Browne, Beverly Ann
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    This study, based on Brunswik's (1952, 1956) lens model, examined the judgment policies employed by 67 art students and faculty when they evaluate instruction. Four groups of subjects, non-art majors, undergraduate art majors, graduate and bachelor of fine arts students, and faculty members, judged a series of 35 hypothetical teacher...
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    express my thanks to my committee: to Alan Munro as committee chairman, to Dr. John Gillis for the

  • Disputant storytelling in divorce mediation

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    Hansen, Alan R.
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    This paper investigates the nature of disputants' stories within the context of divorce mediation. Tapes and transcripts of actual mediation sessions from three different sources are scrutinized, utilizing a modified form of conversation analysis known as ethnography of speaking. Several themes emerge from this analysis of disputants' stories: the functions...
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    THE THESIS OF Alan Hansen for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in

  • Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

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    Bruno, Mark P.
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    This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....
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    understanding of ethnographic methods. Special thanks go to my committee, Drs. Joan Gross, Lori Cramer, and

  • Modern Piracy: Regional Cooperative Security: Southeast Asia and the Middle East

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    Christensen, Adam K.
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    Over the past ten years, reports of piracy and other forms of maritime violence have been dramatically on the rise. As these reports increase, so too does international attention toward how to solve this. This thesis examines the development of cooperative maritime security efforts in both Southeast Asia and the...
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    David A. Bernell Over the past ten years, reports of piracy and other forms of maritime violence have

  • Historic Farm Structures As Material Culture : An Oregon Study

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    Judge, Barbara C.
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    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...
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    David Brauner The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in

  • Recognizing individual potters in historic Oregon sites : a visual and chemical analysis of early Oregon redware

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    Peterson, Ella M.
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    This paper discusses research concerning redware vessel sherds found in an archaeological excavation at Oregon's historic Champoeg State Park, and comparative artifacts from four known Oregon and Washington late nineteenth pottery production sites. Visual and Instrumental Nuclear Activation Analysis comparison studies were conducted on samples from each site. The New...
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    : ________________________________________________________________ David R. Brauner This paper discusses research concerning redware vessel sherds found in

  • Lower Salmon River Cultural Resource Management Plan

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    Sisson, David A.
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    Cultural resource inventories have identified,205 individual sites on public land along the Lower Salmon River, Idaho. These sites represent a rich and diverse record of the human occupation and utilization of the river canyon during the past 10,000 years. Each of these 205 sites contains its own unique record of...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David A. Sisson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies