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

    Creator:
    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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    ethnographic study AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jennifer A. Dwyer for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Iroquois of the Pacific Northwest fur trade : their archaeology and history

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    Jameson, Jennifer E.
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    During the early 19th Century, the fur trade brought many Iroquois to the Pacific Northwest as working primarily as voyageurs for the North West Company. When the North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company, the Iroquois employees merged as well. After retirement, some settled in the Willamette Valley...
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    by Jennifer E. Jameson A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

  • Discourse and the power of symbols : representation and regulation of prostitution in France, 1831-1975

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    Sweatman, Jennifer L.
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    This is a study of the representations of prostitutes and prostitution produced within a particular historical framework-regulationism. Drawing support from public health movements, campaigns against depopulation and degeneration and protest from feminists and socialists, the "French system" of regulation of prostitution occupied center stage in social debates from the mid-nineteenth...
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  • Fostering Authority in Readers and Writers

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    Love, Jennifer Mary
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    As a reader and as a teacher of introductory reading and writing courses, I am persuaded by the concept of a genuine authority in which all readers both value and seek to examine their early readings of texts. What I have come to regard as a pretended authority or mastery,...
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    Writers by Jennifer Mary Love A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment

  • The distribution of geologic and artifact obsidian from the Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh geochemical source group, South-Central Oregon

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    Thatcher, Jennifer J.
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    Geochemical characterization methods are commonly used in the reconstruction of prehistoric raw material use and procurement systems. Trace element studies of lithic source material and artifacts, specifically those made of obsidian, can reveal important information about the environmental and cultural factors which influence the prehistoric distribution of raw material. The...
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    . South-Central Oregon by Jennifer J. Thatcher A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

  • Incredible Lives: An Ethnography of Southern Oregon Womyn's Lands

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    Almquist, Jennifer Marie
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    This research summarizes the cumulative efforts of in-depth research, extensive participant observation, and archival analysis focused on Southern Oregon lesbian lands. This community of womyn has persisted in rural Southern Oregon for nearly 30 years. The intention of this study is to examine both the accumulation of knowledge of issues...
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    of Southern Oregon Womyn's Lands by Jennifer Marie Almquist A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

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

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    Gilmore, Jennifer
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    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...
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    of Sororities in the Social Transmission of Gender by Jennifer Gilmore A THESIS submitted to

  • The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Student-Athlete College Experience

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    Jackman, Callan
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    The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life for populations all over the world. One population that has been uniquely impacted by the pandemic is the student-athlete population. Over the last two years, universities took safety precautions by first sending students home and moving teaching and learning to a remote format and...
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    and moving teaching and learning to a remote format and then instituting safety features for in

  • Chrysalis

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    Harrison, S. S.
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    A creative work of literary fiction, Chrysalis is the story of Rachelle Long: a young woman who struggles to find her identity in a world marked by changing (and often, conflicting) ideas regarding sexuality, economics, gender roles and relations, and individual rights. Just one year into the workforce following her...
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    on May 8, 1997. Title: Chrysalis. Abstract approved: 17Tracy Daug erty A creative work of literary

  • Women and Workplace Competition : A Study of Horizontal Hostility

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    Stone, Erin A.
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    Throughout society, many believe women are not succeeding professionally because of the institutional barriers created by men in the American workforce. However, women may be more competitive with other women than with men, especially when limited job positions are the goal. Competitiveness among women can be explained by a phenomenon...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Erin A. Stone for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in