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  • The Promise and Unfinished Business of Title IX

    Creator:
    Mannen, Noelle
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    The law commonly referred to as Title IX, which was passed in 1972, called for an end to sex-based discrimination in educational and federally-funded settings. Before long, it became particularly associated with the quest for equality for women’s sports. As Title IX was a major catalyst in advancing and even...
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    Masters Thesis
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    David Bernell The law commonly referred to as Title IX, which was passed in 1972, called for

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

    Creator:
    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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    ................................................................................................................ 192 Appendix C: Lost Valley Historic Vision and Mission Statements

  • FUBAR: A Narrative Analysis of War Remains

    Creator:
    Williams, Clay R.
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    The virtual reality (VR) experience War Remains created by Dan Carlin claims that it is an immersive memory in attempt to give its audience the “tiniest taste of” what-it-was-like to experience a WWI battle (Carlin, 2020). This claim aligns with the growing belief that VR can be the ultimate empathy...
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    to transpose oneself into the feelings of a fictitious character; (c) empathetic concern, referring

  • Erotic Capital and Women’s Online Sexual Marketing

    Creator:
    Perkins, Abby M.
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    The purpose of this paper was to discuss the theory of erotic capital proposed by Catherine Hakim and how this theory affects online advertising done by sex workers. Through analyzing 29 different pages relating to the commercial sex industry, I observed how sexual capital is utilized in marketing strategies and...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Fostered Futures: A Campus Support Service for Former Foster Youth

    Creator:
    Kirker, Emma G.
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    An often overlooked student population within higher education, former foster youth, is a population that needs support. Students who were formerly a part of the foster care system who have since aged out, are left to navigate higher education institutions on their own. College support services tailored for the needs...
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    Capstone Project
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    adopting me into your cohort as your own. You all made Zoom school better than I ever could have asked

  • Assessment of Feedstock Materials for Producing a Suitable and Cost-Effective Biochar to Use as a Soil Amendment for Northern Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

    Creator:
    Kumari, Pooja
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    Biochar is a highly porous, carbon-rich residue produced by thermochemical conversion (pyrolysis) of plant biomass and carbonaceous organic materials under oxygen-controlled conditions. Chars produced by this process tend to have high ion-exchange capacities and, when added to soil, increase retention of water and nutrients and improve soil aggregation, porosity, and...
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    different pyrolysis temperatures (350 and 700 °C) and along with control (non-pyrolyzed feedstocks

  • Joy Production: Gender Euphoria in Trans University Student Lives

    Creator:
    James, Gabs M.
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    Much of our knowledge about transgender (folks who identify as not cisgender) lives in universities centers around barriers experienced, feelings of exclusion, and being victims of harassment and violence. This thesis describes conversations regarding captured gender euphoric moments from five students at a large university. They came together through a...
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    a chance on me! Qwo-Li, Janet, David, and Gloria are four fantastic humans who gave me more than

  • Pandemic Narratives Navigating Pregnancy and Social Services in the Time of COVID

    Creator:
    Ketsdever, Michael James
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    This creative writing project employs the use of ethnographic fiction to position the voices of newly mothering women within the literature surrounding gender inequality, access to social services, and pregnancy while being situated during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The voices of four women are brought to life within a broader...
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    Medicaid during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic (Dunn C, Kenney E, Bleich S, Fleischhacker S., 2020). The spread

  • Los Pioneros de Oregon: An Examination of the Loss and Revitalization of Tejano Cultural Identity

    Creator:
    Leach, Jessie
    Abstract:
    Each year, numerous people attend cultural events in the United States, be they large celebrations such as New Orleans’ Mardi Gras or one of many numerous Cinco de Mayo festivals throughout the country or smaller, more specialized events. Many times, the cultural aspects take a backseat to profits, which leads...
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    : ______________________________________________________ David Bernell Abstract Each year, numerous people attend cultural events in the United

  • Governing By Nature

    Creator:
    Rhodes, Mericos H.
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    The choice of what to eat is political, and food systems shape and are shaped by political and economic power. During the last several hundred years, agricultural and food power has been consolidated to an unprecedented degree, and this consolidation continues today. This paper will describe this process as “Governing...
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    been articulated by Mark Andrejevic, Michel Foucault, and James C. Scott. Second, we will synthesize