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Community-based sea turtle conservation in Baja, Mexico : integrating science and culture

Creator:: Bird, Kristin E.
Abstract:: This thesis discusses both theoretical and practical considerations inherent in conducting community-based research within a case study of sea turtle conservation in Baja California, Mexico. A brief background, including the general ecology, status and distribution of sea turtles of the Baja peninsula is presented, with an overview of the current...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristin E. Bird for the degree of

Archival Anthropometry: An Analysis of the Anthropometric Data of Native American Children Gathered by Franz Boas, 1888-1902

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Kristin A.
Abstract:: Franz Boas collected anthropometric data on approximately 15,000 people from over 200 Native American tribal groups between 1888 and 1902. Twelve basic measurements were taken: standing height, shoulder height, height to digit III, arm span, sitting height, shoulder width, head length and width, face height and breadth, and nose height...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristin A. Kirkpatrick for the

Finding Fantasy : Three Newspapers Tell the Story of Kip Kinkel and Thurston High School

Creator:: Wood, Josie MaryAnne Soules
Abstract:: On May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel drove to Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. Kinkel killed two students and wounded another twenty-two students. He killed his parents the day before. The shootings at Thurston High School came on the heels of a number of prominent school shootings and Kip Kinkel...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Other Minor Characters .......... 106 Kristin Kinkel .............. 107 The Plotlines

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

Creator:: Biddle, Jeanette M.
Abstract:: This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Conclusion 81 BIBLIOGRAPHY 86 APPENDICES 93 Appendix A Conference Call for Volunteers 94 Appendix B MANA

Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

Creator:: Morales-Warming, Melissa
Abstract:: White women’s experiences with major institutions, the church included, often are generalized to other women’s experiences, much like how the experience of men in often represented as the experience of all humankind. In 2001 Elaine Howard Ecklund studied white lay women in the Catholic Church and explored two questions: What...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . I also would like to thank Crystal, Kevin, Monica, Anna, Katie, Kristin, and my many friends over

An Examination of the Equilibrium Theory of Intimacy in Dyadic Interactions

Creator:: Almuaybid, Ameer J.
Abstract:: Videotapes of 90 dyadic interactions from Sommer and Bernieri (2015) were examined to assess verbal and nonverbal intimacy. Verbal intimacy (self-disclosing statements) and nonverbal intimacy behaviors (face gaze, distance, body orientation, and forward lean) were coded in every interaction. It was hypothesized that verbal intimacy (self-disclosure) would increase over time...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Saturn, PhD; for their support as committee members. Kristin Sommer, PhD, for allowing me to use some

An abortion service provider as political activist

Creator:: Willis, Gloria
Abstract:: The feminist beliefs of abortion service providers and the effects of these beliefs on the delivery of health care to patients is examined by the author who is herself a feminist and member of an abortion clinic staff. Discussion includes abortion rates, abortion safety, characteristics of patients, and accessibility of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: APPENDICES 100 Appendix A: Health History Form 101 Appendix B: Consent Form 102 Appendix C: Aftercare

Unpacking Success: Progressive Politics and Stalled Gender Equity at the Mitraniketan People's College

Creator:: Glick, Stephanie Nahima
Abstract:: Founded over fifty years ago by K. Viswanathan, the Mitraniketan educational facility in Kerala, India provides literacy and vocational education to socially marginalized women, men, and children through nursery, elementary, high school and an educational preparatory program for young adults. Viswanathan founded the school on several ideals including Neo-Marxist, Quaker,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Mystical Metamorphosis: Conceptualizing the Extraordinary in the Mundane Through Land Art

Creator:: McClarence, Shoshana H.
Abstract:: Mystical experiences are ineffable, thus defining mysticism itself is a difficult feat. To aid in the construction of a definition of mysticism it is imperative to break down the unique elements of a mystical experience and try to give examples of where we can see all of these elements interacting....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

Creator:: Daniels, Rachelle E.
Abstract:: A historical overview of Latino enrollment in the community college is resented. Thirty Latino occupational, transfer, and non-credit students attending an Oregon college were interviewed, examining educational and familial background, and college services as indicators of their decision to pursue postsecondary studies at the two-year institution. Results are analyzed, supplemented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Community-based sea turtle conservation in Baja, Mexico : integrating science and culture

Archival Anthropometry: An Analysis of the Anthropometric Data of Native American Children Gathered by Franz Boas, 1888-1902

Finding Fantasy : Three Newspapers Tell the Story of Kip Kinkel and Thurston High School

The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

An Examination of the Equilibrium Theory of Intimacy in Dyadic Interactions

An abortion service provider as political activist

Unpacking Success: Progressive Politics and Stalled Gender Equity at the Mitraniketan People's College

A Mystical Metamorphosis: Conceptualizing the Extraordinary in the Mundane Through Land Art

The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

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