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  • Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

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    Fuller, Kevin J.
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    U.S. foreign policy during the period between World War II and the Vietnam War has been described as part of a “nation-­‐building” or “liberal” grand strategy. This thesis contends that understanding U.S. efforts to influence the internal affairs of sovereign states through the spread of liberal values and institutions during...
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                                                                                      AN  ABSTRACT  OF  THE  THESIS  OF     Kevin   J.   Fuller   for   the

  • “Avoidable Suffering” : Analyzing Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts

    Creator:
    Goodman, Rebecca M.
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    Recent scientific studies show that framing climate change as a health issue rather than an environmental issue were more persuasive with American audience members (Maibach et. al., 2010; Maibach et. al. 2014). Also in 2014, a survey on respiratory healthcare providers and found that a large percentage believed that climate...
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    : Dr. Mark Moore, Dr. Michael Nelson, and Dr. Kevin Boston. I am grateful for their time and

  • Leaving the Closet : Coming Experiences of Queer Chicanas and Latinas and Their Representation in Television

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    Crocker, Melissa R.
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    In the contemporary United States, the process of "coming out of the closet," or public disclosure of one's non-normative sexual orientation or gender identity, is ongoing and performative. Particularly within the context of dominant contemporary U.S. society, popular media favors a hegemonic set of defining characteristics, which thereby forces the...
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  • Museums and Tourism : On the Oregon Coast

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    Pool, Marilen A.
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    Museums and tourism have had a long and interrelated history. In this paper this relationship is reviewed in general, and the contemporary issues common to them both in the 1990's are discussed. This relationship is also explored in the context of the Oregon Coastal Zone. Two projects set on the...
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    of the capitals, politics, culture and society of western Europe" (Murphy 1985: 17). One can imagine

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

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    Wood, Josie MaryAnne Soules
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    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...
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  • Loving-Kindness Meditation and Prosocial Construct Activation

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    Falkenstein, Angelica R.
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    Both Buddhist and psychological theory postulate that present actions will influence future perceptions, judgments, and behaviors in a concordant manner. While Buddhists explain these effects in the context of karmic theory, psychologists consider these effects of construct activation and chronic construct accessibility. The present study sought to apply social psychological...
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    contemplative philosophy and to stimulating my thinking. Mackenzie Morris, Rhys Murphy, Erin Cobb