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  • The Knee That Shook America: A Case Study of Colin Kaepernick and Historical Analysis of Protest

    Creator:
    Okonkwo, Charles
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    America is said to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. With the unfair treatment of people of color in this country, however, one would believe that somewhere in the fine print, they were excluded from that phrase. The very foundation of this country was...
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    Shook America: A Case Study of Colin Kaepernick and Historical Analysis of Protest Abstract

  • A Narrative Analysis of Captain America’s New Deal

    Creator:
    Ledbetter, Forest L.
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    In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media attempted to make sense of the seemingly radical altered political landscape. Comic books, though traditionally framed as low brow pulp, were no exception. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Walter Fisher's Narrative Paradigm to a...
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    to each of the members of my committee, Dr. Elizabeth Root, Dr. Paul Wanke, Dr. Steven Zielke, and

  • Origin of the Tucannon phase in Lower Snake River prehistory

    Creator:
    Lucas, Steven W.
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    Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of wetter and cooler environmental conditions prevailed across the southern Columbia Plateau. This period was marked by the first prominent episodes of erosion to occur along the lower Snake River following the height of the Altithermal and eruption of Mt. Mazama during the...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Steven W. Lucas for the degree of Master of Arts in

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

    Creator:
    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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    , Regan A. R. Gurung, my committee members Steven Ortiz and Brian Mills, and my graduate council

  • An evaluation of the archaeological potential of Riverfront Park in Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Littlefield, Steven W.
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    The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis Riverfront Commemorative Park (RCP) have a great potential to add to the historical record of the warehouse district of the original town of Marysville (Corvallis). The City of Corvallis' proposed Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project and proposed changes to Riverfront Commemorative Park threaten to...
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    Park in Corvallis, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Steven W. Littlefield for the degree of

  • Searching for Early Archaeological Sites Along the Central Oregon Coast: A Case Study From Neptune State Park (35LA3), Lane County, Oregon

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    Jenevein, Steven A.
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    Locating archaeological sites that predate the arrival of modern sea level has been difficult along the Oregon coast. This is in part believed to be the result of geologic processes that have influenced the preservation, distribution, and visibility of sites within the Oregon coastal landscape. Because of these changes, researchers...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Steven A. Jenevein for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • Pragmatic humanism : through the eyes of Egypt

    Creator:
    O'Brien, Matthew Steven
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    The purpose of this study is to analyze the events that occurred throughout the Egyptian Revolution from January 2010 to February 2010 through pragmatic humanism. Tweets will be looked at from the book Tweets from Tahrir to show how the process unfolded. Building on the previous research, the tweets will...
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    THE THESIS OF Matthew Steven O’Brien for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • An Investigation of Age-Related Differences in Value-Driven Attentional Capture

    Creator:
    Naylor, Jamie
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    Previous research on age-related differences in attentional capture has indicated that older adults are more susceptible to distraction than younger adults and this has been interpreted as a reduced capacity to inhibit distraction in late life. Recently, however, there have been discrepancies in the literature about in what circumstances older...
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    towards Dr. Kathryn Becker-Blease, secondary advisor, Dr. Robert Stawski, tertiary advisor, and Steven

  • African American/Black Upward Mobility through Sports : A Critical Analysis

    Creator:
    Smith, Michael D.
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    Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those with low socioeconomic status, acknowledge athletics as an avenue for upward mobility (Coakley, 2011). Although the chances of becoming a professional athlete might seem unachievable through sports, athletes develop tangible and intangible abilities that transfer and are useful in the years following...
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    , and willingness to sacrifice their time to make achieving my masters possible. Dr. Steven Ortiz

  • Innovative Coaching in Intercollegiate Athletics : Advocating for Cultural Responsiveness

    Creator:
    Thompson, Mitchell D.
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    It has been established that intercollegiate sport is an important social institution for student athletes of color in the United States (Coakley, 2012). White intercollegiate coaches have a prominent influence on the academic, athletic, social and emotional development of student athletes and therefore must be tuned into variation in cultural...
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