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Underrepresentation of minorities in natural resource professions : an examination of African Americans

Creator:: Ponds, Phadrea D.
Abstract:: The fact that African Americans are under represented in the natural resource professions is well known and commonly acknowledged. Terms such as conspicuously absent, manifest imbalance and zero representation have all been used to describe the current status of African American natural resource professionals. The data suggests that in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: INTERVIEW WITH CEDRIC COONEY INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL GRICE INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES JORDAN INTERVIEW WITH

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

Creator:: Smith, Michael D.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael D Smith

Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

Creator:: Fuhr-Dunn, Susan D.
Abstract:: Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the American medical profession and, is a controversial political and legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical, and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth. A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: study of birthing alternatives in western Oregon AN ABSTRACT CF THE THESIS OF Susan D. Fuhr-Dunn for

The Effect of Affect: A Close Reading of LeBron James’ Athlete Activism

Creator:: Campista, Joshua, I.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to argue that LeBron James’ expressions of activism are, in many ways, perceived as insincere, hypocritical or disingenuous to his followers on the social media platform Twitter. Using the theoretical framework of Affect Theory and Plutchik’s wheel of emotions, a close reading was conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) trivializing racism; (b) encouraging advocacy; (c) systemic critiques; and (d) incompatibility of advocacy

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Creator:: Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
Abstract:: Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Words of Well-Being : The Relation of an Individual's Word Choice to their Social Well-Being

Creator:: Krieger, Katy
Abstract:: The present research sought to investigate the relationship between an individual's word choice and their social well-being. In the present investigation, social well-being is a person's social health in relation to their social environment, social network, and ability to interact with others in a social context. This thesis was based...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Assessment Profile .....………………………………………...82 Appendix D NEO-PI-R Scale

Schulenburg's Tsimshian Grammar

Creator:: Schulenburg, Albrecht Conon, Graf von der, 1865-1902 and Flaherty, Virginia C.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -40 50 D. General Rules of Arrangement 41-44 58 III. THE PRONOUNS 62 A. The Personal Pronoun 45-47

Rodeo Cowgirls : An Ambivalent Arena

Creator:: Oliver, Audra Leah
Abstract:: The term "cowboy" was closely bound to American image long before the 1990s. Rodeo claimed the image of the cowboy from the earliest contests to the latest and pledged itself to patriotism almost as early. This historical study was conducted viewing rodeo as a subculture and relating women's role in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: history of women in this aspect of the cattle industry. 13. Teresa Jordan, Cowgirls: Women of the

Bildungsroman in contemporary black women's fiction

Creator:: Carey, Cecelia V.
Abstract:: Bildungsroman in Contemporary Black Women's Fiction is a study of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Both of these writers implement a newer version of the genre of Bildungsroman to reveal the complexities involved in coming of age for a young woman of color. Both...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: has only been in the last thirty years in the that writers such as bell hooks, June Jordan, Alice

Personality Perception Accuracy Development within Newly Acquainted Groups

Creator:: Brown, Jill A. (Jill Anne)
Abstract:: The present research sought to investigate the effect of acquaintance on the accuracy of personality judgments and extend results to groups resembling families. Participants were college students ranging from 18 to 54 years of age enrolled in a ten week long "Psychological Assessment" research practicum. The study was designed to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Michelle Best, Sarah Noyes, Becky Baker, Jordan Clark, Chris Grooms, Jessica Waldo, Krikor Gazarian

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Underrepresentation of minorities in natural resource professions : an examination of African Americans

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

Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

The Effect of Affect: A Close Reading of LeBron James’ Athlete Activism

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Words of Well-Being : The Relation of an Individual's Word Choice to their Social Well-Being

Schulenburg's Tsimshian Grammar

Rodeo Cowgirls : An Ambivalent Arena

Bildungsroman in contemporary black women's fiction

Personality Perception Accuracy Development within Newly Acquainted Groups

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