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  • "A dissonant element" : the difficulty of Anais Nin

    Creator:
    Burghauser, Sarah B.
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    This thesis is arranged in three main chapters, each of which focuses on a particular type of Anaїs Nin text, and each of which is intended to enlarge Nin's complexities through distinct but overlapping perspectives. The idea connecting these three chapters is that Nin, who has been radically misrepresented by...
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    guded me though the final month of the wrting process. Lisa Ede was always available to offer an

  • Her hair is an open hand

    Creator:
    Olson, Rebecca (Rebecca Jean)
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    Her Hair is an Open Hand is a collection of free verse poems exploring unity and division through the lens of myth and place. The collection is organized into three sections. The first reflects on division: alienation between the speaker and physical landscapes, isolation within romantic relationships, and the violation...
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    to Dr. Susan Meyers and Dr. Lisa Ede for their continual support of my writing life, David Biespiel

  • When High School Teachers Teach College Writing : Oregon Approaches to Dual Credit Teacher Qualifications, Support, and Professional Development

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    Terriere, Jordan E.
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    This thesis examines the challenging situation high school dual credit teachers in Oregon face teaching first-year composition in the high school location. I argue that thorough training, support, and professional development are vital for high school teachers teaching dual credit writing courses, who without it may find themselves faced with...
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    enthusiasm helped me through this process. I want to thank Lisa Ede and Tim Jensen for helping me through

  • Principles and practices in online writing instruction

    Creator:
    Cole, Gail
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    This thesis explores the administrative issues that factor into the teaching of writing online. I explore these issues by situating the Conference on College Composition and Communication Position Statement of Principles and Example Effective Best Practices for Online Writing Instruction at the center of this project by both examining and...
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    me to become a better writer. I also thank my committee members, Lisa Ede and Sara Jameson, for

  • The hand of humanity : Eliot's religious reformation in Middlemarch

    Creator:
    Peake, Natasha C.
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    As the embodiment of the religiously unsettled Victorian Era in which she lived, George Eliot sought to discover a system of belief that would allow her to reaffirm and maintain her feelings of faith and morality. She believed that the subjective nature of traditional Christianity needed to be replaced with...
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    I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, Dr. Lisa Ede, and Dr. Vicki

  • The culture of academia : authorizing students to read and write

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    Mitchell, Danielle M.
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    Presenting and synthesizing several paradigms for the teaching of literature in American colleges, I investigate how definitions of reading, readers, texts, interpretations, and knowledge affect student acts of reading and writing. In addition, I draw upon specific examples of text-based, reader-based, and social-cultural based models for the teaching of reading...
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    insight and encouragement offered me by Professors Betty Campbell, Lisa Ede, and Cheryl Glenn--the

  • Search images

    Creator:
    Dunham, Karen L.
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    This thesis is a collection of six essays with interconnecting elements and themes. Two overriding themes which pervade the collection are the search for spiritual wholeness and the relationships between humans and their environments. The essays document my recent explorations of and experimentations with the "creative nonfiction" genre. have worked...
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    . Many thanks, as well, to Lisa Ede, who encouraged me to take risks, supporting my first forays into

  • You stay here

    Creator:
    Bluhm, Michael A.
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    You Stay Here is the beginning of a novel that centers on the notion of family, community, and the expectations that drive our interactions within these circles. The novel tells the story of brothers Mills and Nance O'Malley as they interact with their parents, Richard and Margaret. The brothers own...
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    explanations, encouragement and criticism. They made learning tangible. Lisa Ede, in addition to serving on my

  • Revisioning grandeur : an exploration of intertextuality in Alice Munro and Virginia Woolf

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    King, Michelle L.
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    In this thesis I argue that Alice Munro’s work takes part in an ongoing feminist discourse that examines alterations in male and female gender relations, as they have been represented in domestic fiction by women writers since the late nineteenth century. I analyze two short stories written by Munro: “Meneseteung,”...
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Anita Helle, Lisa Ede, Marjorie Sandor and Cathy Neumann for serving on

  • Voices of CALYX: Narratives of Feminist Publishing Activism, 1976-2006

    Creator:
    Steuben, Marieke L.
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    This thesis examines the nature of publishing as a political endeavor through a detailed investigation of the feminist publishing movement in the U.S. since the 1970s. Feminist publishers emerged from an activist context of feminist struggle, and they evolved within changing political and social climates, facing ideological and economic challenges...
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    busy days at the office. I would like to thank Laura Rice, Lisa Ede, Anita Helle, Janet Lee, and