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  • Utilizing relational and social network analysis to inform community-based climate change adaptation : a central Oregon case study

    Creator:
    Jacobs, Derric B.
    Abstract:
    Central Oregon's landscape is rich in dry forests prone to frequent wildfires. Climate change studies and improved modeling indicate this region could experience conditions that result in an increase in number and severity of wildfires. With the potential for increased environmental hazards, the nearby communities face potential risks and vulnerabilities...
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    Dissertation
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer

  • Environmental Justice Policies at the State Level: Symbolic Rhetoric or Tangible Impacts?

    Creator:
    Kanzig, Erin
    Abstract:
    President Clinton’s Executive Order 12898 and subsequent federal environmental justice (EJ) policies and programs have faced significant challenges in implementation. Exploring scientific uncertainty, social complexity of EJ issues, lack of clear policy guidance, and weak regulatory enforcement demonstrate these challenges. However, at the state level, EJ policies, task forces, and...
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    Capstone Project
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    : Lori A. Cramer, representing Sociology Kelsy N. Kretschmer, representing Sociology

  • Developing the Next Generation of SociallyResponsible Employees: The Case of Enactus at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Weik, Shireen Mary
    Abstract:
    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a pervasive focus of organizations and is regarded, alongside sustainability and financial profit, as a key element of a triple bottom-line approach. Corporations are realizing that CSR cannot be approached compartmentally but instead must be ubiquitous across departments and operations. Therefore, it is in...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    : _________________________________________________ Dr. Lori A. Cramer Abstract: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a

  • Community Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Java, Indonesia

    Creator:
    Utami, Arini Wahyu
    Abstract:
    Climate change increases weather unpredictability, threatens communities whose livelihoods depend on natural resources, such as rural communities. Utilizing a Community Capital Framework (Flora and Flora, 2013) and Governance of Complex Adaptive Systems (Duit and Galaz, 2008), this study concentrated on the role of cultural and political capital in supporting rural...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer Climate change increases weather unpredictability, threatens communities

  • Geocaching: Perceptions of Impacts and Identity

    Creator:
    Fisher, Dianna M.
    Abstract:
    Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity where participants (geocachers) utilize a handheld Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or smartphone to download coordinates in order to navigate to the location of a hidden container, a geocache. Since its inception in 2000 geocaching has grown exponentially. The potential ecological and recreation management...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity where participants

  • Recognizing and overcoming the critical cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement : from a human perspective

    Creator:
    Bestvina, Bodarc
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    This thesis seeks to better understand the most pressing cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement, and to offer suggestions for overcoming barriers. This research includes a two-year long case study of the sustainability movement at OSU, where the researcher coordinated projects encouraging behavior change. Despite increasing severity and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ David A. McMurray This thesis seeks to better understand the most pressing cultural

  • ESPN and the Construction of Gay Identity

    Creator:
    Cook, Alexandra Cleo
    Abstract:
    On February 9th, 2014 Michael Sam stated in an interview with ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that he is gay. Since he was drafted, Sam will become the first ever openly gay player in NFL history. The following study aims to explore ESPN's coverage of Michael Sam, with a goal of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    understanding during my time as a graduate student. Thank you to Dr. David Bernell for being supportive

  • Hot, hot, heat : evaluating Phoenix, Arizona cooling centers through a project management perspective

    Creator:
    Leone, Cassandra M.
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    Global annual average temperatures are rising, creating extreme heat events or heatwaves that are increasing in frequency, length, and severity. The world will endure more of these events as climate change worsens and heat-related mortality and morbidity will increase due to warming conditions. At the center of heatwaves are urban...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    through video calls. To Dr. Lori Cramer, for agreeing to meet with me during this process and giving me

  • Evaluation of a social-emotional and character development program

    Creator:
    Washburn, Isaac J.
    Abstract:
    The effects of a school-based social-emotional and character development program, Positive Action, on the developmental trajectory of character development was evaluated using data from three randomized trials. Results come from 1) 4-years of data from elementary children in 20 Hawai`i schools, 2) 3-years of data from elementary children in 14...
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    Dissertation
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    Character Development Program Abstract approved: Alan C. Acock The effects of a

  • The Art of Noticing : An Essay on Contemporary Ecological Writing

    Creator:
    West, Rex Alan, 1967-
    Abstract:
    A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look...
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    Masters Thesis
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    writing AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Rex Alan West for the degree of Master of Arts in