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Houses of fiction, houses of confinement : character introductions, autonomy, and domestic spaces in two works by Henry James

Creator:: Killips, Lisa M.
Abstract:: My thesis examines a total of fourteen characters from The Portrait of a Lady and The Turn of the Screw. Primarily, I have discovered an overwhelming pattern in these two works by Henry James; when characters make direct entrances--that is when they are not described or discussed in absentia by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Works by Henry James Abstract approved: Peter J. Betjemann David M. Robinson My thesis examines a

James Baldwin's Pedagogy of Love: A Method for Transforming American Political Thinking and Pedagogy in the Academy

Creator:: Saleem, Ikhzaan
Abstract:: My thesis examines how the American identity is constructed through thinking shaped by deception and domination, as James Baldwin argues in the corpus of his work. I rely on the work of Eddie Glaude Jr., Sean Kim Butorac, and Joel Schlosser to forward love in Baldwin’s political vision as being...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ? …………………………………………………………………………...…… 1 Chapter I: James Baldwin’s Politics of Love: A Political Vision Towards a Pedagogy of Love

"Land of War and Blood" : spectacular violence, conflicting medievalisms, and chivalric legacies in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

Creator:: Horton, Kaely
Abstract:: This thesis examines depictions of medievalism in three central texts: Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Each of these texts provides an entry point for exploring the ways in which English and American writers have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Chivalric Legacies in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Measuring cultural competence in counselor-trainees : the development of an assessment process

Creator:: Tomine, Satsuki Ina
Abstract:: Statement of the Problem The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if a valid and reliable assessment instrument could be developed to measure the cultural competence of counselor trainees. Hypotheses Five hypotheses were generated to establish the reliability and validity of the instrument. The instrument consisted of two...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: realize a dream, to Dr. James Firth whose genius I could always count on, to my committee, Dr. Arthur

Truth to Nature: The Art and Ecology of Hudson River School Painting

Creator:: Loeb, Harper
Abstract:: Beginning with the inception of American art history as a formal discipline in the 1940s, the dominant mode of interpreting nineteenth-century American landscape painting has been to view aspects of the landscape as symbols for grand cultural, religious, national, and moral narratives. While this method of interpretation highlights some key...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Harper Loeb A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Visualizers, visualizations, and visualizees : differences in meaning-making by scientific experts and novices from global visualizations of ocean data

Creator:: Stofer, Kathryn A.
Abstract:: Data visualizations designed for academic scientists are not immediately meaningful to everyday scientists. Communicating between a specialized, expert audience and a general, novice public is non-trivial; it requires careful translation. However, more widely available visualization technologies and platforms, including new three-dimensional spherical display systems in schools and informal science education...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: their formal, academic scientific knowledge (J. D. Miller & Pardo, 2000). A portion of this

To Express the Inexpressible: Poetry as Philosophy within Mystical Discourse

Creator:: Hyam, Jarrod
Abstract:: Within this thesis, I posit that poetry, rather than philosophical argument, is a more effective means of expressing and understanding the nature of mystical experiences. William James’ analysis of mysticism inspires the theoretical approach utilized in this thesis. An analysis of the unique qualities of poetic language within mystical discourse...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -cultural analysis, William James (306-307), reviewing the literature of world religions, summarized a

A Historical Reflection of Cultural Factors Inhibiting American Healthcare Reform

Creator:: Leathers, James S.
Abstract:: Past healthcare reform has been blinded by the presence of competing philosophies and ideologies that ultimately yielded ineffective compromises or short-terms solutions. With the ever-shifting political and economic landscapes, the future of our nation’s healthcare is in great peril. This paper is a meta-analysis on obstructions to healthcare reform that...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Healthcare Reform by James S. Leathers A PROJECT submitted to Oregon State

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , James Blumenthal provides a counterpoint to Western thinking. In his contemplative scholarly approach

Knowledge Appropriation and Inventive Productivity

Creator:: Choi, Yohan
Abstract:: Innovation is critical for firm growth and survival. Thus, how much value firms create and capture from their innovative activities has been an interest of scholars. This dissertation explores three important questions on this topic to which extant literature has paid little attention. First, I examine how the external threat...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: external threat caused by a bankruptcy event in an industry affect industry firms’ innovative activities

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Houses of fiction, houses of confinement : character introductions, autonomy, and domestic spaces in two works by Henry James

James Baldwin's Pedagogy of Love: A Method for Transforming American Political Thinking and Pedagogy in the Academy

"Land of War and Blood" : spectacular violence, conflicting medievalisms, and chivalric legacies in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

Measuring cultural competence in counselor-trainees : the development of an assessment process

Truth to Nature: The Art and Ecology of Hudson River School Painting

Visualizers, visualizations, and visualizees : differences in meaning-making by scientific experts and novices from global visualizations of ocean data

To Express the Inexpressible: Poetry as Philosophy within Mystical Discourse

A Historical Reflection of Cultural Factors Inhibiting American Healthcare Reform

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Knowledge Appropriation and Inventive Productivity

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