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Josephine E. Powellts Contributions to Middle Eastern Cross-Cultural Understanding: A Preliminary Study of a Photogapher and Textile Researcher. 1960- 1990

Creator:: Watkins, Deane A.
Abstract:: This study investigates the setting, lifework, and influence of Josephine E. Powell, a photographer who traveled and lived with Middle Eastern nomads from the 1960s through the 1980s, while studying, photographing and collecting their textiles. In this period of time nomads of the Middle East were being strongly and often...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Do Slasher Films Breed Violence Against Women?

Creator:: Kimsey, Jennfer M.
Abstract:: A topic of concern for feminists, film critics, media researchers, and film scholars alike who believe in a causal connection between film violence and real life violence have found an enemy in the slasher film. Critics of slasher films, a subgenre of horror, often charge these films are uniquely violent...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Against Women? Abstract approved: Patti Watkins A topic of concern for feminists, film critics, media

Effect of Exposure to Body-Based Imagery on Weight Bias and Body Image Satisfaction in College Students

Creator:: Fortner, Sarah A.
Abstract:: This study examined the effect of exposure to fat positive exercise images as well as stereotypical fat imagery and stereotypical thin exercise images on participants’ self-reported weight bias and body image. The study hypothesized that participants exposed to fat positive imagery would exhibit less social distance, fat phobia, and internalized...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: setting for weight bias, Watkins, Ebbeck, and Levy (2014) investigated the impact of a fitness

Vertical Structure of the Lower Troposphere in a Changing Arctic

Creator:: Watkins, Daniel M.
Abstract:: The Arctic climate system is changing dramatically as a response to rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Key indicators of Arctic change include thinning and retreating of Arctic pack ice, thawing permafrost, greening tundra, and rising surface temperatures. The structure of the atmospheric boundary layer influences and is influenced by processes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in a Changing Arctic by Daniel M. Watkins A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University

A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Self-compassion and Postpartum Self-help Literature

Creator:: Watkins, Danielle L.
Abstract:: The self-help literature is full of texts on both self-compassion and postpartum depression. However, there has been minimal scientific exploration of the literature on these topics. As such, mental health researchers and practitioners have little sense of the psycholinguistic discourse contained in this literature. This study aimed to fill this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Postpartum Self-help Literature by Danielle Watkins A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State

Pollen fidelity of Apis mellifera L. during pollination of Limnanthes alba Hartw. ex Benth. ssp. alba, Limnanthaceae

Creator:: Watkins, Ann J.
Abstract:: Limnanthes alba, commonly known as meadowfoam is a popular commercial crop because its seed oil is composed of long carbon chains that provide it with high oxidative stability and consequently make it a desirable ingredient in cosmetic products. As a commercial pollinator, the western honey bee, Apis mellifera, may be...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Limnanthes alba Hartw. ex Benth. ssp. alba, Limnanthaceae By Ann J. Watkins A THESIS

Quantitative Study of Math Excel Calculus Courses

Creator:: Watkins, Christopher H.
Abstract:: About twenty years ago, a large, rural, doctoral granting institution with an undergraduate population of approximately 24,000 in the pacific northwest of the United States established the Math Excel program. Students would attend lectures three times a week for 50 minutes like a traditional course, and they would also attend...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Christopher Watkins A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Delinquent Girls: In Need of a Feminist Education for Rehabilitative Programming

Creator:: Doyle, Andrea
Abstract:: Although males have historically been the focus of the juvenile justice system, females now represent a quarter of juvenile arrests. Since the second wave of feminism in the 1970’s, critics of androcentric policies and programming for delinquents has shifted public attention to the history, experiences, and treatment of girls in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Phosphorus control of nitrogen fixation

Creator:: Watkins-Brandt, Katie S.
Abstract:: Under conditions of fixed N-limitation, as with most oligotrophic systems, the process of biological N₂ fixation (diazotrophy) is favored, provided the necessary trace elements and vitamins are sufficient. Despite the well understood contributions of N₂ fixation in oligotrophic regions, the nutritional and ecological controls of marine diazotrophs have not been...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Katie S. Watkins-Brandt for the degree of Master of Science in Oceanography

From weakness to wisdom : Jane Austen transforms the female of sensibility tradition

Creator:: Mosher-Knoshaug, Jessica M.
Abstract:: The eighteenth-century female of sensibility was characterized by delicate nerves that allowed her to feel her surroundings and enabled her to choose virtue over vice more consistently than males. While females were considered virtuous, their "innate" delicacy or weakness became their dominant trait and the true focus of male admiration....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sensibility tradition. Austen dissociates a female's delicacy from her virtue, making the primary source of

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Josephine E. Powellts Contributions to Middle Eastern Cross-Cultural Understanding: A Preliminary Study of a Photogapher and Textile Researcher. 1960- 1990

Do Slasher Films Breed Violence Against Women?

Effect of Exposure to Body-Based Imagery on Weight Bias and Body Image Satisfaction in College Students

Vertical Structure of the Lower Troposphere in a Changing Arctic

A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Self-compassion and Postpartum Self-help Literature

Pollen fidelity of Apis mellifera L. during pollination of Limnanthes alba Hartw. ex Benth. ssp. alba, Limnanthaceae

Quantitative Study of Math Excel Calculus Courses

Delinquent Girls: In Need of a Feminist Education for Rehabilitative Programming

Phosphorus control of nitrogen fixation

From weakness to wisdom : Jane Austen transforms the female of sensibility tradition

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