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  • Invisibility: Environmental Migration Governance in a Changing Climate

    Creator:
    Abel, Kali M.
    Abstract:
    Climate change has the potential to accelerate many forms of human migration and mobility, yet almost all of the key migration outcomes of interest are determined predominantly by governance, or the norms, laws, and institutions involved in the coordination of human society. These outcomes include the decision whether or not...
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    Dissertation
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    parking lot and showering at the rec center. Louisa, Vail, Ruth, Neil, Kristin, Christine, Norah

  • Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

    Creator:
    Prior, Jan M.
    Abstract:
    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    the homesteads. They are great stewards of these important resources. Phyllis Steeves, the Siuslaw's

  • Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

    Creator:
    Prior, Jan M.
    Abstract:
    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    the homesteads. They are great stewards of these important resources. Phyllis Steeves, the Siuslaw's

  • An appreciative inquiry approach for white student affairs professionals involved in racial justice work

    Creator:
    Kerrigan, Caitlin E.
    Abstract:
    This qualitative study examined the experience of White student affairs professionals involved in racial justice work at a predominantly White institution in the Pacific Northwest. This study explored participants' consciousness of their white identity, white privilege, and commitment to end systems of privilege and oppression in regards to White supremacy...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , but more of a process (Rowe et al., 1994). Watt’s Privileged Identity Exploration model. Watt

  • "Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

    Creator:
    Mower, Jennifer M.
    Abstract:
    The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Dig Sites and Domesticity: Jessie Camp and the 1947 University of California Africa Expedition

    Creator:
    Fraas, Picabo K.
    Abstract:
    In 1947, scientists from the University of California departed for a fifteen-month expedition to Africa. Jessie Camp, wife of the head paleontologist Dr. Charles L. Camp, had no official position on the expedition. Yet in performing her traditional domestic duties, she greatly contributed to the overall success of the expedition....
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 2021; Fara, Pandora’s Breeches; Ruth Watts, Women in Science: A Social and Cultural History (London

  • In Pursuit of Literacy

    Creator:
    Freemole, George Maynard
    Abstract:
    My teaching experiences raised questions about the nature of literacy, especially about its relationship with education and schooling. Common sense, straightforward definitions of literacy failed to address those questions adequately, and that inadequacy led to the study which culminates in this thesis. In Pursuit of Literacy focuses on literacy in...
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    Masters Thesis
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    read and write" (10). By contrast, Phyllis Schlafly's "Education, The Family, and Traditional Values

  • Genres at Play : History, Tragedy, and Comedy in Shakespeare's Richard II

    Creator:
    Wiley, Marie
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare's Richard II. By exploring the play's references to conflicting interpretations of history from different generic perspectives, I hope to advance a more nuanced reading of the play's dynamic staging of history. In Chapter One, I suggest that Richard II...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • The Never-Ending Story: An Analysis of Student Activism at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Petty, Lyndi-Rae E.
    Abstract:
    Racism on college campuses continues to create a toxic environment for students of color to learn and thrive in. In order for institutions of higher education work to address the complexities of the issues that students of color face, it is important to understand the context in which those issues...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    , instilling confidence in me, and invaluable guidance. To Phyllis Lee: Thank you for meeting with me for a

  • Reasserting moral boundaries : representations of fame in George Eliot's Daniel Deronda

    Creator:
    Foster, Emily S.
    Abstract:
    Celebrity culture is part of a long history of fame, but the modern celebrity individual came into focus in the nineteenth century. The first part of this thesis distinguishes modern celebrity – including its morality – from other types of fame, explores the intersection of celebrity and gender through the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis