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  • Ideology, reality, and rhetoric : Kenneth Burke's dramatism

    Creator:
    Beach, Josh M.
    Abstract:
    The American philosopher and literary critic Kenneth Burke was an "ideologist" (although he never called himself this, and added to that, he spent most of his life avoiding the Marxist term of ideology to describe human "systems" of ideas). Burke instead used the terms "orientation," "rationalization," "perspective." "critical perspective," "way...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 2002. Title: Ideology, Reality, and Rhetoric: Kenneth Burke's Dramatism. Abstract Approved: The

  • Assessing the Economic Impacts of Food Assistance Policy Using a Computable General Equilibrium Approach

    Creator:
    West, Tyler T.
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    Over the past several years, increases in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have coincided with the 2007-2008 recession and the higher rates of unemployment in the U.S. With SNAP being the largest program, in terms of spending embedded in the farm bill, it is likely to see some spending...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Tyler T. West for the

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

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    West, Rex Alan, 1967-
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    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

  • Instructional coaching and disciplinary literacy : an examination of the engagement of secondary content-area teachers in professional development

    Creator:
    Bamford, Barbara JoAnne Dehm
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    The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the factors that contributed to the engagement of middle and high school teachers in professional learning with instructional coaches, relative to disciplinary literacy. The study addressed the following question: What factors appear to influence secondary content-area teachers' engagement with instructional coaches,...
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    Dissertation
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     Seco     Abstract approved:        Kenneth J.  Winograd        The purpose of this qualitative study

  • "We Lived It": Stories of Cultural Resilience, Dinék’ehgo Nanitiin (Diné-Based Instruction), and Navigating between University and Tribal Institutional Review Boards

    Creator:
    Tapaha, Oliver G.
    Abstract:
    This manuscript-style dissertation explores Diné (Navajo) education and teaching in the context of a research project that negotiated the demands of both Navajo Nation IRB and Oregon State University IRB. In the first manuscript, the researcher examines his journey of using cultural resilience strategies to succeed in the education system...
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    Dissertation
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    University and Tribal Institutional Review Boards. Abstract approved: Kenneth J

  • Effects of an industrial fire on a community of south Phoenix, Arizona

    Creator:
    Degher, Alexandra B.
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    On August 31, 1992, Quality Printing Circuits, a circuit board manufacturing plant in Phoenix, Arizona, burned to the ground. The fire lasted approximately eight hours, creating a thick, black smoke that blew into the surrounding community. Emergency evacuation was erratic and since no air samples were taken during the fire,...
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    Dissertation
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    : Effects of an Industrial Fire on a Community of South Phoenix, Arizona. Abstract Approved Kenneth J

  • Toward An Academic Theory of Social Justice Judgment and Decision-Making : Rights, Justice, and Legal Ideology

    Creator:
    Werner, Michael W.
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    This dissertation serves a threefold purpose: 1. identify the principles, practices and assumptions implicated in an academic theory of social justice; 2. continue moving towards articulating a theory of social justice judgment and decision making; and 3. develop a model of social justice judgment and decision making that will assist...
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    Dissertation
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    : ___________________________________________________ Kenneth J. Winograd Abstract: This dissertation serves a threefold purpose: 1. identify

  • Mayan Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica

    Creator:
    Smith, William Hoyt
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    The importance of language and bilinguality in the development, perpetuation, and "degeneration" or change of culture is a central theme throughout this treatise. Original pictorial representations of Mayan hieroglyphic sculpture are included as examples, and represent artistic styles and language variations of written Cholan and Yucatec. Modern Cholan and Yucatecan...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica. Abstract approved Kenneth Beals

  • About good work

    Creator:
    Lee, Wei-Tau
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    This research is an effort to explore the nature of good work, a concept that describes work that is beneficial to the physical, psychological, and social dimensions of its stakeholders, including and especially the worker. This effort is divided into four distinct parts. First, the construct of good work is...
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    Dissertation
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    : ________________________________________________________ Kenneth H. Funk II This research is an effort to explore the nature of good work

  • Modeling Task Prioritization Behaviors in a Time-Pressured Multitasking Environment

    Creator:
    Toma, Takeaki
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    Funk’s (1991) cockpit task management (CTM) theory is structurally consistent with cognitive multitasking models: it addresses managing multiple and concurrent tasks in three stages: situation awareness, response selection, and response execution. Based on CTM theory, Colvin, Funk and Braune (2005) hypothesized that the following six factors may affect task prioritization:...
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    Dissertation
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    Kenneth H. Funk II Funk’s (1991) cockpit task management (CTM) theory is structurally