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"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

Creator:: Watson, Annaliese
Abstract:: Haiti's political and economy history has led to a maternity care system that lies out of reach, geographically and financially, of most Haitians, resulting in excessively high maternal and infant mortality. The most common birth practitioners are homebirth midwives (matwòns), who attend roughly three-fourths of all births in Haiti (UNICEF),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: more balanced representations of Haitians in modern media. Anthropologist Jennie Smith (2001) was the

"And when they woke up... they were monkeys!" Using classroom games to improve preschoolers's behavioral self-regulation

Creator:: Tominey, Shauna L. M.
Abstract:: Behavioral self-regulation has emerged as an important predictor of academic success as early as preschool. Few studies, however, have examined ways to improve children's behavioral self-regulation in preschool, prior to formal school entry. This dissertation includes two studies examining a pilot intervention using classroom games to improve behavioral self-regulation with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: & Farran, 1988; Eisenberg, Smith, Sadovsky, & Spinrad, 2004; Ladd, Birch, & Buhs, 1999; McClelland

“Avoidable Suffering” : Analyzing Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts

Creator:: Goodman, Rebecca M.
Abstract:: Recent scientific studies show that framing climate change as a health issue rather than an environmental issue were more persuasive with American audience members (Maibach et. al., 2010; Maibach et. al. 2014). Also in 2014, a survey on respiratory healthcare providers and found that a large percentage believed that climate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). With guidance from the 5th IPCC Report, three impact areas warrant attention (Smith et al, 2014

"Big bud" disease of filbert : a descriptive cytological study of the affected plant tissues

Creator:: Larew, Hiram, 1953-
Abstract:: A light and electron microscope study of Corylus avellana L. vegetative buds infested with the eriophyoid mites, Cecidiophyopsis vermiformis Nal. and Phycoptella avellanae Nal., is reported. Descriptions are given of changes in infested stipule tissue. The nipple-like proliferations (enations) which arise on the infested stipule surface are covered by a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: microscopes. Mr. John Miller helped prepare the aceto- carmine stains. Drs. Frank Smith, Harry Lagerstedt

“I couldn’t bring myself to say it” : challenging heteronormativity in teacher education programs

Creator:: Ollivier, Amélie G.
Abstract:: School is a hostile environment for many LGBTQ youth. Teachers participate, consciously or unconsciously, in perpetuating oppressive heteronormative expectations in the classroom both through the overt and covert curriculum. Yet, pre-service teachers are under-trained about questions related to gender and sexuality during their teacher preparation. This qualitative study explores the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

“I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

Creator:: Anderson, Anna
Abstract:: This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"I'm a Mom too!" - Stigma, Support & Contested Identities among Adolescent Mothers in the United States

Creator:: Everson, Courtney L.
Abstract:: This dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive portrayal of doula care in the lives of pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between psychosocial stress, social support, institutionalized constraints, and their impacts on health and well-being among adolescent mothers in the Northwestern...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Porter and Holness 2011; Smith et al. 2012; Wahn and Nissen 2008; Zachariah 2009; Smithbattle, Lorenz

"I've lived on these streets, and these streets aren't pretty" : The Life Stories of Corvallis Homeless Women

Creator:: Koch, Elizabeth C.
Abstract:: Over two million people experience homelessness in the United States, but homeless people are often marginalized by invisibility and stigmas surrounding poverty within their local communities. This research seeks to amplify the voices of Corvallis area homeless women as a means to understand their everyday lived experiences. Six women residing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"Labor Market Situation for Syrian Refugees in Iraq" Case Study Arbat Refugee Camp - Kurdistan Region

Creator:: Mahmood, Aram
Abstract:: The Syrian civil war generated waves of refugees who flow into neighboring countries. These refugees have been creating excess supply of labor in host countries. This study involves a series of interviews in which respondents shared their perceptions of their involvement in the labor market in Iraq. These interviews provide...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: & Jacobesan, 1998; Smith M. , 2004; Van Damme, 1995). I will discuss the advantage and disadvantage of

"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

ScholarsArchive@OSU

"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

"And when they woke up... they were monkeys!" Using classroom games to improve preschoolers's behavioral self-regulation

“Avoidable Suffering” : Analyzing Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts

"Big bud" disease of filbert : a descriptive cytological study of the affected plant tissues

“I couldn’t bring myself to say it” : challenging heteronormativity in teacher education programs

“I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

"I'm a Mom too!" - Stigma, Support & Contested Identities among Adolescent Mothers in the United States

"I've lived on these streets, and these streets aren't pretty" : The Life Stories of Corvallis Homeless Women

"Labor Market Situation for Syrian Refugees in Iraq" Case Study Arbat Refugee Camp - Kurdistan Region

"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

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