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"'I wouldn't have believed it -- even of a white man'" : critiquing whiteness in Charles Chesnutt's "The house behind the cedars" and Nella Larsen's "Passing"

Creator:: Franks, Tricia May
Abstract:: In their respective novels, The House Behind the Cedars (1900) and Passing (1929), both Charles Chesnutt and Nella Larsen utilize racial passing, the process of a mixed-race individual living as "white," to explore the relations between black and white people during early-twentieth century America. This thesis specifically argues that Chesnutt...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"A dissonant element" : the difficulty of Anais Nin

Creator:: Burghauser, Sarah B.
Abstract:: This thesis is arranged in three main chapters, each of which focuses on a particular type of Anaїs Nin text, and each of which is intended to enlarge Nin's complexities through distinct but overlapping perspectives. The idea connecting these three chapters is that Nin, who has been radically misrepresented by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (.¿.j Major Professor, representing English l- M-l, 94y ~ Chai of the Deparent of English Dean of the

“A Fool For His Client:” Religion, Law, and Insanity in Nineteenth-Century America

Creator:: Reck, Logan A.
Abstract:: When Charles Guiteau killed U.S. President James Garfield, he claimed that God had ordered him to do so. During his trial, Guiteau’s lawyers plead not guilty by reason of insanity, and the question of Guiteau’s innocence or guilt quickly became a question about the very nature of insanity itself. In...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: physical 24 Susanna L. Blumenthal, “The Mind of a Moral Agent: Scottish Common Sense and the Problem of

"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:: . Susan Shaw, Karen Mills, and Loretta Whip. The women in the Reproductive Health Lab at Oregon State

"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:: Shauna L. M. Tominey for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and Family Studies

"Chinook dictionary," briefed by A.H. Hodgson from Shaw's The Chinook jargon and how to use it, Seattle, 1909

Creator:: Shaw, George Coombs, 1877-, Hodgson, Allen H., 1884-1939, and United States. Forest Service
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: fast rules for the spelling of words." 'TThe Chinook Jargon and How to lisa It" by George C. Shaw

“Don’t Choke ‘Em, Smoke ‘Em” : Lloyd “Tony” Stevenson and the Long Reach of History in “Post-Racial” Portland

Creator:: Ewens, Elise N.
Abstract:: Despite Portland’s progressive reputation, the response of city officials, police officers, and the community as a whole to the killing of the black man, Lloyd Stevenson, in 1985 at the hands of Portland police, demonstrates that the long racially discriminatory history of Oregon shaped public policy and popular thought about...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon.” 13 Imarisha, “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon.” 14 Stacey L. Smith, “Oregon’s

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

Creator:: Dubyak, Erin A.
Abstract:: Within the U.S. there is a growing interest in the case of female adolescents being coerced into the sex industry (Bernstein, 2010; Estes & Weiner, 2001; Soderlund, 2010; Williams and Frederick, 2009). This interest, which emerged due to U.S. involvement in the international trafficking phenomena and grassroots organizing, has resulted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

“Fracking” Controversy and Communication: Using National Survey Data to Understand Public Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing

Creator:: Boudet, Hilary, Clarke, Chris, Bugden, Dylan, Maibach, Edward, Roser-Renouf, Connie, and Leiserowitz, Anthony
Abstract:: The recent push to develop unconventional sources of oil and gas both in the U.S. and abroad via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has generated a great deal of controversy. Effectively engaging stakeholders and setting appropriate policies requires insights into current public perceptions of this issue. Using a nationally representative U.S. sample...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: individual and community 10 level (Lesbirel and Shaw, 2005; Pidgeon and Demski, 2012; Visschers and

"Freedom from what?" : Iraqi women's narratives from the 2003 U.S.-led war

Creator:: Mohtashamipour, Sahar (Soudeh)
Abstract:: This research explores the experiences of Iraqi women during and after the 2003 U.S.-led war (2003-2011). The aim of the project was to provide an occasion for a group of Iraqi women to give voice to their lived experiences of war and to document these voices, adding their subjective perspectives...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: wisdom. My sincere gratitude goes to the members of my committee, Dr. Susan Shaw, Dr. Patti Duncan

ScholarsArchive@OSU

"'I wouldn't have believed it -- even of a white man'" : critiquing whiteness in Charles Chesnutt's "The house behind the cedars" and Nella Larsen's "Passing"

"A dissonant element" : the difficulty of Anais Nin

“A Fool For His Client:” Religion, Law, and Insanity in Nineteenth-Century America

"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

"Chinook dictionary," briefed by A.H. Hodgson from Shaw's The Chinook jargon and how to use it, Seattle, 1909

“Don’t Choke ‘Em, Smoke ‘Em” : Lloyd “Tony” Stevenson and the Long Reach of History in “Post-Racial” Portland

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

“Fracking” Controversy and Communication: Using National Survey Data to Understand Public Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing

"Freedom from what?" : Iraqi women's narratives from the 2003 U.S.-led war

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