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Examining Community Narratives of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s “Green Grants” Initiative

Creator:: Bailey, Jessie
Abstract:: This essay examines community narratives around Keep Virginia Beautiful's Green Grants initiative. Green Grants is a signature annual program that awards grants to organizations throughout Virginia in support of projects aligned with one of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s three pillars: recycling, litter prevention, and community beautification. The primary research questions are...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ______________________________________________________________________ Dr. Lori A. Cramer ______________________________________________________________________ Dr

From hurdles to high-speed: A Community Capital Framework approach to understanding barriers to broadband adoption and availability in North Carolina’s rural counties

Creator:: Berk, Christy
Abstract:: Access to broadband internet is vital for rural communities in the digital age, but persistent barriers impact adoption and availability. This topic is analyzed through the lens of the Community Capital Framework (Emery & Flora, 2006). By surveying county commissioners, the research aims to better understand rural broadband challenges and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Committee Chair, Dr. Lori A. Cramer Committee Member, Dr. Mark Edwards

The Shades of Participation: Assessing the Barriers to Community Participation in Land-Use Decision-Making Processes That Address Environmental Injustices for Low-Income Communities of Color

Creator:: King, Jasmine
Abstract:: Environmental injustices, defined as inequitable access to fair, safe, and healthy environmental outcomes, are often rooted in issues of land management, policy decision making, and sovereignty. This results from a series of processes, including loss of land ownership, exclusionary and discriminatory zoning, and structural barriers to participation. Black, Indigenous, Communities...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : __________________________________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer, representing Sociology

Narratives of Graying, Change, and Resilience: A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of 'Graying of the Fleet'

Creator:: Freitas, Anna
Abstract:: Commercial fishing is deeply embedded in the economy and culture of many coastal communities in Oregon. This study examined the impact of the ‘graying of the fleet’ phenomenon (Graying; the increase in the average age of commercial fishermen) on community resilience in coastal communities. This paper utilizes qualitative methods and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer, representing Sociology

Surfing the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Risk perceptions and evacuation knowledge among Oregon surfers

Creator:: Shelby, Daniel
Abstract:: Evacuation strategies have been established for most user groups in tsunami inundation zones; however, surprisingly little information is available for a growing visitor group - surfers. For near-shore tsunami events, Oregon surfers, who recreate in the nearshore region, must make life or death choices when deciding what to do in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer Evacuation strategies have been established for most user groups in

Continuity & Change: Commercial Fishing & Community Resilience on the Oregon Coast

Creator:: Flathers, Courtney
Abstract:: Commercial fishing is deeply embedded in the economy and culture of many coastal communities. Recent ecological, economic, and regulatory changes impacting fisheries are likely to have important consequences for this industry and the communities it supports. The objective of this study is to improve understanding of coastal community resilience through...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer, representing Sociology

Our Natural Family: A study of young children and how we connect with nature

Creator:: Tilleman, Kirsten
Abstract:: While humans are inextricably connected to nature, we live in a world whose anthropocentric fixation on progress begins severing that connection at birth. Through research with young children, their parents, and their care-providers, this project helped fill the research gap in early childhood ecological education by helping identify children’s ways...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract Approved: ________________________ Dr. Lori Cramer While humans are

Linking Population Growth Reduction to Climate Change

Creator:: Jacobs, Derric
Abstract:: By 2050 the world population is expected to reach 9 billion. Fears of the impact of such a large population on earth’s environmental systems and finite resources have lead efforts by governmental and non-governmental agencies to assist developing nations in reducing fertility rates to slow population growth by direct medical...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text::  Policy essay of Derric B. Jacobs presented on November 30, 2010.        APPROVED:        Lori A. Cramer

Menstrual dignity and stigma : how college students perceive period poverty

Creator:: Taylor, Sophia
Abstract:: Period poverty is the inability to access menstrual products and more generally the lack of knowledge surrounding menstruation. About one in ten undergraduates suffer from period poverty, a number that almost doubles for first-generation students (Haneman, 2021). Previous research and current legislation aimed at addressing period poverty largely revolve around...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Period Poverty Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer

Understanding the Contribution of a Seafood Processing Sector to Community Resilience: The Case of Tillamook County

Creator:: Beaullieu, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: Seafood processing is a sector of the seafood supply chain in which individuals and communities along Oregon’s coast rely on for food, livelihood, economic, and cultural relationships. Many coastal resilience studies focus on the seafood harvest (fishing) communities leaving the seafood processing sector relatively understudied. The objective of this thesis...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Lori A. Cramer

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Examining Community Narratives of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s “Green Grants” Initiative

From hurdles to high-speed: A Community Capital Framework approach to understanding barriers to broadband adoption and availability in North Carolina’s rural counties

The Shades of Participation: Assessing the Barriers to Community Participation in Land-Use Decision-Making Processes That Address Environmental Injustices for Low-Income Communities of Color

Narratives of Graying, Change, and Resilience: A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of 'Graying of the Fleet'

Surfing the Cascadia Subduction Zone: Risk perceptions and evacuation knowledge among Oregon surfers

Continuity & Change: Commercial Fishing & Community Resilience on the Oregon Coast

Our Natural Family: A study of young children and how we connect with nature

Linking Population Growth Reduction to Climate Change

Menstrual dignity and stigma : how college students perceive period poverty

Understanding the Contribution of a Seafood Processing Sector to Community Resilience: The Case of Tillamook County

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