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  • Chatting, cooking, curating : English language learners as sponsors of literacy in a multicultural literacy center

    Creator:
    Saleh, Natalie K.
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    Drawing on Deborah Brandt’s “literacy sponsorship,” this thesis examines ways English language learners (ELLs) in the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center (CMLC) act as literacy sponsors, sharing their expertise in language, textiles, and cooking, based on nine in-depth interviews with ELLs at the center. The findings of this thesis are presented...
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    the opportunity to have learned from you in these past two years. Thank you also Jonathan Katz for

  • Pragmatic humanism : through the eyes of Egypt

    Creator:
    O'Brien, Matthew Steven
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    The purpose of this study is to analyze the events that occurred throughout the Egyptian Revolution from January 2010 to February 2010 through pragmatic humanism. Tweets will be looked at from the book Tweets from Tahrir to show how the process unfolded. Building on the previous research, the tweets will...
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    Porrovecchio, Dr. Bobette Bushnell and Dr. Jonathan Katz, for their help and guidance in completing my thesis

  • The Narrative of Environmentalism in Kuwait

    Creator:
    Husain, Abdullah M.
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    Kuwait has undergone dramatic political and economic transformations over the past century. From the rapid transition to an oil-based economy in the 1940s to the unexpected Iraqi invasion in 1990, change has been constant. While much of the focus has been on the economy and society, it is also true...
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    also like to thank Professors Sally Duncan, Allen Thompson, and Jonathan Katz for being members of my

  • Nuclear Imperialism: Examining Atomic Test Reactions and UN Intervention in Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana, 1957-1966

    Creator:
    Bremigan, Shelby R.
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    France’s decision to test their nuclear weapons program in the Sahara in 1960 wholly reshaped how the Cold War infiltrated into West Africa. During a time of nation building, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah urged Ghana and Africa, more broadly, to break ties with colonial powers and rebuke further attempts of...
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    appreciative of my committee, consisting of Trina and Jake, as well as Jonathan Katz and Melissa Santala, for

  • Mapping Minerals, Charting Community: A Petrographic Study of Dalma Ware in the Chalcolithic Near East

    Creator:
    Buehlman-Barbeau, Savanna S.
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    The recent recovery of Dalma Ware at the archaeological site of Surezha, Northern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraqi-Kurdistan), has raised questions regarding the method of its arrival in the region (Stein 2017; Stein & Fisher 2018). In order to assess Dalma Ware’s potential modes of dispersal into Northern Mesopotamia, ceramic petrography and...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Conjuring September 11, 2001 : Midwest Narratives in the Time of Death

    Creator:
    Josten, Jonathon M.
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    Over the past fourteen years since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Americans of varied political persuasions have continually identified the day as a defining moment in the history of the nation, which caused a rupture in the cultural rhythm and psyche. This sensibility is...
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    members Dr. Jonathan Katz and Dr. Gilad Elbom for serving on my committee with enthusiasm. Thank you to

  • Walking the narrow path : narratives of migration and mental health among Saudi Arabian women at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Gentry, Kristen Elizabeth
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    Since the inauguration of the King Abdullah-Aziz Foreign Scholarship Program in 2005, the number of Saudi university students in the United States has increased exponentially, and an unprecedented amount of Saudi women are seeking international degrees. The absence of scholarly research within these women’s home and host countries highlights the...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Acculturation and food : a study of Vietnamese women in Portland, Oregon

    Creator:
    Sarasin, Heather M.
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    This study is intended to provide information about the situation of first-generation Vietnamese women to the IRCO Parent and Child Program Department in Portland, Oregon. Nutrition intervention and food assistance currently offered to Vietnamese women enrolled in this program is the focus of the study. The women interviewed characterize themselves...
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    Rossignol, Dr. Jonathan Katz, and especially Dr. Sunil Khanna, thank you for your guidance and direction

  • A fool's marathon

    Creator:
    DeTal, Trev
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    "A Fool's Marathon" is a fabulist novel exploring themes of Platonic love, imagination and its relationship to reality, and psychological coming of age through the exploits of a young Oscar Duplenty. The work-in-progress is presented in two sections: the first a contiguous five chapters from the beginning of the newest...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Reported Communication Experiences of Married Women Transitioning to Motherhood: A Case Study

    Creator:
    Hanna, Sarah Elizabeth
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    This thesis investigates the reported communication experiences of married women transitioning to motherhood. The study involves a series of focus groups in which new mothers share their communicative experiences, explaining how they are navigating their new roles as mothers while also performing roles as wives, daughters, and workers. Informed primarily...
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    your authenticity), the Speech Communication Department, Robert Iltis, Michele Swift, Jonathan Katz