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  • Beyond heat or eat : street-level bureaucracy in rural Oregon energy relief

    Creator:
    Maguire, Jennifer J.
    Abstract:
    Rising energy costs coupled with the diminishing incomes associated with rural economic restructuring leave an increasing proportion of rural households faced with the heat or eat dilemma--where families must choose between meeting one basic need over another, such as putting food on the table or keeping the heat on. Effective...
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    Dissertation
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    Relief Abstract approved: _______________________________________ Katherine A. MacTavish

  • Residential Mobility Push & Pull Factors

    Creator:
    Holte, Serita C.
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    This thesis examined factors that contribute to residential mobility, specifically looking at which aspects of a family’s current situation pushes them out of their current home and what factors pull them into new locations. Residential mobility is of particular interest to developmental scientists because of the possible detrimental consequences for...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    : _______________________________________ Katherine MacTavish This thesis examined factors that contribute to residential mobility

  • Seeking Wholeness Within Conditions of Possibility: Trans People's Intersectional Experiences Resisting the Pressure to Conform to the Gender Binary

    Creator:
    Blodgett, Jey A. H.
    Abstract:
    As a targeted attack is unfolding against LGBTQ+ people across the U.S. right now, the unique experiences of queer and trans people deserve more attention. Transgender people are subjected to unique forms of discrimination and marginalization through cisnormativity (i.e., the assumption that everyone is and should be cisgender) and transnormativity...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: _____________________________________________________ Shauna Tominey & Kate MacTavish

  • Keeping a Roof Overhead : An Examination of Housing Strategies Among Low-Income White Families in Rural Trailer Parks

    Creator:
    Barrett-Rivera, Brenda C.
    Abstract:
    Housing is a critical component of family life, however, keeping a safe and stable roof overhead is increasingly difficult for the approximately 21 million low-income families in the United States (Urban Institute, n.d.; U.S. Census, 2015). Low-income families struggle to keep a roof overhead within the context of rising housing...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Katherine A. MacTavish Housing

  • Resilience in adulthood : turning points and generativity

    Creator:
    Notter, Megan L.
    Abstract:
    This analysis uses data from a larger ethnographic study examining community effects of mobile home park residence on child and youth development to explore the resilient pathways of 8 mothers and maternal guardians in order to understand better how successful adaptation is achieved despite significant threats present throughout the life...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : Katherine A. MacTavish This analysis uses data from a larger ethnographic study examining community

  • Looking toward the future: examining aspirations and sense of purpose among rural youth

    Creator:
    Shamah, Devora
    Abstract:
    In light of recent economic and social changes rural communities continue to worry about the future of their young people. Will they be prepared for the challenges that lay ahead as they move into adulthood? The aspirations youth hold set them on a pathway toward achieving goals, beginning post-secondary education,...
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    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Katherine A. MacTavish In light of recent economic and social changes rural communities

  • Middle Eastern mothers' perspectives of U.S. early childhood schools

    Creator:
    Badiee, Shahrnaz
    Abstract:
    I determined the perspectives of Middle Eastern mothers concerning U.S. early childhood schools using qualitative methodologies. The ecological perspective model presented by Bronfenbrenner was the ideal framework for investigating the Middle Eastern children's experiences in this study that considered the importance of the sociocultural contexts of children and their families....
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    Masters Thesis
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    advisors Dr. Anisa Zvonkovic and Dr. Katherine MacTavish for their flexibility and unconditional support