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  • Development of a perceived personal power inventory for undergraduate university women

    Creator:
    Bushnell, Bobette
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    Communication cannot be successful without the cooperative listening response of an auditor. Auditors must feel empowered to act as agents of change or their decisions and actions cannot be influenced by the discourse. Their every response depends upon their ability to perceive themselves as potential mediators of change. A review...
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    Dissertation
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    between physiology and psychology is still missing--that connections between brain structure and sex

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Toni K. Tobey for the

  • Writing a feminist position in the classroom

    Creator:
    Forrest, Dodie A.
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    Like other social institutions, universities have been created and administered by and for a white-male dominant culture that continues to marginalize women and anyone else designated as -Other- according to race, class, ethnicity, ability, age, size, and sexuality. This discussion questions the dominant model of standard written discourse in the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in the co-departments of English and Women Studies

  • Quintilian's influence on Obadiah Walker

    Creator:
    O'Rourke, Kathryn Ann
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    The nature and extent of classical rhetoric's influence on subsequent ages has been the focus of much recent study. Scholars have been concerned with how classical authors, particularly Cicero and Quintilian, emerged in educational and rhetorical theories of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and later centuries. Despite this flurry of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    theories and placement of Redacted for Privacy rhetoric in their systems, and their educational

  • Torn : A Cluster Analysis

    Creator:
    Mulatero Ferrando, Oriana
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    Pornography remains one of the most controversial topics in our culture. Politicians, religious groups, and special interest organizations tend to focus on the ‘effects’ pornography has on those who consume it, and fear that pornography is a threat to public health. The general discourse surrounding pornography is that men produce...
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    Masters Thesis
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    studied in the fields of rhetoric, interpersonal communication, and women, gender and sexuality studies

  • Shifting the scholarly conversation : a rhetorical reading of Peter Elbow's work

    Creator:
    Slaton, Dorothy N.
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    Shifting the Scholarly Conversation: A Rhetorical Reading of Peter Elbow's Work explores Peter Elbow's contributions to the field of writing and rhetoric. Over the course of his long career, Elbow’s scholarly and pedagogical work has been much praised and much criticized. Elbow's work has influenced generations of teachers and writers,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Elbow’s Work explores Peter Elbow’s contributions to the field of writing and rhetoric. Over the course

  • The culture of academia : authorizing students to read and write

    Creator:
    Mitchell, Danielle M.
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    Presenting and synthesizing several paradigms for the teaching of literature in American colleges, I investigate how definitions of reading, readers, texts, interpretations, and knowledge affect student acts of reading and writing. In addition, I draw upon specific examples of text-based, reader-based, and social-cultural based models for the teaching of reading...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Authorizing Students to Read and Write Introduction: A Question of Pedagogy A rhetoric[, whether it be of

  • Beauty and the Beast: The Rhetorical Construction of the Female in Mixed Martial Arts

    Creator:
    Thornburg, Kori A.
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    More women compete in sports currently than ever before. However, the historical tensions which relate to their participation--as athletes and as females--remain. Mixed martial arts (MMA) has proven to be the most visible introduction of females into sports that have traditionally been considered exclusively for men. Gina Carano and Cristiane...
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    Masters Thesis
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    rhetoric employed. The purpose of this study is to determine how substantive and stylistic features

  • Oregon's Death with Dignity Act : A Rhetorical Criticism of Narrative within Public Policy

    Creator:
    Townsend, Timothy F.
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    The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of narratives within public policy, surrounding the issue of doctor-assisted suicide. Specifically, this study attempts to examine the way(s) in which narratives both shape and influence public policy; pertaining to Measure 16, Oregon's Death with Dignity Act. Narrative communication involving...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Understanding Power in the Therapeutic Relationship

    Creator:
    Hixson, Karen A. (Karen Ann)
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    The purpose of this dissertation was to contribute to understanding the client's experience of power in their therapeutic relationships with mental health professionals. The manuscript in Chapter 2, A Critical Metasynthesis of the Qualitative Research on the Client's Experience of Power in the Therapeutic Relationship, used qualitative metasynthesis to review...
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    Dissertation