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POCAHONTAS’S PERPLEXING LEGACY: NOBLE NATIVE SUBJECTIVITY AND THE INDIAN PRINCESS
(2016-05-03)
In this dissertation, “Pocahontas’s Perplexing Legacy: Performing the Indian Princess,” I analyze how Native American women performed the Indian Princess identity—a Western archetype of idealized indigenous femininity that ...
Experiences of Interracial Couples in a “Post-Racial” Society
(2016-12)
In spite of the perception held by some Americans that race/ethnicity no longer matters much (i.e., the United States is a “post-racial” society), racial/ethnic prejudice and discrimination continue to shape the lives of ...
Non-Destructive Index Testing For Relative Assessment Of Rock Strength
(2016)
Index tests for the determination of rock properties have been employed since the early 90s, based on methods developed since the 1900s in the metallurgical industry. Examples include the Brinell hardness test, Rockwell ...
Red State Re-Claimed: The Transrhetorical Recovery of Resistance in Oklahoma
(2016-05-13)
My project argues for critical attention to local rhetorics and characterizes Oklahoma as a unique site for understanding their impact on student writers and writing instruction. Despite rhetorical suppression from dominant ...
Humility as Opening to Others: Exemplar-Mediated Reconfigurations of the Self
(2016-05-06)
The talk will engage distinctive contributions of the virtue of humility to the communal life of L’Arche communities, and of these communities’ practices to our understanding of humility. Long-term, dedicated Assistants ...
"EVERYDAY NATIONALISM": THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN IDENTITY
(2016-05-14)
In the last century, a large body of scholarship has emerged on the subject of American national identity. I contend that another way of understanding what it means to be American might be found using the “everyday ...
Windlines. Volume 8, number 1 (Summer 2016)
(American Organ Institute, 2016-05)
Issue of the American Organ Institute newsletter; message from AOI Director Dr. Schwandt looking forward to AOI's second decade; "In the News" feature about Silent Film Festival and passing of Donal Dumler; Announcment for ...
Radar Cross Section Analysis of Tornadic Debris
(2016-12-16)
Weather radar is a powerful tool for detecting hazardous weather that may impact citizens. Among these dangerous weather phenomena, tornadoes have a high potential for destruction of property and loss of life due to its ...
Ideological Literature: The Ideological Biases of Commonly Taught Works and Their Implications Vis-a-Vis the School System
(2016-12)
Michael Schiro posits the existence of four “curricular ideologies,” conflicting viewpoints about education’s purpose. This thesis attempts to link those ideologies – scholar academic, social efficiency, learner centered, ...
The Performance of Cement-Limiting and High-Volume Recycled Material Mix Designs for Use in Concrete Pavements Through Laboratory and Field Implementation Testing
(2016-05)
Conventional methods of replacing roadways are beginning to negatively impact the environment. The continued use of high volumes of cement will continue to exacerbate the increasing levels of carbon dioxide. In addition ...