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Survival in the Bible Belt: Oklahoman Queer Politics and Religion in the 1980s
(2024-05-10)
This work follows the story of Oklahoma’s queer community in the 1980s through the lens of two community newspapers, The Gayly Oklahoman and Herland Sister Resources. The 1980s was an incredibly important decade for the ...
THE COMEBACK KIDS: BOOMERANG AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE THROUGH THE LENS OF IDENTITY THEORY
(2024-05-10)
Boomerang hiring, the re-hiring of employees who have previously worked for an organization is on the rise. With this rise comes a need to understand the benefits and drawbacks of this labor market strategy. In the field ...
Numerate people benefit more from regular science reporting: The critical role of scientific reasoning and causal misunderstanding
(2024-05-10)
Numerate people tend to make more informed judgments and decisions because they are more risk literate (i.e., better able to evaluate and understand risk). Do numeracy skills also help people understand regular science ...
Accountability, Ownership, and Satisfaction: An Innovative Approach to Teamwork in Engineering Education
(2024-05-12)
Teamwork skills are essential for engineers to be successful in their careers. Engineers often work in teams to solve complex problems. Unfortunately, learning power skills, such as teamwork, can pose a significant challenge ...
The Invisible Artist: The Editor's Perspective on Rhetoric, Ethics, and Representation in Film Editing
(2024-05-10)
This dissertation explores the impact that the film editor has on films and what their beliefs are when it comes to the content that they create. Examining history, this dissertation shows that film editors have always ...
POLITICAL AND GENDER DIALECTICS IN THREE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH NOVELS OF THE BOURBON RESTORATION (1874-1931)
(2024-05-10)
This investigation aims to show that three of the most iconic Spanish novels of the nineteenth century are connected to each other as a dialogue between their authors about politics and gender in Spain. These novels are ...
BRIDGING BALLET AND LATIN DANCE: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO CHOREOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION
(2024-05-10)
This study explores the intersection between ballet and Latin dance, two dance styles with divergent trajectories in the choreographic field. It examines the history of ballet from the appearance of the Ballet de Cour in ...
Essays in Corporate Finance
(2024-05-10)
This dissertation consists of two essays. The first essay (Chapter 1) looks at retiree medical plans in the context of mergers and acquisition activity. The second essay (Chapter 2) is an investigation of the at-the-market ...
Design And Construction of A Novel Drilling Rig For The Investigation of Hard Rock Drilling for Super-Hot Enhanced Geothermal System Development
(2024-05-11)
The pursuit of sustainable energy solutions in the face of increasing global demand has fueled interest in super-hot Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). These systems tap into vast, recoverable geothermal energy potential ...
Assessing the Effects of Misleading Post-Event Information Using Multinomial Processing Tree Models
(2024-05-10)
Multiple studies have shown that misleading post-event information can alter an individual's memory. Three hypotheses (no-conflict, coexistence, destructive updating) have been proposed to explain the fate of the original ...