Browsing OSU Dissertations by Author "Van Delinder, Jean"
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And how do you feel about that?: Counseling and emotion work in a university setting
Myers, Christina (2004-07)Scope and method of study: this study examines the emotion work of university counselors within the context of everyday counseling situations. Fourteen interviews served as the primary data to (1) determine how counseling ... -
Authoritarian cosmos: Complexity, elective affinities and the "thermodynamics" of the self
Zschau, Toralf (2010-07)The dissertation grew out of a deep frustration with existing theoretical accounts of authoritarianism. Seeing strong interconnections and consistent patterns in the literature, the author began to explore the possibility ... -
Behavioral correlates of implicit evaluation and stereotyping of Native American mascots
Burke, Amanda L. (2009-07)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the present studies was to examine implicit biases toward Native American people and mascots using an Implicit Association Test (IAT), as well as to investigate the relationship ... -
Bourdieuean capital in former foster youth college students: A multicase qualitative study
Foster, Kyle (2019-12)The purpose of this study was to explore successful foster alumni college students' experiences where they used, while in college and before matriculating, cultural and social capital resources as defined by Pierre Bourdieu ... -
Challenges of Women Volunteers and Activists in Women's Ngos in India: a Feminist Standpoint Analysis
Mitra, Aditi (Oklahoma State University, 2005-07-01)This dissertation is situated in the context of post-colonial understanding of feminism and the spread of the women's movement as a global phenomenon. It analyzes how urban middle and upper class women working in ... -
Chisum's Pilgrimage II: Melvin Jackson Chisum, Sr., Louis Harlan's "Spy" Unravelled in Biography 1873-1945
Brooks, Cecelia Rena (2018-12-01)No man's life and work should be based on the ethics and morality of his employer, especially when the employer was the controversial leader of American Blacks in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Booker ... -
Church involvement of Mormon students and academic success
Thompson, Tobi Shawn (2007-07)Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study is to study the relationship between church involvement and academic success among Mormon students who attend school in a small community. The participants are current ... -
Collective and collected memories: The construction and maintenance of Chickasaw identity
Paul, John Michael (2003-05) -
Construction and maintenance of power through ritual: The Orange Order and orange parades in Northern Ireland
Edwards, Jennifer Lynn (2004-07)Scope and Method of Study: This study investigates the construction and maintenance of power by the Orange Order, a Protestant and patriotic organization, in Northern Ireland. Specific attention is given to the relationship ... -
Cultural analysis of the early Japanese immigration to the United States during Meiji to Taisho era (1868-1926)
O, Hosok (2010-12)Scope and Method of Study: Focusing on the years between 1868 and 1926 during which Japan underwent drastic socioeconomic, political, and cultural changes, this study traces the "pushes" (forces that caused the people to ... -
Cultural origins of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps and the 442nd regimental combat team during World War II: A comparison between the Japanese soldiers raised in Japan and the Nisei soldiers raised in America
O, Yukie (2011-05)Scope and Method of Study: Motivated by nationalistic fervor, many young brave soldiers all over the world fought for their country at all costs during World War II. In Japan, the wartime hysteria and the desperation of ... -
Educational identity formation and transformations: Life-history analysis of first-generation, adult college students
Tucker, Natalee Danea (2014-07)The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore how educational identities were formed and transformed within educational institutions over the lifespan and how the identities were related to decisions about ... -
Embodied and compressed spheres: The influences of social structure on adolescent sexual debut and pregnancy
Elias, Vicky L. (2011-07)Scope and Method of Study: In this research, data from Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were used to test predictions based on a synthesis of the theories of Michel Foucault ... -
Ethnic identity formation and ritual dynamics: An analysis of first-generation Asian Indian immigrants in the Southern Plains regions of the United States
Sen, Basudhara (2013-07)This study focuses on issues dealing with ethnicity, community, and especially identity construction among first-generation Asian Indian immigrants who reside in the Southern Plains region of the United States. Identity ... -
Ethnic Organizations and Ritual Dynamics: Exploration of an Asian Indian Community
Dasari, Adam Stephen (Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)This dissertation explores the ethnic identity among the Asian Indian Community in the city of Springfield, a large metropolitan area in south central United States. This research tries to understand the ritual dynamics ... -
Exploring the relationship between elementary education preservice teachers' dispositions toward diversity and their approach to curriculum and teaching
Mtshali-Dlamini, Sibongile M. (2007-05)Scope and Method of Study: Using the culturally responsive teaching/teacher theoretical lens, this qualitative study sought to explore the relationship between elementary preservice teachers' dispositions toward diversity ...