Browsing OU - Dissertations by Title
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Who am I to judge? Intellectual Humility and Dispositional Attributions
(2021-05-14)According to the attribution-value model, a great deal of stigmatization and prejudice stem from the belief that an individual’s character is to blame for their “negative” traits or qualities. Such dispositional attributions ... -
“Who asked for this?”: authenticity and race-centered corporate social responsibility
(2023-05-12)The purpose of this study is to conceptualize and operationalize race-centered CSR, a combination of corporate social responsibility and corporate social advocacy concerned with repairing racial relationships and inequities, ... -
Who makes better decisions? The relative importance of numeracy and cognitive abilities for elements of decision making
(2020)The rapidly changing nature of work has increased the importance of non-routine thinking skills required to make decisions under risk and uncertainty. Cognitive ability tests are traditionally considered a robust tool for ... -
Who Shall Gainsay Our Decision? Choctaw Literary Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century
(2009)This study examines the writing of a group of young Choctaw intellectuals, the first generation of that society of American Indians to embrace literacy as a fully viable tool of discourse. Working in the pre-removal period, ... -
The whole conductor: Weston Noble's philosophies on the psychology of conducting and musicianship.
(1998)Based upon elements of psychological theory, Noble has focused his artistic and educational objectives on the concept of exploration of the subjective side of the musical art. This approach has enabled him to achieve ... -
Whose desires are they? The politics of subversion in works by E. M. Forster, Nathalie Sarraute, and Jean Rhys.
(2006)This dissertation examines the ways in which we read representations of the feminine subject in works that have been deemed complicit in strengthening hierarchies of gender and/or race. Building upon feminist critics' ... -
Whose Voice Are We Listening To After Domestic Terrorism Events? An Analysis of Presidential Responses
(2014-04-29)Abstract The research analyzed three U.S. Presidents (William Clinton, George W. Bush and Barak Obama), their respective key staffers (Official Voices) and the transcripts from four Sunday morning network news programs ... -
Why are there so many birds in the tropics: using comparative approaches to investigate the confluence of landscape, ecology, and genome in the generation of Neotropical avian diversity
(2022-12-16)The Neotropics are home to an astonishing level of avian diversity, and thus naturally a focus for the study of the generation of biodiversity. Studies of tropical speciation often focus on large-scale landscape changes, ... -
Why Can't Tyrone Write? Perceptions of Three, African-American Eighth Grade Males about School Writing
(2013)Using qualitative methods and a case study design, the perceptions and writing processes of three African-American eighth grade males were explored. Data were derived from semi-structured and informal interviews; a ... -
WHY EDUCATION? AN EXAMINATION OF WHY LATINOS/HISPANICS PURSUE A CAREER AS TEACHERS
(2024-05-10)Supported by research on urban education, teacher shortages, and ethnic representation, this qualitative case study seeks to explore the motivations behind Hispanics and/or Latinos pursuing careers in education and the ... -
Why not OU? Matriculation decisions of first-time direct-from-high-school students admitted to the University of Oklahoma.
(2006)In addition, the primary theme of this dissertation---enrollment choice--- involves issues related to decision-making by both the student and the institution. Decision-making is a fundamental component of the leadership ... -
WHY THEY STAY: AN EXPLORATION OF PART C COORDINATORS’ PERCEPTIONS
(2020-12)Abstract Leadership in early care and special education programs is critical to the school readiness and educational success of young children with disabilities. Increased turnover in recent years poses a challenge to ... -
WHY USE STUDENT-CENTERED TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION? A STUDY OF ONE TEACHER’S CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES
(2018-05-11)Modern educational practices have fostered relationships that place instructors and teachers as the experts or central authorities regarding academic knowledge, academic disciplines, and teacher-student relationships, ... -
Why Wage War? Global Education in the Middle School Classroom
(2014-12-12)As the 21st Century unfolds, there is increasing need for globally knowledgeable citizens, and social studies is a natural domain for global education to take place. Unfortunately, multiple studies show a lack of global ... -
Why won't they listen to us: Stakeholder pressure, managerial discretion and corporate social performance
(2011)Public corporations are under immense pressure from their stakeholders to improve the corporate social (including environmental) performance (CSP). But do increased stakeholder demands result in subsequent improvements in ... -
Why won't they listen to us: Stakeholder pressure, managerial discretion and corporate social performance
(2011)Public corporations are under immense pressure from their stakeholders to improve the corporate social (including environmental) performance (CSP). But do increased stakeholder demands result in subsequent improvements in ... -
WHY WORRY? IMPACTS ON THE QUANTITIES AND QUALITIES OF WORRY: AN EXAMINATION OF FAITH, MEANING, AND NEED SATISFACTION
(2014-05-09)Pathological worry is a primary component of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and a routine concern treated in most modern-day counseling offices and clinics. The intended purpose of the current study was to seek out evidence ... -
Widespread chemical remagnetization: Orogenic fluids or burial diagenesis of clays?
(1998)The results of this study indicate that widespread or pervasive chemical remanent magnetizations (CRMs) can form as a consequence of the burial diagenetic conversion of smectite to illite. Paleomagnetic, rock magnetic, and ... -
Wielding the pen as a sword :
(1983)Arguably the greatest journalist of his era and longtime editor of the famed newsletter, I. F. Stone has employed both pen and voice to support many of the nation's great left-oriented movements during the post-World War ...