Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Title
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Of plantations and monuments : the United Daughters of the Confederacy and their influence of Southern history and memorialization.
(2018)This thesis evaluates the United Daughters of the Confederacy's (UDC) interpretation of Southern history through the mediums of textbooks, youth groups, and Confederate monuments in public spaces and how this interpretation ... -
Oklahoma City's James 'Jimmy' E. Stewart : twentieth century race progress in the Sooner State and beyond.
(2011)James 'Jimmy' E. Stewart developed his abilities to influence people and applied diplomatic skills to create the social, cultural, and political networks that, over time, improved the lives of black Americans in Oklahoma ... -
Oklahoma history, poetry and anti-communism : the writings of Zoe Tilghman.
(2010)"Zoe Tilghman was one of the early women writers in Oklahoma. Throughout her career she used her own experiences and those of her husband, the famous U.S. Marshal William Tilghman, to write stories that portrayed the West ... -
Oklahoma's juvenile justice : disproportionate minority placement among Oklahoma's juveniles
(2021)America has a long history of placing a disproportionate number of minorities in the criminal justice system. Disproportionate incarceration/placement rates occur in both the adult and juvenile justice systems. This study ... -
Oklahoman by blood: indigenous land tenure from Indian Territory to McGirt
(2022)After the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision in 2020, Oklahoma’s statehood became the subject of intense legal scrutiny regarding the supposed “disestablishment” of American Indian reservations. The State’s position follows a ... -
On stony ground
(2011)On Stony Ground chronicles the adventures of Goose, a young runaway, and his friend Henry, a mentally handicapped man who helps Goose survive in the small town of Cimarron, Oklahoma. Goose's journey begins when he is ... -
Opportunistic federalism is failing : a case for change in Ouroborosian policy making.
(2014)The current federalism paradigm has been on a path to failure since its inception. The various methods of federalism from the past have attempted to effectively fuse both federal and state power based on the most pervasive ... -
Orientalism in British policymaking: Gertrude Bell and the Iraq Mandate, 1921-1932
(2024)In the wake of the First World War, the League of Nations established the mandate system to stabilize the territories that had, until recently, been under the control of Germany or the Ottoman Empire. It did so by assigning ... -
Out is through.
(2019)Out is Through is a book of poetry that began as a long ekphrasis which explored the Black Paintings of Francisco Goya; however, it grew out of that initial impulse into something more than merely commentary. The basis of ... -
Outlaw country.
(2018)Outlaw Country is a collection of poetry, prose poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, and short creative nonfiction that began as an exploration of the language our culture uses to talk about and describe women. My work ... -
Painting the trails : can artwork affect urban trail use
(2020)Urban trails are paved or unpaved pathways through neighborhoods, cities, and parks that are used to increase the walkability of an area, provide alternative transportation routes, offer recreational space, and increase ... -
Paradigm shift : how the evolution of two generations of home consoles, arcades, and computers influenced American culture, 1985-1995.
(2016)As of 2016, unlike many popular media forms found here in the United States, video games possess a unique influence, one that gained its own a large widespread appeal, but also its own distinct cultural identity created ... -
Paradise twin.
(2018)1. Description of the Form of Genre of the Creative Project. Paradise Twin is a realistic novel set in Oklahoma at the Paradise Twin Trailer Park, which was formerly a drive-in movie theater. The first-person point of view ... -
Paranoid politics : a comparison of the use of fear during the Cold War and the Global War on Terror using the paranoid style of American politics.
(2008)Two of the most frightening time periods in modern America have occurred in close proximity to each other. The Cold War pitted the United States against a fierce ideological competitor that pointed its weapons of mass ... -
Parental stress and self-care
(2023)Stress is a concerning contributor to non-optimal parenting practices. Why is educating parents on self-care not an evidence-based practice? Research indicates stress impacts parenting in negative ways. More specifically, ... -
Passive visual behavior modifiers and consumer psychophysiology online.
(2012)Through an examination of the electroencephalography (EEG) data collected from 27 university students, this study examined the efficacy of three known passive visual behavior modifiers -- color, layout, and motion -- in ... -
Pastor's son.
(2012)Pastor's Son is a novel that explores the confusion surrounding the death of Eric Wells, a young man killed outside of a gay club in Oklahoma City. Those closest to Eric--his family, led by his father, David, a small town ...