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Mcminnville Agriculture 1912, Brinn Hovde, Rachel Go, Michael Sanchez

Humanities and Creative Projects

This presentation is a historical investigation of McMinnville’s agricultural industry approximately 100 years ago. Topics include physical and economic geography of the region: land use, farming, horticulture, field crops, the mill industry, and land registration/farm ownership. Primary and secondary sources include written description, pictorial representation, and legal records retrieved from the Jereld R. Nicholson Library and the McMinnville Public Library. We will include visual aids in the form of photographs and timelines (including a timeline of the mills in McMinnville, Oregon), and we will use both books, photographs from other students in the class, and photographs that we have taken …

Exploring The Nature Of High School Student Engagement With Science And Technology As An Outcome Of Participation In Science Journalism, Jennifer M.G. Hope

Dissertations

In a mixed-methods study of high school student participants in the National Science Foundation-funded Science Literacy through Science Journalism (SciJourn) project, the new Youth Engagement with Science & Technology (YEST) Survey and classroom case studies were used to determine program impact on participant engagement with science and technology as well as describe the experience of SciJourn students. Student engagement with science and technology is considered as a construct made up of three components: student action, interest, and identification. Analysis of quasi-experimental administration of the (YEST) Survey resulted in rejection of the hypotheses that SciJourn high school student participants would exhibit …

Filipino Images Of The Nation, Niels Mulder

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Embodying The Nation: Filipino Pictorial Moments Of The 1994 Gatt Treaty Debate, Jr. Aguilar

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Demographic Development In Mindoro, Jürg Helbling, Volker Schult

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Japan And The Philippines, Shinzo Hayase

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Archipelagic Space In “Southern Winds”, Rolando B. Tolentino

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Promoting Un Bien Gobierno In Sorsogon, 1902-1907, Stephen Henry Totanes

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Why Insist On An Asian Flavor?, Fernando N. Zialcita

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Blessed Pedro Calungsod, Martyr: An Historian’S Comments On The Mission In The Marianas, S. J. Schumacher

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Maria Cacao: Legend-Making In The Visayan Context, Koki Seki

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Economic Uses For The Antique Mansions Of Quiapo, Victor S. Venida

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

American Workers, Colonial Power, By Fujita-Rony, Charlie Samuya Veric

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Early American Missionaries In Ilocos, L. Shelton Woods

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

The U.S. In Apec, Evelyn Tan Cullamar

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Philippine Resistance In Candon, 1942, Donald Chaput

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Criminality And Sociality, Vicente L. Rafael

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Teacher Education In The Philippines, Julieta M. Savellano

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Returning The Empties: Selected Poems 1960s -1990s By Lakshmi Gill, S.J. Galdon

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Childrearing Practices In The Philippines And Japan, Leslie E. Bauzon, Aurora F. Bauzon

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Old Buildings: An Economist’S View, Victor S. Venida

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Illinois State University, One Hundred And Fifty-Third Annual Commencement, May 11, 2012, Illinois State University

Commencement Programs

Illinois State University
One Hundred and Fifty-Third Annual Commencement
May 11 and 12, 2012

Pilgrimage To The Birthplace Of Elvis Presley, Joseph Samuel Miller

Honors Theses

At the Elvis Presley birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi, a sacred, secular pilgrimage is taking place. This study used the categories of myths, symbols, and experiences to understand the perceptions of the pilgrims at the birthplace. Using a combination of interviews and mapping, the themes and data presented show that the area has a clear distinction of sacred space, which was defined by the relics in the spaces that Elvis physically interacted with. The pilgrim related to these symbols through strong, varied mythological content. A mapping component illustrated the international spatial distribution of pilgrims to the birthplace and confirms that it …

Variations In Myth: How Manipulations Of Topos Create Morality, Joel Huber

Honors Theses

The Homeric epics have inspired the Western world for three thousand years. The Iliad especially is complex and compelling, while the author himself is enigmatic. Both poem and poet have sparked several libraries worth of scholarship. The poem is traditionally considered to be transmitted orally with numerous extant variations within the text itself. In the 6th century BC, by tradition, the Athenian tyrant Peisistratus redacted the poem into a standard performance so that it could be performed in order from A to Omega. The Alexandrian scholars such as Aristarchus and Zenodotus published numerous works in the 2nd and 3rd centuries …

Health Disparities In Kidney Transplantation: An Equity Analysis, Shirley A. Wells

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

The growing incidence of end stage renal disease along with advances of the past 40 years that have improved the success rate of kidney transplantation have created an unprecedented demand for kidney transplant. Yet, certain racial and ethnic groups and women consistently have longer waiting times and lower rates of transplantation which makes a review of the kidney procurement and transplantation system in view of its equity imperative. Reasons given for these disparities have varied from cultural attitudes and beliefs on the part of patients and health care providers, socioeconomic status, rates of organ donation, and geographic location. The equity …

A Review Of Smoking Among Rural African Americans: Recommendations For Research And Cessation Interventions, Susan Hedgecock, Anita Fernander

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Objective: The purpose of this review is to synthesize the available literature on smoking among rural African Americans.

Methods: Using search terms “rural” “African American” “Black” and “smoking” 19 relevant articles were identified in the Medline data base. Findings gleaned from the 19 articles are presented in four categories: a) smoking prevalence, b) smoking behavior and patterns, c) smoking cessation interventions and quitting, and d) smoking-related outcomes.

Results: There may be gender differences, a pattern of late onset of smoking, and a preference for mentholated brands among rural African American smokers. There is no evidence that rural African Americans are …

X-Reality And The Incarnation, Kathryn Reklis

Theology Faculty Publications

This essay is one of six in a collection of theological reflections on social media and new media conducted by the New Media Research Fellows at Union Theological Seminary. They are based upon the case studies conducted by the research fellows in 2011. These and other resources can be found on the New Media Project website.

Forms Of Conscioiusness In Noli Me Tangere, Benedict R. Anderson

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

A Voice From Many Rivers (Su Gesalan Nu Nga Subaanen Di Melaun Tinubigan): Central Subanen Oral And And Written Literature By 30 Subanen, Translated And Annotated By Felicia Brichoux, Rosario C. Lucero

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.

Fifteen Years Of Interdisciplinary Research And Education Through Filipino-Dutch University Cooperation: The Cagayan Valley Program On Environment And Development (Cvped), Denyse J. Snelder, Andres B. Masipiqueña

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.