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Discourse structure as the scaffolding of stance structure : developments of a central concept in a central site of discursive interaction in bioethics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
of different academic disciplines in bioethics over this period? A new, relational method of content analysis that draws on methods developed in applied linguistics, concerning evaluative or stance-taking language and on the discourse or rhetorical structure...
Subjectivities of risk and environmental uncertainty : residents, regulatory agencies, and corporate interests
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The West Lake Landfill Superfund site in Bridgeton, Missouri made for a compelling place to explore how risk was framed and contested by social groups and expert institutions in the context of environmental uncertainty. ...
Politics of coalition at Standing Rock
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
My research examines the politics of coalition surrounding the 2016-17 Standing Rock movement, led by Oceti Sakowin Tribal members, on the borders of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to stop the construction ...
"Rape is a part of life where I live" the normalization of girl-child sexual abuse in Jamaica
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
to structural and systemic issues in communities highly impacted by violence and poverty. Gender inequalities, specifically women's socio-economic status, male impunity and privilege, institutional weakness, and trauma associated with structural violence...
Structural foundations, triggering events, and facilitative contingency : the social origins of California’s Compassionate Use Act of 1996
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Currently in the United States there is a nationwide legislative movement to legalize marijuana for persons with certain diagnosable diseases. Despite ...
The lost cause of Southern Country Club : an ethnographic study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
in the United States. There were 4,400 country clubs in the US in 2009. The population of the United States has nearly tripled since the golden era of country clubs, yet the number of clubs decreases by the day. The decline of country clubs reveals the changing...
Resistance to the dominant economic discourses : making sense of the economy from a working-class neighborhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This study explores the way that working-class people contest dominant economic discourses and how they develop alternative explanations for their economic situation. Based on qualitative interviews, participant observation, ...
Border threads : ethnographic tales of escape, agency, and violence in a shelter in Pakistan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study highlights the theoretical usefulness of viewing domestic violence shelters through the conceptual framework of border-crossing ...
Narrative power: social control in ISLs and group homes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Narrative power is used in residential settings providing care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a tool of social control. Framing narratives, stories and accounts influencing the accepted ...
Gold star motherhood: spectacle, emotion, and identity construction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation analyzes experiences of gold star mothers, spectacles of grief, grief politics, organizational embeddedness, and the use of discourses in sense making and social identity mapping of valor revolving around ...