Spelling suggestions: "subject:"washington state"" "subject:"ashington state""
241 |
Diversity at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site : processes of diversification in historical interpretation, visitor services, and workforce managementLangford, Theresa E. 05 May 2000 (has links)
Issues of diversity are receiving significant attention within the National Park
Service recently, due in large part to a growing awareness that its future as a relevant and
viable agency is dependent upon improving its response to and management of diversity.
A diversity assessment of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site was undertaken to assist
the site in its diversification efforts involving three interrelated areas: historical
interpretation, visitor services, and workforce management. Data from research and
semi-formal interviews with staff and volunteers were analyzed to identify appropriate,
site-specific strategies for expanding dynamic interpretation of diverse groups within the
historical context, improving the quality of visitation for diverse audiences, and more
fully utilizing personnel and community organizations to strengthen the two topics
outlined above. Historical interpretation is the main focus of the analysis, not only
because it forms the fundamental duty of the historic site, but also because diversifying
an interpretive program carries the most potential for forming emotional and intellectual
connections with diverse visitors, thus increasing participation, financial security, and
continued relevance. / Graduation date: 2000
|
242 |
Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)Ellis, Erik 21 November 2005 (has links)
This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important
developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth
century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science
movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context for
studying and analyzing scientists' motivations during the period of the early Cold War
in the United States. The dissertation is informed throughout by the notion that science is
a deeply embedded aspect of Western culture. To understand American science and
society in the mid twentieth century it is instructive, then, to analyze individuals who
were seen as influential and who reflected widely held cultural values at that time. Dixy
Lee Ray was one of those individuals. Yet, instead of remaining a prominent and
enduring figure in American history, she has disappeared rapidly from historical memory,
and especially from the history of science. It is this very characteristic of reflecting her
time, rather than possessing a timeless appeal, that makes Ray an effective historical
guide into the recent past. Her career brings into focus some of the significant ways in
which American science and society shifted over the course of the Cold War.
Beginning with Ray's early life in West Coast society of the 1920s and 1930s,
this study traces Ray's formal education, her entry into the professional ranks of marine
biology and the crucial role she played in broadening the scope of biological
oceanography in the early 1960s. The dissertation then analyzes Ray's efforts in public
science education, through educational television, at the science and technology themed
Seattle World's Fair, and finally in her leadership of the Pacific Science Center. I argue
that Ray was ideally suited to promote a dominant conception of a socially useful and
instrumental form of science that lay at the core of the public understanding of science
through the 1960s. These efforts in the public understanding of science reflected a broad
endeavor among scientists to spread knowledge about and values of modern science from
elite American society to a broader public. The dissertation concludes with a short
examination of Ray's neutral gendered identity which, considered within the largely
masculine context of science, played a significantly role in the successes of her
professional career. / Graduation date: 2006
|
243 |
An evaluation of criteria proposed to reauthorize the cleanup of superfund sites : case studies from EPA's Region XWilliamson, Gina Denise 18 May 1995 (has links)
Graduation date: 1996
|
244 |
A content analysis of news coverage in five newspapers of the WTO demonstrations in Seattle 1999Bowman, Noelle January 2003 (has links)
Media critics and scholars have questioned and tried to define the role newspapers play in society for many years. Answers range from impartial observer to watchdog to social advocate. To understand how newspapers' roles are defined, this study looked at agenda-setting research, social responsibility theory, and conflict-reporting research. This study focused on coverage of a protest that turned violent. The objective was to evaluate newspaper content and identify paragraphs of coverage as issue-centered, event-centered, or neutral.Two coders evaluated 5,383 paragraphs of coverage in 300 articles that appeared in five newspapers between Nov. 29, 1999, and Dec. 5, 1999. The articles covered the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting that took place during that time in Seattle, Washington. Thousands of demonstrators went to Seattle to protest a variety of issues, including globalization, child labor, free-trade barriers, and pollution.Two local newspapers and three national newspapers were analyzed. Local newspapers were found to favor event coverage over issue coverage. National newspapers were found to favor issue coverage over event coverage.Chi-square analysis confirmed significant difference between issue and event coverage at each newspaper. Further analysis revealed an even greater difference between page-one stories' issues and events at the local newspapers. National newspapers showed balanced coverage in their page-one paragraphs. / Department of Journalism
|
245 |
Volcanic eruption plumes : satellite remote sensing observations and laboratory experimentsHolasek, Rick E January 1995 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references. / Microfiche. / xx, 252 leaves, bound ill. (some col.) 29 cm
|
246 |
School reform in residential schools for the blind : a historical investigation /Masoodi, Jennifer J. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-115).
|
247 |
A cycle of American educational reform : Garfield and Bellingham High Schools in the state of Washington, 1958-1983Nuzum, Kathleen A. January 2004 (has links)
This thesis examines the educational experience from 1958 to 1983 in two Washington State high schools: Bellingham High School and Garfield High School, Seattle. It focuses on what happened to the structure, curriculum content and environment within these schools, and also discusses the process of centralisation in Washington State educational administration. The period of study was bounded by two reports: James Bryant Conant's The American High School Today (January 1959), and A Nation at Risk (issued in 1983) by the U.S. Secretary of Education, Terrell Bell, and the National Commission on Excellence in Education, reports which were issued in response to the Cold War and to growing international economic competition. Conant and his generation of educators sought a system of secondary education that, by opening educational opportunities to all young Americans, would close the critical Soviet- US gap in missile and space technology, and would give the Cold War victory to the United States. However, national policies, state administration and socio-cultural change in American life all contributed to a shift in classroom emphasis away from traditional academics and measures of students' achievement during the quarter-century after Conant - a condition made clear by the National Commission in 1983. Whatever the other values of these educational reforms, they had a negative effect on student attitudes towards academic achievement, resulting in a disengagement from all aspects of school life. Despite cultural differences, the parallel institutional experiences of Bellingham and Garfield, and the similarities that emerged between the schools' administrative structures, educational goals, teaching strategies and learning styles, imply that class was also an important factor shaping the educational experience in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
|
248 |
A History of the Latter-Day Saints in the Columbia Basin of Central Washington 1850-1972Jorgensen, Rick B. 01 November 2002 (has links) (PDF)
The Columbia Basin of Central Washington has a relatively recent Latter-day Saint history among the regions of the western states. Most of the sparsely populated rural areas in the west that have large concentrations of Latter-day Saints were originally established as "Mormon" settlements. The basin referred to lies between the Snake and Columbia Rivers and now has thousands of Latter-day Saints who have chosen to inhabit the historically barren land and call it their home. A brief visit or casual observance of the area leads many to question what were the major factors and characteristics leading to the twentieth century growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Columbia Basin of Central Washington?
|
249 |
Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from Oregon and Washington coastal water and development of improved methods for Vibrio parahaemolyticus detectionDuan, Jingyun 12 April 2006 (has links)
Graduation date: 2006
|
250 |
An investigation of the distribution and abundance of ichthyoplankton and juvenile benthic fishes in relation to nearshore hypoxia within the Northern California Current systemJohnson, Angela Michelle 24 August 2012 (has links)
Nearshore hypoxia within the Northern California Current (NCC) system is a seasonal phenomenon caused by coastal upwelling and occurs mainly during late-summer and early fall. The effects of low oxygen levels on fish and invertebrate communities, particularly during early-life history stages, however, are poorly known for this area. I investigated the effects of hypoxia on the density, community structure, vertical and horizontal distribution of fish larvae and juveniles, as well as body condition of juveniles, along the central Oregon and Washington coasts during the summers of 2008 - 2011. During this sampling period, bottom dissolved oxygen (DO) values ranged from 0.49 to 9.85 ml l�����, and the number of hypoxic (e.g., < 1.4 ml l�����) stations sampled was low compared to 2002 and 2006 (only 54 sampling stations for the ichthyoplankton study out of 493, and only 12 stations out of 90 for the benthic juvenile study). From the ichthyoplankton study, I found that the overall density of fish larvae increased as bottom-DO values increased; however, the effect on individual species density was limited. Between 44.65 ��N and 46.00 ��N (~Florence, OR ��� Astoria, OR), fish larvae altered their vertical distribution when bottom-DO was low by rising in shallower water layers.
From the benthic juvenile study, I found that English sole (Parophrys vetulus), butter sole (Isopsetta isolepis), speckled sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus) and Pacific sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus) dominated the catch with annual variation in abundances. Species composition, abundance and length had strong relationships with depth. Species abundance for English sole (< 75 mm), speckled sanddab (<100 mm) and Pacific sanddab also increased with increased bottom-DO. However, the body condition of butter sole (< 75 mm) and of large speckled sanddab (���100 mm) increased with decreased bottom-DO.
Overall my research elucidates important patterns of larval and juvenile fish distribution within the NCC during summer. In both studies I have found a limited effect of DO on abundance, distribution and community assemblages. Variables other than DO, such as depth, season and location, dominated the explained variance of the intervening multivariate and univariate analysis. However, due to the paucity of samples during hypoxic events, continued monitoring of nearshore larval and juvenile species over varying hypoxic conditions is necessary for understanding the impact of hypoxia on these communities and subsequent adult populations. / Graduation date: 2013
|
Page generated in 0.0879 seconds