Thesis (Ph. D. )--Washington State University, May 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-145).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1994. / Title from title page screen, viewed April 17, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Ronald J. Fortune (chair), Lucia C. Getsi, Douglas Hesse. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-212) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1948. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-184). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, November, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 314-334)

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Waikato, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2004. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-161).

<p> This dissertation develops an approach to institutional critique that re-works Porter, Sullivan, Blythe, Grabill, and Miles&rsquo; foundational configuration. This project argues that John Dewey&rsquo;s concept of democratic communication articulated in his debate with Walter Lippmann provides a useful heuristic for developing democratic communicative practices that allow citizens and experts to communicate with one another about technical issues such as water quality and safety. Through an analysis of Michigan&rsquo;s emergency manager law, the relationship between citizens and experts that exposed the crisis, and the Flint Water Advisory Task Force&rsquo;s Final Report, this dissertation establishes that citizens must participate in technical decision-making and makes pragmatic suggestions to increase citizens&rsquo; meaningful participation. This project concludes with theoretical and pedagogical implications of a participatory institutional critique.</p><p>

Ecofeminism is a mixture of two important contemporary schools of thought; feminism and ecology. The rhetoric generated from ecofeminism focuses on language, on its potential to reconstruct deeply embedded attitudes and beliefs. Thus, ecofeminists attempt to transform society through the redescription and redefinition of modern concepts into postmodern concepts. The rhetoric of ecofeminism, set in postmodern context, is a fusion of substantive and stylistic features that simultaneously deconstruct patriarchal structures of exploitation and domination and reconstruct lateral-collaborative structures of cooperation and liberation. In short, ecofeminist rhetoric portends a persuasive transformation of the social-natural conditions of existence.

<p> The Brothers Grimm and the Walt Disney Company have produced popular fairy tales for large audiences. In this work, cluster criticism&mdash;a rhetorical criticism that involves identifying key terms and charting word clusters around those terms&mdash;is applied to four Grimm fairy tales and four Disney princess films. This study aims to reveal the worldview of the rhetors and explore how values present in Grimm tales manifest in contemporary Disney films. Disney princess films in this study have been categorized as &ldquo;White/European&rdquo; and &ldquo;Non-White/Cultural &lsquo;Other.&rsquo;&rdquo; Because film is a form of non-discursive rhetoric, an adaptation of cluster criticism designed for film was been applied to the selected animated features. This study reveals that many patriarchal values present in Grimm fairy tales appear in contemporary Disney films, and while Moana (2016) features far fewer displays of these values, intersectional feminism should be kept in mind, with more diversity in princesses needed.</p><p>