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First-Generation Pedagogy: A Case Study of First-Generation College Students in First-Year Writing
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
The purpose of this research was to examine the motivations and attitudes first-generation college students held toward classroom interventions and written assignments. This classroom research took place during one semester ...
‘Dear Children, Jacob and Amalie’: A Rhetorical Analysis of Letters from Russia to a Volga German Migrant Couple in the American Midwest
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This dissertation analyzes a collection of personal letters sent to German-speaking migrants from Russia in the American Midwest by their relatives in southern Russia. The letters can be divided into two groups: the first ...
Energetic Space: The Affect of Literature in a Composition Classroom
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Rhetorical and critical theory have both prescribed and proscribed the way
scholars view affect. With the exception of Reader Response Theory, literary and
rhetorical theory tend to use a more long-term and permanent frame ...
Writing (Dirty) New Media: Technorhetorical Opacity, Chimeras, and Dirty Ontology
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Video summarizing Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience.
Carl Sagan's Cosmos: The Rhetorical Construction of Popular Science Mythology
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
Using Carl Sagan's Cosmos as a case study, this dissertation explores the intersection of science with popular culture and builds a new framework for rhetorically analyzing popular science programming. The arguments and ...
Design of an Audio-Visual Display for Cross-Modal Experimentation
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The present paper shows the characteristics of a hardware/software display capable of presenting, at different spatial locations, multiple audio-visual stimuli in real-time. The system has been developed to provide a tool ...
Computer-Aided Microwave Design System (CAMDS): Improvement, Verification, and Device Fabrication
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This paper presents a review of the Computer-Aided Microwave Design System (CAMDS) as originally developed by Divya Bais. Its goal was to deal with microwave design and analysis problems presented in standard textbooks ...
Analysis of Power Line Communication Channel Model using Communication Techniques
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
With the advent of technology, human dependency on power (electricity) and communication has grown beyond leaps and bounds. Many efforts have been made to continuously improve and increase the efficiency in both areas. ...
Estimating Tau (τ) from Left Ventricular Pressure Waveforms During Vena Caval Occlusions
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Many people are dependent on artificial pacemakers to have a normal cardiac function. Due to this it is important to study the effects of pacing on cardiac function, as well as, to determine the best site to pace with an ...
Meaningful Materials: Revitalizing History and Heritage through Hands On Experiences
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The Fargo Theatre Material Heritage Mitigation and Preservation Project form the case study for this paper. This project used participant observation and interviews with the undergraduate anthropology students that worked ...