Marylhurst Digital Thesis Collection

- How critical gerontology challenges anti-aging ideology and leads the individual to a self-defined later life
- Anderson, Andrea C.
- At a time when the aging population is increasing exponentially, the practices of the anti-aging practitioners and the discourses of critical gerontology have developed opposing definitions of the aging process. Anti-aging medicine presents aging...
- Identity (Psychology) in old age; Aging--Social aspects; Aging--Psychological aspects; Aging--Prevention
- Perchance to dream : dreams of death and spiritual transformation
- Backstrom, Kirsten
- This thesis substantiates the premise that dreams are meaningful experiences, which can be a rich source of insight into the spiritual life of the individual dreamer and the nature of reality itself. Dreams of death can be especially significant...
- Dreams--Religious aspects; Death--Psychological aspects; Death--Religious aspects; Spiritual life
- Love as an interdisciplinary study : integrating awareness through mind, body, and spirit into wholeness
- Barrett, Teresa
- This thesis/project researches the value of love through the integration of the awareness of body, mind, and spirit to heal and become whole. The power of love to heal and connect us to each other, and the Divine, is beyond an emotion or behavior;...
- Love--Religious aspects; Love--Psychological aspects; Love--Physiological aspects
- Life and death choices
- Beaumont, Kathryn S.
- Although death is an inevitable fact of life, many older Americans avoid end-of-life planning until they face a life-threatening health crisis--if they plan at all. The question this interdisciplinary thesis asks is why and what needs to change....
- Terminal care--Decision making; Death--Psychological aspects; Death--Social aspects
- Finding the sacred through the spirituality of ecofeminism
- Belknap, Bonnie L.
- This thesis provides research and analysis concerning the spirituality of ecological feminism (ecofeminism). The biological origin of patriarchy is discussed. An examination of the positive influence of the Prophetic Tradition of the Hebrew...
- Ecofeminism--Religious aspects
- "I don't like meat to look like animals" : how consumer behavior responds to animal rights campaigns
- Blake, Michelle L.
- As the animal rights movement enters its fourth decade, it is clear that American attitudes have evolved. Polls show that people are increasingly intolerant of animal suffering and more aware of animal causes. However, their consumption of animals...
- Animal rights movement--United States; Animal welfare--United States; Consumer behavior--Moral and ethical aspects; Consumers--Attitudes
- Integrating parish nursing with chronic care education programs
- Bondley, Karen S.
- The aging American population will increasingly need chronic illness care and education. As clinicians struggle to care for an increasing number of chronically ill patients, and the health care workforce faces shortages, there will be a need to...
- Parish nursing; Nursing; Pastoral care; Terminal care--Study and teaching
- Personal legacy : bridging generational conflict and organizational intelligence
- Borne, Christopher J.
- This thesis investigates the concept of personal legacy and its capacity to enable a confluence of three powerful organizational dynamics: individual well-being, intergenerational conflict, and the transfer of organizational knowledge. Personal...
- Knowledge management; Organizational learning; Intergenerational communication
- Evolution of leadership mastery
- Borne, Timothy M.
- This thesis is about leadership and the path to mastery. Specifically, I will focus on the application of influencing skills along the path to mastery. Not every person who assumes the role of leader applies influencing skills at a level of mastery...
- Leadership; Influence (Psychology); Persuasion (Psychology)
- Conversational interruption in the Native Hawaiian speech community : power, solidarity and talk story
- Browne, Torey L.
- An interdisciplinary approach to issues of intercultural communication between the Native Hawaiian and dominant U. S. speech communities, this thesis suggests how and why members of each speech community misinterprets the intent behind...
- Communication and culture; Intercultural communication
- Dark night of the soul and the U.S. Veteran experience
- Carey, Suzanne M.
- This thesis project blends the ways that the U.S. Veteran's perspectives mirror what a person going through a dark night of the soul experiences. Examining a combination of the psychological and the spiritual elements, the thesis explores several...
- Veterans--Mental health; Post-traumatic stress disorder--Religious aspects; Psychic trauma--Religious aspects; Church work with veterans
- Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" : an account of narrative memory and dystopian vision
- Carpenter, Susan
- This thesis examines dimensions of the literary genre known as dystopian fiction as articulated in Margaret Atwood’s social political novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. The primary assertion of this thesis is that by applying a form of literary...
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939- . Handmaid's tale; Atwood, Margaret, 1939- --Criticism and interpretation; Dystopias in literature
- Meaning and understanding : Christian imaginative hermeneutics
- Carpenter, Susan
- This thesis/project represents a discourse on the act of narrative and its relationship to a paradigm of meaning for Christian theology. Addressing this dynamic through the writings of Paul Ricoeur and other theological scholars led to the design...
- Bible--Hermeneutics; Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Imagination--Religious aspects
- Joseph Smith and the eternal possibilities of the immortal soul in western theological and philosophical thought
- Caudle, Kirk L.
- The purpose of this study was to address the question, “How does Joseph Smith’s view of the immortality of the soul relate to the views of other western thinkers and traditions of the past regarding the immortality of the soul?” In order to...
- Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844. Teachings of Joseph Smith; Future life--Mormon Church; Eternal progression (Mormon doctrine)
- Model of communication to enhance sustainable brownfield revitalization and redevelopment
- Ceesay, Sanjane E.
- This thesis is intended to help brownfield coordinators in the city of Portland, Oregon, develop skills that can bridge the communications gap between government agencies that promote brownfield redevelopment and the general public that lives and...
- Brownfields; Communication in public administration; Government publicitiy
- The direct experience of transcendental consciousness : a new paradigm of spiritual care and spiritual direction for prison inmates
- Compton, Blaze Bradley A.
- The Oregon Department of Corrections Religious Services Department’s mission statement is: To provide a spiritual environment within the Department of Corrections that will model, promote and encourage individuals to develop spiritually toward a...
- Transcendental Meditation; Criminals--Rehabilitation
- The present moment : the transformational power of the "I AM" consciousness
- Compton, Laura Lucille
- The word religion means to “bind back.” The purpose of religion is to bind us back to God. My thesis considers this sacred purpose through the lens of “I AM” theology and the principles of non-dualism associated with Advaita Vedanta....
- Spiritual life--Buddhism; Spiritual life--Hinduism; Mysticism--Buddhism; Mysticism--Hinduism
- Spiritual sustainability : a personal and social imperative
- Cratty, Elizabeth Engstrom
- This thesis project asserts that when Jesus left this world, he imbued each of us with his Spirit of Truth to help us navigate the rocky shoals of everyday life. Our war-torn history and greed-inspired culture demonstrate that, in large measure, we...
- Spiritual life; Sustainable living--Religious aspects
- Mindful journey : a new vision of psychosocial intervention in early dementia
- Davis, Colleen O'Brien
- Over ten million people are forecasted to be living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by the year 2030.Pharmacological treatments to prevent or even slow the progression of disease have proved elusive. Historically, psychosocial...
- Dementia--Patients--Care; Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Care
- Bringing the warrior home : addressing PTSD and reintegration of combat soldiers using archetype and ritual
- Davis, Heather A.
- The problem of psychological trauma in combat soldiers is not a new one. However, large numbers of soldiers returning from the War on Terror suffering with symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the high cost of treating these soldiers,...
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Alternative treatment; Veterans--Mental health; War--Psychological aspects; Combat--Psychological aspects
- Epiphany endangered : theological influence for a transhuman age
- Deasy, Dorothy
- The last half of the twentieth century was labeled the information age because of the convergence of digital technology and the emergence of the internet. As we move further into the twenty-first century biotechnology, robotics,...
- Human body--Religious aspects; Theological anthropology; Technology--Religious aspects; Biotechnology--Religious aspects
- Journey through self transformation for service as minister
- del Arroyo, Edward A.
- My Near Death Experience spoke to me of the power of awareness, and the clarity of being, that in the process of suffering in life, one comes from possible disintegration to a synthesis of integration towards wholeness. I have honored the path of...
- Clergy--Training of; Whole and parts (Philosophy); Spiritual life; Meditation; Thought and thinking--Religious aspects
- Black for a second
- Edwards, Elzy P.
- For nearly four-hundred years, blacks in North America have survived under conditions of oppression or in environments where they are required to assimilate into communities that have historically served the predominantly white privileged culture....
- Blacks--Race identity
- Nourishing body and soul : a theology of eating to aid in the provision of interdisciplinary care planning for persons in hospital and nursing facility settings
- Engle, Laura L.
- This research argues that food communicates meaning to the human imagination that is important for total wellness. Because food cultivation and consumption create opportunities for connection with family, community, and nature, the way that we eat...
- Food--Religious aspects; Mind and body--Health aspects; Holistic medicine
- The Worth of water : controversy concerning charging for water
- Flood, Marian Louise
- Governmental water agencies endeavor to provide clean water to all householders in their service area. The agencies that now provide water service say that their prices reflect only the cost of service, without an additional charge for the resource...
- Water-supply; Water conservation
- Called to a life of holiness : embracing the spiritual disciplines of silence and solitude
- Foy, Susan M.
- This thesis/project examines the values of silence and solitude as spiritual disciplines. As I approach these values from a Catholic perspective, I maintain God calls each person to a spiritual life of love, holiness and service. One needs time for...
- Silence--Religious aspects; Solitude--Religious aspects
- African American women's role in the social club and civil rights movements
- Frost, Marquyta A.
- This thesis examines the role, attitude and actions of African American women in the social club and civil rights movements. A general overview of the Emancipation and Reconstruction years will be discussed to show how those events eventually led...
- African American women--Social conditions; African American women civil rights workers
- Treating separation trauma in foster youth : mending the broken family door
- Gardner, Christopher
- Separation trauma is visited on an average of 280 children a day by the American child welfare enterprise. In an effort to provide and protect children from abuse and neglect a federal and state partnership has grown up around a humane and well...
- Separation (Psychology); Child psychology
- Attentive listening to self and others : a daily spiritual activity
- Gaughan, Mary A.
- The focus of this thesis/project is attentive listening. Attentive listening is a great gift that one can provide to another. Being heard by an attentive listener has the potential to facilitate a speaker’s self-understanding and self-awareness....
- Listening--Religious aspects
- "Junk for Jesus"-- the commodified gift : donation in a global economy
- Gibson, Nancy Ann Hiett
- The donation of used medical equipment and excess medical supplies is promoted by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as delivering needed goods to provide healthcare to the developing world. The reality is that much of what is received...
- Gifts--Taxation--Deductions; Neoliberalism; Environmental justice
- The Rise and fall of the middle-class in the United States
- Hart, John F.
- This thesis explores the rise of the middle-class beginning in the 1950's and provides key statistics and industries that laid the prosperity path that lasted until 1980. At that point in time, the decline of the middle-class began; this thesis...
- Middle class--United States--Economic conditions; Income distribution--United States; Plutocracy; Oligarchy
- Role of communication in the field of self-governance and the development of public policy
- Harvey, Larry D.
- Regardless of the type of government and the role each branch of government and its many agencies plays in the lives of citizens, communication is a fundamental cornerstone of every community and how it is managed. This thesis examines the role of...
- Communication in public administration; Communication--Social aspects; Political planning; Communication policy; Government accountability; Government publicity
- Exegetical and historical study of the Hail Mary as it informs Catholic social justice teaching
- Higgins, Carol Ann
- How can the traditional prayer, the Hail Mary, viewed through the lenses of exegetical study and tradition, bring people to a deeper understanding of the call to be people of justice, a call which is present throughout Scripture and Church...
- Ave Maria; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Meditations; Social justice--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
- Worship : a synergistic synopsis ; a covenantal relationship between ministerial praxis and academic scholarship
- Joy, Jennifer Lynn Easton
- The purpose of this Thesis/Project is to blend the complexly intricate values of the orthodox and unorthodox learning methods, specifically experiential learning through ministry and academic scholarship. Among the desired outcomes, is that the...
- Worship
- Causes and cures for stress amongst police officers with an emphasis on female police officers
- Kilpela, Dolores R.
- Stress is prevalent in every occupation, but especially in the field of law enforcement. There are many stress-reduction programs already being offered to law enforcement officers, however, they face two major hurdles. First, they do not address...
- Police--Job stress; Women--Job stress
- Rethinking Alzheimer's : everyday a new day
- Kocen, Susan L.
- As the growth of our population of people over 80 years old rapidly increases in the coming decades the number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s will grow accordingly. In our 21st century enlightened world, the body and our experiences of it...
- Alzheimer's disease--Social aspects
- Using a theologically inclusive approach in providing pastoral care to sexual minorities
- Krogsrud, Silvana
- This thesis grew from the thesis writer’s deep personal passion for the full inclusion of sexual minorities in the life of the church and in life in general. It is also a testament of the writer’s friendship with a gay man many years ago and...
- Sexual minorities--Pastoral counseling of; Christian sexual minorities
- God for the skeptic : a free and responsible search for truth and meaning
- Larsell, Katie A.
- This thesis explores the spiritual path of skeptics with special attention to their connection to the sacred. A skeptic has a stance of questioning around religion and often rejects the concept of God especially the God of supernatural theism. Many...
- Universalism; Unitarian Universalist churches
- Defining elder self-neglect : the quest for common understanding among professionals
- Lawrence, Jennifer O.
- Elder self-neglect is a little-studied phenomenon that often hovers under the radar and goes largely undetected by those charged with caring for some of society’s most vulnerable citizens. This interdisciplinary thesis examines the phenomenon of...
- Older people--Care; Social work with older people; Older people--Psychology; Police services for older people
- Reclaiming the message of Jesus as the voice of a liberating God
- Luft, Joanna M.
- This thesis intends to show Jesus as a human being who, experientially, preached a relationship with God that all may attain. Its genesis grew from observing that the Christian church of this thesis creator’s youth focused on the need for...
- Jesus Christ--Humanity; Christian life--Presbyterian authors
- Families, combat veterans, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder : the significance of education, information, and resources
- Martin, Michael S.
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from the mental distress experienced by an individual during exposure to combat can have as great a disabling effect as many physical wounds. Research within this review shows this condition not only...
- Post-traumatic stress disorder; Veterans--Mental health; War--Psychological aspects; Combat--Psychological aspects
- Complex trauma : impact on childhood brain development
- Mason, Jill Mallette
- The purpose for this thesis study was to gain information and knowledge regarding how the complex trauma of child abuse impacts brain development which influences learning and behavior in children in an elementary school setting. The research for...
- Psychic trauma in children; Child abuse; Brain--Growth; Child development
- Role of faith communities in the lives of their oldest-old members
- McCarty, Susan G.
- The oldest-old, or those living beyond 85 years of age, is the fastest growing segment of this Nation’s population. While many will remain active and relatively healthy into their oldest years, most will suffer from multiple illnesses, and...
- Reminiscing in old age; Narrative therapy; Legacies; Older people--Care; Older people--Pastoral counseling of; Older people--Religious life
- Addressing compassion fatigue in social work : training facilitative identities
- McConnell, Whitney
- This thesis explores the literature as it relates to the original research question “If the ameliorative paradigm functionally defines a social worker’s professional identity, how can reframing this identity, which is currently vested...
- Social service; Burn out (Psychology); Job stress; Work--Psychological aspects
- Beyond dualism : the Cathar ritual of the Consolament for the dying as visionary experience
- Moss, Sherilyn
- The Consolament was the central ritual of the Cathar faith, so important to the people of 13th century Occitania that during the Crusade and the Inquisition launched against them by the Pope and the king of France, local sympathizers in the army...
- Gnosticism--History; Inquisition--France; Near-death experience; Mysticism; Consciousness; Visions
- Breaking the habitus : story telling to raise the social capital of older adults
- Niro, Natasha L.
- Social capital – the social ties of trust and reciprocity between neighbors, kin, and acquaintances – has been declining in the United States since the 1960s. The time period of this shift in social connectedness coincides with the youth and...
- Aging--Psychological aspects; Storytelling--Psychological aspects; Adjustment (Psychology) in old age; Social capital (Sociology)
- Jane Addams : the embodiment of American pragmatist philosophy
- Ortiz, Jennifer M. Strasbaugh
- This thesis examined the biography of Jane Addams, Nobel Laureate and founder of Hull House, as an embodiment of American Pragmatist Philosophy. Addams was not studied as a historical figure from the Progressive Era, rather, she was considered as a...
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935--Study and teaching; Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.)--Study and teaching; Women social workers--Biography--Study and teaching--United States; Women social reformers--Biography--Study and teaching--United States; Pragmatism--Study...
- Toward an ecotheology : recovering the wilderness tradition of ancient Israel and early Christianity
- Quinn, Barbara J.
- This work seeks to examine select Scripture for theological aspects and understandings of wilderness tradition in an effort to help address the current environmental crisis and loss of valuing of wilderness from a theological perspective. It...
- Ecotheology
- In your own hands : personal integrity and the individual's experience of work life
- Richardson, Jean
- This thesis argues the proposition that key aspects of systems thinking and leadership theory are the underpinnings of Scrum’s contribution to character recovery in the workplace, an outcome which holds value for both workers and organizations.
- Scrum (Computer software development); Project management--Evaluation; Interpersonal relations; Teams in the workplace
- Silver is the new black : unleashing the professional value of boomers past age 65 through vocation-centric lifestyles
- Saavedra, Mary Jo
- This thesis offers an illumination of a new world intended to inspire all those age 65 and over who are seeking a path in a new professional stage of life. Will the Boomer cohort be able to secure their ability to earn a living in the new...
- Older people--Employment; Post-retirement employment; Retirees--Employment; Baby boom generation--Employment
- Fine art archives : SNJM art educators
- Sammons, Leslie
- The Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, and Marylhurst University , the institution of higher learning founded by the Holy Order, maintain a collection of 20th century artwork, created by three of the Order‟s art educators who were art...
- Art--Historiography; Art criticism; Art appreciation; Art and religion; Art--Study and teaching
- Game changer : games as a medium for creating and influencing culture
- Schnelle, Richard Daniel
- It is important to recognize the role games and play have in the development of both the human species and its cultural institutions. This thesis explores the consequences of Huizinga‟s assertion that “civilization arises and unfolds in and...
- Games--Social aspects; Play
- Healing Through Narrative: How Storytelling Leads to Grace and Forgiveness
- Schuman, Mari
- The purpose of this thesis / project is to bring to light the importance of telling one;s story as a way to heal emotional wounds. The key aspects addressed in this thesis are how storytelling through narrative, poetry or other means leads one to...
- Storytelling--Religious aspects; Storytelling--Psychological aspects; Narrative therapy; Forgiveness--Religious aspects; Church work with prisoners
- Mindfulness practice and leadership roles
- Service, Hilary A.
- Mindfulness is derived from Eastern practice that is proving to be beneficial to many in the west, and is currently transforming modern medicine. Although mindfulness is simple in its practice, scientific research has revealed the many complexities...
- Leadership--Religious aspects--Buddhism; Ānāpānasmrt̥i
- Visio Divina : seeing as a spiritual practice
- Smith, Laurie E.
- A spiritual practice is a means to deepen relationship with the Divine. This thesis will explore the concept of seeing visual image(s) as a spiritual practice, through a theological lens of compassion. Seeing, in the religious sense, may provide...
- Vision--Religious aspects; Image (Theology); Compassion--Religious aspects; Spiritual life
- Natural piety : meeting God in the garden
- Speirs, Marjorie Anne
- This thesis explores “natural piety” as an overlooked and legitimate approach to a relationship with the Divine, and gardening as one path to the experience of natural piety. The author begins with an exploration of the term “natural piety”...
- Piety; Gardening--Religious aspects; Spiritual life
- Bridging the gap : deepening intimacy by exploring the edges of erotic desire through the transformative power of SM sex
- Starr, Alexandria E.
- Erotic desire and intimacy within partnerships are tied together in such an intricate way that one may not experience the furthermost reaches of heightened sexual experience and profound intimate bonds within a long term relationship without the...
- Sexual fantasies; Sex; Sadomasochism; Sexual dominance and submission
- For want of a nail : self-selection as a tool for welfare reform
- Stewart, Leanne
- When viewing responses to the issue of poverty in America, what is clear is that welfare, as an entitlement to encourage self-sufficiency and touted as removing barriers toward the achievement of the American Dream, this thesis shows that more is...
- Poor--Services for; Poor--Government policy--United States; Poverty--Government policy--United States
- Eucharist and earth : communion and cosmos--a consideration of themes in the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- Strawn, Carole L. Rohner
- In the Christian tradition, eucharist represents the central action of community as the People of God, the mystical body of the Risen Christ. Yet in the climate of the present-day Roman Catholic church, women are excluded from full participation in...
- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. Messe sur le monde. English; Lord's Supper; Women in the Catholic Church; Sex role--Religious aspects--Catholic Church; Feminism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
- Human struggle to create in interior design : learning through narrative inquiry
- Suzio, Peggy J.
- This thesis examines the role of Narrative Inquiry in Interior Design Education. When introduced into the current educational paradigm, Narrative Inquiry offers students a new way of thinking and doing with which to collect and focus resources that...
- Narrative inquiry (Research method); Interior decoration--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Empowering men : connecting body, mind, and spirit through group work powered by The Dances of Universal Peace
- Thompson, Theodore G.
- This project proposes a model of a men‘s self-help support group that incorporates movement and dance, particularly The Dances of Universal Peace. This was done through an exploration of the unique challenges that men face in a culture whose...
- Men--Psychology; Self-help groups; Dance--Religious aspects; Dance--Psychological aspects; Dance therapy
- Credible workplace communication : methodology and limitations
- Todd, David L.
- Organizational change initiatives are typically less successful than desired, yet organizations continually attempt to implement new methods and methodologies. Lean Improvement Methodologies are a proven way to achieve productivity improvements in...
- Communication in organizations
- Reader of the future? : electronic books, hypertext, and meaning making
- West, Carrie Quill
- This thesis explores hypertext theory and theories of reading process in order to understand how reading printed narrative is a different activity than reviewing electronic narratives. Within this thesis is a new term, hypertexting, developed...
- Literature and technology; Hypertext systems; Books and reading
- Search for the historical Jesus through the eyes of the Samaritan woman at the well
- Wilkins, Tara L.
- Repeatedly in the New Testament Jesus and his disciples proclaim that the reign of God was open to all. The telling of the story of the Samaritan woman at the well seems to make a significant social statement. Jesus called for a new social vision....
- Jesus Christ--Example.; Samaritan woman (Biblical figure); Acceptance in the Bible; Love--Religious aspects; Discrimination--Religious aspects