• The Selection of a School Administrator - The Screening Process Involved. A Report. 

  Boyington, Elizabeth; Schmuck, Patricia A.; Stockard, Jean (1977-08)

  The Center for Educational Policy and Management is a national center located on the campus of the University of Oregon and is vitally concerned with major issues confronting the educational world today. The placement of ...
• A Report on a Conference: Oregon Women in Educational Administration, First Annual Conference, June 21, 1978 

  Anonymous (1978-06-21)

  "We gave a conference and over 200 people came!" That was the animated response of one person who helped plan the first annual conference of Oregon Women in Educational Administration (OWEA). The conference, held June 21 ...
• Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward the Language Arts: Why Do They Persist? 

  Stockard, Jean (1987-08)

  Of all the academic subjects students study, the ones that are most often sex-typed as feminine are reading, grammar, and spelling, the "language arts." Not only do girls generally do better than boys in these subjects, ...
• Sex Equity in Educational Leadership Conference Report 

  Schmuck, Patricia A.; Stockard, Jean; Arends, Jane; Smith, Mary Ann; Kalvelage, Joan; Oller, Sakre; Williams, Peg; Hart, Janet; Starling, Carole; Kempner, Ken; Pougiales, Rita; Gubka, Nancy (University of Oregon, 1977-04)

  On the weekend of April 15, 16, and 17, 1977, 150 educators from around the state of Oregon met on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene to attend the Sex Equity in Educational Leadership Conference. The conference ...
• Women in Science and Career Decision Study 

  Stockard, Jean (University of Oregon, 1978-09)

  This paper describes the work of the Women in Science Project from its beginning in the fall of 1976 to the present. The original purpose of the study and each wave of data collection is described. This is followed by a ...
• G Choi Processfolio 

  Choi, G (University of Oregon, 2024)

  This processfolio project is a culmination of my graduate studies at UO. A processfolio is a process-centered portfolio that “demonstrate synthesis of the multiple facets” (Silveira, Beauregard, & Bull, 2017, p. 18) of ...
• Influences on Women's Educational Aspirations 

  Stockard, Jean (1983-04)

  This paper examines the relative influence of the parental family, school, work, and adult family experiences on women's educational aspirations. Subsequent papers in the series will examine influences on occupational ...
• Cover Art: “aλλος” 

  Black, Olivia (University of Oregon, 2024)

  aλλος is a part of the Greek root word for "allergy." aλλος, meaning "other," has held significant meaning for me growing up with a severe allergy to milk. This illustration depicts me as a child during allergy testing. I ...
• Meet the Editorial Board 

  Unknown author (University of Oregon, 2024)
• Art Feature: "Portals for Everyday People" 

  Bisheimer, Elle (University of Oregon, 2024)

  This photo series illustrates the power of captivating, freeform imagery that can spawn organically in our surroundings. The unique movement of black lines in the images result from the natural composition of the environment ...
• Journal Editorial: "On Libraries Supporting Undergraduate Research" 

  Vieger, Rayne (University of Oregon, 2024)

  In an unexpected way, the challenge of learning how to do undergraduate research is what led me to a career in libraries. As a freshman and first-generation college student, the imposter syndrome was strong; I lacked ...
• Art Feature: "Autonomy in the Anthropocene" 

  Bisheimer, Elle (University of Oregon, 2024)

  This drawing explores several of the complex relationships between human innovation, morality, and how progress is defined through time. Who defines progress, and who is truly capable of harnessing its successes? In our ...
• Letter from the Editors 

  Taylor, Jay; Schmitt, Kyla (University of Oregon, 2024)

  It is our pleasure to present Volume 22, Issue 1 of the Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal (OURJ) this spring of 2024. This issue showcases the best undergraduate scholarship we have encountered during the 2023–2024 ...
• Predicting Explore-Exploit Behavior from Personality Traits 

  Nashawi, Lynn (University of Oregon, 2024)

  The explore/exploit trade-off theorizes that individuals learn and make decisions in two different ways. Exploration entails trying new approaches that one is unsure about in order to gain new information. Exploration can ...
• Being Bosnian: The Means and Ends of Territoriality and the Genocide of Bosniaks in the Fromer Yugoslavia 

  Petrik, Charles (University of Oregon, 2024)

  The “Bosnian Civil War” (1992–1996) was a conflict that resulted in the ethnic cleansing of thousands of Bosnian Muslims, or Bosniaks. In the vacuum left by the fall of Communism, religious identification across space ...
• Childcare in the Free Market Society of F. A. Hayek 

  Bernard, Myra (University of Oregon, 2024)

  As free market structures increasingly dominate contemporary life, it is important to examine their influence on social structures as well as economic ones. Seeking to answer questions such as How do market forces interact ...
• Exploring the Role of Microbiota in the Development of Insulin-producing Cells in Drosophila melanogaster 

  Mullen, Nicole (University of Oregon, 2024)

  Resident microbiota can influence many aspects of host health and disease. Research by the Guillemin lab demonstrates that gut microbiota induce the expansion of insulin-producing beta cells in zebrafish and mice via a ...
• Relief, An Ethical Reflection on Animal Welfare Poem 

  Johnson, Ryan

  “Relief” is a poem about anthropocentric moral policy, and a critical reflection on animal welfare designed to provoke questions about why humanity uses non-human species the way we do. The purpose of the poem is not to ...
• Healthy Minds Study Pre- and Post- Covid Onset Years: University of Oregon Mental Health Needs and Access 

  Welburn, Aubrey; McWilliams, Kaitlyn; Watt, Lauren King; Snyder, Sophie; Nunez, Zoe

  The University of Oregon (UO) participated in the 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023 Healthy Minds Study (HMS), a survey-based assessment of mental health status and service utilization among college students. A trend analysis of ...
• Women's Empowerment on Lesbian Lands: Challenging Gender Norms 

  Deivanayagam, Nithi; Kehoe, Nitsa

  Women throughout history have stood in the face of inequality, usually due to gender stereotyping and biases. This research goes into the women's experiences at WomanShare, a lesbian land community in Southern Oregon, ...

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