Kristen P. Treinen

Minnesota State University, Mankato | MSU · Department of Communication Studies

Several factors predispose nursing to being regarded as an oppressed profession. A majority of nurses are female; the role of the nurse is often seen as being under the direction of physician’s orders; and the nature of nurses’ clinical practice is seen as task driven. We propose that nursing can be liberated from this image of oppression by transf...

CourseGender and CommunicationObjectives The Oral History assignment is a semester-long project. Students conduct oral history interviews relating to gender and communication. After completing the in-depth interview and creating an edited version for public presentation, students gain the following: Improved interviewing and listening (gained from...

Previous research suggests that college students bring gender biases to their evaluations of male and female instructors. Increasingly, college oral communication classes are utilizing peer evaluation of student speeches. This study of 330 student evaluators at a Midwestern university examined gender bias in student peer evaluations of public speec...

Special admissions programs may offer access into higher education for students who, for various reasons, do not meet the institutions' standard admissions criteria. Once the special admissions status has been granted, these programs provide support to these students. This paper is not a critique of special admissions programs in general or specifi...

Typescript. Thesis (M.A.)--North Dakota State University, 1998. Abstract: leaf iii. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-76).