Climate variability and extreme events continue to worsen resulting in significant impacts to society and the environment. Quantifying precipitation variability, streamflow, and extreme events at local scale is crucial for local planning and management due to spatial and tempora…
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Grasslands occupy more of Earth’s terrestrial surface than any other biome and are characterized by the dominance of grasses (Poaceae), fire, grazing, and an inherently variable climate. Future climate projections forecast dramatic shifts in precipitation within the next 100 yea…
The 1950s stand out as a decade of traditional gender roles with mass media and popular culture continuously reinforcing messages about patriarchy, consumer culture, and the ideal of domesticity. Advertisements, magazines, and newspapers painted pictures of happy, white middle-c…
This dissertation analyzes the rhetoric of regionalism, specifically with regard to the Great Plains region of North America. While rhetorical scholars have observed that regions are strategic discursive creations, subject to contention and revision, there has been little sustai…
Wish You Were Here: Legends of the Great Plains is an image-based project examining the reality of how the Great Plains romanticizes its history through legends, histories, and roadside attractions. This region, often referred to as flyover country, is low in population but is h…
Playa research on the American Great Plains has considerable potential to shed light on ancient hunter-gatherer lifeways and subsistence. These lacustrine environments provide a predictable water source and are ecological hubs for many species of mammals, waterfowl, and vegetati…
This thesis will address slavery in Nebraska Territory through the lens of the 1858 escape of two young women—Celia and Eliza Grayson—enslaved by Virginia native Stephen Friel Nuckolls, Nebraska City’s founder. Historians have described Nebraska Territory as a place where popula…
Due to heavy threats to remaining global floral and faunal diversity, it is imperative we can identify species and quantify ecosystem health to find best practices for land management and conservation. The tallgrass prairies of the Northern Great Plains are one example of a heav…