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Grand Coulee Dam Project

April 19, 2014 By Hannah Smay

Grand Coulee Dam Project

The object of focus for my ENVS research project was Grand Coulee Dam, situated in the historical context of the Great Depression and World War II. The dimensions that most surprised and fascinated me were the rhetorical strategies used by proponents of the dam project to create a larger-than-life media sensation to spur public and […]

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I am graduating from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a BA in English and Environmental Studies. I explore the power stories have to render and transform places, people, and systems. Through my undergraduate scholarship, I aim to better articulate the relationships between humanity and place by examining lessons from the humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences in conversation.

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