The collection includes undergraduate theses written by students in the University Honors College.
Further University Honors College work is available in the Anthós undergraduate journal.
Theses from 2014
The Media’s Presentation of The Second Chance Act: Funding for Reentry Following Prison, a content analysis, Ailene Joyce Farkac
Classification of Four Meteorite Samples, Karla Farley
The Woman in White: Problems with Editorial History & Classification of Genre in Proposing a New Edition, Andréa Franke
Social Media and Self: Influences on the Formation of Identity and Understanding of Self through Social Networking Sites, Madison Ganda
Better Beams Through Simplicity: High-intensity Free-Jet Sources in Neutral Atom Microscopy, Galen Rhodes Gledhill
Causation in Orosius' Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, Kiefer Greig
An Update to the Proficiency Benchmarks for Surgical Simulation Training in Laparoscopy at Oregon Health and Science University, Caleb Alan Haley
"L'Affaire des Princes": Baroque Architecture and Factional Politics in Regency Paris, 1715-1723, Jordan Hallmark
Traversing the United States-Mexico Border: Gender and Kinship in Migrant Families, Patrick S. Harhai
Gender Complex Curriculum for the Portland Public School District: Proposal, Kathryn Hayes
Spindle Shaped Virus (SSV) : Mutants and Their Infectivity, Thien Hoang
"Russia is a European State" : Gender and Publicity in Early Imperial Russia, William Forrest Holden
Electrohydrodynamic Thrusters: An Examination of the Biefeld-Brown Effect and its Influence on its Surroundings, Cameron Howell
Selected Critiques of the Philosophical Underpinnings of the Neoclassical School, Thomas Howell
Comics and the Complicit Reader: Closure as a Transgressive Technique in Transmetropolitan, Kyle Knox
The Socialization of Women and Its Effect on the Wage Gap Within the United States, Kaitlin Lawrence
Technology-Based Training for Older Employees: A Literature Review, Daria Maletis
For the Hard of Hearing: a Catholic Novelist Confronts Modernity, Louis Benjamin Maltese
Effect of Mycorrhizal Colonization and Light Limitation on Growth and Reproduction of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.), Jess Annai Millar
The Rise of Non-Marital Cohabitation: Review and Analysis of Existing Research, Natalia Mosailova
Addressing the Unmet Need : an Analysis of the Global Prevalence of Refractive Error and its Possible Solutions, Sonam Narayan
Issues of Authenticity in Small Scale Tourism: a Study of the McDisney Experience, Jordan Nelson
Modeling Bus Bunching with Petri Nets and Max-Plus Algebra, Harry Newcomb
Green Buildings, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Stock Market Performance, Mary Nguyen
A Race to the Finish: an Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Achievement Gap in Portland Public School District, Victoria Noggle
Cultural Competency: a Quantitative Analysis of Cultural Awareness in U.S. Healthcare, Jordan Nomie
Cellular Automata as Cellular Spaces, Max Orhai
Asymmetry of Matter/Antimatter and Possibility of CPT Violations, Kai Pak
Forms and Functions : Life-Anatomy or Physiology?, Theresa Payne
Maintaining Indigenous Mexican Languages in Oregon, a Preliminary Assessment, Simon Peters
Trace Metal Analysis of Drinking Water at Portland State University, Emma Claire Prichard
Dracula and Dictators: Changes in Tourism in Romania After the Fall of Communism, Kelly D. Ragalie
Neuropeptide Y: A potential Marker for a Life-History Transition in the Red-Sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), Daelyn Richards
Helly's Theorem and its Equivalences via Convex Analysis, Adam Robinson
Cul3 Ubiquitin Ligase and Ctb73 Protein Interactions, Lacey Royer
Network Analysis-Based Psychoeducation for GAD, Corinna Scott
Youth Engagement and Portland Neighborhood Associations, Kelly Sellers
Nella Larsen's Passing and Color Theory: Beyond Black & White, Jeff Shoemaker
International Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba, B. Danielle Smith
Strengthening United Nation’s Global Human Rights Policies against Exploitation by Multinational Corporations in South East Asia, Marcellius Smith
A Test of the Optimal Defense Theory: Cyanogenesis in Phaseolus lunatus L., Lauren M. Stady
DETERMINED: Start to Finish - Year 1 : the Freshman to Sophomore Experience, Kathleen Steppe
What's On Your Mind? : A Generational Comparison of Language Use on Online Social Networking Platforms, Samantha Stidham
Prison-Based Animal Programs (PAPs) and Mental Health Outcome Measures, Kaitlyn Swyers
Social Constructs in Film Culture: The Effect of it on the Performing Arts, and the Destroyed Association of Signs to Enhance Meaning, Eileen W. Tom
Affect Perception in Computer Mediated Communication, Rachel E. Townsend
WRF Validation in Portland, OR, Duc Tran
Communication Tools Towards a Bioregional Consciousness, Elona Trogub
A Method for Reducing Ill-Conditioning of Polynomial Root Finding Using a Change of Basis, Edison Tsai
Magnolia: A Creative Thesis Project, Stephanie Tshappat
Salt in the Sandcastle, Jonathan C. Ulrich
Research Thesis Essay of Findings from Campus Language Capacity Survey 2012-2014 Done in Collaboration with the Heritage Language Initiative, Laura Van Doren
Adoption and Child Trafficking: Structural Violence in the International Adoption System, Vanessa Virgiel
A Renewed Look at Ideology and Legislative Professionalism, Jacob Voegele
Neighborhood Sustainability: the Genesis of Three EcoDistricts within Portland, Oregon, Laura Waddick
Katharsis & Tragic Pathos, Jared L. Wait-Molyneux
Understanding Local Jazz Ecology : An Inquiry into what Research is Required to Develop a Comprehensive Understanding of Local Jazz Scenes, Tristan Weitkamp
The Value of Well-Being: Advancing Urban Blue Infrastructure with Holistic Metrics, Lisa Marie White
Frozen, Old, or New? : Comparing Biochemical Markers and Tissue Oxygenation in Transfused Blood, Connor Wiles
Positive Behavior Supports: An Alternative to the Overuse of Psychotropic Drugs, Rachel Woollard
Life Near Death: The Impact of Support Groups for People with Terminal Cancer on Preparatory Grief, Ariel Young
Theses from 2013
Memory Through Dark Glasses, Madison Beaudet
Shifting Identities in a Globalising Metro Manila, Patrick Belin
Classical Political Philosophy and Modern Democracy, Rebekkah Brainerd
The Gap, Adam Brewer
Antifascism Across Borders: Neus Catala and the Spanish Exile Resistance Networks in France, 1939-1945, Julia A. Buck
Building Stories: Modernity, Socialization and Failure in Works of Franz Kafka and Hannah Arendt, Chris Carpenter
A Method for Simulating Acoustic Emissions from Tensile Cracks in Sea Ice, Muciri Nyamu Gatimu
Thinking Through Consciousness, Erica Hanson
The Linguistics of Sentiment Analysis, Laurel Hart
Exploring Realism and Magical Realism in Slum Novels of the Global South, Benjamin Hawkins
Beyond "Rockhood" - Stigma, Diversity, and Renewal in a Suburban Portland Neighborhood, Alison Hébert
"A Most Extraordinary Noise": the Retention of African Slave Musical Culture in Colonial New Orleans' Congo Square, 1718-1860, Alexis Hlavaty
Neo-Kraepelinian Divergences from Kraepelin : What are They and Why They Matter, Lindsay Hoeschen
An Examination of Gentrification and Related Displacement of Black Residents in Portland's Boise Neighborhood, 1990-2010, Jordan Jordan
How Old Regimes Help New Economic Growth, Bondon Kawamoto
Utilizing Affinity Spaces and Critical Literacies for Multi-Media Language Learning : I Can has l3arning on teh interwebz plz?, Allison Lemcke-Kibby
Synthesis of Sulfamoyl‐Aminoacyl Adenylate Analogs for use in Protein‐RNA Structure Determination, Emil Mikael Nilsson
(Ad)dressing the Other: The Amazon in Greek Art, Annaliese Elaine Patten
An Inquiry into the Division of Labor, Raul Reyes
Agricultural Transitions in Northwestern Argentina, Kimberly Reynolds
Stygian Forges: Debating Manufacturing in Early Nineteenth Century Britain, Tim Strikwerda
Lacan, Ideology, and Military Behavioral Health: Exploring Interpellation Psychodiscursively, Joseph R. Van der Naald
Hack All The History! Hackers 1959 - 1991, Kevin Vilbig
Use of Gender Aschematicity in the Reassessment of Gender Concepts, Ashley A. Ward
Theses from 2012
From Simple Healer to Doctorally Educated Clinician, Lindsey deCampos-Stairiker
Pig (Sus scrofa) Exploitation at Hallan Çemi, Southeastern Anatolia: Proposing an Alternative Model, Ximena Lemoine
The Regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 by Growth Hormone via Stat5b, Tiffany Morrison
Interview or Interrogation: a Critical Review of the Efficacy and Ethicality of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing, Arthur J. Nelson
Desegregation and Curricular Reform: The Context of Portland, Oregon's African American Baseline Essays and the Struggle to Desegregate Hearts and Minds, Christopher H. Riser
Instant Canons: Film Festivals, Film Criticism, and the Internet in the Early Twenty-First Century, Morgen Ruff
Defining CCL20’s Role in Carcinogenesis, Melanie Schafer
The Tea Party and Occupy Movements: Populism and Protest, Stephanie Stanley
A Proposal for a Track-II Coalition in the Middle East: Creating the Conditions for Regional Dialogue, Public Engagement, and Security Cooperation, Mart Stewart-Smith