This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Modulation of the Cardiac Calcium Release Channel by Homocysteine Thiolactone, Laura Jean Owen (Dissertation)
Equality, Trust and Universalism in Europe, Canada and the United States: Implications for Health Care Policy, P. Christopher Palmedo (Dissertation)
Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Faith Communities: Perspectives of Catholic Religious Leaders, Mazna Patka (Dissertation)
The Impact of School-Level Factors on Minority Students' Performance in AP Calculus, Phillip Bruce Pearson (Dissertation)
Beyond Black and White: An Examination of Afrocentric Facial Features and Sex in Criminal Sentencing, Amanda Mae Petersen (Thesis)
The Effect of Social Media on Public Awareness and Extra-Judicial Effects: The Gay Marriage Cases and Litigating for New Rights, Sarahfina Aubrey Peterson (Thesis)
The Relationship between Mindfulness and Burnout among Master of Social Work Students, Jolanta Maria Piatkowska (Dissertation)
Punched in the Face: Collected Essays and Reportage, Eben Pindyck (Closed Thesis)
"Your information station": A Case study of rural radio in the 21st century, William Jacob Amadeus Pinnock (Thesis)
Investigating the Link Between Surface Water and Groundwater in the Tule Lake Subbasin, Oregon and California, Esther Maria Pischel (Thesis)
Assessing Hydrologic and Water Quality Sensitivities to Precipitation Changes, Urban Growth and Land Management Using SWAT, Alexander Michael Psaris (Thesis)
Out of the Way and Out of Place: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Social Interactions of Bisexually Attracted Young People, A. Del Quest (Dissertation)
An Analysis of Vegetation Recovery following Dam Removal at Hemlock Recreation Site, Washington, Greer Stewart Ramsey (Thesis)
Detection of Homocysteine with Bridged Viologen Chemical Probes, Davin Rautiola (Thesis)
On Thin ICE? Domestic Violence Advocacy and Law Enforcement-Immigration Collaborations, Diana Rempe (Dissertation)
Beyond the McNair Program: A Comparative Study of McNair Scholars' Understandings of the Impacts of Program Participation on their Graduate School Experiences, Cristina Restad (Thesis)
The Impact of Documentation Status on the Educational Attainment Experiences of Undocumented Hispanic/Latino Students, Brittanie Alexandria Roberts (Thesis)
Translational Fidelity of a Eukaryotic Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase with an N-terminal Domain Appendage, Aaron Bethea Rogers (Thesis)
A Comparison of Linguistic Features in the Academic Writing of Advanced English Language Learner and English First Language University Students, Margo K. Russell (Thesis)
Abundance and Distribution of Major and Understudied Archaeal Lineages at Globally Distributed Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Alexander Fenner Rutherford (Thesis)
Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Sensitivity: A Cross-Cultural Examination of American Domestic Students and Japanese Exchange Students, Yoko Hwang Sakurauchi (Dissertation)
Exploring Capability Maturity Models and Relevant Practices as Solutions Addressing IT Service Offshoring Project Issues, Rosine Hanna Salman (Dissertation)
The West Tidewater Earthflow, Northern Oregon Coast Range, Barry A. Sanford (Thesis)
Complex Thermal Histories of L Melt Breccias NWA 5964 and NWA 6580, Kristy Lee Schepker (Thesis)
Building and Maintaining Plankhouses at Two Villages on the Southern Northwest Coast of North America, Emily Evelyn Shepard (Thesis)
Style Shifting in First-encounter Conversations between Japanese Speakers, Kenichi Shinkuma (Thesis)
Automatic Calibration of Water Quality and Hydrodynamic Model (CE-QUAL-W2), Nasim Shojaei (Thesis)
Testing the Ecological and Physiological Factors Influencing Reproductive Success in Mosses, Erin Elizabeth Shortlidge (Dissertation)
Dialogue in Identity-Based Conflict (Study of Intergroup-Dialogue with University Students), Lisha Shrestha (Thesis)
Bridging the Future to Postsecondary Readiness, Brian Patrick Sien (Dissertation)
Health and Well-being of Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy, Susan Elizabeth Sienko (Dissertation)
Exploring Colonization and Ethnogenesis through an Analysis of the Flaked Glass Tools of the Lower Columbia Chinookans and Fur Traders, Stephanie Catherine Simmons (Thesis)
Adult Returning Students and Proportional Reasoning: Rich Experience and Emerging Mathematical Proficiency, Ann Sitomer (Dissertation)
Cross-Cutting Concerns: The Varying Effects of Partisan Cues in the Context of Social Networks, Benjamin King Smith (Thesis)
Project NANO: Will Allowing High School Students To Use Research Grade Scanning Electron Microscopes Increase Their Interest in Science?, Leslie TenEyck Smith (Thesis)
Using GIST Features to Constrain Search in Object Detection, Joanna Browne Solmon (Thesis)
Controlling the Empire: Measuring Ethnic Residential Segregation in London, 2001-2011, Lindsay Joella Spell (Thesis)
Multi-Perspective Technology Assessment to Improve Decision Making: A Novel Approach Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping for a Large-Scale Transmission Line Upgrade, Richard Chad Sperry (Dissertation)
"Del Campo Ya Pasamos a Otras Cosas--From the Field We Move on to Other Things": Ethnic Mexican Narrators and Latino Community Histories in Washington County, Oregon, Luke Sprunger (Thesis)
Effects of Ethnicity and Gender on Sixth-Grade Students' Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes After Participation in a Year-Long Environmental Education Program, Rachel Stagner (Thesis)
The Gamer Who Destroyed the World and Other Stories from my Life, Samara Hayley Steele (Closed Thesis)
The Speculative Trunk, Dustin Stevenson (Closed Thesis)
Explaining Ballot Initiative Contest Outcomes in California, Oregon, and Washington, Hans Daniel Stroo (Thesis)
Green Index: Integration of Environmental Performance, Green Innovativeness and Financial Performance, Ilknur Mary Joy Nirmala Tekin (Dissertation)
How to Avoid Huge Ships and An Index of the Matters, Colin Brooke Thacher (Closed Thesis)
The Stories We Tell: A Qualitative Inquiry to Multiracial Family Storytelling, Mariko O. Thomas (Thesis)
The Role of Prototype Learning in Hierarchical Models of Vision, Michael David Thomure (Dissertation)
Keeping Equity in Mind: Strategies for Continuing Equity Work Once Formal Training Has Ended, Teri Lynn Tilley (Dissertation)
Mapping Sociocultural Values of Visitors on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Alexa North Todd (Thesis)
Racism, Heterosexism, Depression, and HIV Risk Behaviors of Native Men Who Have Sex With Men: Findings from the HONOR Project, Matthew Alan Town (Dissertation)
It's Complicated: The Role of Facebook in Romantic Relationships Concerning Relational Certainty, Attachment, and Self-Esteem, Jenna Rae Tucker (Thesis)
Supply Chain Risk Management in India: An Empirical Study of Sourcing and Operations Disruptions, their Frequency, Severity, Mitigation Methods, and Expectations, Andreas Udbye (Dissertation)
An Exploratory Study of Teachers' Uses of Data to Understand Students' Cognitive and Affective Engagement, Nicole Van Gasse (Dissertation)
Informal Trails and the Spread of Invasive Species in Urban Natural Areas: Spatial Analysis of Informal Trails and their Effects on Understory Plant Communities in Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, Jill Elise Van Winkle (Thesis)
Social Networks of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators, Wendy Elaine Viola (Dissertation)
Impact of Sustainable Cool Roof Technology on Building Energy Consumption, Prem Kiran Vuppuluri (Thesis)
Integrating K-W-L Prompts into Science Journal Writing: Can Simple Question Scaffolding Increase Student Content Knowledge?, Brandon Joel Wagner (Thesis)
"But There's a Black History Month": A Content Analysis of Ideological Framing and Presentation in White Nationalist Publications, Dylan Tomas Waite (Thesis)
A Girl Power Study: Looking and Listening to the Role of Emotions and Relationality in Developing Critical Consciousness, Jennifer Wallin-Ruschman (Dissertation)
Foods, Melissa Louise Ward (Closed Thesis)
Lifeblood of the Earth: Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Hydrological Knowledge and Perceptions of Restoration in Two Southern Nevada Protected Areas, Kendra Lesley Wendel (Thesis)
The Geology and Petrology of Enigmatic Rhyolites at Graveyard and Gordon Buttes, Mount Hood Quadrangle, Oregon, Elizabeth G. Westby (Thesis)
Strengths in Action: Implementing a Learning Organization Model in a Human Service Setting, Barbara Ann Whitbeck (Dissertation)
Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Infection and Common Mycelial Network Formation on Invasive Plant Competition, Rachael Elizabeth Workman (Thesis)
Temperature Dependent Transcription Initiation in Archaea: Interplay between Transcription Factor B and Promoter Sequence, Ming-Hsiao Wu (Thesis)
Development of a Steady-State River Hydrodynamic and Temperature Model Based on CE-QUAL-W2, Wenwei Xu (Thesis)
Does Voluntary Reading Matter? The Influences of Voluntary Reading on Student Achievement, Maika J. Yeigh (Dissertation)
Motivation and Engagement Across the Kindergarten Transition: A Self Determination Perspective, Rita McLeod Yelverton (Thesis)
Stress Analysis for Chip Scale Packages with Embedded Active Devices under Thermal Cycling, Hyunwook Yeo (Thesis)
Language Skill Development in Japanese Kokugo Education: Analysis of the Television Program Wakaru Kokugo Yomikaki No Tsubo, Ruri Yoshii (Thesis)
The Journey to Becoming Constructivist, Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Gerald E. Young (Dissertation)
How Do Youth and Adults at a Rural High School Conceptualize the Role of Student? An Investigation of the Student Role Identity Standard at the Intersection of Student and Teacher Perspectives, Joseph M. Zenisek (Dissertation)
Cultivating Common Ground? A Case Study of a Community Garden Organization in Northeast Portland, Oregon, Bryan James Zinschlag (Thesis)
Last Mile Asset Monitoring: Low Cost Rapid Deployment Asset Monitoring, Zdenek Zumr (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The First Year: Development of Preservice Teacher Beliefs About Teaching and Learning During Year One of an MA TESOL Program, Emily Spady Addiego (Thesis)
First-Generation Latinos at Pacific Northwest University: Their Adjustment and Experience during Freshman Year, Marco Antonio Aguirre (Thesis)
Application of Support Vector Machine in Predicting the Market's Monthly Trend Direction, Ali Alali (Thesis)
An Investigation of Fast and Frugal Heuristics for New Product Project Selection, Fatima Mohammed Albar (Dissertation)
Extending Technology Roadmap through Fuzzy Cognitive Map-based Scenarios: The Case of the Wind Energy Sector of Pakistan, Muhammad Amer (Dissertation)
Diffusion of Energy Efficient Technology in Commercial Buildings: An Analysis of the Commercial Building Partnerships Program, Chrissi Argyro Antonopoulos (Thesis)
"Who Would Have Thought, With a Diagnosis Like This, I Would be Happy?": Portraits of Perceived Strengths and Resources in Early-Stage Dementia, Jutta Elisabeth Ataie (Dissertation)
Bringing Functional Family Probation Services to the Community: A Qualitative Case Study, Denise Lynmarie Austin (Thesis)
International and Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking and Satisfaction, Stacy Theodora Austin (Thesis)
Use of Soybean Lecithin in Shape Controlled Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles, Benjamin Robert Ayres (Dissertation)
"We don't have any of those:" Looking for leaders in the horizontal structure of Occupy Portland, Aaron Martin Bach (Thesis)
An Investigation into Instructional Support for Data Analysis in High School Science Inquiry, Anika Rae Baker-Lawrence (Thesis)
Large Woody Debris Mobility Areas in a Coastal Old-Growth Forest Stream, Oregon, Beth Marie Bambrick (Thesis)
Why Ask Why: An Exploration of the Role of Proof in the Mathematics Classroom, Joanna Rachel Bartlo (Dissertation)
A Characterization of Lake Abert Tufa Mounds Lake Abert, Oregon, Anthony Lynn Bartruff (Thesis)
Music and Conflict Resolution: Can a Music and Story Centered Workshop Enhance Empathy?, Parfait Adegboyé Bassalé (Thesis)
Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface Geohydrology of the Ni-les'tun Unit on the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Christopher Madison Beard (Thesis)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Other Words Students Avoid Speaking Aloud: Evaluating the Role of Pronunciation on Participation in Secondary School Science Classroom Conversations, Stacie Elizabeth Beck (Thesis)
Improving Assessment Practice at the Course and Programmatic-Levels in Community Colleges: Developing The Guidebook For Student Learning Outcomes & The Assessment Loop, Steven George Beining (Dissertation)
Identification and Characterization of Fine Particulate Matter Hot Spots on an Urban Arterial Corridor Integrating Probe Vehicle, Traffic and Land Use Data, Katherine Eleanor Bell (Thesis)
Preserving Nature through Film: Wilderness Alps of Stehekin and the North Cascades, 1956-1968, Nicolas Timothy Bergmann (Thesis)
Crystallographic Image Processing with Unambiguous 2D Bravais Lattice Identification on the Basis of a Geometric Akaike Information Criterion, Taylor Thomas Bilyeu (Thesis)
A Quantitative Analysis of Memory Controller Page Policies, Matthew Blackmore (Thesis)
Capillary Phenomena: Investigations in Compressed Bubble Migration, Geometric Wetting, and Blade-Bound Droplet Stability, William Henry Blackmore (Thesis)
Batterer Intervention Programs' Response to State Standards, Ashley Lynn Boal (Dissertation)
Lessons in Immorality: Mishima's Masterpiece of Humor and Social Satire, Nathaniel Peter Bond (Thesis)