This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
"Art Feeling Grows" in Oregon : The Portland Art Association, 1892-1932, Patrick A. Forster (Thesis)
The Effects of Multiple Thematic Layers on Web Map Use by Middle School Students, Andrew Percy Freed (Thesis)
The Technological Role of Bone and Antler Artifacts on the Lower Columbia: A Comparison of Two Contact Period Sites, Kristen Ann Fuld (Thesis)
Faculty of Color and Scholarship Redefined: Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Competence, Peng Fu (Dissertation)
Perceptions of Peacebuilding and Multi-Track Collaboration in Divided Societies for a Sustainable Peace Agreement at the Political Level: A Case Study of Cyprus, Brooke Patricia Galloway (Thesis)
Work-related Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Acculturation Among Employed Latinos in Batterer Intervention Programs, Gino Galvez (Dissertation)
Youth Voices of Bounty and Opportunity: High School Students' Experiences With Food and Community, Kara Marie Gilbert (Thesis)
Chronology and Ecology of Late Pleistocene Megafauna in the Northern Willamette Valley, Oregon, Daniel McGowan Gilmour (Thesis)
Exploring Traffic Safety and Urban Form in Portland, Oregon, Kristie Werner Gladhill (Thesis)
Deforestation, Drought and Humans: New Discoveries of the Late Quaternary Paleoenvironment of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Candace Lynn Gossen (Dissertation)
A Die-level Adaptive Test Scheme for Real-time Test Reordering and Elimination, Kapil Ramesh Gotkhindikar (Thesis)
On the Effect of Topology on Learning and Generalization in Random Automata Networks, Alireza Goudarzi (Thesis)
Designing and Using Virtual Field Environments to Enhance and Extend Field Experience in Professional Development Programs in Geology for K-12 Teachers, Frank D. Granshaw (Dissertation)
Who Gender-Bends and Why? A Qualitative Study of World of Warcraft, Clairellyn Rose Gregory (Thesis)
An Exploration Of Heterogeneous Networks On Chip, Allen Gary Grimm (Thesis)
A Feasibility Study of Model-Based Natural Ventilation Control in a Midrise Student Dormitory Building, Steven James Gross (Thesis)
"An I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation": The Effects of Family Type and Patriarchy in the Home on Female Adolescent Delinquency and Mental Health, Stephanie-Kaye Guenther (Thesis)
Real Options Methodology in Sportswear Retail Investment Valuation, Hairong Karen Gui (Dissertation)
Motivation in Late Learners of Japanese: Self-Determination Theory, Attitudes and Pronunciation, Shannon Guinn-Collins (Thesis)
Hydrogeology of the McKinney Butte Area: Sisters, Oregon, Joshua Andrew Hackett (Thesis)
Investigating Future Variation of Extreme Precipitation Events over the Willamette River Basin Using Dynamically Downscaled Climate Scenarios, Andrew Jason Halmstad (Thesis)
Scratched Petroglyphs in the Bennett Hills, Idaho, Karla Lucille Hambelton (Thesis)
A Multi-Level Study of the Predictors of Family-Supportive Supervision, Ginger Charmagne Hanson (Dissertation)
Family-Supportive Supervisory Behaviors as a Moderator of the Relationship between Job Strain and Workers' Blood Pressure, Christopher Scott Harper (Thesis)
Event Ecology: An Analysis of Discourses Surrounding the Disappearance of the Kah Shakes Cove Herring (Clupea pallasi), Jamie Sue Hebert (Thesis)
Erasing the Space Between Japanese and American: Progressivism, Nationalism, and Japanese American Resettlement in Portland, Oregon, 1945-1948, Robert Alan Hegwood (Thesis)
The Institutional Development of the American Vice Presidency, James Emory Hite (Thesis)
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Glacier Melt in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Matthew James Hoffman (Dissertation)
Riparian Wetland Response to Livestock Exclusion in the Lower Columbia River Basin, Sarah Ann Holmen (Thesis)
HOLCF '11: A Definitional Domain Theory for Verifying Functional Programs, Brian Charles Huffman (Dissertation)
Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy: Case Study of a Female College Basketball Player, Kelly Marie Humble (Closed Thesis)
Performing Marginal Identities: Understanding the Cultural Significance of Tawa'if and Rudali Through the Language of the Body in South Asian Cinema, Lise Danielle Hurlstone (Thesis)
Power, Knowledge, Animals, Lisa Johnson (Dissertation)
The Role of Feedback in the Assimilation of Information in Prediction Markets, Richard Donald Jolly (Dissertation)
Foreign Language Students' Beliefs about Homestays, Sara Racheal Juveland (Thesis)
Transforming the Soul of Education: Sustainability at the Center of Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools, Thomas Eugene Kane (Dissertation)
"You Can See it in Their Eyes:" A Communication Ethnography of a Humane Society, Sara Victoria Kaufman (Thesis)
Numerical Modeling and Analyses of Steel Bridge Gusset Plate Connections, Thomas Sidney Kay (Thesis)
Study of the Performance and Characteristics of U.S. Academic Research Institution Technology Commercialization (ARITC), Jisun Kim (Dissertation)
Toward a Richer Shade of Blue: The Impact on Oregon Police Officer Perceptions of Racial Minorities After Anti-Racial Profiling Training, David Andrew Kline (Thesis)
Nanostructured Extremely Thin Absorber (ETA) Hybrid Solar Cell Fabrication, Optimization, and Characterization, Darcy Erin Lambert (Thesis)
African Regime Types and International Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations: A Comparative Study of the Relationships of Friends and Enemies., Krista Noel Lane (Thesis)
Development of a Hybrid Atomic Force and Scanning Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect Microscope for Investigation of Magnetic Domains, Andrew James Lawrence (Thesis)
Implications of Hydrologic Data Assimilation in Improving Suspended Sediment Load Estimation in Lake Tahoe, California, Marc Leisenring (Thesis)
A Functional Approach to Memory-Safe Operating Systems, Rebekah Leslie (Dissertation)
Ice and Other Stories, Constance D. Levesque (Closed Thesis)
Gendering the Body: Exploring the Construction of the Sexually Dimorphic Body, Sarah Kaye Lewis (Thesis)
Assessment of an Optimal Bus Stop Spacing Model Using High Resolution Archived Stop-Level Data, Huan Li (Thesis)
Foreign Language Teaching in U.S. Higher Education Classrooms: An Investigation of the Relationship between Teacher Pedagogical Beliefs and Classroom Teaching, Shaojuan Lin (Dissertation)
Prediction of Soil Layer R-Value Dependence on Moisture Content, Ziyang Liu (Thesis)
Student Approaches to Combinatorial Enumeration: The Role of Set-Oriented Thinking, Elise Nicole Lockwood (Dissertation)
The Responsibilities and Limitations of Holocaust Storytelling: Understanding the Structure and Usage of the Master Narrative in Holocaust Film, Fianna Raven MacGregor (Thesis)
Proposal and Analysis of Demagnetization Methods of High Voltage Power System Transformers and Design of an Instrument to Automate the Demagnetization Process, Nathanael Jared Makowski (Thesis)
Do "Clickers" Improve Student Engagement and Learning in Secondary Schools?, Andrew James Mankowski (Thesis)
The Role of Salmon in Middle Snake River Human Economy: The Hetrick Site in Regional Contexts, Cassandra R. Manning (Thesis)
Impacts of Rhizosphere CO₂ on Root Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase Activity, Root Respiration Rate and Rhizodeposition in Populus spp., Dawn Marie Matarese (Thesis)
Model-Based Information Extraction From Synthetic Aperture Radar Signals, Shari Matzner (Dissertation)
Examining News Coverage and Framing in the Context of Environmental Reporting: Using the Sea Lion and Salmon Controversy at the Bonneville Dam as a Case Study, Tess McBride (Thesis)
Identifying Modifiable Factors associated with Depression across the Lifespan in Stroke Survivor-Spouse Dyads, Michael Joseph McCarthy (Dissertation)
Developing and Calibrating the Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model CE-QUAL-W2 for Banks Lake Washington, Andrew John McCulloch (Thesis)
Tree Growth and Spatial Pattern in Two Forest Park Permanent Plots: A Look at Stand Composition and Condition, Hannah Beth McDonald (Thesis)
If You Look Into The Cloud, Sometimes You Can Hear The Silence There, Shaun Krause McGillis (Closed Thesis)
Conflict-Conditioned Communication: A Case Study of Communicative Relations between the United States and Iran from 2005-2008, Erin Leigh McKee (Thesis)
Potential for Speciation in Mammals Following Vast, Late Miocene Volcanic Interruptions in the Pacific Northwest, Ryan Thomas McKenna (Thesis)
From Blooming Judicial Philosophies to Castrated Legislation: Sexuality, Desire, and Nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States, Adam Michael McMahon (Thesis)
Aberdeen and the Reformation: Implementation and Interpretation of Reform, Catherine Elizabeth McMillan (Thesis)
Opening Black Boxes and Following Traces: An Exploration of the Coalition for a Livable Future's Regional Equity Atlas Actor-World, 2003-2007, Meg Merrick (Dissertation)
LiDAR-Based Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility Mapping, and Differential LiDAR Analysis for the Panther Creek Watershed, Coast Range, Oregon, Katherine A. Mickelson (Thesis)
The Cultural Barriers to Integration of Second Generation Muslims in Northern Italy, Joseph Anthony Migliore (Thesis)
An Action Research Study to Determine the Feasibility of Using Concept Maps as Alternative Assessments by a Novice Teacher, Nancy Smith Mitchell (Thesis)
Governance in the United States Columbia River Basin: An Historical Analysis, Eric Thomas Mogren (Dissertation)
Couples Therapy: Gender and Sexuality in The Sun Also Rises, Jacob Michael Montie (Thesis)
Employment of Crystallographic Image Processing Techniques to Scanning Probe Microscopy Images of Two-Dimensional Periodic Objects, Bill Moon (Thesis)
Finding the Beat: How Young Girls Create Self Through Music, Jen Lynne Moore (Closed Thesis)
Rebuilding the Architectural History of the Fort Vancouver Village, Meredith J. Mullaley (Thesis)
A Study of Compensation for Face-Threatening Acts in Service Encounters in Japan and the United States, Miki Murakami (Thesis)
A Macroergonomics Approach Examining the Relationship between Work-family Conflict and Employee Safety, Lauren Ann Murphy (Dissertation)
Campus Sexual Assault: How Oregon University System Schools Respond, Michael William Murphy (Thesis)
"Outing" Queer Issues in Teacher Preparation Programs: How Pre-Service Teachers Experience Sexual and Gender Diversity in Their Field Placements, Olivia Jo Murray (Dissertation)
Floorplan Design and Yield Enhancement of 3-D Integrated Circuits, Rajeev Kumar Nain (Dissertation)
"Each Generation of a Free Society": The Relationship between Montana's Constitutional Convention, Individual Rights Protections, and State Constitutionalism, Inga Katrin Nelson (Thesis)
Closed Loop Satisfaction Measurement: New Wine from Old Bottles, Michael Thomas O'Connell (Dissertation)
Through the Eyes of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots: The Perception of Cyprus, Mary N. Olin (Thesis)
Writing Her Way to Spiritual Perfection: The Diary of 1751 of Maria de Jesus Felipa, Stephanie Oliver (Thesis)
Calcium and Redox Control of the Calcium Release Mechanism of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, Laura Jean Owen (Thesis)
The Expressive Goals of Bias Crime Legislation and the Media, Louis Panush (Thesis)
The Prevalence and Predictive Nature of Victimization, Substance Abuse & Mental Health on Recidivism: A Comparative Longitudinal Examination of Male and Female Oregon Department of Corrections Inmates, Anastacia Konstantinos Papadopulos (Thesis)
Teaching Intonation Patterns through Reading Aloud, Micah William Park (Thesis)
Physical and Electrical Characterization of Triethanolamine Based Sensors for NO₂ Detection and the Influence of Humidity on Sensing Response, Zachariah Marcus Peterson (Thesis)
Race, Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Unions in the United States, Claudia Plesa (Thesis)
Hierarchical Temporal Memory Cortical Learning Algorithm for Pattern Recognition on Multi-core Architectures, Ryan William Price (Thesis)
Identifying Regional Centers in Washington County, Oregon, Kevin Christopher Rancik (Thesis)
In or Out: Interpretation of European Union Membership Criteria and its Effect on the EU Accession Process for Candidate and Potential Member States of Southeastern Europe, Ashley Marie Rasmussen (Thesis)
Jacob Burckhardt: History and the Greeks in the Modern Context, Anthony Rhodes (Thesis)
Chord, Kirsten Rian (Closed Thesis)
A comparative case study of newspaper coverage of the Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot/Incinerator from 1994 to 1998., Rogue Elliott Robertson (Thesis)
Fuel: Collected Memoir Essays, Mario Joachim Ross (Closed Thesis)
Investigating the Predictors of Postsecondary Education Success and Post-College Life Circumstances of Foster Care Alumni, Amy Michele Salazar (Dissertation)
Modeling the Impact of Roof Reflectivity, Integrated Photovoltaic Panels and Green Roof Systems on the Summertime Heat Island, Adam Scherba (Thesis)
Investigating Technological Organization at the Buck Lake Site (45PI438) in Mount Rainier National Park Using a Lithic Debitage Analysis, Michael Charles Schurke (Thesis)