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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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The Iroquois Indians in Ohio, 1600–1763, Woody Crow (Thesis)

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Transforming Learning Communities, Transforming Ourselves: A Qualitative Investigation of Identity Processes in a Participatory Action Research-themed Undergraduate Course, Julia Sara Dancis (Dissertation)

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Winter Tale: a Novel, Kari Davidson (Closed Thesis)

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Culture of Care and Prosocial Leadership: Autoethnography of an Elementary School Principal Navigating Covid-19, Ashley Marie Davis (Dissertation)

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Scenario Acceleration Through Automated Modelling: A Method and System for Creating Traceable Quantitative Future Scenarios Based on FCM System Modeling and Natural Language Processing, Christopher W.H. Davis (Dissertation)

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Examining Probation Lengths in Philadelphia, PA, Madeline Grace Davis (Thesis)

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The Haunted Refuge Trilogy, Mark Devendorf (Closed Thesis)

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Urban Nesting Biology, Population Viability and Ecology of the Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii, Stephanie Alexandra Byrne Doorly (Thesis)

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System Design for the Quantification of Microbial Motility in Extreme Environments, Megan Marie Dubay (Thesis)

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Framing the Green New Deal and Climate Change: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Danielle Elizabeth Duffy (Thesis)

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The Practice of Traditional Grading: A Site for Inquiring into Teacher Identity Friction in a U.S. High School, Sarah Emily Dutton-Breen (Dissertation)

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Does Instructional Autonomy Matter? Exploring Job Satisfaction for Math and Non-Math Teachers in Low, Middle, and High SES Schools, Hannah Sean Ellefritz (Thesis)

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Analyzing Classroom Discourse to Investigate Structuring Equitable Mathematical Talk in Small Groups and Whole-Class Discussions, Brittney Marie Ellis (Dissertation)

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What's Care Got to Do with It? Expulsion Practices in Family Child Care, Josephina Paulina Emmrich (Dissertation)

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The Salve of Not Knowing, Elizabeth Jane Entity (Closed Thesis)

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Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land: Dwelling and Residential Alienation in Santa Monica's Rent-Controlled Housing, Lauren E.M. Everett (Dissertation)

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Cultural Capital and Community Cultural Wealth: A Study of Latinx First Generation College Students, Affiong Eyo-Idahor (Dissertation)

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Mass Capacity Analysis of Stormwater Control Measures Using Synthetic Stormwater with Silica, Organic and Hydrocarbon Constituents, Craig Michael Fairbaugh (Thesis)

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Development of a Configurable Real-time Event Detection Framework for Power Systems using Swarm Intelligence Optimization, Umar Farooq (Thesis)

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Aerosolization of Catalytic RNA for Prebiotic Transport and In Situ Reactivity, Brennan Roland Farrell (Thesis)

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A Multi-Species Study on Several Types of Visitor Effects on the Behavior and Physiology of Animals at the Oregon Zoo, Laurel Berylline Fink (Dissertation)

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Mapping Ecosystem Service Flows of Estuary Restoration Projects on the Oregon Coast to Identify Impacted Stakeholders, Shersten King Finley (Thesis)

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Stratigraphic and Geochemical Evaluation of Distal Flows of the Columbia River Flood Basalts in the Greater Vale Area, Southeastern Oregon, Lena Marie Fox (Thesis)

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Equidistant Sets in Spaces of Bounded Curvature, Logan Scott Fox (Dissertation)

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Investigation of Basal Imnaha Basalt Flows and their Relationship to the Picture Gorge Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, Luke James Fredenberg (Thesis)

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Scaling EPA-RIMM with Multicore System Management Interrupt Handlers, Alexander K. Freed (Thesis)

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Immigration Federalism in the United States: Constructing a Contemporary Institutional Framework Centered on Local Communities through a Case Study Approach, Sara Kuehlhorn Friedman (Dissertation)

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Electron Backscatter Diffraction Analysis of Olivine in Ureilite Meteorites: Evaluation of the Partially Magmatic Catastrophic Disruption Model of the Ureilite Parent Body (UPB), James Karl Frye (Thesis)

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Synthesis of Diaryl and Alkyl-Aryl Ethers via Diaryl Iodonium Reagents, Rory Tennessee Gallagher (Dissertation)

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In Favor of Bringing Game Theory into Urban Studies and Planning Curriculum: Reintroducing an Underused Method for the Next Generation of Urban Scholars, Brian McDonald Gardner (Thesis)

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Feminostalgia, Alexis Garrett (Closed Thesis)

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Leaving College Without a Degree: The Student Experience at an Urban Broad Access Institution, Andrea Marie Garrity (Thesis)

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The Process of Establishing a Blooming Chemistry Tool for Use in Undergraduate Chemistry Education and Research, Emryse Geye (Thesis)

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Climate and Intraspecific Geographic Variation of Nests and Eggs in the Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus, Samantha Marie Gillette (Thesis)

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Radical (Re)Positioning of Students as Cocreators of Curriculum: A Participatory Action Research Study of Undergraduate Student-Instructor Partnerships in Online Learning Environments, Kari Eleana Goin (Dissertation)

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Amplifying Arab American Heritage Language Students' Voices: A Multiple Case Study on Translanguaging Practices and Identity Negotiation in University Arabic Classrooms, Lina Gomaa (Dissertation)

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The Daughters of the Fronde: French Aristocratic Women and the Subversion of Bourbon Absolutist Culture, 1661-1727, Jordan David Hallmark (Thesis)

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Clarifying and Measuring Inclusive Leadership, Kelly Mason Hamilton (Dissertation)

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Post-Fire Erosional and Hydrological Processes Promoting Debris Flow Initiation in a Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock Forest in the Riverside Burn Area, Oregon, Morena Nicole Hammer (Thesis)

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"We've Created Cheap Energy off the Backs of Salmon": Dam Removal Politics and Alliances in the Lower Snake River Basin, Krista Harrington (Thesis)

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Unpaired Style Transfer Conditional Generative Adversarial Network for Scanned Document Generation, David Jonathan Hawbaker (Thesis)

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Examining the Role of Social Support and Neighborhood Deprivation in the Relationship Between Multiple ACEs and Health Risk Behaviors, Marin L. Henderson-Posther (Dissertation)

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The Comb, Rosanna Nafziger Henderson (Closed Thesis)

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An Examination of Educator Perspectives on Career and College Pathways for Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color with Disabilities, Rachel Anne Herrick (Dissertation)

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Japanese Gender Trouble in Revolutionary France: Ikeda Riyoko's Shōjo Manga The Rose of Versailles, Saki Hirozane (Thesis)

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A Walk in the Park: A Spatial Analysis of Crime and Portland Parks, Cheyenne Pamela Hodgen (Thesis)

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Toward Analyzing the Diversity of Extractive Summaries, Aaron David Hudson (Thesis)

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Helminths of Thomomys Species (Rodentia: Geomyidae) of Oregon, Malorri Rene Hughes (Dissertation)

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Eating Real Mexican: Identity, Authenticity, Americanization, Health, and Food Culture in the United States After 1900, Alexandra H. Ibarra (Thesis)

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Inverse Modeling of Atmospheric CH4 and δ13C-CH4 Measurements from Surface Observation Sites to Understand Trends in Global Methane Emissions Over More Than Three Decades, Sayantani Karmakar (Thesis)

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Development of a Configurable DERMS Test System in GridAPPS-D, Sean James Keene (Thesis)

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Treatment Disparities in Emergency Medical Services: The Influence of Race/Ethnicity, Obesity, and English Proficiency, Jamie Kennel (Dissertation)

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NMR Analyses of Flavored E-cigarette Liquids Before and After Aerosolization, Paul Joseph Kerber (Thesis)

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Orthotrichum lyellii as an Active Moss Biomonitor: Examining the Interplay between Ambient PM10, Bulk Deposition and Heavy Metals in an Urban Environment, Scott Bradley Kiel (Thesis)

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Materials and Methodologies for Spectroscopic and Optical Analytical Applications in Cultural Heritage Conservation Science, Lyndsay Nichole Kissell (Dissertation)

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Confederate Statues in University Opinion Newspaper Articles: An Analysis of Themes and Attachment, Jamie Nicole Knopf (Thesis)

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Developing an Energy Service Interface Specification, Jaime T. Kolln (Thesis)

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Applying Biomimetic Passive Dynamics to a Quadruped Robot Leg, Emma Krnacik (Thesis)

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Stakeholder Participation and Influence at State Public Utility Commissions, Genevieve Theresa Kruse (Dissertation)

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Splitting Gaussian Densities to Minimize Variance Along a Direction of Nonlinearity, Amit Kumar (Thesis)

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Intersections of Masculinity, Culturally Relevant Factors, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Asian American Men, Jason Z. Kyler-Yano (Dissertation)

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Development of a Testing Station for Grid-Interactive Smart Inverter Systems, Yudong Lan (Thesis)

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Testing the LS/CMI for Predictive Accuracy: Does Age Matter?, Sandra Stephanie Lawlor (Thesis)

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Transportation Mode Choice Behavior in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles: The Application of Discrete Choice Modeling and Machine Learning, Sangwan Lee (Dissertation)

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Sleeping to Support: An Examination of the Relationship Between Leader Sleep and Positive Support Behaviors, Jordyn Jan Leslie (Thesis)

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Highly Power Dense DC to Three-Phase AC Modular Converters with Tiny Module Capacitors, Wiwin Hartini Lew (Thesis)

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Making Curry with Rice: An Optimizing Curry Compiler, Steven Libby (Dissertation)

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Stoneware and Earthenware from the Beeswax Wreck: Classification of the Dubé Collection and Discussion of the Interpretation of the Materials in Protohistoric Sites, Vanessa Renee Litzenberg (Thesis)

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Spatial Analysis of Burn Severity and Streamflow Response in the Western CONUS, Will Brendan Long (Thesis)

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Coming to Know the Local Environment: Children's Experiences in Rautamai Gaunpalika, Nepal, Elsie Nicole Love (Thesis)

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Rooted in Deepbone, Kynna Elizabeth Jane Lovin (Closed Thesis)

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Linear Nearest Neighbor Flocks With All Distinct Agents, Robert G. Lyons (Dissertation)

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The Effects of Language Proficiency on Narrative Macrostructure in Spanish-English Bilinguals, Jenny Magallon (Thesis)

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Domain Knowledge as Motion-Aware Inductive Bias for Deep Video Synthesis: Two Case Studies, Long Mai (Dissertation)

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Work-Related IPV Among Latinos: Exploring the Roles of Fatherhood Status, Gendered Expectations, and Support for Intimate Partner's Employment, Adrian Luis Manriquez (Thesis)

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The Meaning and Measure of Deliberative Systems, Darren Michael McCormick (Thesis)

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Multimodal Imaging of Structural Concrete Using Image Fusion and Deep Learning, Sina Mehdinia (Dissertation)

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Interwar Weimar Film and Masculinity: Challenging the Presumed Crisis of Interwar German Gender Discourse from Selected Films from 1925-1931, Brandon Metcalf (Thesis)

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The Jane Stories, Katherine Elizabeth Mitchell (Closed Thesis)

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Silos in Higher Education Institutions: Shifting from Organizational Phenomena to a Practical Framework for Equitable Decision-making, Mandi Sue Mizuta (Dissertation)

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Scientology's FAQ: Sciencing, Tech-romancing, Simulacra, & Simulation an Estranged Content Analysis, David Scott Morrill (Thesis)

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Higher Education Futures: The Transformative Potential of Using Critical Foresights Practices & Arts Based Research in Our Brittle, Anxious, Non-Linear, and Incomprehensible (BANI) World, Sheila Christine Mullooly (Dissertation)

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Seismic Performance Design Criteria of Existing Bridge Bent Plastic Hinge Region and Rapid Repair Measures of Earthquake Damaged Bridges Considering Future Resilience, A K M Golam Murtuz (Dissertation)

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Investigating Active Learning through the Lens of Student Engagement, Nicole Naibert (Dissertation)

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Dustoff, Ryan D. O'Connell (Closed Thesis)

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Masculinity Instability and Ideologies as Predictors of IPV Perpetration: The Mediating Role of Relationship Power, Emma Christine Marioles O'Connor (Dissertation)

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Examining Perceptions of Which Exonerees Deserve Compensation, Alexandra Pauline Olson (Thesis)

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Professional Development for Special Education Paraeducators: How to Effectively Train Classroom Staff to Support Students with Complex Instructional and Behavioral Needs, Cara Olson-Sawyer (Dissertation)

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The Benefits of Social Support on Health and Well-Being in Military Populations: Examining Mechanisms, Source of Support, and the Reach of a Workplace Well-Being Intervention, AnnaMarie Sophia O'Neill (Dissertation)

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Reconceiving the Relationship Between the Built Environment and Walking Behavior: Examining the Samples, Scales, and Methods in Travel Behavior Research, Jaime Pablo Orrego-Oñate (Dissertation)

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The Effect of Peer Relationships and Cyberbullying Victimization on Young Adults' Propensity to Cyberbully, Taaj Weraphorn Orr (Thesis)

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An Assessment Model of the Healthcare Entrepreneurship Ecosystem to Foster Solutions for Underserved Communities, Abdalilah Saleh Owaishiz (Dissertation)

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An Analysis of the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Tulsa Remote Program, As an Effective Economic Development Strategy, Kristen J. Padilla (Thesis)

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A Bayesian Latent Scale Model for Multivariate Longitudinal Data, Kruti Pandya (Dissertation)

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K-12 Racial Equity Work in the Predominantly White Pacific Northwest: Interracial Conversations, Counter-Stories, and Considerations, Bradley Justin Parker (Dissertation)

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Critical Awareness, Reflection, and Action in Head Start Leadership: A Critical Consciousness Case Study of Head Start Leaders, Christopher Pearce Agudelo (Dissertation)

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Use, Service Delivery Experiences, and Communicative Participation for People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Betts Peters (Dissertation)

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Surfer's Journal, Ann M. Petroliunas (Closed Thesis)

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Selected Hybrid-Genre, Short Story, and Fiction Work, Elizabeth F. Pickard (Closed Thesis)

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Do Motives Matter? The Role of Motivation in Shaping the Impact of Mindfulness Training on Teachers' Psychological Distress and Wellbeing, Cristi N. Pinela (Dissertation)