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 2026
Bringing the Focus of Curriculum Back to the Students and What Does This Look Like for Teachers, Gabriella Anaya
Testing Potential Correlations Between Childhood Lead Exposure and Authoritarianism in Adulthood, Kragen Anderson
Moderately-High Fat Diet Exacerbates Some but Not All Phenotypes of a Murine LCHADD Model, Ayah Asal
Disability Experiences of University Students: An Interview Study, Cece Austin
Adaptive Design Strategies for a Dual-Shaft PVC Shredder, Gavin Balderas
The Magic Wand: The Transformation of Literary Journals and the Middle Class in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany, Charlotte Bayer
Universal Communications Module: Converting IEEE2030.5 XML Files to ANSI/CTA-2045, Wyatt Bilodeaux
The Study of Enteroendocrine Cells in Gastrointestinal Autopsies of Parkinson's Disease Patients, Anna Bui
Recurrence and Reflection: Psychological Insights from Repetitive Dreams, Annika Cale
Fundamentalist Disorientations for Queer Subjects: Narrative and Theory, Betty Canoso
"But Oh, What Harm Those Basics Would Cause": How Journalists Can Better Interview Vulnerable Sources Utilizing an Ethic of Care, Noah Carandanis
Business Capstone Review: An Analysis of a Local School Foundation, Emily Carlile
Rewiring the Senses: Neural and Perceptual Adaptation Through Cultural Immersion in Chile, Alexa Castillo
Viruses Causing Panleukopenia in Domestic Cats: A Review of Feline and Canine Parvoviruses, Simon Colby
Developing a High-Resolution Off-Axis Common-Mode Digital Holographic Microscope, Lucy Cook
The Educational Gender Gap Explored Through the Lens of Hegemonic Masculinity, Marcell V. Csikos
Strategic Anti-Transgender Policy Diffusion: Interest Groups, Courts, and the Two-Track Politics of Gender Regulation, Henry Danford
Custom SBC GPS Tracking and Geocaching Carputer Software Development and Implementation, Joshua A. Davis
Effects of Fine Sediment on the Productivity of Stream Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest, Veena I. Davis
Carver, Kafka, and Woolf on Re-enchanting Modernity, Zachary Davis
Navigating Filipino-American Identity Through Philippine Foodways, Jenelle Kirsten De Leon
How Does Communication Breakdown Impact Group Cohesion Over the Lifespan of a Team?, Hannah Dyche
Wildfire-Derived pm2.5 as a Neuroinflammatory Amplifier of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Pathology: A Narrative Review, Erik Ellefson
You Burn With Us: How Fire Functions in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Trilogy, Lucy Evans
Familial Roles in Grief With a Focus on Eldest Daughters in Latinx Communities, Julianna Falcon
Agile in the Age of AI: Considerations and Improvements for Streamlining Developer Workflows, Stephen Feng
Reconfiguring Dependency: China's Belt and Road Initiative and Development in Ethiopia and Nigeria, Alexander Freund
The Power of Perception: Latine Threat Narratives and Immigration Control in the United States, Nina Gallo
Turning Point: USA, 2020 Election Denialism and its Consequences, Zack George
Singing as Liberation: Spiritual Imagination and an Embodied Practice of Hope Through Spirituals and Songs of the uHadi, Matisse Geselle
Capstone Review: WARN Winch Proximity Sensor, Leana Girton
Transforming Equity: A Systemic Analysis of the Equity Model of Social Justice Education Through the Lens of Conflict Transformation Theory, Precious J. Golden
School Counseling with Indigenous Students in Rural America: The Role of a Counselor in Supporting an Indigenous Pedagogy Based Curriculum, Donovan Greene
Grief, Silence, and Surveillance in Academic Settings, Rakhi Grey
Perception and Identity Through the Deconstruction of Images, Ember Gulden
Who Keeps Us Safe? Youth Resistance and Security Regimes at the Neoliberal University, Arwen Hansell
Hillslope Aspect and Other Potential Controlling Factors on the Spacing of Periglacial Stone Stripes in SE Oregon, Blue Hansen
Conello Vendor Marketplace Capstone: A Review on the Capstone Process and Computer Science Degree, Levi Hauck
The Scars of Renewal: How the Legacy of Urban Renewal Informs Community Response to Gentrification in San Francisco's Fillmore District, Christopher Hayes
Drowning Prevention in the West: Who Did It Better?, Arran Hedley
Projected Climate Change Impacts on Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions From a Restored Freshwater Marsh, Annika Hendrickson
¡Estamos Aqui!: The Underrepresentation of Latinos in Professional Sports and Sports Media, Antonio Hernandez
Ecological and Political Grief in College Students: Making Meaning in Uncertain Times, Kate Hlad
Interrupted by Design: The Impact of Push Notifications on Stress and Task Performance, Mia Hohmann
Skeletons vs. Mummies: Osteological Trauma on Bog Bodies as a Measure for Cultural Change in Ancient Europe, Miranda Hoodenpyl
The U.S. Shopping Mall: Opportunities for Preservation and Transformation through Adaptive Reuse, Sophia Janzen
Social Determinants as a Predictor for Heart Disease Mortality: Oregon Regional Study, Jewel Jones
Noggin Bonks and Neurogenesis: Alterations in Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis Following a Rodent Model of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Tuesday Kirby Kahl
(Re)Claiming Homeplace: Dance as Embodied Resistance & Healing for Health & Spatial Justice, Preeya G. Kannan
"I Still Care About Her": Ambiguous Loss and Social Death in Substance-Affected Relationships, Margaret M. King
The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Female College Students' Social Emotional Development: Is Flourishing Possible?, Kaylee Kirkwood
Shallow-Marine Crinoid Genera May Have Been More Resilient Across Permian Extinction Events in Terms of Richness Than Deep-Marine Crinoid Genera, Amelia C. Kolstad
The Good Knight, Elektra Koozer
Effects of Changing Fire Regimes on Black Huckleberry Habitat Suitability, Emily LaBarge
Holding Pattern: The Making of an Ep, on Intuition, and Form Becoming the Content, Oscar Larson Phillips
Pitching fWAR vs bWAR as Predictors of Team Success in the MLB Regular Season, Jason Lee
A Twilight World of Unspeakable Horror: Lesbian Camp and The Vampire Lovers (1970), Mirielle LeMay
Uniform Stability of Katyusha in Strongly-Convex Settings, Don Li
Understanding Moral Injury in Emergency Department Clinicians: Predictors, Outcomes, and Evidence Gaps, Rose Doering Lightspeed
Meeting the Needs: Examining the Response to Houselessness in Portland, OR, Miguel Angel Lopez Paz
Neuroplasticity After TBI: Meta-Analysis Reveals Structural and Cognitive Recovery Beyond Six Months Is Enhanced by Targeted Learning, Amanda C. Lunsford
Irish Identity: Symbols of Nationalism in W.B. Yeats's Cathleen Plays, Emma Mady
Why Choose Green Burial: Raising Awareness About an Under-Utilized Method of Body Disposition, Gretchen Mahlberg
Citizenship Denied, Accountability Deferred: A Neorealist Analysis of International Law and the Rohingya Crisis, Farah Mahmoud
"Address It or Suppress It": What We Can Learn About RPF From Celebrity Responses, Z Maloney-Dunn
Aid as Leverage: How Humanitarian Assistance Shapes the Health Power Dynamics in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Emmanuella K. Mbuyu
The Gut Microbiome, the Gut-Brain Axis, and College Student Well-Being, Idi McKay
Looking Upwards and Out: Comparing Buddhist and Humanist Frameworks for Enlightenment, Mason McKinney-Best
The Dolor: How a Generation of Women Quietly Lost their Children, Alexis McLean
Exploitation in Conscientious Carnivorism, Killian McMahon
Radical Social Work in the United States: An Integrative Literature Review, Anastasia Miller
Beyond the Best Prompt: A Coverage View of Multilingual Reasoning, Harshiv Mistry
Rapid-Prototyping Nanofabrication: LCD-Based Projection Lithography and Physical Vapor Deposition, Sabeel Saleem Mohammmed
Not Everyone Gets a Tree: Housing Values, Street Trees, and Equity in Portland, Matthew Moller
"What About Me?": Explaining Voting Patterns Among Young Men in the 2024 Election, Camille Moore
Chondrites from Northwestern Nevada: The Jungo Dense Collection Area, Nico Morrelli
Estuary, Aly Morris
Madwoman Makings: The Modern Girl as an Object of Fear and Fascination in Unno Jūza’s "Mrs. Hirumi's Refrigeration Bag", Eliza Joy Mortimer
Rarely Asked: The Systemic Failure to Support the Mental Health of Caregivers of Medically Complex Children, Morgan Motsinger
Elucidating the Function of YedK in Response to DNA Damage, Hank Munro
Feather River: Returning to Hope, Allen Myers
Homelessness and Business: Perception, Affect and Opportunity, Asatur Nor-Ashkarian
JALZAP: An Agile Hybrid for AI-Accelerated Software Development, Pouya Nouri
A 2030 Energy Transition Pathway for Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Kasiet Nurlanbekova
More Than "Programs for Women": Centering Incarcerated Women's Voices in the Evaluation of Prison Programming, Winter Ohara-Frantz
Characteristics of Social Capital in Informal Housing Settlements, Lena Parsons
Geographic and Systemic Disparities in Maternal Health: A Systems Analysis of Prenatal Care Access Across Rural Oregon, Cecelia Petrik
Protest Aesthetics: Identity, Surveillance, and Representation in Media, Mason Pittenger
Modeling Turbulent Accretion Flows Around Black Holes: Azimuthal Flux Derivative Density Curves in 3D MHD Simulations, Sasmitha Purushothaman, Matthew D. Duez, and Pavan Chawhan
"Running! No Breaks!" and Resisting Perfection, Perry Rachmuth
Moving Beyond Traditional Cost Containment for GLP-1 Coverage within Oregon's Proposed Universal Health Plan, Manoj Rajesh