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 2021
NHANES III Mortality Follow Up: Social Determinants Creating Disparity within the Health Outcomes of Persons with Diabetes, Claire B. Adams
The Journey to El Norte: An Analysis of Gendered Violence on Central American Migrant Trails, Rachel A. Adams
A Buddhist-Informed Conceptual Framework for Compassion Fatigue Prevention, Andrei A. Agapi
Happy 😊, Sad 😥or Pizza 🍕: A Review of Emoji Effects on Reading Times and their Relation to Mood, Fetheya N. Alattar
The Significance of Christian Iconography in Communist Mexican Muralism of Diego Rivera, Rachel Renee Amaro
Expression and Function of Transcription Factors FOXA1, HOXB13 and CDX2 in Prostate Cancer, Hamsat B. Anwar
Understanding the Effect of Dietary Palmitic Acid on Glycolysis During Innate Immune Memory in Macrophages, Khaleda A. Aqaei
Should Synergy Alone be Accepted as Justification for Premia Paid in M&A?, Sebastian A. Araguas
Childhood Sexual Abuse in Contemporary Fiction, Alana Baldwin-Joiner
Towards an Evolutionary-Institutional Analysis of Landlordship, Jarod Balentine
The Wounded Inheritance: Epigenetics and the Family Line, Lisa M. Banta
How to Escape 130 Years of Being Unnatural, Incompetent, and Unviable: American Women Presidential Candidates Take to Social Media, Izabella Becherer
Disaster and the Built Environment: How the PREPhub has the Potential to Impact Preparedness and Create Resilience during Natural Disasters., Sequoia G. Bellanca
COVID-19 & BLM: Racial Inequity in Healthcare, Laken Berndt
Noise as Music: Effects of Physical and Digital Noise in One’s Life, Juliana Bigelow
The Relationship Between Regulation and Care Access in the Doula Industry, Charissa Billings
Methods of Memorialization: Holocaust Commemoration in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Kylee Bolinger
Seabedding: Stories, Hayley K. Boyd
Quantifying Biotic VOC Emissions from Moss: Air quality impacts of isoprene and monoterpenes in urban environments, Danlyn L. Brennan
North American Expatriates in Mexico: A Discourse Analysis of Facebook Groups, Liliana C. Brock
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs), Future Adult Incarceration, and Poor Mental Health- A Literature Review, Letasi M. Burgess
Anatomical Analysis of Somatic Mutation Accumulation in Mimulus guttatus, Amanda L. Burrell
Genome-Wide Sequencing in Clinical Genetic Counseling, Brianna Burroughs
Mary: A Creative Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley through the Lens of Her Interpersonal Relationships, Julien-Pierre E. Campbell
Suppressing Our Vote: How Vote-by-Mail Affects Latino Voter Turnout, Maria K. Casas
Metabolism and Oncology: the Role of Nutrition in Improving Cancer Outcomes, Michael A. Chapek
An Investigation into the Relationship between Obstetric Racism and Postpartum Depression in Black Women, Miguel A. Claxton III
Breaking the Feedback Loop: Experimental Filmmakers Confronting Everyday Surveillance Technologies, Taz Coffey
Scratch a Desert, Produce a Garden: The American Failure to Facilitate a Two-State Solution, Sophie M. Concannon
Higher Education for All Law Enforcement Officers, Johana Constantino Madrigal
A Tale of Two Narratives: The Role of Storytelling in Racial Dialogue, Lane Cooper
Exploring the Criminal Justice System Through a Case Study Approach: Exploring the Intersections and Interventions of the Juvenile Justice System Through a Case Study Approach, Adriana Cordova-Perez
The Effects of Mental Illness on Capital Sentencing in the State of Oregon, Mirtill E. Csikos
Memories of a Family (2021), Kyle Day
Witches as Queer(ed) Comrades: How Patriarchy, Sexism and Religious Fanaticism Fueled the Early Modern European Witch Hunts, Iris S. De Lis
Pandemic Music: Developing Music Compositions for Performance During Covid-19, Maia R. Denzler
The Effective Opening: Nonviolent Movements and How They Can Help to Enforce International Law Pertaining to Human Rights, Emmalyn A. Dewing
Trauma and Child Development: The Effects That Ice Detention Centers May Have On Our Children, Natalie A. DeWitt
Building a Leader's Identity on Social Media, Morningstar Dickson
The Effect of Diazepam on Early Neural Stem Cells Proliferative Activity and Hippocampal-Dependent Memory after Traumatic Brain Injury, Van Khanh Doan
Our Peer the Pigeon: Impacts of the COVID-19 “Anthropause” on PSU campus urban foragers, Audrey R. Douglass
A Comparison of Particulate Matter Deposition onto Green Roof Species and White Roof in Portland, Oregon, Amelia B. Drake
emmenagogue: poems of the body, Jessamyn Duckwall
Corporate Sociopolitical Activism and Nonprofit Identity Orientation on an Individual’s Likelihood to Support, Tara Duenas
Spanning Trees of Complete Graphs and Cycles, Minjin Enkhjargal
Examination of Exhaustion in Larval Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus Tridentatus) Through Variations of Temperature, Flow, and Cover, Jessica Falcon
Preparing to Perform: Brillance, by Ida Gotkovsky, Connor J. Fast
A Study of Stable Isotopes in Snow on Mt. Hood, Oregon, Maya Felix
What's Important to You? A Look into the Historical and Social Significance of Buttons, Hope JE Ferns
The Transition of American Theatre due to the COVID-19 Pandemic from March 2020-May 2021, Taylor Fischer
Optimization of 3D Printed Mold Performance for Injection Molding via Hollow Infill Patterns, Alan Fong
Plastic-Eating Microbes: a New Potential Solution to Waste Mitigation?, Megan Forbes
Portland Park Signage: an Exploration into Reimaging Placemaking, Samuel Garcia
How Transitional, Restorative, and Transformative Justice Will Address Racial Injustice, Isabelle Garnand
A Student Led Assessment of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Environmental Science and Management Department at Portland State University, Aneesha Gharpurey
Dual Panics: A Media Analysis of Narratives on the Role of Unauthorized Migration in America's Overdose Crisis, Morgan E. Godvin
Relationships Between Coping Mechanisms and Perceived Stress of Portland State University Community Members Amidst COVID-19, Julie N. Goldman
Human Impact on Pacific Harbor Seals in Urban Southern Puget Sound, Washington, Vicky P. Gomez
Reducing Stigma Associated with Growing Up Poor: How to Create a More Equitable Future for Working Class Adolescents, Jessica Goodpaster
CONNECTION, COMPASSION, and HONESTY: Using Picture Books to Help Build a Healthier Relationship to Death in a Death-Denying Culture, Kami Sahalie Upshaw Gould
The Community Case for Violence: Toward a Materialist Perspective on Community Work, Aven Handley-Merk
How to Decide Whether and How to Sell a Small Family Business, Gabriel Harlow
Consejos para la Cuarentena para Personas que Vienen de Pueblos Pequeños, Jane Eden Hartle
How Has Cultural Marxism Been Used as a Political Tactic in Order to Decrease Trust in Higher Education?, Drew Havnaer
Density of Free-Roaming Cats Related to Feeding Stations on Hayden Island, Oregon, Olivia Helback and Joe Liebezeit
Automated Decision Making and Machine Learning: Regulatory Alternatives for Autonomous Settings, Alyssa Heminger
The Role of Cognitive Load and Individual Differences When Interpreting Human-Resource Data Visualizations, Zachary B. Hesson
Partizan: Separating the Human from Propaganda with Film, Raymond Hill
All Changelings Have Autism: How to Make a Better Book for Autistic Children, Nadia L. Hitchcock
Comparing Instruments for Measuring Runoff from Experimental Ecoroof Platforms: A Case Study on Test Plots at Portland State University, Chance F. Hodges
The Meghan Markle Effect: An Analysis of a 21st Century Celebrity from a Veblenian Perspective, Lucy Jensen
A Corpus Approach Study on the Manzanar Free Press, Danielle Jochums
Literature Review: Pollutant Removal Efficacy of Floating Treatment Wetlands Across Water Bodies, Sophie Johnson
Exploring Connections Between Food Sovereignty, Cultural Food Access and Urban Health Promotion: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Stephanie L. Kenyon
Colorism in Mexico: An Examination of Inequality and the Psychological Impact in the Form of Depression, Ana K. Kinzie
Queer: A 25 Year History, A Blooming Identity, Greer Klepacki
Understanding Ransomware Trajectory to Create an Informed Prediction, Jacob D. Klusnick
The Band Chervona: Russian Musical Traditions in the Portland Diaspora, Zoe Y. Landi Fontana
Addressing and Supporting Mental Health Today--Society-Wide and in Hospital Emergency Departments, Kira La Sage
“The Caucasian Persuasion Here in the ‘Dale”: Othering, White Normality, and Post-Racialism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Isaiah M. Lee
How Indigenous-Language Court Interpreters and Clients Navigate the U.S. Court System Under Strict Court-Interpreting Guidelines, Ashten Lehwalder
Fostering Connectedness Amidst Crisis: LGBTQ Communities in 2020, Daniel Leister-Gray
Black Gold, White Gold, and the Bear's Influence Over Central Asian Economies, Jennifer Leo
Virology: Mutagenizing the Proteolytic Cleavage Site in the Major Capsid Protein in SSV1, Thejanee Liyanaarachchi
Boy: Creation in a Void, Rebecca L. Long
The Role of Native Lens α-crystallin in Amyloid Suppression Using β-amyloid as a Model Amyloid Client, Leilani A. Lopes
High-Stakes Education: Dual Language Immersion in Portland, Oregon, Andrew C. MacLean
An Instructional Guide to Environmental Campaigns for K-12 Schools, Erin McCarty
Romans, Religion, and the Aid of the Gods: An Exploration of the Pontifex Maximus in Roman Society, Gregory Meade
Potential Therapeutic Effects of Snake Venom Components on Pain Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Maggie Metzger