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 2019
Literature Review on the Effects of Water Fluoridation on the Human Health, Diana Abdeljawad
Our Lips are Sealed: A Social Constructionist Approach to Understanding Menstrual Concealment at Menarche, Olivia S. Agrusa
Designing Katana : Unsheathing the Potential of Gameplay for Constructing Cultural Memory, Tracy Alan
Métis in Oregon: Intermarriage, Agency, and Religion in French Prairie, 1830-1840, Annie B. Amsden
Virginia Woolf and Freud : The Implications of His Work on Her Mental Health, Kenidee M. Barner
Pilot Study Investigating the Effectiveness of the Active Workplace Study through a Dissemination Lens, Mary E. Barnum
Is it Possible to Change Someone's Mind Online?, Laurel Benson
Social Correlates of Paternal Postpartum Depression: A Statistical Analysis, Sonia Bosch
Testing the Bechdel Test, Kathryn Gray Bouchat
Racial Capitalism and Expropriation in American Welfare Reform, Sam Bruns
Stratification of Protein Expression across the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Disease Axis to Inform an Early Detection Platform, Sarah Bumatay
Maximizing Community Resiliency Through LINC, Ariel R. Bushnell
How Schools Encourage Incarceration: The School-to-Prison Pipeline and How It Fails Our Children, Madeline S. Buss
The Liberal and the Limits of Discourse in Waiting for the Barbarians, Matthew W. Cardoza
Colocha: A Memoir, Julieta Castro
Political Queerness against Reproductive Futurism in J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K., John J. Caufield
Moving beyond Migrant Disposability: Interrogating History and Identity, Marisol M. Cendejas
The Ethical Challenges of Community-Based CS Training at Portland State, Joseph W. Christman
The Elvis Yurt: A Novel in Progress, Christine J. Bailey Claringbold
An Equitable Approach to Addressing Mental Illness Within U.S. Study Abroad Programs, Katie Clark
Impulsivity in Science: Students' Beliefs in Their Science Abilities with and without ADHD Symptomology, Deza'Rae M. Collins and Lisa Marriott
A Systems View of Cardiovascular Disease, Madisen Cotter
Utilizing Parallelism in the Conjugate Gradient Algorithm, Adam James Craig
Wayless: A Capability-Based Microkernel, Waylon Cude
Integrating Multiple Narratives in Human Behavior Across the Lifespan Curriculum, Amethyst R. Dawson
Design and Construction of a Filter Bank Assembly for Low Volume Air Sampling, Marianne H. de Haan
Fighting Back Against Criminalization of Homelessness: Martin v. City of Boise Case Study, Kaitlyn Dey
Efficient and Scalable Event Tracing, Rupika Dikkala
Alina Troyano: A Proposed of Methodology for the Art Historical Analysis of a Literary Performance Artist, Rachel Done
Sustaining Rural Place: Rethinking Design Principles for Social Sustainability in Rural America, Carlie C. Donnelly
"Infinite Time and Just a Little Bit of Mystery": Time, Theme, and Playability in 17776 and The Stanley Parable, Rachel Dutton
Music That Binds Us: Development and Production of an Electroacoustic Concert, Christina Diane Ebersohl
Adolescent Executive Dysfunction and Distant Parental Relationships: Influences on Tobacco Use in Youth Under the Age of 18, Aaron M. Eisen
Attrition Effects in Mandarin-English Bilinguals of Varying Proficiencies, Sarah C. Elkinton
Glitch Art as an Expression of Medium, Maxwell Ettel
Chart Review Observing Depression and Anxiety in a Cohort of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Patients, Megan N. Feely
Understanding Dignity Through Survivor Testimony, Rachel Fessenden
The ‘Girl Student’ and Modernity: Imagining a Place for Women in the New Nation, Kayla Fish
A Retrospective Chart Review of Sleep Questionnaires in Children with Down Syndrome, Sarah Therese Florig
Haematoloechus Lung Flukes in American Bullfrogs: Prevalence and Associations of Infection, Bethany Frantz
β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex with Oxazine-4 Derivative for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme, Rohi Gheewala
Explaining the Collapse of the Industrial Workers of the World through Historiography, Kayla B. Gmyr
Brand Logo Shape and Brand Personality, Kyle P. Gold
Age-Friendly University, Anali Gomez
Stratigraphic Evidence of Cascadia Earthquake Induced Relative Sea Level Change at Netarts Bay, Oregon, Jazzy M. Graham-Davis
Incivility as a Veiled Display of Workplace Discrimination: The Intersection of Workplace Incivility and Gender-Based Discrimination, Sara M. Grant
Analyzing the Visual Grounding of "Referring Relationships", Kennedy Hahn
The Consolidation of Feminine and Feminist Identities: Third Wave Perspectives on Cosmetic Ritual, Grace Hartley
Performance of A* Based Search Algorithms in Grid-Based Stochastic Multi-Agent Systems with Static Obstacles and Non-Static Goal States, Kallen M. Harvey
Demystifying Ruth, Georgia Hatchett
Untitled Screenplay, Lora A. Herman
The Green Gentrification of N. Williams Avenue, Marcco T. Higham
An Evaluation of VGG16 and YOLO v3 on Hand-drawn Images, Lee Hoang
Post-Colonial Fantasy and Intersectional Heroism within Who Fears Death, Miranda Hubbard
The Ripples of Vanport: Navigating Competing Narratives, Curtis Jewell
Species Diversity in the Hypertragulid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) Population of the John Day Basin, Oregon, Lana K. Jewell
Measuring the Association Between Perceived Stress and Incidence of Infectious Disease or Illness in College Students in Portland, OR, Trinity E. Joroski
Reviving Japantown in Portland, Euri Kashiwagi
Language Planning and Policy in Education: The Case of Senegal, Serena Khader
BRET Assays to Determine Altered Function of a D2DR Variant in G protein-Independent and -Dependent Pathways, Alex R. Kunz
Qualities of Impactful Cyber Security Awareness Training, Fadi Labib
Interventions in Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Examining Factors that Lead to Improved Glycemic Control, Christopher E. Larsen
The Improvement of Machine Learning Accuracies through Transfer Learning, Jordan T. Le
Language and Culture as Barriers to Healthcare for Chinese Immigrants, Edwin Leung
A Present-Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment of Latinx Workers in the Portland Fast-Food Industry: A Study of their Employment Journeys & Job-Related Language Needs, Livia Z. Lichtenstein-Hershman
Writing Through It, Casey M. Lowrey
It's Not Just the White Girl: How Higher Education Professionals Support Transgender Survivors of Sexual Assault, Hanna E. Luckett
Mathematical Modeling of Vaccinations: Modified SIR Model, Vaccination Effects, and Herd Immunity, Tina Huyen Luong
Transformation of TFB2 Overexpression Plasmid into Hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus COM1, Brent Marsonette
Suicidal Ideation and Mindfulness Practice in LGBTQ Youth, McKenna R. Martin
May Issue vs. Shall Issue Concealed Carry Laws: An Exploration of the Breakdown of Crime, Victim Relationship and Location, Patrick R. Mazzella and Christopher Carey
Visual Characteristics of the Mockumentary Format, Connor J. McGarry
The Relationship between Teachers’ Perceptions of a Lack of Parent/Family Support and Teachers’ Self-Efficacy, Carson S. McNamara
A State of Longing: Perspectives from Nagorno-Karabakh IDPs, Isabelle L. McRae
A Sudden Sunset, Alexander Meyers
Imprisoned Within the National Narrative: A Case Study of the Modern Chinese Move Toward Pragmatic Nationalism, Madeline C. Michalk
Creating Successful French Immersion Programs in North America, Katherine Modlin
Seeking Creative Control: Musical Decisions & Activist Aspirations, Cecelia E. Monroe
The Silencing Power of Algorithms: How the Facebook News Feed Algorithm Manipulates Users’ Perceptions of Opinion Climates, Callie Jessica Morgan
Living with Water in a Modern World: An Analysis of Water Relationships in Two Globally Different Rural Areas, Haley Morris
A Lot of Admiration and a Little Bit of Worship: Parasocial Relationships and Young Women, Raz Mostaghimi
Women and Corrections: A Review of Oregon Prisoners' Perspectives on Procedural Justice, Kelci J. Mueller
A Dendritic Transfer Function in a Novel Fully-connected Layer, Mark Robert Musil
Parasocial Relationships with Podcast Hosts, Mikhaela Nadora
From Refugee to Citizen: Rhizomes and Roots in the Digital Age, Julia Nett
The Synthesis of Di-substituted DOTA Ligands for MRI Contrast Agents., Chau V. Nguyen
Architectural Stewardship: Exploring Interpretation Architecture through the Lens of the Visitor, Graham A. Oden
Mexico's Newest Threat: Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Maria T. Olivares
Gentrification and Aging in Place: Examining the Older African American Population in Portland, OR, Chanelle P. Parris
Portland Oregon’s “Right to Return” Policy & its Relation to Urban Renewal: A Community Psychology Approach, Diadira J. Pedro-Xuncax
Fated Extraction, Elaina Perez
Building Reuse as a Sustainable Practice in Architecture, Mykalene J. Piva
A Drop in The Bucket: Evaluating Modern Print News Coverage of Drought in the U.S., Jessica Pollard
The Effects of Chronic Chemogenetic Stimulation of Nucleus Accumbens on Binge Drinking, The Transcriptome, and Neuronal Morphology, Dar'ya Y. Pozhidayeva