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 2017
How to Address Music Performance Anxiety (MPA): an Explorative Study, Jing Kappes
The Power of the Court: Racial Discrimination as Evidenced through Supreme Court Decisions After 1954, Marry A. Karam
Genetic Diversity in Frankia -- Host Plant Relationships, Emily S. Kauffman
Distance Learning in Physics: an Investigation of Possible Benefits to Female Students in an Online Laboratory Environment, Caitlin Marie J. Kepple
Women and the Wilderness: a Review of Barriers to Participation, Current Coping Strategies, and Guidance for Future Programs, Naiyear Khajavei
Managing: a Novella, Ivy J. Knight
Summus Deus: a Collection of Short Stories, Marisha Knutson
Design Door, Kate Noelle Kobielsky
Elucidating Mild Cognitive Impairment: a Review of Diagnostic Research, Jason K. Koch
Knowledge Spaces and the Politics of Pedagogy: Politicizing Portland State University's Environmental Education Paradigms, Sasha Kramer
Microfinance: the Impacts of a Poverty Reduction Approach and Financial Systems Approach on Poor Rural Households in Vietnam, Cardin A. Le
How Do Acts of Terror Affect Public Discourse Concerning Immigration? A Media Analysis Surrounding the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Braedon Lehman
Best Practices to Reduce Supplier Power Asymmetries for Microbusinesses, Danielle Lessler
Determination of Electronic Cigarette Liquid Water Content by NMR Spectroscopy, Michael Lethin
Body Changes with Baby: a Qualitative Insight into Body Image After Birth, Samantha Lewis
Abstinence-only Sex Education in the United States: How Abstinence Curricula Have Harmed America, Moira N. Lynch
Supervisor Self-Other Agreement, Family-Supportive Supervisor Behaviors and Job Attitudes, Luke D. Mahoney
Arabic Diglossia within Palestinian-Arab Folk Narratives, Jordan M. Martinez
A Biological Comparison of Two Sites: an Ecological Approach Using Community Ecology Metrics Based on Insect Faunal Composition, Kennedy J. Martin
How Does the 12-step Model of Recovery Benefit and Complicate Harm Reduction Strategies for Substance Abusing Adolescent Youth?, Matthew Matteini
The Relationship Between Concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Moss and Tree Cover in Portland OR, Andrew S. Mautz
Not a Dirty Word: Encouraging Feminist Activism through Design and Social Practices, Gabriella L. McKenzie
Language in the Korean Workplace: an Analysis of Hierarchical Language Use in the Drama Misaeng, Jessie Nicole McNeill
Paving the Path for Sex Education: an Analysis of Journey Metaphors in Political Rhetoric, Tara McQueen
From the Ground Up: the Intersection of Environment and Industry in Portland, Oregon, Madelyn Miller
The Politics of Gardening in J.M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K, Jessica F. Moore
A Method for Optimizing q-Valued Quantum Multiplexers, Justin T. Morgan
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Rape Myth Acceptance among Adolescent Males – How to Integrate Components of Preventative Sexual Assault Programs into Sex Education, Alexandra M. Munford
The Roots and Repercussions of Moroccan Soft Wheat Consumption, Production, and Import Patterns, Anna Murphy
The Shrinehouse, Shauna C. Murphy
Effect of Mitochondrial Dysfunction on Age-Related Subcellular Damage & Autofluoresence in C. elegans, Ashleigh R. Mustain
The Relationship of Neighborhood Factors, Parental Behaviors and Peer Relations and Their Effects on Delinquency, Eric Naramore
Shifting Advertising Agency Structure and Evolving Technology, Sarah A. Norris
Diversity and Inclusion in Pacific Northwest Theatre & Strategies to Improve the Success of These Pursuits, Madelyn M. Odegaard
The Failures of Equal Protection: an Examination of the Supreme Court's Three-Tiered Test in Equal Protection Claims, Jazmyn A. Ortiz
Integer Partitions and Why Counting Them is Hard, Jose A. Ortiz
Nonverbal Communication in Business Setting Between Japan and the U.S., Chi Dao Ozawa
Cultural Identity and Cuisine in Taiwan, Cassidy A. Pfau
Associations between Willingness to Exert Cognitive Effort and Smoking Abstinence, Austin A. Phanouvong, Darby K. Dyar, and Suzanne H. Mitchell
Relationship Between Social Anxiety & Facebook Surveillance, Jordan J. Rasmussen
Empathy in the Multicultural Classroom, Selene Rasmussen
Reducing Stigma Associated with Schizophrenia, James Reling
The Impact of Religious Diversity Management Strategies on Employee Attitudes, Moises E. Rios Jr.
User Centered Design Methods as Applied to Manufacturing Methanol Cookstoves for Mushers in Arctic Climates, Aimee Ritter
Sounding the Atmosphere during the First World War: American Meteorological Practice in the Signal Corps Meteorological Service, 1917-1937, Ian M. Rollins
The Role of a Stage Manager: the Importance of Communication, Respect, and Trust within Production Work, Ever Daniel Rosales
Developmental Trauma Disorder & Effective Therapeutic Interventions, Ellena C. Rosenthal
A Probe for Characterization of Natural Phenomena Using the Modulated Scattering Technique, Daniel D. Schaeffer
Ethanol-Nicotine Combinations Induces C-Fos Expression within Stress and Reward-Related Circuitry, Jacob J. Schoen
Wearable Inertial Sensors Allow for Quantitative Assessment of Arthroscopic Skill in a Cadaveric Shoulder Model, Bryan C. Schreiner
Adolescents in the Emergency Room: Assessing and Addressing Suicide Risk, Kahae C. Sellars
Low Cost Air Quality Monitoring: Exploration and Development of Prototype, Mimi Shang
To Love a Highly Sensitive Person: a Theoretical Study on Romantic Relationships and Sensitivity, Rose Sherman
Examining the Reproducibility and Feasibility of Developing Silicon Dioxide Coated Bismuth Nanoparticles as Potential Imaging Contrast Agents, Aishwarya S. Shimpi
Power Dynamics and Environmental Resource Flows in the Network Society: Water Bottling and Policy Development in the Columbia Gorge, Cody Shotola-Schiewe
Mechanistic Elements of BAFF-BCR Crosstalk in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Bhargava Sreekantham
Volunteering to Colonize: a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Impacts of Voluntourism, Yetta Rose Stein
Is Ecotourism an Outdated Solution to Orangutan Conservation in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo?, Ellis E. Thompson
From STEM to STEAM: the Neuroscience Behind the Movement Towards Arts Integration in K-12 Curricula, Kayla G. Townsley
Evaluating Student Growth in High School Science Education Through the Lens of Science Identity, Vanessa Tran
Youth Who Commit Sexual Offenses: Tensions Between Public Perception, Legislative Barriers, and Research Findings, Jesse Turner
How Online Social Media Persona Affects Personal Identity and Self, Marlon Jovi S. Valencia
Skin in the Game: Voter Preference on the Subject of Bi-Racial Candidate Skin-Tone, Daniel A. Vandehey
If It Is Unsightly, Is It Less Healthy? Understanding the Consumer’s Desire for Aesthetically Perfect Produce, Dina VanderWaal
Using Cultural Relevancy to Promote African American Brain Health, Miya Walker
Sexual Education Pedagogy in the Global South: PubMed Data in the Age of Globalization, Grace A. Walker-Stevenson
Discrimination and Health: Sleep and Racism-related Vigilance in Wave 5 of Americans' Changing Lives Study, Jennifer Werekeitzen
On Finding a Simulation Model for Carbon Nanotubes as Through-Silicon-Vias, Alec Wiese
Comparing Infiltration Models to Estimate Infiltration Potential at Henry V Events, Rachel L. Wilson
Implications of Psychotherapy and Low-Dose Medication Following First-Episode Psychosis, Alyssa Woolley
Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise: Analyzing the Benefits of Different Forms of Exercise for Adults Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, Mark A. Yakubovich
Contemporary Attitudes Towards the Senpai-Kōhai Relationship, Michiko Yoshinaga
Social Class and the Establishment of the London Metropolitan Police Force, Michelle C. Zachary
Theses from 2016
Gender, Networking, and Transnationalism: a Case Study from Dakar, Senegal, Sarah Akin
Integration of Movement/Posture: A Dynamic Adaptive Process Model, Daniel A. Akins
Groundwater Recharge of a Landslide : An Isotopic and Meteorological Analysis, Bryan Allen
Nesting Microhabitat Use by a Ground-nesting Songbird: Strict Preferences or Random Choice?, Jazzmine Allen
Black and Green: How Disinvestment, Displacement and Segregation Created the Conditions For Eco-Gentrification in Portland's Albina District, 1940-2015, Carter William Ause
Review: A Novel Multiple Sclerosis Model Utilizing Cuprizone and Rapamycin, Mara Bahri
Who Matters?: Effective Classroom Management Strategies for Multicultural Elementary Education, Erica Bailey-Ramos
"Like a Parasite Dozing in the Gut": Idleness and Tending in J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K, Patrick Barrett
Binti: Daughter of Arab America, Melika Valentine Belhaj
Trans* Folks in Motion: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals' Experiences of Transit and Transit Spaces, Jade Benner
Anticommercial Purposes: New Methods in Graphic Design and Radical Environmental Change, Nina Berry
Carbon Dioxide Concentrations: An Examination of Carbon Sequestration via Global Reforestation, Jordan Bertagnolli
Palestinian Opinion on Peace: Analysis of Survey Data from the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Kaylee G. Brink
Fathering Interventions for Men who Use Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Perceived Benefits and Risks, Aaron L. Brown
Rose City Salon, Joan Brown
Aphrodite of Knidos, Trendsetter: Depictions of the Female Nude and Sexuality in Ancient Greek Sculpture, Krista Buell
Communication Methods in Healthcare for Latinos with Limited English Proficiency: Physician Language Concordance and Children as Translators, Katie Castellanos
Cofactor Binding Determinants in the NADPH-Dependent Nitrile-Oxidoreductase QueF, Spencer William Cohen
Prison Programs to Reduce Recidivism: What is the Ideal Structure of an Inmate Reentry Program?, Magali Davila-Centeno
Currents in Fishery Management, Genevieve DePuy
Meditation and Mindfulness: Combatting Negative Mindsets and Mental Health Afflictions While Promoting Positives such as Confidence and General Well-Being, Charlotte R. Dicharry