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 2014
Neuropeptide Y: A potential Marker for a Life-History Transition in the Red-Sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis), Daelyn Richards
Helly's Theorem and its Equivalences via Convex Analysis, Adam Robinson
Cul3 Ubiquitin Ligase and Ctb73 Protein Interactions, Lacey Royer
Network Analysis-Based Psychoeducation for GAD, Corinna Scott
Youth Engagement and Portland Neighborhood Associations, Kelly Sellers
Nella Larsen's Passing and Color Theory: Beyond Black & White, Jeff Shoemaker
International Perspectives on Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba, B. Danielle Smith
Strengthening United Nation’s Global Human Rights Policies against Exploitation by Multinational Corporations in South East Asia, Marcellius Smith
A Test of the Optimal Defense Theory: Cyanogenesis in Phaseolus lunatus L., Lauren M. Stady
DETERMINED: Start to Finish - Year 1 : the Freshman to Sophomore Experience, Kathleen Steppe
What's On Your Mind? : A Generational Comparison of Language Use on Online Social Networking Platforms, Samantha Stidham
Prison-Based Animal Programs (PAPs) and Mental Health Outcome Measures, Kaitlyn Swyers
Social Constructs in Film Culture: The Effect of it on the Performing Arts, and the Destroyed Association of Signs to Enhance Meaning, Eileen W. Tom
Affect Perception in Computer Mediated Communication, Rachel E. Townsend
WRF Validation in Portland, OR, Duc Tran
Communication Tools Towards a Bioregional Consciousness, Elona Trogub
A Method for Reducing Ill-Conditioning of Polynomial Root Finding Using a Change of Basis, Edison Tsai
Magnolia: A Creative Thesis Project, Stephanie Tshappat
Salt in the Sandcastle, Jonathan C. Ulrich
Research Thesis Essay of Findings from Campus Language Capacity Survey 2012-2014 Done in Collaboration with the Heritage Language Initiative, Laura Van Doren
Adoption and Child Trafficking: Structural Violence in the International Adoption System, Vanessa Virgiel
A Renewed Look at Ideology and Legislative Professionalism, Jacob Voegele
Neighborhood Sustainability: the Genesis of Three EcoDistricts within Portland, Oregon, Laura Waddick
Katharsis & Tragic Pathos, Jared L. Wait-Molyneux
Understanding Local Jazz Ecology : An Inquiry into what Research is Required to Develop a Comprehensive Understanding of Local Jazz Scenes, Tristan Weitkamp
The Value of Well-Being: Advancing Urban Blue Infrastructure with Holistic Metrics, Lisa Marie White
Frozen, Old, or New? : Comparing Biochemical Markers and Tissue Oxygenation in Transfused Blood, Connor Wiles
Positive Behavior Supports: An Alternative to the Overuse of Psychotropic Drugs, Rachel Woollard
Life Near Death: The Impact of Support Groups for People with Terminal Cancer on Preparatory Grief, Ariel Young
Theses from 2013
Memory Through Dark Glasses, Madison Beaudet
Shifting Identities in a Globalising Metro Manila, Patrick Belin
Classical Political Philosophy and Modern Democracy, Rebekkah Brainerd
The Gap, Adam Brewer
Antifascism Across Borders: Neus Catala and the Spanish Exile Resistance Networks in France, 1939-1945, Julia A. Buck
Building Stories: Modernity, Socialization and Failure in Works of Franz Kafka and Hannah Arendt, Chris Carpenter
A Method for Simulating Acoustic Emissions from Tensile Cracks in Sea Ice, Muciri Nyamu Gatimu
Thinking Through Consciousness, Erica Hanson
The Linguistics of Sentiment Analysis, Laurel Hart
Exploring Realism and Magical Realism in Slum Novels of the Global South, Benjamin Hawkins
Beyond "Rockhood" - Stigma, Diversity, and Renewal in a Suburban Portland Neighborhood, Alison Hébert
"A Most Extraordinary Noise": the Retention of African Slave Musical Culture in Colonial New Orleans' Congo Square, 1718-1860, Alexis Hlavaty
Neo-Kraepelinian Divergences from Kraepelin : What are They and Why They Matter, Lindsay Hoeschen
An Examination of Gentrification and Related Displacement of Black Residents in Portland's Boise Neighborhood, 1990-2010, Jordan Jordan
How Old Regimes Help New Economic Growth, Bondon Kawamoto
Utilizing Affinity Spaces and Critical Literacies for Multi-Media Language Learning : I Can has l3arning on teh interwebz plz?, Allison Lemcke-Kibby
Synthesis of Sulfamoyl‐Aminoacyl Adenylate Analogs for use in Protein‐RNA Structure Determination, Emil Mikael Nilsson
(Ad)dressing the Other: The Amazon in Greek Art, Annaliese Elaine Patten
An Inquiry into the Division of Labor, Raul Reyes
Agricultural Transitions in Northwestern Argentina, Kimberly Reynolds
Stygian Forges: Debating Manufacturing in Early Nineteenth Century Britain, Tim Strikwerda
Lacan, Ideology, and Military Behavioral Health: Exploring Interpellation Psychodiscursively, Joseph R. Van der Naald
Hack All The History! Hackers 1959 - 1991, Kevin Vilbig
Use of Gender Aschematicity in the Reassessment of Gender Concepts, Ashley A. Ward
Theses from 2012
From Simple Healer to Doctorally Educated Clinician, Lindsey deCampos-Stairiker
Pig (Sus scrofa) Exploitation at Hallan Çemi, Southeastern Anatolia: Proposing an Alternative Model, Ximena Lemoine
The Regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 by Growth Hormone via Stat5b, Tiffany Morrison
Interview or Interrogation: a Critical Review of the Efficacy and Ethicality of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing, Arthur J. Nelson
Desegregation and Curricular Reform: The Context of Portland, Oregon's African American Baseline Essays and the Struggle to Desegregate Hearts and Minds, Christopher H. Riser
Instant Canons: Film Festivals, Film Criticism, and the Internet in the Early Twenty-First Century, Morgen Ruff
Defining CCL20’s Role in Carcinogenesis, Melanie Schafer
The Tea Party and Occupy Movements: Populism and Protest, Stephanie Stanley
A Proposal for a Track-II Coalition in the Middle East: Creating the Conditions for Regional Dialogue, Public Engagement, and Security Cooperation, Mart Stewart-Smith
Theses from 2011
Conditions for Progress: Scholarly Music Outside the University, c. 1265-1404, Jeffrey A. Arnsdorf
Revolution, Regeneration and Visions of the "East" in the Russian Imagination, 1890-1932, Meg Langford
Reinhold Niebuhr and His Dialectic Approach to Twentieth-Century Crises, Melissa Cornelius Lang
Roman (Un)Exceptionalism: Dispelling Popular Notions of Roman Belligerence, Jordan Long
The Scientific Revelation: Reading the Books of Scripture and Nature in Newtonian England, Jonathan Phillips
Theses from 2010
From Kobzar to Cold War: The Ideological Trajectory of Ukrainian Nationalism, Trevor FitzSimons Erlacher
Ideologies of Kingship in Thirteenth Century Scandinavia: Heimskringla and the Gesta Danorum, Ryder Patzuk-Russell
Jadidism's Imperial Context: the Russian Empire and Muslim Reformers, 1837-1907, Joshua Shannon-Chastain
The Marijuana Proscription: The State of Cannabis Knowledge in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century U.S., Dylan Thomas Trosper
Virgin Mice, Pregnant Mares: Sex Hormone Research in the United States, 1918-1945, Emily Yoder
Theses from 2009
Me, Mine, and Sometimes Yours: Loyalty and Kinship Structures in the Secret History of the Mongols, Lisa Chere Donnelly
Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade: A Reputation Won?, Chloe Faith Marie Massarello
The Changing Discourse of Historical Studies of Modern Japan in America, Amanda Radmacher
Theses from 2008
Third Rome: Religion, Politics and a Persistent Myth, Seth Brugger Monteith
Theses from 2007
The Legacy of (Scholarly) Conquest: The Significance of the 'New' in Western History, Matthew Edward Baker
Visions of Place: Creating Mount Hood from a Volcano, 1792-1894, Marcus Cornwell
Gods, Emperors, and the Crisis: The Panegyrici Latini and the Novel Ideology of Diocletian and Constantine, Daniel Glenn Fellin
Imperium Superesse: Aristocratic Survival in Late-Antique Gaul, Noah D. Olson
Up from Under the Kyffhäuser: Reassessing Frederick Barbarossa's Motivations and Death on the Third Crusade, Martin Patail
Arbella Stuart: Royal Birth, Noble Exile, and Her Claim to the English Succession, Nick Walden Poublon
Theses from 2006
Under the Thumb of Economics: United States Foreign Policy with Fascist Italy in the 1920s, Erin Hulme
Woman! Be Up and Doing: Gender, Reform, Prohibition, and the WCTU of Oregon, 1894 to 1916, Melissa A. Moss
Perseverance, Adaptation, and the Quest for a New Morality: Anarchism in Spain, 1868-2005, Matthew Nelson
Examining the "Anthropometric Mill": Earnest Albert Hooton and the American Criminal, Audrey Ward
Theses from 2005
The Clerical Wife: Medieval Perceptions of Women During the Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Church Reforms, Cara Lynn Kaser
Religious Conversion in the Greco-Roman Period: A Comparison of Jewish, Pagan and Christian Narratives, Jessica A. Marsden
Theses from 2004
Expropriating America: Chile and United States Economic Foreign Policy, 1969-1972, Stephen J.C. Andes
Theses from 2002
The War on Poverty and The War in Vietnam: The Goals and Limits of Market Capitalism, Sarah X. Thompson
Theses from 1980
Geology of the Columbia River Basalt in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, Elizabeth Storm Norman