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 2016
Elsie's Secret, Mersene Pappas
Future Mrs. President or Simply Bill's Wife? : A Content Analysis of New York Times Coverage of Hillary Clinton in 2008 versus 2016, Chandler E. Paterson
Precipitation Intensity Required for Landslide Initiation in Rwanda, Angela N. Piller
The United States’ Criminal Justice System Divided* : …On the Connection between the Exclusionary Rule and Preserving Civil Liberties, Alexandre Pomar
Migration Movement, Robert Porte
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: a Content Analysis of Self-Inflicted Face-ism on Instagram, Madeline Powell
Applying Deception Detection to True and False Confessions: a Novel Approach to Conducting Experiments in Legal Psychology, Olivia Preston
Standing on the Street Corners of Capitalism : Translations of Tawara Machi's Chocolate Revolution Tanka, Jared Ridabock
The Implications of Contract Manufacturing for a Company’s Brand Equity, Jeremy Riley
The Russian-German Exiles in Kazakhstan: 1940 & 1990 Migrations, Irina Rudenko
Gretchen Kafoury: The Personal is Political, Corinne Rupp
Differences in How Boomers and Millennials Experience Listening to Recorded Music, Pablo Saldana
Ribozyme/Duplex Binding Interactions as a Thermodynamic Basis for Chemical Game Theory, Elizabeth Satterwhite
Three Novel Seminaphthorhodamines: Synthesis, Structure, and Spectral Properties, Chris Schweizer
Autonomous Navigation and Hazard Evasion Platform for Personal UAV's, Ryan Scott
Best Practices for Internal Controls to Prevent Occupational Fraud in Small Businesses?, Stephanie Shao
Exploring the Negative Perceptions of Female Legislators: the Consequences of Gender Quotas in Argentina, Marcella Silverman
#BlackLivesMatter: This Generation's Civil Rights Movement, Tanika Siscoe
Feminist Outdoor Leadership: Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity through Outdoor Education, Amber Smith
Israeli Agency in the Iran-Contra Affair, Eugene Smith
Physician Quality Reporting System: Initiative to Improve Care for Medicare Beneficiaries, Sara Smith
Fitness and Fatness: The Conflation of Weight with Health, and the Consequences of Fat-Shaming, Kristin Spurkland
An Examination of Approaches to Domestic Violence Advocacy: Recommendation for Generalizable, Experimental Study, Melanie Stewart
Language Sample Length Effects on Various Lexical Diversity Measures: An Analysis of Spanish Language Samples from Children, Morgan Stills
Fetal Stress and Neurogenesis in Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, Kalera Stratton
Adverse Effects of Mercury and Some Management Options to Reduce Dental Amalgam Waste, Marta Szabatin
Psychology at a Distance: Examining the Efficacy of Online Therapy, Ryan Baird Thompson
Stephen Langton, the Chanter Circle, and the Semiotics of Violence in a Crusading Culture, Andrew Thornebrooke
Human Trafficking and Potential Solutions in the Russian Federation, Phil Turoff
Oregon Youth Peer Courts: Grand Jury Style, Sierra Udland
The Politics of Water in Mexico City, Richelle Van Dusen
Downtown Revitalized, Community Organized: a Comparative Analysis of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Portland, Oregon, Amber Wagoner
A Question of Belief: The Narrative of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim, Madison Wegener
Niche Television Content, Taya Welter
Collective Intervention: an Analysis of the Political Issues Regarding Secession, Self-Determination, and Sovereignty in the Republic of Kosovo, Benjamin Werthan
Asbestos Exposure in Demolition: an Analysis of Abatement Practices and Alternatives to Demolition, Allison Woolverton
Looking to the Future of Education: A Social Art Practice Pedagogy, Alexis Xochihua
Defining Protein Interactions: Ankle Link Proteins of Stereocilia in Hair Cells, Ladan Yazdidoust
Theses from 2015
Evaluating the Success of Forest Restoration, Josh Adams
Escaping Cascadia, Todd Albertson
Vasectomy Disparities among Foreign-Born Latinos Living in the United States : a Preliminary Study, Midori Mawi Altamirano
Analytic Thinking Predicts Vaccine Endorsement: Linking Cognitive Style and Affective Orientation Toward Childhood Vaccination, Daniel A. Anderson
Divine Diets: Food and Fasting of Medieval Mystics in the Vitae of Thomas of Cantimpré, Hannah Anderson
Estella, Roxana L. Arguello
Fostering Critical Thought Alongside the Common Core State Standards, Bianca Arias
Algeria in Perspective: Changing the Understanding of the Modern Algerian State, Austin Averett
α-TEA's Tumor Toxicity may be Attributed to its Capability of Inducing Oxidative Damage in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, Diego Mathias Barragan Echenique
Romantic Identity and LGBTQ Identification: Variations of Experience in the Asexual Community, Alexa Bell
Polyethylene Glycol and Silica Coatings of Bismuth Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Whole Serum Compatibilities, Victor Benavides-Montes
The Corporatization of Retail Pharmacy: Changes in Efficacy, Reliability, and Expedience, Charles Bodreau
Empowering the Voice of the Female Student: A Gender Inclusive Approach to the High School Language Arts Curriculum, Brittany Bonnet
Animals in Advertising: Eliciting Powerful Consumer Response, Resulting in Enhanced Brand Engagement, Natasha Braunwart
"The Avalanche" : A Cantata for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Viola, and Harp, Lily Breshears
Drift of Plumes in the Mantle, Luke Douglas Brown
Conceptualization of the Memorial Tattoo in Scholarly Literature, Nicole Brown
References to Gendered Grief in Children's Media: A Content Analysis of Grief Picture Books, Machaila Budgeon
The Role of Mitochondrial Superoxide Dismutase (SOD2) During a Coxiella Burnetii Infection, Rachel Diantha Champaigne
Continuity vs. Discontinuity: The Issue of Race and Forced Labor After Emancipation in the American South, Alexander Elliott Clarke-Ritter
Culture is a Language, Can't You Read?: Reading Gay Rights as Human Rights, Jen Corbridge
A Bird Flies Into a Pane of Glass Again and Again and Again, Zachary Cosby
Digitally Enhanced Classrooms: Understanding the Effect of Individualized Technology on Language Arts Instruction in Elementary Schools, Celine De Clercq
Determining Initial Firing Temperatures of Thule Era (1000-250 ya) Pottery from Two Northwest Alaskan Archaeological Sites, Jonathan Duelks
Making a Meaningful Contribution to Clinical Research, Eric Eddy
Body-Worn Cameras: A Step Toward Trust and Legitimacy for Campus Police, Jaycee Elliott
The Body: Conceptualizing Abortion in Contemporary Ireland, Sofia Ellis-Curry
Methods of Collecting and Separating Atmospheric Organic Aerosols for Analysis Using Two-Dimensional Gas and Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry, Craig Fairbaugh
Revenant Joe Pilot Script, Will Ferguson
On the Role of Probability in Hume's Imagination and Associationism: a Bayesian Response to Fodor's Hume Variations, Jason Krivo Flores
Unfolding Trees & Symmetrically-Associated Graphs, Kaelyn Flowerday
MOSCAP Oxide Charges, August George
The Majorization Minimization Principle and Some Applications in Convex Optimization, Daniel Giles
The Wild Side : Get Fierce, Get Fit, Get Fun, Mason Goché
Conversion and Conversation : Speech and Social Change in Jean Toomer's Cane, Travis Grail-Bingham
A Paradigm Shift: From a Categorical to Dimensional Diagnostic Model of Personality Disorder, Jessica Green
Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Fluorescent Chemosensor Data, Kimberly Guttinger
Early-Stage Transition to Predictive Maintenance : Using CMMS, IR Scans, and Vibration Analysis to Improve Uptime and Lower Maintenance Costs, Jason Hamilton
Geochemistry and Petrography of Igneous Components of the Dalles Formation in the Dufur West Quadrangle, Oregon, Heather H. Herinckx
Disparity in the Responses to the European Financial Crisis: Cyprus and the State of Bail-In Policy, Kelly Hess
A Musical Interpretation of the Past : America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan Re-told through the Craft of Folk Songs, Haley H. Heynderickx
English Education in Thailand and Singapore : Differences in English Education, Use and Identity, Chelsey Hice
Diversity within Asian Americans: Barriers to the Public Discussion of Discrimination, Samantha I. Ing
Words that Help: a Journey through Expressive Writing, Jaede Ishikawa
Towards Graphene Remote Plasma Interfacial Growth and Auger Spectra Simulation, Alex Jacobson
Examining the Responses of Police when Interacting with the Mentally Ill: A study of Portland Police Bureau’s Behavioral Health Unit, Marina Kabot-Sturos
Development and Initial Application of Low-Molecular Weight Organic Acids and Inorganic Ionic Species in Aerosol Particulate Matter via Ion Chromatography, Clarissa D. Karpinski
Thirty Years Later: A Community Memoir of the 1984 Sikh Massacres, Ravleen Kaur
Person First Planet: A Comprehensive Review of Person First Language, James Kirszenbaum
The Cultural Gap: Deaf Community and Speech-Language Pathologists, Megan Knight
Get Your Run On: Coding a Website, Kadie Kobielusz
Comparison of Monowave and Polywave Transmission and Curing Profile thru Various Composites, Anna Kolpakova
That Mysterious, Remisse Knot: Katherine Philips's Unincorporated Fraternity, Rene Kramer
Compassion Fatigue, the Wellness of Care Providers, and the Quality of Patient Care, Merna Labib
Never You Mind What They Say, It's Still Not Okay To Be Gay, Kelley Lawson
A Study on the Effects of Using Redox Active Solvents on the Photophysical Properties of Hydride-Terminated Silicon Nanoparticles, Eunice Y. Lee
Socioeconomic Disparities in the Provision of Outdoor Time in Portland, Oregon Public Elementary Schools, Sabine L. Lefkowitz