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 2015
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
Unequal Medicine: The Impact of Patient Mistrust on the Racial Differences in Reproductive Health Outcomes, Ashley Lenherr
The Role of Translesion DNA Polymerase(s) in the Survival of Escherichia Coli Exposed to UVA Light in the Presence of Psoralen and Angelicin, Dena Livingstone
Biomimetic Model Membranes to Study Protein-membrane Interactions and their Role in Alzheimer’s Disease, Grant W. Marquart
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Physical Activity According to Social Media: a Content Analysis of Celebrities' Posts on Twitter and Instagram, Amelia Meisser
Avoiding Online Predators: Proactive Measures Companies Can Take to Protect Their Female Consumers, Alexandra Meneely
The Potential of Serious Games as Mental Health Treatment, Sheena M. Miller
Green Roofs Support a Wide Diversity of Collembola in Urban Portland, Oregon, Konrad Miziolek
Growing Writers, Katherine Moffitt
Organizational Culture Change Resulting from Human Resources Outsourcing, Emily Murrell
Effective Methods of Constituency Service in Oregon State, Thanh T. Ngo
How Vocal Classification Affects Young Singers, Anthony Nguyen
Designing Nanochelators for Cancer Therapy, Tan Pham-Duy Nguyen
The Adverse Effects of Maternal Depression and Poverty on Child Development, Courtney A. Nyseth
Dendritic Cell-Targeted Vaccinations: A Promising Immunotherapeutic Approach to Cancer Treatment, Elin Holliday Odegard
Best Practices for Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Zeke Ogburn
Learning Intercultural Competency through International Immersion Travel, Jessica Patching-Bunch
Changes in Cerebral Cortical Aquaporin-1 Expression in Multiple Sclerosis, Thao Pham
The French Economy: An Examination of Competition and Regulation, Katherine Quick
Trans•form|mogrify|mutate, Sierra Randolph
Analyzing Riboswitches as a Function of Genome Size and Genus Ancestry in Gammaproteobacteria, Robyn Reid
Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Undergraduate College Students: Risk Factors and Barriers to Treatment Present Within Universities, Jessica Brinton Roesch
Paintings of Home, Alix Ryan
Supporting At-Risk Student Success: Incentives and Accountability Matter, Jordan Sell
Technicalities: a Memoir, Shelley Smith
Promotion of Thriving in Youth: The Intersections of the Positive Youth Development Perspective and Challenge Course Programming, Zachary H. Snyder
Spellbound: the Process of Adaptation, Amanda Sonju
Linear Regression Analysis on Net Income of an Agrochemical Company in Thailand, Supichaya Sunthornjittanon
Crossing the Tracks, Keaton Suskie
Specializing in Normal: An Overview of Midwifery in the US, Lucille Tower
Hohenzollern Prussia: Claiming a Legacy of Legitimacy, Jeremy Brooks Weed
The Great Good Bicycle Shop: Exploring the Community Roles of a Neighborhood Business, Timothy J. Wesolowski
Trauma and Mental Health: The Development, Treatment, and Future of, John Anthony Wheeler
Household Food Security and Food Sovereignty : Framing the Future of Hunger and Agriculture, Andrea Wilson
Testing and Characterizing a Novel Sampling Method for Aerosols : Application of SPE for Oxidized Gas-Phase Compounds, Daniel Wright
Conceptual Writing on a Digital Narrative Project, Shelley Zansler
Theses from 2014
Foucault Concept Communication: An Examination of Alcoholics Anonymous, Amanda Joy Arms
Music and Acculturation: Using Culture-focused Music Therapy to Address the Adverse Effects of Acculturative Stress, Christopher A. Arnold
The Cultural Trombone: a Contemporary View on National Performance Practices, Sam Arnold
How has India's Rapidly Growing ICT Sector Impacted its Rural Poor?, Jasmine Bartolome
The Role of Translational Neuroscience in the Evidence-Based Practice of Clinical Psychology, Anthony Beers
The Birth of Tragedy in Lars von Trier's Melancholia, Wendy Shanel Behrend
Sense of Place and Stakeholder Involvement in Rural Environmental Management, Jessica Lynn Beutler
Américo Castro, Saint James, and Spain: the History of a Belief, Daniel Blanchard
Drainage Reversals Due to Tectonic Uplift: an Investigation through Modeling, Max Gregory Bordal
Fragments of Struggle : Five Short Stories by Kobayashi Takiji, Benjamin Robert Burton
Conflict and Tourism in Uganda, Brie Busey
The Occurrences, References and Projected Attitudes About LGBT Lifestyles in Children's Media: A Content Analysis of Animated Films, Michael Caldwell
Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion and Quantum Entanglement, Jesse Catalano
The Technological Humanity of John Dewey, E. A. Chunn
Children of Alcoholics: How Patterns and Perceptions of the Past Affect the Future, Lindsey Anne Cochran
Palestinian Women of the Intifada: the Women’s Committees, 1987-1988, Melinda Cohoon
Pilot Season, Kelly Cousineau
Mindfulness and Test Performance after Stereotype Activation: a Randomized Experiment, Charles J.Z. Daniel
The Secret Life of the Cross-Cultural Fairy Tale: A Comparative Study of the Indonesian Folktale "Bawang Merah, Bawang Putih" and Three European Fairy Tales, Sarah Nicole Donaldson
Platonic Forms and Unicorns: Plato's Philosophy in Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn, Jade Donigan
If It Wasn't This: Collected Short Stories, Kevin Dorn
Love's Labour's Lost: A History of the Question "Why is there No Socialism in the United States?", Alexander M. Dunphy
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The Media’s Presentation of The Second Chance Act: Funding for Reentry Following Prison, a content analysis, Ailene Joyce Farkac
Classification of Four Meteorite Samples, Karla Farley
The Woman in White: Problems with Editorial History & Classification of Genre in Proposing a New Edition, Andréa Franke
Social Media and Self: Influences on the Formation of Identity and Understanding of Self through Social Networking Sites, Madison Ganda
Better Beams Through Simplicity: High-intensity Free-Jet Sources in Neutral Atom Microscopy, Galen Rhodes Gledhill
Causation in Orosius' Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, Kiefer Greig
An Update to the Proficiency Benchmarks for Surgical Simulation Training in Laparoscopy at Oregon Health and Science University, Caleb Alan Haley
"L'Affaire des Princes": Baroque Architecture and Factional Politics in Regency Paris, 1715-1723, Jordan Hallmark
Traversing the United States-Mexico Border: Gender and Kinship in Migrant Families, Patrick S. Harhai
Gender Complex Curriculum for the Portland Public School District: Proposal, Kathryn Hayes
Spindle Shaped Virus (SSV) : Mutants and Their Infectivity, Thien Hoang
"Russia is a European State" : Gender and Publicity in Early Imperial Russia, William Forrest Holden
Electrohydrodynamic Thrusters: An Examination of the Biefeld-Brown Effect and its Influence on its Surroundings, Cameron Howell
Selected Critiques of the Philosophical Underpinnings of the Neoclassical School, Thomas Howell
Comics and the Complicit Reader: Closure as a Transgressive Technique in Transmetropolitan, Kyle Knox
The Socialization of Women and Its Effect on the Wage Gap Within the United States, Kaitlin Lawrence