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.

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Theses from 2022

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Addressing the Body Mass Index Using a Teaching Math for Social Justice Lens, Riley J. Wolfe

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Werwolf, Weswolfs, Wemwolf, Wenwolf: Gender, Morality, and Transformation in Annette von Droste-Hülshoff’s “Der Loup Garou” (1860), Hasol Yu

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Analyzing Perceptions and Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence Within Muslim Communities, Areebah Zaidi

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Montessori Schools: How and Why Do They Impact Student Relationships and Communication Skills?, Jacquelyn G. Zavala

Theses from 2021

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NHANES III Mortality Follow Up: Social Determinants Creating Disparity within the Health Outcomes of Persons with Diabetes, Claire B. Adams

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The Journey to El Norte: An Analysis of Gendered Violence on Central American Migrant Trails, Rachel A. Adams

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A Hidden Crisis During COVID-19: How Have Intimate Partner Violence Screening Guidelines for Pregnant Patients Changed Since the Start of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic?, Zayba Afshar

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A Buddhist-Informed Conceptual Framework for Compassion Fatigue Prevention, Andrei A. Agapi

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Happy 😊, Sad 😥or Pizza 🍕: A Review of Emoji Effects on Reading Times and their Relation to Mood, Fetheya Alattar

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The Significance of Christian Iconography in Communist Mexican Muralism of Diego Rivera, Rachel Renee Amaro

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Expression and Function of Transcription Factors FOXA1, HOXB13 and CDX2 in Prostate Cancer, Hamsat B. Anwar

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Understanding the Effect of Dietary Palmitic Acid on Glycolysis During Innate Immune Memory in Macrophages, Khaleda A. Aqaei

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Should Synergy Alone be Accepted as Justification for Premia Paid in M&A?, Sebastian Araguas

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Childhood Sexual Abuse in Contemporary Fiction, Alana Baldwin-Joiner

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Towards an Evolutionary-Institutional Analysis of Landlordship, Jaye Balentine

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Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on Gene Expression in the Amyloid Processing Pathway of Ovariectomized Rhesus Macaque Females Under an Obesogenic Diet, Megan Ball

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The Wounded Inheritance: Epigenetics and the Family Line, Lisa Banta

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How to Escape 130 Years of Being Unnatural, Incompetent, and Unviable: American Women Presidential Candidates Take to Social Media, Izabella Becherer

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Disaster and the Built Environment: How the PREPhub has the Potential to Impact Preparedness and Create Resilience during Natural Disasters., Sequoia Bellanca

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COVID-19 & BLM: Racial Inequity in Healthcare, Laken Berndt

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Noise as Music: Effects of Physical and Digital Noise in One's Life, Juliana Bigelow

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The Relationship Between Regulation and Care Access in the Doula Industry, Charissa Billings

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Methods of Memorialization: Holocaust Commemoration in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Kylee Bolinger

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Seabedding: Stories, Hayley Boyd

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Quantifying Biotic VOC Emissions from Moss: Air Quality Impacts of Isoprene and Monoterpenes in Urban Environments, Danlyn L. Brennan

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North American Expatriates in Mexico: a Discourse Analysis of Facebook Groups, Liliana Carolina Brock

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The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs), Future Adult Incarceration, and Poor Mental Health- A Literature Review, Letasi M. Burgess

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Racialized Space: Historical, Economic, and Social Factors Contributing to the Gentrification of North & Northeast Portland's Albina Neighborhoods, Red Burkett

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Anatomical Analysis of Somatic Mutation Accumulation in Mimulus guttatus, Amanda Burrell

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Mary: A Creative Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley through the Lens of Her Interpersonal Relationships, Julien-Pierre E. Campbell

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Suppressing Our Vote: How Vote-by-Mail Affects Latino Voter Turnout, M. Karen Casas-Gonzalez

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Metabolism and Oncology: the Role of Nutrition in Improving Cancer Outcomes, Michael A. Chapek

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An Investigation into the Relationship between Obstetric Racism and Postpartum Depression in Black Women, Miguel A. Claxton III

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Legal Financial Obligations & Rehabilitation: How the Ability to Pay Fines And Fees Disproportionately Affects Citizens Based on Socioeconomic Status, Bailey R. Code

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Breaking the Feedback Loop: Experimental Filmmakers Confronting Everyday Surveillance Technologies, Taz Coffey

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Scratch a Desert, Produce a Garden: The American Failure to Facilitate a Two-State Solution, Sophie Myers Concannon

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Higher Education for All Law Enforcement Officers, Johana Constantino Madrigal

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A Tale of Two Narratives: The Role of Storytelling in Racial Dialogue, Lane Cooper

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Exploring the Criminal Justice System Through a Case Study Approach: Exploring the Intersections and Interventions of the Juvenile Justice System Through a Case Study Approach, Adriana Cordova-Perez

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An Integrative Review of Fathers' Needs During the Transition to Fatherhood: Implications for Perinatal Education, Carli Cox

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The Effects of Mental Illness on Capital Sentencing in the State of Oregon, Mirtill E. Csikos

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"Memories of a Family" (2021): a Reflection on My Process as an Interviewer and Filmmaker, Kyle Day

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Witches as Queer(ed) Comrades: How Patriarchy, Sexism and Religious Fanaticism Fueled the Early Modern European Witch Hunts, Iris S. De Lis

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Pandemic Music: Developing Music Compositions for Performance During Covid-19, Maia R. Denzler

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The Effective Opening: Nonviolent Movements and How They Can Help to Enforce International Law Pertaining to Human Rights, Emmalyn A. Dewing

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Trauma and Child Development: The Effects That Ice Detention Centers May Have On Our Children, Natalie A. DeWitt

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Building a Leader's Identity on Social Media, Morningstar Dickson

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The Effect of Diazepam on Early Neural Stem Cells Proliferative Activity and Hippocampal-Dependent Memory after Traumatic Brain Injury, Van Khanh Doan

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Our Peer the Pigeon: Impacts of the COVID-19 "Anthropause" on PSU Campus Urban Foragers, Audrey Douglass

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A Comparison of Particulate Matter Deposition onto Green Roof Species and White Roof in Portland, Oregon, Amelia Drake

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emmenagogue: poems of the body, Jessamyn Duckwall

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Corporate Sociopolitical Activism and Nonprofit Identity Orientation on an Individual's Likelihood to Support, Tara Duenas

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Spanning Trees of Complete Graphs and Cycles, Minjin Enkhjargal

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Remote Data Collection: How Broadband Connectivity Affected the Conversion of Physical Performance Testing to the Remote Setting During COVID-19: A Research Assistant's Assessment, Ramyar Eslami

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Examination of Exhaustion in Larval Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus Tridentatus) Through Variations of Temperature, Flow, and Cover, Jessica Falcon

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Preparing to Perform: Brillance, by Ida Gotkovsky, Connor Fast

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A Study of Stable Isotopes in Snow on Mt. Hood, Oregon, Maya Felix

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Rapid Method for Consistency and Concentration Reporting of Cannabidiol Using 1H-NMR and Computer-Assisted Chemical Software, Michael A. Fernando

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What's Important to You? A Look into the Historical and Social Significance of Buttons, Hope JE Ferns

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The Transition of American Theatre Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic from March 2020-May 2021, Taylor Fischer

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Optimization of 3D Printed Mold Performance for Injection Molding via Hollow Infill Patterns, Alan Fong

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Plastic-Eating Microbes: a New Potential Solution to Waste Mitigation?, Megan Forbes

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How Can Portland's Urban Landscape Better Utilize Stormwater?, Joni Frame

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Portland Park Signage: an Exploration into Reimaging Placemaking, Samuel Garcia

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How Transitional, Restorative, and Transformative Justice Will Address Racial Injustice, Isabelle Garnand

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A Student Led Assessment of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Environmental Science and Management Department at Portland State University, Aneesha Gharpurey

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Dual Panics: A Media Analysis of Narratives on the Role of Unauthorized Migration in America's Overdose Crisis, Morgan Godvin

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Relationships Between Coping Mechanisms and Perceived Stress of Portland State University Community Members Amidst COVID-19, Julie Goldman

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Human Impact on Pacific Harbor Seals in Urban Southern Puget Sound, Washington, Vicky Gomez

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Reducing Stigma Associated with Growing Up Poor: How to Create a More Equitable Future for Working Class Adolescents, Jessica Goodpaster

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CONNECTION, COMPASSION, and HONESTY: Using Picture Books to Help Build a Healthier Relationship to Death in a Death-Denying Culture, Kami Sahalie Upshaw Gould

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The Community Case for Violence: Toward a Materialist Perspective on Community Work, Aven Handley-Merk

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How to Decide Whether and How to Sell a Small Family Business, Gabriel Harlow

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How Has Cultural Marxism Been Used as a Political Tactic in Order to Decrease Trust in Higher Education?, Drew Havnaer

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Density of Free-Roaming Cats Related to Feeding Stations on Hayden Island, Oregon, Olivia Helback and Joe Liebezeit

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Automated Decision Making and Machine Learning: Regulatory Alternatives for Autonomous Settings, Alyssa Heminger

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The Role of Cognitive Load and Individual Differences When Interpreting Human-Resource Data Visualizations, Zachary Hesson

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Partizan: Separating the Human from Propaganda with Film, Raymond Hill

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All Changelings Have Autism: How to Make a Better Book for Autistic Children, Nadia L. Hitchcock

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Comparing Instruments for Measuring Runoff from Experimental Ecoroof Platforms: A Case Study on Test Plots at Portland State University, Chance F. Hodges

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The Meghan Markle Effect: An Analysis of a 21st Century Celebrity through a Veblenian Perspective, Lucy Jensen

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A Corpus Approach Study on the Manzanar Free Press, Danielle Jochums

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Literature Review: Pollutant Removal Efficacy of Floating Treatment Wetlands Across Water Bodies, Sophie Johnson

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Exploring Connections Between Food Sovereignty, Cultural Food Access and Urban Health Promotion: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Stephanie L. Kenyon

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Functional Role of the N-terminal Domain in Connexin 46/50 by in silico Mutagenesis and Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Umair Khan

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Colorism in Mexico: An Examination of Inequality and the Psychological Impact in the Form of Depression, Ana K. Kinzie

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Queer: A 25 Year History, A Blooming Identity, Greer Klepacki

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Understanding Ransomware Trajectory to Create an Informed Prediction, J. D. Klusnick

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The Diminishing Power and Democracy of Hong Kong: An Analysis of Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement and the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, Xiao Lin Kuang

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The Band Chervona: Russian Musical Traditions in the Portland Diaspora, Zoe Landi Fontana

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Addressing and Supporting Mental Health Today: Society-Wide and in Hospital Emergency Departments, Kira La Sage

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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and its Reauthorization as the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) with its Impact on Funding, Education Policy, and Supporting the Change for Improvement of Student Achievement, Kaylee LaTocha

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"The Caucasian Persuasion Here in the 'Dale": Othering, White Normality, and Post-Racialism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Isaiah Lee

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How Indigenous-Language Court Interpreters and Clients Navigate the U.S. Court System Under Strict Court-Interpreting Guidelines, Ashten Lehwalder

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Fostering Connectedness Amidst Crisis: LGBTQ Communities in 2020, Daniel Leister-Gray

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Black Gold, White Gold, and the Bear's Influence Over Central Asian Economies, Jennifer Leo

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Virology: Mutagenizing the Proteolytic Cleavage Site in the Major Capsid Protein in SSV1, Thejanee Liyanaarachchi

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Boy: Creation in a Void, Archer Long

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The Role of Native Lens α-crystallin in Amyloid Suppression Using β-amyloid as a Model Amyloid Client, Leilani Lopes

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Testing for Cognitive Deficits after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury using the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metric and Dual-Task Assessments, Jasmin Mabry