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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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When My Intersecting Identities of Being Racially Oppressed and Privileged Become Blurred: An Autoethnographic Dive Into Unlocking the Polarities of Who I Am, Susan Acosta (Dissertation)

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Layout-Aware Quantum Circuitry and Algorithmic Extensions to Grover's Algorithm, Ali Al-Bayaty (Dissertation)

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"I'm strictly t4t": Trans for Trans Connections in the Contemporary, Madi Lou Alexander (Thesis)

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Detecting and Analyzing Frequency Events in Power Systems Using Tunable Parameters-Based Algorithms: Development, Optimization, and Analysis, Hussain A. Alghamdi (Dissertation)

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A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Workplace Challenges Experienced by Women, Ahmed Mohammed Almousa (Dissertation)

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Latino Threat Perceptions and Immigration Attitudes: An Examination Across Generations of Latinos, Michelle Angel (Thesis)

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Shock Effects Including Maskelynite Formation in Three Shergottite Meteorites From Mars, George Ayeh Anim (Thesis)

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Japanese and English Code-Mixing: A Study on the Grammar and Functions by L1 Japanese-Speakers in Oregon, Takefumi Ariga (Thesis)

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Magma Evolution and Eruptive History of Three Fingered Jack: A Mafic Composite Volcano in the Central High Cascades of Oregon, Javaria Aziz (Thesis)

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Monitoring and Modeling Legacy Tree Response to Restoration Treatments in the Klamath Mountains, Oregon, USA, Isaac Joseph Ball (Thesis)

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"We're Not Gonna Take It": The Parents' Music Resource Center and Reformist Tendencies in American Society, Nathaniel Todd Belcik (Thesis)

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Tree-equity and Environmental Justice Discourses Among Urban Forestry Professionals in Portland: Current Impacts and Future Implications, Axcelle Deone Bell (Thesis)

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Identifying the Drivers Behind the Decline of Douglas-fir and True Fir Species in SW Oregon, Alexander Bryant Bentley (Thesis)

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The Silk Butterfly Effect: Japan and the United States 1853-1941, Melodee Birlew (Thesis)

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The Call of Cucurrucucú, Rachel Olivia Blair (Thesis)

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Occurrence of Pesticides in Oregon Coastal Waters and Effects on the Intertidal Sea Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, Gabriella Mae Bleil (Thesis)

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Dog Days, William Conrad Boechler (Closed Thesis)

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Optimizing Boys' Motivation Over the Transition to Middle School: A Pattern-Centered Approach to Identifying Boys' Profiles of Engagement and the Interpersonal Resources Important in Supporting Optimal Engagement of Boys Across Sixth Grade, Brandy Anne Brennan (Dissertation)

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Mental Health in Prisons: Examining Variations in Disorders Across Custody Levels, Ariel Bysiek (Thesis)

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Their Will is Wealth: American Billionaires, Illiberal Capital, and their Immunity to Federal Law, Conor Kawika Carroll (Thesis)

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Tweeting the Past, Present, and Future of Social Welfare: Public Political Speech, Cultural Resonance, and Debates about Defunding the Police, Kevin Noel Cherry (Dissertation)

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A Mixed-Methods Study on Extended Parental Separation Among Mexican and Central American Immigrants: Insights From Legal Violence and the Stress Process, Natalie J. Cholula (Dissertation)

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Beyond Translating Cultures: Organizational Cultural Brokering and Latin@/e/x Community Resilience after the "Mobile Home Parks" Fire, Christine Atalie da Rosa (Dissertation)

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Capturing Processes of Influence in Students' Social Interactions: Examining a Two-Part Strategy to Detect Patterns of Reinforcement in Continuous Real-time Observations in the Classroom, James Lamar DeLaney III (Dissertation)

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#Clandestini: How Italy's Center-Right Parliamentary Coalition Frames the Migrant Crisis on Social Media, Jenna Lynn DePasquale (Dissertation)

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Support Beyond Services: Examining the Role of Neighbor Relationships, Housing Staff, and Place in Mental Health Recovery, Kenna Estell Dickard (Dissertation)

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Becoming a Learner: An Autoethnography, Joshua Dickinson (Thesis)

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Sex and the Genetic Architecture of Mitonuclear Evolution, Zachary Paul Dietz (Dissertation)

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Model Explanations for Gender and Ethnicity Bias Mitigation in AI-Generated Narratives, Martha Otisi Dimgba (Thesis)

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An Exploration of Holistic Admissions Protocol in Graduate School: Implications for Access and Equity, Kelly Doherty (Dissertation)

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Forest Fires Increase Mid-Winter Snowmelt in the Western Oregon Cascades, Sage Ebel (Thesis)

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Commensality in the Eateries of Roman Pompeii, Amaya Yolanda Eckersley (Thesis)

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Direct Numerical Simulation of Unstably Stratified Turbulent Flow Over Riblets, Max Eltzroth (Thesis)

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Pressure and Force Dynamics in Artificial Muscle Actuators: A State-Space and Optimization-Based Approach, Mohammad Elzein (Thesis)

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The Effects of Family Cohesion on the Relationship Between Trauma and State-Level Social Policy Provision in the United States, Brandon Kendall Ross Fielding (Dissertation)

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The People's Rivers: Early Environmental Regulation and the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, Avery Morgan Fischer (Thesis)

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Spread, Natalie Ann Flaherty (Closed Thesis)

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The Legend of the Renata, Part One, Derrick Edward Galloway (Closed Thesis)

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Ecological Drivers and Temporal Dynamics of Daphnia in a Diverse Environmental and Spatial Landscape, Crysta A. Gantz (Dissertation)

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Alignment of Perceptual Similarity Metrics with Human Perception, Abhijay Ghildyal (Dissertation)

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Influence of Inselbergs on Bat Diversity in Afrotropical Ecosystems, Amanda Lee Grunwald (Dissertation)

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The Role of Homocysteine Redox Chemistry in Biomolecular Mechanisms, Megha Gupta (Dissertation)

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Urban Beavers at the Crossroads: How Ecological Knowledge, Sociodemographic, and Spatial Context Shape Public Perception and Coexistence Preferences, Matthew Guziejka (Thesis)

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Financial Metrics as Predictors of Financial Vulnerability and Nonprofit Failure, Yossi Haimberg (Dissertation)

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Structural Earthquake Resiliency of Rocking Core Systems with Floor Enabled Recentering, S. Taban Hajimirza (Dissertation)

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Development Scenarios and Wildfire Risk in Central Oregon, Samantha Hall (Thesis)

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Development of a Low-Cost Electron Microscope for Educational Purposes, Christopher Halseth (Dissertation)

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Race, Reflection and Resistance: An Autoethnographic Journey in Social Studies Curriculum Development, Jesse Nicholas Hendryx-Dobson (Dissertation)

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Sustainability of Recycling Perovskite Solar Cells: Economic and Environmental Perspectives, Juan P. Herrera Meza (Thesis)

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Impact of Black Shale Weathering on Stream Water and Sediment Quality in Eastern Kentucky, Brett Hopt (Thesis)

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Fostering Meaningful Learning: Experiences of Linguistically Diverse Trainers in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Professional Development, Anna Howell (Dissertation)

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Breaking the Rules: Post-Translational Modifications and Proteome Dynamics During Anoxia, Chelsea Jordan Hughes (Dissertation)

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Evaluation of Fano Resonance in Silver Nanotriangles and Complementary Triangular Apertures for Enhanced Refractive Index Sensing, Nabila Islam (Dissertation)

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Critical Mineral Mining and Native American Rights, Spencer Beeman Janes (Thesis)

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Photocathodes from Aerobic Oxidation of Tellurorhodamines, Amelia Jellison (Thesis)

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Experiences of Support and Success for Students of Color in the Midwifery Educational Setting, Laura Jenson (Dissertation)

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Integrative Approaches to Climate Resilience Planning: Application of a Plan Evaluation Framework, Maulsri Jha (Dissertation)

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Investigation into Thermodynamic and Kinetic Phenomena in Arylation Reactions with Diaryliodonium Salts, Soocheta Jha (Dissertation)

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A Critical Appraisal of Poverty in the Context of Nature-Based Communities: Selected Cases from the Philippines, Carla Edith Gonzales Jimena (Thesis)

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Synoptic-scale Meteorological Patterns Associated with Extreme Precipitation Over the Contiguous United States and Concomitant Seasonal and Regional Variability, Amy Johnson (Thesis)

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"Significant Bodily Intrusions": Investigations into Law Enforcement Phlebotomy, Anne Kathleen Johnson (Dissertation)

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ritr, Kathryn Elizabeth Johnson (Closed Thesis)

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A Groundwater Flow System Investigation in the Upper Rowena Creek Drainage, Oregon, CateLee YaMei Kambur (Thesis)

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Seismic Fragility Analysis of Above-ground Liquid Storage Tanks, Pooyan Khajeh Shahzanian (Thesis)

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Trauma-Born Generations and Intergenerational Conflict: A Study of Tensions in the Contemporary South Korean, Daihyun Kim (Thesis)

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Agglomeration Economies in Social Economy Clusters: The Role of Networks, Mina Kim (Dissertation)

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Adolescent Preventive Care Outcomes Before and After COVID-19 Onset: What is the Role of Telehealth?, Sarah Hayden Knipper (Dissertation)

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Rising from the Ashes: Reading Impacts and the Effects of Recovery Educational Services Following a Major Natural Disaster, Tiffanie Lousia Lambert (Dissertation)

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A Volume of Things, Rachael Lane Stedman (Closed Thesis)

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The Rainbow War: Ballot Measure 9 and the Fight Over Gay Rights in Oregon, Patrick Douglas LaSalle (Thesis)

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"I know who I am": Draw-and-Tell Conversations with Gender-Creative Children, Eline Leemans Lenne (Dissertation)

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Neural Visual Synthesis for Graphics, 4D Gaussians and Videos, Zhan Li (Dissertation)

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Discourse Analysis of Partner-focus in Intimate Partner Violence, Maureen Theresa Lowell (Thesis)

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Quantum Pseudorandom Primitives Beyond Pseudorandom States, Chuhan Lu (Dissertation)

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Characterizing Rainfall Variability Within a Series of Storms Over Northern California in February 2017, Parker Jan Malek (Thesis)

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Prayer and Gunpowder, Muhammad Saqif Maqsud (Thesis)

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I, as in We, CJ Maruyama (Thesis)

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Accessibility to Public Spaces: Intersections Between the Courts and the Houseless Community, Margaret Maxey (Thesis)

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dwelling, Kelly Erin McLysaght (Thesis)

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Youth Experiences of Participation, Inclusion, and Influence Within a Youth-Serving Organization Implementing Participatory Processes, Rhen M. Miles (Dissertation)

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The Geologic History of the Chehalis Forearc Basin, Washington State, USA, Rud Lamb Moe (Thesis)

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Examining County-Level Implicit Stereotypes and Prejudice as Predictors of Racial and Gender Disparities in Incarceration Across the United States, Emma Elizabeth Lee Money (Dissertation)

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From Model to Behavior: Methodological Challenges in Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Represent Mental Models, Catherine Elizabeth Moore (Dissertation)

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Developing Workflows for Passive Acoustic Detection of Bedload Transport, Quinn Morgan (Thesis)

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The Failure of the Annan Plan and Suggestions for Peace in Cyprus, Haley Grace Morrow (Thesis)

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The Social and Political Identities of Latine Republicans in the U.S., Gabriella M. Mota (Thesis)

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Turbulent Structures in Coupled Wind-Wave Flows, Cerrina Mouchref (Thesis)

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Mechanistic Rationale for Toxic Aerosol Formation from Vaping and Dabbing with a Focus on Ketene Formation from Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoids, Kaelas Ryan Munger (Dissertation)

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Price-Signal-Based Control Strategy for Heat Pump Water Heaters in Demand Response Applications, Othman A. Murad (Thesis)

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Building Belonging Infrastructure in Cities: Arts/Culture-based Critical Participatory Action Research and Youth, Kimberly Rae Nightingale (Dissertation)

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Dynamics of Urban Heat and Green Infrastructure, YunJae Ock (Dissertation)

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Navigating Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Legal Analysis of Palestinian Detention Under Israeli Jurisdiction in Comparison to International Law, Amani Nidal Odeh (Thesis)

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Design and Evaluation of an Electromagnetic Band Gap Structure for Self-Interference Reduction in mmWave Full-Duplex Systems, Adewale Kehinde Oladeinde (Dissertation)

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Institutions, Indigenous Peoples, and the Structure of Power in Columbia River Basin Salmon Governance, Christopher Michael Page (Dissertation)

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Influencing Factors of Angle-of-arrival Estimator Based on Deep Learning, Guohao Pang (Thesis)

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Beyond Skins: The Far-flung Impacts of Sea Otter Fur Capitalism, Callie Pappas (Thesis)

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Geotechnical Centrifuge Test of a Pile-Supported Wharf in Silt (Test AEP01), Andrew Earl Parrott (Thesis)

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The Effects of School Safety Strategies on K-12 Schools: Armed Civilians, School Resource Officers, and Metal Detectors as Contributors to the School-to-Prison Pipeline, Rebeca Petean (Dissertation)

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Geography of Non-Daytime Work and Employer-Centered Transit Accessibility, Julia Mai Plotts (Thesis)

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Culturable Microbial Communities in Root Nodules of Red Alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) and Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius L.): Patterns of Diversity and Composition, Felisha (Fay) Rene Pooler (Thesis)