This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Profiles of School Readiness and Implications for Children's Development of Academic, Social, and Engagement Skills, Elizabeth Jane Tremaine (Thesis)
Wolbachia-Host Interactions and the Implications to Insect Conservation and Management, Amy Michelle Truitt (Dissertation)
Investigation in to the Stabilizing Effects of the Modified Base Archaeosine in tRNA and the Identification of the Fluorescent Product of Base Treatment of NAD(P)+ Cofactors, Ben Turner (Dissertation)
Responses of Aquatic Non-Native Species to Novel Predator Cues and Increased Mortality, Brian Christopher Turner (Dissertation)
Settler Visions of Health: Health Care Provision in the Central African Federation, 1953-1963, Catherine Janet Valentine (Thesis)
Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling of the Chehalis River Using CE-QUAL-W2, Sarah Van Glubt (Thesis)
My Mouth has a Mother, Jenessa VanZutphen (Closed Thesis)
Predicting Parturition in a Long-Gestating Species: Behavioral and Hormonal Indicators in the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Heather Kelly Velonis (Thesis)
Culturally Responsive School Leadership For Latino/a Students Success, Victor H. Vergara (Dissertation)
Reduced Order Description of Experimental Two-Phase Pipe Flows: Characterization of Flow Structures and Dynamics via Proper Orthogonal Decomposition, Bianca Fontanin Viggiano (Thesis)
Capturing Peers', Teachers', and Parents' Joint Contributions to Students' Engagement: an Exploration of Models, Justin William Vollet (Dissertation)
A Numerical Model Investigation of the Role of the Glacier Bed in Regulating Grounding Line Retreat of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, Michael Scott Waibel (Dissertation)
The Social Acceptance of Community Solar: a Portland Case Study, Anne Weaver (Thesis)
The Littlefield Rhyolite, Eastern Oregon: Distinct Flow Units and Their Constraints on Age and Storage Sites of Grande Ronde Basalt Magmas, Brian McCulloch Webb (Thesis)
Sleep and Young Children's Development of Self-Regulation and Academic Skills, Emily Michelle Weiss (Thesis)
Middle School Teacher Beliefs about Classroom Diversity and their Influence on Differentiated Instructional Practices, Marcus Fredrick-Lynn Wenzel (Dissertation)
How Does a Next Generation Science Standard Aligned, Inquiry Based, Science Unit Impact Student Achievement of Science Practices and Student Science Efficacy in an Elementary Classroom?, Kayla Lee Whittington (Thesis)
Workers of the Word Unite!: The Powell's Books Union Organizing Campaign, 1998-2001, Ryan Thomas Wisnor (Thesis)
Survive or Thrive: a Mixed Method Study of Visiting Chinese Language Teachers' Identity Formation in the U.S. Classrooms, Li Xiang (Dissertation)
Melting in the Mantle Wedge: Quantifying the Effects of Crustal Morphology and Viscous Decoupling on Melt Production with Application to the Cascadia Subduction Zone, Jiaming Yang (Thesis)
An Analysis of Oregon Youth Authority Populations: Who Receives Treatment and What Factors Influence Allocation of Treatment Resources?, Rebecca Arredondo Yazzie (Dissertation)
Intestinal Microbiota Diversity of Pre-Smolt Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Across Six Oregon and Washington Hatcheries, Christina Carrell Yildirimer (Thesis)
Power-Aware Datacenter Networking and Optimization, Qing Yi (Dissertation)
Examining the Structure of the Modus Operandi Questionnaire for Adult & Juvenile Sex Offenders, Judith Gayle Zatkin (Thesis)
Investigation of Aerosol Optical and Chemical Properties Using Humidity Controlled Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, Xijing Zhu (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Consistency Analysis for Judgment Quantification in Hierarchical Decision Model, Mustafa Sulaiman Abbas (Dissertation)
Identifying Relationships between Scientific Datasets, Abdussalam Alawini (Dissertation)
Exploratory Study of the Adoption and Use of the Smartphone Technology in Emerging Regions: Case of Saudi Arabia, Fahad Abdulaziz Aldhaban (Dissertation)
Experimental Investigation of CFRP Wrapped Square Non-ductile Reinforced Concrete Columns, Hayder Lateef Al-Khafaji (Thesis)
Vision-Based Motion for a Humanoid Robot, Khalid Abdullah Alkhulayfi (Thesis)
Information Representation and Computation of Spike Trains in Reservoir Computing Systems with Spiking Neurons and Analog Neurons, Amin Almassian (Thesis)
Development of 3D Accelerometer Testing System, Mohammed Abbas Soudai Alsaedi (Thesis)
Tryon Trekkers: An Evaluation of a STEM Based Afterschool Program for At-Risk Youth, Chessa Eckels Anderson (Thesis)
The Importance of Online Peer Relationships During the Transition to Motherhood: Do They Decrease Stress, Alleviate Depression and Increase Parenting Competence?, Bobbie Sue Arias (Dissertation)
The Kazaks of Istanbul: A Case of Social Cohesion, Economic Breakdown and the Search for a Moral Economy, Daniel Marc Auger (Thesis)
Citizen-led Urban Agriculture and the Politics of Spatial Reappropriation in Montreal, Quebec, Claire Emmanuelle Bach (Thesis)
The Effect of Extended Instruction on Passive Voice, Reduced Relative Clauses, and Modal Would in the Academic Writing of Advanced English Language Learners, Audrey Bailey (Thesis)
Sex-Specific Fungal Communities of the Dioicous Moss Ceratodon purpureus, Mehmet Ali Balkan (Thesis)
The Terroir of Pinot Noir Wine in the Willamette Valley, Oregon : A Broad Analysis of Vineyard Soils, Grape Juice and Wine Chemistry, Kathryn Nora Barnard (Dissertation)
The Investigation and Optimization of a Two-Heat-Pump System Incorporating Thermal Storage for Shaping Residential Heating Load, Emily Lord Barrett (Thesis)
An Investigation of School-Based Specific Learning Disability Identification, Bonnie Heather Bartos (Dissertation)
Inequality, Position, and Perception: Understanding and Addressing Workplace Harassment in Oregon's Construction Trades, Sasha Mae Bassett (Thesis)
Survivorship and Breeding Dispersal Patterns of a Migratory, Socially Monogamous Passerine; the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), Adam John Becker (Thesis)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structure from Motion Biomass Inventory Estimates, Emily Jane Bedell (Thesis)
Use of Water Indices Derived from Landsat OLI Imagery and GIS to Estimate the Hydrologic Connectivity of Wetlands in the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, Debra Sue Blackmore (Thesis)
The Making of Modern Egypt: the Egyptian Ulama as Custodians of Change and Guardians of Muslim Culture, Marai Boauod (Thesis)
Identity Construction and Language Use by Immigrant Women in a Microenterprise Development Program, Linda Eve Bonder (Thesis)
QueF and QueF-like: Diverse Chemistries in a Common Fold, Adriana Bon Ramos (Dissertation)
A Meta-Analysis of the Nomological Network of Work Ability, Grant Brady (Thesis)
Travel Mode Choice Framework Incorporating Realistic Bike and Walk Routes, Joseph Broach (Dissertation)
Quartz and Other Stories, Lily Brooks-Dalton (Closed Thesis)
Demography and the Evolution of Logistic Organization on the Northern Northwest Coast Between 11,000 and 5,000 cal BP, Thomas Jay Brown (Thesis)
Architectures and Algorithms for Intrinsic Computation with Memristive Devices, Jens Bürger (Dissertation)
Understanding the Importance of Intermittently Fragmented Stream Habitat for Isolated Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) in the Colville National Forest, Washington, Forrest Michael Carpenter (Thesis)
"That's the test?" Washback Effects of an Alternative Assessment in a Culturally Heterogeneous EAP University Class, Abigail Bennett Carrigan (Thesis)
Biomimetic Tools in Oxidative Metabolism: Characterization of Reactive Metabolites from Antithyroid Drugs, Kudzanai Chipiso (Dissertation)
Investigating the Effects of 17α-Ethynylestradiol on Mitochondrial Genome Stability, Alicia M. Chivers (Thesis)
An Investigation of Invasion: Boater Knowledge Concerning Aquatic Invasive Species and the Influence of the New Zealand Mud Snail on Benthic Food Webs, Samuel Anthony Cimino (Thesis)
Investigations of an "Objectness" Measure for Object Localization, Lewis Richard James Coates (Thesis)
The Gate and Other Stories, Cassondra Bird Combs (Closed Thesis)
National Security, Mass Surveillance, and Citizen Rights under Conditions of Protracted Warfare, Krystal Lynn Conniry (Thesis)
A Chemistry Neutral Flow Battery Performance Model Development, Validation, and Application, Alasdair James Crawford (Thesis)
Gender Bias and the Evaluation of Players: Voice and Gender in Narrated Gameplay Videos, Robin April Crowell (Thesis)
Bridging the Worlds of Home and School: a Study of the Relational Worlds of First-Generation Students in a School of Social Work, Miranda Cunningham (Dissertation)
Watershed Management and Private Lands: Moving Beyond Financial Incentives to Encourage Land Stewardship, Matthew Thomas DeAngelo (Thesis)
Acid-Base Equilibria in Organic-Solvent/Water Mixtures and Their Relevance to Gas/Particle Partitioning in the Atmosphere and in Tobacco Smoke, Julia Lynn DeGagne (Thesis)
Local Approaches to Regional Problems: Suburban Government Responses to Portland's Regional Housing Crisis, Emma Deppa (Thesis)
Discovery and Characterization of the Proteins Involved in the Synthesis of N⁶-Threonylcarbamoyl Adenosine, a Nucleoside Modification of tRNA, Christopher Wayne Deutsch (Dissertation)
On the Variability of Pacific Ocean Tides at Seasonal to Decadal Time Scales: Observed vs Modelled, Adam Thomas Devlin (Dissertation)
On the Poverty, Rise, and Demise of International Criminal Law, Tiphaine Dickson (Dissertation)
Manufacturing Consent in the Maghreb: How Mohammed VI of Morocco Survived the Arab Spring, David Michael Duke II (Thesis)
Cyclist Path Choices Through Shared Space Intersections in England, Allison Boyce Duncan (Dissertation)
Evaluating an Assessment Instrument for the Oregon Environmental Literacy Plan, Susan Mae Duncan (Dissertation)
The Impact of Daily 5 and CAFE Literacy Framework on Reading Comprehension in Struggling Fourth Grade Readers: A Case Study, Sandra Lee Duty (Dissertation)
Wiki-based Collaborative Creative Writing in the ESL Classroom, Rima Elabdali (Thesis)
Learning Through Nature: A Study of a Next Generation Science Standards Based Teacher Workshop that Blends Outdoor Learning Experiences with Formal Science, Ashley Fanning (Thesis)
Expanding the Versatility of Nano Assembled Capsules as Platform of Potential High Payload MRI Contrast Agents, Annah Farashishiko (Dissertation)
Examining Generational and Gender Differences in Parent-Young Adult Child Relationships During Co-residence, Lauren Elizabeth Ferguson (Thesis)
Arsenic Mobilization from Silicic Volcanic Rocks in the Southern Willamette Valley, Gabriela Ribeiro de Sena Ferreira (Thesis)
The Names, Karolinn Fiscaletti (Closed Thesis)
Introducing Complex Systems Analysis in High School Mathematics Using System Dynamics Modeling: A Potential Game-Changer for Mathematics Instruction, Diana Marie Fisher (Dissertation)
Investigation of Jet Dynamics in Cross-Flow: Quantifying Volcanic Plume Behavior, Graham Freedland (Thesis)
A Bridge Across the Pacific: A Study of the Shifting Relationship Between Portland and the Far East, Michael Todd Gagle (Thesis)
Frequency Multiplication in Silicon Nanowires, Marius Mugurel Ghita (Dissertation)
A Measurement System for Science and Engineering Research Center Performance Evaluation, Elizabeth Carole Gibson (Dissertation)
SATOR / AREPO / TENET / OPERA / ROTAS, Aaron Giesa (Closed Thesis)
Green Roofs and Urban Biodiversity: Their Role as Invertebrate Habitat and the Effect of Design on Beetle Community, Sydney Marie Gonsalves (Thesis)
The "ADaM Cube" : Categorizing Portland, Oregon's Urbanization Using GIS and Spatial Statistics, Jeremy Grotbo (Thesis)
Women as Transformational Leaders: Learning to Lead in the Community College, Jennifer R. Grove-Heuser (Dissertation)
Factors Driving the Concentration of Ephemeral Flow, Gretchen Anne Guyer (Thesis)
Wake Character in the Wind Turbine Array: (Dis-)Organization, Spatial and Dynamic Evolution and Low-dimensional Modeling, Nicholas Michael Hamilton (Dissertation)
Discrete Stability of DPG Methods, Ammar Harb (Dissertation)
Modeling of Historic Columbia River Flood Impacts Based on Delft 3D Simulations, Lumas Terence Helaire (Thesis)
Still Lives and Set Pieces, Sean Francis Hennessey (Closed Thesis)
Using Blind Source Separation and a Compact Microphone Array to Improve the Error Rate of Speech Recognition, Jeffrey Dean Hoffman (Thesis)
A Study of the Intelligibility, Comprehensibility and Interpretability of Standard Marine Communication Phrases as Perceived by Chinese Mariners, Lillian Christine Holland (Thesis)
The Use of Anti-Bullying Policies to Protect LGBT Youth: Teacher and Administrator Perspectives on Policy Implementation, Michelle Lauren Holliday (Dissertation)
The Application of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy to Immediately Diagnose the Protective Quality of Coatings on Artistic and Architectural Metalwork, Kathryn Nicole Hosbein (Thesis)
Substantive Representation by the Unelected: The Role of Staff Gender on Mayoral Priorities in U.S. Cities, Sara M. Hottman (Thesis)
Assessing Sense of Place and Geo-literacy Indicators as Learning Outcomes of an International Teacher Professional Development Program, Nancee Hunter (Dissertation)