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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Perspectives of Cannabis Farmers on Intersection of Water Access and Cannabis Frontier Constraints in Southern Oregon, Tapiwa Malvin Chabikwa (Thesis)
Tweeting the Past, Present, and Future of Social Welfare: Public Political Speech, Cultural Resonance, and Debates about Defunding the Police, Kevin Noel Cherry (Dissertation)
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)
Growing Together: Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Community-Reflective Early Learning Professionals, Tonya Jo Coker (Dissertation)
Controlling the Curriculum: A Content Analysis of PragerU's Children's Educational Material, Heather Katherine Costa (Thesis)
Urban Wildlife in Your Backyard: Community Experiences With Coyotes and Outdoor Cats, Clarissa Emma Cressotti (Thesis)
Beyond Traditional Education: Graduation Rates at an Alternative High School, Kayla Dawn Marie Crook (Dissertation)
Lacustrine and Terrestrial Paleoseismic Records of the Twin Lakes Fault near Mount Hood, Oregon, USA, Natalie K. Culhane (Thesis)
Beyond Translating Cultures: Organizational Cultural Brokering and Latin@/e/x Community Resilience after the "Mobile Home Parks" Fire, Christine Atalie da Rosa (Dissertation)
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)
#Clandestini: How Italy's Center-Right Parliamentary Coalition Frames the Migrant Crisis on Social Media, Jenna Lynn DePasquale (Dissertation)
Support Beyond Services: Examining the Role of Neighbor Relationships, Housing Staff, and Place in Mental Health Recovery, Kenna Estell Dickard (Dissertation)
Becoming a Learner: An Autoethnography, Joshua Dickinson (Thesis)
Sex and the Genetic Architecture of Mitonuclear Evolution, Zachary Paul Dietz (Dissertation)
Model Explanations for Gender and Ethnicity Bias Mitigation in AI-Generated Narratives, Martha Otisi Dimgba (Thesis)
An Exploration of Holistic Admissions Protocol in Graduate School: Implications for Access and Equity, Kelly Doherty (Dissertation)
Forest Fires Increase Mid-Winter Snowmelt in the Western Oregon Cascades, Sage Ebel (Thesis)
Commensality in the Eateries of Roman Pompeii, Amaya Yolanda Eckersley (Thesis)
Direct Numerical Simulation of Unstably Stratified Turbulent Flow Over Riblets, Max Eltzroth (Thesis)
Pressure and Force Dynamics in Artificial Muscle Actuators: A State-Space and Optimization-Based Approach, Mohammad Elzein (Thesis)
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)
The People's Rivers: Early Environmental Regulation and the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, Avery Morgan Fischer (Thesis)
Spread, Natalie Ann Flaherty (Closed Thesis)
Emergence of Norms in the Presence of Social Network Structure in a Stochastic Evolutionary Game Theory Model, Parker Foresman (Thesis)
The Legend of the Renata, Part One, Derrick Edward Galloway (Closed Thesis)
Ecological Drivers and Temporal Dynamics of Daphnia in a Diverse Environmental and Spatial Landscape, Crysta A. Gantz (Dissertation)
Alignment of Perceptual Similarity Metrics with Human Perception, Abhijay Ghildyal (Dissertation)
Rising Tides Lift All Boats: Significant Disproportionate Identification of Latine Students in the Eligibility Category of Specific Learning Disability, Erica Gordon (Dissertation)
Influence of Inselbergs on Bat Diversity in Afrotropical Ecosystems, Amanda Lee Grunwald (Dissertation)
The Role of Homocysteine Redox Chemistry in Biomolecular Mechanisms, Megha Gupta (Dissertation)
Urban Beavers at the Crossroads: How Ecological Knowledge, Sociodemographic, and Spatial Context Shape Public Perception and Coexistence Preferences, Matthew Guziejka (Thesis)
Financial Metrics as Predictors of Financial Vulnerability and Nonprofit Failure, Yossi Haimberg (Dissertation)
Structural Earthquake Resiliency of Rocking Core Systems with Floor Enabled Recentering, S. Taban Hajimirza (Dissertation)
Development Scenarios and Wildfire Risk in Central Oregon, Samantha Hall (Thesis)
Development of a Low-Cost Electron Microscope for Educational Purposes, Christopher Halseth (Dissertation)
Fathers' Racial Differences in Perceived Workplace-Induced Stereotype Threat: Impacts on Sense of Belonging, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover, Frances Evalyne Kealiimahiaiokalani Hampton (Thesis)
Race, Reflection and Resistance: An Autoethnographic Journey in Social Studies Curriculum Development, Jesse Nicholas Hendryx-Dobson (Dissertation)
Let's Talk About Sex, Baby! Gender Roles in Parent-Child Sexual Communication, Alexandra Henrici (Thesis)
Sustainability of Recycling Perovskite Solar Cells: Economic and Environmental Perspectives, Juan P. Herrera Meza (Thesis)
Leveraging High-Performance Cloud Computing to Model Underwater Acoustic Propagation and Scattering From Time-Evolving Rough Sea-Surfaces Using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, James Alexander Higgins (Dissertation)
Impact of Black Shale Weathering on Stream Water and Sediment Quality in Eastern Kentucky, Brett Hopt (Thesis)
Fostering Meaningful Learning: Experiences of Linguistically Diverse Trainers in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Professional Development, Anna Howell (Dissertation)
Breaking the Rules: Post-Translational Modifications and Proteome Dynamics During Anoxia, Chelsea Jordan Hughes (Dissertation)
Medicaid Funding and Health-Related Social Needs: A Policy Analysis, Passion Ilea (Dissertation)
Evaluation of Fano Resonance in Silver Nanotriangles and Complementary Triangular Apertures for Enhanced Refractive Index Sensing, Nabila Islam (Dissertation)
Critical Mineral Mining and Native American Rights, Spencer Beeman Janes (Thesis)
Investigating Reaction Pathways and Non-Covalent Interactions from Diarylhalonium Salts Using Density Functional Theory, Nicole Javaly (Dissertation)
Photocathodes from Aerobic Oxidation of Tellurorhodamines, Amelia Jellison (Thesis)
Experiences of Support and Success for Students of Color in the Midwifery Educational Setting, Laura Jenson (Dissertation)
Integrative Approaches to Climate Resilience Planning: Application of a Plan Evaluation Framework, Maulsri Jha (Dissertation)
Investigation into Thermodynamic and Kinetic Phenomena in Arylation Reactions with Diaryliodonium Salts, Soocheta Jha (Dissertation)
A Critical Appraisal of Poverty in the Context of Nature-Based Communities: Selected Cases from the Philippines, Carla Edith Gonzales Jimena (Thesis)
Synoptic-scale Meteorological Patterns Associated with Extreme Precipitation Over the Contiguous United States and Concomitant Seasonal and Regional Variability, Amy M. Johnson (Thesis)
"Significant Bodily Intrusions": Investigations into Law Enforcement Phlebotomy, Anne Kathleen Johnson (Dissertation)
ritr, Kathryn Elizabeth Johnson (Closed Thesis)
A Groundwater Flow System Investigation in the Upper Rowena Creek Drainage, Oregon, CateLee YaMei Kambur (Thesis)
From Cafes to Competitiveness: The Influence of Amenities on Office Values and Suburban Economic Development in Portland, OR, Jihye Kang (Dissertation)
Seismic Fragility Analysis of Above-ground Liquid Storage Tanks, Pooyan Khajeh Shahzanian (Thesis)
Trauma-Born Generations and Intergenerational Conflict: A Study of Tensions in the Contemporary South Korean, Daihyun Kim (Thesis)
Agglomeration Economies in Social Economy Clusters: The Role of Networks, Mina Kim (Dissertation)
Sex Worker Stigma, Morality and Ambivalent Sexism, Emily Kate Kinzel (Thesis)
Adolescent Preventive Care Outcomes Before and After COVID-19 Onset: What is the Role of Telehealth?, Sarah Hayden Knipper (Dissertation)
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Key Drivers of Plant Resilience: Mechanisms of Stress Adaptation in Saline Environments, Rayna Elizabeth Koberstein (Thesis)
Rising from the Ashes: Reading Impacts and the Effects of Recovery Educational Services Following a Major Natural Disaster, Tiffanie Lousia Lambert (Dissertation)
A Volume of Things, Rachael Lane Stedman (Closed Thesis)
The Rainbow War: Ballot Measure 9 and the Fight Over Gay Rights in Oregon, Patrick Douglas LaSalle (Thesis)
Industries, Self-Rated Health, and Status Characteristics: An Exploration of Health in Industries at the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Disability, Emmanuel Legarreta (Thesis)
"I know who I am": Draw-and-Tell Conversations with Gender-Creative Children, Eline Leemans Lenne (Dissertation)
Neural Visual Synthesis for Graphics, 4D Gaussians and Videos, Zhan Li (Dissertation)
Discourse Analysis of Partner-focus in Intimate Partner Violence, Maureen Theresa Lowell (Thesis)
Quantum Pseudorandom Primitives Beyond Pseudorandom States, Chuhan Lu (Dissertation)
Mechanical Improvements and Control Implementation on a Biomimetic Quadruped Model, Matthew Jack Lutz (Thesis)
Exploring the Experiences of White Passing and White-Assumed Latine College Students, Emanuel Magaña (Dissertation)
Characterizing Rainfall Variability Within a Series of Storms Over Northern California in February 2017, Parker Jan Malek (Thesis)
Monolithic 3D IC Placement Using Reinforcement Learning, Abdullah Mansoor (Dissertation)
Understanding COVID-19 Message Fatigue and Reactance in a Post-Crisis Context, Lillian Hamilton Mantel (Thesis)
Prayer and Gunpowder, Muhammad Saqif Maqsud (Thesis)
I, as in We, CJ Maruyama (Thesis)
Accessibility to Public Spaces: Intersections Between the Courts and the Houseless Community, Margaret Maxey (Thesis)
dwelling, Kelly Erin McLysaght (Thesis)
Youth Experiences of Participation, Inclusion, and Influence Within a Youth-Serving Organization Implementing Participatory Processes, Rhen M. Miles (Dissertation)
The Geologic History of the Chehalis Forearc Basin, Washington State, USA, Rud Lamb Moe (Thesis)
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)
Systematics and Phylogeography of Mundochthonius Chamberlin, 1929, in the Pacific Northwest (Chelicerata, Pseudoscorpiones), Amanda Rai Montoya-Cowan (Thesis)
From Model to Behavior: Methodological Challenges in Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Represent Mental Models, Catherine Elizabeth Moore (Dissertation)
Developing Workflows for Passive Acoustic Detection of Bedload Transport, Quinn Morgan (Thesis)
The Failure of the Annan Plan and Suggestions for Peace in Cyprus, Haley Grace Morrow (Thesis)
The Social and Political Identities of Latine Republicans in the U.S., Gabriella M. Mota (Thesis)
Turbulent Structures in Coupled Wind-Wave Flows, Cerrina Mouchref (Thesis)
Mechanistic Rationale for Toxic Aerosol Formation from Vaping and Dabbing with a Focus on Ketene Formation from Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoids, Kaelas Ryan Munger (Dissertation)
Price-Signal-Based Control Strategy for Heat Pump Water Heaters in Demand Response Applications, Othman A. Murad (Thesis)
Exploring Impacts of Diversity Ideologies on Allyship (Intergroup Responsiveness), Fiona Nguyen (Thesis)
Women's Social Roles and Alcohol Use Among Military-Connected Spouses, Sheila Kathleen McCabe Nickerson (Dissertation)
Building Belonging Infrastructure in Cities: Arts/Culture-based Critical Participatory Action Research and Youth, Kimberly Rae Nightingale (Dissertation)
An Evaluation of Therapeutic Harm Reduction and Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Within Oregon's Measure 109, Bodhi Norton (Thesis)
Dynamics of Urban Heat and Green Infrastructure, YunJae Ock (Dissertation)
Navigating Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Legal Analysis of Palestinian Detention Under Israeli Jurisdiction in Comparison to International Law, Amani Nidal Odeh (Thesis)
Design and Evaluation of an Electromagnetic Band Gap Structure for Self-Interference Reduction in mmWave Full-Duplex Systems, Adewale Kehinde Oladeinde (Dissertation)
Institutions, Indigenous Peoples, and the Structure of Power in Columbia River Basin Salmon Governance, Christopher Michael Page (Dissertation)
Influencing Factors of Angle-of-arrival Estimator Based on Deep Learning, Guohao Pang (Thesis)