This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Racism, Heterosexism, Depression, and HIV Risk Behaviors of Native Men Who Have Sex With Men: Findings from the HONOR Project, Matthew Alan Town (Dissertation)
It's Complicated: The Role of Facebook in Romantic Relationships Concerning Relational Certainty, Attachment, and Self-Esteem, Jenna Rae Tucker (Thesis)
Supply Chain Risk Management in India: An Empirical Study of Sourcing and Operations Disruptions, their Frequency, Severity, Mitigation Methods, and Expectations, Andreas Udbye (Dissertation)
An Exploratory Study of Teachers' Uses of Data to Understand Students' Cognitive and Affective Engagement, Nicole Van Gasse (Dissertation)
Informal Trails and the Spread of Invasive Species in Urban Natural Areas: Spatial Analysis of Informal Trails and their Effects on Understory Plant Communities in Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, Jill Elise Van Winkle (Thesis)
Social Networks of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators, Wendy Elaine Viola (Dissertation)
Impact of Sustainable Cool Roof Technology on Building Energy Consumption, Prem Kiran Vuppuluri (Thesis)
Integrating K-W-L Prompts into Science Journal Writing: Can Simple Question Scaffolding Increase Student Content Knowledge?, Brandon Joel Wagner (Thesis)
"But There's a Black History Month": A Content Analysis of Ideological Framing and Presentation in White Nationalist Publications, Dylan Tomas Waite (Thesis)
A Girl Power Study: Looking and Listening to the Role of Emotions and Relationality in Developing Critical Consciousness, Jennifer Wallin-Ruschman (Dissertation)
Foods, Melissa Louise Ward (Closed Thesis)
Lifeblood of the Earth: Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Hydrological Knowledge and Perceptions of Restoration in Two Southern Nevada Protected Areas, Kendra Lesley Wendel (Thesis)
The Geology and Petrology of Enigmatic Rhyolites at Graveyard and Gordon Buttes, Mount Hood Quadrangle, Oregon, Elizabeth G. Westby (Thesis)
Strengths in Action: Implementing a Learning Organization Model in a Human Service Setting, Barbara Ann Whitbeck (Dissertation)
Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Infection and Common Mycelial Network Formation on Invasive Plant Competition, Rachael Elizabeth Workman (Thesis)
Temperature Dependent Transcription Initiation in Archaea: Interplay between Transcription Factor B and Promoter Sequence, Ming-Hsiao Wu (Thesis)
Development of a Steady-State River Hydrodynamic and Temperature Model Based on CE-QUAL-W2, Wenwei Xu (Thesis)
Does Voluntary Reading Matter? The Influences of Voluntary Reading on Student Achievement, Maika J. Yeigh (Dissertation)
Motivation and Engagement Across the Kindergarten Transition: A Self Determination Perspective, Rita McLeod Yelverton (Thesis)
Stress Analysis for Chip Scale Packages with Embedded Active Devices under Thermal Cycling, Hyunwook Yeo (Thesis)
Language Skill Development in Japanese Kokugo Education: Analysis of the Television Program Wakaru Kokugo Yomikaki No Tsubo, Ruri Yoshii (Thesis)
The Journey to Becoming Constructivist, Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Gerald E. Young (Dissertation)
How Do Youth and Adults at a Rural High School Conceptualize the Role of Student? An Investigation of the Student Role Identity Standard at the Intersection of Student and Teacher Perspectives, Joseph M. Zenisek (Dissertation)
Cultivating Common Ground? A Case Study of a Community Garden Organization in Northeast Portland, Oregon, Bryan James Zinschlag (Thesis)
Last Mile Asset Monitoring: Low Cost Rapid Deployment Asset Monitoring, Zdenek Zumr (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The First Year: Development of Preservice Teacher Beliefs About Teaching and Learning During Year One of an MA TESOL Program, Emily Spady Addiego (Thesis)
First-Generation Latinos at Pacific Northwest University: Their Adjustment and Experience during Freshman Year, Marco Antonio Aguirre (Thesis)
Application of Support Vector Machine in Predicting the Market's Monthly Trend Direction, Ali Alali (Thesis)
An Investigation of Fast and Frugal Heuristics for New Product Project Selection, Fatima Mohammed Albar (Dissertation)
Extending Technology Roadmap through Fuzzy Cognitive Map-based Scenarios: The Case of the Wind Energy Sector of Pakistan, Muhammad Amer (Dissertation)
Diffusion of Energy Efficient Technology in Commercial Buildings: An Analysis of the Commercial Building Partnerships Program, Chrissi Argyro Antonopoulos (Thesis)
"Who Would Have Thought, With a Diagnosis Like This, I Would be Happy?": Portraits of Perceived Strengths and Resources in Early-Stage Dementia, Jutta Elisabeth Ataie (Dissertation)
Bringing Functional Family Probation Services to the Community: A Qualitative Case Study, Denise Lynmarie Austin (Thesis)
International and Domestic Student Health-Information Seeking and Satisfaction, Stacy Theodora Austin (Thesis)
Use of Soybean Lecithin in Shape Controlled Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles, Benjamin Robert Ayres (Dissertation)
"We don't have any of those:" Looking for leaders in the horizontal structure of Occupy Portland, Aaron Martin Bach (Thesis)
An Investigation into Instructional Support for Data Analysis in High School Science Inquiry, Anika Rae Baker-Lawrence (Thesis)
Large Woody Debris Mobility Areas in a Coastal Old-Growth Forest Stream, Oregon, Beth Marie Bambrick (Thesis)
Why Ask Why: An Exploration of the Role of Proof in the Mathematics Classroom, Joanna Rachel Bartlo (Dissertation)
A Characterization of Lake Abert Tufa Mounds Lake Abert, Oregon, Anthony Lynn Bartruff (Thesis)
Music and Conflict Resolution: Can a Music and Story Centered Workshop Enhance Empathy?, Parfait Adegboyé Bassalé (Thesis)
Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface Geohydrology of the Ni-les'tun Unit on the Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Christopher Madison Beard (Thesis)
Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Other Words Students Avoid Speaking Aloud: Evaluating the Role of Pronunciation on Participation in Secondary School Science Classroom Conversations, Stacie Elizabeth Beck (Thesis)
Improving Assessment Practice at the Course and Programmatic-Levels in Community Colleges: Developing The Guidebook For Student Learning Outcomes & The Assessment Loop, Steven George Beining (Dissertation)
Identification and Characterization of Fine Particulate Matter Hot Spots on an Urban Arterial Corridor Integrating Probe Vehicle, Traffic and Land Use Data, Katherine Eleanor Bell (Thesis)
Preserving Nature through Film: Wilderness Alps of Stehekin and the North Cascades, 1956-1968, Nicolas Timothy Bergmann (Thesis)
Crystallographic Image Processing with Unambiguous 2D Bravais Lattice Identification on the Basis of a Geometric Akaike Information Criterion, Taylor Thomas Bilyeu (Thesis)
A Quantitative Analysis of Memory Controller Page Policies, Matthew Blackmore (Thesis)
Capillary Phenomena: Investigations in Compressed Bubble Migration, Geometric Wetting, and Blade-Bound Droplet Stability, William Henry Blackmore (Thesis)
Batterer Intervention Programs' Response to State Standards, Ashley Lynn Boal (Dissertation)
Lessons in Immorality: Mishima's Masterpiece of Humor and Social Satire, Nathaniel Peter Bond (Thesis)
Women's Actions and Reactions to Male Migration: A Case Study of Women in San Juan Guelavía, Oaxaca, Mexico, Julie Boyles (Dissertation)
Queer! Narratives of Gendered Sexuality: A Journey in Identity, Kym Bradley (Thesis)
Faulty Measurements and Shaky Tools: An Exploration into Hazus and the Seismic Vulnerabilities of Portland, OR, Brittany Ann Brannon (Thesis)
Fame, Carolyn Paulette Brazda (Closed Thesis)
Bismuth Nanoparticles as Medical X-ray Contrast Agents: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, Anna Laura Brown (Dissertation)
Portland, Oregon's Long Hot Summers: Racial Unrest and Public Response, 1967-1969, Joshua Joe Bryan (Thesis)
Phantom Islands A Collection of Short Stories, Marie Buckner (Thesis)
Dance Lessons, Kaitlyn Burch (Thesis)
The Effects of Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Religion on Formal End-of-Life Planning, Tina Dawn Lillian Burdsall (Dissertation)
Supervisor-Subordinate Directional Age Differences and Employee Reactions to Formal Performance Feedback: Examining Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms in a Chinese Sample, Gabriela Burlacu (Dissertation)
Rural Revolution: Documenting the Lesbian Land Communities of Southern Oregon, Heather Jo Burmeister (Thesis)
Optics and Spectroscopy in Massive Electrodynamic Theory, Adam Caccavano (Thesis)
A Survey of Systems for Predicting Stock Market Movements, Combining Market Indicators and Machine Learning Classifiers, Jeffrey Allan Caley (Thesis)
Macroeconomic and Political Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Middle East, Robin Barnaby Calver (Thesis)
Spatial Analysis of Climate and Winegrape Production in Winegrape Growing Regions of Oregon, United States of America, Willow Devin Campbell (Thesis)
An Experimental Investigation of Nest Reuse and Nest Site Selection in an Open-Cup Nesting Passerine, Sarah A. Cancellieri (Thesis)
When Again Comes Back to You, Robert Benjamin Carver (Closed Thesis)
Nursing Student Anxiety in Simulation Settings: A Mixed Methods Study, Mary Louise Cato (Dissertation)
Increasing Evidence Based Reasoning in an 8th Grade Classroom Through Explicit Instruction, Erol Chandler (Thesis)
Data Driven Feed Forward Adaptive Testing, Chaitrali Santosh Chandorkar (Thesis)
Developing a Strategic Policy Choice Framework for Technological Innovation: Case of Chinese Pharmaceuticals, Leong Chan (Dissertation)
An Evaluation of the Nontarget Effects of Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis Maize on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Soil Ecosystem, Tanya Elizabeth Amy Cheeke (Dissertation)
Spectrum Regrowth for OFDM-based LTE and WIMAX Systems, Bosi Chen (Thesis)
The Strategic Effects of Counterinsurgency Operations at Religious Sites: Lessons from India, Thailand, and Israel, Timothy L. Christopher (Thesis)
Optimal Network Topologies and Resource Mappings for Heterogeneous Networks-on-Chip, Haera Chung (Dissertation)
Postwar Reconstruction in Liberia: The Participation and Recognition of Women in Politics in Liberia, Roland Tuwea Clarke (Thesis)
Disruptions in the Dream City: Unsettled Ideologies at the 1905 World's Fair in Portland, Oregon, Kat Cleland (Thesis)
Epic, Benjamin Clemenzi-Allen (Closed Thesis)
Shaping School Culture: to Support Moving from a Targeted-Assistance to Schoolwide Title I Program, Paul Edward Coakley (Dissertation)
Map-based Probabilistic Infinite Slope Analysis of the Stephens Creek Watershed, Portland, Oregon, Ryan Andrew Cole (Thesis)
Solid State Pre-Formed Electronics Adhesive (SPEA), Alexander Randon Cope (Thesis)
L1 Influence on L2 Intonation in Russian Speakers of English, Christiane Fleur Crosby (Thesis)
Identity Development of Adolescent Gay Black Males, Miles James Allen Crumley (Thesis)
Exploring Four Barriers Experienced by African Americans in Healthcare: Perceived Discrimination, Medical Mistrust, Race Discordance, and Poor Communication, Adolfo Gabriel Cuevas (Thesis)
Improving Vehicle Trip Generation Estimations for Urban Contexts: A Method Using Household Travel Surveys to Adjust ITE Trip Generation Rates, Kristina Marie Currans (Thesis)
Exploring Data Quality of Weigh-In-Motion Systems, Chengxin Dai (Thesis)
A New Approach to Explain Policy Reforms in Vietnam during Ðổi Mới by Developing and Validating a Major Policy Change Model for Vietnam, Huan Van Dang (Dissertation)
Climate Change Impacts on Precipitation Extremes over the Columbia River Basin Based on Downscaled CMIP5 Climate Scenarios, Ghulam Hussain Dars (Thesis)
Sustainable, Affordable Housing for Older Adults: A Case Study of Factors that Affect Development in Portland, Oregon, Alan Kenneth DeLaTorre (Dissertation)
A Parametric Study on Power Variation for Model Wind Turbine Arrays, Dominic DeLucia (Thesis)
Lighting the Fire: How Peer-Mentoring Helps Adult Learners Increase Their Interest in STEM Careers: A Case Study at the Community College Level, Patricia Marie DeTurk (Thesis)
Glacier Change in the North Cascades, Washington: 1900-2009, Kristina Amanda Dick (Thesis)
The Impacts of Change in Governance on Faculty and Staff at Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of OHSU, Dana L. Director (Dissertation)
Object Detection and Recognition in Natural Settings, George William Dittmar (Thesis)
Effects of Increased Nitrogen Deposition on the Dominance of Hedera helix in the Pacific Northwest, Bianca Christine Dolan (Thesis)
Talking the Talk: An exploration of parent-child communication about cyberbullying, Veronica Anne Droser (Thesis)
Work Design Characteristics as Moderators of the Relationship between Proactive Personality and Engagement, Damon Thomas Drown (Dissertation)
Facilitating Master's Student Success: A Quantitative Examination of Student Perspectives on Advising, Sarah Brooks Drummond Hays (Dissertation)
Trust-but-Verify: Guaranteeing the Integrity of User-generated Content in Online Applications, Akshay Dua (Dissertation)