This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Remember Who You Are: The Story of Portland Dykecore, Mel Mundell (Closed Thesis)
An FPGA Implementation of a High Performance AER Packet Network, Sirish Kumar Munipalli (Thesis)
The Impact of Social Capital on Innovation Intermediaries, Songphon Munkongsujarit (Dissertation)
Attitudes toward Science (ATS): An Examination of Scientists' and Native Americans' Cultural Values and ATS and their Effect on Action Priorities, Adam T. Murry (Thesis)
Climate Change Impact on the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Hydro-Climate Extremes, Mohammad Reza Najafi (Dissertation)
The Production of Organic Nitrates in Portland Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge, Holly Ann Neill (Thesis)
Self-Timed DRAM Data Interface, Rajesh Nerkar (Thesis)
Effects of Molecular Structure of the Oxidation Products of Reactive Atmospheric Hydrocarbons on the Formation of Secondary Organic Particulate Matter, Including the Effects of Water, Negar Niakan (Thesis)
Teachers' Negative Comments Toward Youth in Foster Care with Disabilities: How Do They Relate to Youths' Problem Behaviors, School Attitudes, and School Performance?, Sunghwan Noh (Dissertation)
Building Bridges with Social Capital in the European Union, Peter Andrew Noordijk (Dissertation)
Characterization of Nano-scale Aluminum Oxide Transport Through Porous Media, Sasha Norien Norwood (Thesis)
Exploring the Effects of Multi-Level Protective and Risk Factors on Child and Parenting Outcomes in Families Participating in Healthy Start/Healthy Families Oregon (HS/HFO), Peggy Nygren (Dissertation)
Fated to Pretend?: Culture Crisis and the Fate of the Individual, Rebecca Jade Ok (Thesis)
From Company Town to Company Town: Holden and Holden Village, Washington, 1937-1980 & Today, Mattias Olshausen (Thesis)
A Summer in the Land of Milk, Louis Charles Opatz (Closed Thesis)
Self-Presentation and Identity in the Roman Empire, ca. 30 BCE to 225 CE, Rhiannon Ysabel-Marie Orizaga (Thesis)
Factors Influencing Social, Cultural, and Academic Transitions of Chinese International ESL Students in U.S. Higher Education, Akiko Ota (Dissertation)
Real Witness, Lynn Michelle Otto (Closed Thesis)
Just-In-Time Power Gating of GasP Circuits, Prachi Gulab Padwal (Thesis)
Division of Labor within the Household: The Experience of Bosnian Immigrant Women in Portland, Oregon, Miro Paljevic (Thesis)
Exploring Online Community Among Rural Medical Education Students: A Case Study, Ryan Tyler Palmer (Dissertation)
Beyond Sustainable Bounds: Changing Weather, Emigration, and Irrigation in a Farming Village of Sichuan, China, 1945-2012, Joseph Lynn Parker (Closed Thesis)
Fostering Strengths in Incarcerated Youth: The Development of a Measure of Psychological Empowerment in Oregon Youth Authority Correctional Facilities, Lindsey Brianna Patterson (Dissertation)
Coordinating Job Release Dates with Workdays: a Job Shop Application to Utilities Field Service Scheduling, Ryan Lawrence Pelkey (Thesis)
Modeling Fecal Bacteria in Oregon Coastal Streams Using Spatially Explicit Watershed Characteristics, Paul Bryce Pettus (Thesis)
Innovation Measurement: a Decision Framework to Determine Innovativeness of a Company, Kenny Phan (Dissertation)
Application of GIS and Spatial Analysis of Golden Eagle Fatalities Caused by Wind Turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource, Andrew James Pinger (Thesis)
The Impact of Knowledge Inflows on the Performance of National Laboratories in Technological Latecomer Countries, Pattravadee Ploykitikoon (Dissertation)
Finding the Gifted Child's Voice in the Public Elementary School Setting: A Phenomenological Exploration, Keely S. Porter (Dissertation)
Air-quality and Climatic Consequences of Bioenergy Crop Cultivation, William Christian Porter (Dissertation)
Methyl Halide Production by Calcareous Periphyton Mats from the Florida Everglades, Ann Eileen Raffel (Thesis)
Can Cross-Race Mentoring Help Minority Students and Break Down Prejudice? Mentoring Experiences in Higher Education, Jennifer Brooke Rainer (Thesis)
Solar Data Analysis, Mike C. T. Ray (Thesis)
Track I Diplomacy and Civil Society in Cyprus: Reconciliation and Peacebuilding During Negotiations, Elicia Keren Reed (Thesis)
Red Flag Warning, Jill McKenna Reed (Closed Thesis)
Ecomorphology and Mating Behavior of Two Species of Night-stalking Tiger Beetles, Omus audouini and O. dejeanii, Robert Kent Richardson (Dissertation)
Arsenic in the Soils of Northwest Oregon, Tracy Ryan Ricker (Thesis)
Elvis Plays Texas, John Michael Ritchey (Closed Thesis)
Soil Development and Vegetation Response to Removal of a Small Dam, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, Stephanie Kay Rohdy (Thesis)
Bicycle Traffic Count Factoring: An Examination of National, State and Locally Derived Daily Extrapolation Factors, Josh Frank Roll (Thesis)
The Effect of Teacher-Identified Classroom Management, Monica Rose Root (Thesis)
Characterization of Secondary Organic Aerosol Precursors Using Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography with Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (GC×GC/TOFMS), Melissa Jordan Roskamp (Thesis)
Thousands or Millions: Stories, J. Peter Roth (Closed Thesis)
A Unique Support for Sexual-Minority Identity Development: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of a Long-Term Formal Mentoring Relationship Between an Adult and a Youth From the Gay Community, Christian L. Rummell (Dissertation)
Ecology of White-Cheeked Crested Gibbons in Laos, Julia Cleverly Ruppell (Dissertation)
Forming a New Art in the Pacific Northwest: Studio Glass in the Puget Sound Region, 1970-2003, Marianne Ryder (Dissertation)
Who Owns This Body? Enslaved Women's Claim on Themselves, Loucynda Elayne Sandeen (Thesis)
Public Opinion and the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, Peggy Jo Ann Sandeen (Dissertation)
Quantum Circuit Synthesis using Group Decomposition and Hilbert Spaces, Michael S. Saraivanov (Thesis)
Arsenic Mobility and Compositional Variability in High-Silica Ash Flow Tuffs, Courtney Beth Young Savoie (Thesis)
Computer Aided Design of Permutation, Linear, and Affine-Linear Reversible Circuits in the General and Linear Nearest-Neighbor Models, Ben Schaeffer (Thesis)
All Begins to Bloom: Stories, Daniel Drew Schlegel (Thesis)
Economic Inequality's Correlation with Political Inequality and Inequality of Opportunity and the Implications for Social Justice Theory, Staci Leigh Schoff (Thesis)
Special Education Teacher Candidates and Mentors: Case Studies of Collaboration in Pre-service Field Experiences, Rebecca Lynn Schulte (Dissertation)
Patterns in Nature Forming Patterns in Minds : An Evaluation of an Introductory Physics Unit, Christopher Ryan Sheaffer (Thesis)
Status of Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Populations in the Pacific Northwest and Development of Associated Control and Management Strategies, with an Emphasis on Metropolitan Habitats, Trevor Robert Sheffels (Dissertation)
Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Using Multiple Perspectives and Hierarchical Decision Modeling, Nasir Jamil Sheikh (Dissertation)
A Comparative Study of Administrator and Special Education Teacher Perceptions of Special Education Teacher Attrition and Retention, Danielle Angelina Sheldrake (Dissertation)
From College to Career: Understanding First Generation and Traditional Community College Transfer Students' Major and Career Choices, Jeff Scott Shelton (Thesis)
Enhanced Sonar Array Target Localization Using Time-Frequency Interference Phenomena, Jordan Almon Shibley (Thesis)
A Case Study of After-School Activities in one School that is Making Progress in Closing the Achievement Gap, Susan Robin Shugerman (Dissertation)
Developing the Instructional Leadership Skills of High School Principals in Tanzania: A Problem-Based Learning Approach, Peter N. Siamoo (Dissertation)
A Theory of Travel Decision-Making with Applications for Modeling Active Travel Demand, Patrick Allen Singleton (Thesis)
Novel Thermophilic Bacteria Isolated from Marine Hydrothermal Vents, Christine Demko Sislak (Thesis)
The Relationship Between Traffic Signals and Pedestrian, Bicyclist and Transit User Exposure in Urban Areas, Courtney Natasha Slavin (Thesis)
CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Delta (C/EBP-delta) Expression in Antarctic Fishes: Implications for Cell Cycle and Apoptosis, Isaac Martin Sleadd (Dissertation)
Peak of the Day or the Daily Grind: Commuting and Subjective Well-Being, Oliver Blair Smith (Dissertation)
Learning to Adapt: Online Social Science Instruction in Higher Education, Patrick Steven Smith (Thesis)
Factors Influencing Youth Self-Perceptions of Overweight and Obesity, Caitlin Helen Sommers (Thesis)
Lucky Creature, Neesa Sonoquie (Closed Thesis)
Empowerment in Community-Based Participatory Research with Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Perspectives of Community Researchers, Erin Elizabeth Stack (Thesis)
The Economic Impact of Veteran Status: The Effect of Veteran and Demographic Statuses on Household Income, Danielle Standridge (Thesis)
Effects of HRU Size on PRMS Performance in 30 Western U.S. Basins, Madeline Olena Steele (Thesis)
Bridging the Missing Link between "Top-down" and "Bottom-up": A Strategic Policy Model for International Collaboration in Science and Technology, Pattharaporn Suntharasaj (Dissertation)
Taiwanese Language Medical School Curriculum: A Case Study of Symbolic Resistance Through The Promotion of Alternative Literacy and Language Domain Norms, Philip John Sweeney (Thesis)
A Dissatisfied Partner: A Conflict - Integration Analysis of Britain's Membership in the European Union, Osman Goktug Tanrikulu (Thesis)
A 30-Year Record of the Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane, Doaa Galal Mohammed Teama (Thesis)
Show Me the Way to Go Home, Lisa Marie Teberg (Closed Thesis)
The Effects of Offender Age and Offender-Victim Relationship on Modus Operandi Strategies to Lure the Victim, Hayley Lauren Tews (Thesis)
The Call for Cultural Responsiveness: Teachers' Perceptions about the Interplay Between Culturally Responsive Instruction and Scripted Curricula, Kathryn Elizabeth Toppel (Dissertation)
The Metropolitan Dimensions of United States Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis, Nicole G. Toussaint (Dissertation)
Strategic Evaluation of University Knowledge and Technology Transfer Effectiveness, Thien Anh Tran (Dissertation)
The Institutional Context that Supports Team-Based Care for Older Adults, Anna Foucek Tresidder (Dissertation)
The View from the Table: An Analysis of Participant Reactions to Community-Based Dialogues on Food and Justice, Jennifer Turner (Thesis)
Evaluating the Effects of Road Crossing Structures on Stream-Associated Amphibians in the Wilson River Watershed, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon, Sara Erin Twitchell (Thesis)
Short-Term International Service-Learning: Faculty Perceptions of and Pedagogical Strategies for the Design and Implementation of Successful Learning Experiences, Thomas Jacob Van Cleave (Dissertation)
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Queer Localization in the Age of Anita Bryant, 1974-1980, Stewart John Van Cleve (Thesis)
The Role of Expectations on Nonnative English Speaking Students' Wrtiting, Sara Marie Van Dan Acker (Thesis)
Horizontal Workplace Aggression and Coworker Social Support Related to Work-Family Conflict and Turnover Intentions, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck (Thesis)
The Role of Psycho-Sociocultural Factors in Suicide Risk Among Mong/Hmong Youth, TangJudy Vang (Dissertation)
Conflict Resolution in Islam: Document Review of the Early Sources, Flamur Vehapi (Thesis)
Hydrogeologic Characterization of Dutch Canyon, Scappoose, Oregon, Derrick Lee Wagner (Thesis)
Developing Thyronamine Analog Pharmaceuticals Targeting TAAR1 to Treat Methamphetamine Addiction, Troy Andrew Wahl (Dissertation)
Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from an Exploratory Study, Tessa Walker (Thesis)
The Retention Puzzle Reconsidered: Second Year Student Attitudes and Experiences with Advising, Michael Edward Walsh (Dissertation)
Characterization of Mesoscopic Fluid Films for Applications in SPM Imaging and Fabrication of Nanostructures on Responsive Materials, Xiaohua Wang (Dissertation)
Since I've Been Away, Sean Patrick Warren (Closed Thesis)
Understanding Pervasive Language Impairment in Young Children: Exploring Patterns in Narrative Language and Functional Communication, Anna Jeddeloh Waters (Dissertation)
Student Employment in Student Affairs Units: Characteristics of Educationally Purposeful Environments, Shannon Timm Watson (Dissertation)
Investigation of the Structure and Dynamics of Regioisomeric Eu³⁺ and Gd³⁺ Chelates of NB-DOTMA: Implications for MRI Contrast Agent Design, Benjamin Charles Webber (Dissertation)