This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
The Resurrection of a River: The Umatilla and its Salmon, Christopher Ward Shelley (Thesis)
Gay Bars, Vice, and Reform in Portland, 1948-1965, Beka Smith (Thesis)
Identifying and Building on Strengths of Children With Serious Emotional Disturbances, Michael Orval Taylor (Dissertation)
A Qualitative Analysis for Sex Determination in Humans Utilizing Posterior and Medial Aspects of the Distal Humerus, Veronica L. Wanek (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Factors Influencing Oviposition Among Pond-Breeding Amphibians: Exotic Vegetation, Oviposition Braces, and Cover, Catherine Mary Callison (Thesis)
Low-Income Homeownership in Portland's Albina Community: A Comparative Analysis of Housing Quality in Market-Rate and Subsidized Houses, Carolyn Emily Collopy (Thesis)
Breadcrumbs: New and Selected Poems, Jonathan Kirk Ellis (Thesis)
Snags in Beaver Ponds and Indications of Use by Primary Cavity-Nesting Birds in the Western Oregon Cascades, Jacqueline I. Fern (Thesis)
Hitting the Line Hard : the Height of the Social Hygiene Movement in Oregon, 1911-1918, Jodi Hammond (Thesis)
Towards Comparative Profiling of Parallel Applications with PPerfDB, Christian Leland Hansen (Thesis)
Special Focus Programs, Magnet Programs and Schools, and Early Childhood Education Centers: Equal Access in Portland Public School's Elementary Options, Nancy Seidule Hauth (Thesis)
The Impact of Fine Sediment on Stream Macroinvertebrates in Urban and Rural Oregon Streams, Raymond S. Hoy (Thesis)
The Neoglacial History of Mt. Thielsen, Southern Oregon Cascades, Martin Dietrich Lafrenz (Thesis)
A Dissertation on African American Male Youth Violence: "Trying to Kill the Part of You that Isn’t Loved", Joy DeGruy Leary (Dissertation)
Dynamic Characterization of Aluminum Softball Bats, Danny V. Lee (Thesis)
Oregon soldiers and the Portland press in the Philippine wars of 1898 and 1899 : how Oregonians defined the race of Filipinos and the mission of America, Sean F. McEnroe (Thesis)
Toward a Discourse of Mestizaje: The Role of the Patagonian Frontier in the Construction of Argentine National Identity, Daniela V. L. Senderowicz (Thesis)
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit : a Case Study of Policy Learning, Coalition Building, and Paradigm expansion, Terri Hinson Silvis (Dissertation)
Attitudes at the Bank : A Survey of Reactions to Different Varieties of English, Sean Wilcox (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
The Role and Performance of Governmental and Nongovernmental Organizations in Family Planning implementation : Jordan as a Case Study, Khalaf al Hadded (Dissertation)
Asiatic Cholera and Dysentery on the Oregon Trail: A Historical Medical Geography Study, Brian Lee Altonen (Thesis)
The Literacy Proficiencies of Oregon Tanf Recipients : A Human Capital Approach, Amy Katherine Arnett (Thesis)
Spatial Modeling in Emergency Medical Systems : Analysis of a Regional Trauma System With Two Centers, Christopher A. Bangs (Thesis)
A Comparison of the Child Directed Speech of Traditional Dads With That of Stay-At-Home Dads, Judith Nancarrow Barr (Thesis)
The Bone Yard, Katherine Bartolomucci (Thesis)
The Impacts of the Introduced European Green Crab, Carcinus Maenas, on Selected Bivalves and Meiofaunal Communities, Zasha A. Bassett (Thesis)
Interrupting Generational Poverty: Experiences Affecting Successful Completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Donna Marie Beegle (Dissertation)
Textuaries, Patricia Millar Boas (Thesis)
The Status of Rana Boylii in Oregon : Analyses of Selected Biotic and Abiotic Variables at Historical Locations for Rana Boylii (Baird), Aaron Nicholas Borisenko (Thesis)
Legislating Against Reality : The Political Conflicts and Context of the Seventh-Century Merovingian Church Councils, Gregory Burgas (Thesis)
Black Women's Health: a Content Analysis of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the American Journal of Public Health, and the New England Journal of Medicine (1989-1998), Tonia Marie Burkett (Thesis)
Error Correction Preferences of Latino ESL Students, John Burrell (Thesis)
An Examination of Commercial Medicinal Plant Harvests, Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, Shannon Michelle Campbell (Thesis)
An Examination of Commercial Medicinal Plant Harvests, Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, Shannon Michelle Campbell (Thesis)
Voices of Solitude in Creativity, Rebecca Jane Carpenter (Thesis)
The Relationship Between Chinese Character Recognition Strategies and the Success of Character Memorization for Students of Mandarin Chinese, Hui-yen Emmy Chen (Thesis)
Portland Dialect Study: The Story of /æ/ in Portland, Jeffrey C. Conn (Thesis)
Portland dialect study: the story of /æ/ in Portland, Jeffrey C. Conn (Thesis)
The Effect of Using Averaged Versus Custom Real-Ear to Coupler Difference Values in the Desired Sensation Level Approach to Prescribing Hearing Instrument Gain, John Aaron Coverstone (Thesis)
The Long-Term Viability of a Zero-Valent Iron Permeable Reactive Barrier, Stuart Cowburn (Thesis)
That Bitter Spring, Erin V. Cunningham (Thesis)
The Presentation of Gender-Based Sexuality Scripts in Sex Education Films, Patricia Anne Drew (Thesis)
International Environmental Regimes and Latin America : The Role of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations, Jennifer T. Eller (Thesis)
On Communicative Competence : Its Nature and Origin, Mary Lou Emerson (Thesis)
The Dynamics of the Planktonic Communities of Two Oregon Reservoirs, Miguel Angel Estrada (Thesis)
Understanding volunteerism: an exploratory study of the theory of The commons, Richard L. Fey (Thesis)
Improved Regression-Based Streamflow Forecasting Considering Large-Scale Climate Variability, Austin R. Fisher (Thesis)
Lawn dogs and other stories, Heather Gaddy (Thesis)
The Influence of Cultural Backgrounds on the Interpretations of Literature Texts Used in the ESL Classroom, Barbara Jostrom Gates (Thesis)
Teacher Self-Disclosure From the Perspective of International Students in the Communication Classroom : A Case Study, Darlene J. Geiger (Thesis)
Fort, Da : The World of Play, Kevin Marc Ginger (Thesis)
Chinese Numeratives and the Mass/Count Distinction, David Goodman (Thesis)
An Evaluation of Earobics I in Improving Phonological Awareness in 6- And 7-Year-Old Boys Who Are At-Risk for Reading Disabilities, Wendy Goughnour Gunter (Thesis)
Profiles of the Highly Invasive Plants in Oregon Including Lists of Oregon’s Invasive and Naturalized Plants, Rebekah Jane Harper (Thesis)
Design and Evaluation of a Specialized Computer Architecture for Manipulating Binary Decision Diagrams, Robert K. Hatt (Thesis)
Learning, Motivation, and Self : A Diary Study of an ESL Teacher’s Year in a Japanese Language Classroom, Laura Ruth Hawks (Thesis)
El Cuarto de Atrás : The Challenge of the Autobiographical Text, Linda Kathleen Helton (Thesis)
Effects of Three Training Components in an AAC Intervention for an Adult With Severe Broca’s Aphasia, Bradley Josef Hendershott (Thesis)
A Model of Antecedents of Work-Family Conflict for Dual-Earner Couples in the Sandwiched Generation: A Longitudinal Study, Yueng-hsiang Emily Huang (Dissertation)
Predictors of Task and Contextual Performance: Frame-of-Reference Effects and Applicant Reaction Effects on Selection System Validity, John Hunthausen (Dissertation)
International Students' Experiences in Higher Education: A Case Study Examining Uncertainty Reduction Theory in Communication Classrooms, Susan Kuhn (Thesis)
Signs of Popular Ecology in the Ecotourism Landscape Near Tikal National Park, Guatemala, Michael Mooradian Lupro (Thesis)
Establishing the Inundation Distance and Overtopping Height of Paleotsunami from the Late-Holocene Geologic Record at Open-Coastal Wetland Sites, Central Cascadia Margin, Robert B. Schlichting (Thesis)
A Longitudinal Assessment of Temperament in Octopus bimaculoides, David Loyd Sinn (Thesis)
An Evaluation of Recidivism Rates for Resolutions Northwest's Victim-Offender Mediation Program, Karin Jewel Stone (Thesis)
Tribal constructs and kinship realities : individual and family organization on the Grand Ronde Reservation from 1856, Aeron Teverbaugh (Thesis)
Factors Influencing Middle School Teachers to Change Classroom Practice in Response to Standards-Based Reform, Gayle Yvonne Thieman (Dissertation)
Lesbian Gender Identities: An Expansion of Bern's Sex-Role Inventory, Sheilagh Van Belthowing (Thesis)
Just for Money? : An Exploratory Study Into the Motivations of Nude Dancers, Elaine Vance (Thesis)
Mediator Personality Type and Perceived Conflict Goals in Workplace Mediation: A Study of Shared Neutrals, Karin Alayne Waller (Thesis)
Dialectics of Control : the Origins and Evolution of Conflict in Portland's Neighborhood Association Program, Matthew Witt (Dissertation)
Portland Dialect Study - High Rising Terminal Contours (HRTs) in Portland Speech, Rebecca A. Wolff (Thesis)
Cooking in Eden: Inventing Regional Cuisine in the Pacific Northwest, Amy Jo Woodruff (Thesis)
A Determination of Parentage, Mating System, and Genetic Diversity in a Captive Population of the Straw-Colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum), Jan Zinck (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Sticks and Vines, Kimberly Jennings Bellavia (Thesis)
The Effects of Urbanization and Human Disturbance Upon Plant Community Structure and Bird Species Richness, Diversity, and Abundance in a Natural Forested Area (Forest Park) in Portland, Oregon, Nancy Ellen Broshot (Dissertation)
Alien Land Laws : The Curtailing of Japanese Agricultural Pursuits in Oregon, Amy K. Buck (Thesis)
The Value of Independence in Old Age, Paula C. Carder (Dissertation)
Hydrogeology and Paleohydrology in the Williamson River Basin, Klamath County, Oregon, Jeffrey Scott Conaway (Thesis)
Voices of our past: the rank and file movement in social work, 1931-1950, Richard William Hunter (Dissertation)
American Indian Elderly and Long-Term Care : Interorganizational Barriers to the Use of Oregon's Home and Community-Based Medicaid Waiver, Jo Lynn Isgrigg (Dissertation)
Measurement of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Nasal Passages of Nine Species of Modern Odontoceti with Implications for Comparative Physiology and the Paleophysiology of the Dinosauria, Eric Paul Katz (Thesis)
The Universal Nature of Hatred: Keith Stimely and the Culture of Holocaust Denial, Linda Maizels (Thesis)
The Assessment of Children with Attachment Disorder: The Randolph Attachment Disorder Questionnaire, the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale, and the Biopsychosocial Attachment Types Framework, Alice Myrth Ogilvie (Dissertation)
The Effects of Mentoring on Work-parenting Gains and Strains in a Sample of Employed Predominately Female AFDC Recipients, Charlene Rhyne (Dissertation)
Enhancements to the Scalable Coherent Interface Cache Protocol, Robert J. Safranek (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
An Approach to Exact Modeling of the PWM Switch, Anas N. Al-Rabadi (Thesis)
Passive Circuit Modeling Using IPA510, Hassan Hiwaidi Al-Sheikhly (Thesis)
High Desert Homesteader: Alice Day Pratt, A Single Woman in Post, Oregon, Cathleen Croghan Alzner (Thesis)
A Longitudinal Study of the Career Maturity Patterns of Individuals with Clefts, Joyce Johnson Anderson (Thesis)
God, Union and Liberty : The Military as the Key Player in Costa Rica, 1820-1824, Aaron Arguedas (Thesis)
The Effectiveness of Hypermedia Training vs. Traditional Classroom Instruction in Stuttering, Micheal Dean Baran (Thesis)
The Bolinger Principle and Teaching the Gerunds and Infinitives, Anna Maria Baratta-Zborowski (Thesis)
Usability of Visual Basic for Parallel Programming on Windows NT, James Scott Barker (Thesis)
Ecology, Wilderness Selection, and the Salmonhuckleberry Roadless Area, Jason Scot Barker (Thesis)
The Effects of School-Mandated Community Service on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation to Volunteer, Carol Berubee (Thesis)
What a saint am I! : The self-canonization of Madame Jeanne-Marie Guyon in the Quietist controversy of seventeenth-century France, Jennifer Marie Lior Blacke (Thesis)
Training for Volunteer Teachers in Church-Affiliated English Language Mission Programs, Janet Noreen Blackwood (Thesis)
Opus Caementicium: My Work in Concrete, Thomas J. Botkin (Thesis)
An Analysis of the Principal Arguments in Support of a Congressional Term Limit, Paul William Cadero-Smith (Thesis)