This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Dynamic Characterization of Aluminum Softball Bats, Danny V. Lee (Thesis)
American Consul in Jerusalem 1856-1896, Eric Vaughn Lowe (Thesis)
A Question of Neutrality: Divorce Mediation Literature, the Role of the Mediator, and Perspectives on Bias, Cory Michael Mathews (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)
Nan Wood Honeyman and the Politicization of Women in Oregon, 1870-1942, Katherine Lee Moon (Thesis)
Cemetery of Discount Saints, Paul Mueller (Thesis)
Balkan Influences on the Eastern Sephardic Romance, Steve Nelson (Thesis)
An Antidote to the Anesthetic: A Diary Study, Carol Rasmussen Schramm (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)
State-to-State Migration During 1975–80 and 1985–90: An Analysis by Age, Race, Sex, and Education, Joseph Augustine Smith-Buani (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)
GIS Enhancements Using GPS Technology, Marc R. Beckel (Thesis)
Interrupting Generational Poverty: Experiences Affecting Successful Completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Donna Marie Beegle (Dissertation)
Textuaries, Patricia Millar Boas (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)
Language Attitudes and Academic Achievement: A Study of Mexican Immigrant ESL Students in the Northwest, Julie Ann Cheshire (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)
A Visual Interaction of Rational and Intuitive Processes, Priscilla Hanson (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)
The Effects of Interracial Contact on Whites' Racial Attitudes Toward African Americans, Lindsay K. Hixson (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)
Discourse Analysis: Backchanneling Behavior of Advanced Speakers of English/Japanese as a Second/Foreign Language, Keiko Ikeda (Thesis)
A Test of the Mediating Effects of Coping Strategies on the Relationship Between Perceived Control in the Workplace and Work-Family Fit, Jeff S. Johnson (Thesis)
A Comparison of Developmental Sentence Scores and Ratings of Intelligibility, Julie O'Harrow Karnstein (Thesis)
“The Way of the Scientist Deepens Beauty by Increasing Understanding”: Teaching Physics as an Aesthetic Form, Claudine Indigo Kavanagh (Thesis)
Effects of Language Interpretation Services on Medical Visit Patterns of Patients With Limited English Proficiency, Anita Marie Kay (Thesis)
International Students' Experiences in Higher Education: A Case Study Examining Uncertainty Reduction Theory in Communication Classrooms, Susan Kuhn (Thesis)
Magmatic Processes Operating During the Middle to Late Pliocene and Pleistocene Along the Transition Zone Near 43º North, Christy L. Lee (Thesis)
Structured Web Databases, Shuang Li (Thesis)
Sol-Gel pH Sensors and Sol-Gel Metal-Removing Sorbents, Dong Liu (Thesis)
The Early Years in African American Education: A Life History Approach to Evaluating Control Theory, Beverly Diane Logan (Thesis)
DIY, Community, and Technology: The Impact of Technology on Community Cohesion in the Portland Indie Rock Production Culture, Jeffrey Ross London (Thesis)
Signs of Popular Ecology in the Ecotourism Landscape Near Tikal National Park, Guatemala, Michael Mooradian Lupro (Thesis)
Renaissance Courtesy and Book VI of the Faerie Queene, Matthew S. Martini (Thesis)
Sleight of Hand: A Mystery Unveiled, Claudia Mederos (Thesis)
Use of Cultural Topics in Electronic Dialogue Journals in the Foreign Language Classroom, Katya Elizabeth Monge Jacome (Thesis)
Structural Conflict Prevention: Examining Well-Being, Justice and Security in Northern Ireland, 1967-1973, Loreene N. O'Neill (Thesis)
Media Construction, Reality Engineering, and the Forest Park Murder Victims, Patrick O'Reilly (Thesis)
Effects of Adapted Storybooks on Vocabulary Acquisition of Children Who Have a Severe Speech Impairment (SSI), Wendy Ann Peterson (Thesis)
The Maximization of Organizational Resource Utilization, Erich Pfeifer (Thesis)
Untitled Drawing Series: Influenced by a Mother and Child Relationship, Elaine A. Powell-Ascroft (Thesis)
Integrated Floorplanning and Buffer Insertion for Bus-Based Microprocessor Designs, Faran Rafiq (Thesis)
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle: An Adaptation of the Young Adult Novel by Avi, Adriane Rainer (Thesis)
Every Good Tree, Laurel Danielle Smith Rogers (Thesis)
The American of Japanese Heritage: Nisei (Second-Generation Japanese Americans) and Their School Education in the Pacific Northwest Before World War II, Misako Sadahiro (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)
The English Exile Congregation in Emden: The Marian Exile Presses and English Protestant Culture, Michael Stephen Springer (Thesis)
An Evaluation of Recidivism Rates for Resolutions Northwest's Victim-Offender Mediation Program, Karin Jewel Stone (Thesis)
The Long Road Home, Chuck Sullivan (Thesis)
Alcoholic Knowledge, Daniel (Dance) Grant Taylor (Thesis)
Way Points, Edward McLean Test (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)
Frontiers, Naomi Kristine Ulsted (Thesis)
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)
“Where Girls Will Be Boys and Boys Will Be Girls”: The Spatial Perceptions and Place-Bound Identity of the Drag Community in Portland, Oregon, Courtney Sullivan Villegas (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)
Survey of Support for and Opposition to English Only Legislation in the Greater Portland Region, Leah Ann 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
Another Look at the Portrayal of Minorities and Women in Prime-Time Television, Tellisa Amos (Thesis)