This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Framing the Green New Deal and Climate Change: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Danielle Elizabeth Duffy (Thesis)
The Practice of Traditional Grading: A Site for Inquiring into Teacher Identity Friction in a U.S. High School, Sarah Emily Dutton-Breen (Dissertation)
Does Instructional Autonomy Matter? Exploring Job Satisfaction for Math and Non-Math Teachers in Low, Middle, and High SES Schools, Hannah Sean Ellefritz (Thesis)
Analyzing Classroom Discourse to Investigate Structuring Equitable Mathematical Talk in Small Groups and Whole-Class Discussions, Brittney Marie Ellis (Dissertation)
What's Care Got to Do with It? Expulsion Practices in Family Child Care, Josephina Paulina Emmrich (Dissertation)
The Salve of Not Knowing, Elizabeth Jane Entity (Closed Thesis)
Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land: Dwelling and Residential Alienation in Santa Monica's Rent-Controlled Housing, Lauren E.M. Everett (Dissertation)
Cultural Capital and Community Cultural Wealth: A Study of Latinx First Generation College Students, Affiong Eyo-Idahor (Dissertation)
Mass Capacity Analysis of Stormwater Control Measures Using Synthetic Stormwater with Silica, Organic and Hydrocarbon Constituents, Craig Michael Fairbaugh (Thesis)
Development of a Configurable Real-time Event Detection Framework for Power Systems using Swarm Intelligence Optimization, Umar Farooq (Thesis)
Aerosolization of Catalytic RNA for Prebiotic Transport and In Situ Reactivity, Brennan Roland Farrell (Thesis)
A Multi-Species Study on Several Types of Visitor Effects on the Behavior and Physiology of Animals at the Oregon Zoo, Laurel Berylline Fink (Dissertation)
Mapping Ecosystem Service Flows of Estuary Restoration Projects on the Oregon Coast to Identify Impacted Stakeholders, Shersten King Finley (Thesis)
Stratigraphic and Geochemical Evaluation of Distal Flows of the Columbia River Flood Basalts in the Greater Vale Area, Southeastern Oregon, Lena Marie Fox (Thesis)
Equidistant Sets in Spaces of Bounded Curvature, Logan Scott Fox (Dissertation)
Investigation of Basal Imnaha Basalt Flows and their Relationship to the Picture Gorge Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group, Luke James Fredenberg (Thesis)
Scaling EPA-RIMM with Multicore System Management Interrupt Handlers, Alexander K. Freed (Thesis)
Immigration Federalism in the United States: Constructing a Contemporary Institutional Framework Centered on Local Communities through a Case Study Approach, Sara Kuehlhorn Friedman (Dissertation)
Electron Backscatter Diffraction Analysis of Olivine in Ureilite Meteorites: Evaluation of the Partially Magmatic Catastrophic Disruption Model of the Ureilite Parent Body (UPB), James Karl Frye (Thesis)
Synthesis of Diaryl and Alkyl-Aryl Ethers via Diaryl Iodonium Reagents, Rory Tennessee Gallagher (Dissertation)
In Favor of Bringing Game Theory into Urban Studies and Planning Curriculum: Reintroducing an Underused Method for the Next Generation of Urban Scholars, Brian McDonald Gardner (Thesis)
Feminostalgia, Alexis Garrett (Closed Thesis)
Leaving College Without a Degree: The Student Experience at an Urban Broad Access Institution, Andrea Marie Garrity (Thesis)
The Process of Establishing a Blooming Chemistry Tool for Use in Undergraduate Chemistry Education and Research, Emryse Geye (Thesis)
Climate and Intraspecific Geographic Variation of Nests and Eggs in the Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus, Samantha Marie Gillette (Thesis)
Radical (Re)Positioning of Students as Cocreators of Curriculum: A Participatory Action Research Study of Undergraduate Student-Instructor Partnerships in Online Learning Environments, Kari Eleana Goin (Dissertation)
Amplifying Arab American Heritage Language Students' Voices: A Multiple Case Study on Translanguaging Practices and Identity Negotiation in University Arabic Classrooms, Lina Gomaa (Dissertation)
The Daughters of the Fronde: French Aristocratic Women and the Subversion of Bourbon Absolutist Culture, 1661-1727, Jordan David Hallmark (Thesis)
Clarifying and Measuring Inclusive Leadership, Kelly Mason Hamilton (Dissertation)
Post-Fire Erosional and Hydrological Processes Promoting Debris Flow Initiation in a Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock Forest in the Riverside Burn Area, Oregon, Morena Nicole Hammer (Thesis)
"We've Created Cheap Energy off the Backs of Salmon": Dam Removal Politics and Alliances in the Lower Snake River Basin, Krista Harrington (Thesis)
Unpaired Style Transfer Conditional Generative Adversarial Network for Scanned Document Generation, David Jonathan Hawbaker (Thesis)
Examining the Role of Social Support and Neighborhood Deprivation in the Relationship Between Multiple ACEs and Health Risk Behaviors, Marin L. Henderson-Posther (Dissertation)
The Comb, Rosanna Nafziger Henderson (Closed Thesis)
An Examination of Educator Perspectives on Career and College Pathways for Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color with Disabilities, Rachel Anne Herrick (Dissertation)
Japanese Gender Trouble in Revolutionary France: Ikeda Riyoko's Shōjo Manga The Rose of Versailles, Saki Hirozane (Thesis)
A Walk in the Park: A Spatial Analysis of Crime and Portland Parks, Cheyenne Pamela Hodgen (Thesis)
Toward Analyzing the Diversity of Extractive Summaries, Aaron David Hudson (Thesis)
Helminths of Thomomys Species (Rodentia: Geomyidae) of Oregon, Malorri Rene Hughes (Dissertation)
Eating Real Mexican: Identity, Authenticity, Americanization, Health, and Food Culture in the United States After 1900, Alexandra H. Ibarra (Thesis)
Inverse Modeling of Atmospheric CH4 and δ13C-CH4 Measurements from Surface Observation Sites to Understand Trends in Global Methane Emissions Over More Than Three Decades, Sayantani Karmakar (Thesis)
Development of a Configurable DERMS Test System in GridAPPS-D, Sean James Keene (Thesis)
Treatment Disparities in Emergency Medical Services: The Influence of Race/Ethnicity, Obesity, and English Proficiency, Jamie Kennel (Dissertation)
NMR Analyses of Flavored E-cigarette Liquids Before and After Aerosolization, Paul Joseph Kerber (Thesis)
Orthotrichum lyellii as an Active Moss Biomonitor: Examining the Interplay between Ambient PM10, Bulk Deposition and Heavy Metals in an Urban Environment, Scott Bradley Kiel (Thesis)
Materials and Methodologies for Spectroscopic and Optical Analytical Applications in Cultural Heritage Conservation Science, Lyndsay Nichole Kissell (Dissertation)
Confederate Statues in University Opinion Newspaper Articles: An Analysis of Themes and Attachment, Jamie Nicole Knopf (Thesis)
Developing an Energy Service Interface Specification, Jaime T. Kolln (Thesis)
Applying Biomimetic Passive Dynamics to a Quadruped Robot Leg, Emma Krnacik (Thesis)
Stakeholder Participation and Influence at State Public Utility Commissions, Genevieve Theresa Kruse (Dissertation)
Splitting Gaussian Densities to Minimize Variance Along a Direction of Nonlinearity, Amit Kumar (Thesis)
Intersections of Masculinity, Culturally Relevant Factors, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Asian American Men, Jason Z. Kyler-Yano (Dissertation)
Development of a Testing Station for Grid-Interactive Smart Inverter Systems, Yudong Lan (Thesis)
Testing the LS/CMI for Predictive Accuracy: Does Age Matter?, Sandra Stephanie Lawlor (Thesis)
Transportation Mode Choice Behavior in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles: The Application of Discrete Choice Modeling and Machine Learning, Sangwan Lee (Dissertation)
Sleeping to Support: An Examination of the Relationship Between Leader Sleep and Positive Support Behaviors, Jordyn Jan Leslie (Thesis)
Highly Power Dense DC to Three-Phase AC Modular Converters with Tiny Module Capacitors, Wiwin Hartini Lew (Thesis)
Making Curry with Rice: An Optimizing Curry Compiler, Steven Libby (Dissertation)
Stoneware and Earthenware from the Beeswax Wreck: Classification of the Dubé Collection and Discussion of the Interpretation of the Materials in Protohistoric Sites, Vanessa Renee Litzenberg (Thesis)
Spatial Analysis of Burn Severity and Streamflow Response in the Western CONUS, Will Brendan Long (Thesis)
Coming to Know the Local Environment: Children's Experiences in Rautamai Gaunpalika, Nepal, Elsie Nicole Love (Thesis)
Rooted in Deepbone, Kynna Elizabeth Jane Lovin (Closed Thesis)
Linear Nearest Neighbor Flocks With All Distinct Agents, Robert G. Lyons (Dissertation)
The Effects of Language Proficiency on Narrative Macrostructure in Spanish-English Bilinguals, Jenny Magallon (Thesis)
Domain Knowledge as Motion-Aware Inductive Bias for Deep Video Synthesis: Two Case Studies, Long Mai (Dissertation)
Work-Related IPV Among Latinos: Exploring the Roles of Fatherhood Status, Gendered Expectations, and Support for Intimate Partner's Employment, Adrian Luis Manriquez (Thesis)
The Meaning and Measure of Deliberative Systems, Darren Michael McCormick (Thesis)
Multimodal Imaging of Structural Concrete Using Image Fusion and Deep Learning, Sina Mehdinia (Dissertation)
Interwar Weimar Film and Masculinity: Challenging the Presumed Crisis of Interwar German Gender Discourse from Selected Films from 1925-1931, Brandon Metcalf (Thesis)
The Jane Stories, Katherine Elizabeth Mitchell (Closed Thesis)
Silos in Higher Education Institutions: Shifting from Organizational Phenomena to a Practical Framework for Equitable Decision-making, Mandi Sue Mizuta (Dissertation)
Scientology's FAQ: Sciencing, Tech-romancing, Simulacra, & Simulation an Estranged Content Analysis, David Scott Morrill (Thesis)
Higher Education Futures: The Transformative Potential of Using Critical Foresights Practices & Arts Based Research in Our Brittle, Anxious, Non-Linear, and Incomprehensible (BANI) World, Sheila Christine Mullooly (Dissertation)
Seismic Performance Design Criteria of Existing Bridge Bent Plastic Hinge Region and Rapid Repair Measures of Earthquake Damaged Bridges Considering Future Resilience, A K M Golam Murtuz (Dissertation)
Investigating Active Learning through the Lens of Student Engagement, Nicole Naibert (Dissertation)
Dustoff, Ryan D. O'Connell (Closed Thesis)
Masculinity Instability and Ideologies as Predictors of IPV Perpetration: The Mediating Role of Relationship Power, Emma Christine Marioles O'Connor (Dissertation)
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Examining Perceptions of Which Exonerees Deserve Compensation, Alexandra Pauline Olson (Thesis)
Professional Development for Special Education Paraeducators: How to Effectively Train Classroom Staff to Support Students with Complex Instructional and Behavioral Needs, Cara Olson-Sawyer (Dissertation)
The Benefits of Social Support on Health and Well-Being in Military Populations: Examining Mechanisms, Source of Support, and the Reach of a Workplace Well-Being Intervention, AnnaMarie Sophia O'Neill (Dissertation)
Reconceiving the Relationship Between the Built Environment and Walking Behavior: Examining the Samples, Scales, and Methods in Travel Behavior Research, Jaime Pablo Orrego-Oñate (Dissertation)
The Effect of Peer Relationships and Cyberbullying Victimization on Young Adults' Propensity to Cyberbully, Taaj Weraphorn Orr (Thesis)
An Assessment Model of the Healthcare Entrepreneurship Ecosystem to Foster Solutions for Underserved Communities, Abdalilah Saleh Owaishiz (Dissertation)
An Analysis of the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Tulsa Remote Program, As an Effective Economic Development Strategy, Kristen J. Padilla (Thesis)
A Bayesian Latent Scale Model for Multivariate Longitudinal Data, Kruti Pandya (Dissertation)
K-12 Racial Equity Work in the Predominantly White Pacific Northwest: Interracial Conversations, Counter-Stories, and Considerations, Bradley Justin Parker (Dissertation)
Critical Awareness, Reflection, and Action in Head Start Leadership: A Critical Consciousness Case Study of Head Start Leaders, Christopher Pearce Agudelo (Dissertation)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Use, Service Delivery Experiences, and Communicative Participation for People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Betts Peters (Dissertation)
Surfer's Journal, Ann M. Petroliunas (Closed Thesis)
Selected Hybrid-Genre, Short Story, and Fiction Work, Elizabeth F. Pickard (Closed Thesis)
Do Motives Matter? The Role of Motivation in Shaping the Impact of Mindfulness Training on Teachers' Psychological Distress and Wellbeing, Cristi N. Pinela (Dissertation)
Linking Conservation and Environmental Justice: Exploring Relationship-Building Between a Land Trust and Four Pacific Northwest Tribes, C. Noel Plemmons (Thesis)
Effectiveness of Air Pollution Mitigation Systems: Transport, Transformation, and Control of Ozone in the Indoor Environment, Pradeep Ramasubramanian (Dissertation)
A Tale of Two-Hybrids: Investigating the Interactomes of Cullin-Associated Proteins, Elyse Reitter (Thesis)
Random Lasing in Nano-Crystalline Zinc-Oxide Films, Benito Reynaldo Resendiz (Thesis)
"I Just Had to Do Most Everything": Gender, Settlement and American Empire in the Far West, Hannah Alexandra Reynolds (Thesis)
Dog Music, or, An Invitation to a Haunting, Andrew Joseph Richman (Closed Thesis)
Geographies of Urban Unsafety: Homeless Women, Mental Maps, and Isolation, Jan Radle Roberson (Dissertation)
The Fig King of Fresno: The Botanical Heist That Reshaped California's Landscape, Jacob Walz Roberts (Closed Thesis)
You Will Be Loved: a Mixtape, Ariana M. Rosales (Thesis)