This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Marijuana-related Crime in Oregon Following Legalization of Recreational Use, Ana Alicia Soto (Thesis)
Development of a Design Guideline for Pile Foundations Subjected to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading, Milad Souri (Dissertation)
Immodest Transformations, Georg Sperle (Closed Thesis)
Women's Work: a Feminist Standpoint Theory Study of Scholarship, Voice, and Resistance in the Academic Generation of Knowledge, Linnea Angelica Spitzer (Dissertation)
Methods for Object Tracking With Machine Vision, Zachary Simon Stamler (Thesis)
Nesting Habits of Cavity Nesting Bees and Wasps in Portland, Oregon, Stefanie Kay Steele (Thesis)
Photoemission Electron Microscopy for Direct Observation of Photonic and Plasmonic Phenomena, Theodore Stenmark (Dissertation)
Exploring the Relationships Between Community Experiences and Well-Being among Youth Experiencing Homelessness, Katricia Stewart (Dissertation)
Projections of Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Patterns and Associated Temperature and Precipitation Over the Pacific Northwest Using CMIP6 Models, Graham Patrick Taylor (Thesis)
The Perspectives of Head Start Employed Community College Students Who Earned an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education Programs: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Challenges and Successes, Robyne E. Taylor (Dissertation)
Kinematic Demands on Pile-Supported Wharves Due to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Ground Deformations, Thomas John Torkelson II (Thesis)
Ancillary Data for Refining Computer Adaptive Algorithms for the Assessment of Anomia, Emily Kathryn Tudorache (Thesis)
Mothers' Drinking Motives, Sheila Kathleen Umemoto (Thesis)
Letitia Carson in Court: African American Women, Property, and Wages in the Pacific Northwest, Stephanie Marie Vallance (Thesis)
Portland Urban Coyote Project: A Review of Citizen Science's Utility for Researching Urban Canids and the Human Environment, Keith David VanderBrooke (Thesis)
An Examination of Nurses' Schedule Characteristics, Recovery from Work, and Well-Being, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck (Dissertation)
Amount and Depositional Fate of Carbon Mobilized by Landsliding in SE Alaska, Bryce Alois Vascik (Thesis)
Biological Invasions in Coastal Marine Ecosystems: How Changes in Trade Are Linked to Ballast Water Delivery of Nonindigenous Species, Danielle Elizabeth Verna (Dissertation)
Rowing Concerns: Collaborative Governance and Stakeholder Determination in the Central Oregon's Deschutes Basin, Noel Vineyard (Thesis)
Believe What You Will: Essays, Lee Ware (Closed Thesis)
The Soniferous Experience of Public Space: A Soundscape Approach, Kenya DuBois Williams (Dissertation)
Impacts of Nontraditional Admissions Criteria on the Admittance and Retention of Academically At-Risk Student Populations, Kristen Marie Winter (Dissertation)
Temperature-induced Activation of the Reproductive Axis through Melatonin-mediated Changes in Thyrotropin, Treven J. Winters (Thesis)
The Digital Divide and Health: Examining Digital Access as a Social Determinant of Health, Elizabeth Melissa Withers (Dissertation)
Microbes on the Mountain: Plant-Microbe Associations and Interactions on Mount St. Helens, Emily Rose Wolfe (Dissertation)
Short-term and Long-term Effects of New Light Rail Transit Service on Transit Ridership and Traffic Congestion at Two Geographical Levels, Huajie Yang (Dissertation)
Spectrum Modeling of RF Amplifiers Based on Intercept Points with Measurement Improvements, Siyuan Yan (Dissertation)
ten-cent flower & other territories, Charity E. Yoro (Closed Thesis)
MIT-S1 Constitutive Model Calibration for a Portland-area Soil, Steven Ryan Young (Thesis)
Preventing Sexual Violence Through Understanding Perceptions of Sexual Offenders, Judith G. Zatkin (Dissertation)
Development of Graphene Synthesis and Characterization Techniques Toward CMOS Applications and Beyond, Otto Kno Zietz (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Outsiders Within Inequality Regimes: a Sociological Framework to Advance the Lives of Women Veterans, Sarah Louise Aktepy (Dissertation)
Exploring Policies and Strategies for the Diffusion of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) for the Care of Senior Population, Hamad Asri Alanazi (Dissertation)
Long Term Changes to the Lower Columbia River Estuary (LCRE) Hydrodynamics and Salinity Patterns, Aqeel Al-bahadily (Dissertation)
The Experience of Female Caregivers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nouf Albugami (Dissertation)
A Land of Poets and Warriors: the Connection Between Warrior Culture and Bardic Culture in Medieval Wales c. 1066-1283, Sarah Lynn Alderson (Thesis)
Achieving High Reliability Organizations Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps - the Case of Offshore Oil and Gas, Ahmed A. Alibage (Dissertation)
Power Efficiency Enhancement and Linearization Techniques for Power Amplifiers in Wireless Communications, Haider Al-kanan (Dissertation)
Undrained Cyclic Shear Resistance of Low Plastic Silts, Rawan Almoumen (Thesis)
A Systematic Content Analysis of the Justice Reinvestment Programs Across Oregon Counties, Lorena Ambriz (Thesis)
Detecting Geomorphic Change and Stream Channel Evolution on the Sandy River, Oregon, Using Lidar Following Dam Removal in 2007, Lowell Henry Anthony (Thesis)
New Perspectives on Johannes de Muris and his Notitia artis musicae, Jeffrey Allan Arnsdorf (Thesis)
Juveniles in the Interrogation Room: Defense Attorneys as a Protective Factor, Caitlin Noelle August (Thesis)
Examining Employee Needs at Work and Home: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Dana Anuhea Auten (Dissertation)
Microplastics in Pacific Northwest Bivalves: Ecological Prevalence, Harvester-Consumer Exposure, and Aquarium Exhibit Outcomes, Britta Rahel Baechler (Dissertation)
Sensitivity Diagnostics and Adaptive Tuning of the Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Model, Sebastian Baldivieso (Closed Dissertation)
A Seasonal Study of Ecoroof Metal and Nutrient Dynamics and Associated Drivers in an Ecoroof on a Commercial Building in North Portland Oregon, Alex Vijay Bans (Thesis)
Self-Rescue, or Something Like It, Brittany Ann Barnhouse (Closed Thesis)
Multiple Diagram Navigation, Hisham Benotman (Dissertation)
Identifying a Starting Point for the Guided Reinvention of the Classification of Chemically Important Symmetry Groups, Anna Marie Bergman (Dissertation)
Paradigm Shifts in Large-Scale Educational Change: Uncovering the Oregon Education Investment Board's Theory of Change-in-Action, Johanna Kathryn Blackford (Dissertation)
Factors Affecting Clinical Research Enrollment Among Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Nicole Grace Bouranis (Dissertation)
Rebranding Empire: Consumers, Commodities, and the Empire Marketing Board, 1926-1933, Ashley Kristen Bower (Thesis)
Crania Japonica: Ethnographic Portraiture, Scientific Discourse, and the Fashioning of Ainu/Japanese Colonial Identities, Jeffrey Braytenbah (Thesis)
Debts, Karina L. Briski (Closed Thesis)
Time Series Analysis Evaluating Mortality Rates and the Differences of How States Investigate Deaths, Jordan M. Bruhn (Thesis)
Trajectories, Time Windows, and Alternative Pathways of Engagement: Motivational Resources Underlying Academic Development during Middle School, Heather Anne Brule (Dissertation)
Relationships Between In-Situ Tests and Soil Cyclic Strength for Earthquake Hazard Characterization in the Pacific Northwest, Tanner Scott Bryantt (Thesis)
A Colorless Nature: Exploring the Mental Health (Help-Seeking) Experiences of Pre-Adolescent Black American Children, Christopher Ashley Burkett (Dissertation)
Distribution, Geochronology, and Petrogenesis of the Picture Gorge Basalt with Special Focus on Petrological Relationships to the Main Columbia River Basalt Group, Emily Bogdan Cahoon (Dissertation)
Re-engaging Individual Capacities in Service of Civic Capacity: a Model of Holistic Civic Engagement Education for the University, Jane Gerald Carr (Dissertation)
Collaboration and Evaluation in Urban Sustainability and Resilience Transformations: the Keys to a Just Transition?, Liliana Elizabeth Caughman (Dissertation)
The Economically Disadvantaged Speak: Exploring the Intersection of Poverty, Race, Child Neglect and Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System, Angela Gail Cause (Dissertation)
CE-QUAL-W2 Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model of the Cedar River Municipal Watershed, Amory Spencer Cervarich (Thesis)
Vessel Trajectory Prediction Using Historical AIS Data, Jagir Laxmichand Charla (Thesis)
Robust Maximum Flow Network Interdiction Problem, Darshan Rajesh Chauhan (Thesis)
Hearing the Voices of Bicultural and Bilingual Teachers: Using a Case Study Approach to Explain the Professional Identity Development of Early Career Native Chinese Mandarin Teachers, Jing Chen (Dissertation)
An Inquiry into Developing College Student Socially-Responsible Leadership: Ethics of Justice and Care in the Midst of Conflict and Controversy, Jill Frances Childress (Dissertation)
Examining Mindfulness Training for Teachers: Theoretical and Methodological Extensions of Intervention Effectiveness, Jaiya Rae Choles (Dissertation)
Engaging Communities in Archaeology on Private Property in an Urban Neighborhood: the Search for the First (1825-1829) Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington, Amy Carolyn Clearman (Thesis)
Amplifying Latinx Voice through Interview Study: Highlighting Mathematics Identity as a Pathway to Student Self-Empowerment and Academic Agency, Brea Justine Cohen (Dissertation)
Waste Management in the Global South: an Inquiry on the Patterns of Plastic and Waste Material Flows in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Katie Ann Conlon (Dissertation)
Smart Contract Vulnerabilities on the Ethereum Blockchain: a Current Perspective, Daniel Steven Connelly (Thesis)
Glacial Meltwater Modeling to Simulate Lake Water Budget (1996-2013) in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, Julian Michael Cross (Thesis)
Migrant Health Policies in the European Union: a Comparative Policy Analysis, Jessica Joanne Currier (Dissertation)
Unpacking the Process and Outcomes of Ethical Markets: a Focus on Certified B Corporations, Renée Bogin Curtis (Dissertation)
An Assessment of the Decision-Making Units' Efficiency in Service Systems, Maoloud Yakhlif Dabab (Dissertation)
Designing Gates and Architectures for Superconducting Quantum Systems, Sahar Daraeizadeh (Dissertation)
Detecting Reinforcement Patterns in the Stream of Naturalistic Observations of Social Interactions, James Lamar DeLaney 3rd (Thesis)
Extensible Performance-Aware Runtime Integrity Measurement, Brian G. Delgado (Dissertation)
The Persistence of Indigenous Markets in Mexico's 'Supermarket Revolution', Diana Christina Denham (Dissertation)
An Investigation of the Temporal Relationship Between Agitation and Sleep Disturbances, Emily Catherine Denning (Thesis)
Working From Home: Analyzing the Autonomy of App-Based Adult Content Creators, Jenna DePasquale (Thesis)
Recurrent Formation, Low Levels of Ecological Differentiation, and Secondary Dispersal Facilitate the Establishment and Persistence of Autopolyploids in Eriophyllum lanatum, Nicolas Alexander Diaz (Thesis)
Where's the Learning in On-Campus Student Employment? An Inquiry into the Experiences of Undergraduate Student Employees, Patricia Ann Dorman (Dissertation)
Morphology, Taxonomy, and Ecological Niche Modeling of the Cochabamba Grass Mouse, Akodon siberiae Myers & Patton, 1989, James George Dunn (Thesis)
Settler Colonial Curriculum in Carlisle Boarding School: a Historical and Personal Qualitative Research Study, Patrick Gerard Eagle Staff (Dissertation)
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems: Spatial Variation, Organism Effects, and Consumer Perspectives, Amy Lynne Ehrhart (Dissertation)
Competing Narratives: the Struggle for the Soul of Egypt, Ahmed El Mansouri (Thesis)
A Posteriori Error Estimates for Maxwell's Equations Using Auxiliary Subspace Techniques, Ahmed El sakori (Dissertation)
Tending the Fire: Wildfire Risk Management at the Interface, Cody R. Evers (Dissertation)
Warmer Conditions Favor Conifer Tree Establishment at the Muddy River Lahar in Mt. St. Helens, Washington, Ignacio D. Falcon-Dvorsky (Thesis)
The Role of Strategic Governance in Reducing Infant Mortality Under Crisis Conditions, Lynn Christine Finley (Dissertation)
Investigating Dose-Dependent, Multi-Generational, and Strain-Specific Effects of 17α-ethynylestradiol Exposure in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Decatur Mitochondria Foster (Dissertation)
Life Satisfaction in Division IAA and Division III Football Players, Krista Haunani Francisco (Thesis)
Classifying Seabed Parameters from Normal Incidence Reflections: Model Comparison and Inversion Technique, Megan Frantz (Thesis)
Entrainment Processes for a Jet in Cross-flow: the Quantification of Turbulent Contributions and their Importance on Accurate Modeling, Graham Asher Freedland (Dissertation)
Biogeography, Morphology, and Systematics of the Mountain Cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837), Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae, Johnnie H. French (Thesis)
Moonlit Nights and Seasons of Romance: Yosano Akiko's Use of the Moon in Tangled Hair, Teppei Fukuda (Thesis)
Evaluating R&D Projects in Regulated Utilities: the Case of Power Transmission Utilities, Edwin Garces (Dissertation)