This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A Survey of North American Electric Bicycle Owners, Cameron Steven Bennett (Thesis)
Understanding Quadrature Modulation by Designing a 7MHz IQ Test Bench to Encode the Polybius Square, William Lee Bradley (Thesis)
2020 Racial Justice Protests in Portland, OR: An Analysis of Radical Place-making and Police Tactics in a Neighborhood Context, Claire Brumbaugh-Smith (Thesis)
Queer Rural Youth Online: A Digital Ethnography, Joseph Robert Burns (Thesis)
Faculty Mentors' Influence on Latino/a/x STEM Undergraduates' STEM Identity Development, Sandy Cerda-Lezama (Thesis)
Comparison of Conventional and Adaptive Acoustic Beamforming Algorithms Using a Tetrahedral Microphone Array in Noisy Environments, Megan Brittany Ewers (Thesis)
Individual and Structural Contributors to Implicit and Explicit Anti-Muslim Bias in the United States, Aeleah M. Granger (Dissertation)
Varecia rubra (Red Ruffed Lemur) Diel Activity and Calling at Andranobe, Masoala National Park, Madagascar, Hannah Elena Hilden-Reid (Thesis)
Numerical Study of Cone Penetration in Calcareous Sands: Investigating Cone Tip Resistance Correction Factors for Crushable Soils, Stephanie Michelle Hyder (Thesis)
PCL and DMSO2 Composites as Biomaterials for Additive Manufacturing, Jae-Won Jang (Dissertation)
Choosing to Become a Teacher-Mentor: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Experience of Informal Teacher-Mentors, Stephen Wayne Johnson II (Closed Dissertation)
A Qualitative Study on the Persistence of Seasoned Student Affairs Professionals, Russell Taylor Jones (Dissertation)
The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Juvenile Offender Typology, Aliza Beth Lipman (Thesis)
Sustainable Leadership During Turbulent Times, Paul Marietta (Dissertation)
Teaching in a Kenyan Refugee Camp: A Critical Ethnography of the Impact of Teacher Preparation and Cultural Experience on Pedagogy, James Adiok Mayik (Dissertation)
Understanding the Other: Mentor Ethnocultural Empathy and Relationship Quality and Duration in Youth Mentoring, Miriam Miranda-Diaz (Dissertation)
The Mirror Project: Reflections on the Experiences of African-American Female Adolescents Experiencing Foster Care, Bahia Anise-Cross DeGruy Overton (Dissertation)
Latine Dual Language Bilingual Education Teachers' Work Experiences, Nelly Noemi Patiño Cabrera (Dissertation)
The Wage of Wellness: The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Work Recovery, Emily Julia Ready (Thesis)
Corporatizing Violence: Targeted Repression of Indigenous Dissent in Democratic States, Laikaika Layne Rivera (Thesis)
The Arab Spring Uprisings in Geopolitical Context, Jake Alan Rutledge (Thesis)
MmWave RAT Optimization: MAC Layer Initial Access Design and Transport Layer Integration, Suresh Srinivasan (Dissertation)
It Takes a Village: An Examination of Social Relationships and Mental Health, Em Francis Trubits (Dissertation)
Understanding Waveguides in Resonance, Pieter Johannes Daniel Vandenberge (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Tools for Quantifying Bacterial Motility Using Digital Holographic Microscopy as Applied to Studying the Simulated Microgravity Environment, Jacqueline Marie Acres (Dissertation)
The New Profits of Pleasure: Reality Television and Affective Exploitation in Post-Pandemic Neoliberalism, Sophia Aepfelbacher (Thesis)
Fintech and Entrepreneurship: An Assessment Model to Evaluate Policy Instruments for Fintech Adoption by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Deemah Abdullah Alassaf (Dissertation)
Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal From Wastewater Under Low Dissolved Oxygen (LDO) Conditions, Bashar Al-Daomi (Dissertation)
Organizational Readiness Assessment for Fraud Detection and Prevention: Case of Airlines Sector and Electronic Payment, Sultan Ayed Alghamdi (Dissertation)
Probability Distribution Fitting for Censored Data: A Practical Guide for Survival Analysis of NBI Data for Concrete Bridge Decks in Oregon, Asmaa Almeshaileh (Thesis)
Seeing in the Dark: Towards Robust Pedestrian Detection at Nighttime, Afnan Althoupety (Dissertation)
Heartbreak and Head Trauma, August Joseph Amoroso (Closed Thesis)
How Unequal Access to Personal and Professional Networks Impacts Success Among Construction Apprentices, Cameron Elliot Arnold (Thesis)
Postfire Effects and Regeneration Patterns in Araucaria-Nothofagus Forests in South-Central Chile, Paola A. Arroyo-Vargas (Dissertation)
The Double Dutch Retention Framework: A Grounded Theory Study on Increasing Racial Staff Diversity at Pacific Northwest Community Colleges, Dominique S. Austin (Dissertation)
Phytoplankton Community as an Indicator of Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms in High Mountain Lakes, Victoria Elizabeth Avalos (Thesis)
A Deep Hierarchical Variational Autoencoder for World Models in Complex Reinforcement Learning Environments, Sriharshitha Ayyalasomayajula (Thesis)
The Influence of Polystyrene Microplastics on Juvenile Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Kaitlyn Marie Baker (Thesis)
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Innovation Ecosystems in Facilitating the Adoption of Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Dana Sami Bakry (Dissertation)
E Hui me ke Kaiāulu: To Connect with the Community, Heather Kayleen Bartlett (Thesis)
The Affective Discourses of Eviction: Right to Counsel in New York City, Hadley Savana Bates (Thesis)
A Just Futures Framework: Insurgent Roller-Skating in Portland, Oregon, Célia Camile Beauchamp (Thesis)
Instructors at a Crossroad: Perceptions of Collaboration and Support Intersect with Intentions to Implement a CURE, Justin Berl (Thesis)
Uncertainty Quantification and Fragility Development of Deteriorating RC Bridge Piers, Ayush Bhandari (Thesis)
Modeling Leaf-Level Transpiration: Exploring the Consequences of Assumed Saturated Vapor Pressure in Leaves, Danlyn L. Brennan (Thesis)
Design and Characterization of 2.4GHz Antennas for Wireless Sensor Applications, Luis Zogby Brennan (Thesis)
UHV-Shear-Force Acoustic Near-Field Microscopy and Its Implementation in the Study of Confined Mesoscopic Fluids, Theodore Alex Brockman (Dissertation)
Examining Factors Impacting the Service Needs of Unhoused Women, Holly Brott (Dissertation)
Electrochemical Hydrogen Gas Production and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration via In Situ Formation of Nickel (II) Tris-(Pyridinethiolate) Derivatives, Dayalis S.V. Brown (Dissertation)
Assessment of the Omni-Channel Adoption for the Management of Emergence Technologies in Food Retailing During and After the Era of COVID-19, Esraa Bukhari (Dissertation)
Do Frameworks Matter? Testing the Framing Effect on Public Support for Prison Pell Grants, Natalie Miles Burke (Thesis)
Cultivating Equity: Harnessing School Garden Education as a Catalyst for Food Justice and Social Change, Maureen Madeleine Callahan (Thesis)
A Policy Proposal for Agricultural Data Governance, Ana Sofía Castellanos Santamaría (Dissertation)
Realization of Multi-Valued Logic Using Optical Quantum Computing, Sophie Choe (Dissertation)
Local Voices: Counterstorytelling and Retention of Faculty of Color in Oregon's Community College System, Kristin Christophersen (Dissertation)
Real-time Length Sensing of Braided Pneumatic Actuator using IR Time-of-Flight Sensor, Luon B. Chung (Thesis)
Structure-from-Motion Derived Snow Cover in Burned Forests of the Western Oregon Cascades, Siobhan Ciafone (Thesis)
Identifying Advantages to Teaching Linear Regression in a Modeling and Simulation Introductory Statistics Curriculum, Kit Harris Clement (Dissertation)
Spatial Variations in Ancient Meteoric Water: An Investigation of the Rattlesnake Tuff, Julian Michael Cohen (Thesis)
Main, Mediated, and Moderated Effects of Participating in an After-School Social and Emotional Learning Program on Young Children's Development of Social-Emotional Skills, Amy L. Cordier (Dissertation)
Increasing Access to Doulas in Oregon: A Delphi Study, Courtney Elizabeth Crane (Dissertation)
Radical Urban Natures: Mitigating Urban Heat with Nature-Based Techniques in Portland, Oregon, Heather Day-Melgar (Thesis)
Improving Peer-to-Peer Learning for Students with Extensive Support Needs in Inclusive Classrooms, Zachary Michael Deets (Dissertation)
Who Puts the "Support" in Supportive Housing? The Impact of Housing Staff on Resident's Well-Being, and the Potential Moderating Role of Self-Determination, Kenna Estell Dickard (Thesis)
Tiny Drifters Amidst Global Change: Examining Environmental Drivers, Trophic Impacts, and Management Strategies of Estuarine Plankton Communities in the Anthropocene, Taylor Nicole Dodrill (Dissertation)
Examining Policy Innovation Process and the Roles of Policy Entrepreneurs: A Case of Smart City Initiative in Khon Kaen, Thailand, Thitisak Duadsuntia (Dissertation)
Motivation to Collaborate: A Qualitative Exploration of the Perspectives of Service Providers on an Alternative First Response Program, Desiree' J. DuBoise (Thesis)
The Letting, Jessamyn Hayley Duckwall (Closed Thesis)
Evaluation of the Slip History and Holocene Activity of the Strawberry Fault, Grant County, Oregon, Andrew Dunning (Thesis)
Developing a Sample-efficient Analytical Pathway for a Qualitative Chemical Investigation of Ancestral Chilkat Dyeing and Weaving Practices, Dario Gerlando Durastanti (Dissertation)
Factors Affecting Community Rating System Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program: A Case Study of Texas, Ryan David Eddings (Dissertation)
Cognitive Engagement During Group Learning Activities in Chemistry Courses: An Analysis of Student Discourse, Safaa Youssef El-Mansy (Dissertation)
Songs in My Head: Essays, Robin Bacior Emanuelson (Closed Thesis)
Exploring Nonprofit Views on Water Management and Conservation Strategies, Jillian Marie Farley (Thesis)
Uncertainty Quantification of Live Load Effect in Buried RC Box Culverts, Mohd Firoj (Thesis)
Tell Me, Do You Feel It Too? A Meta-analysis of Dyadic Emotional Contagion in the Workplace, Stefanie Fox (Dissertation)
Coriolis Forces on Wind Turbine Wakes within a Wind Farm, Natalie Violetta Frank (Thesis)
Comparative Skull Morphology of California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) and Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the Pacific Northwest and Implications for Hybridization, Ada Iris Garcia Garcia (Thesis)
Understanding the Experiences of Latino Medical Students in a Learning Medical Environment, Leslie García (Dissertation)
Elementary Principal Leadership and Special Education: A Case Study in the United States, Vivian M. Garrison (Dissertation)
Rush: Volume One, Section One: Super Tuesday, Ruben Angel Gil-Herrera (Closed Thesis)
In-Progress Works of Fiction in Disparate Styles with Common Themes, Josef Ginsberg (Closed Thesis)
The Definition of Yearning, Ryan Goderez (Closed Thesis)
Creating Regression Model for Non-Markov Transition Probability Using Pseudo-Observations, Michael Gray (Dissertation)
Participatory Mapping of Tree Equity, Preferences, and Environmental Justice in Portland, OR, Katharine Vezin Gregory (Thesis)
Forest Fire Effects on Snow Storage and Melt Across Scales of Forest Recovery in the Western Oregon Cascades, Megan Nicole Guinn (Thesis)
Left Out to Dry: Understanding the Social Experiences of Ground Depletion in Washington State's Columbia River Basin, Alexis Lisandro Guizar-Diaz (Thesis)
The Greeley Variations, Mary Haidri (Thesis)
The Impact of Climate Change on Selected PNW Watersheds through the Lens of Western Red Cedar Habitat, Jordan T. Hamann (Thesis)
Graphical Models in Reconstructability Analysis and Bayesian Networks, Marcus Andrew Harris (Dissertation)
Ambos, Emerson Daniel Henry (Closed Thesis)
"Suited to the Wants of the Country": Historical Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver Sutler's Store, Vancouver, Washington, Kaitlyn Nicole Hosken (Thesis)
Toward Efficient Rendering: A Neural Network Approach, Qiqi Hou (Dissertation)
Energy Auction with Non-Relational Persistence, Michael Ramez Howard (Thesis)
Tidal Bed Stress Asymmetry and Sediment Transport in Estuaries, Austin Scott Hudson (Dissertation)
Left on "Read" and All Alone: Instigated Cyber Incivility, Shame, and Experienced Ostracism at Work, Alison Lucia Hunt (Thesis)
"The Call is Coming from Inside the House": Tracing Experiences in the Institutionally-Centered Process of Establishing Limited Conservatorships in California, Barbara Alison Imle (Dissertation)
Drivers and Dynamics of Phytoplankton Communities and Harmful Algal Blooms in Mountain Lakes, Lara Stephanie Jansen (Dissertation)
Implementing a Functional Logic Programming Language via the Fair Scheme, Andrew Michael Jost (Dissertation)
American Institution of Public, K-12 Education: An Institutional Field Under a Complexity Paradigm, Jennifer Jean Joyalle (Dissertation)