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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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A Resource-Based Perspective of STEM Career Development: A Latent Class Analysis, Erika Ann Schemmel

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The New Normal: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Today's Academic Nursing Faculty, Lisa R. Scott

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"I'll Just Say It's Been a Racist Process": The Power Dynamics Within and Outside Diversity Requirement Classrooms at a Minority-Serving Institution, Kazusa Seko

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Indigenous Cultural Healing in the Pacific Northwest: The Columbia River Tribes and the Potential Return of the Falls, CJ Senn

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Freeing the Fremont: Visions of a Post-Automobile Portland Highway Bridge, Henry Senters

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Minoru’s Mecca: The World Trade Center, 9/11, and the End of Architectural Modernism, Henry D. Senters

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A Comprehensive Literature Review of Gender Differences in Perception and Response to Stress, Zoe M. Shankland

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Revising and Consolidating the DSM-5 and ICD-11 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Into a Dimensional Spectrum-Based Disorder: A Literature Review, Samuel Milton Shatsky

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Integrating Methods to Investigate Phytoplankton Dynamics Along Gradients of a Major Urban River, Nicholas Sheldon

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Special Delivery: Special District Use of Collaboration to Solve Challenges, Kelly Irene Fahl Sherbo

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You Are What You Eat: Religion, Meat, and the Moral Dilemma, Hazel M. Sims Ms.

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Access to Healthcare for Rural Transgender Adults in the United States, Devon Smith

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Cuju: The Ancient Chinese Game That Held an Empire Together, Enzo H. Smith

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The Role of Neuroscience in Mental Health Management Within the ADHD Population, Kadi Rae Smith

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Uncovering Moral Injury at Work: The Development and Initial Validation of the Moral Injury at Work Scale (MIWS), Megan J. Snoeyink

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Working Paper No. 99, Adam Smith and the American Experiment, Cole Soliz

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Exploring Health Equity with Culturally Specific Providers of Permanent Supportive Housing, Judith Solomon

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Exploring Health Equity with Culturally Specific Providers of Permanent Supportive Housing, Judith R. Solomon

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Is Ride-Hailing a Potential Solution for Older Adults After Driving Cessation? The Role of Objective and Perceived Accessibility, Minju Kim Song

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Young Adults’ Views on Personal Death, Victor N. Soto

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An Exposition of "Probabilistic Polynomials and Hamming Nearest Neighbors", Vivek Srirama

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Indigenous Language Revitalization: The Klamath and Cherokee Tribes, Josephine Stapleton

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“Through Science to Justice” Magnus Hirschfeld’s Role in Queer Liberation, Katarina L. Stoll

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The Influence of Ethnic Racial Identity on the Critical Consciousness of Asian American College Students, Aliyah Sukkram

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How the U.S. Can Protect Taiwan in the 21st Century, Zachary Surmacz