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Three Loveless Romances: Lust, Music, and Frogs, Tia-Theo Thompson
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Kinematic Demands on Pile-Supported Wharves Due to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Ground Deformations, Thomas John Torkelson II
When I Was a Young Girl: Gender and Race in The Life Archives of Criminal Transportation, Nick Townsend
Disaggregating Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ perinatal health outcomes: a review of research using birth record data, Sarah-Truclinh T. Tran, Betty Izumi, and Janne Boone-Heinonen
Linguistic Discrimination in Higher Education in Vietnam, Y Dang Nhu Tran
Suppressing the Black Male Vote: Ronald Reagan and the War on Drugs, Caitlin Troyer
COVID-19 and Palliative Care Through the Provider Perspective, Michaelyn V. Truong
Precipitation, Surface Soil Moisture, and Pore Pressure: Relationships and Response Times, Anna N. Tsitsivas
Ancillary Data for Refining Computer Adaptive Algorithms for the Assessment of Anomia, Emily Kathryn Tudorache
Treatment Satisfaction and Self-Efficacy in Hispanic Diabetes Patients at a Free Clinic Setting, Lhanze Tum
Homeless Students' Barriers to Education: Before and After COVID-19, Linda M. Twidwell
Mothers' Drinking Motives, Sheila Kathleen Umemoto
Oregon Agricultural Trust: Mid-Columbia Research and Engagement Report, Nicole Underwood, Bryan Bruckman, Josh Linden, Briana Orr, Taylor Potter, and Lisa Wasson-Seilo
E-Scooter Safety and How To Improve It, Eric Valentino
Letitia Carson in Court: African American Women, Property, and Wages in the Pacific Northwest, Stephanie Marie Vallance
Modeling Renal Function During Pregnancy, Christina A. Valtierra
The Current Language Crisis in Siberia, Emma L. Vandehey
Portland Urban Coyote Project: A Review of Citizen Science's Utility for Researching Urban Canids and the Human Environment, Keith David VanderBrooke
An Examination of Nurses' Schedule Characteristics, Recovery from Work, and Well-Being, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck
Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- The Reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev and Their Effect on the USSR, Fevronia M. Van Sickle
Amount and Depositional Fate of Carbon Mobilized by Landsliding in SE Alaska, Bryce Alois Vascik
Strategic Analysis of Mirror: The Gym, Neeti Verma
Biological Invasions in Coastal Marine Ecosystems: How Changes in Trade Are Linked to Ballast Water Delivery of Nonindigenous Species, Danielle Elizabeth Verna