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The Landscape Services of Ecology, Eric P. Butler, Leslie Bliss-Ketchum, Cat de Rivera, Sahan Dissanayake, Dorothy Horn, Ben Huffine, Amanda Temple, Michael Vermeulen, and Hailey Wallace
Picturing Forgotten Filipinos: Family Photographs Resisting U.S. Colonial Amnesia, Stevie Cadiz and Alma M. O. Trinidad
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
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Investigation of Morphology Changes in the Reduction of Silica Nanoparticles to Elemental Silicon, Allison M. Cairns
The Importance of Richard Lionheart in the Third Crusade, Stefan Caplazi Mr.
The Role of Marketing Education in Reactions to Advocacy Advertising, Tobin Carlberg
Predicting Opioid Overdoses in Pennsylvania, Nicholas Carolan
Emergence in the Strengths and Love of My People to Counter Invisibility for Liberation in the White Academy, Emily D. Carrillo-Casares
Re-engaging Individual Capacities in Service of Civic Capacity: a Model of Holistic Civic Engagement Education for the University, Jane Gerald Carr
Urban Hostility: CPTED, Hostile Architecture, and the Erasure of Democratic Public Space, Matthew M. Carr
A Secret Plague: How the Decline of Mental Health During the Great Plague Created an Undetected Epidemic, Erin A. Carty
Explicit Learning of Auditory Categories in Preschoolers With and Without Developmental Language Disorder, Lauren Casey
The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion and Association with Community Health Center Funding; a Focused Look at the Diabetic Hispanic/Latinx Community, Soraya Castenada and Leslie Bienen
Collaboration and Evaluation in Urban Sustainability and Resilience Transformations: the Keys to a Just Transition?, Liliana Elizabeth Caughman
The Economically Disadvantaged Speak: Exploring the Intersection of Poverty, Race, Child Neglect and Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System, Angela Gail Cause
CE-QUAL-W2 Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model of the Cedar River Municipal Watershed, Amory Spencer Cervarich
Vessel Trajectory Prediction Using Historical AIS Data, Jagir Laxmichand Charla
Zoonotic Illness among Veterinarians & the TWH perspective, Nicole Chaudhary
Robust Maximum Flow Network Interdiction Problem, Darshan Rajesh Chauhan
A Solution for Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Compostable Consumption Across Industries, Prithvi Chauhan
An Inquiry into Developing College Student Socially-Responsible Leadership: Ethics of Justice and Care in the Midst of Conflict and Controversy, Jill Frances Childress
Examining Mindfulness Training for Teachers: Theoretical and Methodological Extensions of Intervention Effectiveness, Jaiya Rae Choles
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
Amplifying Latinx Voice through Interview Study: Highlighting Mathematics Identity as a Pathway to Student Self-Empowerment and Academic Agency, Brea Justine Cohen