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Theses from 2020
Imperialism: a Case Study of America's Neorealist Domination of Power, Hannah Daniels
Pro-Life Ends at Birth: Race as a Primary Driver of State Abortion and Concurrent Natalist Policy, Tasha Danner
Designing Gates and Architectures for Superconducting Quantum Systems, Sahar Daraeizadeh
Eagle Creek Post-Fire Monitoring for Water Temperature & Water Stage, Sylas Daughtrey
Increasing Organizational Commitment: Empowering Employees in the Workplace, Kathryn Davidson
Disney's Reign Over Independent Cinema: How Mega-Corporations Are Commercializing Creativity, Hannah Z. Dawson
Detecting Reinforcement Patterns in the Stream of Naturalistic Observations of Social Interactions, James Lamar DeLaney 3rd
Extensible Performance-Aware Runtime Integrity Measurement, Brian G. Delgado
The Persistence of Indigenous Markets in Mexico's 'Supermarket Revolution', Diana Christina Denham
An Investigation of the Temporal Relationship Between Agitation and Sleep Disturbances, Emily Catherine Denning
Working From Home: Analyzing the Autonomy of App-Based Adult Content Creators, Jenna DePasquale
Carceral Empire: A People's History of the Origin of Prison in the United States, Henea S. de Savy
A Survey of Native Bees and Their Floral Use in Portland's Urban Orchards, Diandra L. Diamond
Unboxing Binate Fashion: Normalizing Nonbinary Representation in Design, Anayeli Diaz-Espinosa and Eddy Alvarez
Climate Change Will Increase the Vector Capacity of the Aedes aegypti in South America: A Systematic Map, Liliana Diaz and Richard Scott Lockwood
Recurrent Formation, Low Levels of Ecological Differentiation, and Secondary Dispersal Facilitate the Establishment and Persistence of Autopolyploids in Eriophyllum lanatum, Nicolas Alexander Diaz
A Review of Methodologies Applied for Determining Particulate Matter Characterization in Urban Regions, Garrett F. Diehl
The Lighthouse, Bellevue Washington, Jennifer Dillan, Andrew Goodman, Tim Lawler, Elton Yuan, Michael Lowes, and Dirks Mathias
Survivor Perceptions of Well-Being After Working with Domestic Violence Advocates in Healthcare, Passion Donais
Original, Nicole Donisi, Skyler Hayes, Ash Horn, Naomi Likayi, Trudy Chin, Fahad Al-Meraikhi, Matt Davidson, Wolfgang Schildmeyer, Nicola Cheadle, Melissa Delzio, Olivia Ridgley, and Portland Design History
Catherine de' Medici: The Crafting of an Evil Legend, Lindsey J. Donohue
Urban nesting biology of a threatened subspecies of Willow Flycatcher, Stephanie Doorly, Samantha Gillette, and Michael Murphy
Where's the Learning in On-Campus Student Employment? An Inquiry into the Experiences of Undergraduate Student Employees, Patricia Ann Dorman
Proposal for Comparative Morphometrics of Tübingen (TU) and Tübingen longfin (TL) Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Andrew Draper