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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Acceptance of Shared Autonomous Vehicles: Exploring the Attitudes and Perspectives of Older Adults, Sara Sohaee Urbina
Modeling the Combined Effects of Forest Fire and Climate Change on Snow-Water Storage in the Oregon Cascades, Joseph D. Vigil
Allyship in Action: Structural Positions, Supportive Behaviors, and Diversity Climate in Collaborative STEM Networks, Avery Nichole Waklatsi
The Commons of the Mind: Modeling Repeat-Player Behavior in Intellectual Property Infringement Disputes, Eliot Bridges Warner
"Your Problem is Not at All an Uncommon One": Visibility, Black Men, and Sexual Orientation in The Anti-Apartheid and Civil Rights Movements, Wren Addison Weddell
It Takes a Village: Community Science in Portland’s Urban Waters, Brian John Weir
From Policy to Practice: Strengthening Black Intellectual Engagement in PSU’s RESR Curriculum, Chantell Wesley
Brutalism, Bad Manners, and Tech Baddies: Strengthening Women's Sense of Belonging in Undergraduate Computer Science Spaces, McKenzie Starr West
Foundations' Deep, Emily Williams and Morgan Williams
Heat Misers, Snow Misers, and Cognitive Misers: The 'Nukewarm' Perceptions of Nuclear Power, Tyler Williams
Ambivalence, Foremourning, and Displacement in the German Translation of Marie Bonaparte's Topsy, Kooper Wilson
When Bad Fences Make Bad Neighbors: "Civilization" v. Pastoralism in Kenya and Oregon 1860s-1930s, Trenna Wilson
Into Me See: Visibility, Recognition, and The Need to be Seen in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, Vicki L. Wine Carney
Mycelial Modeling: Teaching Biology Students Statistical Modeling with Mushrooms, Colette Wolf
Using Passive Camera Monitoring to Investigate Northern Red-legged Frog Use of a New Road Undercrossing Structure, Alyson W. Yates, Catherine de Rivera, Susan Barnes, Rachel Wheat, and Justine Brumm
The Public Relations of Microtonal Music Through the Eyes and Ears of Microtonalists, Tristan B. Young
Slovenian-Assisted Slate Integrated Infrastructure Development Project (SIIDP) and Solid-Waste-Management System, Musa Zakari
Civic Activism of Refugee Community Organizations and Their Effectiveness in Supporting Refugees, Anis Zaman
Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Communities of Practice: Aging, Emergency Management, and Churches in Rural Clackamas County, Oregon, Lukas Robert Aberle
Grid Services Demonstration Using Service-Oriented DERMS, Midrar Adham, Sean Keene, Tylor E. Slay, Jaime T. Kolln, and Robert Bass
Fancy Mice, Damian Aguilar