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Theses from 2019
Understanding Dignity Through Survivor Testimony, Rachel Fessenden
Diversity in YA: A Look at How Book Description Language Talks About Race, Brittney Finato
The ‘Girl Student’ and Modernity: Imagining a Place for Women in the New Nation, Kayla Fish
Indigenous Party Formation and Success: the Strategic Roles of Reserved Seats, Parties, and Horizontal Accountability, Michael FitzGerald
Creating a 3D Printed Bipedal Robot’s Ankle and Foot With Human-Like Motion, Tylise E. Fitzgerald
Collaborative Features of Graphic Narratives: Research for "Lovely, Satisfied, Indifferent Eyes", Brigid K. Fitzpatrick
A Retrospective Chart Review of Sleep Questionnaires in Children with Down Syndrome, Sarah Therese Florig
Upon a Dream, Jessica Marie Fonvergne
Closing the Loop on Academic Evaluations, Gabriel Franta and M. Catherine Burgess
Haematoloechus Lung Flukes in American Bullfrogs: Prevalence and Associations of Infection, Bethany Frantz
An Analysis of the Evolution of Medicine in Nineteenth Century England via The Development of the Anatomical Model per Human Dissection, Isabelle C. Freeman
Impactful Care: Addressing Social Determinants of Health Across Health Systems, Nicole Lisa Friedman
Unmanageable, Karleigh Anne Frisbie
Caring about Aftercare: Thesis Presentation of Initial Findings, Sage B. Fuentes
Superhydrophobic Particle Ejections from Liquid Surfaces in Microgravity Environments, Elaina L. Gabriel
Future of Transportation: Emerging Technologies and Business Models, Eliana Gabriel, Maiya Delgoda, and Moise Degand
Snowy Plover Demography in Oregon, Eleanor Prindiville Gaines
A New Method for Assessing Smoking Behavior in Orthopaedic Patients, David Gallacher
Deciding the Best Type of Large Scale Solar Photovoltaic Installation, Poonam Ganoskar, Prabi Panigrahy, Ali Al-Gafly, and Kevin D'Souza
Working Paper No. 31, Marx and Proudhon: Two Visions of Socialism, Lillian Garcia
Modeling Surface Roughness as an Indicator of Age and Landslide Susceptibility, and the Spatial Inventory of Prehistoric Landslides: Green River Valley, Washington, Rebecca Naomi Garriss
β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex with Oxazine-4 Derivative for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme, Rohi Gheewala