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The Use of the Birth Control Movement as a Eugenics Weapon, 1920's-1960's, Peyton P. Holstein
Investigation of Magnetism in Transition Metal Chalcogenide Thin Films, Michael Adventure Hopkins
Pregnancy and the Apocalypse: the Enlistment of Reproductive Futurism in Aid of Nationalism, Emily E. Horger
Letter from the Editor, Blake Horner
Working Around Political Divides: a Multidisciplinary Examination of Political Identity as a Factor of Organizational Diversity, Blake D. Horner
"I Should Have Moved Somewhere Else": the Impacts of Gentrification on Transportation and Social Support for Black Working-Poor Families in Portland, Oregon, Steven Anthony Howland
National Death Rates from Firearms due to Legal Intervention for Native Americans, Hanrui Huang
An Analysis of Fraud in the Context of Depreciation Manipulation, Sydney G. Jackson
Safe Consumption Facilities as Harm Reduction, Christina Jäderholm, Dana Crossby, Rachel Greim, Chelsea Peterson, and Dawn Richardson
Everyone Has a Garden, David Jarecki
Transition to Higher Education: Narratives of Transfer Students from the U.S. Territories, Ann Jeline Manabat and Alma M. O. Trinidad
On DC and Local DC Functions, Liam Jemison
Arthur Clennam’s Navigation of Social and Physical Setting in Little Dorrit, Danielle Jochums
Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment: the Additive Value of Victim Reported Risk, Jennifer Joanne Johnson
Social Media Use, Social Comparison, and Loneliness, Jordan Elena Johnson
International Migration, Development, and Policy: Reconsidering Migration Transition Theory—A Way Forward, Karin A. C. Johnson
Sodomy Laws in France: How The 1791 French Penal Code Decriminalized Sodomy Without The Will of The People, Serena Johnson
Lessons for Healthcare Reform from the Military Health System, Amy Jones
Economic Analysis of Green Marketing: The Correlation Between Consumers and Firms Through Environmental Incentives, Naomi Joyce
Determinants of Green Purchase Intentions of Saudi Consumers, Amani Mohammed Kaadoor
Mechanics of Canopy Turbulence, Hawwa Falih Kadum
Developmental Programming Effects of Maternal Obesity, Carolle J. Kassab
Optimal Boundary Detection Using Autonomous Mobile Sensors, Phillip Justin Kearns
The Pursuit of Democracy: the Racial Subject and Sympathy’s Limits in Leaves of Grass, Aidan Kennelley