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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
"What About the Men? Investigating Alcohol Consumption, Masculinities, and Risky Sex in Peri-Urban Eswatini, Aaron Jackson Levine
A Resource-Based View of Amazon’s Drone Delivery Services, Barrett Lewis
Editor's Introduction, Barrett A. Lewis
Masthead, Barrett A. Lewis
A Present-Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment of Latinx Workers in the Portland Fast-Food Industry: a Study of their Employment Journeys & Job-Related Language Needs, Livia Z. Lichtenstein-Hershman
Aristocracy and Agriculture: How Vergil’s "Georgics" Inspired a Wave of Agrarianism and Imperialism, Isabel M. Lickey
Erotic Manga, its Artists, and the Pressures of Censorship, Dominique Andrée Lief
Application of Improved Feature Selection Algorithm in SVM Based Market Trend Prediction Model, Qi Li
The Role of Public Health Students in an Interprofessional, Student-Led Clinic, Rachel Lockard
Consumerism-Driven History: The American Girl Brand as Publisher and Arbiter of Girlhood Identity, Sarah Loepp
Cooperating Teachers' Perceived Preparedness to Support Science Teacher Candidates for Culturally Sustaining Science Teaching, Keelan Purcell LoFaro
Photoelectrochemical Catalysis of Hydrogen Peroxide with Tellurium Containing Chromophores, James Eliott Lohman
Scenes from the Swale: Investigating Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Nitrogen Cycling in Urban Stormwater Bioretention Facilities, Erin Nicole Looper
Seismic Performance of Substandard Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns under Subduction-Zone Ground Motions, Alvaro Francisco Lopez Ibaceta
Investigation of Vitamin B12 Vaping Products, Lilliana Lopez, Xijing Zhu, and Robert M. Strongin
Learning From Culturally Specific Programs and Their Impact on Latino Parent Engagement, Analucia Lopezrevoredo
Project Proposal/WIP: Exploring Trends in Oregon Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Scores between and within districts and schools, Kylie Loutit and Jamie Peterson
Writing Through It, Casey M. Lowrey
It's Not Just the White Girl: How Higher Education Professionals Support Transgender Survivors of Sexual Assault, Hanna E. Luckett
Marie Kondo and the New Self-Help, Kristen Ludwigsen
Mathematical Modeling of Vaccinations: Modified SIR Model, Vaccination Effects, and Herd Immunity, Tina Huyen Luong
An Investigation of the Impact of High School Student Fine Arts Course Accumulation on Mathematics Course Achievement, Daniel Mackin Freeman