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Theses from 2019
From Refugee to Citizen: Rhizomes and Roots in the Digital Age, Julia Nett
From Refugee to Citizen: Rhizomes and Roots in the Digital Age, Julia Nett and Michele Ruth Gamburd
Du Fu and Chinese Poetic Expression: How Politics, Nature, and Self Become One, Binhnam Nguyen
The Synthesis of Di-substituted DOTA Ligands for MRI Contrast Agents, Chau V. Nguyen
Noncompliance with Land Acquisition in Vietnam: a Policy Tools Approach, Dang Van Nguyen
Confronting Noh Demons: Zeami's Demon Pacifying Noh and Nobumitsu's Demon Killing Noh, Jitsuya Nishiyama
RevolutionärInnen am Fließband: a Comparative Gendered Analysis of the 1973 Pierburg and Ford Migrant Labor Strikes, Jordan Faith Norquist
Architectural Stewardship: Exploring Interpretation Architecture through the Lens of the Visitor, Graham A. Oden
Abstract Pronominal Anaphora in Three Registers of English, Dominique H. O'Donnell
Other-Initiated Other-Repair: Repair Organization While Playing a Place-Based Augmented-Reality Game, Adam C. Okoye
Mexico's Newest Threat: Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Maria Teresa Olivares
Perceived Partner Responsiveness, Sleep and Pain: a Dyadic Study of Military-Connected Couples, AnnaMarie Sophia O'Neill
Designing hydro-logical community resilience, Natalia S. Ortiz Luna
Comparison of Administratively Collected (ICD-10) vs. Prospectively Collected Adverse Event Data, Joseph G. O'Sullivan
Modeling Vertical Migration of Cyanobacteria and Zooplankton, Corina Christina Mae Overman
Ossia Marketing Plan - Hearing Aid Batteries & Starkey Partnership, Abdalilah Owaishiz, Bret Hunley, Caitlin Mohnike, Radha Shrikhande, and Tyler Stahl
"An Idolatry of Sound" : Nature, the Natural, and the Castrato's Body in the Eighteenth Century, Caitlin Elizabeth Pala
Lyrically Informed Performance: a Creative Study of Desire and Motivation in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Musical Collaborations, Fiona Palazzi
The Interactive Effect of Temperature and Salinity in the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), Rachel Marie Palmer
Benchmarking Cloud Computing Options Using DEA, Munisha Parikh, Sanjai Raj, Mary Muhly, Ambica Sogal, and William Bramblett
Gentrification and Aging-in-Place: Examinations of the Older African American Population in Portland, OR, Chanelle P. Parris
Evaluating the Utility of Theories of Social Integration in Understanding Areal Suicide Rates in the United States, Nathan Finch Parsons
Exotic Dancers Experiences with Occupational Violence in Portland, Oregon Strip Clubs, Harley J. Paulsen and Ericka Kimball