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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Comparative Analysis of Bacterial RecBCD and SbcC-SbcD Systems and the Yeast Mre11-Rad50 Complex During DNA Replication, Tannos Seyedjavadi
The Experiences of College Students Facing Housing and Financial Insecurity, Nora Shaheen
Black Women In Oregon Academia, Topanga Shakur-Freeman
Shade Tree Democracy: Maintaining Peace in Post-Conflict Societies, Jaafar M. Sh Jama
ARID: Agglomerative Regionalization via Information Divergence, A Novel Clustering Algorithm for Geo-spatial Data, Joshua David Sills
Design of Near Infrared EGFR-Targeted Fluorescent Probes for Lung Cancer Imaging, Jasjot Singh
Chatbot Therapy - Help or Hindrance, Kadi Rae Smith
The Hunt for Microbial Extant Extremophiles using Digital Holographic Microscopy, Carl Dale Snyder
Effect of Degree of Saturation on the Liquefaction Resistance of Non-Plastic and Low-Plastic Soils, Kayla Rae Sorenson
Trans and Gender Diverse Experiences with Healthcare Professionals, Victor N. Soto
Disaster Justice: Queer and Disabled Mobilities and Infrastructures of Care in the Pacific Northwest, Rachel Springer
So You Didn't Write the Next Great Novel (And How to Move Forward Knowing You Probably Won't), Adriana Stanzione
Flipper: A Stop-Motion Film About Labor Agency, Elijah Stegner-Herbest
Integrative Evidence for Cryptic Diversity in the Thomomys mazama Species Complex: Phylogenetics, Cranial Morphometrics, and Ecological Niche Modeling, Jessica Kate St. Michael
Blueprints of City Planning: How Function and Symbolism Have Shaped Our Cities, Elinor J. Stoll
Understanding the Experiences and Visibility of Asexual People and Guiding Policy to Effectively Protect Asexuality, Lizzie Stravens
Participatory Action Research Intervention Model to Address African American Workplace Experiences, Rekah T. Strong
Near-field Acoustic Microscope With Normal Force Metrology Capability, Kacharat Supichayanggoon
Exploring the Durability of Marine Picocyanobacterial Microcolonies, Erik Swanson
Queer Spaces and Procedural Justice: Public Attitudes Towards Police Civilian Contact, Delnaz Taherkalateh
Towards an Explicit Understanding of Network Governance in Urban Forestry Management: A Case Study of Portland (OR), USA, Quadri Olatunbosun Taiwo and Vivek Shandas
Guided Video Frame Interpolation for Video Compression, Pan Tan
Toward Contextual Adaptation and Knowledge Grounding in Large Language Models, Yufei Tao
The Voice as the Ultimate Microtonal Instrument, Catherine Terrell