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Theses from 2019
Fighting Back Against Criminalization of Homelessness: Martin v. City of Boise Case Study, Kaitlyn Dey
Simultaneous Bilingual Middle School Students Becoming Biliterate: What Do Students Think About Their Biliteracy as Taught Through the "Bridge" Strategy in a Humanities Dual Language/Immersion Class?, Alma Lucinda Diaz-Philipp
Efficient and Scalable Event Tracing, Rupika Dikkala
Project Title: Recruiting vulnerable populations into research, Maria Theresa D. Dizon
Monitoring Lesser Known Harmful Algal Blooms on the Oregon Coast, Taylor Dodrill, Tawnya D. Peterson, Matthew Hunter, and Micah Rogers
Identifying with Remida: Early Childhood Educators’ Experiences with Reuse Materials in Reggio Emilia Inspired Identity Studies, Michelle Angela Domingues
Alina Troyano: A Proposed of Methodology for the Art Historical Analysis of a Literary Performance Artist, Rachel Done
Sustaining Rural Place: Rethinking Design Principles for Social Sustainability in Rural America, Carlie C. Donnelly
The Hidden Killer: Towards Regulating Railyard Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions in Oregon, Kevin Downing, Robert McCullough, and Eric Shierman
Fractals as Basis for Design and Critique, John Charles Driscoll
Selecting the Best Home Automation System, Kevin D'Souza
Teacher Learning in the Context of Students’ Mathematical Thinking, Mary Sherrett Duden
Disfavored for the Color of Their Skin: Black Women Workers in the World War II Shipyards of Portland and Vancouver, Tessara G. Dudley
Analysis of E-cigarette Liquids and Aerosols by NMR Spectroscopy: Compositions, Boiling Points, and Degradation Profiles, Anna Katherine Duell
Documentation Status and Mexican Women’s Residence in Under-resourced Neighborhoods, Lauren A. Dunne, Dawn Richardson, Sarah B. Andrea, Betty T. Izumi, and Lynne Messer
"Infinite Time and Just a Little Bit of Mystery": Time, Theme, and Playability in 17776 and The Stanley Parable, Rachel Dutton
Working Paper No. 11, The 'Green' New Deal In Light of Roosevelt's New Deal, Gabriel Duvidovich
The Role of Activism During the AIDS Epidemic, Olivia Eaton
"Music That Binds Us": Development and Production of an Electroacoustic Concert, Christina Diane Ebersohl
The Death of Physical Media: The Dangers of Streaming and the End of the Home Library, Amelia Eichler
Adolescent Executive Dysfunction and Distant Parental Relationships: Influences on Tobacco Use in Youth Under the Age of 18, Aaron M. Eisen
Attrition Effects in Mandarin-English Bilinguals of Varying Proficiencies, Sarah Charlotte Elkinton
Attrition Effects in Mandarin-English Bilinguals of Varying Proficiency, Sarah Elkinton, Jared Forman, Diana Yuen, and Carolyn Quam
Explaining the Sectarian Violence in the Middle East: a Conflict Analysis of the Case Study of Saudi Arabia and Iran, Ahmed Elsayed Eltally
Audio Beat Detection with Application to Robot Drumming, Michael James Engstrom