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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Workplace Challenges Experienced by Women, Ahmed Mohammed Almousa
Just Places and Paths: Equitable Transit-Oriented Development in Vancouver, Washington, Hannah Althea, Jesse Tapia, Ken Yoneda, Blessie Saoit, and Hayley Still
SAE Baja Drivetrain Capstone 2024-2025, Leslie Alvarez Cisneros
Codifying Capital: Legal Power, Racial Hierarchy, and the Gendered Dynamics of Law, Tavia Andrew
Latino Threat Perceptions and Immigration Attitudes: An Examination Across Generations of Latinos, Michelle Angel
Shock Effects Including Maskelynite Formation in Three Shergottite Meteorites From Mars, George Ayeh Anim
"Our Vision Is That Black Mothers and Birthing People, Fathers, and Partners Are Safe, Honored, and Respected Throughout Pregnancy and Parenthood": Black Birth Workers' Agenda for Black Maternal Health in Oregon, Sarah Marguerite Applin
The Necessity of Improved Pica Assessment Tools and Screening Practices for Harm Reduction, Deborah Arakelian
Plan Mano Dura: A Punctuated Political Act? Addressing Gang Violence in El Salvador, Carlos A. Arias
Japanese and English Code-Mixing: A Study on the Grammar and Functions by L1 Japanese-Speakers in Oregon, Takefumi Ariga
Universal Health Care, Oregon, Jennifer S. Arnold, Bethany Clouse, and Alec Martin
Black Artists in Conversation With Black Grief, Morrison Atlas
Adapting to Southwest Idaho's Shifting Wildfire Regime: Sustainable Collaboration as a Means to Socioecological Resilience, Olivia Awbrey
Bridgeless to Better Burnside: Reclaiming Burnside, Reconnecting the West Side, Michael Azierski, Brian Bill, Eric Gasper, Alex Gill, Jackson Morrison, and Michel Rojas
Magma Evolution and Eruptive History of Three Fingered Jack: A Mafic Composite Volcano in the Central High Cascades of Oregon, Javaria Aziz
Surveying Management Strategies for Pediatric Autoimmune Hepatitis, Lillie Baca
Teaching From Past Example: Various Interpretations of Livy's Rape of Lucretia, June Baeck
Monitoring and Modeling Legacy Tree Response to Restoration Treatments in the Klamath Mountains, Oregon, USA, Isaac Joseph Ball
Changing Minds, Changing Modes: Optimizing Public Perception Strategies for Urban Cycling Through Behavior Change Theory, Brandon Barnhart
Indigenous Futures: Decolonizing Conservation and Restoring Ecological Sovereignty, Jasmine Beach
"We're Not Gonna Take It": The Parents' Music Resource Center and Reformist Tendencies in American Society, Nathaniel Todd Belcik
Oregon’s Compulsory Education Act: Americanism, Nativism, and Assimilation, Andrea M. Bell
Tree-equity and Environmental Justice Discourses Among Urban Forestry Professionals in Portland: Current Impacts and Future Implications, Axcelle Deone Bell