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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
"Tindersluts" & "Tinderellas:" Examining Young Women's Construction and Negotiation of Modern Sexual Scripts within a Digital Hookup Culture, MacKenzie A. Christensen
Electric Water Heater Modeling for Distributed Energy Resource Aggregation and Control, Anne E. Clarke
Using the Syrian Civil War to Measure Hierarchy: Regional Power Transition in the Middle East, Eric Michael Clary
Bounding Box Improvement with Reinforcement Learning, Andrew Lewis Cleland
"Our inside story is something entirely different" : Cultural Illegibility, Layered Time, and Untranslated Gestures in Fae Myenne Ng’s Bone, Alexa Climaldi
Subjective Cognitive Functioning Relates to Parenting in Mothers with Chronic Pain, Denae S. Clohessy
Growing Against the Grain: Confronting White Supremacy and Patriarchy in Gardens in the Dunes, Andre Cole
The Limitations of DNA Interstrand Cross-link Repair in Escherichia coli, Jessica Michelle Cole
Implementation of Literature Circles in Oregon Middle Schools, Alissa A. Conant
Methods for Estimating Vehicle Fuel Consumption in Urban Road Networks Using Geographical Attributes, Ryan G. Conrad
James Baldwin's Another Country (1962) as Representation of Queer Identity Formation in Accordance to Space, Thomas Conway
Gaining a Competitive Advantage as the new leading Wind Power OEM, Horatiu Corban
Development of an Effective Shade Model for Water Quality Management in Oregon, Erin Costello
Consumer Acceptance of Eco-Innovations in the Athletic & Outdoor Industry, Ethan Cotton
Atypical Speech Development and Working Memory Recall Ability, Savannah LeeAnn Couch
It Wasn't Built in a Day: Reconsidering the Roman Dictatorship in Livy, Charlotte I. Crabtree
What's New Pussyhat? Men, Feminism, and Social Identity, Rachel Lee Crist
Designing Model Experiments Around Harriet Tubman Middle School, Ryan Crist, Sarah Smith, Greg Sakradse, and Ryan Scott
Student Motivation Profiles as a Diagnostic Tool to Help Teachers Provide Targeted Support, Cailin Tricia Currie
Politics in the Social Media Era: the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Political Participation During the 2016 United States Presidential Election, Kevin Everett Curry
Effects of Land Development and Season on Heavy Metal Concentrations in Urban Streams, Helen Daigle
The Impact of Online Professional Development on the Assessment Efficacy of Novice Itinerant Teachers of Students with Multiple Disabilities Including Visual Impairments, Jacqulyn Anne Donnenwirth Daniels
Reducing Turnover in Small Businesses through Efficient and Effective Onboarding Techniques, Andrew Davidson
Professional Recruitment Experiences of Community College Transfer Students Pursuing Accounting at Portland State University, Allison J. Davis