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Theses from 2018
The Role of Hegemonic Masculinity in Gay Men's Health Disparities, Andrew M. Edwards
Exploration of Ayahuasca’s Mechanisms in the Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorder, Aaron M. Eisen, Nicholas A. Smith, and W. S. Griesar
Direct Synthesis of Graphene on Niobium and Niobium Nitride, Robin Ekeya and Otto Zietz
Ecology and Population Dynamics of Salmonids in the Columbia River: Response of Fishes to Anthropogenic Change in a Large Riverscape, Timothy Sean Elder
Risk Communication in Lactation Consulting, Stephanie Elliott
Dynamics of Magma Recharge and Mixing at Mount Hood Volcano, Oregon -- Insights from Enclave-bearing Lavas, Molly Kathryn Ellowitz
Discrimination Against Healthcare Providers: Through Training and Practice, Shawna Erickson
Beyond BookScan: How Publishers Can Use Alternative Data To Supplement Traditional Sales Metrics for Genre Fiction, Grace Evans
Our Town: Articulating Place Meanings and Attachments in St. Johns Using Resident-Employed Photography, Lauren Elizabeth Morrow Everett
LUCCA: Lab Usage Controller for Centralized Administration, Daniel Eynis
Automating Knife-Edge Method of THz Beam Characterization, Christopher Charles Faber
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership, Liliana Fitzpatrick, Rasika Shete, and Roland Richards
The Effects of Policy on Cuban Transnational Families, Zoë Flanagan
"If Only I Could Get a Job Somewhere:" The Emergence of British Punk, Nina Fletcher
Creature of Detours, Emily Suzanne Flouton
The Politics of Persuasion: The Save the Redwoods League, the Sierra Club, and the Creation of Redwood National Park, 1964-1968, Joshua Friedlein
Software Version Control Tool, Harshitha Gadirajurrett
Impact of Leadership on Team’s Performance, Harshitha Gadirajurrett, Raj Srinivasan, Jake Stevens, and Nihal Jeena
Framing Race and Blame in the Media: a Case Study on the Chapel Hill Shooting, Sara Abdullatif Galadari
The Impact of the Refugee Crisis on the European Union, Andreea Elena Galan
Squat-able Objects: an Instructional Zine with New Tools for Squatting, Dominic Galen
Working Paper No. 28, Roots of the American Labor Movement, Lillian Garcia
Working Paper No. 29, Lina Khan, New Technologies, and Institutional Reform, Lillian Garcia