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Identifying the Drivers Behind the Decline of Douglas-fir and True Fir Species in SW Oregon, Alexander Bryant Bentley
Working Paper No. 102, Knowledge and Power: Towards anIntellectual Biography of Michel Foucault, Amanda Bergeson
Working Paper No. 104, An Gorta Mór: The ‘Great Hunger’ and Irish Immigrant Labor in 19th Century America, Amanda Bergeson
Effect of IPV on Latino Children's Perspectives of Fatherhood, Elizabeth Berks
"The Biggest Outing of the Year": Hops, Harvest, and the Making of Oregon's Largest Annual Gathering, 1880-1930, Asher Bernick-Roehr
The Power of Positive Lesbian Representation in Television: How it Affects the Well-Being and Identity Formation of LGBTQ+ Adults, Brittany Berry
The Silk Butterfly Effect: Japan and the United States 1853-1941, Melodee Birlew
The Call of Cucurrucucú, Rachel Olivia Blair
What is Known About the Psychological Impacts of Acting, and Where Are the Gaps?, Elizabeth Blaydoe
Occurrence of Pesticides in Oregon Coastal Waters and Effects on the Intertidal Sea Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, Gabriella Mae Bleil
Dog Days, William Conrad Boechler
The Potential for Improv as a Therapeutic Tool in the Context of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Suggestions for DBT Clinicians, Jocelyn Borden
Begin Again: blooming, Samantha Hope Boulgarides
Knowing Remembers Joe Christmas: An Exploration of Trauma in William Faulkner's Light in August, Kendall Boyd
Risk Factors for Substance Use Among Serious and Violent Offenders Undergoing Reentry, Elizabeth Bozarth
The Discovery, Communication, and Implementation of New Geologic Findings: Examining the Cascadia Earthquake, Saylor Brainard
Trees, Schools, & Stakeholders: Building Partnerships for Schoolyard Greening With Portland Urban Forestry Learning Landscapes, Claire Brase
Green Weave: A Textile Guide to the Future of Fashion, Simon Braunschweig
Friends and Family: How to Prepare a Themed Recital, Henry Broughton
Framing Economic Inequality on TikTok: A Qualitative Analysis of Gen Z's Engagement Across Three Issues, Braydan Brown
Is Sharing Always Caring: Critical Discourse Analysis on the Parasociality of Family Influencing Content on TikTok, Riley Brown
Near Real-Time Prediction of Ground PM2.5 Concentrations Across Oregon Using GEOS-CF and Machine Learning Models, Long T. Bui
Mental Health in Prisons: Examining Variations in Disorders Across Custody Levels, Ariel Bysiek
How to Kill a Human: Creating an Immersive Learning Game, Théo Caldwell and Nathan Bonnell