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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Culturable Microbial Communities in Root Nodules of Red Alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) and Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius L.): Patterns of Diversity and Composition, Felisha (Fay) Rene Pooler
Garden of Rust: Conversations with the "In-Between Space", Kristen M. Poore
The Lake, Erica Anne Popple
Shadowed Identities: The (Mis)Representation of Communities of Color in Classic Film Noir, Yolanda Porter
35th Annual Young Historians Conference Program, Portland State University History Department and Portland State University Challenge Program
Discovering Sri Lanka: Examining the Marketing Strategies Behind Successful Tourist Destinations, Victoria Powell
Foliar Water Uptake Mitigation of Urban Drought Stress, Rory Price, Samantha Hartzell Dr., Lauren Lowman Dr., and Sybil Gotsch Dr.
Spike Timing Depended Plasticity Produces Unsupervised Learning of Synergistic Muscle Feedback in a Synthetical Neural Network, Mark Allen Pupkiewicz
How Do Montessori-Based Activities Affect Behaviors for Older People with Dementia: A Literature Review, Isabel Quigley
Framing Narratives About Policy: Character Race Impact on Welfare Support, Stereotypes, and NIMBYism, Josephina Quintana-Mori Struck
Safe-Haven Ignorance: The Epistemic Refugee, Purya Rabet
Swarlipi: An Exploration in Devanagari Typography, Hindustani Music, and Emotional Expression, Arya Radhika
"This Revolution Been Televised": Media as a Tool of Justice and an Apparatus of State Violence, Nahal Rastegarpour
Reproductive Rights at Work: The Role of Organizations in Menstrual Support, Emily Julia Ready
Riding Through the Great Depression: The Impact of Pack Horse Librarians, Madison G. Reed
The Living Dead on Mount Athos: Monastic Politics of Escape, Patrick Reilly
Estimated Amounts of Terrestrial Carbon Mobilized and Sequestered by the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption, Washington State, USA, Lizzet G. Reyes
Stardust Crucader: Is the Marine Protist Carpediemonas Membranifera the First Known Crucivirus Host?, Marcell D. Richard
The Effect of Mesoscale Frontal Waves on Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers and Their Associated Precipitation Over the Green River Watershed, Washington, Joseph Michael Riedl
Weak Formulation for Solving Inverse Problems in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces (With Applications to Learning Dynamical Systems), Victor William Rielly
Barriers Beyond Bars: Examining Experiences of Students with Criminal Records, Anakin Rivera Ramirez
Shanghai's Stateless Immigrants: Anti-Bolshevik Russians in Shanghai from 1917-1949, Anna E. Roberts
Enabling New Synthetic Platforms for Aryne Synthesis with Aryl Thianthrenium Reagents, Riley Augustus Roberts