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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Navigating the Neoliberal Assemblage: The Role of a Nonprofit Organization Shaping Disaster Governance and Community Resilience, Andrew Michael Russo
Expression of BioID2 in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, Brandon Sa
Forecasting Influenza Rates Using Machine Learning: A Study of ChatGPT's Predictive Accuracy, Sara Saleh
Playing Makes Believing: Narrative Creation in Tabletop Role-Playing Games, Evan Salthouse
A Capstone Review: Strategic Solutions for a Small Macrame Business, jenna sarieddine
Experiences of Minority Workers: A Three-Study Dissertation Evaluating Recruitment and Workplace Experiences for Minority Workers, Jennifer Saucedo
Cultural Shadows; Vampires and the Shifting Fears of the West, Tasha Sayre
A Resource-Based Perspective of STEM Career Development: A Latent Class Analysis, Erika Ann Schemmel
DIY Music Career, Griffin Schmeltzer
Faith vs. Morality: Do Viewpoints of Protestant Christians Attending PSU Align with Anti-Transgender Legislation being Proposed in Oregon?, Asher Schneider
The New Normal: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Today's Academic Nursing Faculty, Lisa R. Scott
Freeing the Fremont: Visions of a Post-Automobile Portland Highway Bridge, Henry Senters
Minoru’s Mecca: The World Trade Center, 9/11, and the End of Architectural Modernism, Henry D. Senters
A Comprehensive Literature Review of Gender Differences in Perception and Response to Stress, Zoe M. Shankland
Revising and Consolidating the DSM-5 and ICD-11 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Into a Dimensional Spectrum-Based Disorder: A Literature Review, Samuel Milton Shatsky
Integrating Methods to Investigate Phytoplankton Dynamics Along Gradients of a Major Urban River, Nicholas Sheldon
Characterizing Meteorological Patterns for Oregon's Winter Elevated PM2.5 Concentrations from 2000-2023, Arielle Golda Sherbak
Special Delivery: Special District Use of Collaboration to Solve Challenges, Kelly Irene Fahl Sherbo
The Art of Memory: The Medieval Peutinger Map, Amber Shrewsbury
You Are What You Eat: Religion, Meat, and the Moral Dilemma, Hazel M. Sims Ms.
Signal Processing of Ecologically Significant Signals for Transient Bedload Characterization, Nathan R. Sjullie, Quinn B. Morgan, and David Burnett
Access to Healthcare for Rural Transgender Adults in the United States, Devon Smith