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Theses from 2018
Community Music for Human Development: A Brain-Centered Approach to Outreach, Jesse M. Hamlin
Lone Wolves and Copycats: Assessing Policy and Infrastructure for Flood Hazard and Floodplain Management, Samantha L. Hamlin
Rebranding Street Art: An Examination of Street Art and Evolution into Mainstream Advertising, Branding, and Propaganda, Moira Fiona Hampson
Shanghai is a Fast Paced City: An Exploration into the Rapid Growth of Queer and Trans Communities in Shanghai, China, Frances S. Hanna
Areal Extent and Volumes of the Dinner Creek Tuff Units, Eastern Oregon Based on Lithology, Bulk Rock Composition and Feldspar Mineralogy, Teresa Rae Hanna
Utilitarian Skateboarding: Insight into an Emergent Mode of Mobility, Michael Joseph Harpool
Rural Ready, Deanna Hart
The Social Impacts of Cannabis Legalization In Oregon: A Case Study, Nickolas Hash
Exploring Cap-and-Trade: a California Case Study, Madison Daisy Hathaway
The Dynamic Returns of Descriptive Representation: A Study of Race, Politics and Policy in Urban Governments, Stephanie Taylor Hawke
Lighter Than I Remember, Shane Hayden
Maternal Angiotensinogen Genotype and Fetal Sex Impact Uteroplacental Function and the Developmental Origins of Stress-Induced Hypertension, Jessica Faith Hebert
Removal Efficiencies, Uptake Mechanisms and Competitive Effects of Copper and Zinc in Various Stormwater Filter Media, Emily Heleva-Ponaski
The Cost of Extreme Heat: A Cost/Benefit Analysis of Three Heat-Ameliorating Interventions in Portland, Oregon, Dana E. Hellman
Dark Current RTS-Noise in Silicon Image Sensors, Benjamin William Hendrickson
Resiliency & Energy Planning for the Broadway Corridor, Bill Henry
The Dispute Over the Commons: Seed and Food Sovereignty as Decommodification in Chiapas, Mexico, Carol Frances Hernández Rodríguez
bodysecrecy: State Surveillance and Black Feminist Refusal, Alex León Herrera
Consciousness Against Commodifcation: the Potential for a Radical Housing Movement in the Cully Neighborhood, Cameron Hart Herrington
Development of a Direct Aqueous Synthetic Route for the Production of Elemental Bismuth Nanoparticles, Colin Jon Hiatt
News Work: the Impact of Corporate Newsroom Culture on News Workers & Community Reporting, Carey Lynne Higgins-Dobney
Emulating Balance Control Observed in Human Test Subjects with a Neural Network, Wade William Hilts
To What Extent Does Aristophanes’ Knights Reflect Greek Opinion of Cleon and the Peloponnesian War?, Samuel M. Hinerfeld
Assessing PPGIS Usability and its Relationship to Spatial Data Production: a Case Study, Timothy Michael Hitchins