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Flattening Morrison's Beloved: The Limits of Psychoanalysis in Literary Criticism, A Literature Review, Isaac VanHook
Preservation of Biomass in Underground Capsules Using an Open-Source Wireless Water Activity Sensor System: Capstone Review, Joshua Varughese
Interpersonal Experiential Learning and Cancer Research Training Designed to Enhance the Motivation of Participating Interns Utilizing Self-Determination Theory: A Longitudinal Study with Photovoice Methodology, Alex Vazquez-Cortes, Dierdre McKay, Connie Tran, Bridget Bugla, Tiffany Bui, Kaisa Holt, Anthony Phan, Clare Hansen, Amy Lin, Amanda Braley, and Lisa Marriott PhD
Immigrant Identity Formation, A Transnational Approach: Italian Americans in New York City, 1880-1930, Amelia J. Vena
Analyzing Intensifying Storm Events Correlation to Landslide Frequency in Portland’s West Hills, Aurora Villa Juan
Mindspace: A Multi-Media Art Exhibition on C-PTSD Awareness, Emma Wallace
Designing for Deployable, Secure, and Generic Machine Learning Systems, Li-Yun Wang
Norse Inspired Tales: Four Changes of Fate, Pete Wille
The Freedom and Danger of Crinoline, Kaiya Williams
Securing the Internet of Things at Scale, Steven L. Willoughby
Isolation of Gametophytic Selection and Selective Embryo Abortion in Mimulus guttatus, Desmond C. Willson
Selection During Reproduction in Mimulus guttatus, Desmond C. Willson, Karla de Lima Berg, and Mitch Cruzan
My Father's Story: An Ethnography About Language Loss, Ariel Wilsey-Gopp
Pendarvis Farm Amphitheater: A Roadmap to Conservation Development, Maia Wiseman, Max del Hierro, Wyatt Schaffner, Dawn Walter, Summer Cook, and Miguel Gelin Ferreira
Inclusive Postsecondary Education's Effect on Individuals with IDD: A Systematic Literature Review, Hunter Wolff
Lang2views Capstone: The Importance of a Conscientious Team Lead, Joseph Wornath
Prison Social Organization: Applying Social Psychology to Explain Racial Grouping in Prison, Siobhan Wynn
Letter from the Editor, Lauren R. Yanase
Table of Contents, Lauren R. Yanase
Redesigning Secure School Entry Thresholds to Create Inclusive and Welcoming Environments, Alex Yarovaya
Feminist Political Ecology in the Classroom, Ella J. Yeigh
Toward The Development Of An Ultra-Fast, Bright Photoelectron Emission Source Using Tip Enhancement, Pei-Hsiang Yen and Erik J. Sanchez
A History of The Bracero Program as an Agent of Transnational Modernity in the 20th Century, Lea H. Yonago
A Stronger Square: Climate Resiliency for Pioneer Courthouse Square, Aaron Young, Anna Reusink, Hannah Johnston, Matthew Robinson, and Meredith Herbst