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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Let the Seeds Fall Where They May: Investigating the Effect of Landscape Features on Fine-Scale Seed Dispersal, Monica R. Grasty
Translation and Transformation: Uncovering the Source of Alchemy’s Association with Magic through a Study of its Translation into Latin in the High Medieval Period, Morgan Taylor Greer
Blackthorne: a Novel in Progress, LaVonne Griffin-Valade
On Which Hawaiian Island Should I Go on Vacation? A Multi-Criteria Decision, Maud Guegan
Increasing Engagement on Nonprofit Facebook Pages through Photos, Christina T. Guiang
The Importance of Urban Habitat Connectivity and Influence on Native Avian Species and Community Science, Kristen S. Gulick
Community Science and the Ecological Merits of Backyard Habitat Patches and Adjacent Green-Spaces for Urban Avian Species, Kristen S. Gulick, Nikkie West, and Marion Dresner
Implications in Implementing Self-Managed Teams in Organizations, Aayushi Gupta, Alex Tacco Melendez, Janet Rosenthal, and Lipishree Vrushabhendra
Energy Demand Forecasting, Apeksha Gupta
Decision Making Model for choosing Voice-Operated Intelligent Speakers for Graduate Students, Gaya Haciane, Rassaniya Lerdphayakkarat, Jon Roschke, Amir Shaygan, and Juliana Suzuki
Monitoring of Applied Stress in Concrete Using Ultrasonic Full-Waveform Comparison Techniques, Ali Hafiz
Escalating Language at Traffic Stops: Two Case Studies, Jamalieh Haley
AM/BITS, Alice Everly Hall
Small Business Valuation: Deviations from Textbook Methods, Paul Hampshire
Responsible Pet Ownership: Dog Parks and Demographic Change in Portland, Oregon, Matthew Harris
Implications of the Nambu Jona-Lasinio Model with a New Regularization Renormalization Method, Grant A. Harter
Misconceptions of "Stupendous Antiquities" : Native American Mounds, Euro-Americans, and Racial Ideas, Lily Isabelle Hart
Root-enhanced Infiltration in Stormwater Bioretention Facilities in Portland, Oregon, Ted David Hart
Breaking the Mold: Joan of Arc's Unyielding Individuality, Sierra Ha
Cooperative Learning through Storytelling and the Plant World, Emma Hathaway
Peruvian Food: the Social and Cultural Origins of Peruvian Food, Kari Hatlestad
A Study of Shame-proneness, Drinking Behaviors, and Workplace Role Ambiguity Among a Sample of Student Workers, Sarah Nielsen Haverly
"As Long as the Mighty Columbia River Flows": the Leadership and Legacy of Wilson Charley, a Yakama Indian Fisherman, David-Paul Brewster Hedberg
Pollinator Response to Patch Distribution and Reproductive Consequences in Lasthenia californica, Elizabeth C. Hendrickson