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Theses from 2025
Why Teens are Particularly Vulnerable to the Harms of Vaping Addiction: A Literature Review, Chloe Manning-Floch
Monolithic 3D IC Placement Using Reinforcement Learning, Abdullah Mansoor
Understanding COVID-19 Message Fatigue and Reactance in a Post-Crisis Context, Lillian Hamilton Mantel
Prayer and Gunpowder, Muhammad Saqif Maqsud
Business Capstone Review: Analysis of a Portland Based Chili Oil Company, Karlene Marrero
A Qualitative Case Study on Nature Relatedness in Advanced Alpinists and Members of Subsistence Communities, Devon Martin
An Exploration of the Structure of the Linear Algebraic Model of Color, Isaac Martin
Structure vs Agency: The Intersectionality of Race, Mental Health, and Homelessness, Jayley Martin
I, as in We, CJ Maruyama
Accessibility to Public Spaces: Intersections Between the Courts and the Houseless Community, Margaret Maxey
How Different Forms of Exercise Affect Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women, Jonathan McCanless
A Crucial Western Foothold: Uyghur-Americans in the Fairfax-D.C. Metro Area, Jake C. McCauley
If You Give a Website a Cookie: Educating Children About Online Privacy, Tina McComiskey
Guidelines for a Good Life: How Morality Tales Have Shaped Communities and Cultural Landscapes, Kate E. McFarland
Game-Based Learning as a Dynamic System: A Review of the Literature, Meadow Mcgalliard
dwelling, Kelly Erin McLysaght
Ronald E. McNair Research Symposium Presentation Schedule 2025, McNair Scholars Program
Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program Profiles and Abstracts 2025, McNair Scholars Program
Primary Place to Go For Health Care and its Association with HPV Prevalence in US Adults: Results from NHANES 2013-2016, Amy L. McVeety and Miyuki Sun
Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Tellurorhodamine Dye, Timothy Robert Tetsuya McWilliams Jr.
Analyzing the Intention to Volunteer Through the Integrated Model of Behavioral Prediction, Sage Mendre
Entheogens: The Hallucinogenic Plants That Shaped Religion, Nicolas A. Michaud
Summer Proceedings 2025, Sav Milburn, Brandon Hernandez-Calvario, Roberto Palacios, Paris Wu, Naomi Cai, and Olivia Wang