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Events from 2024
Homecoming or Homeless: An Exploration of the Ethno-National Identities of Japanese-Brazilian Dekasseguis, Malina Yuen
Threats of Neoliberalism to Western Democracies and the Efficacy of Neoliberal Critiques, Anis Zaman
Developing A Social Equity Action Plan: A Pathway Towards Achieving Water Equity in Oregon, Anis Zaman and Wade Hathhorn
Feeling Otherwise: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Queer and Trans Youth of Color Who Create and Embody Fursonas, Hazel Ali Zaman
Recovery of Black Carbon Concentrations in Burned Forests, Monica V. Zapata Villegas and Kelly E. Gleason
Residential DERs in Service-Oriented Load Participation: Enhancing Grid Flexibility, Zhongkai Zeng
Impact of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement on Pain and Disability in Patients With Chronic Lumbosacral Radiculopathy: Results From an RCT, Danielle ZuZero
Theses from 2023
Trackxi Capstone Review, Kevin Abarca
Small Business Marketing in the Sports Industry, Cheyenne L. Abbett
Tools for Quantifying Bacterial Motility Using Digital Holographic Microscopy as Applied to Studying the Simulated Microgravity Environment, Jacqueline Marie Acres
The New Profits of Pleasure: Reality Television and Affective Exploitation in Post-Pandemic Neoliberalism, Sophia Aepfelbacher
Reactions to Latinx Children’s Picture Books from Indie Presses: An Analysis of Online Consumer Reviews, Karina L. Agbisit
Colonialism's Creation of Machismo and its Influence on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: A Film Analysis of Telenovela DV/SA Anthologies, Yoselin Aguirre Perez
Fintech and Entrepreneurship: An Assessment Model to Evaluate Policy Instruments for Fintech Adoption by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Deemah Abdullah Alassaf
Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal From Wastewater Under Low Dissolved Oxygen (LDO) Conditions, Bashar Al-Daomi
Business Analysis and Recommendations for Timber, Jared Alexander
Organizational Readiness Assessment for Fraud Detection and Prevention: Case of Airlines Sector and Electronic Payment, Sultan Ayed Alghamdi
Traits of Leadership, Alinta Magdalene Ali
Fanning the Embers of Discrimination at Work: Does Reward Structure Fuel Incivility?, Sam Allen
Probability Distribution Fitting for Censored Data: A Practical Guide for Survival Analysis of NBI Data for Concrete Bridge Decks in Oregon, Asmaa Almeshaileh
Soil Variables and Residential Yard Management Practices Significantly Influence Phosphorus Availability in Contrasting Cities, Olamide O. Alo
Seeing in the Dark: Towards Robust Pedestrian Detection at Nighttime, Afnan Althoupety
Social Media and Society: An Investigation of How Female Athletes Use Instagram, Kathleen Amore
Heartbreak and Head Trauma, August Joseph Amoroso
Law and Cultural Attitudes Towards Abortion: Ancient Civilizations to Present, Scarlett O. Anderson