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Theses from 2017
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
Optimizing Distributed Energy Resources on a Distribution Feeder, Bill Henry, Stephen MacDonald, Nicole Wehner, Gabe McBride, and Tyler Groth
Phoseon Technology Competitive Advantage Strategy: First-Mover Advantage (FMA) Theory, Pengsee Her
Adaptive Mobility for the Visually Impaired: Exploring what the Future of Social Mobility Could Look Like for the Visually Impaired Community (Development Log), Pengsee Her, Tania Lilja, Marwan Zaid, and Charles Asafo-Adjei
Chemical Modulation of Cancer Cells to Enhance Tumor Immunity, Florisela Herrejon Chavez
Effects of Spatially Distributed Stream Power on Check Dam Function in Small Upland Watersheds: a Case Study of the Upper Laja Watershed, Guanajuato, Mexico, Zachary Andrew Herzfeld
Religious and Political Influence of 1960s Bronx, New York on Costume Design for Doubt: A Parable, Rheid Heska-McJannet
Dirty Girls, Mary E. Higgins
Student Voice, Kaitlin N. Hoback
The Tension between Technocratic and Social Values in Environmental Decision-making: An'Yang Stream Restoration in South Korea, Chang-Yu Hong
Not Just Child's Play: Neo-Romantic Humanism in Ogawa Mimei's Stories, Nobuko Horikawa
Constraining the Holocene Extent of the Northwest Meers Fault, Oklahoma Using High-Resolution Topography and Paleoseismic Trenching, Kristofer Tyler Hornsby
Lifesaver -- Summary, Wei-Chen Hsu
BookTube and the Formation of the Young Adult Canon, Melina Hughes
Engineering Resource Selection to Support Electrical Packaging Efforts at a Heavy Trucking OEM, Bret Hunley
City of Gresham Stormwater Retrofit Master Plan, Teresa F. Huntsinger
Work in Progress: a Process Book of the Re-Branding of the Beaverton Farmers Market, Lauren Hurrle
God-Willing Development Plan, Willing Company & St. Michael the Archangel Blocks, Paul Hutchins, Daniel Mandel, Dawson Marchant, Scott Miller, Ryan Sturley, and David Wilkes