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How Does Communication Breakdown Impact Group Cohesion Over the Lifespan of a Team?, Hannah Dyche
You Burn With Us: How Fire Functions in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Trilogy, Lucy Evans
Familial Roles in Grief With a Focus on Eldest Daughters in Latinx Communities, Julianna Falcon
Reconfiguring Dependency: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Development in Ethiopia and Nigeria, Alexander N. Freund
The Power of Perception: Latine Threat Narratives and Immigration Control in the United States, Nina Gallo
Turning Point: USA, 2020 Election Denialism and its Consequences, Zack George
Singing as Liberation: Spiritual Imagination and an Embodied Practice of Hope Through Spirituals and Songs of the uHadi, Matisse Geselle
Capstone Review: WARN Winch Proximity Sensor, Leana Girton
Transforming Equity: A Systemic Analysis of the Equity Model of Social Justice Education Through the Lens of Conflict Transformation Theory, Precious J. Golden
School Counseling with Indigenous Students in Rural America: The Role of a Counselor in Supporting an Indigenous Pedagogy Based Curriculum, Donovan Greene
Grief, Silence, and Surveillance in Academic Settings, Rakhi Grey
Who Keeps Us Safe? Youth Resistance and Security Regimes at the Neoliberal University, Arwen Hansell
Conello Vendor Marketplace Capstone: A Review on the Capstone Process and Computer Science Degree, Levi Hauck
The Scars of Renewal: How the legacy of urban renewal informs community response to gentrification in San Francisco's Fillmore District, Christopher I. Hayes
Effects of FIB-Based Sample Preparation on Semiconductor Strain Characterization, Daniel Carl Hedinger
Evaluating the Implementation of Oregon's DSM-5-Informed Autism Eligibility Revisions: Interest-Holder Perspectives and Policy Implications, Bradley Josef Hendershott
Ecological and Political Grief in College Students: Making Meaning in Uncertain Times, Katherine E. Hlad
Interrupted by Design: The Impact of Push Notifications on Stress and Task Performance, Mia Hohmann
Skeletons vs. Mummies: Osteological Trauma on Bog Bodies as a Measure for Cultural Change in Ancient Europe, Miranda Hoodenpyl
Using Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum Modeling to Evaluate Drought Tolerance in the Urban Environment, Md Jahidul Islam and Samantha Hartzell
The U.S. Shopping Mall: Opportunities for Preservation and Transformation through Adaptive Reuse, Sophia L. Janzen
Social Determinants as a Predictor for Heart Disease Mortality: Oregon Regional Study, Jewel Jones
Noggin Bonks and Neurogenesis: Alterations in Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis Following a Rodent Model of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Tuesday Kirby Kahl, Priscilla Ambrosi, Corwin Butler, and Elizabeth Moss
Contrasting Responses to Predation Risk in Urban and Non-Urban Rodents, Grace Kazmir, Rosa Rudolph, and Tracy Burkhard