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Theses from 2023
The Sanitary Lens: A Study of 19th Century Public Health in British Colonial India and Australia, Josephine Cannistra
Master of Public Health Curricula: Deconstructing Our Tools and Desire for Mastery, Alana Carrasco
Exploring Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning Programs in Schools, Gina N. Carruth
A Policy Proposal for Agricultural Data Governance, Ana Sofía Castellanos Santamaría
Nella Larsen’s Passing: Ambiguous Symbology & Weather, Sara Casten
Back to Nature: Marie Antionette and the Cottagecore Fantasy, Rose Caughie
(Un)weighted Assumptions: Anti-Fatness & Health, Kieran Chase, Nell Carpenter, and Madysen Schreiber
Beyond the BMI: Expanding quantitative methods to study health for all bodies, Kieran Chase and Daniel Oron
The Little Magazine in the Digital Era: A Startup Guide, Dan Chilton
Realization of Multi-Valued Logic Using Optical Quantum Computing, Sophie Choe
Nixyáawii Watikš, Owen Christofferson, Sara Goldstein, Nick Hadfield, Zhuoheng (Brian) Liu, Jenny Mazzella, and Victoria Young
Local Voices: Counterstorytelling and Retention of Faculty of Color in Oregon's Community College System, Kristin Christophersen
Real-time Length Sensing of Braided Pneumatic Actuator using IR Time-of-Flight Sensor, Luon B. Chung
Structure-from-Motion Derived Snow Cover in Burned Forests of the Western Oregon Cascades, Siobhan Ciafone
A Literature Review on Understanding, Solidifying, and Expanding the Role of Art Therapy in Death and Dying, Deborah D. Clark
Consumer 3D Printing for Remote Control Aircraft Wings: Development of Novel Wingbox Structure, Ian Clark
Identifying Advantages to Teaching Linear Regression in a Modeling and Simulation Introductory Statistics Curriculum, Kit Harris Clement
Neural Correlates of Comorbidity of Anxiety Disorders and Eating Disorders, Karsen Coelho
Le Chemin détourné, Ailie Coffey
Spatial Variations in Ancient Meteoric Water: An Investigation of the Rattlesnake Tuff, Julian Michael Cohen
Menstruation Products and Perceptions: Breaking Through the Crimson Ceiling, Ava Colleran
The Court of Versailles Under Lou’s XIV: Home to the Desperate, the Destitute, and the Debauched, Evelyn L. Cooper