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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Forgotten Front: Gender, Labor, and Politics in Camas, Washington, and the Northwest Paper Industry, 1913-1918, Bradley Dale Richardson
Supporting the Aging Workforce: The Impact of Psychosocial Workplace Characteristics on Employees' Work Ability, Jennifer Rae Rineer
Dynamic Effect of Light and Turbulence on Algal Photosynthetic Rate: A Water-Quality Model, Andres R. Rivas
The Horse Latitudes, Matthew Dean Robinson
Electric Bike Charging Stations, Kristina Rodgers and Daniel Lee
Sensible Air to Air Heat Recovery Strategies in a Passive House, Santiago Martin Rodriguez-Anderson
Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Undergraduate College Students: Risk Factors and Barriers to Treatment Present Within Universities, Jessica Brinton Roesch
The Cognitive Development of Expertise in an ESL Teacher: A Case Study, Lyndsey Roos
Study of Prestige and Resource Control Using Fish Remains from Cathlapotle, a Plankhouse Village on the Lower Columbia River, J. Shoshana Rosenberg
Information Security as a Competitive Advantage, Claudiu Rusnac
Paintings of Home, Alix Ryan
Democratizing the City Through the Colonization of Public Space: A Case Study of Portland Food Not Bombs, Trent Adam Saari
Identity and Investment in the Community ESL Classroom, Jennifer Marie Sacklin
The Scales and Shapes of Queer Women's Geographies: Mapping Private, Public and Cyber Spaces in Portland, OR, Paola Renata Saldaña
Assessing Unique Core Values with the Competing Values Framework: The CCVI Technique for Guiding Organizational Culture Change, Anthony John Santoriello
Design, Construction, and Utilization of Physical Vapor Deposition Systems for Medical Sensor Fabrication, Nicholas Sayre, Abdul Almetairi, Alex Chally, Joe Kowalski, and Erik J. Sánchez
Focus on a STEM, Based in Place, Watershed Curriculum: A confluence of stormwater, humans, knowledge, attitudes, and skills, Lecia Molineux Schall
Device, Method, and Algorithm to Assess Changes in Cardiac Output via Intracardiac Impedance Monitoring, Geoffrey Fredrick Schau
Changing Publisher-Author Relationships in the Midst of Developing Crowd-Funded Publishing Platforms, Margaret Schimming
Assessing the Impact of Restrictiveness and Placement Type on Transition-Related Outcomes for Youth With and Without Disabilities Aging Out of Foster Care, Jessica Danielle Schmidt
Imagine That! Word Balloons in Children's Picture Books, Erika Schnatz
STEM Education in the Foreign Language Classroom with Special Attention to the L2 German Classroom, Sarah Danielle Schoettler
Supporting At-Risk Student Success: Incentives and Accountability Matter, Jordan Sell
Fathers Caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Experiences of Work-Life Fit, Claudia Sellmaier