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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Factors Affecting Community Rating System Participation in the National Flood Insurance Program: A Case Study of Texas, Ryan David Eddings
Unmasking and Addressing Burnout in the Mental Health Profession, Sara Edwards
Rearranging: Songwriting with Multi-Genre Influence, Ryan Elliott
Uneven Distribution of Biodiversity is Shaped by Inequality and Racial Segregation in the Age of Digital Information, Diego Soto Ellis
Cognitive Engagement During Group Learning Activities in Chemistry Courses: An Analysis of Student Discourse, Safaa Youssef El-Mansy
Job Management Portal Software Review, Ruchir Elukurthy
Songs in My Head: Essays, Robin Bacior Emanuelson
Nationalist and Non-nationalist Christianity in the United States, Aaron Epperson
Working Paper No. 82, The Importance of The Cold War and Its Ending, Abraham Escudero
Contemporary Library Censorship Tactics: Reviewing the Literature, Lex Faller
Exploring Nonprofit Views on Water Management and Conservation Strategies, Jillian Marie Farley
Mitigating the Portland Housing Crisis: Analyzing How the City of Portland's Policies Can Better Facilitate Continuous Affordable Housing Development, W. Hayden Farris
Latinx Students Higher Educational Trajectory Post COVID, Jonathan Felix-Martinez
Uncertainty Quantification of Live Load Effect in Buried RC Box Culverts, Mohd Firoj
The Past, Present, and Future of the Latino Paradox, Sheila Flores
Tell Me, Do You Feel It Too? A Meta-analysis of Dyadic Emotional Contagion in the Workplace, Stefanie Fox
Coriolis Forces on Wind Turbine Wakes within a Wind Farm, Natalie Violetta Frank
Music Production and the Creative Process Through the Lens of Neurodivergence, Blake Fry
Sound-Category Learning and Memory Skills in Neurotypical Adults and Adults with Language-Learning Disabilities, Allison Fulcher
Homelessness, Water Access, and Environmental Justice in an Urban Environment, Alicia Gamble
Comparative Skull Morphology of California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) and Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the Pacific Northwest and Implications for Hybridization, Ada Iris Garcia Garcia
Understanding the Experiences of Latino Medical Students in a Learning Medical Environment, Leslie García
Elementary Principal Leadership and Special Education: A Case Study in the United States, Vivian M. Garrison
Heat Mapping Crime: A Data-Driven Approach to Policing in New York, Beruktawit Gebreamlak and Daniel Ochoa
Supporting Care Partners of People Living with Dementia, Sherril Gelmon, Walter Dawson, and Jenn Hollandsworth Reed