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Theses from 2015
A Bird Flies Into a Pane of Glass Again and Again and Again, Zachary Cosby
Predicting U.S. Onshore Wind Generation, Joshua Couch
U.S. Supported Corporations and Modern Imperialism: America's Takeover of Hawaii, Lance D. Crafton
Investigating Relationships among Work, Family, and Sleep: Cross-Sectional, Daily, and Intervention Effects, Tori Laurelle Crain
Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are: A Content Analysis of Homeless Transgender Youth in Social Service Literature, Shannon Crossley
Mistrust: An Exploration of African Americans' Attitudes and Perspectives Toward Healthcare, Adolfo Gabriel Cuevas
Attributes of True and False Statements of Criminal Defendants, Camilla Cummings, Olivia Preston, Nicolette Wise, and Shawn A. Johnston
Centralia, Collective Memory, and the Tragedy of 1919, Shawn T. Daley
Untitled, Alexander Scott Dannemiller
Empowering All Who Teach: A Portrait of Two Non-Native English Speaking Teachers in a Globalized 21st Century, Rosa Dene David
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use in Collegiate Athletes, Brian Robert Davis
Polymeric Porphyrins as Solar Photocatalysts, Nicholas Upton Day
Digitally Enhanced Classrooms: Understanding the Effect of Individualized Technology on Language Arts Instruction in Elementary Schools, Celine De Clercq
A Queer Liberation Movement? A Qualitative Content Analysis of Queer Liberation Organizations, Investigating Whether They are Building a Separate Social Movement, Joseph Nicholas DeFilippis
Rocking the Third Republic: The Succession of Political Crises That Led to the Rise of Xenophobic Nationalism in France, Sophia DeLeonibus
Workplace Aggression: A Multi-Study Examination of Work and Nonwork Consequences, Caitlin Ann Demsky
Introduction, Sarah N. Donaldson
Betrayal : Short Stories, Mary Ann Dougherty
Evaluating the Effects of a Congestion and Weather Responsive Advisory Variable Speed Limit System in Portland, Oregon, Matthew Blake Downey
The Intangible Factors of Design and New Product Development, David L. Driskill
Determining Initial Firing Temperatures of Thule Era (1000-250 ya) Pottery from Two Northwest Alaskan Archaeological Sites, Jonathan Duelks
Novel Cryptographic Primitives and Protocols for Censorship Resistance, Kevin Patrick Dyer
Green Loop SWPDX Concept Plan: Alignment and Design Treatment Recommendations for the Southwest Green Loop, Ashley Eaton, Brian Gunn, Jake Adams, Kate Washington, and Mohd Meidiansyah