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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Postwar Reconstruction in Liberia: The Participation and Recognition of Women in Politics in Liberia, Roland Tuwea Clarke
Best Practices for Managing Organizational Downsizing: Portland State University Research Administration, Michael Clark
Disruptions in the Dream City: Unsettled Ideologies at the 1905 World's Fair in Portland, Oregon, Kat Cleland
Epic, Benjamin Clemenzi-Allen
Shaping School Culture: to Support Moving from a Targeted-Assistance to Schoolwide Title I Program, Paul Edward Coakley
Not Quite Formal: Theorizing the Informal Labor Market Experiences of “Documented” Immigrant Workers, Carrie Cobb
Constructing the Norte Grande: Chilean Infrastructure in the Northern Border Region, 1915-1929, William Cohoon
Russian Nationalists' Misconception of the Turkestan Cotton Industry, 1911, William Cohoon
Map-based Probabilistic Infinite Slope Analysis of the Stephens Creek Watershed, Portland, Oregon, Ryan Andrew Cole
Nativism or Response to Globalization? Business Reaction to Immigration Reform, Tyanne Conner
How Did WWII Pull the United States Out of Economic Stagnation?, Chris Constans
Solid State Pre-Formed Electronics Adhesive (SPEA), Alexander Randon Cope
L1 Influence on L2 Intonation in Russian Speakers of English, Christiane Fleur Crosby
Identity Development of Adolescent Gay Black Males, Miles James Allen Crumley
Exploring Four Barriers Experienced by African Americans in Healthcare: Perceived Discrimination, Medical Mistrust, Race Discordance, and Poor Communication, Adolfo Gabriel Cuevas
Magical Realism as a Means of Expressing Cultural Disjunction in Alejo Carpentier's 'El reino de este mundo', Ryan Saul Cunningham
Improving Vehicle Trip Generation Estimations for Urban Contexts: A Method Using Household Travel Surveys to Adjust ITE Trip Generation Rates, Kristina Marie Currans
Unpacking Producer / Consumer Relationships in Ethical Markets: A Look at Portland's DIY Sector, Renée Bogin Curtis
Exploring Data Quality of Weigh-In-Motion Systems, Chengxin Dai
Another Visit to Red and Blue States, Jason Gary Damron
A New Approach to Explain Policy Reforms in Vietnam during Ðổi Mới by Developing and Validating a Major Policy Change Model for Vietnam, Huan Van Dang
Introducing New Innovative Processes Into Traditional Manufacturing, Rodney Danskin
Africans and African Americans: Conflicts, Stereotypes and Grudges, Foday Darboe
Climate Change Impacts on Precipitation Extremes over the Columbia River Basin Based on Downscaled CMIP5 Climate Scenarios, Ghulam Hussain Dars
An Economic Analysis of Regular vs. Green Data Servers, Chris Davis, Kung Che Hsieh, Shabnam Jahromi, Matt Nickeson, and Christophe Perrenoud