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Exploring Realism and Magical Realism in Slum Novels of the Global South, Benjamin Hawkins
Fear and Loathing in Indochina: An analysis of the American refusal to sign the Geneva Accords, 1954, Evangeline L. Heath
Beyond "Rockhood" - Stigma, Diversity, and Renewal in a Suburban Portland Neighborhood, Alison Hébert
Hardcore Punk for a Hardcore President: The Action and Response to Ronald Reagan, Julian Heninger
3-D Terahertz Synthetic-Aperture Imaging and Spectroscopy, Samuel C. Henry
The Invisible Victims: Children of Incarcerated Mothers, Holly Hernandez
Investigations into the Regional and Local Timescale Variations of Subglacial Drainage Networks, Justin Hiester
Automated Channel Assessment for Single Chip MedRadio Transceivers, Mark Alexander Hillig
Evaluating Alternative High Schools: Program Evaluation in Action, Drew Samuel Wayne Hinds
The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia, Olivia Hinerfeld
"A Most Extraordinary Noise": the Retention of African Slave Musical Culture in Colonial New Orleans' Congo Square, 1718-1860, Alexis Hlavaty
Neo-Kraepelinian Divergences from Kraepelin : What are They and Why They Matter, Lindsay Hoeschen
An Investigation into Teacher Support of Science Explanation in High School Science Inquiry Units, Rebecca Sue Hoffenberg
Room to Roam: Using GPS to Determine the Effect of Exhibit Size and Herd Size on Zoo Elephant Movement, Matthew Holdgate, Deborah A. Duffield, and David J. Shepherdson
An Archaeology of Capitalism: Exploring Ideology through Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver and Village Sites, Dana Lynn Holschuh
Here, We Are Walking on a Clothesline: Statelessness and Human (In)Security Among Burmese Women Political Exiles Living in Thailand, Elizabeth Hooker
English Loan Words in Japanese: Exploring Comprehension and Register, Naoko Horikawa
Examining Differences in Student Achievements in Differential Equations, Erin Horst
Neighborhood Commercial Corridor Change: Portland, Oregon 1990-2010, Kelly Ann Howsley-Glover
Scenario Development and Analysis of Freshwater Ecosystem Services under Land Cover and Climate Change in the Tualatin and Yamhill River Basins, Oregon, Robert Wesley Hoyer
Bent, Genevieve Hudson
Circle Technology: Business Strategy, Nan Hu, Sean McGraw, Judith Estep, and Corey White
Truth and Memory in Two Works by Marguerite Duras, Rachel Deborah Hunter
Working Paper No. 32, Canada and the United States: A Comparison of their Philosophical Bases, Lorraine M. Hutton