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Theses from 2023
Proxies of Design: A Case Study and Analysis of Place and Commercial Real Estate in Seattle, Nicholas Miranda
Purinergic Receptors in Lung Disease, Emily Mize
Mitigating Sex Trafficking: Preventative Methods for Reducing Sexual Exploitation, Autumn Rain Monroe
Mourning in Eco-Poetics & Cellar as Linguistic Category, Gwen Moon
Contextualizing The Role of Answerers' Gaze Orientation in Turn Taking, Cassidy Moore
Committees in the Oregon State Legislature: Partisan, Distributive, or Informational, Woodrow C. Moore
Systematic Characterization of Power Side Channel Attacks for Residual and Added Vulnerabilities, Aurelien Tchoupou Mozipo
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): A Queer Analysis, Elizabeth M. Munk
Implementing mailed FIT and patient navigation in rural settings: Preliminary qualitative findings from the SMARTER CRC study, Emily M. Myers
The Contribution of Domestic and International Conflict In Renaissance Italy to the Sport of Fencing, Amelia E. Nason
CE-QUAL-W2 Performance Assessment Modeling 1979 GRH Flume Study, Logan Negherbon
Community Supervision: Perspectives of Probation and Parole Officers and Supervisors on Key Supervision Approaches and Policy Changes, Asianna Nelson
Estimated proportion of child maltreatment allegations attributable to pre-birth maternal household challenges, Abigail Newby-Kew, Jared Parrish, Jodi Lapidus, and Lynn Marshall
Portland's Lost Chinatown, Artthew H. Ng
Motor Vehicle Theft in Portland Oregon, Io Nicholls
Impacts of Floodplain Restoration on Water Temperature and Macroinvertebrates in Whychus Creek, Oregon, Wesley Nathan Noone
Survival in the City Streets: An Autoethnographic Analysis Challenging the Criminalization of Urban Street Gangs, Robert Northman
Leaving Kindergarten Well: First-grade Readiness in Outdoor Waldorf Kindergartens, Garry H. Oak
Load Effects of Truck Platooning on Existing Bridges in Oregon, Patricia Oleson
The Impact of Period Poverty on Low-Income Adolescents in the United States, Makayla Olson
Critical Consciousness & the Rural-Urban Divide, Kendall O'Rorke
Earthbound in the Anthropocene: Spirituality, Collective Identity, and Participation in the Direct Action Climate Movement, David Alan Osborn
An Integrated Analysis of Urban Sustainability in Portland: Issues, Indicators, Stakeholders, and Geospatial Assessment, Arun Kumar Pallathadka
Exiles: Trauma, Art & Design, Edwin Lew-Højbak Paquette
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Disability Status Disclosure, Accommodation Use, and Student Success: Curricular and Co-Curricular Implications, Kaela Marie Parks