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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Finding the Past in the Present: Modeling Prehistoric Occupation and Use of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Catherine Anne Clark
The effects of temperature on the dispersion and reaggregation stages of development in the annual killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus, Timothy Grant Cleaver
Drowning In It: State Crime and Refugee Deaths in the Borderlands, Brandy Marie Cochrane
Myths and Measures: The Cultural Performance of Portland’s Strip Club Identity, Wayne Coffey
Examining the Effect of Maternal High-Fat Diet Consumption on the Physiology and Pancreas Development of Fetal and Juvenile Nonhuman Primate Offspring, Sarah Michelle Comstock
Street Art, Ideology, and Public Space, Tiffany Renée Conklin
Agency, Consolidation, and Consequence: Evaluating Social and Political Change in New Orleans, 1868-1900, Christopher Joseph Cook
New Product Introduction of Telecommunication Companies, Mel Cooper
MChip Marketing Plan, Melvin Cooper
An Economic Analysis of Renewable Ocean Energy Projects Aquabuoy vs. the Powerbuoy Using the EPRI Economic Assessment Methodology, Melvin Cooper, Niharika Jeena, Vijay Kovvuri, Xiaowen Wang, and J. Curtis Edmondson
Making Lives, Changing a Landscape: An Environmental History of the Tualatin Valley, Washington County, Oregon, Camille A. Cope
Dazai's Women: Dazai Osamu and his Female Narrators, Jamie Walden Cox
The Crossover Effects of Supervisor Work-Family Positive Spillover on Employee Sleep Deficiency: Moderating Effects of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB), Tori Laurelle Crain
Investigation of High Volume Manufacturing Plant Cycle Time and Yield Performance by Partitioning on Equipment, Matthew Crews
Transgressing Sexuality: An Interdisciplinary Study of Economic History, Anthropology, and Queer Theory, Jason Gary Damron
The Hierarchical Decision Model for Non-profit Organization’s Project Selection, Rodney Danskin, Sarah Griffis, Kruti Narvekar, Tin Nguyen, Phaneendra Rampalli, and Bing Wang
Kraft Project Management Office, Chris Davis, Jeremy Provenzola, and Mehdi Toobaei
From Simple Healer to Doctorally Educated Clinician, Lindsey deCampos-Stairiker
Interpersonal Conflict and Employee Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Recovery Experiences, Caitlin Ann Demsky
Empowering Sustainability Leaders: Developing an Authentic Leadership Identity, Heather Diamond
In-Line Baggage Screening Improvements: A Project Management Analysis, Lisa Diercksen, Garrett Gilliland, Vijay Kovvuri, Mark Minzlaff, and Jeremy Provenzola
Stream-Associated Amphibian Habitat Assessment in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Region, Andrew Evans Dietrich
Groundwater Surface Trends in the North Florence Dunal Aquifer, Oregon Coast, USA, Sarah Rebecca Doliber
Shaping the Future Past: Finding History, Creating Identity in the Kwan Hsu Papers, Lisa Chere' Donnelly