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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Coupled Pedagogy: A Study of Sustainability Education and Community-Based Learning in the Senior Capstone Program at Portland State University, Emily Erin Bowling
The Realization of the Cathlapotle Plankhouse: Reflections on Cross-Cultural Collaboration in the Post-NAGPRA Era, Erica Lynn Boyne
Examining the Portland Music Scene through Neo-localism, Tyler James Brain
Effects of Daily Social Support on Tension-Reduction Drinking, Deborah L. Brannan
The dynamics of change among community development corporations in Inner North/Northeast Portland, 1987-2006, Louisa Jenkins Brown
Vision Zero Oregon, Marielle Brown, Nick Falbo, Brandy Steffen, Michelle van Tijen, and Ben Weber
"A College for Women, or Something Like It": Bedford College and the Women's Higher Education Movement, 1849-1900, Megan Katherine Brown
Navigating the Edges: An Examination of the Relationship between Boundary Spanning, Social Learning, and Partnership Capacity in Water Resource Management, Stephan Edward Brown
Proactive Personality and Big Five Traits in Supervisors and Workgroup Members: Effects on Safety Climate and Safety Motivation, Michael Anthony Buck
Team Process Report, Mohamed Burgan, Mousa Alharbi, Zakariya Khalifa, and Xu Yuan
Employee Age Differences in Formal Performance Feedback Reactions: Examining the Effects of Perceived Valence, Content, and Delivery, Gabriela Burlacu
The Work of Promising and the Creation of Meaning, Evan Conrad Buswell
Storytelling as Loving Praxis in Critical Peace Education: A Grounded Theory Study of Postsecondary Social Justice Educators, Amanda Smith Byron
Phase Change Materials as a Thermal Storage Device for Passive Houses, Kevin Ryan Campbell
The Fourth Amendment and Cyberspace: Conflict or Cohesion?, Federico Alberto Cantón
Integrating Ecosystem Services, River Restoration and Community: a Case Study at Fisher's Bend, Michael Carlson
Olde Towne St Helens Historic Design Guidelines, Sadie Carney, Caitlin Francis, Drew Meisel, and Victor Sanders
Effects of Evaporative Cooling in the Thermal Performance of Green Roofs, Giorgina Beatriz Castillo Garcia
Information Processing in Two-Dimensional Cellular Automata, Martin Cenek
Portland Mercado: Community Economic Development to Revitalize, Uplift, and Empower, Abigail Cermak, David Ruelas, Bridger Wineman, and Ellen Wyoming
Sources and Pathways to the Environment and Environmental Presence, Tess Chadil
Town Center Vision, Caroline Chapman, Jacqueline Gruber, and Neil Riordan
VA Patient Hospital Transportation for Northern California and Reno, Nevada, Keith Chapman, Liliya Hogaboam, Rupha Natarajan, Sevket Can Nuhisi, Rajasree Talla, Rajesh Talla, and Ken Propst
Multicultural Issues and Solutions in International Task Forces, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Manar Al Mallak, Chakaphan Pornsatit, and Tom Shott
Team Process Report, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Manar Al Mallak, Chakaphan Pornsatit, and Tom Shott