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Theses from 2024
Lang2views Capstone: The Importance of a Conscientious Team Lead, Joseph Wornath
Prison Social Organization: Applying Social Psychology to Explain Racial Grouping in Prison, Siobhan Wynn
Letter from the Editor, Lauren R. Yanase
Table of Contents, Lauren R. Yanase
Urban Japanese, Rural American: How Regionality Shaped Nisei Girlhood in Prewar America, Lauren Reiko Yanase
Redesigning Secure School Entry Thresholds to Create Inclusive and Welcoming Environments, Alex Yarovaya
Modern Trail of Tears: The Commodification of First Foods and Medicines in Relation to Food Apartheid and Genocide of Indigenous Peoples, Darius Mani Yaw
Feminist Political Ecology in the Classroom, Ella J. Yeigh
Toward The Development Of An Ultra-Fast, Bright Photoelectron Emission Source Using Tip Enhancement, Pei-Hsiang Yen and Erik J. Sanchez
Five-Step Guide to Writing About African Children: A Satirical Homage to Decolonizing Our Minds and Challenging Stereotypes, Randall Yesmont and Bright Alozie
A History of The Bracero Program as an Agent of Transnational Modernity in the 20th Century, Lea H. Yonago
A Stronger Square: Climate Resiliency for Pioneer Courthouse Square, Aaron Young, Anna Reusink, Hannah Johnston, Matthew Robinson, and Meredith Herbst
Homecoming or Homeless: An Exploration of the Ethno-National Identities of Japanese-Brazilian Dekasseguis, Malina Yuen
Threats of Neoliberalism to Western Democracies and the Efficacy of Neoliberal Critiques, Anis Zaman
Developing A Social Equity Action Plan: A Pathway Towards Achieving Water Equity in Oregon, Anis Zaman and Wade Hathhorn
Feeling Otherwise: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Queer and Trans Youth of Color Who Create and Embody Fursonas, Hazel Ali Zaman
Recovery of Black Carbon Concentrations in Burned Forests in Wyoming, USA, Monica Vanesa Zapata Villegas
Recovery of Black Carbon Concentrations in Burned Forests, Monica V. Zapata Villegas and Kelly E. Gleason
Altered Disturbance Regimes and Novel Ecosystems: Understanding and Managing Ecosystem State Change in the Forest-Peatland Ecotone of Western Patagonia, Kyla Sara Zaret
Residential DERs in Service-Oriented Load Participation: Enhancing Grid Flexibility, Zhongkai Zeng
Antibody Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease, Alexandra Zerr
Improving Biomimetic Passive Dynamics of a Quadruped Robot Hind Leg Hip Joint with a 3D Printed Torsion Spring, Haonan Zheng
Impact of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement on Pain and Disability in Patients With Chronic Lumbosacral Radiculopathy: Results From an RCT, Danielle ZuZero
Theses from 2023
Trackxi Capstone Review, Kevin Abarca
Small Business Marketing in the Sports Industry, Cheyenne L. Abbett