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Theses/Dissertations from 2000
The Long Road Home, Chuck Sullivan
Alcoholic Knowledge: An Interpretive Study, Daniel (Dance) Grant Taylor
Way Points, Edward McLean Test
Tribal constructs and kinship realities : individual and family organization on the Grand Ronde Reservation from 1856, Aeron Teverbaugh
TCO Evaluation for Home Computer, Manivannan Thavasi, Sundar Valluri, Joanna Lin, Fu-jung Hsieh, and Seong Roh
Factors Influencing Middle School Teachers to Change Classroom Practice in Response to Standards-Based Reform, Gayle Yvonne Thieman
Frontiers, Naomi Kristine Ulsted
TEAM Self-Diagnosis, Juan Valdes, Elif Baktir, Michael Codington, Zareer Cursetjee, Steven Nahas, Sevket Numanoglu, and Gloria Trujillo
Strategy & Policy Issues: Amazon.com Course, Sundar Valluri, Avnish Chauhan, Joanna Lin, Valentine Havugi, and Rizwan Kumte
Conflict in the Project Life Cycle in High Tech And Dot-Com Companies, Sundar Valluri, Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Hung-Hui Lin, and Fu-Jung Hsieh
Lesbian Gender Identities: An Expansion of Bern's Sex-Role Inventory, Sheilagh Van Belthowing
Just for Money? : An Exploratory Study Into the Motivations of Nude Dancers, Elaine Vance
DaimlerChrysler Synergies, James Vanhuis, Jarrath Presse, Kiatiporn Lertsathitphong, Max Neunzert, Pimala Bhiromkaew, Ryan Jefferis, and Sukunya Saelow
“Where Girls Will Be Boys and Boys Will Be Girls”: The Spatial Perceptions and Place-Bound Identity of the Drag Community in Portland, Oregon, Courtney Sullivan Villegas
Mediator Personality Type and Perceived Conflict Goals in Workplace Mediation: A Study of Shared Neutrals, Karin Alayne Waller
NTT DoCoMo: Strategic Partnerships for Growth, Uraiporn Wattanakasemsakul, Wichan Wannalertsri, Khemanut Teangtrong, Hasnah Mat-Amin, and Matthew Freeland
Pervasive Computing: Business Opportunity And Challenge, Uraiporn Wattanakasemsakul, Wichan Wannalertsri, Khemanut Teangtrong, Hasnah Mat-Amin, and Matthew Freeland
Dialectics of Control : the Origins and Evolution of Conflict in Portland's Neighborhood Association Program, Matthew Witt
Portland Dialect Study - High Rising Terminal Contours (HRTs) in Portland Speech, Rebecca A. Wolff
Cooking in Eden: Inventing Regional Cuisine in the Pacific Northwest, Amy Jo Woodruff
Survey of Support for and Opposition to English Only Legislation in the Greater Portland Region, Leah Ann Woodruff
Project Planning, Chuck Yang, Wichan Wannalertsri, Sukunya Saelow, Uraiporn Wattanakasemsakul, and Worakorn Sirijinda
Submissions from 1999
The Wolves and the Market Challenges: Case Analysis, Ala'a Abunijem
MajesTeas, Ala'a Abunijem, Assim Elazami, Ataman Kayim, and Mehdi Sanaei