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Foliar Water Uptake Mitigation of Urban Drought Stress, Rory Price, Samantha Hartzell Dr., Lauren Lowman Dr., and Sybil Gotsch Dr.
Riding Through the Great Depression: The Impact of Pack Horse Librarians, Madison G. Reed
Shanghai's Stateless Immigrants: Anti-Bolshevik Russians in Shanghai from 1917-1949, Anna E. Roberts
Why Democracy Has Lost the Trust of Modern People in the Modern Era., Erica Rubel
Navigating the Neoliberal Assemblage: The Role of a Nonprofit Organization Shaping Disaster Governance and Community Resilience, Andrew Michael Russo
Experiences of Minority Workers: A Three-Study Dissertation Evaluating Recruitment and Workplace Experiences for Minority Workers, Jennifer Saucedo
Integrating Methods to Investigate Phytoplankton Dynamics Along Gradients of a Major Urban River, Nicholas Sheldon
Special Delivery: Special District Use of Collaboration to Solve Challenges, Kelly Irene Fahl Sherbo
You Are What You Eat: Religion, Meat, and the Moral Dilemma, Hazel M. Sims Ms.
Cuju: The Ancient Chinese Game That Held an Empire Together, Enzo H. Smith
Uncovering Moral Injury at Work: The Development and Initial Validation of the Moral Injury at Work Scale (MIWS), Megan J. Snoeyink
Exploring Health Equity with Culturally Specific Providers of Permanent Supportive Housing, Judith R. Solomon
Exploring Health Equity with Culturally Specific Providers of Permanent Supportive Housing, Judith R. Solomon
“Through Science to Justice” Magnus Hirschfeld’s Role in Queer Liberation, Katarina L. Stoll
Assessing Behavioral Health Services in Oregon's Rural Health Clinics, Sanya M. Surya
The Impact of COVID-19 on the United States Higher Education System, Phoenix Daniel Van Wormer
From Prison Cells to Parliament: How the H-Block Hunger Strikes Transformed Sinn Féin to Enable Peace in Northern Ireland, Madeleine E. Wallenberg
Comparing Acuity of Patient Care at Student Run Free Medical Clinic Locations, Hana Warmflash, Olivia Krol, and Alex Foster
Working Paper No. 89, Towards a Veblenian View of the Digital Realm, Tanner Weber
Investigating Key Structures in Protective Scenes for LLMs, Eben M. Weisman
Displaced: An Ethnography of Language and Identity Loss, Ariel Caroline Wilsey-Gopp
Activity Levels Among Older Adults in a Life Plan Community, Emily D. Winters
The Intersection of Education and Empowerment: How Comprehensive Sex Education Equips Adolescents to Navigate Complex Relational Dynamics, JoLeigh A. Wood
Working Paper No. 94, Franklin Roosevelt, His New Deal Policies, and The Ending of Laissez-faire, Amanda F. Worman