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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The Definition of Yearning, Ryan Goderez
Fremont Bridgehead Reclamation Project, Ananda Gordon-Peabody, Meg Grzybowski, Ian Meisner, Grace Dudley, and Paul Ahrns
Creating Regression Model for Non-Markov Transition Probability Using Pseudo-Observations, Michael Gray
Participatory Mapping of Tree Equity, Preferences, and Environmental Justice in Portland, OR, Katharine Vezin Gregory
The Evolution of Leadership During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of the Research, Luca Patrick Thierry Gregston
The Negative Stigma Surrounding Mathematics, Marissa A. Greisen
Deciphering French Decentralization Efforts and Economic Attractivity Through the Evaluation of France's Lyonnaise Region, Magwyer Grimes and Kimberley Brown
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Oregon Federal Lands: A Prospective Policy Analysis, Cole P. Grisham
Foreword: On Statesmanship, Cole P. Grisham
Forest Fire Effects on Snow Storage and Melt Across Scales of Forest Recovery in the Western Oregon Cascades, Megan Nicole Guinn
Left Out to Dry: Understanding the Social Experiences of Ground Depletion in Washington State's Columbia River Basin, Alexis Lisandro Guizar-Diaz
Death and Vengeance Behind Every Corner: The Great Purge and the Psychology of Joseph Stalin, Isabella Gurin
Understanding Ubiquitin-like Signaling at the Host-Pathogen Interface, Danna Eloisa Guzman Gonzalez
Microplastics Presence in Rhizophora mangle Roots throughout Fishponds and Open Coasts in Moloka'i, Hawaii, Mia Hackett
The Greeley Variations, Mary Haidri
PFAS in News Media: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Madison Haley
The Impact of Climate Change on Selected PNW Watersheds through the Lens of Western Red Cedar Habitat, Jordan T. Hamann
War, Decisions, и Деньги: Analyzing Private Military Companies in American and Russian Contexts, Tara Harper
Graphical Models in Reconstructability Analysis and Bayesian Networks, Marcus Andrew Harris
Shame and Silencing of Amejo in Okinawa: Examining Gendered and Militarized Violence, Katie Hashimoto
Disrupting Epistemic Injustice: Implications for Lived-Experience Accounts of Mental Illness in Social Work Education, Jessica D. Hawkins
Cultic Studies Cultivate Libertory Language, Todd Heckathorn
Hemingway in Hollywood: From Page to Screen, Hayden Hendricks