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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Curating Conflict: The Material Record of the Philippine-American War at the Oregon Historical Society, Silvie M. Andrews
Heat, Wildfire and Energy Demand: An Examination of Residential Buildings and Community Equity, Chrissi Argyro Antonopoulos
Literature Review: the Relationship Between Art and Anxiety, Madeline R. Armendariz Sullivan
Transformative Ecoliteracy Development in Postsecondary Education: Cultivating Intentional Relationships Through Garden-Based Learning, Shevawn Armstrong
Validation of Sleep Questionnaires in the Down syndrome Population, Alicia Arreola-Bustos
The Cult Fascist: Establishing Cultic Behavior in Proud Boys and Incels, AJ Ashland
Measuring Morality in the 2020 US Presidential Election, Scott Edward Atkins
Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Obese Trauma Patients, Sarah Autry
Comparative Foreign Aid Analysis: Replacing the Competition Between Donors with Complementary Aid Policies, Emily Melinda Baker
Space and Identity in J.M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K, Joshua Baker
An Investigation into Magnetic Gears and Magnetic Springs for Marine Hydrokinetic Power Generators, Hossein Baninajar
A Distributed Trust Model Simulator for Energy Grid of Things Distributed Energy Resource Management System, Abdullah Barghouti
National Climate Data Graphical Plotting Software Review, Melissa Barnes
Using Intrinsically-Typed Definitional Interpreters to Verify Compiler Optimizations in a Monadic Intermediate Language, Dani Barrack
Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake Vertical Ground Acceleration Investigation and Potential Impact on Bridges in the Pacific Northwest, Rachel Caroline Bassil
Exploring Stress Relief Methods and the Efficacy for the Houseless at Urban Settings, Lexis Bates
Feminism and #MeToo in the Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women, Rebecca S. Battin
The Needle and the Pen: a Retrospective on Eighteenth Century Life, Consumerism, and Dress in Relation to Modern Garment Production, Madeleine F. Beer
Short Warm-Side Wet-Bulb Temperature Distribution Tails Lead to Accelerated Increases in Extreme Threshold Exceedances Under Global Warming, Yianna Sotirios Bekris
A Critical Discourse Analysis of How Youth in Care Describe Social Support, Jared Israel Best
Understanding the Efficacy of Telehealth in Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Katheren Bettermann
Exploring Structure-Function Relationship in Small-Molecular Catalysts Using Computational and Experimental Methodologies, Avik Bhattacharjee
Computational Investigation of the Mechanism of an Octahedral Ni(II) Proton Reduction Catalyst and Importance of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding, Avik Bhattacharjee, Dayalis S.V. Brown, Carolyn N. Virca, Trent E. Ethridge, Oreana Mendez Galue, Uyen T. Pham, and Theresa M. McCormick
Assessing the Accessibility of the Judicial System's Arrest-to-Parole Timeline for People who are d/Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Evelyn G. Birnbaum