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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Electrochemical Hydrogen Gas Production and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration via In Situ Formation of Nickel (II) Tris-(Pyridinethiolate) Derivatives, Dayalis SV. Brown
Bees Eye View: Using Multispectral Photography to Simulate Bees’ View of Flowers in Natural Settings, Svea R. Bruslind Miss
Whitaker Ponds Natural Area Remediation Project: Response of Macroinvertebrate Communities One Year Post-Remediation, Andrea Bryant
The Influence of Microorganisms on Human Health, Tiffany Bui
Do Frameworks Matter? Testing the Framing Effect on Public Support for Prison Pell Grants, Natalie Miles Burke
Cultivating Equity: Harnessing School Garden Education as a Catalyst for Food Justice and Social Change, Maureen Madeleine Callahan
Comparison of General Population vs. U.S. Military Veterans Eating Disorder Prevalence, Micah Callahan
The Sanitary Lens: A Study of 19th Century Public Health in British Colonial India and Australia, Josephine Cannistra
Master of Public Health Curricula: Deconstructing Our Tools and Desire for Mastery, Alana Carrasco
Exploring Perspectives on Social and Emotional Learning Programs in Schools, Gina N. Carruth
A Policy Proposal for Agricultural Data Governance, Ana Sofía Castellanos Santamaría
Nella Larsen’s Passing: Ambiguous Symbology & Weather, Sara Casten
Back to Nature: Marie Antionette and the Cottagecore Fantasy, Rose Caughie
(Un)weighted Assumptions: Anti-Fatness & Health, Kieran Chase, Nell Carpenter, and Madysen Schreiber
Beyond the BMI: Expanding quantitative methods to study health for all bodies, Kieran Chase and Daniel Oron
The Little Magazine in the Digital Era: A Startup Guide, Dan Chilton
Realization of Multi-Valued Logic Using Optical Quantum Computing, Sophie Choe
Nixyáawii Watikš, Owen Christofferson, Sara Goldstein, Nick Hadfield, Zhuoheng (Brian) Liu, Jenny Mazzella, and Victoria Young
Local Voices: Counterstorytelling and Retention of Faculty of Color in Oregon's Community College System, Kristin Christophersen
Real-time Length Sensing of Braided Pneumatic Actuator using IR Time-of-Flight Sensor, Luon B. Chung
Structure-from-Motion Derived Snow Cover in Burned Forests of the Western Oregon Cascades, Siobhan Ciafone
A Literature Review on Understanding, Solidifying, and Expanding the Role of Art Therapy in Death and Dying, Deborah D. Clark