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Theses from 2022
"Real" Marketing Within the Fast Fashion Industry: An Analysis of Internal vs. External DEI Practices, Marinda Lynn Carlyle
Improvement Science: Improving Employee Engagement, Ryan S. Carpenter
Working Paper No. 61, The Regulation of Hemp in the United States, Olivia Carrillo
Newberg Car Camping Initiative, Katie Carroll, Ryan Haight, Mary Hendricks, Scott Sharba, Anthony Tortorici, and Paul Vickers
For Art's Sake: An Exploration of the Persistence of Imposter Syndrome and Low-Self Confidence in Creative Fields, Mckinsey Carroll
Model.Disclose(): Examination of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Disclosure at Work, Timothy Allen Carsey
Autofluorescence Microscopy: Identifying Bacterial Signals on Rock Samples, Noel Case
Rats and Bird Feeders; Myths, Truths and IPM Strategies for Norway Rats, Keith Chaloux
The New Shiny Penny? Regenerative Agriculture Beliefs and Practices Among Portland's Urban Agriculturalists, Melia Ann Chase
Planning and Real-Time Resource Allocation in Freight Logistics Systems Utilizing Emerging Transportation Technologies, Darshan Rajesh Chauhan
Health Literacy and People Diagnosed with Mental Illness, Beckie Child
Monetizing Attention and Branding Strategy: Assessing the Effects of Personal Branding on Amateur Athletic Compensation, Abby Christiansen
High School Persisters and Alternative Schools, Hyuny Clark-Shim
Using WGCNA to Examine RNASeq Expression Data in the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus Limnaeus, Patrick Clouser and Jason Podrabsky
Shaping the Witch: A Visual Art Thesis, Amanda Cobb
Legalizing Mobile Dwellings : A Guide for Expanding a Unique Affordable Housing Option in your City, Grace Coffey, Scott Goodman, Matthew Hall, Sam Huck, and Andrew Oliver
Must Be Present to Win: Principals' Perspectives on Exclusionary Discipline, William Jeremy Cohen
The Sack of Rome, Sean M. Coloma
Gender, Fantasy, and Misogyny in The Age of Innocence: A Character Study of Newland Archer, Sonia Comstock
Batterer Intervention Program Evaluation: A Portland, Oregon Program Case Study, Julie M. Conner
Temperature and Predator Effects on Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas) and Their Distribution in South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Elissa Connolly-Randazzo
Alternative Energy Source Funding for the Pacific Northwest, Chip Corbett, Cuong Nguyen, Dahm Mongkol Hongchai, Prajakta Thorat, Pavithra Prasad, and Sarah von Schimmelmann
Making Use of Prosodic Resources in a New Language: Self-Repetition in Wh-Questions in Talk-in-Interaction, Phoebe Cordova
Research Proposal for An Assessment of the Potential for the Arbuscular Fungi “Rhizophagus irregularis” to Aid in Corn Uptake and Availability of Iron, Caitlin Costello