This open access collection of exemplary graduate and undergraduate work includes nearly forty sub-collections: award-winning capstone projects, faculty-mentored research, and peer-reviewed scholarship. Find theses, dissertations, research projects, posters, presentations, articles, and more.
Search the Collection to find a topic or limit by discipline, keyword, date, or publication.
Student work
- comprises one third of PDXScholar.
- includes all PSU theses and dissertations.
- represents 60% of PDXScholar downloads.
- has been downloaded over 10 million times!
- Popular Content
Top 10 downloads - Undergraduate Research Commons
More than 700 publications in our repository network - Browse the Digital Commons Network
Over 500 colleges & universities in our shared repository
Please see the submission guidelines of each journal/event before submitting an online form.
- Journals
- Conferences & Symposia
- Faculty Nomination Form
- Program-specific Submission Forms
- Undergraduate Research Commons (Beyond PSU)
Organized by discipline, search for "Open to All" publications
- Top Downloads/Streams
- Readership Distribution
- PlumX Metrics
Item-level usage, citations, captures, mentions, and social media posts
Learn More: Portland State Research
Bringing the future into focus through groundbreaking research and scholarship
Books from 2023
Pathos, Spring 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, April 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, January 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, January 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, June 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, March 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, May 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, November 2023, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Disappeared Streams and Flood Risk in Atlanta, Georgia, Baltimore, Maryland, Phoenix, Arizona, and Portland, Oregon, Gregory Chrisopher Post
Laughing Through the Pain: An Analysis of Dark Humor in Trauma-and-Crisis-Centered Occupations, Zoe R. Potter
A Gridded CO2 Emissions Inventory for Portland, OR, James E. Powell
Institutionalizing Femininity: A History of Medical Malpractice and Oppression of Women Through 19th century American Mental Asylums, Ciara E. Pruett
Designing the Future: The Influence of Lloyd J. Reynolds on American Product Innovation, Bander Qadan
Working Paper No. 84, Designing the Future: The Influence of Lloyd J. Reynolds on American Product Innovation, Bander Qadan
Working Paper No. 75, The Utopian Socialists Reconsidered, Aden Quenemoen
Lackland, Matthew Eugene Rebholz
Critical Analysis of Anti-Asian Hate in the News, Benardo Douglas Relampagos
The Power of Algorithms and Big Data: A Marketing Perspective on Consumer Manipulation in Business, Jordan C'rene Reuille-Dupont
Functional and Non-Functional Harmonic Devices in the Music of Wayne Shorter From the 1960's: Analysis and Application, Max Reynolds
The Identification of Representation Gaps in Diverse US Children's Picture Books, Alena Rivas
Land of Unwashed Clothes, Samantha Rivas