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Theses from 2024
The Realm That I Am: An Interdisciplinary Memoir on Identity and Healing, Maria Rowen Flores
Social Justice in Social Work: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Erica Fonseca
Exploring the Curriculum and Institutional Contexts of STEM Future Faculty Programs, Amy Mae Forester
Observing Orobanche Uniflora Parasitism of Four Sedum Species in Relation to Soil Composition, Devin J. Forest-Hines, Sophie Wille, Noah Flick, and Maxxie Barr
Phytoplankton Community Dynamics in the Northern California Current System, Kristin Forgrave
The Bonneville Power Administration in a Transformative Decade: A Study of Collibration in Public Administration, Christopher M. Frost
Supply is not Limulus: Research Review of Horseshoe Crab Conservation in the Face of Intense Pharmaceutical Demand, Zoya Galeev
Exploring Factors that Contribute to STEM Transfer Student Sense of Belonging, Brittney R. Gallant and Cate Pocitari
Cognitive and Economic Development, John Luke Gallup
Neverland Theory: An Introduction to a Childish-Positive Framework, Daniel M. Gardner
Tea Leaves and Other Stories: Expressing Themes of Change and Loss through the Magical Realist Style, Olivia Geist
Online or In-Person: What Mode of Conversation Makes People Feel the Most Socially Connected?, Nathan P. Gheorghita, Cynthia D. Mohr, MaryAnn Samson, Sheila McCabe, and Julia Lynch
An Argument for the Integration of Black Psychology in Undergraduate Psychology Program, Kelsey D. Glass
Individual and Structural Contributors to Implicit and Explicit Anti-Muslim Bias in the United States, Aeleah M. Granger
PT-Symmetry and Eigenmodes, Tamara Gratcheva
Experiences of Community College STEM Students in Transferring and Adapting to a Four-Year Urban University, MacKenzie Jade Gray
Prose by Any Other Name: Analyzing Changes to Translated Book Titles in Japanese and English, Angela Griffin
Masthead, Cole P. Grisham
Message from the Editors, Cole P. Grisham
Updated Occupancy and Abundance for Northwestern Pond Turtle and Western Painted Turtle in the Lower and Middle Willamette Watersheds, Laura Guderyahn
Enhancing Robustness of Machine Learning Models Against Adversarial Attacks, Ronak Guliani
Wraithstruck: Chapters from the Adorese Forests, Clover Gullans
Beavers Beyond Boundaries: Perceptions of beaver-related restoration, Matthew V. Guziejka
Beavers Beyond Boundaries: Perceptions of Beaver-Related Restoration, Matthew V. Guziejka
Cards with Class: Formalizing a Simplified Collectible Card Game, Dan Ha