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Artificial Light: A Conduit of Human Productivity Through the Ages, Elias M. Henkle
Catholic Syncretism: A Framework for Understanding Post-Colonial Religious Identity, James A. Hennessey-O'Connor
Oak Savanna Expansion: Indigenizing PSU's Urban Landscape, Ash Herb
¡Estamos Aqui!: The Underrepresentation of Latinos in Professional Sports and Sports Media, Antonio Hernandez
The Great Plague of Marseille, Lucy Herzig
Ecological and Political Grief in College Students: Making Meaning in Uncertain Times, Kate Hlad
Interrupted by Design: The Impact of Push Notifications on Stress and Task Performance, Mia Hohmann
Skeletons vs. Mummies: Osteological Trauma on Bog Bodies as a Measure for Cultural Change in Ancient Europe, Miranda Hoodenpyl
Multiple-Valued Quantum Automata for Robotics, Yuchen Huang
The Strain Equation: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis of Job Demands and Depletion Outcomes, Alison L. Hunt
Using Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum Modeling to Evaluate Drought Tolerance in the Urban Environment, Md Jahidul Islam and Samantha Hartzell
The U.S. Shopping Mall: Opportunities for Preservation and Transformation through Adaptive Reuse, Sophia Janzen
A Qualitative Study Into the Impact of Sweeps on Homeless-Serving Mutual Aid Groups in Portland, OR, Clover Javurek-Humig
Social Determinants as a Predictor for Heart Disease Mortality: Oregon Regional Study, Jewel Jones
Subversive Shooting: How Annie Oakley Rose to Nationwide Notoriety, Sycan I. Jones
Aid and Assist Cases in Multnomah County: An Exploration of ORS 161.370, Savannah Jurasek
Noggin Bonks and Neurogenesis: Alterations in Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis Following a Rodent Model of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Tuesday Kirby Kahl
(Re)Claiming Homeplace: Dance as Embodied Resistance & Healing for Health & Spatial Justice, Preeya G. Kannan
Japanese Learners and Mixed-Speech Styles, Nana Kawada
Contrasting Responses to Predation Risk in Urban and Non-Urban Rodents, Grace Kazmir, Rosa Rudolph, and Tracy Burkhard
Evapotranspiration Estimation Using a Water Balance Model for Urban Green Roof Vegetation in Portland, OR, Tarannum K. Khandoker, Harper Thomson, Arely Corro Sanchez, and Samantha Hartzell
"I Still Care About Her": Ambiguous Loss and Social Death in Substance-Affected Relationships, Margaret M. King
Erasing the Artist, Policing the City: Michael Stewart and New York’s War on Graffiti, Vladislav Kirilov