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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Uncovering the Nuance and Complexity of Gentrification in Asian Immigrant Communities: A Case Study of Koreatown, Los Angeles, Seyoung Sung
Beautifully Grotesque: Umezu Kazuo and the Shōjo Experience in Horror Manga, Miko Suzuki
An Examination of the Current Knowledge of Contaminants in Mangroves: Hawaii and Globally, Geoffrey Szafranski
Consensus Panel for Assessing Usability and Acceptability of Mobile Health Autism Screeners, Gabriella Tangkilisan, Luis Andres Rivas Vazquez, Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, Plyce Fuchu, Benjamin Sanders, and Katharine Zuckerman
The Impetus of International Security in European Integration: The Nature of EU Common Security and Defense Policy, Osman Goktug Tanrikulu
Hybrid Photovoltaic + Battery Energy System Grid-tied Converter Capstone Review Thesis, Archer Taylor
A Daily Investigation of the Recovery Paradox: Examining the Dynamic Interplay of Workload, Recovery Experiences, and Microbreaks, Morgan Rose Taylor
Metadata Decentralized: An Examination of Folksonomy in Book Publishing, Dani Tellvik
Humanity in Trauma, Alyssa K. Thompson
Transgender Voices in Composition: Exploring the Relationship Between Gender Identity and Music Composition, Andrew Thompson
Geese, Tia-Theo Thompson
How Are Oregon's Rural Indigenous Communities Overcoming Water Access Issues?, Tyren John Thompson
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder: Symptomatology in Drug Induced Psychopathology, Eleanor Tietsort
A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of NASA's Instagram Account, Danica Lynn Tomber
Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Radiation Localization, Benjamin Scott Totten
Working Paper No. 78, On Lenin, and the State as a Necessary Tool, J.P. Trafford
Toward Understanding Japanese and US Mainstream Media in Light of the Invasion of Ukraine: Conflict Training, Sophie Truesdale
Network Tango: Examining State Dispositions Toward Attribution in International Cyber Conflict, Robert Riley Turner
The Allegory of United States Settlers v. Native Americans in Wes Craven's The Hills Haves Eyes (1977), Blue Van Alst
Map the System: Presence and Impact of PPCPs in Water, Emma VanderMeulen and Ruby Mitchell
Working Paper No. 77, Deconstructing the Kardashian-Based Economy, Alec van Rossum
"We Just Have to Trust the People in White Lab Coats": Analyzing Distrust in Vaccine Hesitant Comments on the HHS Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Proposed Rule, Hima Bindu Lakshmi Vedantham
A Case Study of Mexican Immigrant Parents' Involvement in Their Children's Education, Evelia Vega