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Theses from 2022
Detection and Quantification of Arsenic Pollution with a Moss Bio-Indicator and ICP-MS, Erin R. Bowey
Social Media Impact on Small Brick and Mortar Businesses, David N. Bowles
The Connections Between Innovation, Culture, and Expertise in Water Infrastructure Organizations, Alice Brawley-Chesworth
In Sickness and in Health: Parasites of Stranded Pacific Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in Northern Oregon and Southern Washington, Cecily Douglas Bronson
Effects of Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) Across Variable Densities of Eelgrass (Zostera marina), Kimberly Alexis Brown
Mental Health as a Predictor of Bone Stress Fractures in Female Collegiate Athletes: A Literature Review, Phoebe Brown
Respiratory Function in Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals on Testosterone Therapy: A Comparative Study, Jillian River R. Browy, Alicia Heitzman, Deanna Britton, Jeff Conn, Karen Drake, and Aaron Ziegler
Social Media Marketing and Insurance: An Analysis of the Impact of Social Media Marketing on Small Independent Brokerages of Property and Casualty Insurance, Kaylee B. Brucker
Healthcare Information Systems Security Maturity Model, Isaac Brunken, Ahmed Mahdi, Yousra Abusharekh, Mohammad Alabdulaziz, Mohammed Albabtain, and Navdeep Singh
Working Paper No. 69, Towards an Evolutionary History of Gleaning, Stella Burlingame
The American Grammar of Policing as an Afterlife of Slavery: Arguments for an Abolition Democracy, Emily E. Buss
An Experimental Study of Norton and Thule Cooking Pot Performance, Caelie Marshall Butler
TermOil, Jay Butler
Implicit Learning in Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorder, Crystal L. Cairns, Sam Ward, Emma Duran, Molly Franz, and Carolyn Quam
Total Quality Management, Joseph (Tony) Califano
An Investigation of Microbial Symbiosis in Vertebrate Embryonic Diapause Using Austrofundulus Limnaeus as a Model, Jose Camara-Lavadores
Modern Russian Reflections on the Soviet-Afghan War, Octavio Camba
Working Paper No. 73, “Placing-Out”: Dealing with Vagrant Children in 19th Century America, Josephine Cannistra
An Automated Zoom Class Session Analysis Tool to Improve Education, Jack Arlo Cannon II
The Impact of Maternal Nutrition on the Development and Severity of Generalized Anxiety Disorders in Rodent and Non-Human Primate Studies, Esmeralda H. Cardoso
Understanding Primary Care Physicians’ Attitudes Towards Childhood vs Adult Obesity, Alexie Carletti, Anna Bloom, Browning Haynes, Jennifer DiPietro, Laura Levy, and Wafi Albalawi
"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