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Carbon Sequestration Potential After Riparian Restoration—A Baseline Study of Carbon Stocks and Mycorrhizal Communities, Guen DiGioia
Solidarity Divided: The Miike Strike of 1960 and Fractures within Japan's Labor Movement during the Cold War, John L. M. Dinh
The Vestal Virgins and the Transition From Republic to Principate Under Augustus c. 30 BCE - 14 CE, Jamie R. Ditzel
Safety Interventions For Houseless Pedestrians, Peter Domine, Sean Doyle, Asif Haque, Angie Martínez Sulvarán, Nick Meusch, and Meisha Whyte
Urban Nesting Biology, Population Viability and Ecology of the Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii, Stephanie Alexandra Byrne Doorly
Hit by Cupid's Arrow: Hidden Violence in Love Metaphors, Isis Dornbrook
Home: An Exploration of Identity through Autofiction, Isis Dornbrook
Making a Monster: Queerness and Disability in Gothic Literature, Julien Draven
System Design for the Quantification of Microbial Motility in Extreme Environments, Megan Marie Dubay
Framing the Green New Deal and Climate Change: A Content Analysis of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Danielle Elizabeth Duffy
The Impacts of Gender Based Discrimination In The Workplace on Nonbinary Employees, Ky Dullum and Nicholas A. Smith
Working Outside the Binary: Experiences of Nonbinary Employees in the Workforce, Mordeky C. Dullum
The Practice of Traditional Grading: A Site for Inquiring into Teacher Identity Friction in a U.S. High School, Sarah Emily Dutton-Breen
English Language Learner Labels: Institutions and Identity, Saylor B. Eames
To Be or Not to Be: Butch as a Queer Positionality and the Reinforcement and Trangressions Against Hegemonic Masculinity, Madison Ebejer
Disrupted Course Delivery in the Covid-19 Landscape: Consequences for University Student Stress and Mental Health, Madison M. Eki
Policing by Proxy: Interrogating Big Tech's Role in Law Enforcement, Claire Elizabeth
Does Instructional Autonomy Matter? Exploring Job Satisfaction for Math and Non-Math Teachers in Low, Middle, and High SES Schools, Hannah Sean Ellefritz
Analyzing Classroom Discourse to Investigate Structuring Equitable Mathematical Talk in Small Groups and Whole-Class Discussions, Brittney Marie Ellis
What's Care Got to Do with It? Expulsion Practices in Family Child Care, Josephina Paulina Emmrich
The Salve of Not Knowing, Elizabeth Jane Entity
Barriers and Supports for STEM Motivation for Pacific Islander High School and Undergraduate Students, Shanthia N. Espinosa, Alma M. O. Trinidad, and Lisa K. Marriott
Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land: Dwelling and Residential Alienation in Santa Monica's Rent-Controlled Housing, Lauren E.M. Everett
Cultural Capital and Community Cultural Wealth: A Study of Latinx First Generation College Students, Affiong Eyo-Idahor
Mass Capacity Analysis of Stormwater Control Measures Using Synthetic Stormwater with Silica, Organic and Hydrocarbon Constituents, Craig Michael Fairbaugh