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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Experiences of Support and Success for Students of Color in the Midwifery Educational Setting, Laura Jenson
Integrative Approaches to Climate Resilience Planning: Application of a Plan Evaluation Framework, Maulsri Jha
Investigation into Thermodynamic and Kinetic Phenomena in Arylation Reactions with Diaryliodonium Salts, Soocheta Jha
A Critical Appraisal of Poverty in the Context of Nature-Based Communities: Selected Cases from the Philippines, Carla Edith Gonzales Jimena
"Significant Bodily Intrusions": Investigations into Law Enforcement Phlebotomy, Anne Kathleen Johnson
ritr, Kathryn Elizabeth Johnson
Islands in Motion: The Transnational Ties Between Japan and Hawaii, 1885-1945, Annalise Jones
A New Era of Zines: Taking Lessons From the Past to Combat Intellectual and Political Fascism, Catherine Kane
Working Paper No. 98, Selma Mushkin and the Emergence of the Field of Health Economics, Sadie Kautz
AcademyHealth - 2024 Data Visualization Winners, Chelsea Keating, Emily Boniface, and Mina Colon
Contemporary Echoes From the Progressive Era: A Historical Reclamation Project of Caroline Pratt and Her Play-Based Pedagogy, Charleen Lynn Kepner
Agglomeration Economies in Social Economy Clusters: The Role of Networks, Mina Kim
East Portland GRID: Supporting Clean Industry and Residents, Allison Kirkpatrick, Andrew Azar, Diego Joao Murphy-Mendez, Evan Howington, Kate Carroll, and Maura Paxton
Form Follows Function: An Analysis of De Architectura and its Influence, Weston Klein
Working Paper No. 95, Jeremy Bentham and English Common Law, Anastasia Klingler
The Role of Environment in Conflict Discourse: Analyzing Nagorno-Karabakh, Mallory Klucken
Adolescent Preventive Care Outcomes Before and After COVID-19 Onset: What is the Role of Telehealth?, Sarah Hayden Knipper
How Did I Get Here? A Capstone Review, Michael Koach
The Tyrant King of the Auction House: The Disastrous “Fine Artification” of the Dinosaur, Amelia C. Kolstad
From Farm to Friend: Fostering Compassion toward Farmed Animals through Design, Natalie Kosmos
At Home in Horror: Women and Body Horror, Brooklynn Kreps
Expanded Patient Reach at New Student Run Free Medical Clinic Location, Olivia Krol, Hana Warmflash, and Alex Foster
History in the Margins: Analysis of How the Language in U.S. History Textbooks Used in Portland Public Schools Marginalizes the History, Contributions, and Voices of People of Color, Ella Christine LaHue Brown