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Theses/Dissertations from 2026
Examining Fort Vancouver Curatorial Practices: How Do Museums Interact With and Represent the Public?, Karryn Meharchand Pillay
Protest Aesthetics: Identity, Surveillance, and Representation in Media, Mason Pittenger
36th Annual Young Historians Conference Program, Portland State University History Department and Portland State University Challenge Program
Pathos, Winter 2026, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Impact of Relative Humidity and Soil Moisture on Foliar Water Uptake for Urban Tree Planning, Rory Price, Samantha Hartzell, Sybil Gotsch Dr., and Lauren Lowman Dr.
Modeling Turbulent Accretion Flows Around Black Holes: Azimuthal Flux Derivative Density Curves in 3D MHD Simulations, Sasmitha Purushothaman, Matthew D. Duez, and Pavan Chawhan
“Running! No Breaks!” and Resisting Perfection, Perry Rachmuth
Math, and You! Math Tools Website for First-Grade Children With Instruction Provided Through Music Education, Tye Raymond
A Novel, Embedding-Based Approach to Longitudinal Survey Data Imputation, Julia Rezvani
Assessing Spatial Distribution of Plausible Earthquake-Triggered Landslides Relative to ca. 1000 ybp Earthquake on the Gales Creek Fault, Jacqueline R. Rheingans
From Reclamation to Restoration: Remaking Nature on Portland's Peninsula, Theus Richards
Rebirth is Messy Anyway: A Fiction Novella, Lilli Belle Rudine
Comparing the Sensitivity and Degree of Boolean Functions via the Hypercube, Anne-Caroline Rupp
How Agile Became the Design Philosophy of AI Fishbowl Under Real-World Constraints, Jad Saad
Comparative Effectiveness of Olmesartan Medoxomil in Monotherapy and Combination Therapy With Other ARB Medications: Literature Review, Deepika Saini
Traditional Soil Extracts as a Low-Cost Tool for Native Plant Production in Ecological Restoration Nurseries, Nicolas Salcedo Cuevas
GPS Tracking Smart Dash Cam Capstone Review, Simrah Saleem
Facilitators and Barriers that Exist for Patients Receiving Dental Care in Rural Communities, Monse Sandoval
The Ladies' Home Journal: Dormant Seeds of the Feminine Mystique Pre-WWII, Isis Santos Villaça
Mourning in a Material World, Sarah Schaeffer
Monitoring local plant biodiversity patterns in parks of Salem, Oregon, Asia Scott, Ellie Scott, and Michelle Talal
Evaluating the Impact of Leading Pedestrian Intervals and Curb Extensions on Conflict Frequency and Severity, Sophia Semensky
Seeing a Future Where I Exist as Myself: An Exploration of Suicidality as a Response to Sociopolitical Oppression in Transgender and Gender Expansive Populations, Alexander Ray Sequoia
The Experiences of College Students Facing Housing and Financial Insecurity, Nora Shaheen
Black Women In Oregon Academia, Topanga Shakur-Freeman