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Theses from 2026
Uniform Stability of Katyusha in Strongly-Convex Settings, Don Li
What is the value of a state? Accounting for the ecosystem service and natural capital values of Oregon, Kathryn T. Liebrecht, Sahan Dissanayake, and Luis Ruedas
Understanding Moral Injury in Emergency Department Clinicians: Predictors, Outcomes, and Evidence Gaps, Rose Doering Lightspeed
Justice by Geography: District-Level Variation in Pretrial Release Outcomes Across Oregon, Ethan Loomis
Meeting the Needs: Examining the Response to Houselessness in Portland, OR, Miguel Angel Lopez Paz
Neuroplasticity After TBI: Meta-Analysis Reveals Structural and Cognitive Recovery Beyond Six Months Is Enhanced by Targeted Learning, Amanda C. Lunsford
Irish Identity: Symbols of Nationalism in W.B. Yeats's Cathleen Plays, Emma Mady
Why Choose Green Burial: Raising Awareness About an Under-Utilized Method of Body Disposition, Gretchen Mahlberg
Citizenship Denied, Accountability Deferred: A Neorealist Analysis of International Law and the Rohingya Crisis, Farah Mahmoud
Why Am I Here? Individual, Organizational, & Societal Influences of Employee Motives to Attend Voluntary Diversity Training and Their Effects on Training Outcomes, Henri T. Maindidze
"Address It or Suppress It": What We Can Learn About RPF From Celebrity Responses, Z Maloney-Dunn
A Battle of Will and Wisdom: Polar Opposites in the Polar Extremes of the Viking World, Lily C. Manne
Cathedral Park Strategic Action Plan: Guiding Community Development with Actionable Advocacy Strategies, Travis Mauzy, Dagny Daniel, Samuel Goldberg, Samantha Ishihara, and Jacob Hagen
Aid as Leverage: How Humanitarian Assistance Shapes the Health Power Dynamics in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Emmanuella K. Mbuyu
Getting Close, Sadie Laufe McCarthy
From Mogadishu to Minneapolis: Transnational Political and Social Ties in the Somali Diaspora, Kate E. McFarland
The Gut Microbiome, the Gut-Brain Axis, and College Student Well-Being, Idi McKay
Looking Upwards and Out: Comparing Buddhist and Humanist Frameworks for Enlightenment, Mason McKinney-Best
The Dolor: How a Generation of Women Quietly Lost their Children, Alexis McLean
Exploitation in Conscientious Carnivorism, Killian McMahon
Relativistic Corrections to H, O(VII), and Fe(XXV) Lineshapes in Hot Plasmas, Asa Drew Dawdy McNaughton
Oregon Metro’s Regional Land Banking Site Selection Strategy, Margot McNeely, Autumn Fluetsch, David Archuleta, Denise Torres, Dylan Giliberto, and Rebekah Markillie
Radical Social Work in the United States: An Integrative Literature Review, Anastasia Miller