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A Revolutionary Curtain Call: Yiddish Theatre, the Jewish Enlightenment, and the Russian Revolution, Sidonie James
Critical Mineral Mining and Native American Rights, Spencer Beeman Janes
Working Paper No. 88, Algorithms and Thorstein Veblen’s ‘Machine Process’, Eunji Jang
Photocathodes from Aerobic Oxidation of Tellurorhodamines, Amelia Jellison
Analyzing Rap through Poetry: “zen scientist” by milo & Kenny Segal, Mason S. Jensen
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
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Islands in Motion: The Transnational Ties Between Japan and Hawaii, 1885-1945, Annalise Jones
A Groundwater Flow System Investigation in the Upper Rowena Creek Drainage, Oregon, CateLee YaMei Kambur
A New Era of Zines: Taking Lessons From the Past to Combat Intellectual and Political Fascism, Catherine Kane
Hybrid Publishing and the Legacy Memoir: A New Model For Preservation, Julie Kanta
Working Paper No. 98, Selma Mushkin and the Emergence of the Field of Health Economics, Sadie Kautz