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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Distribution and Characterization of Rhyolites of the Strawberry Volcanics -- Evolution of a Major Rhyolite Field Associated with Columbia River Basalt Magmatism, Eastern Oregon, USA, Chanel Leigh Dvorak
A Community of Fear: Emotion and the Hydro-Social Cycle in East Porterville, Michael Egge
Values of Young Adults in an Increasingly Secular World, Joseph Daniel Eichenlaub
Major Controls on Diagenesis in the Martin Bridge Formation: Wallowa Mountains, Oregon, Jane Lyra Eisenberg
Storing Intermediate Results in Space and Time: SQL Graphs and Block Referencing, Basem Ibrahim Elazzabi
Neoliberalism, Civic Identity, and Resistance: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Community Development Organization, Erin Layne Elliott
Gas Stations and the Wealth Divide: Analyzing Spatial Correlations Between Wealth and Fuel Branding, Jean-Carl Ende
Spanning Trees of Complete Graphs and Cycles, Minjin Enkhjargal
Comparing Efficacy of Batterer Intervention Programs at Reducing Aggression in Subtypes of Domestic Violence Offenders, Cameron J. Ericksen and Nicholas A. Smith PhD
Complex Fluid Dynamics: Chemo-Hydrodynamics Driven by Autocatalytic Reaction Fronts, Matthew Walter Eskew
Thermodynamics of Ligand Binding and Global Structural Stability of Human Serum Albumin, Matthew Walter Eskew
Motivational Factors and Opportunities to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) majors among Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders (NHPI), Shanthia Espinosa and Alma M. O. Trinidad
Whitworth University’s Response to the Vietnam War: A Historical Record of News, Kyle Evers
Examination of Exhaustion in Larval Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus Tridentatus) Through Variations of Temperature, Flow, and Cover, Jessica Falcon
Creating Systems of Shared Accountability for Early Leaver Students: Perspectives of Principals, Lorna Kay Fast Buffalo Horse
Preparing to Perform: Brillance, by Ida Gotkovsky, Connor Fast
Collaborating With Indigenous Community to Restore Our Landscapes, Serina Fast Horse and Allison Rose
A Study of Stable Isotopes in Snow on Mt. Hood, Oregon, Maya Felix
Fixed Bottom Wind Turbine Wave-Wake Interaction, Ondrej Fercak
Serfs, Excluded or Governed by The State? Serfdom in Russia, an Historiographical Analysis, Jason Ferguson
The Validity of the Hemocue 201 in Rural Tumbes, Peru: Implications for Anemia Screening and Evaluation of Interventions, Lauralee JW Fernandez, Ricardo Gamboa, Percy Vilchez, William E. Lambert, Mirko Zimic, and Seth E. O'Neal
Rapid Method for Consistency and Concentration Reporting of Cannabidiol Using 1H-NMR and Computer-Assisted Chemical Software, Michael A. Fernando
Examining ∆8-THC Vaping Degradant Toxicant Formation, Michael Fernando and Robert Strongin