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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Keeping in Touch While Sheltering in Place: A Comparative Case Study on the Complex Emotions Experienced by Older Adults When Introduced to ICTs and Video Conferencing Services, Marisa Susan Soltz
A Typology of Foster Home Quality Elements in Relation to Foster Youth Mental Health, Paul Sorenson
Social Capital and Cross-boundary Collaboration in Wyoming Wildfire Management Networks, Hannah L. Spencer and Christian Heisler
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of Reynolds and Dispersive Stresses in Turbulent Boundary Layers Over Multi-Scale Rough Patches, Catherine Virginia Spivey
Covid's Impact on Nurses & Their Labor Market, Joshua Stanfill
Oregon's Senate Joint Resolution 12: Understanding the Implications of a Constitutional Right to Healthcare, Anna Starr, MPP
Evaluation of Oregon’s Food Waste Recovery and Reintegration Policy Adoption through Civic Capacity, Jenna N. Stathopoulos
Branding in Motion: How Animation and Branding Intersect to Support Nonprofits in Need, Shannon M. Steed
Impacts of Doliolids on the Marine Microbial Community off the Oregon Coast, Melissa Steinman, Anne Thompson, and Kelly Sutherland
Perspectives of Special Educators and Paraprofessionals on Person-centered Planning Tools for People who use AAC, Samantha K. Stidham, Brandon Eddy, and Andryce Andres
Well of Endings, Jason Michael Stieber
Combating the Climate Crisis: Deconstructing Western Anthropocentricity and the Value of Indigenous Teachings, Jessica K. St. Michael
The Myths They Make of Us, Kaitlin Stone
Patterns of and Experiences with Dysphagia in People with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) With or Without Dysautonomia, Karyssa A. Stonick, Deanna Britton Dr., Emily Goble, Alison Wong, Alena Guggenheim Dr., and Donna Graville
Predicting Mesopredator Interactions in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Hunter Storm, Olyssa Starry, Leslie Bliss-Ketchum, Joe Liebezeit, and Dante Francomano
The Role of Gender Affirmation in Eating Disorder Symptoms in Transgender Individuals, Jacob M. Strahl
Interrogating for Equity: Laying the foundation for a health equity analytical framework, Kalera Stratton
"I'm Very Enlightened:" Assisting Black Males Involved in the Criminal Justice System to Deal With and Heal From Racism, Darnell Jackie Strong
Dress and Identity: Using Sartorial Artifacts to Explore Identity at Fort Vancouver, Dana Marie Sukau
Erasure through Engagement: The Community Resettlement of Isle de Jean Charles, Meghan Elizabeth Sullivan
Agenda Setting and Europe's Common Immigration Policy, Jamie P. Surface
Modeling Postfire Effects on Snow Albedo and Forest Recovery Over a Chronosequence of Burned Forests in the Triple Divide Region of the Rocky Mountains, Anton J. Surunis
Geochronological and Geochemical Investigation into Rhyolite Volcanism of the High Lava Plains and Columbia River Basalt Group Provinces of Eastern Oregon, USA, Vanessa Marie Swenton
Words Matter: A Linguistic Analysis of Cluniac Views on the Use and Abuse of Violent Force, Amanda K. Swinford