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Beavers Beyond Boundaries: Perceptions of Beaver-Related Restoration, Matthew V. Guziejka
Exploring the Social Processes Influencing the Well-Being and Social Integration of Systemically Marginalized Students in Higher Education: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Zeinab Abbas Hachem
Cards with Class: Formalizing a Simplified Collectible Card Game, Dan Ha
"Crush the Monster": Homosexuality and Moral Panic in 1950s Idaho, Ian Hadrick
Assessment of Avian Community Structure and Habitat Connectivity in the Fanno Creek Corridor, Grace Hall
Wildland Urban Interface Growth and Development Potentials in Deschutes County, Samantha Hall
An Evaluation of Sediment Transport in the Columbia River Basin: Before and After System-Wide Flow Regulation, Patrick Alan Haluska
Risk Factors of Dental Anxiety and Exploration of Interventions, Katelin Hancock
A Matter of Ultra Importance: How Ultra’s Decryption of Enigma Impacted the Outcome of World War II, Lia S. Hansen
Prochlorococcus Death by a Ubiquitous Zooplankton Filter Feeder, Avery Harman
Social Workers as Police and Prison Wardens in the Progressive Era, Sam Harrell
Promoting Equity in Culturally Diverse Schools: A Literature Review of Third Space Pedagogy, Sarah E. Harrison and Heidi Curtis
Co-Designing with First-Generation Transfer Students, Randi Petrauskas Harris
The Foodpunk City: Advancing Portland's Food Security Through a Shared Ideology of Adaptation & Resistance, Nickolas Hash
Impact of Two Shift Schedules on Post-Shift Blood Pressure in Firefighters, Ayeisha H. Haswarey
Impact of Testosterone Therapy on Voices in Trans-Masculine People: A Scoping Review, Samuel E. Hedine, Jeff Conn, and Deanna Britton
Multi-Scale Variability of Heavy Metals in a Snowpack in the Triple Divide Region of the Western United States, Kelsey Hefner
Multiscale Variability of Heavy Metals in a Western U.S. Snowpack, Kelsey Hefner
Power & Planning: A Critical Comparison of Tribal and Non-Tribal Wildfire Protection Plans, Christian J. Heisler
Exploring Gender in Classical Music Through Coded Weaving, Laura Helgeson
Jewish Immigrants in Argentina: The Bund as a Transnational Connection, Naomi Hemstreet
Talking about Weight: Weight Stigma and Information Seeking, Alexandra N. Henrici and Lillian H. Mantel
Exploring Consent: An Analysis of Consent in Dark Romance and Contemporary Romance Books, Janeth Hernandez