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Structure vs Agency: The Intersectionality of Race, Mental Health, and Homelessness, Jayley Martin
How Different Forms of Exercise Affect Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women, Jonathan McCanless
A Crucial Western Foothold: Uyghur-Americans in the Fairfax-D.C. Metro Area, Jake C. McCauley
If You Give a Website a Cookie: Educating Children About Online Privacy, Tina McComiskey
Guidelines for a Good Life: How Morality Tales Have Shaped Communities and Cultural Landscapes, Kate E. McFarland
Game-Based Learning as a Dynamic System: A Review of the Literature, Meadow Mcgalliard
Primary Place to Go For Health Care and its Association with HPV Prevalence in US Adults: Results from NHANES 2013-2016, Amy L. McVeety and Miyuki Sun
Entheogens: The Hallucinogenic Plants That Shaped Religion, Nicolas A. Michaud
Youth Experiences of Participation, Inclusion, and Influence Within a Youth-Serving Organization Implementing Participatory Processes, Rhen M. Miles
Review: Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for In-Flight Applications, Sabeel Saleem Mohammed
Examining County-Level Implicit Stereotypes and Prejudice as Predictors of Racial and Gender Disparities in Incarceration Across the United States, Emma Elizabeth Lee Money
Foundational Ecology of Recently Established Invasive Mediterranean Oak Borer (Xyleborus monographus): An Emerging Threat to Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana), Allison F. Monroe
The Role of Feline Goddesses in Advancing Women’s Rights in Ancient Egypt, Caitlin Moran
Intersectional Realities, Multi-Dimensional Films: Reading Julie Dash's Illusions as an Activist Text, Amelia Morrison
The Failure of the Annan Plan and Suggestions for Peace in Cyprus, Haley Grace Morrow
Whipped into Shape: Infrastructure as Punishment for the Unruly Citizen, Eliza Mortimer
Turbulent Structures in Coupled Wind-Wave Flows, Cerrina Mouchref
Seasonal Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Carbon Within Eight Urbanized Watersheds Across the Portland, OR, Metropolitan Area (Oregon, USA), Mary-Catherine J. Munt, Jacob C. Rudolph, Jennifer L. Morse, and Rebecca Hale
Price-Signal-Based Control Strategy for Heat Pump Water Heaters in Demand Response Applications, Othman A. Murad
Bans Against Book Bans: State Legislation Fighting Against Censorship, Marissa Muraoka
Not Just an Ad: Exploring Exposure, Persuasion Knowledge, and Health Misinformation on Social Media, Danielle Murray
Between Fire and Water: Miyazawa Kenji's Reimagining of Opposites in Ginga tetsudō no yoru, Taishi Neilsen
The Color of Society: A History of Textile Dyes, Tess L. Nestel