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Theses from 2025

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Structure vs Agency: The Intersectionality of Race, Mental Health, and Homelessness, Jayley Martin

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Germanic Identity and Othering at the Inception of Modernity: a Critical Translation of the Geographic Addendum of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493), Nina Martin

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How Different Forms of Exercise Affect Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women, Jonathan McCanless

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A Crucial Western Foothold: Uyghur-Americans in the Fairfax-D.C. Metro Area, Jake C. McCauley

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If You Give a Website a Cookie: Educating Children About Online Privacy, Tina McComiskey

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Rationality and Discomfort: Stance in "The End of the Altaic Controversy" and "In Defense of the Comparative Method, or the End of the Vovin Controversy", Logan McDowall

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Guidelines for a Good Life: How Morality Tales Have Shaped Communities and Cultural Landscapes, Kate E. McFarland

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Game-Based Learning as a Dynamic System: A Review of the Literature, Meadow Mcgalliard

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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

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Entheogens: The Hallucinogenic Plants That Shaped Religion, Nicolas A. Michaud

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Youth Experiences of Participation, Inclusion, and Influence Within a Youth-Serving Organization Implementing Participatory Processes, Rhen M. Miles

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Review: Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for In-Flight Applications, Sabeel Saleem Mohammed

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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

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The Role of Feline Goddesses in Advancing Women’s Rights in Ancient Egypt, Caitlin Moran

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Intersectional Realities, Multi-Dimensional Films: Reading Julie Dash's Illusions as an Activist Text, Amelia Morrison

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The Failure of the Annan Plan and Suggestions for Peace in Cyprus, Haley Grace Morrow

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Whipped into Shape: Infrastructure as Punishment for the Unruly Citizen, Eliza Mortimer

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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

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Price-Signal-Based Control Strategy for Heat Pump Water Heaters in Demand Response Applications, Othman A. Murad

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Bans Against Book Bans: State Legislation Fighting Against Censorship, Marissa Muraoka

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Not Just an Ad: Exploring Exposure, Persuasion Knowledge, and Health Misinformation on Social Media, Danielle Murray

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Between Fire and Water: Miyazawa Kenji's Reimagining of Opposites in Ginga tetsudō no yoru, Taishi Neilsen

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The Color of Society: A History of Textile Dyes, Tess L. Nestel