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Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Surfer's Journal, Ann M. Petroliunas
Working Paper No. 72, The 1849 Gold Rush and the Roots of California’s Economic Development, Matthew Phan
Finding the Balance: Music Performance Anxiety, Flow, and the Undergraduate Recital, Ash Phillips
My Syrian American Life, Leila Yacoub Piazza
Selected Hybrid-Genre, Short Story, and Fiction Work, Elizabeth F. Pickard
Lunch and Learn: Garett Pignotti Predicting Urban Air Temperatures Using Land Cover Type and Satellite Observations of Surface Temperatures, Garett Pignotti
Do Motives Matter? The Role of Motivation in Shaping the Impact of Mindfulness Training on Teachers' Psychological Distress and Wellbeing, Cristi N. Pinela
Linking Conservation and Environmental Justice: Exploring Relationship-Building Between a Land Trust and Four Pacific Northwest Tribes, C. Noel Plemmons
32nd Annual Young Historians Conference, Portland State University History Department and Portland State University Challenge Program
Pathos, Fall 2022, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Spring 2022, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel: Fall 2022, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Future of Portland’s Forests: Conifer Regeneration and Barriers to Recruitment in Urban and Rural Forests, Mila Pruiett
Global Governance or Global Government? An Examination of Anarchy vs. Hierarchy, Global Civil Society and International Governmental Organizations, Grace R. Purvis
Working Paper No. 74, Some Influential Effects of the Typewriter on the American Economy, Bander Qadan
Systemic Barriers That Exclude BIPOC Authors From Literary Awards and the Proposed Solutions to Evoke Change, Devyn Yan Radke
Effectiveness of Air Pollution Mitigation Systems: Transport, Transformation, and Control of Ozone in the Indoor Environment, Pradeep Ramasubramanian
Dossier Cover, Tye Raymond
A Tale of Two-Hybrids: Investigating the Interactomes of Cullin-Associated Proteins, Elyse Reitter
Random Lasing in Nano-Crystalline Zinc-Oxide Films, Benito Reynaldo Resendiz
"I Just Had to Do Most Everything": Gender, Settlement and American Empire in the Far West, Hannah Alexandra Reynolds
A Review of Animal Welfare and Current Enrichment Methods for Captive Marine Mammals, Ashleigh I. Richardson
COACHing for COVID: A Qualitative Assessment of Incorporating Community Health Workers into Primary Care-Based COVID-19 Outreach, Gina Richardson, Emily Mitchell, Armin Takallou, and Brian Frank
Dog Music, or, An Invitation to a Haunting, Andrew Joseph Richman