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Submissions from 2021
Decision Making on Reopening Schools During Covid-19 Pandemic, Alekhya Penmatsa, Arundhati Jadhav, Chunjing Huai, and Jason Carver
Mapping the Case Study Houses: Translating History via Design, Samuel L. Person
Black Magic & White Supremacy: Witchcraft as an Allegory for Race and Power, Nicholas Charles Peters
An Experimental Field Study on Interpersonal Discrimination and the Asian American Experience in the Workplace, Alex Phanphackdy, Jared Cutler, and Nicholas Smith
Vestiges of Propaganda: Postage Stamps Issued by the Third Reich in Poland and the Netherlands During the Second World War, Olivia Phillips
Arab Americans and Census Reclassification: Recognition is Due, Leila Piazza
Investigation of AAC Coursework Across Accredited Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Programs, Mariel Pinto and Emily Sorensen
Street Art: the Gallery of the City, Mia Pinzelik
Diffusion of Innovation: Investigations of Technology Advances on a University Campus, Melissa Shaquid Pirie
Soft Lithographic Replication of High Length-Scale Micropillars From Laser-Ablated Fused-Silica Templates, Jason Pitts
Best Used-car Selling Service in US, Sirisha Pola, Jennifer Wagner, Fenny Jin, Pallavi Gusain, and Alfonso Herrero
31st Annual Young Historians Conference, Portland State University History Department and Portland State University Challenge Program
Pathos, Fall 2021, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Spring 2021, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2021, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel, February 2021, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel: March/April 2021, Mini Issue, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel: May/June, Mini Issue, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel: November/December 2021, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Pacific Sentinel: September 2021, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Influence of Ursula K. Le Guin, Bailey Potter
An Exploratory Study of Adjunct Faculty Professional Growth Experiences, Bethany Ann Potts
Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- Fighting For Freedom: Jazz and the Cold War, Cole H. Powers
Session 1: Panel 2: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- Nonbinary Significance: Roles and Perceptions Throughout History, Minami S. Powers
An Economic and Political Lens into the Lives of Undocumented Migrant Female-Headed Households, Fátima V. Preciado Mendoza