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Theses from 2026
JALZAP: An Agile Hybrid for AI-Accelerated Software Development, Pouya Nouri
A 2030 Energy Transition Pathway for Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Kasiet Nurlanbekova
More Than "Programs for Women": Centering Incarcerated Women's Voices in the Evaluation of Prison Programming, Winter Ohara-Frantz
Balancing Fairness and Quality in Automatic Text Summarization, Olubusayo Olabisi
Drag’s Impact On Drag Lives, José L. Oropeza III
Collusion-Resistant Quantum Key Leasing, Nikhil Pappu
Heat Pump Water Heater CTA-2045 Implementation Guidance for Maximizing Demand Response Impact, Dana Kahiwahiwa Paresa
Characteristics of Social Capital in Informal Housing Settlements, Lena Parsons
Navigating Homelessness and Housing Accessibility: An Ethnography of Guests at Operation Nightwatch, Chase Kawika Patton
Soil-Groundwater Controls on the Hydrological Fate of Recycled-Water in a Restored Wetland, Punyotoya Paul, Jennifer L. Morse, and John Richard Goetz III
Reinvesting in a Lived Experience Workforce: An Exploration of Why Peer Support Specialists Leave the Field, Morgan Rae Pelot
Updating ODOT's Intersection Control Evaluation Tool, Elias Peters
Shoplifting: Analyzing Spatial and Temporal Patterns, Elizabeth Petrenko
Geographic and Systemic Disparities in Maternal Health: A Systems Analysis of Prenatal Care Access Across Rural Oregon, Cecelia Petrik
Examining Fort Vancouver Curatorial Practices: How Do Museums Interact With and Represent the Public?, Karryn Meharchand Pillay
Design and Implementation of Error Estimators for Finite Element Eigenvalue Problems, Gabriel Esteban Pinochet Soto
Protest Aesthetics: Identity, Surveillance, and Representation in Media, Mason Pittenger
36th Annual Young Historians Conference Program, Portland State University History Department and Portland State University Challenge Program
Pathos, Winter 2026, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
The Impact of Relative Humidity and Soil Moisture on Foliar Water Uptake for Urban Tree Planning, Rory Price, Samantha Hartzell, Sybil Gotsch Dr., and Lauren Lowman Dr.
Expanding Transmobilities: Understanding Genderdiverse and Transgender Travel Behavior Through an Art-Informed Methodology, Nicholas Michael Puczkowskyj
Modeling Turbulent Accretion Flows Around Black Holes: Azimuthal Flux Derivative Density Curves in 3D MHD Simulations, Sasmitha Purushothaman, Matthew D. Duez, and Pavan Chawhan
"Running! No Breaks!" and Resisting Perfection, Perry Rachmuth