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Distortions, Margaret Muthee
Feather River: Returning to Hope, Allen Myers
Digital (In)Justice? Evaluating Procedural Justice in Online Crime Reporting, Nazmy Natia
Demonizing Sexuality: Dangerous Women in Folklore, Lily E. Nelson
Little Africa in Global China: Transnational Nigerians in Guangzhou and the Making of Xiaobei, Tess L. Nestel
Unspent Donations in Donor Advised Funds - Policy Recommendation, Oriel Nolan-Smith
Homelessness and Business: Perception, Affect and Opportunity, Asatur Nor-Ashkarian
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
Emotion-Focused Teaching and Preschool Children's Social, Emotional, and Self-Regulatory Development, Brielle Emily Petit
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