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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Investigating Reaction Pathways and Non-Covalent Interactions from Diarylhalonium Salts Using Density Functional Theory, Nicole Javaly
Photocathodes from Aerobic Oxidation of Tellurorhodamines, Amelia Jellison
Analyzing Rap through Poetry: “zen scientist” by milo & Kenny Segal, Mason S. Jensen
Experiences of Support and Success for Students of Color in the Midwifery Educational Setting, Laura Jenson
The King's Wolf, Epiphany Jesequel
Integrative Approaches to Climate Resilience Planning: Application of a Plan Evaluation Framework, Maulsri Jha
Investigation into Thermodynamic and Kinetic Phenomena in Arylation Reactions with Diaryliodonium Salts, Soocheta Jha
A Critical Appraisal of Poverty in the Context of Nature-Based Communities: Selected Cases from the Philippines, Carla Edith Gonzales Jimena
"Significant Bodily Intrusions": Investigations into Law Enforcement Phlebotomy, Anne Kathleen Johnson
ritr, Kathryn Elizabeth Johnson
Islands in Motion: The Transnational Ties Between Japan and Hawaii, 1885-1945, Annalise Jones
A Groundwater Flow System Investigation in the Upper Rowena Creek Drainage, Oregon, CateLee YaMei Kambur
A New Era of Zines: Taking Lessons From the Past to Combat Intellectual and Political Fascism, Catherine Kane
Hybrid Publishing and the Legacy Memoir: A New Model For Preservation, Julie Kanta
Working Paper No. 98, Selma Mushkin and the Emergence of the Field of Health Economics, Sadie Kautz
AcademyHealth - 2024 Data Visualization Winners, Chelsea Keating, Emily Boniface, and Mina Colon
Contemporary Echoes From the Progressive Era: A Historical Reclamation Project of Caroline Pratt and Her Play-Based Pedagogy, Charleen Lynn Kepner
Seismic Fragility Analysis of Above-ground Liquid Storage Tanks, Pooyan Khajeh Shahzanian
Assessing the Challenges Latin Immigrant Populations Face in Accessing Healthcare and Proposing Solutions to Improve Accessibility, Melina Khiabani
Trauma-Born Generations and Intergenerational Conflict: A Study of Tensions in the Contemporary South Korean, Daihyun Kim