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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Multi-scale Environmental Conditions Associated with Shade-Tolerant Conifer Regeneration in Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, Matthew Cook
The Voices Left Out: Women and the King-Crane Commission, Hana Cooper
A Tale of Two Narratives: The Role of Storytelling in Racial Dialogue, Lane Cooper
Exploring the Criminal Justice System Through a Case Study Approach: Exploring the Intersections and Interventions of the Juvenile Justice System Through a Case Study Approach, Adriana Cordova-Perez
L2 prosodic variation: The effect of L1 typology on L2 question intonation, Phoebe Cordova
Making Use Of Prosodic Resources in a New Language: Self-repetition In Wh-Questions in Talk-In-Interaction, Phoebe Cordova and John Hellermann
Urban Lakes: Ecosystem Services and Management, Laura Costadone
Using Quantitative Stereology on High Resolution SEM Images to Estimate Diatom Percentages, Ariadna Covarrubias Ornelas
The Effects of Mental Illness on Capital Sentencing in the State of Oregon, Mirtill E. Csikos
Equity and Sustainability Planning for Employment Zones in Tigard, Mac Cunningham, Gregory Mallon, Rob Hemphill, Rebecca Rockom, and Paul Runge
The Sun Only Sets on Black Britons: Sexuality and the Notting Hill Riots, Victor Curiel
A Collaborative Approach to Cultural Resource Risk Assessment, Preservation, and Prioritization: A Case Study from Sauvie Island, Oregon, Phillip James Daily
Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- Fight for Star Wars: The Reagan Doctrine and the Ending of the Cold War, Roselyn S. Dai
Modeling the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Azithromycin Prescription in General Practices Across the UK, Oluwasegun Isaac Daramola
Determinant Factors of Bicyclist Injury Severity at Signalized and Unsignalized Intersections, Apy Das
Connecting Environment and Phenotype: Deciphering Mechanisms of Diapause Entry and Exit in the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Erin Monica Davis
The Amungme and the Environment: Environmental Justice History and Consumerism, Kole A. Dawson
"Memories of a Family" (2021): a Reflection on My Process as an Interviewer and Filmmaker, Kyle Day
HDM Model for Assessing the Readiness/Optimization of Restaurant Delivery Systems, Moise Degand, Duane Murray, Yaya Sirimongkarakorn, Mohammed Thawab, and Mohammed Zaid
Witches as Queer(ed) Comrades: How Patriarchy, Sexism and Religious Fanaticism Fueled the Early Modern European Witch Hunts, Iris S. De Lis
Pandemic Music: Developing Music Compositions for Performance During Covid-19, Maia R. Denzler
Mechanisms of Substrate Recognition by the Cul3-based E3 Ligase, Katia Graziella de Oliveira Rebola
Assessing Water Quality Improvement and Treatment Effectiveness at a 6-Ha Constructed Wetland in Clackamas County, OR, Christopher L. Desiderati
Charlemagne: Nuancing the Conventional Narrative, Rebecca Devereaux