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Theses from 2021
Roles and Regulation of Satellite Cells in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration, Sydney Vlasman
Exploring How Gentrification-related Effects Impact the Health of Older Black Adults, Ann Wachana and Holly Hinson
A Side Divided: The Role of Pre-Existing Republican Disunity in the Spanish Civil War, Isabel Wagner
Eastbank Forum, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, Alexander Wallace, Elliot Ford, Matthew Hurd, Natalie Reeder, Annie Carlton, Mark Greathouse, and Talya Naftali
Believe What You Will: Essays, Lee Ware
Discovering the Plankton Community Composition – Global Climate Functions Relationship in Real Time, Kassondra B. Watson
A Remote Environment’s Effect on the News Consumption of College Students, Amelia R. Webb
Music Education, Child Development, and Academic Achievement: A Review of Recent Literature, Connor M. Welsh
Before Beachie Creek, Raine Welterlen
Fandom in the Digital Age: Examining Parasocial Relationships Between Fans and Music Artists on Instagram, Brittani Wert
Friends of Green Loop: Food Cartology, Andrew Wester, Nora Stoelting, Ben Acord-Becker, Kenny Werth, Laura Shumway, and Andrew Reyna
South of Loveland: A Collection of Short Stories, Benny White
The Effect of a Ferrite-Core Relay Vs. an Air-Core Relay on the Output Power Characteristics of a Three-Coil Wireless Power Transfer System, Jakob L. White
Connected Care: the Relationship Between Infant-Caregiver Interaction & Preterm Infant Development, Amelia G. Williams
Portraiture, Patriotism, and Politicking: The Political Effect of Visual Histories, Emma Williams
The Soniferous Experience of Public Space: A Soundscape Approach, Kenya DuBois Williams
Consent Is Sexy: A Look Into the Influence the ‘Me Too.’ Movement Had On the Romance Genre Through Smart Bitches Trashy Books, Mary Williams
Online Dating Habits amid Covid-19, Annabelle R. Winking
Impacts of Nontraditional Admissions Criteria on the Admittance and Retention of Academically At-Risk Student Populations, Kristen Marie Winter
Temperature-induced Activation of the Reproductive Axis through Melatonin-mediated Changes in Thyrotropin, Treven J. Winters
The Digital Divide and Health: Examining Digital Access as a Social Determinant of Health, Elizabeth Melissa Withers
Microbes on the Mountain: Plant-Microbe Associations and Interactions on Mount St. Helens, Emily Rose Wolfe
Constructing a Contemporary Mythology: Zardulu's Viral Art in the Post-Truth Age, Grace Wolfe
Of Homespun Opulence: An Analysis of Jane Freilicher's Pastoral Abstraction in Parts of a World, Grace Wolfe
What Compels Millennial Parents to Buy Books for Their Children?, Emma Wolf