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Spatial Analysis of African American Residency in Multnomah County according to the 2010 US Census, Red Burkett and Jola Ajibade
Anatomical Analysis of Somatic Mutation Accumulation in Mimulus guttatus, Amanda Burrell
What Does it Mean to be Deaf? Changing Meanings of Deafness, Communication Technology, and Beliefs about Normality in the US, Kathryn Elizabeth Burrows
Post-Fire Tree Mortality and Regeneration Patterns as Proxies of Conifer Forest Resilience, Sebastian Upton Busby
Mary: A Creative Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley through the Lens of Her Interpersonal Relationships, Julien-Pierre E. Campbell
Developing a Strategy for Creating Affordable Student Housing Solutions, Juan D. Campolargo
Parking Spaces to People Places, Shawn Canny, Natalie Knowles, Arva Hussain, Ann Le, Megan Doherty, and Elizabeth Cox
A Multiplicity of Journeys: STEM Education Ecosystems as Sources of Cultural Sustenance, Christopher Louis Beauprey Cardiel
Pronatalism in U.S. Media and Government Policy, Clarice B. Carl
Mid-Miocene Icelandites of Eastern Oregon: Petrogenesis and Magmatic Lineage to Main-Phase CRBG with Constraints on Storage Sites, Melissa Aileen Carley
A Paleoseismic Study Of The Twin Lakes Fault, Mount Hood Fault Zone, Oregon, Charlie Carr and Ashley R. Streig
Working Paper No. 60, The Importance of Industrial Hemp in the Early United States, Olivia Carrillo
The LA Uprising on Camera: The Changing Mediascape and Its Influence on Conceptions of Race and Poverty, Neave Carroll
Efficient Neuromorphic Algorithms for Gamma-Ray Spectrum Denoising and Radionuclide Identification, Merlin Phillip Carson
Days of Decision: San Francisco’s 1960 House Un-American Activities Committee Protest as a Turning Point of the New Left, Sophie Carter
Suppressing Our Vote: How Vote-by-Mail Affects Latino Voter Turnout, M. Karen Casas-Gonzalez
Developing an Archaeologically Literate Citizenry Through Public Archaeology: Assessing Archaeology Websites, Lisa Marie Catto
Client Access Feature Engineering for the Homeless Community of the City of Portland, Oswaldo Ceballos Jr
COVID-19 Lockdowns and Air Quality in the United States, Ashlyn B. Cenicola
A Method for Comparative Analysis of Trusted Execution Environments, Stephano Cetola
Online Grocery Shopping: A Staple of the Present -- And Maybe the Future?, Henry B. Chao
Metabolism and Oncology: the Role of Nutrition in Improving Cancer Outcomes, Michael A. Chapek
An Investigation into the Relationship between Obstetric Racism and Postpartum Depression in Black Women, Miguel A. Claxton III