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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Influence of the Federal Government on the Diffusion of Victims' Rights State Constitutional Amendments, Vicki Rose Jeffries-Bilton
American Apartheid In The Walamt Valley: The Creation Of Grand Ronde And The Struggle To Assimilate In A Segregated Society, Bruce Jenks and Katrine Barber
The Significance of Oomoto: Why Imperialization of Japan led to an Alternative Religion, Chancellor T. Jenniges
The Meghan Markle Effect: An Analysis of a 21st Century Celebrity through a Veblenian Perspective, Lucy Jensen
A Corpus Approach Study on the Manzanar Free Press, Danielle Jochums
Session 2: Panel 2: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- Silver Mining and Commerce: Initiation of the Global Economy, Celeste Johnson
The Mode Less Traveled: Exploring Bicyclist Identity in Portland, OR, Christopher Johnson
From Counterinsurgency to Chemical Warfare: Technology Dependence and Agent Orange, Sophia Johnson
Literature Review: Pollutant Removal Efficacy of Floating Treatment Wetlands Across Water Bodies, Sophie Johnson
THE CITY OF HONOLULU OR MOKU Oʻ KONA? The Need for Disaggregating City Level Data to Understand COVID-19 Infection Rate Disparities Across Zip Codes in Honolulu, Adriana N. Jones
A for Arson, Anton Taylor Jones
Memristor Crossbar Array Testing Using Sneak Paths, Rasika Dhananjay Joshi
Evaluation of Manual and Semi-Automated Deep-Seated Landslide Inventory Processes: Willapa Hills, Washington, Tiffany E. Justice
Drivers of Postpartum Readmissions with and without Severe Maternal Morbidity, Oregon All Payer All Claims 2012-2018, Menolly Kafuman
Reclamation Towards the Futurity of Central Albina, Ariel Kane, Aubrey Carlsen, Stephen Greenslade, Jude Thaddaeus, and Zachary Mettler
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Role of Socioeconomic Status in Health Outcomes, Leila Karout
A Bioinformatic and Biochemical Analysis of Cruciviruses, George William Kasun
Connections Between Food Sovereignty, Traditional Food Access and Community Health in Urban Populations: A Systematic Review of the Literature (A Work in Progress), Stephanie L. Kenyon
Exploring Connections Between Food Sovereignty, Cultural Food Access and Urban Health Promotion: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Stephanie L. Kenyon
Get Your Model Out There: Advancing Methods for Developing and Using Causal-Loop Diagrams, Erin Suzanne Kenzie
Welcome and Full Program with Abstracts, Jennifer Kerns and Karen Bjork
Exploring a Possible New Mechanism of the Predictive Coding Theory of Consciousness with a Binocular Rivalry Experiment, Sai Kiersarsky and Madison Cho-Richmond
World War II and Racial Relations, Jared Kimball
Climatic Controls on the Kinematics of the Hooskanaden Landslide, Curry County, Oregon, Kara Kingen