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Nixon's Southern Strategy: An Examination of the Role of Race in the 1968 and 1972 Presidential Campaigns, Ella Feathers
Working Paper No. 46, Foundations for Feminist Legal Theory, Taylor Feltham
Social, Scientific, Litigious: The Birth of a Queer Americanism, Claire M. Fennell
Sex Differences in Prevalence and Psychophysiological Profiles of ADHD, McKenzie Figuracion
The Role of Strategic Governance in Reducing Infant Mortality Under Crisis Conditions, Lynn Christine Finley
Investigating Dose-Dependent, Multi-Generational, and Strain-Specific Effects of 17α-ethynylestradiol Exposure in Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Decatur Mitochondria Foster
Life Satisfaction in Division IAA and Division III Football Players, Krista Haunani Francisco
De-Stigmatizing Mental Health Through First Person Narration in Young Adult Literature, Tatum E. Francis
Classifying Seabed Parameters from Normal Incidence Reflections: Model Comparison and Inversion Technique, Megan Frantz
The Relation Between Spinoza's Monism and Kabbalistic Monotheism, Naomi H. Fredgant
Entrainment Processes for a Jet in Cross-flow: the Quantification of Turbulent Contributions and their Importance on Accurate Modeling, Graham Asher Freedland
Biogeography, Morphology, and Systematics of the Mountain Cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837), Mammalia: Lagomorpha: Leporidae, Johnnie H. French
Last Mile Delivery Cargo Trike & Microhub Marketing Plan, Jesse Fritz, Yuqian Pan, Jongyoung Jo, Aaron Cavanaugh, and Jill Lilithcleopatra
Workplace Motivation: Addressing Telework as a Mechanism for Maintaining Employee Productivity, Kaitlyn Fujii
Moonlit Nights and Seasons of Romance: Yosano Akiko's Use of the Moon in Tangled Hair, Teppei Fukuda
The Lasting Effects of U.S. Intervention in Guatemala, Katherine A. Gaffey
Evaluating R&D Projects in Regulated Utilities: the Case of Power Transmission Utilities, Edwin Garces
Accessing the Oregon Frontier: The Impact of Expanding Authority for Buprenorphine to Nurse Practitioners, Jonah Geddes, Dan Hartung, and Tracy Klein
A Historical Ecology of Aridland Springs in Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Nuwu/Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute/Chemehuevi) Ancestral Territory, Nevada, Yarrow Sarah Valentine Geggus
Rural Primary Care Physician Workforce Trends and the Affordable Care Act, Jordan C. Gemelas
Fallen Objects: Collaborating with Artificial Intelligence in the Field of Graphic Design, Harrison S. Gerard
A Scoring Model to Evaluate Offshore Oil Projects: Case of Eni and Mellitah Oil & Gas, Abdulhakim Giadedi
"We Had to Rely on Each Other": Voices of Latinx Foster Youth with Experiences in Care with Siblings, Isabella B. Ginsberg