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Submissions from 2020
A Framework for Incorporating Benefits from Urban Forests into Planning for Livable Cities: a Case Study of Forest Park, Carole Hardy
A framework for incorporating ecosystem connectivity into urban planning for resilient cities, Carole L. Hardy
Snowfall on Orhan Pamuk's Literary Canvas, Jane Eden Hartle
Molecular Social Reality, the Cultural Helix & Sequencing Social DNA, Aidan Christopher Haughey
Home Resources Supporting Workplace Resources: an Investigation of Moderated Intervention Effects From the Study for Employment Retention of Veterans (SERVe), Sarah Nielsen Haverly
Pollinator Preference for Pacific Northwest Native Plants and Native Cultivars, Jen Hayes
Trailblazing Transformation: Pioneering Transformative Peacebuilding in Academic Labor Conflicts, Sam Frazier Hediger
Using wildlife fright information to inform trail planning, Lori Hennings
Connecting Offshore Floating Wind to the Western Electricity Grid: Transmission Options Decision Modeling, Bill Henry
Evaluating Growth and Survivorship of Afforestation Plots in NYC, and Potential Impacts of Climate Change, Sara Herrejon Chavez
Time and Other Monsters, Neil Alan Hetrick
The Electronic Hardware Music Subculture in Portland, Oregon, James Andrew Hickey
Exploring Consumer Psychographics of Ethnic Representation within the Cosmetic Industry, Johnny A. Hickman
Dictionary Learning for Image Reconstruction via Numerical Non-convex Optimization Methods, Lewis M. Hicks
A Literature Review on Police Encounters with Women, Cecilia I. Hinsley
So Many Choices: an Experimental Study of Digital Television Choice, Customization, and Satisfaction, Johanna Lee Hoener
You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows: The Prison Break of Timothy Leary, Phoebe N. Holman
The Use of the Birth Control Movement as a Eugenics Weapon, 1920's-1960's, Peyton P. Holstein
Investigation of Magnetism in Transition Metal Chalcogenide Thin Films, Michael Adventure Hopkins
Pregnancy and the Apocalypse: the Enlistment of Reproductive Futurism in Aid of Nationalism, Emily E. Horger
Letter from the Editor, Blake Horner
Working Around Political Divides: a Multidisciplinary Examination of Political Identity as a Factor of Organizational Diversity, Blake D. Horner
"I Should Have Moved Somewhere Else": the Impacts of Gentrification on Transportation and Social Support for Black Working-Poor Families in Portland, Oregon, Steven Anthony Howland
National Death Rates from Firearms due to Legal Intervention for Native Americans, Hanrui Huang