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Reducing Transphobic Attitudes: a Cross-National Investigation of College Students in Japan and the United States, Kazusa Seko
Session 1: Panel 2 (Video) -- Marginalized Communities: Perceptions and Resistance, Jennifer Selwyn, Brianna Michelle Anderson, Charlotte Cody, and Minami S. Powers
Racializing Discourses: an Exploration of Moreno Subject Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico, Juan Salvador Sepulveda-Figuereo
From MDP to AlphaZero, David Robert SeWell
Session 1: Panel 1: Presenter 2 (Paper) -- The Rogue River War 1855-1856, Sara E. Shallenberger
Tensile Strength Evaluation of Glulam Connection with Screw Fasteners, Bradley Sharpshair
Modeling Environmental Factors Related to Drought-Induced Tree Mortality Based on Lidar and Hyperspectral Imagery, Lauren Nicole Sharwood
Technology Management Maturity Assessment Model in Healthcare, Amir Shaygan
Connecting the Fossil Fuel and Tobacco Industries Through Dependency and Denialism, Alyssa M. Shea
Modeling Tools for Analyzing Electrical Power Distribution Systems Impacted by Electric Vehicle Load Growth, Jacob Sheeran
Japanese-English Code-Switching by Postwar Speakers in Contemporary America, Andre John Shepherd
Does Experiencing Spousal Support and Strain Impact the Quality of Family-Based Support that Supervisors Provide to Employees?, Joseph Alvin Sherwood
Automated Statistical Structural Testing Techniques and Applications, Yang Shi
Mechanistic Investigation of Neuropeptide S-nitrosylation by Nitric Oxide Moieties: A Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approach, Vusumuzi Leroy Sibanda
The Descent of Law Enforcement in Ancient Egypt from the Ptolemaic Empire to the Early Roman Empire, Ethan C. Siddall
Closed Canopies Crowd Out Bats: Planning Artificial Gap Creation, Alana Simmons
Intersectional Discrimination and Change in Blood Pressure Control among Older Adults: The Health and Retirement Study, Kendra D. Sims
Session 2: Panel 3: Presenter 4 (Paper) -- Internment: The Legal Challenges and Effects of Displacement on Japanese Americans, Arianna S. Sinlapasai-Okamura
Strategic Management of Digital Contact Tracing Technologies: COVID-19 and Singapore, Yaya Sirimongkarakorn
Incorporating Conditional ß-Mean based Equity Metric in Coverage based Facility Location Problems, Rohan Sirupa
Regional Characteristics and Variability of Extreme Precipitation and Atmospheric Rivers in Past, Present, and Future Climates Over the Contiguous United States, Emily Anne Slinskey
Regionalist Romance: "America Eats" and the Culinary Myth-Making of the Federal Writers' Project, Icarus J. Smith
Health Services Regulatory Analysis: A Novel Approach to Connect State Regulations to Care Outcomes, Lindsey Smith and Paula Carder
"B-ing Flexible" : Examining Creativity in Bisexual Employees, Megan Jane Snoeyink
Parent Concerns are Associated with Early Intervention Outcomes, Mohadeseh Solgi