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Submissions from 2021
Equity and Sustainability Planning for Employment Zones in Tigard, Mac Cunningham, Gregory Mallon, Rob Hemphill, Rebecca Rockom, and Paul Runge
The Sun Only Sets on Black Britons: Sexuality and the Notting Hill Riots, Victor Curiel
A Collaborative Approach to Cultural Resource Risk Assessment, Preservation, and Prioritization: A Case Study from Sauvie Island, Oregon, Phillip James Daily
Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 1 (Paper) -- Fight for Star Wars: The Reagan Doctrine and the Ending of the Cold War, Roselyn S. Dai
Modeling the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Azithromycin Prescription in General Practices Across the UK, Oluwasegun Isaac Daramola
Determinant Factors of Bicyclist Injury Severity at Signalized and Unsignalized Intersections, Apy Das
Connecting Environment and Phenotype: Deciphering Mechanisms of Diapause Entry and Exit in the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Erin Monica Davis
The Amungme and the Environment: Environmental Justice History and Consumerism, Kole A. Dawson
"Memories of a Family" (2021): a Reflection on My Process as an Interviewer and Filmmaker, Kyle Day
HDM Model for Assessing the Readiness/Optimization of Restaurant Delivery Systems, Moise Degand, Duane Murray, Yaya Sirimongkarakorn, Mohammed Thawab, and Mohammed Zaid
Witches as Queer(ed) Comrades: How Patriarchy, Sexism and Religious Fanaticism Fueled the Early Modern European Witch Hunts, Iris S. De Lis
Pandemic Music: Developing Music Compositions for Performance During Covid-19, Maia R. Denzler
Mechanisms of Substrate Recognition by the Cul3-based E3 Ligase, Katia Graziella de Oliveira Rebola
Assessing Water Quality Improvement and Treatment Effectiveness at a 6-Ha Constructed Wetland in Clackamas County, OR, Christopher L. Desiderati
Charlemagne: Nuancing the Conventional Narrative, Rebecca Devereaux
The Effective Opening: Nonviolent Movements and How They Can Help to Enforce International Law Pertaining to Human Rights, Emmalyn A. Dewing
Trauma and Child Development: The Effects That Ice Detention Centers May Have On Our Children, Natalie A. DeWitt
Examining the Link Between Acculturation and Reproductive Autonomy Among Oregon Latinas: Work in progress, Sara M. Diaz-Anaya
Building a Leader's Identity on Social Media, Morningstar Dickson
COVID-19 Impact Survey for Filipinos in Oregon, Maria Theresa D. Dizon and Anthony Ponticello
The Effect of Diazepam on Early Neural Stem Cells Proliferative Activity and Hippocampal-Dependent Memory after Traumatic Brain Injury, Van Khanh Doan
Allotrioemeis: Or, a Preposterous Preponderance of Pins Produced, Strangely Doesburg
Jonestown: A Means of Control and Rebellion through Basketball, Jack Donahue
Our Peer the Pigeon: Impacts of the COVID-19 "Anthropause" on PSU Campus Urban Foragers, Audrey Douglass
A Comparison of Particulate Matter Deposition onto Green Roof Species and White Roof in Portland, Oregon, Amelia Drake