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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Minimal Separating Sets in Surfaces, Christopher Nelson Aagaard
Office to Residential Conversions: A Housing Crisis Response, Lloyd District Portland Or., Mackenzie Aamodt, Carson Fehner, Samantha Gallagher, Kara Hamilton, Daisy Schonder, and Etosha Terryll
Binary Gendered Language: A Qualitative Study of PSU Students, Dakota Abercrombie
Cultivating Connections: Future Approaches to Tourism ESL Pedagogy, Kelly Abrams
Competing Supramolecular Forces: Boron Coordination vs π-π Stacking, Sidhaesh A. Agarwal, Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, Nicholas Lutz, Jesus Daniel Loya, and Eric W. Reinheimer
Quantum Search Algorithms for Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization Problems Using Grover's Search and Quantum Walk Algorithms with Advanced Oracle Design, Abdirahman Sheikh Hassan Alasow
Beyond Craigslist Personal Ads: Contemporary Usage of the Label t4t, Madi Lou Alexander
Crossover of Supervisors' Perceptions of Co-worker Support to Employees' Well-Being, Shalene Joyce Allen
Psilocybin with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), Aspen E. Allred
Development of a Fast-Neutron Source Localization System, Abdulsalam F. Al Mutairi
A Deep Learning Framework for Blockage Mitigation in mmWave Wireless, Ahmed Hazaa Almutairi
The Conflict between the United States and Iran and its Effect on Iraq, Sarah Alsalih
Undergraduate Students of Color Raising Children and Persisting in Higher Education, Kimberly Denise Alvarez
Embodied Urban Political Ecology of Oil: Social Reproduction in Oil Geographies Case Study: Ahwaz, Khuzestan, Iran, Maryam Amiri
Health Equity in Stroke Prophylaxis for New Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department, Mariam Anwar
YouTube Video Essays as Critical Remixed Scholarship, Michelle L. Arendt
Hell's Tails: Localizing the Tail Proteins of the Hyperthermophile-Infecting Virus SSV1, Jane Arterberry
Hell’s Tails: Localizing The Tail Proteins Of The Hyperthermophilic-Infecting Virus SSV1, Jane M. Arterberry
Employer voices: Insights on Bolstering Career Development for Graduate Students, Alexandria J. Ashraf MPH, Josh Hodsden MBA, Justin Howe BA, Danielle Ross BA, Dalton Wesemann BA, and Lisa K. Marriott PhD
Why People Pee in Public: Is a Lack of Public Restrooms Keeping Portland Too Weird?, Cece Austin
The Women of the Oregon State Insane Asylum: 1900-1910, Rebekah Catherine Averette
Flammability of Dominant Tree Species Portends Severe Wildfire Risk in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, Lindsey Babcock, Eliza Baker, Anaïs Baker, Kat Benjamin, Sean Brown, Emma Campbell, Gus Compton, Ella Crotty, Alec DeContreras, Kiana Fields, Eva Groeke, Rosan Groot, Meredith Hastings, Rosalie Imbimbo, Jolie Jaffe, Hannah Kaba, Bucky Kuehn, Harper Lethin, Lyda Longfritz, Diya Mandyam, Naia Marten, Nat Michaels, Julian Sarin, Anna Spollen, Joseph Tally, Mariana Tijerina, Alex Vandendries, Catherine Wheaton, and Aaron R. Ramirez
Designing and Building a Concrete Climbing Robot for Non-Destructive Testing of Infrastructure, Weston Baker
Identity in Question: Middle Eastern Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, Julian F. Balsley