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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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When My Intersecting Identities of Being Racially Oppressed and Privileged Become Blurred: An Autoethnographic Dive Into Unlocking the Polarities of Who I Am, Susan Acosta

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Grid Services Demonstration Using Service-Oriented DERMS, Midrar Adham, Sean Keene, Tylor E. Slay, Jaime T. Kolln, and Robert Bass

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Fancy Mice, Damian Aguilar

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Layout-Aware Quantum Circuitry and Algorithmic Extensions to Grover's Algorithm, Ali Al-Bayaty

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Philosophy in Action: Ni Una Menos and Liberation Theory, Matthew D. Albertson

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The Life of OR Measure 110: Evolution, Implementation, and Impact, Matthew D. Albertson

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Indigenous Science and the Legacy of Fire: Resilience, Fuels, Mosaics, and Eco-cultural Landscapes in Oregon’s Coastal and Cascade Range, Julia Alcalá

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Fear, Trembling, and Wonder: Psalms of Awe, Solomon Aleph

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Seizing the Moment: Post-COVID-19 Enrollment Trends Among Nontraditional Honors Students, Solomon Aleph

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Mindfulness as a Buffer Against Death Anxiety: Implications for End-of-Life Care, Chad Alexander

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"I'm strictly t4t": Trans for Trans Connections in the Contemporary, Madi Lou Alexander

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The Confluence of Millenarianism and Sabbateanism in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands, Madison J. Alexander

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Detecting and Analyzing Frequency Events in Power Systems Using Tunable Parameters-Based Algorithms: Development, Optimization, and Analysis, Hussain A. Alghamdi

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A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Workplace Challenges Experienced by Women, Ahmed Mohammed Almousa

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SAE Baja Drivetrain Capstone 2024-2025, Leslie Alvarez Cisneros

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Codifying Capital: Legal Power, Racial Hierarchy, and the Gendered Dynamics of Law, Tavia Andrew

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Shock Effects Including Maskelynite Formation in Three Shergottite Meteorites From Mars, George Ayeh Anim

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"Our Vision Is That Black Mothers and Birthing People, Fathers, and Partners Are Safe, Honored, and Respected Throughout Pregnancy and Parenthood": Black Birth Workers' Agenda for Black Maternal Health in Oregon, Sarah Marguerite Applin

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The Necessity of Improved Pica Assessment Tools and Screening Practices for Harm Reduction, Deborah Arakelian

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Plan Mano Dura: A Punctuated Political Act? Addressing Gang Violence in El Salvador, Carlos A. Arias

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Universal Health Care, Oregon, Jennifer S. Arnold, Bethany Clouse, and Alec Martin

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Teaching From Past Example: Various Interpretations of Livy's Rape of Lucretia, June Baeck

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Monitoring and Modeling Legacy Tree Response to Restoration Treatments in the Klamath Mountains, Oregon, USA, Isaac Joseph Ball

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Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Factors of Participation in Physical Activity and Resistance Training in Adolescent Girls: A Narrative Review, Ben Banse-Fay

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Changing Minds, Changing Modes: Optimizing Public Perception Strategies for Urban Cycling Through Behavior Change Theory, Brandon Barnhart