• How Festivals Influenced the Musical Landscape of the 1960s 

  Wilkinson, Olivia (University of Oregon, 2023-05-16)

  This article uses a combination of sources, including music and its lyrics, works from other scholars, an interview with a Woodstock attendee, personal accounts, artwork, and video performances to gather a comprehensive ...
• “Russian Heroes, French Zombies”: Diplomatic Tensions Between Great Powers in the Central African Republic 

  Wickstrand, Justin (University of Oregon, 2023-06)

  This honors thesis examines the respective approaches of diplomatic engagement by Russia and France in the Central African Republic (CAR). Given the present competition between great powers on the African continent, much ...
• Public Assistance, An Analysis as a Social Movement 

  Ribbans, Eleanor C. (University of Oregon, 1949-06)

  The story of public assistance in the United States reflects the development and growth of American thought in the fields of government, economics, political theory, and related fields, but most especially, the developments ...
• The National War Referendum 

  Lowry, Philip B. (University of Oregon, 1940-05)

  This analysis is patterned to first picture the historical background of popular participation in government in America; second, to outline the history of the war referendum in America; third, to discuss the referendum as ...
• Recent Movements in Oregon Towards Conservation and Development of Natural Reseources 

  Martin, Vivian (University of Oregon, 1943-05)

  In studying the recent movements in this state towards conservation and development of natural resources, I was primarily interested in determining what has been accomplished, what methods were used, what the results ...
• Visitor-limiting permit programs in national forests and parks: an exploration of their design and implementation 

  Darby, Morgan (University of Oregon, 2022-06)

  With visitation to public lands on the rise, visitor-limiting permit programs are becoming an increasingly necessary management strategy to mitigate biophysical and social visitor impacts. While these types of programs ...
• IMPROVING SOIL MOISTURE RETENTION IN HAZELNUT ORCHARDS THROUGH THE USE OF NATIVE COVER CROPS AND CONVENTIONAL MECHANICAL TREATMENTS 

  MARISSA, LANE-MASSEE (University of Oregon, 2020-12)

  The purpose of this study is to understand how hazelnut orchards in the Willamette Valley, Oregon retain soil moisture throughout the spring and summer months, and how orchard floor treatments can be used to improve soil ...
• THE EFFICACY OF DIVERSITY TRAINING IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 

  Queisser, Isabel (University of Oregon, 2022-05)

  This study explores the outcomes of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training in nonprofit organizations. This study aims to determine which aspects of diversity training lead to increased awareness about DEI or ...
• Amnesty’s Success in Transitional Justice and Human Rights; Spain, Chile, and South Africa as Case Studies 

  Feuerherdt, Lucy (University of Oregon, 2022-06)

  This honors thesis examines the success of amnesty laws, relative to other mechanisms of transitional justice and redressing past human rights violations; it is my intention to understand if amnesty is a successful mechanism ...
• Examining Variations in Fatty Acid Profiles of The Sea Star Pycnopodia Helianthoides On the Coast of British Columbia 

  Taradash, Aubrey (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Pycnopodia helianthoides is a large, predatory sea star native to the northeast Pacific coast. This important intertidal and subtidal predator was historically abundant along the west coast of North America from Alaska to ...
• MEANINGLESS SCROLLING: THE EXISTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT CONSUMPTION 

  Harte, Torin (University of Oregon, 2022)

  In this thesis, I explore the ways in which social media operates to deny, disrupt, and distort our individual relation to the pursuit and experience of meaning. Through the work of William James and Viktor Frankl, I ...
• DIE NONNA [a translation] 

  Gallogly, Elizabeth Van der Voort (University of Oregon, 1909)

  Thesis is a translation of Die Nonna by Rudolf Baumback.
• NITROGEN FIXING SYMBIONTS: LEGUME SURVIVAL AND COEXISTENCE UNDER DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA GRASSLANDS 

  Kataoka, Natalie Catherine (University of Oregon, 2022-05)

  For the past 200 years, non-native species have been anthropogenically introduced in California grasslands, reducing native species abundance and diversity. Trifolium hirtum is a non-native legume commonly used for cattle ...
• Community composition of mussel associates at deep-sea methane seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and the US Atlantic Margin 

  Paden, Gianna (University of Oregon, 2022)

  Efforts to understand and preserve methane seep communities of the Gulf of Mexico and the US western Atlantic margin begin with an understanding of biodiversity and community composition. In this study, 10143 individuals ...
• EFFECTS OF FLOW VELOCITY AND SETTLEMENT LOCATION ON GROWTH RATES OF EARLY JUVENILES OF THE PEDUNCULATE BARNACLE, POLLICIPES POLYMERUS, SOWERBY 1833 

  Everson, Hannah N. (University of Oregon, 2021-11-10)

  The intertidal lepadomorph barnacle, Pollicipes polymerus, is known for its propensity to aggregate in rosette-shaped or irregular clusters. The gregarious lifestyle is ensured by the species’ settlement preference. ...
• Does the nutritional state of jellyfish vary with season along the Pacific Northwest Coast? 

  Li, Ya Lin (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Cnidarian jellyfish are ubiquitous predators of pelagic communities, but little is known about their phenology and how food availability affects their nutritional status. Starved medusae tend to decrease somatic growth ...
• BAYESIAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SQUIRREL EVOLUTION SUGGESTS AN ASIAN ORIGIN 

  Banks, Anna (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Squirrels have an incredibly diverse lineage with a global distribution and have dispersed over millions of years from a common ancestor approximately 40-50 MYA. The assumption since the 1980’s has been that squirrels ...
• Social Representations in the Meat Industry and Influence on Diet 

  Leonard, Francesca Anne (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Meat has been ingrained into American culture since the birth of the nation—holidays that center around traditional meat dishes, experiences that almost always pair with some form of meat consumption, and the presence ...
• INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN SANDBERG BLUEGRASS (POA SECUNDA)’S RESISTANCE TO ANNUAL GRASS INVASION 

  Cook, Emily (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Exotic species pose a threat to many ecosystems within the western U.S. The annual grass species known as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is a prevailing invader in the Great Basin. Cheatgrass invasion in combination with ...
• The Effects of Fire and Logging on Montane Forest Soils in Southern Oregon 

  Katz, Sydney (University of Oregon Libraries, 2021-06)

  Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of forest fires and drought across the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States. Due to increasingly variable temperature and precipitation patterns, ...

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