• Cover Art: “Prague Main Station” 

  Glass, Rowan (University of Oregon, 2023)

  The main railway station of Prague, Czechia, photographed at dusk in early September 2023. This scene caught my eye for its interplay of light and texture, wherein the lights of one of the station's 600 daily trains reflect ...
• Letter from the Editors: “What is a Special Issue?” 

  Schmitt, Kyla; Taylor, Jay (University of Oregon, 2023)
• Art Feature: “Our Pirogue—Snapshots of a Senegalese Fishing Community” 

  Glass, Rowan (University of Oregon, 2023)
• Comparing Verbal Descriptions of Image Memories with Natural Language Processing 

  Gamez, Julian (University of Oregon, 2023)

  A goal of memory research is to understand how the brain remembers similar events. Analyzing data from human subjects, we explore how competition between memories of images influences their recall by answering the question ...
• Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS) Launch Vehicle 4 

  Casserly, Aaron (University of Oregon, 2023)

  Multidisciplinary Design Optimization is a field that enables the solution of challenging engineering problems involving multiple technical specializations and design/performance constraints. In this work, I optimize the ...
• Indigenous Voices Reshaping Cinema: Native American Representation in Dances with Wolves (1990) and Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021) 

  Farrenkopf, Tom (University of Oregon, 2023)

  In 2015, film critic Angela Aleiss wrote that “Dances with Wolves created a watershed... no Western has had such a powerful impact.” More than thirty years have passed since the release of the film Dances with Wolves in ...
• Reweaving the Uaman Luar: Cultural Reproduction and Autonomy among the Kamëntšá 

  Glass, Rowan (University of Oregon, 2023)

  Where there is colonial power, there is Indigenous resistance. Latin America offers many case studies for an analysis of Indigenous cultural survival, historically and to the present day. While some have received considerable ...
• Media Conglomeration, Automation, and Alienation: A Marxist Critique 

  Tokos, Lauren (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  The rise of the so-called “digital age” in the twenty-first century absorbs individuals’ livelihoods and disconnects them from the natural world. Over time, modern society has adapted to digital news and entertainment ...
• Culture in Higher Education: Understanding the Dimensions of Educational Inequality 

  Berk, Luca (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  By connecting historical context and a statistical review of the present-day consequences of White hegemony within higher education, I argue that the exclusion of students of color in higher education by means of cultural ...
• Marilyn in the Media: The Male Gaze of Conspiracy 

  Wehn, Lena (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  2022 marked the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death. Her name is once again making headlines. The notable uptick in recent media coverage surrounding Monroe underscores that her cultural significance extends far ...
• Sociality and the Microbiome: Gut Microbial Convergence with Infant Presence in the Black-and-White Colobus (Colobus vellerosus) 

  Freedman, Emma (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  While previous studies have demonstrated that social behavior plays an important role in gut microbial variation, there is limited understanding of how changes in social cohesion affect the gut microbiome. This study ...
• Letter from the Editors 

  Schmitt, Kyla; Taylor, Jay (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  Welcome to Volume 21, Issue 2 of the Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal (OURJ).
• Art Feature: “Gold Beach, Silver Sky” 

  Collins-Burke, Drew (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  I took this photo while on vacation with my family during spring break of 2022. According to Oregon Coast Beach Connection, the rocks seen in the ocean were formed by lava rivers around 12 to 18 million years ago. These ...
• Journal Editorial: “A Gradient Invisible—Blurring Disciplines Through Undergraduate Research” 

  Wakefield, Eleanor (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  "Sparrows were feeding in a freezing drizzle That while you watched turned to pieces of snow Riding a gradient invisible From silver aslant to random, white, and slow. There came a moment that you couldn’t tell. And ...
• Art Feature: “Emerald Pools” 

  Schmitt, Jadon (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  I took this photograph at Zion National Park’s Upper Emerald Pools. At the end of a grueling hike, I was treated to this awe-inspiring waterfall. Shot from a low vantage point looking up the sheer canyon wall, the composition ...
• Meet the Editorial Board 

  Unknown author (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  The editorial board for OURJ Vol. 21 No. 2 (2023).
• Cover Art: “The Only Constant Is Change” 

  Collins-Burke, Drew (University of Oregon, 2023-09)

  "No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." This quote, attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, reminds me that our lives are constantly changing. Just as the ...
• Meet the Editorial Board 

  Unknown author (2023-03-13)
• Art Feature: “Clouds over California” 

  Li, Alexander (2023-03-13)

  I took this picture flying out of Los Angeles. As the plane climbed, watching the different clouds roll over the hills and against the blue sky was inspiring. Seeing the clouds cast shadow across each other from a high ...
• Journal Editorial: “Undergraduate Research—Catalyzing Learning and Lifelong Success” 

  Jacobsen, Trond (2023-03-13)

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