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  • Constructions of Identity and War: A Reciprocal Relationship in Former Yugoslavia 
    Ginieczki, Taylor (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    This article investigates the reciprocal relationship between identity and conflict, focusing the inquiry on the violent dissolution of Yugoslavia and the resulting Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. A brief history of nationalist ...
  • Cover Art—“Moonrise, Eugene, Oregon” 
    Kalman, Audrey (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    Hayward Field is the quintessential setting for track and field, and the new Hayward Field will be central to the sport moving forward. This embodiment of progress is analogous to the undergraduate research conducted at ...
  • The Effect of Emotion on Associative Memory: Anger Versus Fear 
    Adler, Melissa (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    Studies show that emotion enhances memory for individual items but weakens memory for associations between items (Bisby & Burgess, 2014). One explanation for this associative memory impairment is that emotional stimuli ...
  • From Nimble NIMBY to Palpable PIMBY: Anti-Blackness in George Deukmejian’s California Prison Boom 
    Hollenbeck, Jakob (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    When California Governor George Deukmejian assumed office in 1983, the state had not added to its twelve prisons in eighteen years. During his two terms, Deukmejian oversaw the construction of eight prisons — a 67% ...
  • Guest Editorial—“Green Open Access is ‘Just’ Publishing” 
    Condon, David M (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    A shared experience among many graduate students is the dawning realization that the vaunted privilege of having one's scholarly work accepted for publication is also a fleecing. The exact terms of this fleecing depend on ...
  • Letter from the Editor 
    Chambrose, Starla (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    It would be an understatement, I think, to say that the last few months have been an unexpected challenge. From the COVID-19 pandemic to the racial injustice sparking civil unrest across the country, the headlines that ...
  • Massacre or Genocide? Redefining the Sook Ching 
    Singsank, Lauralei (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    Sook Ching is a Chinese term meaning “purge through cleansing.” Operation Sook Ching took place in Singapore from February 21 to March 4, 1942. It was a military operation carried out by the Japanese with the intent of ...
  • Mating Affects Lifespan Differently in Two Strains of Pseudo-female Caenorhabditis elegans 
    Lancaster, Ruben (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    Mating is vital for sexually reproducing species, yet the ideal mating strategy for males and females can differ. The ensuing conflict between the sexes – namely, sexual conflict – results in a decrease in population level ...
  • Meet the Editorial Board 
    Unknown author (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    Editorial board for Volume 17 Issue 1 Spring 2020 of Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal
  • Miłosz the Visionary: His American experience in Visions from San Francisco Bay 
    Grudzien, Ania (University of Oregon, 2020-08)
    Nobel Prize winner Czesław Miłosz is one of the most influential poets, prosiest, philosophers, and diplomats, his works spanning two centuries and multiple continents. Born in 1911, in what is now modern-day Lithuania, ...

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