• Wetland conservation easements and planning: old problems, new solutions? : a case study in Veneta, Oregon 

  Rosskam, Carol Susan (Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management, University of Oregon, 1998)

  This case study evaluates whether a Wetland Conservation Easement is the best tool to assure wetland protection in Veneta, Oregon. To research the issues, an extensive literature review was conducted, and ten personal ...
• WOMEN'S STRUGGLE IN PUBLIC AND PERSONAL TERRAIN: THE FEMALE CHARACTERS IN MARIA AURELIA CAPMANY'S LA COLOR MAS AZUL AS REPRESENTATIVE OF SOCIALIST FEMINIST PRINCIPLES 

  Bassin, Kelly M. (University of Oregon, 1990-07)

  Maria Aurelia Capmany is a Spanish feminist whose life spans the eras of Spain's liberal Republic, its Civil War, the fascist dictatorship of Franco, and the transition into democracy. An examination of the history of ...
• ONWARD HISTORIC PRESERVATION! EXPLORING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGH LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA): A POLICY PERSPECTIVE 

  Wheeler, Terra Ettrick (University of Oregon, 2016)

  The focus ofthis terminal project is to research and measure the environmental impact of demolitions of single-family homes in Portland through the lens of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a method of estimating the ...
• Cover Art: “Asleep” 

  Schmitt, Kyla (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Looking east, Mount Hood dominates the skyline of northwestern Oregon. White-capped or craggy brown, it looms above the sprawling urban streets, the winding Sandy River, the fir trees, the railroads, the fireweed and false ...
• Letter from the Editors 

  Ginieczki, Taylor Sarah; Taylor, Jay; Schmitt, Kyla (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  In more ways than one, our 2021–2022 school year set major records. In the fall, the most students to ever attend the UO matriculated as Ducks. In the spring, Eugene received so much rain that April was the 7th-wettest ...
• Journal Editorial: “UO Libraries Supports New U.S. Policy Making Research Results Available Immediately” 

  Salaz, Alicia M. (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  The letter below was written to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to its August 2022 memorandum establishing new federal policy on public access to the products of publicly funded research. ...
• Art Feature: “Canopies, Cascades, and Canyons” 

  Schmitt, Kyla (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  During the summer of 2022, my travels—for environmental fieldwork and vacations alike—took me all across Oregon’s Cascade Range, from the North Santiam Canyon to Mount Bachelor. Whether the skies were misty or blue, whether ...
• Meet the Editorial Board 

  Beaudoin, Sarah; Wallace, Haley; Aghdaei, Alex; Furbish, Teagan; Mullen, Nicole (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Editorial board for Volume 20 Issue 2 Summer 2022 of Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal
• Art Feature: “Loss and Regrowth” 

  Schmitt, Kyla (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  During a recent job as a field technician, I spent time in the burn area of the Beachie Creek Fire, which struck the Lyons-Detroit corridor in August 2020. The fire burned nearly 200,000 acres of old-growth forest, and ...
• Colombian Counterpoint: Transculturation in Sibundoy Valley Ethnohistory 

  Glass, Rowan F. F. (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Anthropological and historical scholarship on cultural change in colonially subordinated cultures has often stressed deculturation—cultural loss and degradation—as a consequence of colonialism. This paper disputes that ...
• Activation of Defense Mechanisms in the Nudibranchs Peltodoris nobilis and Hermissenda crassicornis 

  Joy, Siena (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Nudibranchs are marine invertebrates that use various defenses to deter predators. Peltodoris nobilis is a member of the superfamily Doridoidea and uses de novo chemical synthesis for defense. Hermissenda crassicornis is ...
• Queering the Way: Investigating the Relationship Between LGBT+ Advocacy and Policy Advancement 

  Hampton, Matthew (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  The modern LGBT+ rights movement in the United States has pushed both political and social advancements forward since the mid-twentieth century, furthering the fight for equality. Even as hundreds of anti-LGBT+ bills have ...
• Representing Themselves: Contesting Western Representations of Minoritized Communities in the Poetry of Danez Smith, Franny Choi, and Tommy Pico 

  Smith, Jacob (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Over time, dominant world powers like the United States have levied the tool of definition to dehumanize, delegitimatize, and disempower certain peoples. How society defines what is normal vs. abnormal, human vs. inhuman, ...
• Monitoring Infant Neurodevelopment via the Hammersmith Neurological Examinations in Cambodian Infants at Risk for Thiamine Deficiency 

  Dong, Katherine (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Thiamine deficiency is a condition that affects millions of infants in South and Southeast Asia due to heavy cultural reliance on thiamine-poor, polished white rice as a dietary staple. Previous research suggests that a ...
• Reopening Wounds: Processing Korean Cultural Trauma in Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance 

  Koontz, Emma (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  In 1988, South Korean president Roh Tae-woo implemented democratic reforms in order to host the Olympic Games. These reforms opened the floodgates for Korean New Wave films. The reforms repealed censorship regulations and ...
• Differences in the Morphology and Reproduction of the Ascidian Boltenia Villosa Across a Latitudinal Gradient 

  Sanchez-Reddick, Carmen Theresa (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  While the larval and early juvenile stages of the stalked ascidian Boltenia villosa are well-documented in the literature, little is known about the range of morphological variation in B. villosa adults. Anecdotal evidence ...
• Gender Diversity and its Societal Place in Medieval Scandinavia 

  Berry, Miles (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  Medieval Scandinavian literature held a trope that bent the gendered actions and presentations of its characters, which in turn changed their social standing within their stories: the more masculine the action or presentation, ...
• “My body is its image, here”: Diasporic Identity and the Deconstruction of Binary Division in 21st Century Asian American Poetry 

  Lane, Eric (University of Oregon, 2022-11)

  This paper examines the poems of Franny Choi and Victoria Chang within the context of Asian American poetry, poetics, and criticism. It demonstrates how Choi and Chang’s work engage in a destabilization of binaries in order ...
• 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, 2022-11)

  Efforts to understand and preserve the 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, 10,143 individuals ...
• Men’s Football Footwear for Artificial Surfaces: The Role of Thermoregulation 

  van der Wende, Willem (2021-06-11)

  As climate change brings warmer temperatures, football pitches across the United States are changing to artificial turf due to lower costs and ease of maintenance (Myrick, 2019). However, for the male elite athlete, ...

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