• 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 ...
• Exploiting the Supramolecular Chemistry of Carbon Nanohoops and Their Potential in Aqueous Applications 

  Otteson, Claire (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Carbon nanomaterials have a wide variety of proposed applications spanning across many different fields. Since their fairly recent isolation, many of these applications are actively being investigated, however those that ...
• Influencing Halide Segregation in Perovskite Nanocrystals via Surface Treatment 

  Crawford, Michael (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Nanocrystals (NCs) of mixed-halide perovskite materials offer great potential for solar cells and light-emitting devices owing to their unusual defect tolerance and the tunability of their bandgap via size and halide ...
• Formal Dialectic in Heavy Metal Music 

  Dekovich, Michael (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  This dissertation investigates the operationalization verse-chorus-bridge form in heavy metal music. Spread by the popular music industry and media, verse-chorus-bridge form became the most prominent form in rock music ...
• On Western Juniper Climate Relations 

  Reis, Schyler (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Western juniper woodlands are highly sensitive to climate in terms of tree-ring growth, seedling establishment and range distribution. Understanding the dynamics of western juniper woodlands to changes in precipitation, ...
• Supramolecular Host-Guest Chemistry in Design of Ionophores for Potentiometric Chemfet Sensors 

  Kuhl, Grace (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Potentiometric sensors are a viable technology for monitoring aqueous anion concentration in real-time, a key process in numerous applications. However, selectivity in ???? ??????? ??????? ??????????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??????? ...
• The Harvest of Farmworkers Never Ends: Farm Labor Contractors and the Reproduction of Precarity in the Willamette Valley 

  Contreras-Medrano, Diego (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Farm labor contractors are third-party employers and critical components ofinternational labor chains that prevail worldwide through the recruitment and management of temporary workers. While the public often focuses on ...
• A Post Occupancy Evaluation of daylight performance in classrooms at River Road Elementary School for Optimal Visual Comfort in Climate Zone 4C. 

  Alitema, Sharon (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Daylight is a multifaceted phenomenon that influences occupant comfort through its dynamic visual attributes. In an exploratory study conducted at River Road Elementary school, classrooms facing north, and south are selected ...
• The Visual Preference, Aesthetic Judgement, and Mood Response to Human-Centric Lighting in Office Spaces 

  Qin, Dan (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Architectural lighting is a significant visual stimulus that impacts the occupants' moods and aesthetic experiences within the office environment. Previous literature suggests that the good quality of architectural lighting ...
• Neodruidry: Social Media Influences on Convoluted Belief 

  Ehlinger, Jenna (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Abstract: The history of Neodruidry is a convoluted journey from antiquity to social media. This research assesses the establishment and development of Neodruidry and examines how TikTok created and continues to create new ...
• They "Look with Longing Eyes": Pre-Allotment Strategies on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 1880-1885 

  Brown , Madelyn (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Before the ratification of a national allotment policy in 1887, the US Office of Indian Affairs used assimilation policies to prepare individual reservations for privatization. Situated within the larger themes of US ...
• Discussion of Schumann’s Musical Characterization in Carnaval, op. 9 

  LIU, TINGYU (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  The purpose of this study is to discuss Schumann’s fictional characters from Carnaval, op.9 and how Schumann expressed the unique aspects of each character in his music. I will apply Schenkerian analysis to explore the ...
• Parameter Uncertainty, Cashflow Betas, and Earnings Announcement Premia 

  Pfiffer, Cameron (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  I apply Bayesian methods to estimate parameters describing the relationship between firm earnings and unobserved common earnings shocks. I estimate a firm’s Bayesian cash-flow beta, which measures the comovement between ...
• Identifying Structural and Relational Components in A Family-School Intervention Program: Family School Connections Among Latina/o Immigrant Families 

  Garcia Isaza, Alejandra (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  At each higher level of education, there are fewer and fewer students of color. The high school dropout rate is a contributing factor to educational and racial disparities in higher education. School engagement has been ...
• MIIMAWÍT: OUR WAYS, OUR LANGUAGE, OUR CHILDREN, OUR LAND 

  Sutterlict, Gregory (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Shix̱ páchway, ink nash waníksha Twálatin My name is Twálatin (Gregory) Sutterlict and I am Yakama and Chehalis. I am a language activist. I started this by speaking in Ichishkíin (the Yakama language) and, unfortunately, ...
• K’AAW NATASH WA CHƗ́MYANASHMA SHAPÁTTAWAX̱SHA KU SÁPSIKW’ASHA MYÁNASHMA ’WE ARE THE PARENTS RAISING AND TEACHING CHILDREN’: RAISING YAKAMA BABIES AND LANGUAGE TOGETHER 

  Anderson, Regan (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  This project listens to parents of Yakama children who provide insight into the ways families are driving efforts of Ichishkíin language revitalization and cultivating movement toward creating a new generation of ...
• Stories We Tell, Stories We Eat: Mexican Foodways, Cultural Identity, and Ideological Struggle in Netflix’s Taco Chronicles 

  Sanchez, Bela (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  Food is a biological necessity imbued with numerous social, cultural, and economic implications for identity production and everyday meaning-making. Food television is a unique medium for the meanings of food and foodways ...
• Time, Capitalism, and Political Ecology: Toward and Ecosocialist Metabolic Temporality 

  Gamble, Cameron (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  The ecological crises that have already marked the 21st century, and which will continue to do so on an increasingly intense and destructive scale, present theory in every discipline and field of study with a number of ...
• The Stress, Morphology, and Vertical Deformation of Creeping Faults 

  Newton, Tyler (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  The goal of my dissertation is to broadly investigate source and surface processes on faults hosting creep and slow fault slip. The discovery of different modalities of slip has proven to be ubiquitous across faults in ...
• Intercellular Interactions Promoting Neural Circuit Formation and Function 

  Heckman, Emily (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  The function of the nervous system – from perception to behavior - relies on the orderlyformation of neural circuits during development. Given that there are billions of neurons in the human brain, and thus billions of ...

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