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2024

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Belonging for all Identities: Investigating Responsive Strategies for Inclusion, Voice, and Equity in Secondary Schools, Gregory W. Allison

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Biophysical and Structural Characterization of Blood Coagulation Factor VIII Lipid Binding with Lipid Nanodiscs, Nathan G. Avery

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Biodiversity of Snow Algae in the North Cascades: Comparing Distinct Microhabitats at Mount Watson., Chloe Beck

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Examining the Impact of Universal School Nutrition Programs on Student Access Levels and Associated Stigma: A Phenomenological Study, Christine Bell

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Rhizaria marine protists are unexpectedly abundant and exhibit taxonomic and trophic diversity in the northern Gulf of Alaska, Jaime Blais

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Examining the Nexus between Scientific Literacy and Identity in General Chemistry, Tiffany Chamberlain

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Elucidating the Functional and Structural Aptitudes of Disordered Segments in Plant Villin 4 and Studies on the Substrate Preferences of Heptamutant Sortase A, Stefan Clarke

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Coast Salish foods gathered on clam gardens and rocky intertidal beaches, Amy Rose Cline

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Better Data Creates Better Science: Using Strategic Planning and Process Documentation to Improve the Islands Conservation Corps’ Field Data Collection System, Bernard Cowen

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Revealing Binding and Unbinding Pathways of Small Molecules and Peptides to Enzymes with Enhanced Sampling Methods, Kayla Ariana Croney

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Transition State Kinetics Through Kramers’ Rate for Variationally Enhanced Sampling., David Cummins

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Timing of subduction initiation and deformation history of amphibolite and blueschist in the Easton metamorphic suite, Northwest Cascades, Washington, Nick S. Cunetta

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Iron mixed with clay, partly strong, partly brittle, Patrick Q. Czichas

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Difference in Parental Reactions When Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse Individuals Come Out, Hannah Dahlke

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Life cycle assessment of a hemp-based thermal insulation panel, Kara Davis

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Examining survival response following immune challenge in a Drosophila model of mitochondrial DNA depletion, Angshita Dutta

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The Lived Experiences of Transgender Women Engaged in Virtual Sex Work, Patricia Fernandez

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Collective Benefits, Individualized Responsibility: A Q Method Case Study of Local Food Consumer Subjectivities in Bellingham, WA, Henry Fisher

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“Two Years in the Making and Ten Minutes in the Destroying.” British Communal Army Formation during the First World War, Brian Fleming Bleed

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Using Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions to Better Understand the Transcrustal Architecture Beneath Mount Baker (Koma Kulshan), North Cascades, Washington, Amanda Florea

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Velocity structure of the Queen Charlotte Fault across the 2013 Mw 7.5 Craig earthquake region, Lazaro Valentin Garza

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Strain localization during subduction and accretion of regional blueschist facies units in the Easton metamorphic suite, NW Cascades Washington, Emily Gates

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A Spatial Representation of Wilderness Character Degradation in the Stephen Mather Wilderness of North Cascades National Park Service Complex, Andrew Giacomelli

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Amity and Commerce: The Jay Treaty and Free Trade in the Atlantic World, Aaron Gibbs

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Half a House: an excerpt from a novel, Jamie Good

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Restoring Forest Habitat Using Assisted Migration as a Climate Change Adaption, Chelsea Harris

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No Place for You, Kaija Holland

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Investigating the Role of ER-Associated Degradation in an Olfactory Neuron in the Nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, Heino Hulsey-Vincent

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Tissue Stiffness and Upper Body Force Production in Trained Downhill and Enduro Mountain-bikers versus Road Cyclists, Brian Ingles

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Improving Riparian Restoration Planning Efforts in San Juan County Using a Site-Specific Planting Tool, Julia Jaquery

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Identifying Genome Protective RNA Interference Factors in Tetrahymena thermophila, Lena Kay Johnson

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Post-Mortem Resurrection: An Alternative, Practice-Based Examination of Research and Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and an Argument in Favor of Professional-Track Social Science Degrees, Rhiannon Joker

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The Origin of Float Rocks on the Western Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars, Bavani S. Kathir

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Post polymerization Modification and Preparation of Dynamic Polymer Networks via Guanylation of Aryl Carbodiimides, Conner J. Klingler

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High Resolution Seafloor Structure of the Gofar Oceanic Transform Fault, Paige Koenig

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The Biophysical Resilience Capacity of the Salish Sea’s Tidal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise, Kenna Kuhn

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Hiring Practices and Retention Strategies for Teachers of Color: A Qualitative Study, Scott M. Leick

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Traditional way of knowing in a Westernized way of doing: Philosophy and Practice, Heather H. Leighton

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An Assessment of Historical and Future Bluff Recession in Puget Sound, WA, Callie Little

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Affordable Infill, Virginia MacDonald

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The Evolutionary History of Primate Litter Size, Jack Hansen McBride

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Reconstructing vegetation cover during the retreat of the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet using organic matter from marine sediment cores, Emily McQuarrie

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Beyond Dystopia: The effect of reading hopeful climate fiction on climate anxiety and environmental self-efficacy, Brandon McWilliams

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Deglacial and Holocene environmental change recorded in lake sediments from the Snowy Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park, southeastern Australia, Emma J. Mickelson

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The Defense of Dialectic and Ethics in Murray Bookchin’s Philosophy of Social Ecology, Peter Munsterman

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“In the Example of the Rich and Powerful Nations”: The Limitations of American Sovereignty in the Mediterranean and Atlantic between 1783-96, Andrew W. Nelson

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Constructing Community: Heresy in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Alexis Nunn

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Synthesis and DFT Investigations of Silver Nanocubes Coated with Gold Layers for Enhanced Stability, Ayomide Daniel Oluwafemi

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An Ethnographic Study of Grace Services: Understanding Resilience at an Organizational Level, Jessica Paredes Strong

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Epistemology of Ignorance and the Invisibility of Indigenous Peoples, Kimberly R. Peterson

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My Werewolf Boyfriend, Alex Phengsavath

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Excavating Archaeological Knowledge: An Archaeological Ethnography of Indigenizing Practices Within a Collaborative Field School Landscape, Isabella Pipp

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Distributed Leadership Practices of Elementary and Secondary School Administrators in the State of Washington, Kelly A. Raymond

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Enhancing the federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration process through Bayesian networks: A case-study on the Little Mississinewa River, Indiana, April D. Reed

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A Well-Trained Heart: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Kodály-Inspired Secondary Choirs, Kyra Rengstorf

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How Latinx Are You: Cultural Identification Impacts Perceptions of Latinx Youth, Natalie Saavedra

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Estuarine Wetland Restoration Impacts on Carbon Sequestration in the Oldest Projects Along the West Coast, Jenna Schroeder

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Attitudes Towards Conservation in the Sagarmatha and Makalu-Barun National Park, Nepal, Morgan A. Scott

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The Fish Bites Back: A Developmental Analysis of Feeding Biomechanics in Danionin Minnows, Collin Shinkle

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Effects of Wearing Face Masks During Continuous Exercise in Runners, Amanda E. Short-Mataya

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My Deepest, Most Tender Wound: Stories, Katie K. Strubel

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Legacy and Emerging Contaminants of Concern in Edible Seaweeds of the Salish Sea, Holly L. Suther

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Deoxygenating Nitrogen Oxides Using Coordination Complexes and Anionic Activity, Allison Teigen

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Modeling the impact of agricultural management practices on riverine N export in the transboundary Nooksack River watershed, Washington, Astoria Tershy

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Elucidating The Binding Characteristics of LRP1 in Factor VIII Blood Coagulation, Nicole Topor-Madry

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Black carbon in snow in the Pacific Northwest and the Arctic: ground verification of model-derived data and the associated radiative forcing, Sally M. Vaux

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Enculturation in the Lullaby Environment, Benjamin Wade

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"We Were There, We Were Visible, We Were Everywhere": A History of Transgender Care in Washington State and British Columbia from the 1950s to the Present, Phoenix Walker

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Way Back Machine, Allison Wehrle

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Orientalism in Ancient Literature and its Transmission into Modern Popular Culture, Alan Wheeler

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A Micro-Longitudinal Study of Coping, Stress, and Meaning in Life, Zachary Z. Willett

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Revealing epigenetic processes in Populus by looking at Chromatin accessibility with ATAC-seq, Elizabeth Wirsching

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An Ecocentric Turn: Emerging Narratives in the Growing U.S. Rights of Nature Movement, Raechel E. Youngberg

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The Acute Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Sport Performance, Jesse Yun

2023

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The Perfectionist, Katherine Abdallah

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An Examination of the Mental Health Symptoms of Former Adolescent Athletes Who Experienced Either Forced or Expected Athletic Retirement, Lindsay Ahmann

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Kinetic analysis of the grafting thermal ring-opening polymerization reaction of benzoxazine with sulfonyl-ester functionalized polymers, Tawakalt Adetoun Akinjobi

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The Well-Coordinated Pianist, Avery Alexander

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The Black Cauldron, a Curtain of Fire, and the Sword of the War God: Connections Between Nomadic Populations on the Ancient Eurasian Steppe, Shawn R. Armistead

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Development of nickel phosphide-indium oxide photothermal catalysts for the reverse water gas shift reaction, Michael S. Baldwin

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Boundaries to Belonging: An Ethnography of Refugee Resettlement in Washington State, Elizabeth Baseman

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Weaving Fragmented Lands Together: Perspectives on a National Framework for Landscape Conservation, Jaimie Baxter

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Jazz Choir Arranging: Tips and Best Practices, Connor Bennion

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Development of Silk Microparticles Capable of Bioluminescence, Monique Berg

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Coupling Unoccupied Aerial System Surveys and Elevation Measurements to Predict Native and Nonnative Eelgrass Cover in Padilla Bay, Jacqui Bergner

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The Effects of an Imagery Intervention on Self-Efficacy during Athletic Injury Rehabilitation, Peyton Ann Bilo

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Trophic transfer of metals from seaweed to shellfish in an aquaculture system, Sophia Boyd

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Rhetorical Vulnerability, Sophia Brauner

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Slope of the Torque-Velocity Relationship Between Males and Females, Robert Bromen

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Cultivating Change: Case Study Analysis of Agricultural Resistance in Whatcom and Skagit Counties, Washington, Dana Bronstein

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Educating Adolescent Ukrainian War Refugees: Current Practices and Recommendations to Address Complex Learning Needs, Eric Cahan

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Interrogating centrosome protein dynamics, centriolar satellite regulation mechanisms, and autofluorescence characterization of Caenorhabditis elegans using Förster resonance energy transfer-fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FRET-FLIM) and fluorescence microscopy, Elizabeth A. Cameron

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New Synthetic Methods Based on Silicon-Tethered Nucleophilic Addition Reactions, Alexie W. Clover

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Investigating Kīlauea’s 2018 Offshore Lava Emplacement Through Hydroacoustic Data, Olana Costa

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All of This Will End, Sean Dolan

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Who’s Nature? Ontological Narrative Dissonance Among Skagit River Fishery Coalitions, Jann Eberharter

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I'm Sorry, I Love You, Jemma Everyhope-Roser

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Glacial loss and threatened fish: The future of Mount Rainier’s cold-water Bull Trout habitats, Kathleen C. Ewen

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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Puget Sound: Screening, Prioritization, and Estrogenic Mixture Response Assessment, Maya Faber

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Moral Injury in Survivors of Domestic Violence, Camille A. Fogel