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2023
Value Mapping and the Community Wildfire Protection Planning Process in Entiat, WA, Katharine Kiendl
The impact of mentorship on attracting and sustaining female superintendents in the State of Washington, Michelle Kuss-Cybula
Impact of Riverbank Lupine (Lupinus rivularis) on Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Ectomycorrhizal Symbioses, Andrew Labay
U-Pb Zircon Geochronology and Structure of regional blueschist units in the Easton metamorphic suite, Northwest Cascades, WA, Katherine Lang
Paleomagnetic Determination of Vertical Axis Block Rotation near the Doty Fault in southwestern Washington, Charles Linneman
"Eden is on Puget Sound": Folk Music Stories in the Northwest, Rosie Lockie Everson
The Toxicity of Dopamine on Salish Sea Phytoplankton, Allyson Lombardo
Does sediment supply impact the threshold for initial sediment motion in natural, gravel bedded streams?, Emily Loucks
Investigate effects of different step lengths at a preferred walking speed on forefoot and hindfoot motion, Emily Lovekin
aahkóinnimaan kii makoyiisaaminaa: indigenous success in La Conner public schools, William Makoyiisaaminaa
Culturally Modified Trees in Western Washington: Impact and Perspective from the Stillaguamish Cultural Resources Department, Kelsey Maloy
Ibn Taymiyya on the Frontier: Renewal, Resistance and Rebellion, kenneth meyer
The Impact of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on the Development of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Megan Moma
A metagenomic analysis of the microbial communities associated with different hydrothermal vent chimneys, Laura Murray
To flee or not to flee: how range dynamic of alpine species are changing through time, LiAn Noonan
Distribution and Mixotrophy of Cryptophyte Phytoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Megan O'Hara
Quantifying Channel Change Following Post-Fire Debris Flows in a Steep, Coastal Stream, Big Sur, California, Telemak Olsen
Contours, Max Owens
How Etiology and Diagnostic Label are Stigmatized: The Impacts of Childhood Trauma and “Sluggish Cognitive Tempo” on Recovery Optimism and Blame, Aubrie Patterson
FACTORS AFFECTING INDIGENOUS STUDENT MOTIVATION IN K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, Duane Penner
Motivations for and Barriers to Forest Certification of Washington State Trust Lands, Tracy Petroske
Body By Colonialism: The Importance of Including Sexual Minorities in Forensic and Medical Lexicons., Mia Price
A Qualitative Case Study of Two School Districts’ Onboarding and Retention Mentorship Programs for New Teachers during the COVID‐19 Pandemic, Angelina Quiles
The effects of diatom-specific polyunsaturated aldehydes on larval zebrafish (Danio rerio), Rachel Raymer
Cosmopolitan Culture Talk After 9/11, Chris Reid
The Effect of Long-Haul COVID-19 on Balance Confidence in Older Adults, Mariel Relyea
Cannabidiol Administered via Vapor Inhalation Restores Social Interaction Deficits in a Mouse Model of Social Anxiety, Brennen Risch
Connections between eruption style and magmatic reservoir evolution: Insights from Augustine Volcano, Alaska, USA, Mahinaokalani G. Robbins
A Mixed-Methods Study of Geoscience Identity, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender in Senior Undergraduate Geoscience Majors, Willa Rowan
Was the Grass Always Greener? Mapping the Historical Extent of Grassland Ecosystems in the San Juan Islands, Kailey Marie Schillinger-Brokaw
Regio- and Diastereoselective Samarium-Mediated Allylic Sulfone Reductions, Cody Schwans
Impact of Carbonaceous and Inorganic Nanomaterial Chemistry on Polymer Additive Release from Weathered Epoxy Composites, Haley Sefi-Cyr
Social Justice Through Beach Access and Community-Based Placemaking in Puna, Hawai'i, Yumi-Shika Shridhar
Biomarker study of Bellingham Bay : identifying how urbanization has affected carbon storage and eelgrass, Jess Shulman
Generations of Stewards: Re-Indigenizing Youth Leadership, Learning, and Conservation Education, Drew Slaney
Complex Microbial Mat Communities Used to Assess Primer Selection for Targeted Amplicon Surveys, Lindsey Smith
Strengthening Mindfulness and Social Support as Psychosocial Skills; Improving First-Year Student’s Adjustment into College, Raumilya Smith
Selectivity and structure of chimeric loop swaps in SH2 domains, Sarah N. Smith
Embodied Narratives: An Exploration of Dance Through Identity, Community, and Wellbeing, Elizabeth Smyth
Words Might've Misshapened Me, Taylor Stafford
Exploring the Evolution of Jazz Drumming Through Recordings: A Jazz Lineage, Gary Stivers
“Make the Big Time Where You Are” Applying the Coaching Principles of Frosty Westering to Build a Culture of Success, Steven Stoker
Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Northwest Washington State: An Ex-ante Case-Study, Ava Stone
The Race Toward Carbon Neutral Ecotourism: Leveraging Life Cycle Analysis and Natural Climate Solutions for a Community Adventure Event, Ted Tarricone
Reconstructing wildfire regime during the warm Paleocene-Eocene climate using molecular biomarkers from the Chuckanut Formation in northwest Washington, U.S.A., Alexandra Elise Thompson
Love Pedagogy: Justice, Mattering, and Care in and Out of the Classroom, Gabby Triana
Questioned Identity: Morisca Women and the Spanish Inquisition, Nathan Van Aken
Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of Antibody Binding to Blood Coagulation Factor VIII, Jordan Vaughan
Class A Sortases: Structures and Alternative Substrate Binding and Cleavage, Brandon Vogel
Force Production Asymmetry in Males and Females During Three Variations of a Countermovement Push-up, Taylor Walston
Using QM/MM methods to explore Sortase Enzyme Intermediates, Kinetics, and Stability, Kyle Whitham
Investigating perennial & annual eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in Padilla Bay as potential donor sources for seed-based restoration, Yuki Wilmerding
Real Men Go Green: Environmentalism, Threatened Masculinity, and Identity Recovery, Gabrielle H. Wilson
Steel Bands in US Secondary Classrooms: Process and Pedagogy, Jonathan Woods
Stranger Than, Anna K. Young
Synonyms for Bloodline, Tanya Young
2022
Tending to, Brittany Atkinson
Microbial Community Dynamics During Key Life History Transitions in the Deep-Sea Chemosymbiotic Mussel, Gigantidas childressi, Tessa F. Beaver
Responses of the symbiotic sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima to microplastics, Robert Beck
Characterization of phenotypic traits related to loss-of-function and ectopic expression of bHLH093 and bHLH061 in Arabidopsis thaliana, Leila Belhadjali
The Effect of Economic Scarcity on Racial Perceptions, Michael Brooks
Species Distribution and Abundance of Bering Sea Tunicates with Implications for Coastal Food Security, Meghan Bugaj
Reconstructing deglacial and Holocene climatic and environmental change in the Snowy Mountains of southeast Australia, Aidan Warner Burdick
Soft Bellies / Hold the Babies, Kathleen L. Byrd
Synthesis and characterization of PLGA capped gold nanoparticles for use in cancer therapeutics, Tara Chin
Vocal Pedagogy With The Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Singer., Clarkia Cobb
Using Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus laevis (FETAX) to Study Metals and Temperature as Multiple Stressors in Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae), Adam Turner (Cockrill) Crispin
Bioaccumulation of metals in Whatcom County estuaries by native tidal plants, Margaret Critchlow
Spectral Variability in Naturally Weathered Rock Surfaces and Implications for Mars, Sabrina Curtis
Larger than Jelly Alone: Appalachian Reproductive Politics in the Depression Era, Katelyn Damron
Transport Mechanisms of Nitrate on the Washington Shelf, Liesl G. Danyluk
Promoting pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) recovery in the Salish Sea: The effects of fluctuating temperature and elevated CO2 on survival, growth, and radula morphology, Elizabeth Janie Diehl
High Gravity Days, Madeline Downie
Primary cilia display a non-uniform response to intracellular calcium release, Hannah R. Fisher
Glacier Peak and the Chocolate Factory: Recurring debris flows from the eastern flank of Glacier Peak stratovolcano, North Cascades, Washington State, USA, Edward M. Fordham
Re-Presenting People: Critically Reviewing Existing Imagery of Traditional Coast Salish Lifeways and Creating New Images, Beatrice Franke
Using crystal zoning, thermobarometry, and MELTS to elucidate Koma Kulshan’s (Mt. Baker) transcrustal magma storage system, northern Cascade arc, Brendan Garvey
Soil Mesofauna and Microbial Community Response to Mixed Biochar and Compost Application in a Skagit Silt Loam, Jameson Goff
Restoring the Nooksack Watershed Through Community-Driven Forest Stewardship, Alexander Harris
To Erupt or Not to Erupt? That is the Question: Extremely High Levels of Background Seismicity and Lack of Eruptivity from 2003-2019 at Gareloi Volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Kiana Tamarie Harris
UAV remote sensing approaches to mapping glacier ablation and snow algae radiative forcing in the North Cascades., Shannon Healy
Analysis of Eelgrass in Padilla Bay, Washington Using an Uncrewed Aerial System, Hannah Hein
Somatic Learning and Eco-Anxiety in Environmental Education Teacher Preparation, Pippa Hemsley
Nickel Phosphide Photothermal Catalyst Development for CO2-Derived Solar Fuels, Hannah K. Hennig
Forearc erosion in response to megathrust plate coupling along the Wairarapa Coastline, New Zealand, Chantel E. Jensen
A Love That Dare Not Speak: Empire’s Impact on Sodomy Persecutions in Victorian London, Kristina Kelehan
Tire-wear-particle leachate toxicity to Americamysis bahia: analysis of sublethal and molecular effects, Karrin Leazer