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2022

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Cycles or Repetitions: A Quantitative Analysis of Alluvial Bed Thicknesses, Kristopher D. Phillips

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Assessing the Use of the California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) Within Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA), Casey Pruitt

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Empowerment as a Birthright: Exploring the Power of Informed Choice, Delaney Elizabeth Reece

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The Heritability of Mandible Length in the Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Danielle K. Ringo

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Modeling 21st century peak streamflows in the Stillaguamish Watershed using dynamically downscaled general circulation model projections, James Marcell Robinson

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GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION OF DESICCATION RESISTANCE IN RHAGOLETIS ZEPHYRIA (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: AN ADAPTIVE RESPONSE TO LOCAL BIOCLIMATE, Nathan Roueche

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Structural History of the Bald Mountain Mining District, Nevada, USA, David Paul Ryan

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A State-of-the-art Review on the Underlying Mechanisms of Running Economy, Paul Allen Sage

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Bitter Roots, Caity Scott

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Ear Training and Skill Building Within the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Mike Scott

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Ecological Risk Assessment of Tire Wear Particles in the San Francisco Bay Using a Bayesian Network Relative Risk Model, Emma E. Sharpe

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The Effects of Ocean Acidification and Temperature Rise on the Thermal Tolerance and Critical Thermal Limit of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii), Nicole R. Singh

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The Curious Case of Concept: A Nation-Wide Survey of Faculty Beliefs About Quantum Mechanics Concept Inventories Uncovers New Details Regarding Physical Chemistry Experts’ Understanding of Conceptual Knowledge., Matt Smiley

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“Say Her Name”: The Influence of Victim Race, Demeanor, Severity of Force, and Individual Difference Factors on Perceptions of Excessive Force Against A Woman, Brooklynn Smith

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Avian and Shallow Water Community Response to Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Spawn Events, Heidi Stewart

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Thiolated Silk Fibroin, Jeremy Martinez Talusig

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True Orchard: Poems, Ashley Thompson

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Who We Are is Who I Am: Collective Continuity and Socialization Processes for LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults, Kit Turner

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Faith in a Changing Climate: Policy Framing and Southern Evangelical Christian Views on Climate Policy, Sydne Tursky

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Embodied Feminism: An Ethnographic Study of Abortion Access and Hopeful Praxis, Nicolette Tuttle

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Blood Replacement Therapy by Generation of Polymeric Recombinant Hemoglobin Using “Click Chemistry” and Circular Tandem Repeat Proteins, Johanna Hamilton Urbach

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Living in Pele's Workshop: Using Community-informed Planning to Address Housing Needs in Puna, Hawai'i, Taylor Webb

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Structural History of the Formidable-Le Conte Mountain Area, North Cascades, WA, Nyle Weldon

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Gestational Carrier Bloggers: Key Points of Uncertainty in the Social Exchange with Intended Parents, Samantha Whalen

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Witness Marks: Notes on a Family, B. Woods

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Methane emissions in Port Susan Bay: the missing link in carbon accounting, Rachel S. Yonemura

2021

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Vamos Outdoors Project’s Innovative Schools Based Programs During COVID-19: Program Assessment, Andrew Basabe

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The Comic Way Towards the Universal Self: Socioecological Trauma and the Wounds Left by Survival, Gabriel Bugarin

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Mixotrophy by Phytoflagellates in the Northern Gulf of Alaska: Impacts of Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Prey Concentration on Feeding by Photosynthetic Nano- and Dinoflagellates, Hana Busse

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Holistic approaches for invasive species management: Exploring biotic resistance of European green crab (Carcinus maenas) via river otter (Lontra canadensis) diet, Bobbie Buzzell

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Implementation of a Constraint and Configuration Interaction Methodology Into Density Functional Tight Binding, Gunnar J. Carlson

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The effect of large woody debris, direct seeding, and distance from the forest edge on species composition on novel terraces following dam removal on the Elwha River, WA., Sara J. Cendejas-Zarelli

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Pyridinediimine Complexes with Coordination Sphere Interactions Relevant to Copper and Non-Heme Iron Enzymes, Pui Man Audrey Cheung

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From the Achievement Gap to the Opportunity Gap: Increasing Accountability Among Faculty and Staff in STEM through an Inclusion and Social Mindfulness Intervention, Kayla Christiani

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Biodegradable plastic degradation products alter germination and growth of Aspergillus, Taylor Cofer

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Partner preference in the intertidal: possible benefits of ocean acidification to sea anemone-algal symbiosis, Natalie Coleman

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Enhancing Plasmonic Nanomaterials: Colorimetric Sensing and SERS, John Crockett

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The Effect of Cognitive Load on Involuntary Musical Imagery, Kayleigh I. Cutshaw

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How Science Policies Influence Ecological User-Engaged Research in Brazil and Peru?, Aline C. de Oliveira Machado Prata

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An Analysis of Hope and Future Orientation in the Context of School Climate in Mongolian Secondary Schools, Jaime Diaz

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Public Lands and Climate Change: An Evaluation of the North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership, Kristen Doering

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Organic Crystal Nucleation in Ultrathin Liquid Films: Applications of Computational and Experimental Methods for the Exploration of Dynamic Spatial Relationships and Controlled Growth, Haley Doran

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Local Museums, Global Publics: how online programing during COVID-19 impacted the way museums define their audiences, Madeline R. Duffy

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Understanding the Impact of Stress on Sexual Behavior: A Study of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Masturbation Habits of Americans, Holly Edwards

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Training Patterns of Tactical Athletes, Emily Elliott

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Exploring Biochemical Mechanisms with Hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics and Enhanced Sampling Methods, Edwin Enciso

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Framing History at Three Commemorative Sites to Atrocity: the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Whitney Plantation Museum, and National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Erin M. Escobar

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Exploration of Dancers' Post-Injury Psychological Experiences, Marísa Kelly Rose Fernandez

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Synthesis and Reactions of Medium-Ring Silyl Ethers, Inna A. Fomina

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Individual Variability in Foraging Success of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) Preying on Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) Informs Predator Management, Grace Freeman

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Assessing energy justice: The case of Xwe’chi’eXen, Cherry Point, Andrea Gemme

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Edible Seaweeds of the Salish Sea: Contaminant Levels and Comparison with Common Foods, Jennifer Hahn

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Time Sculpture: The Poetics of Memory and Identity, Stephen L. Haines

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Intergroup Conflict and the Spread of the Bow and Arrow in the Salish Sea Region, David Hanna

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To Rip // Time, CeAnna Heit

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Marine Ecosystem Response to Late Pleistocene Rapid Climate Change in the Salish Sea, Alex Victor Hernandez

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Between Fight and Flight: Essays and Poems, Katie Higinbotham

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Effects of Environmental Aging on the Acute Toxicity and Chemical Composition of Various Microplastic Leachates, Allie Johnson

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Reidentifying Sources of Tephra in the Izu-Bonin Arc: Recognizing Recent Rear-arc Volcanism 1.1 – 2.7 Ma, Cassandra King

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Floodplain response to Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 in the southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A., Eve Lalor

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Martian Spectroscopy: Laboratory calibration of the Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z and photometric investigation of Mars-analog ferric-coated sand, Kristiana Lapo

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Fairyboy: A Memoir, Keegan Lawler

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The Effect of EMG Biofeedback Training on Muscle Activation in an Impingement Population, Eliot Mackay

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A Comparison of the Actual and Recommended Diving Profiles of Dominican Republic Diver Fishermen, Kasey Mallon Andrews

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Demystifying Denitrification: Coordination Complexes Give Valuable Insight into the Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides, Walker R. Marks

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“Not Like Other Girls”: Implicit and Explicit Dimensions of Internalized Sexism and Behavioral Outcomes, Kira K. Means

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Synthesis of guaipyridine alkaloids rupestines C, D and K with studies toward the synthesis of rupestines B, J, L and M, Briana J. Mulligan

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The ASD Parent Perspective: Stress Contributors and Perceptions of Feeling Supported and Understood, Chelsea Noble

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Community Perspectives Regarding Building Electrification as a Climate Mitigation Strategy in Bellingham, WA: A Q-Study, Sarah K. Parker

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Structural and Mutational Characterization of the Blood Coagulation Factor VIII C Domain Lipid Binding Interface, Shaun C. Peters

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Optimistic Anthropology: Identity and Well-Being on Instagram, Katherine Picchiotti

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Cultural Differences in Emotion Regulation and Social Support Seeking, Vida Pourmand

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Using Principal Component Analysis and Hierarchical Clustering to Explore Trends in the Water Quality, Metal Concentrations, and Algal Taxa Richness of 68 Lakes in Northwest Washington, Jeffrey Pratt

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Investigating the transport, fate, and behavior of microplastics in estuarine systems through the application of metal-doped polystyrene analogs using spICP-MS, Robert Rauschendorfer

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Effects of environmental weathering on the acute toxicity of tire wear particle eluate to the mysid shrimp, Americamysis bahia, P. Matt Roberts

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Engineering Segmentally Labeled Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Erin Rosenkranz

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Chemical Modification of Silk Protein via Palladium-Mediated Suzuki-Miyaura Reactions, Racine Santen

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Not My Privilege: How Construal Level Explains Reactions to Male Privilege, Allison Schwam

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Influences on the Path to Life Satisfaction: A Serial Mediation Model of Adult Attachment, Emotional Intelligence, Emotion Regulation, and Dispositional Resilience, Misa Shimono

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Hybridization between an invasive fruit fly and a variably plastic native sibling species, Weston Staubus

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Evaluating thresholds in fluvial response to the Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 in the Bighorn Basin (Wyoming, U.S.A), Grace Marie Sutherland

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Extension of Restricted Open-Shell Kohn-Sham Methodology to a Density-Functional Tight-Binding Framework, Reuben Szabo

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Lidar-Based Riparian Forest Assessment of the Nooksack River, Washington, Julia Tatum

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Computational Design of Novel Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Catalysis, Corey Teply

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Mapping Genetic Variants Associated with Dynamic Protein Abundance in Haploid Yeast, Tanner Thuet-Davenport

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Grain size variability spanning the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in Laramide Basins: Reconstructing paleoslopes and overbank erodibility, Delaney Todd

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A Meta-Analytic Review of Asian American Well-Being, Kristina Tran

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Recovery of the sea star Heliaster kubiniji from a mass mortality event, and additional dynamics of intertidal invertebrates within the Gulf of California, Carter Urnes

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Structural Studies of the von Willebrand Factor D’ domain and its Binding Mechanism to Factor VIII, AP Wang

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Provenance of early Paleogene strata in the Bighorn Basin (Wyoming, U.S.A.): Implications for Laramide tectonism and basin-scale stratigraphic patterns, Jessica L. Welch

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Creating a Comprehensive Western American/Canadian Fire Dataset, 1880-2018, Katherine Welch

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Qualitative Analysis of the Career Transition Experiences of Intercollegiate Athletes with High Athletic Identity: A Comparison of Athletes with High or Low Religiosity, Zachary Willis

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Signaling and Trafficking in Choanoflagellates and Humans: A Study of Conserved Peptide-Binding Domains, Haley Wofford

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Revaluating the use of mollusks for estimating paleodepth in the Pacific Northwest, E Worthington

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Gender Socialization in Contemporary American Culture, Drew Elizabeth Wright

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Barriers to Educational Resources: The Effect of Disability Disclosure on Ratings of a Scholarship Applicant, Yichuan Yin

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Exploring Social Physique Anxiety, Ethnic Identity, and Gender Identity in Exercisers, Kelly M. Zwicker

2020

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Regulation of Glutamate Receptor (GLR-1) Under Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Caenorhabditis elegans, Janie Aguilera

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Slip rates and kinematics of active crustal faults in the central Oregon Cascades, Katherine Alexander

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Timing and Conditions of Metamorphism in the Cascades Crystalline Core from Garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd Geochronology, Peter Baker