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2024

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

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

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

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 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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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

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Against the Grain: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of Climatic and Cultural Changes on Grain Agriculture in Northwest Washington, Natalie Furness

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Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Butter Clams, Jackelyn Garcia

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The Policy Governance Leadership Model: A Qualitative Historical Narrative Study about Bellingham School District’s Implementation of Policy Governance and the Impact on Student Success, Byron Gerard

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Visual characteristics of walleye pollock and Chinook salmon: Modeling theoretical visual space and target contrast of trawling materials in the Bering Sea, Rebecca Haehn

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Tuned gold layer growth onto plasmonic sensing silver nanocubes via synthetic control of reduction potentials., Nicolas Hall

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Seeing Environmental Injustice Through Moss-Colored Glasses: Neighborhood Monitoring of Toxic Metal Air Pollution Disparities with Orthotrichum lyellii, Allison Hayes

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Can Larvae of a Deep-Sea Gastropod, Thalassonerita naticoidea, Swim to the Surface to Find Food in the Gulf of Mexico?, Mitchell Hebner

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School and District Leader Perceptions of the Root Causes Behind Male Underachievement in American Secondary Schools: A Mixed-Methods Study of this Phenomenon, Patrick Hegarty

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A Functional Study of Plant Protein Villin4 and The Application of Sortase Mediated Ligation in Intrinsically Disordered Protein Substrates, Jake Heins

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An Exploration of How Peer Servant Leadership and Basic Psychological Needs Relate to the Intrinsic Motivation and Athletic Coping Skills of Intercollegiate Athletes, Claire Grace Marie Henninger

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Structural, Mutational, and Kinetic Characterization of URA4, an Isocytosine Deaminase, Ashlee Hoffman

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Stereoselective Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Cananodine, Haley Holliday

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Using Camera-Monitored Sediment Traps to Evaluate Sediment Availability and the Role of Waves in Resuspending Seafloor Sediment, Bellingham Bay, WA, Liam Horner

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Activity and Selectivity of Class B Sortase Enzymes, Sophie Jackson

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A Characterization of Hyporheic Temperatures with Applications for Salmon Habitat Restoration in a Thermally Impaired River, Sydney Jantsch

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Simple Gifts in Wind Band Repertoire: A comparative analysis of three wind band pieces featuring the Shaker melody "Simple Gifts", Jared Johnson

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Polyunsaturated Aldehyde Production in the Salish Sea: A Survey of Benthic Diatom Producers and the Influence of Coastal Upwelling, Jeremy Johnson

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Using Chemical Zoning in Minerals to Understand Magmatic Processes at Augustine Volcano, Alaska, Sloane Kennedy

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Value Mapping and the Community Wildfire Protection Planning Process in Entiat, WA, Katharine Kiendl

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The impact of mentorship on attracting and sustaining female superintendents in the State of Washington, Michelle Kuss-Cybula

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Impact of Riverbank Lupine (Lupinus rivularis) on Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Ectomycorrhizal Symbioses, Andrew Labay

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Dendrohydrological Reconstruction of North Fork Nooksack River August Streamflow from Subannual Mountain Hemlock Ring-Widths, Cascade Mountains, Washington State, Hannah LaGassey

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U-Pb Zircon Geochronology and Structure of regional blueschist units in the Easton metamorphic suite, Northwest Cascades, WA, Katherine Lang

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Paleomagnetic Determination of Vertical Axis Block Rotation near the Doty Fault in southwestern Washington, Charles Linneman

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"Eden is on Puget Sound": Folk Music Stories in the Northwest, Rosie Lockie Everson

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The Impact of Guiding Coalitions on the Overall Success of Schools Properly Implementing and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities, John Lombardi

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The Toxicity of Dopamine on Salish Sea Phytoplankton, Allyson Lombardo

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Does sediment supply impact the threshold for initial sediment motion in natural, gravel bedded streams?, Emily Loucks

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Investigate effects of different step lengths at a preferred walking speed on forefoot and hindfoot motion, Emily Lovekin

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aahkóinnimaan kii makoyiisaaminaa: indigenous success in La Conner public schools, William Makoyiisaaminaa

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Culturally Modified Trees in Western Washington: Impact and Perspective from the Stillaguamish Cultural Resources Department, Kelsey Maloy

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Ibn Taymiyya on the Frontier: Renewal, Resistance and Rebellion, kenneth meyer

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The Impact of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on the Development of Zebrafish (Danio rerio), Megan Moma

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A metagenomic analysis of the microbial communities associated with different hydrothermal vent chimneys, Laura Murray

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To flee or not to flee: how range dynamic of alpine species are changing through time, LiAn Noonan

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Distribution and Mixotrophy of Cryptophyte Phytoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Megan O'Hara

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Quantifying Channel Change Following Post-Fire Debris Flows in a Steep, Coastal Stream, Big Sur, California, Telemak Olsen

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Contours, Max Owens

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How Etiology and Diagnostic Label are Stigmatized: The Impacts of Childhood Trauma and “Sluggish Cognitive Tempo” on Recovery Optimism and Blame, Aubrie Patterson

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Modeling 21st Century Peak Flows in the Nooksack River Basin in Northwestern Washington State Using Dynamically-Downscaled Global Climate Model Projections, Evan A. Paul

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FACTORS AFFECTING INDIGENOUS STUDENT MOTIVATION IN K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, Duane Penner

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Motivations for and Barriers to Forest Certification of Washington State Trust Lands, Tracy Petroske

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Stress and Flourishing During First Year College Transition: A Comparison of Former High School Athletes, Recreational Athletes, and Non-Athletes, Becca Pierce

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Body By Colonialism: The Importance of Including Sexual Minorities in Forensic and Medical Lexicons., Mia Price

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A Qualitative Case Study of Two School Districts’ Onboarding and Retention Mentorship Programs for New Teachers during the COVID‐19 Pandemic, Angelina Quiles

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The effects of diatom-specific polyunsaturated aldehydes on larval zebrafish (Danio rerio), Rachel Raymer

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Cosmopolitan Culture Talk After 9/11, Chris Reid

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The Effect of Long-Haul COVID-19 on Balance Confidence in Older Adults, Mariel Relyea

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Cannabidiol Administered via Vapor Inhalation Restores Social Interaction Deficits in a Mouse Model of Social Anxiety, Brennen Risch

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Connections between eruption style and magmatic reservoir evolution: Insights from Augustine Volcano, Alaska, USA, Mahinaokalani G. Robbins

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A Mixed-Methods Study of Geoscience Identity, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender in Senior Undergraduate Geoscience Majors, Willa Rowan

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Evaluating Leaf Trait Variation in High Elevation Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) Under Increasing Water Stress: Insights from Needle Length, Stomatal Density, and Cambial Growth, Audrey Salerno

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Was the Grass Always Greener? Mapping the Historical Extent of Grassland Ecosystems in the San Juan Islands, Kailey Schillinger-Brokaw

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The Economic and Emissions Reduction Potential of Air Source Heat Pumps as a Replacement for Natural Gas and Electric Resistance Space Heating in the Contiguous United States, Joshua Schraer

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Regio- and Diastereoselective Samarium-Mediated Allylic Sulfone Reductions, Cody Schwans

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Impact of Carbonaceous and Inorganic Nanomaterial Chemistry on Polymer Additive Release from Weathered Epoxy Composites, Haley Sefi-Cyr

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The Power of Place-Based/Outdoor Education in a Rural District: Effective Leadership to Increase Learning, Engagement, and Belonging through Place-Based Education, Mary Sewright

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Social Justice Through Beach Access and Community-Based Placemaking in Puna, Hawai'i, Yumi-Shika Shridhar

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Biomarker study of Bellingham Bay : identifying how urbanization has affected carbon storage and eelgrass, Jess Shulman

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Generations of Stewards: Re-Indigenizing Youth Leadership, Learning, and Conservation Education, Drew Slaney

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Complex Microbial Mat Communities Used to Assess Primer Selection for Targeted Amplicon Surveys, Lindsey Smith

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Program Notes for Gabriel Fauré’s Violin Sonata No.1 in A Major, Op. 13, Ernest Chausson’s Poéme, Op. 25, and Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, Madeline Smith

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Strengthening Mindfulness and Social Support as Psychosocial Skills; Improving First-Year Student’s Adjustment into College, Raumilya Smith

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Selectivity and structure of chimeric loop swaps in SH2 domains, Sarah N. Smith

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Modeling the Effects of Projected Climate Warming on Stream Temperatures in the Stillaguamish River Basin, Emily E. Smoot

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Embodied Narratives: An Exploration of Dance Through Identity, Community, and Wellbeing, Elizabeth Smyth

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Equitable access to the career and technical education graduation pathway for students receiving special education services, Mike Snow

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Words Might've Misshapened Me, Taylor Stafford

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Impact of fluctuating temperature and elevated CO2 on the growth, survival, and metabolic rate of the endangered pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) in the Salish Sea, Jaclyn Stapleton

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Exploring the Evolution of Jazz Drumming Through Recordings: A Jazz Lineage, Gary Stivers