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Thesis Board 2025-26

Congratulations, ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ seniors! Completing the thesis is a capstone of the ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ experience and a tremendous academic accomplishment.

Cameron Bryzek - Music

Thesis: Experienced Worlds: Enhancing Immersion in Narrative Video Game Environments through Musical Representation

Ray Rogers - Political Science

Thesis: A Just War: Analyzing President Bush’s Invocation of International Law Throughout the Iraq War

Katie Riley - Environmental Studies: Biology

Thesis: Rising from the Ashes: Fire Responsive Seed Germination in Mimulus guttatus

Emely Cruz - Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies: English

Thesis: "Reform the Old Materials, Make Something New": The Social and Cultural Reconfiguration of Identity in Chicanismo and Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima

Nicole Mizuha Adams - Psychology

Thesis: Singular-They: Investigating Grammatical Prescriptivism and the Stereotype-Mitigating Potential of Gender-Neutral Pronouns

Piper Brandy - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Thesis: Kratom & CYP3A4: Solving the Structure of CYP3A4 to Understand Mitragynine Metabolism

Andreanna Gude - Art: Art History

Thesis: Shadow and Substance: Visual Distinguishment & Black American Photography

Laila Maidenberg - Art and Greek Latin and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Thesis: An Investigation of Roman Bread Stamps

Leilani Tañeza Goldberg - Comparative Literature

Thesis: Writing the Oceania of Now: Representations of Temporality in Polynesian Novels

Thalia Hart - Neuroscience

Thesis: Malaria Fighting Machine: Comparative Analysis of Ribosomal Epitopes for Cross-Stage Cross-Species Malaria Vaccine Development

Juliana Voss-Andreae - Psychology

Thesis: Set, Setting, and Predictors of Psychedelic-Induced Mystical Experiences: A Retrospective Survey Study

Acadia MacDonald - Mathematics: Statistics

Thesis: Unmasking Mental Health Trends: A Causal Analysis of State Mask Policies

Isabelle Wong - Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies: Anthropology

Thesis: How to Market the “Chinese Identity”: A Case Study on the Ethno-Corporation of Portland’s Chinatown

Joscelyn Beebe - Psychology

Thesis: Mom Was Right, It Is That Damn Phone: Decreasing Screen Time in ºìÌÒÊÓÆµ Students using Inoculation Theory

Dylan Bell - Political Science

Thesis: A Theory of Posture

Elena O'Grady - Mathematics

Thesis: Monotonicity Failures of Instant Runoff Elections