Master of Public Policy

2022

• Nahuel Guaita. "Economic Growth and CO2 emissions in Idaho: Energy, Technology, and Hidden Networks in the U.S. energy transition"
• Natalia Ojeda León. "Lake County Renewable Energy Transition: An Assessment from the Energy Justice Framework"
• Solomon Allen. "Barriers to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A Case Study"
• Ross Barker. "Understanding Property Managers: The Perceived Benefits and Risks of Allowing Pets in Rental Units in Metro Areas of the United States"
• Kendra Beck. "Bullying Victimization and Substance Use Among Adolescents: Using Strain Theory to Examine Patterns Across Gender, Race, and Mental Health Status"
• Sabrina Beck. "A Closer Look into the Development of State Healthy Soils Policies:  Network Building, Information Sharing, Policy Diffusion, and Innovation"
• Erik Chi. "Examining China's Cross-strait Economic Statecraft in the Mid-2000s"
• Michael Eilers. "Transboundary Water Management Among the Riparian States of the Mekong: Using the Water Governance Reform Framework to Prevent Conflict"
• Emily Griffith. "Institutional Adaptive Capacity and the California Abalone"
• Jeanette Hansen. "Starting Out Equal? The Impacts of Child Care Access on Kindergarten Readiness in Oregon"
• Alfredo Haro. "Changing Wildfires, Evolving Policy: Integrating Vulnerable Communities in Central Oregon"
• Ryan Hasert. "A Deep Dive into Ocean Acidification: Policy Priorities in Oregon and California"
• Robert Horton. "Applied Behavioral Insights for Wildfire Preparedness in the Wildland-Urban Interface of Jackson County, Oregon"
• Deeann Hui. "Be Careful What You Tweet: An Investigation of Anti-Asian Tweets and Anti-Asian Hate Crimes during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic"
• Dante Luongo. "Collaboration on the Columbia River: How the Narrative of Environmental Justice and Management Affects Renegotiation"
• Matthew Pennon. "Resource Family Approval Process and the Effects of COVID-19"
• Sana Safdar. "Relationship Between Education and Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan"
• Melissa Symmes. "Non-lethal Wolf Management Perceptions Impact on the Willingness to Ranch Alongside the Presence of Wolves in Washington State" 
• Megan Wai. "Narratives Surrounding Dam Removal Along the Lower Snake River"

2021

• Fatuma Mohamed Ali.“Experiences of Black Domestic and Black International Students in Predominantly White Institutions (PWI)”
• Ingrid Banshchikova "International Environmental Treaty-making. Evaluation of the Text of an Upcoming United Nations Treaty Aimed to Protect Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)"
• Shahinur Bashar. “The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: Environmental Impacts, Policies, and Practices”
• Dustin Bishop. "The Politics Expansion Makes: A Multi-Method Analysis of the Electoral Impact and Policy Advocacy of the ACA's Medicaid Expansion in the States"
• Diane Brandt, “A Current Look at Marine Renewable Energy in Oregon: Oregon MRE Policy and the role of Public Perception and Participation in Oregon’s MRE Future”
• Michelle Francis, “Could Oregon Replicate Finland’s National Housing First Program?”
• Alexis James, "An Empirical Analysis of Religion and Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest"
• Ennada Lagouit. “In the Name of Human Capital: Navigating the Licensing Requirements of a Regulated Occupation as a Foreign Trained Pharmacist"
• Marissa M. Song Mayeda. “Examining the Parallels of Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Disability (REALD) and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Question Implementation During COVID-19”
• Rachel Loraine Mooney. "Public Perception of Natural Gas Export:  The Jordan Cove Energy Project"
• Ariel Orr. “Developing a Climate Resilience Scorecard for Marin County, California”
• Ava Gentilcore Ryan. “Community Visioning in Chaotic Times: Lessons Learned from the 2020 Tillamook County Community Visioning Project”
• Victoria Venable.“Evaluating the Social Equity Implications of Green Infrastructure for Urban Resilience”

2020

• Meagan Consedine. “Influencing State Policies Supporting Farmers’ Markets: How States Increase Access to Farmers’ Markets for Low Income Households”
• Alexa Diaz. "Making Electric Vehicles Accessible: A Program Evaluation of California's Clean Vehicle Assistance Program"
• Maryam S. Elmahdy. "Coronavirus Narratives: Drawing Lessons for Effective Crisis Management"
• Erin Kanzig. "Environmental Justice Policies at the State Level: Symbolic Rhetoric or Tangible Impacts?"
• Jasmine King. "The Shades of Participation: Assessing the Barriers to Community Participation in Land-Use Decision-Making Processes That Address Environmental Injustices For Low-Income Communities of Color"
• Zach Koutnik. “Catastrophic Wildfire in California's Wildland Urban Interface: A Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Case Study”
• Jordan Laine Monyhan. "Public Perception of Police Responses to Homelessness: Results from a Factorial Survey"
• Keenan Lindsey. “California Energy Policy and Public Perceptions in the 21st Century”
• Rafiiuddin Najam. "Financing of Public Higher Education in Afghanistan: Public Opinion and Information Effects"
• Bianca Llamas. “Child Welfare: Determinants of a Child’s Length of Stay in the System” 
• Harry Noone. "Soundscape Policy: Noise Pollution as an Issue in Oregon Municipalities"
• Matthew Perreault. "Revitalization or Gentrification?: An Examination of Urban Renewal Areas and Housing Instability in Oregon"
• Michelle A. Steinhebel. "An Examination of How Family Structure and Support Affect a Woman's Candidacy for Public Office"
• Alicia Ward. "Finding a Reason to Run: Examining Women's Experiences with a Running Program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility"

2019

• Qammar Abbas. "The Economic Effects of 2018 U.S. Steel Tariffs: An Application of Event Study Methodology"
• Angela Patricia Lavado Alvarado. "Understanding Institutional Barriers and Opportunities to Food-Water-Energy Nexus Policy Implementation in Oregon"
• Boniface Chifamba. "California Higher Education: Are the California Promise Programs Contributing to Student Success and More Diverse Institutions"
• Allison Daniel. "Public Opinion on Food, Water, and Energy: Using Shared Preferences as a Pathway to Policy"
• Jessica DeFelice. "An Evaluation of the Search Advocate Program at Oregon State University: Identifying Strengths and Opprtunities for Development"
• Kathryn Duvall. "Access is Not Enough: The Impact of Electrification on Women's Time Use in Guatemala and El Salvador"
• HyeSu Han. "Operating International Branch Campuses in Education Hubs: A Case Study of a Consortium Model of Incheon Global Campus in Korea"
• Cassandra Inman. "Thinking Outside of the Lunchbox: Exploring Competing Narratives in the Corvallis 509J District School Lunch Policies"
• Andrew Lade. "Eroding Narratives: Applying the Narrative Policy Framework to a Coastal Erosion Narrative Shift"
• Zoe Larmer. "Searching for Equity: An Analysis of Preferences in the Housing Search Process"
• Adrian Laufer. "Who Pays for MPAs? An exploration of how narratives influence marine funding"
• Kayla-Maria Martin. "Don't Pack a Pest!: The Innovation and Diffusion of Participation in an Invasive Species Collaborative Network"
• Arpine Mazhinyan. "Child Poverty in the U.S. and Europe: From Conceptualization to Policy Action"
• Dina Milovanovic. "Local Cultures and Policy Development in Post-Conflict Socieities Under U.N. Missions: The Case of United Nations Mission in Kosovo"
• Heather Mae Moline. "Kids in the Grid: The Role of Family Energy Lifestyles in Changing Energy-Use Behaviors"
• Julia Ostapiej. "Who Gets Watt? Institutional Analysis of Four Community Solar Programs in the U.S." 
• Pravesh Raghoo. “Towards a Sustainable Future: A Global Empirical Analysis on the Diffusion and Innovation of Climate Change Mitigation Policies”
• Cody Sibley. "We're Not Doing It Anymore: Analyzing Neoliberalism's Impacts on Teachers' Decisions to Strike"
• Greg Stelmach. “Demand Flexibility and Time-of-Use Pricing in Fremont, California”
• Patrick Whelan. "Resilience Planning for Elderly Residents in Oregon Coastal Communities"
• Regine Yaites.  "Program Evaluation of BCC and CCCC at Oregon State University"

2018

• Yousef Allouzi. "Exploring Community Opposition to Industrial Scale Wind Farm Sitings and the Impacts of Federal Fast Track Initiatives in Southern California:  A Case Study of Tule and Ocotillo Wind Energy Facilities"
• Tessa Crawford. "Addressing Free Ridership and the Provision of Hidden Public Goods: Using an Experimental Randomized Control Trial to Test the Nations Willingness to Pay for the Columbia River Levee System in the Portland Metro Area During an Era of Localism"
• Rebecca Degner. "The Impact of School Finance Equalization Policies on School District Finances in Oregon and Washington"
• Anna Holland Freitas. "Narratives of Graying, Change, and Resilience: A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of 'Graying of the Fleet'
• Veronica Gonzales. "Securing the Vulnerable: Documenting Food Security Status Among Single Mothers of Oregon" 
• Daniel Gray.  "Uncommon Alliance: Understanding the Passage of Oregon's Senate Bill 1547"
• Stephen Gunther. "Challenging the System: The Role of Community Choice Aggregation in California's Transition to a Renewable Energy Future"
• Jennifer Johnson. "Brexit and the Decline of British Social Work"
• Polina Osipova. "Understanding the Implementation of Oregon's Environmental Justice Statute"
• Jonathan Sandoval. "Hungary's Democratic Decline: A Study of Organizational Power in Hungarian Politics"
• Christopher Starr. "Looking for 'Common Ground' in Genetically Modified Crops Policy"
• Maria Dolores Vazquez. "Organizational Capacity of Oregon Latino Nonprofits and its Role in Immigrant Integration"
• Ling Yang. "A Case Study of TRIO's Role in Promoting Students' Self-Perceived Financial Literacy"