Previous MPP and Executive MPP student Capstones
- Sheila M. Bonkoski. "Homeless Policy in Eugene, Oregon: A critical examination of the West Coast from a Social Construction Framework"
- Ravyn A. Cervantes. "Managing Misconduct: Understanding the Role of College Hearing Officers in the University Academic Misconduct Sanction Process"
- Samuel L. Crispin. "Passing of the Torch: A Multiple Streams Approach Investigation into House Bill 2021 "100% Clean Energy for All""
- Matthew Easdale. "Digital Inclusion and Houselessness: A Qualitative Exploration of the Impacts of Internet Access on Low-Income Participants"
- Carly Trakofler Ferrone. "Medicaid Behavioral Health Service Utilization and Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Urban County Case Study"
- Tera R. Finley. "Determining the Superior Staffing Method in Assisted Living Facilities: Ratios versus Acuity-Based Staffing"
- Catalina A. Harmon. "Examining Permanent Supportive Housing on Chronic Substance Abuse Populations in Oregon"
- Abigail Miller. "Congress During COVID: A Content Analysis of Federal Legislators' COVID Policy Actions"
- Emily Mowers-Cervantes. "The COVID-19 Hunger Cliff: A Narrative Policy Framework analysis of the ongoing fight over pandemic-era universal school lunch policies"
- Trisha Patterson. "The hazards-housing nexus : adaptive capacity wheel analysis of coastal planning institutions"
- Daniel Sidder. "Microshelters, Macro Problem: Exploring How Tiny Home Villages Became a Popular Solution for Housing People Experiencing Homelessness"
- David T. Sweeney. "The effects of restrictive police pursuit policies in Washington State"
- Michael D. Terry. "PIOs and the Public: How Wildfire Public Information Officers View and Interact with the Public as Street-Level Bureaucrats"
- 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"
- Nahuel Guaita. "Economic Growth and CO2 emissions in Idaho: Energy, Technology, and Hidden Networks in the U.S. energy transition"
- 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"
- Natalia Ojeda León. "Lake County Renewable Energy Transition: An Assessment from the Energy Justice Framework"
- Matthew Pennon. "Resource Family Approval Process and the Effects of COVID-19"
- Leah Pratt. "K-12 school finance reform : an Idaho case study"
- 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"
- 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”
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"