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Do I Need a PHD to Vote: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study
(2022)Throughout history, U.S ballots have been designed by the most educated and sophisticated. Research shows that even the most educated individuals do not possess the tools and knowledge necessary to understand many ballots. ... -
Playing 52 Pick Up with a House of Cards: Behavioral Healthcare for Juvenile Justice Involved Youth in King County
(2022)The behavioral health care needs of juvenile justice involved youth in King County are not being met. This project aimed to show that the Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Tax Act (MIDD) collected within King County was ... -
Lessons on Ocean Governance through the Historic Management of Indigenous Coastal Territories: The Short Comings of Modern Maritime Legislation in the Search for an Equitable Ocean Future
(2022)The oceans cover a 70% of our planet and play a key role in environmental, economic, and cultural activities for communities around the world. However, access to ocean resources is not equitable. It is often small, minority ... -
Teacher’s Perceptions of Outdoor Experiential Education in Seattle Public Middle Schools
(2022)This study looks at the issue of Outdoor education and how teachers perceive its effectiveness in the Seattle Public School system. Outdoor education is a school activity that takes place outside school buildings but is ... -
Funding Homeless Services: COVID19 and Beyond
(2022)This research project will primarily analyze fiscal and policy changes as well as shifts in general practice occurring at Catholic Community Services of Western Washington (CCSWW) during the COVID19 pandemic, with a specific ... -
An Examination of the Infant-at-Work Program and Its Influence on Office Culture in Washington State
(2022)This research was conducted with organizations in Washington State identified as offering an Infant-at-Work program to employees. The Infant-at-Work program allows parents to bring their infant to work with them from six ... -
A Study to Determine the Impact of the Washington Public Works Broadband Program on Unserved
(2022)This capstone aims to examine the Public Works Board (PWB) Broadband financing program that has tried to correct the unserved and rural internet divide by implementing Grant/Loan programs. Data from four sources were ... -
Immigrant Mental Health and Healthcare Access: An In-Depth Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Immigrants Within a Local and Global Context
(2022)With the rise of mental health crises in concurrence with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as global catastrophes that people around the world have experienced as a result of war, climate change, and a variety of other ... -
Campus Safety in the 21st Century
(2022)This needs assessment as my capstone project serves a dual purpose, fulfilling graduation requirements for the Master of Arts in Policies Studies program, and gathering useful information for the 2022 Campus Safety Task ... -
Influences on the CIA’s Creation
(2022)At the end of World War II, the United States’ wartime intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Services, was left in a difficult position. The State Department and War Department believed that there was no need for ... -
City Hall in a Mall? A Qualitative Analysis on Incorporating Third Places within Government Spaces
(2022)We all have places we feel safe and comfortable and often frequent or suggest others visit. While this place may have a special meaning to some, it may just be considered a physical space to others. For many people in the ... -
The Digital Divide and Changing Education in Pandemic Times: A Case Study of Teacher Experiences in a Rural Town
(2023)The digital divide emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and the world woke to a reality that was once mystified amongst the writings of sci-fiction novels. Overnight, nations worldwide awakened to the digital ... -
Washington Initiative 200 (1998): How the proponents’ policy narratives supported by academic data
(2023)Washington states passed the Initiative 200 in 1998, which prohibited government from discriminating or granting preferential treatments on basis of sex, gender, color or nationality origins in public education, employment ... -
Misinformation and Its Effects on Individuals and Society from 2015 - 2023: A Mixed Methods Review Study
(2023)The historical study of misinformation has been ongoing for decades and the modern era is no exception. This paper is a systematic, mixed methods review that explores the available peer-reviewed literature on misinformation ... -
What is Initiative 135 for Social Housing and What Does it Mean for Housing in the City of Seattle? An exploration of perceptions of I-135 and what people in the City of Seattle think that the impact will be
(2023)This is a report which examines Initiative 135 for social housing and seeks to better understand what its impact will have on the City of Seattle through perceptions of others. Issues discussed within this report include ... -
Denying Community Goal-Scoring Opportunity: Examining the Relationship Between Soccer Playfield Accessibility with Geospatial and Socioeconomic Inequality for the African Diaspora in Rainier Valley
(2023)Soccer is an activity that captivates billions of people across the globe and ranks as the most-popular sport in the City of Seattle. Despite its public favor throughout the region, soccer remains a sport where opportunity ... -
Data Analysis for Detecting Intracranial Hemorrhage Using Ultrasound Tissue Pulsatility Imaging
A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a type of injury that affects how the brain functions. TBI can lead to short-term problems or more long-term severe problems including various types of intracranial hemorrhage, some of ... -
Unleashing the Power of AI: The Microsoft and OpenAI Partnership
(2023-04)Microsoft is a global preeminent technology enterprise, boasting a workforce of over 166,000 employees, and spanning operations in more than 190 countries. In the fiscal year of 2022, Microsoft's total revenue exceeded ... -
Emulated Autoencoder: A Time-Efficient Image Denoiser for Defense of Convolutional Neural Networks against Evasion Attacks
As Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) have become essential to modern applications such as image classification on social networks or self-driving vehicles, evasion attacks targeting CNNs can lead to damage for users. ... -
The Transition from K-12 to Higher Education and the Impact on Disability and Accommodations
(2022)This study addresses the barriers students with disabilities face when transitioning from K-12 to higher education in Washington State. Students receiving accommodations from the three campuses at the University of Washington ...
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