• Planning for Broadband: An Evaluation of California's High Speed Internet Infrastructure Programs 

  Miller, Ryan Gregory

  This thesis assesses the implementation of the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF), which expands broadband Internet service to high-need communities in rural California. I examine 25 successful projects funded by the ...
• How Can An Asset-Based Appreciative Inquiry Risk Assessment Model Improve FEMA's Risk MAP Process To Help Communities Become More Resilient? 

  Dixon, Maximilian

  University of Washington Abstract <bold>How An Asset-Based Appreciative Inquiry Risk Assessment Approach Could Improve The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Risk MAP Process</bold> <bold>Maximilian Dixon</bold> Chair ...
• The Built Environment, Obesity and Walking 

  Huang, Ruizhu

  This dissertation focuses on the influence of the built environment on the geographic distribution of walking behavior and the obese epidemic. Fundamentally, obesity results from energy imbalance. The study aims to help ...
• Ecosystem Services and Climate Change Planning: An Awareness-, Analysis-, Action-based Assessment of Local Planning Efforts 

  Gelino, Kristen Carole

  Climate adaptation planning is a developing field both in the United States and globally. Ecosystem-based adaptation, an emerging concept that examines the role of ecosystem services in reducing human vulnerability to ...
• Communication and Social Action: Policy Stories in the 2011 King County Metro Funding Debate 

  Mayock, Melanie

  Urban planners and public policy analysts are surrounded by heated policy debates. Knowing how to recognize and decipher the structures and techniques of persuasive communication will enable planners to construct their ...
• Sacred vernacular, a look into the storefront mosques of Seattle 

  Julio, Patricia

  Storefront mosques are a unique, emerging type of vernacular architecture that has been adapted into sacred space. A typical commercial storefront is a first-floor space facing on the street, its entrance typically flanked ...
• R-squared inference under non-normal error 

  Xu, Lei

  Assessment of the relationship between diet and health status, especially association between diet and chronic disease risk, has attracted lot of research interest in statistical and epidemiologic studies. However, due to ...
• Gravimetric Anomaly Detection using Compressed Sensing 

  Kappedal, Ryan D.

  We address the problem of identifying underground anomalies (e.g. holes) based on gravity measurements. This is a theoretically well-studied yet difficult problem. In all except a few special cases, the inverse problem has ...
• Probabilistic Population Projection for Countries with Generalized HIV/AIDS Epidemics 

  He, Yanjun

  Population projection has long been an issue for researchers, governments and international organizations so that they can monitor and plan development and resources. The United Nation Population Division (UNPD) publishes ...
• Effect of Speaking Task on Intelligibility and Naturalness in Speakers with Parkinson's Disease and Cerebellar Disease 

  Weir-Mayta, Phillip Charles

  It is well established that individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) have difficulty performing skilled movement when forced to rely on internal cues versus responses guided by external stimuli. This discrepancy has been ...
• To Use or Not to Use: Understanding Public Support for Expanded Federal Wilderness Preservation Policies 

  Wehner, JoAnne Delfino

  Using the National Survey of Recreation and the Environment (NSRE) data, a nationally representative data set collected by the United States Forest Service, this research explores how socio-demographic, cultural, and ...
• The Influence of Conditional Cash Transfers on Migration: A Re-Examination from a Gendered Lens 

  Hughes, Christina

  Past research on the influence of conditional cash transfers (CCTs)--widespread anti-poverty programs--on migration has focused on the household as a harmonious unit. Drawing on feminist critiques of the welfare state, ...
• Migration as an adaptive response to ethnic nationalism in Russia 

  O'Brien, Michelle Lynn

  In this paper, I argue that migration responses to push factors differ along ethnic lines. I examine this hypothesis using panel survey data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, census data, and regional-level ...
• Understanding strengths: Developmental Changes and Effects of Protective Factors in a Community Prevention Trial 

  Kim, Bo Kyung

  Using empirical evidence to inform social work practice is consistent with the profession's commitment to beneficence and avoiding harm. Thirty years of prevention research has produced a wealth of tested-and effective ...
• Applying Bourdieu's Conceptualization of Family Capital to our Understanding of Young Adults life outcomes: Educational Achievement and Economic Well-being 

  Waithaka, Eric N.

  University of Washington Abstract Applying Bourdieu's Conceptualization of Family Capital to our Understanding of Young Adults life outcomes: Educational Achievement and Economic Well-being Eric Ngugi Waithaka Chair of the ...
• Incarceration and the life course: Predictors, correlates, and consequences of juvenile incarceration 

  Gilman, Amanda Beth

  The United States has the highest juvenile incarceration rate of any industrialized nation in the world. Research has shown that incarceration can have many iatrogenic effects on youth as they transition to adulthood. The ...
• Patterns of Adolescent and Young Adult Sexual Behavior: Predictors & Consequences 

  Gloppen, Kari

  While risky sexual behavior can lead to negative consequences such as sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, sexual behavior also is a healthy part of human development. By understanding the social and ...
• M.A. in Hispanic Studies 

  Salvador Sanchis, Aurora

  This study analyses the influence of English in the Spanish of early bilinguals from Spain. Results show that there are different types of influences in the oral language of these early bilinguals. The most common influences ...
• Welcome to Lake Chelan! (o algo asi) 

  Arias, Abel

  Anyone can write a book about a town and represent it fairly well with basic information and details. With a little research, one is able to find some history on the town and prove its existence in the text. A few quick ...
• Incorporating cognition into models of animal movement and predator--prey interaction 

  Bracis, Chloe Ingrid

  Incorporating cognition, i.e., learning and memory, into models of animal movement is increasingly important as models seek to answer more complex questions where individuals' prior experiences shape their choices. Two ...

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