Content Posted in 2026
A Case Against Pragmatic Encroachment, Mahali Kuzyk
Achieving vibrant a cappella worship: a descriptive study of key takeaways of worship leaders graduating from the worship leader institute, Christopher Armstead
A Complete Deep-Learning System for Removing Clouds from the Aurora Borealis, Jason Press, Fabien Scalzo, and Gerard Fasel
Across Borders: Eurocentrism and Exclusionary Transnational Media of Reality TV, Briana M. Arias
Acute and Chronic Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Weightlifting Performance in Healthy Resistance-Trained Men, Rylee M. Perlmutter, Ryan Tran, Sydney N. Brennan, Justin M. Foster, Trevor J. Molnar, Kyle S. Geppert, Logan J. Dore, Henry C. Nafzger, Layla A. Busquets, Michael Egiazarian, Christopher B. Sottile, Renee M. Skiera, Mikayla A. Yue, Andrew M. Tadros, Abigail F. Ballhagen, Graciela K. Simpson, Adam Pennell, and Rachel Tan
Acute Nitrate Ingestion on Blood Pressure and Lower Body Power in Healthy Females, Sydney N. Brennan, Ryan Tran, Logan J. Dore, Henry C. Nafzger, Justin M. Foster, Kyle S. Geppert, Trevor J. Molnar, Renee M. Skiera, Rylee M. Perlmutter, Mikayla A. Yue, Michael Egiazarian, Christopher B. Sottile, Graciela K. Simpson, Layla A. Busquets, Abigial F. Ballhagen, Adam Pennell, and Rachel Tan
African American Vernacular English: a qualitative study on its use in American foreign language classrooms, Rickkay L. T. King
All for one and one for all: one market-oriented culture, four CEO leadership styles, Chris Linden Brown
An Alternative Sacrifice: Religious Arbitration Agreements in Ministerial Employment Contracts, Grace E. Brandt
An exploration of compassion fatigue in organization development practitioners, Ciara Henschke
A phenomenological study of the experiences and leadership perspectives of women who have been candidates for elected political office, Angela M. Fentiman
Approximating Prudence: Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice, Andrew Yuengert
A practical theology of change: community-centered leadership for congregational transformation in evolving contexts, Kevin W. VanHook II
Are We Ignorant or Ignoring?: Abortion in the United States in a Post-Dobbs World, Sadie Krotonsky
Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy, Robert E. Williams and Paul R. Viotti
Associations between the human breast microbiome and immune genes in breast cancer, Luke Pontoriero and Joan Argwings-Kodhek
Autocratic Legacies: Analyzing the Political Divergence of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, Kolea Suehiro
Ayahuasca and Religious Freedom, Andrew C. Michaels
Best educational practices for supporting English learners during remote learning, Dimitrina S. Gotzeva
Best practices of Vietnamese Catholic priests leading Vietnamese community parishes in Orange diocese, Phuc Viet Nguyen
Between Crisis and Cooperation: Understanding Global Responses to Climate Migration, Raquel L. Casillas
Blessed is anyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God: reading the Lukan meal-scenes as proleptic messianic banquets signaling the dawn of the end of exile, Brian Spencer Kelly
Bride Kidnapping and Soft Authoritarianism in Kyrgyzstan, Miriam Vacek
Christian College’s Effects on Students’ Religiosity and Political Beliefs, Landyn Phillips, Mary Papillion, and Rebecca Y. Kim
Class: Blessings of the New Life, Jerry Rushford
Class: I Just Want to be a Christian, Rubel Shelly
Climate-Driven Redistribution of Tuna and Its Implications for Cooperation and Conflict in the Western and Central Pacific, Nate Folkerts
Communication Strategies for Healthcare: Single-Use to Reuse in the Circular Economy, Lael M. Soqui and Sarah Fischbach
Compliments, Onyeka Nwanze
Compliments, Lexi Lee
Compliments, Emily Ahmed
Corporate Governance as Bloodsport, Jeremy Kidd and George A. Mocsary
Counting Hamiltonian Cycles in Quartic Circulant Graphs, Allison Hilliard
Creation-Disruption Theory: how innovators create and disrupt markets in the era of AI and beyond, Jukka Alanen
CRISPRa-Mediated Activation Reveals Proliferation Dynamics in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Cells, Jessalyn Chen, Catherine Nguyen, Chloe Nacorra-Scruggs, and Antonio Gomez
Critical Encounters: A Pedagogical Model for Reimagining Great Books and Film, Social Justice, and Theory for the Writing Portfolio, Amber Alleyne, Kendall Bear, Jerica Covell, Hannah Duffee, Sadie Lovett, and Micaiah Moore
Critical Feminist Justpeace: Grounding Theory in Grassroots Praxis, Karie Cross Riddle
Current trends in assessment training at clinical psychology doctoral programs, Darcy Perrin Darrell
Disaster as Discipline: The Deepening of Sustainable Cooperation in the European Union, Kyla K. Randle
Dispute Review Boards and the Construction Industry: The Song Remains the Same—Or Does It?, Daniel McMillan
Dramaturgical Research on Studs Terkel's “The Good War”, Emma K. McAngus
Dual Mechanisms of External Pressure: The Impact of Sanctions and Aid on State Capacity in Iraq and Jordan, Emily P. White
Effects of Acute and Multi-Day Beetroot Juice Supplementation on Power and Velocity During Resistance Exercise in NCAA Division I Baseball Position Players, Mikayla A. Yue, Layla A. Busquets, Justin M. Foster, Trevor J. Molnar, Ryan Tran, Raymond T. Gerardo, Sydney N. Brennan, Michael Egiazarian, Christopher B. Sottile, Kyle S. Geppert, Abigail F. Ballhagen, Stewart D. Gonzalez, Adam Pennell, and Rachel Tan
Efficacy of GLP-1 and GIP/GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on the Body Weight Management of Obesity, Paige D. Timbrook
Emergent leadership: a study of Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora leaders, Bethel Zelalem
Evaluating Brief Intervention Effectiveness on Sexual Assault Stigma and Empathy Considering Culture of Honor, Hannora Race, Dr. Elizabeth Mancuso, and Randy Corpuz Ph.D.
Evaluating ELISA-based Domoic Acid Detection Methods in Fetal and Maternal Samples of California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus), Deanie Woodruff, Emily Lickiss, Samuel Gardiner, Mia Gastile, Elizabeth Sandoval, and Florybeth La Valle
Evaluating the impact of environmental factors on amphibian abundance and reproductive output in the Santa Monica Mountains, Allison G. Lincicome, Nathanael Dardano, Andrew Beggs, Hailey Manela, Annie Markarian, Tiffany Cho, Dayo Lee, George Summers, Andrew Fukunaga, and Sarah Wenner
Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change, Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas
Exogenous Intervention, Endogenous Repercussions: State Legitimacy in Iraq, Panama, and Venezuela, Kolea Suehiro
Exploratory study of selected paintings of Jesus Christ, Sarah O'Brien Laverone
Father of the Bride: Shakespeare's Daughter Issues Played Out, Allison G. Lincicome
Faulty Premises Faulty Policies, Gary M. Galles
Fighting Yesterday's War? Rethinking the U.S. Response to China's Clean Energy Monopoly, Yuan Gao
Findings from the 2025 Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey, Kayleigh Hall
Finding the Major Questions Doctrine, Chad Squitieri
Fracture Analysis of Fluid Filled Glass Tubes, Don M. Davis, Jacqueline Wilson, Nicole Jensen, and Mary K. Holden
From Food Aid to Food Security to Food Sovereignty? The Fragile Transition in Ethiopia’s PSNP, 2020-2026, Tsion K. Gerbaba
From Reliance to Resiliency: How Refugee Camps are Pioneering in Sustainable Development despite Political Barriers, Abigail L. Rader
From silos to synergy: a multi-case study of the enablers and inhibitors of successful post-acquisition technology platform integration, Nasario Mejia
Gender and Political Violence: Women Changing the Politics of Terrorism, Candice D. Ortbals and Lori Poloni-Staudinger
Global Export Hubs: How Port Creation and Use Effects Estuarine Habitats, Grace A. Bidewell
Global Textile Waste Demands International Regulation, Sasha A. Bins
Green Synthesis of Catechol Probe via Amide Coupling Reaction, Vera Syers and P. Matthew Joyner
Harmonistic Fatigue in Tatian's Diatessaron, Elizabeth Stansberry and Nicholas Zola
Hiding Elephants in Mouseholes: Judicial (Mis)Application of the Federal Arbitration Act to Attorney-Client Arbitration Agreements, Gregory L. Smith
Historic Shrouds: A New Voice for Shakespearean Women, Ashleigh E. Weinstock
Hot Cities, Cool Lizards: Do College Campuses Create Urban Oases for Wildlife?, Ethan Heck and Javier Monzon Phd
Hotels as Placemakers in Downtown Los Angeles, 1890-1950, Chrissie Alea Rensing and Megan Kendrick
How does organization growth affect the organization’s culture, Megan Howe
How To Effectively Trap Invasive Crayfish: A Discrete Life Stage Mathematical Model, Rini Pattison
How to encourage consumers’ adoption of clean energy? The interplay of framing, loss aversion, and the unexpected role of socioeconomic status., Bradley A. Gray
Identification of Covalent Catechin Adducts of Enoyl-ACP Reductase (FabI) from E. coli using Mass Spectrometry, Francisco G. Atwi, P. M. Joyner, and Rustin Ghidari
Identification of diagnostic fragments of S-nitrosohemoglobin using native top-down mass spectrometry, Tiffany Cho, P. Matthew Joyner, Andrew Goring, and Joseph A. Loo
Identifying Nutrition Knowledge Gaps and Intervention Methods Among Collegiate Athletes, Kelly S. Prunzik
Innovative approaches to a more sustainable global supply chain: a phenomenological study in the footwear industry, Nichole Dwyer
Institutional Memory: Archiving the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Saskia Jager and Kyra Hatton
Integrating Accessible Artistry with Climate Advocacy at Pepperdine University, Grace A. Bidewell
Ion-exchange HPLC coupled with inverse-UV detection and solid-phase extraction for inorganic anion and cation analysis in groundwater, juices, and sports beverages, Juliana R. Carrillo and David B. Green
Jealously Guarded: The Right to Trial by Jury in Federal Court Under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, Denis Bogatin
Landscape, Addie Austin
Landscape, Grace Tian
Landscape, Alice Skilbeck
Landscape, Alex Haddad
Landscape, Kennedy Breaux
Landscape, Natalie Baldwin
Landscape, Vivian Vallely
Landscape, Breanna Patterson
Landscape, Grace Tian
Landscape, Clay Shin
Landscape, Charlie Chen
Landscape, Hailley Finker
Landscape, Bridget Ayers
Language is Power: French Cultural Preservation & Political Influence in the EU, Chloe Weller
Let's Do Dates: A Bomb Calorimetric Research Project Between Physical Chemistry and Nutritional Science Students, Isaiah Chung, Cosima Schemmel, Jennifer McMahon, Susan Helm, and Jane Ganske
Life and Experiences of T.Q. Martin, Thacker Quesenberry Martin
Love and Hate, Unity and Division: The Evolution of Relations Between China and Taiwan Over the Past Thirty Years, Zheheng (Rooney) Kang
Luxembourg as an Immigration Success Story: the Grand Duchy in pan-European Perspective, Joel S. Fetzer
Mentorship: the impact on defining identity for women veterans after the military, Brenda V. Lemas
Mister President & May it Please the Executive: Causal Barriers to Court-Packing, Mason Smith
Modeling Epidemics with Noncompliance: A Discrete-Time Mean-Field Approach, Christina Duron, Sydney Amlicke, Rylie DiLellio, and Reagan Wexelman
Naked, Well-Lit, and Afraid: Why do States Regulate Pornography in the US?, Mary Papillion
Navigating Crisis: The European Union’s Energy and Climate Policy after the Russia-Ukraine War, Keira L. Eichelkraut
Off the Gridiron Conflict: Why the NFL Should Use Mediation to Resolve Internal Disputes, Bryan Weitzman
Open Borders and International Migration Policy: the Effects of Unrestricted Immigration in the United States, France, and Ireland, Joel S. Fetzer
Patriotism, Philia, and Stereotyping During World War II: Correspondence Between Black Composers, Selise Phillips and Joi Carr
Penguins, Petrols, and Pollution: Regulating Tourism in Antarctica, Maren Rasmussen
Pepperdine Landscape, Gwen Gao
Pepperdine Landscape, Jennifer Velazquez
Pepperdine Landscape, Haddasah Byamukama
Pepperdine Landscape, Grace Tian
Pepperdine Landscape, Preston Gelfuso
Performing Arts Session, Performing Arts Session
Pilot Study: Consistency Matters: Session Frequency and Body Weight Loss Outcomes in Outpatient Nutrition Care, Christopher D. Boss
Power of perception: effects of an “Indulgent” mindset on ghrelin levels in women, Emma Monte, Ethan Chau, Madison Retzloff, Johann Luna, Riva Rainer, Anika Madan, and Sarah Simon
Power & Paralysis, Saskia Jager
Program: 2026 Featured Lecture, "Ancient Faith Meets Modern Science: Following Christ in Today’s Debates", Deborah Haarsma
Protection vs. Progression: A Macroeconomic Approach to Military Expenditure Direct Effects on Social Outcomes Using IHDI Measures, Connor Graham
Psychotherapy and changes in adult attachment: a systematic review, Meghan Kussman
Purpose-driven curriculum for 9th-12th grades for adulthood careers & life gratification, Destiny Krystle Chioma Nnadozie
Racial Identities and Economic Alliances : A Study of Brazil, Argentina and BRICS, Delaney A. Dickey
Recording: Ancient Faith meets Modern Science, Following Christ in Today's Debates, Deborah Haarsma
Recruitment of Armed Organizations, Milena I. Velez
Reflection & reciprocity: the role of community in the career decision-making processes of indigenous & non-indigenous college students, Amanda M. Langhorst
Regime Change in Iran, Evan T. Connolly
Remove the invisibility cloak - let's get women promoted!, Nina Echeverría Brown
Rethinking Borders: The Role of Eurocentric Casting and Gender Roles in the Globalization of Latinidad on Reality TV, Mateo Emilio Roldan and Roshawnda A. Derrick PhD
Rewriting the climb: how Black women leaders illuminate the gaps in organizational advancement efforts, Leslie Williams
Rock Painting is Related to a Reduction in Anxiety among Undergraduates, Hope J. Wu and Katherine E. Raymond
Seeking Security in an Insecure World, Dan Caldwell and Robert E. Williams
Self-compassion and leadership effectiveness at work, Janette Muñoz
Sense of Social Belonging, Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help, and Psychological Distress Among Sexual and Gender Minority Students at Christian Colleges and Universities, Alethia Winley, Elizabeth Mancuso, and Steve Rouse
She was ready for change, ready to lead, but America wasn’t A qualitative analysis of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 and 2016 Presidential Primary Campaigns, Rochelle Williams
She works hard for the money: Black women entrepreneurs, business networks, and entrepreneurial success, DeJuan Erica Price
Standing in the Shadows: Member Anonymity in Associational Standing Cases, Mitchell Brost
Statistical Inference Is Not Moral Reasoning: The Case Against AI on Hospital Ethics Boards, Elan J. Haronian
Still Life, Jennifer Velazquez
Still Life, Grace Tian
Still Life, Adri Sahakian
Stitching Up Industry Issues: Arbitration Can Offer Customized Solutions to Fashion Intellectual Property Disputes, Catherine Meng
Submarine Groundwater Discharge as a Potential Driver of Bacterial Microbiome Shifts in Nearshore Coral Reef Ecosystems at Black Point, Maunalua Bay, Oahu, Francesca Rasi, Niyam Reddy, Emily Mendoza, Jayla Burson, and Florybeth La Valle
Supplement, Not Replacement: Investigating LLMs as Tools in the Creative Writing Process, Jace E. Evans
Survey of Econ 2: Student Edition, Robert L. Sexton
Table of Contents & Masthead, Mitchell Brost
Table of Contents & Masthead, Grace E. Brandt
Table of Contents & Masthead, Mitchell Brost
Terrorism and Violent Conflict: Women's Agency, Leadership, and Responses, Lori Poloni-Staudinger and Candice D. Ortbals
Test-Retest Reliability of Commercial Timing Gates (DASHR and Sport React) to Measure Neuromotor and Running Performance and Agility, Kyle S. Geppert, Renee M. Skiera, Caitlin O'Keeffe, Adam Pennell, and Rachel Tan
Test-Retest Reliability of Functional Performance Tasks under Slosh Pipe Loading, Shan Brinton, Jack Jatalbachian, James Knox, Sebastien Champion, Jacob Galloway, Carly McQueen, Elizabeth Mezhlumyan, Ruizhe Li, and Adam Pennell
The Apostle of Peace: The Radical Mind of Leonard Read, Leonard E. Read and Gary Galles
The Dangers of Social Media in Political Theory, Eden M. Shimanek
The effects of exposure to war & attachment disruption on children of war leading to negative mental health outcomes, Chantal Daley
The impact of decision-making autonomy, sense of shared identity, and communications strategy on resource retention post-merger and acquisition, Randeep Rajwant Kaur
The impacts and challenges of international nuclear cooperation, Brannen Yoo
The Importance of a Party: Political Parties in Mali and the Fall of Democracy, Lorien Ayabe
The “Indulgent Mindset” and Its Influence on Cardiometabolic Biomarkers Within Adult Women, Anika Madan, Riva Rainier, Sarah G. Simon, Ethan D. Chau, Emma Monte, Madison Retzloff, Johann Luna, and Susan E. Helm PhD
The Ministerial Exception and Defamation: Navigating Churches’ Autonomy and Their Communications, Zachary Runge
The moderating role of sadism and psychopathy in the relationship between stress and malevolent creativity, Kaitlin A. Dixon, Dr. Elizabeth Mancuso, and Dr. Janet Trammell
The Power to Declare Peace, Michael Stokes Paulsen
The Regulatory Framework for Crowdsourced Online Dispute Resolution: Revisiting the Dispute Resolution Triangle, Yun Zhao and Zhiming Xiao
The Role of Political Orientation in the Relationship between Masculinity Threat and Pain, Bethany Kronlund, Randy Corpuz Ph.D., and Dr. Elizabeth Mancuso
The Role of Religiosity in Moderating the Relationship Between Social Media-Induced Upward Social Comparison and State Self-Esteem, Cade Matthias Swearingen, Cindy Miller-Perrin, and Elizabeth Mancuso
The Role of the "Indulgent Mindset" as a Modulator for Neuropsychiatric Biomarkers and Self-Reported Mental Wellbeing, Riva Ranier, Anika Anika, Sarah Simon, Ethan Chau, Emma Monte, Madison Retzloff, Johann Luna, and Susan Helm
The Royal and Divine Garden: Cherubim and Vegetation Imagery in Solomon’s Temple and the Ancient Near East, Jack W. Sulewski
The Secret of Smerdyakov, Abigail M. Munzar
The Susceptibility Matrix of Nuclear Matter, Christopher Grace and Christopher Plumberg
The Tribal Energy Act: A Necessary Step Toward the Electrification of the Navajo Nation, Carington Lowe and Michael Hamersky
Tipping Points in Crayfish Management: Exploring Population Dynamics with the Bifurcations Activity in Slopes, Evan Inrig and Benjamin Lucas
Tools of Legitimacy: Understanding the relationship between Non-state Armed Groups and International Humanitarian Law, Faith M. Talbott
Understanding the mentorship experiences of underrepresented minority STEM leaders, Elias Saade
Untitled, Onyeka Nwanze
Untitled, Lexi Lee
Using Artificial Intelligence to Expedite The Research Process, Saskia Jager and Alexander Huang
Validation of a CRISPR-engineered NHIP knockout neural cellular model via Nanopore Sequencing, Rustin Ghidari, Derek Arias, Ryan Hosseini, Kyle Gleason, and J. Antonio Gomez
What the Life of Marguerite Guedry Can Teach Us about Choosing Community in 18th-Century Acadia and Mi’kma’ki, Jacqueline Justiss and Nicole Gilhuis
Where the Ice Plant Reaches: Mapping Biodiversity Shifts Along Distance Gradients from Carpobrotus edulis, Leon Hong, Patrick Thomas, Steven Kim, and Florybeth La Valle
Who Will Crack the Ice: The Struggle for Antarctic Treaty System Endurance, Maren Rasmussen