MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Susan Camp The Development of a Cartographic Data Base in Disaster Response Planning for Public Agencies Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Christopher Exline The Conversion of The Cotati Valley, California Into a Suburban Landscape Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall, Risa Palm
Donald Claspill The Changing Bay Shoreline of San Mateo County Astvaldur Eydal, Alfred Sumner, York Mandra
Eric McGuire The Cartographic Development of The Central California Coastal Region Walter Hacker, Astvaldur Eydal
Jodene Isaacs The California Rangeland Reference Area (RRA) Database: A Spatial Assessment Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Edwina Smith The California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus Beecheyi) Natural History and Control Policies with Economic and Ecological Ramifications Hans Meihoefer, Burton Gordon, James Mackey
Tiffany Meyer The Arctostaphylos Myrtifolia and Eriogonum Apricum Plant Community: Its Distribution, Abundance and Conservation Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Erika Poveda The "Greening" of Gentrification: A Case Study of the East Bay Greenway Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
Maxine Osowitt Sweden: An Example of The Political Economy of Energy Robert Picker, Rene Barendregt
Alicia Omlid Sustainable Stormwater Management: Implementing Best Management Practices in San Francisco's Pandhandle Area Jerry Davis, Jason Mark Henderson
Katherine Dicker Sustainable Scuba Diving? Exploring Conscious Underwater Impact as Influenced by Eco-Perception Courtney Donovan, Ellen Hines
Julia Wolfe Survey of Available Spaces for Urban Agriculture: Hunters Point, San Francisco Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Chris Falbo Surface Soil Erosion in Solano County, California and the Influence of Slope, Climate, and Land Use Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Christine Baird Suburban Landscapes: Tracts Built by Eichler Homes in the 1950's Nancy Wilkinson, John Westfall
John Hendricks Submarine Geography: Three Approached to Field Study Techniques in Shallow Undersea Environments Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall, Burton Gordon
Charles Brigham Structured and Dynamic Spatial Pattern of Rainfall in the City of San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Frances Murphey Steamboat Navigation of The Upper Missouri River 1832-1890: A Primary Factor in the Development and Settlement of the Northern Plains John Westfall, Richard Hough
Donald Jarrett St. Louis Union Station: Contributor to the Physical, Cultural, And Economic Development of St. Louis, Missouri Max Kirkeberg, Jean Vance
Preston Duncan Spotted Owl Territory Selection and Reproductive Success in Marin County, CA Ellen Hines, Leora Nanus, Kristen Dybala (Point Blue)
Kelly DeForest Spatiotemporal Distribution Modeling of Baleen Whales in the Santa Barbara Channel Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Jaime Jahncke (Point Blue)
Dariya Draganova Spatiotemporal Change in Housing Affordability for Single Parent Households in Davis, CA Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Jack Swallow Spatial Tactics of Social Movements Courtney Donovan, Jason Mark Henderson
Jeffrey Blumenthal Spatial Modeling of Oyster Drill Habitat Preferences in Richardson Bay, California Ellen Hines, Leora Nanus, Andy Chang
Joseph Chojnacki Spatial Correlation of reef spur and groove morphometry with ocean wave properties Jerry Davis, Ellen Hines
Caitlin Jensen Spatial and Temporal Variability in Shipping Traffic around San Francisco Bay Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jessica Redfern
Daniel Scollon Spatial Analysis of the Tidal Habitat of the Suisun Song Sparrow Roger Crawford, Jerry Davis
Loralee Konde Spatial Analysis of Successful Natural Blue Oak Regeneration, Priest Valley, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Gordon Moore Southwest San Mateo County Groundwater Investigation: A Study In Hydrologic Mapping Robert Picker, Rene Barendregt
Richard Chasey Southeast Farallon Island Seed Bank Characterization Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Tom Parker
Jennifer Jackson Sources of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wastewater, Oakland, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis, Smith
Monique Nakagawa Socioeconomic Disparities in Passenger Experiences of Public Transit Qian Guo, XiaoHang Liu
Jon Brand Smog Alfred Sumner, Lyle Gibson, York Mandra
Mary Brown Shifting Landscapes of Mobility: Reconfiguring Space in the Mission District for Automobiles Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
John Culp Shell mounds to cul-de-sacs: the cultural landscape of San Pedro Valley, Pacifica, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Katy Wilcoxen Shaping a landscape image: Geography of palm trees in San Francisco, 1850s to 1997 Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Holly Herring Serpentine's connection with safety, environmental, and health problems near Coalinga, California Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Cassa Grant Selling the City of Oz: Promoting development with green branding in San Francisco Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
John Isom Secondary Map Information, Synthesis Maps, and Cartographic Communication Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Feride Serefiddin Seasonality of solution processes in the Marble Mountains subalpine karst of northern California. Jerry Davis, Hans Meihoefer
Max Czapansky Seabird Habitat Accessibility Determined by Energetic Responses to Wind Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu
Eleanor Morgan Scorched Legacy: Wildfire Impacts on Water Quality in a Montane Valley Creek Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Eduardo Piaggio Satellite-Derived Bathymetry: Moving from empirical to non-empirical methods Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Kelsey McDonald San Pedro Creek Flood Control Project: Integrative Analysis of Natural Hazard Response Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo, Jerry Davis
Michael Chassé San Francisco's Rare Endemic Manzanitas: Prospects for Recovery Through Restoration Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Tom Parker
Kathryn Faulkner San Francisco's Public Golf Courses, 1996-2008: An Urban Regime Analysis Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Gia Grant San Francisco park bond funding: an equity mapping & analysis Jennifer Blecha, XiaoHang Liu
Celeste Birkeland Sacred Geography: Rock Sites in Northern and Central California  Barbara Holzman, Nancy Wilkinson
Michael Tripp Russian routes: Origins and Development of an Ethnic Community in San Francisco Max Kirkeberg, Burton Gordon
David Tricamo Rural Nanai of the lower Amur river : Geography of socioeconomic and cultural conditions Nancy Wilkinson, Robert Picker
Abdul-Mohsen Al-Hijji Riyadh As a Case Study of Urban Growth John Westfall, Burton Gordon
Vickie Germany Revegetation Program: Contra Costa County Flood Control And Water Conservation District Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Duncan Watry Reusing Abandoned Railroad Rights-of-Way For Rail Transit Lines in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Roger Crawford, Max Kirkeberg
Lisa Owens Viani Restoring an urban stream: Baxter Creek case study. Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Therese Valiant Resource Management on Native American Lands in Alaska Roger Crawford, Robert Picker, , Debbie Leveen
Susan Stropes Reserve Capacity in a Public Transportation System: Case Study of Golden Gate Transit Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Jim Pettigrew Removal and Nutrient Analysis of Invasive Green Crabs in Tomales Bay, California Ellen Hines, Andrew Oliphant
Logan Hansen Remotely sensing the effects of managed wildfire programs on Sierra Nevada meadows Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Philip Lynch Remote Sensing: Classifying Urban Land Use Types with Satellite Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines
Logan Wenzler Remote Sensing and Computer Vision Algorithms at Scale: Defense and Humanitarian Uses Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Justin Witt Regulatory and Geographical Wastewater Disposal Constraints, Sonoma County Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Richard Cathcart Regional Planning in The Strand Area of the Monterey Bay Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Karen Noll Regional Identity in California Nancy Wilkinson, Larry Foster
Kevin Mackay Regional conversation planning for San Francisco Bay Salt Marshes: A biogeographical approach Barbara Holzman, Roger Crawford
Lou Sian Redwood Creek Restoration at Muir Beach: Findings for Interpretation Nancy Wilkinson, Barbara Holzman
Elizabeth Proctor Reducing Variation in Georeferenced Locality Descriptions Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman
Ann Dolmage Recycled Water Use in San Benito County Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Gary Gunther Rapid Population Growth: A Study of In-Migration; Walnut Creek, California John Westfall, Roger Crawford
Nancy Clark Ranchland Parcelization: A Profile of Land-Use Yuba County, California. 1895-1995 Barbara Holzman
Andy Murillo Queer Gender & Bicycling in Santa Cruz, CA Courtney Donovan, Jason Mark Henderson
Sadie Waddington Quantitative Study of Sediment Accumulation Due to Mangrove Removal at Turneffe Atoll, Belize Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Elise Granek
Julia Griswold Qualifying the Effects of the Built Environment on Pedestrian Activity in San Francisco XiaoHang Liu, Jason Mark Henderson
Marshall Kunze Pure, Plentiful, Perpetual? The Edwards Aquifer: Conflict and Sustainability Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Rachel Cunningham Public Perceptions of Levees and Risk: A Natomas, Sacramento, California Case Study Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Michael Stevens Public Participation in the Identification of Forest Service Planning Issues Hans Meihoefer, Rene Barendregt
Alan Wiig Producing Heritage: Presentations of the Gold Rush in Columbia, California Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Robert Earle Process and Pattern in The Designation of Natural Areas Roger Crawford, Georg Treichel
Naama Brenner Preparedness Measures of Wineries Before & After the South Napa Earthquake Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Anna Studwell Predicting Nonresident Seabird Foraging Habitat to Inform Conservation Planning Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jaime Jahncke
Jon Bauer Potemkin Creek: I Can't Believe It's Not Nature Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo, Jerry Davis
Lejane Kwan Post-Pandemic San Francisco CBD: A Spatiotemporal Analysis on Pedestrian and Consumer Patterns XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Karen Folger Post-fire succession in the Inverness Ridge Bishop Pine Forest, Point Reyes National Seashore Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Paul Pribor Post-Fire Succession in Bishop Pine Forest at Point Reyes National Seashore, California (1995-2001) Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Brian Harvey Post-Fire Succession and Stand Dynamics in a Pinus muricata (Bishop pine) Forest, Point Reyes National Seashore (1995-2009) Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Kimra McAfee Post-Audit of New Melones Dam, Central Valley Project, Stanislaus River, California Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
Joseph Issel Pool Spacing in San Gregorio Creek, California Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Hilary Finck Plastic Bag Legislation in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Diffusion of Innovation Study Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Katherine Hirzel Plant use among the Maroons of Accompong, Jamaica: A key to structural survival John Westfall, Larry Foster
Juan Ochoa Plant Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farms' Margins in Yolo County, California Barbara Holzman, Hans Meihoefer
Eliza Bailey Personal Narratives: Discovering San Francisco's Changing Spaces for Queer Women Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
John Jordan Perception of The Delta Flood Hazard Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Carole Abrew Patterns and process of change in Oakland, California Jean Vance, Robert Picker
Stefanie Egan Participatory GIS for Biosphere Reserve Designation, Turneffe Atoll, Belize: Lessons Learned Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman
Nadine Golden Organic Farms as Nodes of Wildlife Corridors, Fresno County, California Hans Meihoefer, Barbara Holzman
Jill Miller Opportunities for Bat Interpretation in the SF Bay Area's State Parks Nancy Wilkinson, Jennifer Blecha
Edward Stearns Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): The Outlook For an Alternate Energy Source Hans Meihoefer, Erwin Seibel
Allison Nygaard Observing the Outcomes of a Place-Based Environmental Education Program Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Owen Parker Object‐based Segmentation and Machine Learning Classification for Landslide Detection from Multi‐temporal WorldView‐2 Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Jason Sherba Object-based Classification of Abandoned Logging Roads Under Heavy Canopy Using LiDAR Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Elias Waggoner Normalized cuts for single tree isolation from LiDAR Ellen Hines, Leonhard Blesius, Bill Kruse
Stuart Chaitkin Network Development and Analysis: A Review and Critique of a Phase in the Travel Modeling Process Used by the Metropolitian Transportation Commission Roger Crawford, Jean Vance