MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Clarissa Maciel Impact of farming practices on soil greenhouse gas emissions Andrew Oliphant, Jennifer Blecha, Leonhard Blesius
Reese Hann Impact of the Built Environment on Microclimate in San Jose, California Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
George Small Impact of the Development of Marin County on Traffic Congestion Points Along the U.S. 101 Corridor Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Misty McKinney Impacts of Illegal Dumping in East Palo Alto: An Environmental Justice Analysis Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
Siobhan Lavender Impacts of living roofs on urban climate in San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius
James Campbell In harm's way : urban development in a deep floodplain Sacramento County, California Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Pamela van der Leeden In Situ Validation of Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Measurements in a Northern California Upwelling Area Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius, John Largier
Reece Golz Incident Rates of Acute Appendicitis in Washington State: A Geographic Analysis Courtney Donovan, XiaoHang Liu
Becky Quinlan Individual Response to Flooding in the Trinity River Basin, Texas Nancy Wilkinson, Edna Wangui
Inner-City Neighborhoods in Transition: The Morphogenesis of San Francisco's Ethnic and Nonconformist Communities
Deborah Dwyer Integrating GIS and GPS to Manage Natural Resources in Local Environments: San Francisco Natural Areas Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Zetta Wells-Reicker Integrating Theory and Community Food System Assessments: A San Francisco Case Study XiaoHang Liu, Qian Guo, Ona
Ruth Askevold Interpreting Historical Maps to Reconstruct Past Landscapes in the Santa Clara Valley Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis, Robin Grossinger
Charlotte Ely Investigating Parcel Changes to Understand Historic Land Use in a Southwestern Watershed Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Jessica Solis Investigating the impact of wildfire disturbance and microclimate on carbon and water fluxes in a coastal fog-influenced grassland ecosystem Sara Baguskas, Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Jolene Bertetto Investigating the role of vegetation on midafternoon microclimates in a residential courtyard Andrew Oliphant, Leora Nanus
Patrick Ehhalt Investigating Variability in CO2 Fluxes in Urban Gardens, Oakland CA Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Christa Meier Investigation of the carbon dioxide exchange over a living roof in San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Darren Blackburn Investigations of Carbon and Water Fluxes in a Sierra Nevada Meadow Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Garrett Bradford Investigations of surface roughness length modification in Black Rock City, Nevada Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius
Stephanie Cowles Investigations of the Park Cool Island Effect of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Diane Livia Involvement of Environmental Organizations in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Planning Process Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Mary Imandt Kaplan’s Informational Factory ‘Mystery’ Along Presidio of San Francisco Trails Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Michael Crabtree Land Use Change: Alternative Outcomes to Citizen Group Participation in the Planning Process, Coastal San Mateo County, 1977-1987
Wade Stevenson Land Use Policies Associated with Scenic Highways in California Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Norma Lincoln Land Use Studies on Foot: A Geography of San Mateo County, California Hans Meihoefer, Max Kirkeberg
Ty Liles Land-Use History of The Pescadero Creek Watershed, San Mateo County, California 1848-1990 John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Peter Stromberg Landslide Problems Related to Housing Development in Central California Walter Hacker, Astvaldur Eydal
James Williamson Landslide Susceptibility Near Tomales Bay, California John Westfall, David Mustart
Ryan Bey Large Woody Material Assessment for Salmon Restoration in Mill Creek Watershed, Sonoma County, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Robert Dull Late Holocene Paleoecology and Historic Grazing Impacts, Southern Sierra Nevada, California Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman, Roger Byrne
Carole Garcia Lessons Learned: Effective Mitigation for Large Dams in SE Asia. Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Kate Anderson Lines Through Time: A Historical Analysis of Property Boundaries in San Francisco, 1850-1931 Barbara Holzman, XiaoHang Liu
Kimberly Durandet Live/Work Loft Development in San Francisco: A Case Study of Gentrification and Urban Regimes Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Shawn Heiser Living on the Edge: Environmental History at Mussel Rock, Daly City, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Kristina Perry Local Agriculture and Farmers’ Market Salad Bars in Berkeley’s Public Schools Hans Meihoefer, Nancy Wilkinson
David Toy Local Decision Factors in Implementing Municipal Food Scrap Collection Programs in California XiaoHang Liu, Jennifer Blecha
Mark Weisman Locating and Planning For Routes to Better Serve Transit Dependent Populations: A Case Study of San Francisco Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
John Roberto Locational Analysis of Condominium Development in Marin County, California Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
David Freitag Lost in the Fog: An Environmental History of Lake Merced Barbara Holzman, Max Kirkeberg
Jessica Woodard Mainstreaming Sustainable Landscapes in the East Bay Municipal Utility District Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Robert Fredericks Man and The Land at Clear Lake Walter Olson, Astvaldur Eydal
Mindy Richter Management of California's Marine Resources , Steven Pease, , Georg Treichel
Andrew Maxwell Mapping and Habitat Analysis of the California Endemic Tree, Torreya Californica, in Marin County Jerry Davis, Tom Parker, Georg Treichel
Tom Robinson Mapping Ecologically Functional Riparian Corridors Using LiDAR and Hydrologic Landscape Analysis Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Catherine Huybrechts Mapping Egeria densa using satellite imagery and a computer-assisted algorithm Patricia Foschi, Ellen Hines, Cindy Schmidt
Ellen McElhinny Mapping Ethnic Change in North Beach Since 1940 Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Ruth MacKay-Shea Mapping Vegetation for Biodiversity Analysis Using Integrated Remote Sensing/ GIS Methodogy: Woodside California Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis
Glenna Anton Material and Cultural Impediments to Cooperation over Water Resources in Israel-Palestine Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Dara OBeirne Measuring the Urban Forest: Comparing LiDAR derived tree heights to field measurements Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Deseret Weeks Mercury in the Cache Creek Watershed – Spatial Analysis, Ecosystem Services Impacts and SES Framework Implementation Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis, Jason Gurdak
Susan Fandel Methane Gas Recovery From Landfill in the San Francisco Bay Area Hans Meihoefer, John Huttman
Anna Davenport Modeling Geomorphic Effects on Eelgrass Before and After Restoration, Nisqually Delta, Washington Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Judy Lee Modeling Population Distribution in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing Information: A Spatial Metrics Method XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Kassim Visram Modeling Property Values in a Railway Right-Of-Way Using Dynamic Segmentation Jerry Davis, John Westfall
Joe Ahrenholtz Modeling the Effects of Density Zoning on Racial/Ethnic Clustering in Oakland Jerry Davis, XiaoHang Liu
Lloyd Burton Modification of Attitudes Toward the Natural Environment Among High School Students Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker
Michelle Slocombe Morphology of Small, Discontinuous Montane Meadow Streams in the Sierra Nevada Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Carla White Mortality Distribution in San Francisco Max Kirkeberg, Hans Meihoefer, Robert Picker
William Oliver Motor Vehicle Emission Inventory Components Important to the Emission Estimation Process , Steven Pease, , Richard Thoman
Richard Avey Mound Microrelief: A Case Study of the Santa Cruz area, California Burton Gordon, Walter Olson
Christina Grosso Mountain Lake: its function and compatibility as a recreational area and native habitat Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Charles Brandt Bates Multi-temporal DEM and Land Use Analysis for Determining Gully Formation Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Elspeth Keller Napa and its River Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Rich Hentschel Native Americans and Water: The Impact of Federal Projects Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Bernard Taylor Natural Conditions Influencing the Location of Citrus Groves in Western Stanislaus County, California Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker
Thomas Price Negro Storefront Churches in San Francisco: A Study of Their Spatial Characteristics in Two Selected Neighborhoods Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker, Jean Vance
Lydia Hajdu Neighborhood Pattern And Intraurban Voting Behavior in San Francisco Roger Crawford, John Westfall
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
Elias Waggoner Normalized cuts for single tree isolation from LiDAR Ellen Hines, Leonhard Blesius, Bill Kruse
Jason Sherba Object-based Classification of Abandoned Logging Roads Under Heavy Canopy Using LiDAR Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Owen Parker Object‐based Segmentation and Machine Learning Classification for Landslide Detection from Multi‐temporal WorldView‐2 Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Allison Nygaard Observing the Outcomes of a Place-Based Environmental Education Program Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Edward Stearns Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): The Outlook For an Alternate Energy Source Hans Meihoefer, Erwin Seibel
Jill Miller Opportunities for Bat Interpretation in the SF Bay Area's State Parks Nancy Wilkinson, Jennifer Blecha
Nadine Golden Organic Farms as Nodes of Wildlife Corridors, Fresno County, California Hans Meihoefer, Barbara Holzman
Stefanie Egan Participatory GIS for Biosphere Reserve Designation, Turneffe Atoll, Belize: Lessons Learned Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman
Carole Abrew Patterns and process of change in Oakland, California Jean Vance, Robert Picker
John Jordan Perception of The Delta Flood Hazard Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Eliza Bailey Personal Narratives: Discovering San Francisco's Changing Spaces for Queer Women Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Juan Ochoa Plant Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farms' Margins in Yolo County, California Barbara Holzman, Hans Meihoefer
Katherine Hirzel Plant use among the Maroons of Accompong, Jamaica: A key to structural survival John Westfall, Larry Foster
Hilary Finck Plastic Bag Legislation in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Diffusion of Innovation Study Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Joseph Issel Pool Spacing in San Gregorio Creek, California Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Kimra McAfee Post-Audit of New Melones Dam, Central Valley Project, Stanislaus River, California Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
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
Paul Pribor Post-Fire Succession in Bishop Pine Forest at Point Reyes National Seashore, California (1995-2001) Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Karen Folger Post-fire succession in the Inverness Ridge Bishop Pine Forest, Point Reyes National Seashore Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Lejane Kwan Post-Pandemic San Francisco CBD: A Spatiotemporal Analysis on Pedestrian and Consumer Patterns XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Jon Bauer Potemkin Creek: I Can't Believe It's Not Nature Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo, Jerry Davis
Anna Studwell Predicting Nonresident Seabird Foraging Habitat to Inform Conservation Planning Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jaime Jahncke
Naama Brenner Preparedness Measures of Wineries Before & After the South Napa Earthquake Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Robert Earle Process and Pattern in The Designation of Natural Areas Roger Crawford, Georg Treichel
Alan Wiig Producing Heritage: Presentations of the Gold Rush in Columbia, California Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Michael Stevens Public Participation in the Identification of Forest Service Planning Issues Hans Meihoefer, Rene Barendregt
Rachel Cunningham Public Perceptions of Levees and Risk: A Natomas, Sacramento, California Case Study Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Marshall Kunze Pure, Plentiful, Perpetual? The Edwards Aquifer: Conflict and Sustainability Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Julia Griswold Qualifying the Effects of the Built Environment on Pedestrian Activity in San Francisco XiaoHang Liu, Jason Mark Henderson
Sadie Waddington Quantitative Study of Sediment Accumulation Due to Mangrove Removal at Turneffe Atoll, Belize Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Elise Granek
Andy Murillo Queer Gender & Bicycling in Santa Cruz, CA Courtney Donovan, Jason Mark Henderson