MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Biniam Mengisteab Artisinal gold mining activities and forest loss in upper Mazaruni Territory, Guyana, between 1986 and 2013 Leonhard Blesius, XiaoHang Liu, Logan Hennessy
Stephanie Auer Climate Change Exposure Across The Mountain Goat Range: Metrics for Vulnerability Assessment Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines
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
Jill Miller Opportunities for Bat Interpretation in the SF Bay Area's State Parks Nancy Wilkinson, Jennifer Blecha
Genevieve Munsey Geomorphology at the confluence of stream restoration and flood control Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Peter Christian Using Low Cost UAS and Consumer Grade Cameras for Environmental Science Research Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Samuel Oakley Estimating Ladder Fuels In A Mixed-Oak Forest Using LiDAR Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Joseph Issel Pool Spacing in San Gregorio Creek, California Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Naama Brenner The sustainability movement in the California wine industry Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Timothé Vincent Habitat Use of Finless Porpoises in Hong Kong Ellen Hines, Qian Guo, Samuel Hung
Michael Chassé San Francisco's Rare Endemic Manzanitas: Prospects for Recovery Through Restoration Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Tom Parker
Ryan Bey Large Woody Material Assessment for Salmon Restoration in Mill Creek Watershed, Sonoma County, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Adam McClure Error Reduction Techniques on a LiDAR Salt Marsh DEM Using RTK GPS XiaoHang Liu, Ellen Hines, Matthew Ferner
Charlotte Ely Investigating Parcel Changes to Understand Historic Land Use in a Southwestern Watershed Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Carlos Jennings Estimating PM 2.5 concentrations using MODIS and meteorological measurements for the San Francisco Bay Area Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius
Kristal Ip Exploring the Soundscape Geography of the San Francisco Bay Trail Ellen Hines, Tendai Chitewere
Aprile Smith The Influence of Roadway Features on Pedestrian Collisions in San Francisco, California Jason Mark Henderson, XiaoHang Liu
Jason Sherba Object-based Classification of Abandoned Logging Roads Under Heavy Canopy Using LiDAR Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Alex Roa Boots and Birkenstocks: Landowner attitudes about conservation easements in San Mateo County Nancy Wilkinson, Jennifer Blecha
Owen Parker Object‐based Segmentation and Machine Learning Classification for Landslide Detection from Multi‐temporal WorldView‐2 Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Christina Horrisberger Uniform stormwater governance in a diverse landscape: Rescaling and NPDES requirements in San Mateo County, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Caitlin Jensen Spatial and Temporal Variability in Shipping Traffic around San Francisco Bay Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jessica Redfern
Stephanie Cowles Investigations of the Park Cool Island Effect of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
David Prigge Using video to grasp bicyclists' perceptions of urban space Jason Mark Henderson, Courtney Donovan
Michelle Slocombe Morphology of Small, Discontinuous Montane Meadow Streams in the Sierra Nevada Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Andrea Dransfield Hotspot Analysis of Humpback Whales along Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones, Central California Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jaime Jahncke
William Goedecke Efficacy of Mathematical Models Using Physical Soil Factors in Determining Landslide Hazard Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis, Seth Hiatt
Dara OBeirne Measuring the Urban Forest: Comparing LiDAR derived tree heights to field measurements Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Jennifer McGowan Using seabird habitat modeling to inform ocean zoning in Central California's National Marine Sanctuaries Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Jaime Jahncke
Aaron Dillon An Environmental History of the Bay Area Nursery Industry since 1940 Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Caleb Feldman Grassroots Science: Power, Knowledge, and Participation in the San Francisco Bay Barbara Holzman, Courtney Donovan
Jose Camarena An Object-Oriented Classification of Muir Woods using the Synergy of LiDAR and Multispectral Data Leonhard Blesius, XiaoHang Liu, Ellen Hines
Paris Good-Swan A Spatial Analysis of Pitch Canker in Point Reyes National Seashore Barbara Holzman, Leonhard Blesius
Rachel Cunningham Public Perceptions of Levees and Risk: A Natomas, Sacramento, California Case Study Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Cassa Grant Selling the City of Oz: Promoting development with green branding in San Francisco Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Anna Davenport Modeling Geomorphic Effects on Eelgrass Before and After Restoration, Nisqually Delta, Washington Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Marilyn Smulyan An Assessment of Step-pool Urban Stream Restoration: San Pedro Creek, Pacifica, California. Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Mary Israel An Index of Threat: Mapping Climate Change in High Sierra Nevada Communities. Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius, Gretchen LeBuhn
David Toy Local Decision Factors in Implementing Municipal Food Scrap Collection Programs in California XiaoHang Liu, Jennifer Blecha
Stephanie Carnow Volunteer Perspectives on Ethical and Geographical Dilemmas in Marine Mammal Rescue and Rehabilitation. Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Sarah Harling Flood Hazard Perception: A Comparative Study in Arboga and Plumas Lake, California Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Cynthia Powell Using MODIS and Precipitation Data to Create a Stochastic Water Runoff Forecasting Model for the Mokelumne River Basin in the Sierra Nevada Range, California (2000-2010) Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Diane Livia Involvement of Environmental Organizations in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Planning Process Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Chad Steacy Discourse in the Abandoned Small Town: Toward a Critical Geography of Decline Jason Mark Henderson, Courtney Donovan
Jaime Tatman Geographical Frame Analysis of Environmental Conflict: A Case Study of Bolinas Lagoon Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Alan Kwok After the Fire: Disaster Perception and Preparedness of Older Adults Courtney Donovan, Nancy Wilkinson
Graydon Creed The Specter of Depletion: Drought Conditions in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, 1928-1934 Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Michael Webster An Examination of Gentrification and Urban Change in San Francisco's Dogpatch Qian Guo, Jason Mark Henderson, Jasper Rubin
Adrienne Aquino Impact of a Youth Public Art Program in San Francisco's Mission District Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Ann Dolmage Recycled Water Use in San Benito County Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Aariel Rowan Effects of Restoration on the Small Shorebird Carrying Capacity of a South Bay Mud Flat Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Shawn Heiser Living on the Edge: Environmental History at Mussel Rock, Daly City, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Paula White Evaluating Impacts of Polystyrene Bans: Trash-Impaired Watersheds in the East Bay Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Allison Nygaard Observing the Outcomes of a Place-Based Environmental Education Program Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Kathleen Cooney Updating the Electric Grid: Public Perceptions of Transmission Line Siting Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Pamela Wilson Going to the Nagar Kirtan: Bay Area Sikh Connections to Yuba City Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Jeanne Depman Examining an Urban Water Source: Groundwater Characteristics of San Francisco's Lobos Creek Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant, Doug Kern
Leigh Etheridge Animal, Vegetable, Marin: The Motivations of Organic Agriculturalists in Marin County, California Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Tracy Andres Foreign Aid for Clean Water Supply and Sanitation: A Geographical Assessment Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Kota Funayama Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Northern Elephant Seals in Point Reyes Peninsula Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Sarah Allen
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
Guillermo Duran Assessing the Habitat Fragmentation of Socioeconomically Important Tree Species in Costa Rica Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Healy Hamilton
Erica Yelensky The Evolution of California’s Graywater Code: A case study on how activists influence environmental policy Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Alan Wiig Producing Heritage: Presentations of the Gold Rush in Columbia, California Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Jason Zimmerman Transportation Regimes and Community Politics in West Oakland, California Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Noah Wasserman Vegetation Change Trends in Yosemite National Park Over the Last Century (1897-2008) Barbara Holzman, Andrew Oliphant
Dan Hermstad Tomato Seed Networks of CSA Farmers in the San Francisco Bay Area Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo, Bacon
Stefanie Egan Participatory GIS for Biosphere Reserve Designation, Turneffe Atoll, Belize: Lessons Learned Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman
Kathryn Faulkner San Francisco's Public Golf Courses, 1996-2008: An Urban Regime Analysis Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Ingrid Overgard From empty space to global commons: perception and mitigation of ocean noise pollution Nancy Wilkinson, Andrew Oliphant
Dorothy Dick Abundance and Spatial Habitat Analysis of Bottlenose Dolphins at Turneffe Atoll, Belize Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman
Anne McTavish The Role of Critical Cartography in Environmental Justice: Land-Use Conflict at Shasta Dam, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Glenna Anton Material and Cultural Impediments to Cooperation over Water Resources in Israel-Palestine Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Matt Merrifield Building Regional Threat Based Networks for Estuaries in the Western United States Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu, Beck
Alicia Omlid Sustainable Stormwater Management: Implementing Best Management Practices in San Francisco's Pandhandle Area Jerry Davis, Jason Mark Henderson
Marshall Kunze Pure, Plentiful, Perpetual? The Edwards Aquifer: Conflict and Sustainability Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Geordie Armstrong A case study of women and public space in Goleta, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Wendy Allison Urban and Rural Newspaper Reporting of the 2001 Klamath Basin Crisis. Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Casey Cleve Using GIS to Predict Potential Sierra Nevada Red Fox Habitat Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, John Perrine
Angie Yu The San Bruno Mountain Area Habitat Conservation Plan: A Comparative Case Study Ellen Hines, Qian Guo
Seth Hiatt Habitat Distribution Modeling of Arctostaphylos Myrtifolia in Amador County, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Jon Bauer Potemkin Creek: I Can't Believe It's Not Nature Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo, Jerry Davis
Sadie Waddington Quantitative Study of Sediment Accumulation Due to Mangrove Removal at Turneffe Atoll, Belize Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Elise Granek
Jessica Miller Assessing Risk Perception: Mid-Ohio Valley Pollution Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Jeremy Bailey Agglomeration benefits of light rail transit stations and TOD planning in Los Angeles County Qian Guo, XiaoHang Liu, Nancy Wilkinson
Arnold Thompson Water Repellency, Soil Moisture Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion Under Eucalyptus Canopy vs. Oak Canopy in Coastal California Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Melanie Vanderhoof Distributional Patterns of Perennial Pepperweed, Lepidium Latifolium, in the San Francisco Bay Barbara Holzman, Patricia Foschi
Mary Brown Shifting Landscapes of Mobility: Reconfiguring Space in the Mission District for Automobiles Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Jennifer Jackson Sources of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wastewater, Oakland, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis, Smith
Josh Schnabel A Comparison of Methods for Assessing Hazardous Air Pollutant Risk in Communities Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Christine Carolan The Impact of Immigration Organization and Leadership on San Francisco's Land Use Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Kate Anderson Lines Through Time: A Historical Analysis of Property Boundaries in San Francisco, 1850-1931 Barbara Holzman, XiaoHang Liu
Miguel Fernandez Assessing the Effects of Locality Precision in Predictive Species of Distribution Models Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Jason Mark Henderson
Becky Quinlan Individual Response to Flooding in the Trinity River Basin, Texas Nancy Wilkinson, Edna Wangui
Judy Lee Modeling Population Distribution in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing Information: A Spatial Metrics Method XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Kimberly Durandet Live/Work Loft Development in San Francisco: A Case Study of Gentrification and Urban Regimes Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Reese Madrid Equitability in Acequia Water Delivery: An Analysis Using Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices Nancy Wilkinson, Patricia Foschi
Charles Brigham Structured and Dynamic Spatial Pattern of Rainfall in the City of San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Anne Atkinson An Environmental History of Maunalua Bay and its Watershed Barbara Holzman, Nancy Wilkinson
Julia Griswold Qualifying the Effects of the Built Environment on Pedestrian Activity in San Francisco XiaoHang Liu, Jason Mark Henderson