MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Ruth Askevold Interpreting Historical Maps to Reconstruct Past Landscapes in the Santa Clara Valley Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis, Robin Grossinger
Rubaya Pervin Identifying Changes in Mangroves in Trat Province, Thailand and Koh Kong Province, Cambodia Ellen Hines, Leonhard Blesius, Claudia Baldwin
Ronald Chromy Geographic Aspects of the San Francisco Bay Region Tugboat Operations Richard Hough, Georg Treichel
Ron Olson The History of Mount Tamalpais: Its Divided Ownership, Administration and Planning
Rodney McInnis Correlations Between The Squid Fishery and Environmental Factors in Monterey Bay, California , William Broenkow, , Margaret Bradbury
Robert Mitchell Drinking Water Supply Protection For Metropolitan Boston: Analysis and Recommendations Regarding Watershed Land Use Management on Non-Water Supply Company Property Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Robert Fredericks Man and The Land at Clear Lake Walter Olson, Astvaldur Eydal
Robert Evans Biogeographic model of habitat indicators for the presence ofHesperolinon drymariodes Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Niall McCarten
Robert Earle Process and Pattern in The Designation of Natural Areas Roger Crawford, Georg Treichel
Robert Dull Late Holocene Paleoecology and Historic Grazing Impacts, Southern Sierra Nevada, California Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman, Roger Byrne
Robert Carberry Water Balance Model of Pyramid Lake, Nevada John Westfall, Steven Pease
Robert Bathrick A Water Balance Approach for Analyzing Irrigation Water Delivery Anomalies Jerry Davis, Hans Meihoefer
Richard Montgomery Distribution of and access to county sponsored primary health care in San Francisco Jean Vance, Max Kirkeberg
Richard Luskin Wine and Urbanization: Issues in Napa Valley Burton Gordon, Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Richard Foster The Persistence of Mexican Land Grant Boundaries in The Present Day Landscape Burton Gordon, Richard Hough
Richard Davis The Taxicab Business in San Francisco: A Geographic Analysis Roger Crawford, Max Kirkeberg
Richard Chasey Southeast Farallon Island Seed Bank Characterization Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Tom Parker
Richard Cathcart Regional Planning in The Strand Area of the Monterey Bay Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Richard Avey Mound Microrelief: A Case Study of the Santa Cruz area, California Burton Gordon, Walter Olson
Rich Hentschel Native Americans and Water: The Impact of Federal Projects Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Rhonda Zobel Cultivation and Production of Nori, Wakame, and Ao-Nori in Selected Areas of Japan Hans Meihoefer, Richard Hough
Reese Madrid Equitability in Acequia Water Delivery: An Analysis Using Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices Nancy Wilkinson, Patricia Foschi
Reese Hann Impact of the Built Environment on Microclimate in San Jose, California Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Reece Golz Incident Rates of Acute Appendicitis in Washington State: A Geographic Analysis Courtney Donovan, XiaoHang Liu
Raymond LeBeau Geomorphic Change Detection in an Incised Montane Meadow Stream Channel Jerry Davis, Sara Baguskas, Leonhard Blesius
Raymond Haddox Decline in Viticulture Since World War II: Santa Clara County, California John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Rann Schultz A Computer- Generated Atlas of Vicksburg National Cemetery, Mississippi Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Ralph Andreotti Deforestation and Roza Farming in the Cafetal Region or Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala Hans Meihoefer, Burton Gordon, Larry Foster
Rachel Cunningham Public Perceptions of Levees and Risk: A Natomas, Sacramento, California Case Study Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Quentin Clark The Spatial Distribution of Non-Native Flora in the South Farallon Islands Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines
Phillip Wallick An Historical Geography of The Salinas Valley Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Philip Lynch Remote Sensing: Classifying Urban Land Use Types with Satellite Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines
Philip Klasky An extreme and solemn relationship. Native American perspectives: Ward Valley Nuclear Dump Barbara Holzman, Max Kirkeberg
Peter Toscani The Role of Gay Men as Pioneer Gentrifiers in Alamo Square Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Peter Stromberg Landslide Problems Related to Housing Development in Central California Walter Hacker, Astvaldur Eydal
Peter Morse An Examination of the Mountain Bicycle Phenomenon and its Impact on the Recreational Environment Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Peter Dartnell Applying remote sensing techniques to map seafloor geology/habitat relationships. Jerry Davis, John Westfall
Peter Cohen Transformation in an industrial landscape : San Francisco's Northeast Mission Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Peter Christian Using Low Cost UAS and Consumer Grade Cameras for Environmental Science Research Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Paula White Evaluating Impacts of Polystyrene Bans: Trash-Impaired Watersheds in the East Bay Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Paul Pribor Post-Fire Succession in Bishop Pine Forest at Point Reyes National Seashore, California (1995-2001) Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Paul LaCourreye The Environmental Analysis of Hazardous Waste Sites by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Site Screening Program Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Paul Dunn Geospatial Analysis of the Effects of Canopy Insolation Partitioning on Biodiversity in a Temperate Montane Forest Leonhard Blesius, Andrew Oliphant, Chad Hanson
Paul Amato Effects of Urbanization On Storm Response in the North Fork San Pedro Creek Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Paris Good-Swan A Spatial Analysis of Pitch Canker in Point Reyes National Seashore Barbara Holzman, Leonhard Blesius
Pamela Wilson Going to the Nagar Kirtan: Bay Area Sikh Connections to Yuba City Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
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
Owen Parker Object‐based Segmentation and Machine Learning Classification for Landslide Detection from Multi‐temporal WorldView‐2 Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Norma Lincoln Land Use Studies on Foot: A Geography of San Mateo County, California Hans Meihoefer, Max Kirkeberg
Noah Wasserman Vegetation Change Trends in Yosemite National Park Over the Last Century (1897-2008) Barbara Holzman, Andrew Oliphant
Nicholas Fetherston Effects of Restoration on Water Quality in a Sierra Nevada Meadow Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Nelia White Discrete Versus Continuous: A Comparison of Water Quality Monitoring Techniques Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Nathaniel Greig Composition and Analysis of Vessel Speeds off the Coast of Washington State Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu
Nancy Leahy Evolution of an Ordinary Neighborhood: Historical Land Use Study in San Francisco's South of Market  Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Nancy Clark Ranchland Parcelization: A Profile of Land-Use Yuba County, California. 1895-1995 Barbara Holzman
Nadine Sponamore Climatic Elements of An Environmental Impact Report Hans Meihoefer, Steven Pease, , Georg Treichel
Nadine Golden Organic Farms as Nodes of Wildlife Corridors, Fresno County, California Hans Meihoefer, Barbara Holzman
Naama Brenner Preparedness Measures of Wineries Before & After the South Napa Earthquake Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Naama Brenner The sustainability movement in the California wine industry Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Monique Nakagawa Socioeconomic Disparities in Passenger Experiences of Public Transit Qian Guo, XiaoHang Liu
Mitchell Wilks Cartographic Communication for a Search and Rescue Map Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius, John Isom
Misty McKinney Impacts of Illegal Dumping in East Palo Alto: An Environmental Justice Analysis Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
Mindy Richter Management of California's Marine Resources , Steven Pease, , Georg Treichel
Miguel Fernandez Assessing the Effects of Locality Precision in Predictive Species of Distribution Models Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Jason Mark Henderson
Michelle Slocombe Morphology of Small, Discontinuous Montane Meadow Streams in the Sierra Nevada Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Michael Webster An Examination of Gentrification and Urban Change in San Francisco's Dogpatch Qian Guo, Jason Mark Henderson, Jasper Rubin
Michael Tripp Russian routes: Origins and Development of an Ethnic Community in San Francisco Max Kirkeberg, Burton Gordon
Michael Tarantino Comparing Classification Methods for Mapping Invasive Floating Vegetation in the Sacramento Delta Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Michael Stevens Public Participation in the Identification of Forest Service Planning Issues Hans Meihoefer, Rene Barendregt
Michael Louie Creating a Routing Network for Pedestrians and Wheelchair Users using City Data XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Michael Hitchcock Geography of Public Finance in San Mateo County, California Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson, Richard T. LeGates
Michael Henn The Preservation of Agriculture in the Rural-Urban Fringe, Alameda County, California Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Michael Crabtree Land Use Change: Alternative Outcomes to Citizen Group Participation in the Planning Process, Coastal San Mateo County, 1977-1987
Michael Chassé San Francisco's Rare Endemic Manzanitas: Prospects for Recovery Through Restoration Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Tom Parker
Michael Work A Correlation Analysis of Los Angeles' Ambient Air Quality Data and Wet Deposition Acidity Steven Pease, Richard Hough
Melissa Kent Citizen Science's Role in Filling Data Gaps: Whale Watching Operators of Northern California Ellen Hines, Jennifer Blecha, Monica DeAngelis
Melanie Vanderhoof Distributional Patterns of Perennial Pepperweed, Lepidium Latifolium, in the San Francisco Bay Barbara Holzman, Patricia Foschi
Maxine Osowitt Sweden: An Example of The Political Economy of Energy Robert Picker, Rene Barendregt
Max Czapansky Seabird Habitat Accessibility Determined by Energetic Responses to Wind Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu
Matt Weintraub Giant Footprints: Building the New Ballpark Landscape in San Francisco Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Matt Merrifield Building Regional Threat Based Networks for Estuaries in the Western United States Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu, Beck
Mary Travis A Historical and Environmental Geographic Analysis of Lake Merritt, Oakland, California Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Mary Miller The Historical Biogeography of The Point Reyes Peninsula John Westfall, Burton Gordon
Mary Ivanoff A Study of Recycling in the California Army National Guard Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Mary Israel An Index of Threat: Mapping Climate Change in High Sierra Nevada Communities. Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius, Gretchen LeBuhn
Mary Imandt Kaplan’s Informational Factory ‘Mystery’ Along Presidio of San Francisco Trails Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Mary Brown Shifting Landscapes of Mobility: Reconfiguring Space in the Mission District for Automobiles Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Marshall McLennan A Study of Selected Crop Distributions in the Phillippines Astvaldur Eydal, John Leighly, Richard Hough
Marshall Kunze Pure, Plentiful, Perpetual? The Edwards Aquifer: Conflict and Sustainability Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Marlene Dulay Early California Landownership Maps The Diseno and Plat Maps Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Mark Weisman Locating and Planning For Routes to Better Serve Transit Dependent Populations: A Case Study of San Francisco Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
Marilyn Smulyan An Assessment of Step-pool Urban Stream Restoration: San Pedro Creek, Pacifica, California. Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Marianne Hegeman Used Merchandise Stores: Reuse Retailing in Berkeley, California Richard Hough, Robert Picker
Margaret Rice The Geographic Aspects of Regional Development: Case Studies From Western Guatemala Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Marc Francis Transportation Problems in Exporting U.S. Western Steam Coal to the Pacific Rim Robert Picker, Georg Treichel
Mami Odaya Estimating Egeria Densa Biomass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Using Remote Sensing Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis
Malcom Wright Economics as A Function of Landform and Surface Material in Central America Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal, Walter Hacker
Lydia Hajdu Neighborhood Pattern And Intraurban Voting Behavior in San Francisco Roger Crawford, John Westfall
Louis Brokling The Enclosure of the 'Zuiderzee' and its significance for the Netherlands Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Lou Sian Redwood Creek Restoration at Muir Beach: Findings for Interpretation Nancy Wilkinson, Barbara Holzman