MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
John Gray The Projected Impact of the Proposed Slauson Freeway on Huntington Park Roger Crawford, Robert Picker
John Hendricks Submarine Geography: Three Approached to Field Study Techniques in Shallow Undersea Environments Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall, Burton Gordon
John Isom Secondary Map Information, Synthesis Maps, and Cartographic Communication Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
John Jordan Perception of The Delta Flood Hazard Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
John Roberto Locational Analysis of Condominium Development in Marin County, California Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
John Wilson Geography of Earthquake Risk in the South of Market of San Francisco: People, Place, and Policy Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Jolene Bertetto Investigating the role of vegetation on midafternoon microclimates in a residential courtyard Andrew Oliphant, Leora Nanus
Jon Bauer Potemkin Creek: I Can't Believe It's Not Nature Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo, Jerry Davis
Jon Brand Smog Alfred Sumner, Lyle Gibson, York Mandra
Jonathan Lawton A Survey and Evaluation of Land Use Classification and Mapping Systems Roger Crawford, Steven Pease
Jose Camarena An Object-Oriented Classification of Muir Woods using the Synergy of LiDAR and Multispectral Data Leonhard Blesius, XiaoHang Liu, Ellen Hines
Joseph Calbreath 500 Millibar Flow Patterns and Significant Snowfall over Southwestern Oregon Steven Pease, John Westfall
Joseph Chojnacki Spatial Correlation of reef spur and groove morphometry with ocean wave properties Jerry Davis, Ellen Hines
Joseph Issel Pool Spacing in San Gregorio Creek, California Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Joseph Steinberger Carrying Capacity: An Analysis of Case Studies Focusing on Hydrologic Issues Michael Tripp
Josh Schnabel A Comparison of Methods for Assessing Hazardous Air Pollutant Risk in Communities Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Juan Ochoa Plant Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farms' Margins in Yolo County, California Barbara Holzman, Hans Meihoefer
Judy Lee Modeling Population Distribution in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing Information: A Spatial Metrics Method XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Julia Griswold Qualifying the Effects of the Built Environment on Pedestrian Activity in San Francisco XiaoHang Liu, Jason Mark Henderson
Julia Wolfe Survey of Available Spaces for Urban Agriculture: Hunters Point, San Francisco Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Julian LoGiudici Assessment of Alpine Lakes Exceeding Critical Loads of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the Greater Yellowstone Area Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Justin Witt Regulatory and Geographical Wastewater Disposal Constraints, Sonoma County Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Ka Man Chan Diffusion of the Chinese Evangelical Free Church in the United States Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Kang Xiong A Remote Sensing Analysis of Pitch Canker in Bishop Pines at Point Reyes National Seashore Leonhard Blesius, Sara Baguskas, Jerry Davis
Karen Beck A Land Use Analysis of San Francisco Bay Wetlands in Marin County, California Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
Karen Brewster Viticulture in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, California Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Karen Folger Post-fire succession in the Inverness Ridge Bishop Pine Forest, Point Reyes National Seashore Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Karen Noll Regional Identity in California Nancy Wilkinson, Larry Foster
Karlena Roberto The Geography of Crime in San Francisco: As Percieved and as Reported John Westfall, Richard Hough
Karyn Gear Developing Conservation Plans at the Local Level: A Useful Tool in the Preservation of California’s Landscapes Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Kassim Visram Modeling Property Values in a Railway Right-Of-Way Using Dynamic Segmentation Jerry Davis, John Westfall
Kate Anderson Lines Through Time: A Historical Analysis of Property Boundaries in San Francisco, 1850-1931 Barbara Holzman, XiaoHang Liu
Kate Kilduff Environmental Justice Analysis of Nitrate Contamination in San Joaquin Valley Drinking Water Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Katherine Dicker Sustainable Scuba Diving? Exploring Conscious Underwater Impact as Influenced by Eco-Perception Courtney Donovan, Ellen Hines
Katherine Hirzel Plant use among the Maroons of Accompong, Jamaica: A key to structural survival John Westfall, Larry Foster
Kathleen Ragland The Onset of the Decline in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality in the United States: Spatial and Temporal Patterns John Westfall, Jean Vance, Warren Winklestein, , Steve Selvin
Kathleen Cooney Updating the Electric Grid: Public Perceptions of Transmission Line Siting Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Kathleen Marsh Conservation Easement Language Analysis: Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District Barbara Holzman, Roger Crawford
Kathryn Faulkner San Francisco's Public Golf Courses, 1996-2008: An Urban Regime Analysis Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Katy Wilcoxen Shaping a landscape image: Geography of palm trees in San Francisco, 1850s to 1997 Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Kelly Costa A Geographic Analysis of Socially Responsible Businesses in the United States Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Kelly Krotcov Tradeoffs of water security and adequate ecological protection during drought, Coastal California Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Kelsey McDonald San Pedro Creek Flood Control Project: Integrative Analysis of Natural Hazard Response Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo, Jerry Davis
Ken Ahern Central Arizona Project: Water Policy Changes and Implications Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
Kenneth Hough Transit Accessibility of The Urban Population to Bay Area National Park Service Areas Roger Crawford, Georg Treichel
Kerstin Kalchmayr Assessing spatio-temporal changes of invasive Limonium ramosissimum in San Francisco Bay wetlands Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Katharyn Boyer
Kevin Jackson AIDS Induced Landscape Change: The Castro from 1980-2001 Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Kevin Mackay Regional conversation planning for San Francisco Bay Salt Marshes: A biogeographical approach Barbara Holzman, Roger Crawford
Khristina Wenzinger Examining Transit Accessibility for Families with Young Children in San Francisco Jason Mark Henderson, Courtney Donovan
Kimberly Durandet Live/Work Loft Development in San Francisco: A Case Study of Gentrification and Urban Regimes Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Kimra McAfee Post-Audit of New Melones Dam, Central Valley Project, Stanislaus River, California Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
Kota Funayama Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Northern Elephant Seals in Point Reyes Peninsula Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Sarah Allen
Kristal Ip Exploring the Soundscape Geography of the San Francisco Bay Trail Ellen Hines, Tendai Chitewere
Kristina Perry Local Agriculture and Farmers’ Market Salad Bars in Berkeley’s Public Schools Hans Meihoefer, Nancy Wilkinson
Lacy Spake A Micro-Regional Geography Case Study of Topical Highland Development: Gusii District, Kenya, East Africa Richard Hough, Robert Picker, Don Gibbons
Laurel Ballanti Hyperspectral Tree Species Classification in Muir Woods National Park Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines, Bill Kruse
Lauren Johnson The diffusion of organic farming in Yolo County, California: A question of culture Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Laurie Andrus Airport Ground Access in Boston, Minneapolis, Denver and San Francisco John Westfall, Nancy Wilkinson
Lee Melton Computer-assisted classification of suburban areas in satellite imagery through the use of an artificial neural network Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis
Leigh Etheridge Animal, Vegetable, Marin: The Motivations of Organic Agriculturalists in Marin County, California Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Leo Wagner The Impact of The Aswan High Dam on Egyptian Agriculture John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Linda Walsh Gender Differences in The Use of San Francisco's Downtown Public Open Spaces Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Linda Jo Morton Citizen Participation in Environmental Planning: A Case Study of Oakland Measure DD Nancy Wilkinson, Ellen Hines, Jasper Rubin
Linda Renslow The Influence of Map Reproduction on Cartographic Processes Hans Meihoefer, Max Kirkeberg, Dr. Gordon
Lisa Owens Viani Restoring an urban stream: Baxter Creek case study. Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Lloyd Burton Modification of Attitudes Toward the Natural Environment Among High School Students Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker
Logan Wenzler Remote Sensing and Computer Vision Algorithms at Scale: Defense and Humanitarian Uses Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Loralee Konde Spatial Analysis of Successful Natural Blue Oak Regeneration, Priest Valley, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Lou Sian Redwood Creek Restoration at Muir Beach: Findings for Interpretation Nancy Wilkinson, Barbara Holzman
Louis Brokling The Enclosure of the 'Zuiderzee' and its significance for the Netherlands Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Lydia Hajdu Neighborhood Pattern And Intraurban Voting Behavior in San Francisco Roger Crawford, John Westfall
Malcom Wright Economics as A Function of Landform and Surface Material in Central America Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal, Walter Hacker
Mami Odaya Estimating Egeria Densa Biomass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Using Remote Sensing Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis
Marc Francis Transportation Problems in Exporting U.S. Western Steam Coal to the Pacific Rim Robert Picker, Georg Treichel
Margaret Rice The Geographic Aspects of Regional Development: Case Studies From Western Guatemala Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Marianne Hegeman Used Merchandise Stores: Reuse Retailing in Berkeley, California Richard Hough, Robert Picker
Marilyn Smulyan An Assessment of Step-pool Urban Stream Restoration: San Pedro Creek, Pacifica, California. Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Mark Weisman Locating and Planning For Routes to Better Serve Transit Dependent Populations: A Case Study of San Francisco Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
Marlene Dulay Early California Landownership Maps The Diseno and Plat Maps Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Marshall Kunze Pure, Plentiful, Perpetual? The Edwards Aquifer: Conflict and Sustainability Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Marshall McLennan A Study of Selected Crop Distributions in the Phillippines Astvaldur Eydal, John Leighly, Richard Hough
Mary Brown Shifting Landscapes of Mobility: Reconfiguring Space in the Mission District for Automobiles Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Mary Imandt Kaplan’s Informational Factory ‘Mystery’ Along Presidio of San Francisco Trails Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Mary Israel An Index of Threat: Mapping Climate Change in High Sierra Nevada Communities. Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius, Gretchen LeBuhn
Mary Ivanoff A Study of Recycling in the California Army National Guard Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Mary Miller The Historical Biogeography of The Point Reyes Peninsula John Westfall, Burton Gordon
Mary Travis A Historical and Environmental Geographic Analysis of Lake Merritt, Oakland, California Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Matt Merrifield Building Regional Threat Based Networks for Estuaries in the Western United States Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu, Beck
Matt Weintraub Giant Footprints: Building the New Ballpark Landscape in San Francisco Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson, Max Kirkeberg
Max Czapansky Seabird Habitat Accessibility Determined by Energetic Responses to Wind Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu
Maxine Osowitt Sweden: An Example of The Political Economy of Energy Robert Picker, Rene Barendregt
Melanie Vanderhoof Distributional Patterns of Perennial Pepperweed, Lepidium Latifolium, in the San Francisco Bay Barbara Holzman, Patricia Foschi
Melissa Kent Citizen Science's Role in Filling Data Gaps: Whale Watching Operators of Northern California Ellen Hines, Jennifer Blecha, Monica DeAngelis
Michael Work A Correlation Analysis of Los Angeles' Ambient Air Quality Data and Wet Deposition Acidity Steven Pease, Richard Hough
Michael Chassé San Francisco's Rare Endemic Manzanitas: Prospects for Recovery Through Restoration Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Tom Parker
Michael Crabtree Land Use Change: Alternative Outcomes to Citizen Group Participation in the Planning Process, Coastal San Mateo County, 1977-1987
Michael Henn The Preservation of Agriculture in the Rural-Urban Fringe, Alameda County, California Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Michael Hitchcock Geography of Public Finance in San Mateo County, California Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson, Richard T. LeGates
Michael Louie Creating a Routing Network for Pedestrians and Wheelchair Users using City Data XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Michael Stevens Public Participation in the Identification of Forest Service Planning Issues Hans Meihoefer, Rene Barendregt