2004-2005 Thesis Abstracts and Presentations

Bachelor of Arts Theses

Noura Alturki	Cleansing the Soul, Polluting the Earth: The Potential for Environmental Education at the Hajj	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Laura Castagnino	Gardens and Grade Level Expectations: The Link Between Environmental Education and Standardized Assessments	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Alexandra Coria	Is There Enough? Communication in Water Resource Management in South Kingstown and Narragansett, Rhode Island	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Keally Dewitt	Talking with Gail: A Dialogue about Toxics Activism, Womanhood, Nature and Relationship	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Pei Pei Ma	A, B, C . . . EE? Should Rhode Island Implement Environmental Education in its Secondary Schools?	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Allison Silverman	Potluck in the BEAR’s (Gar)Dens: An Investigation into Campus Farming to Develop the Urban Agriculture Plan for Brown University	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Allison Watkins	The Environment and Brown’s Purchasing Practices: Can Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Work at Brown?	Abstract	Presentation Slides

Dolaporn Auyeung	Pathway from Ornamentals to Invasive Plants: A Case Study of Impatiens capensis and Impatiens glandulifera	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Monica Candal	Identifying Sites for Successful Eelgrass Restoration in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Timothy Downing	Modeling Shrub Encroachment in Shompole Group Ranch, Kenya	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Allan Just	People and Forest Patches: Residential exposure and Lyme disease in Southern New England	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Michal Kapitulnik	A Tree Grows in Kenya: The Status of Prunus africana in the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Aaron Wdowin	Is the Quality of Water in the Big River Management Area Affected by Land Use? An ecological risk assessment of the Big River Management Area	Abstract	Presentation Slides

Ekaterina Arzamassova	Defining and Measuring the Transparency of Voluntary Environmental Agreements: Analysis of Twenty-Two US EPA Voluntary Partnerships	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Nicholas M. Bianco	Childhood Lead Poisoning in Rhode Island: Assessing costs and new strategic implementation programs for lead mitigation	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Erin N. Bray	Is it necessary to augment existing water supply to meet increasing demands of suburban sprawl? A Case Study of Coventry and West Greenwich, Rhode Island	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Caroline Colesworthy	Food Chain or Shackles: Exploring vegetarianism with women of childbearing age to reduce toxic exposure and improve public health	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Jessica M. Lerner	Stand in the Place Where You Live: Sense of Place, Values and Perceptions about Land Use in Tiverton, Rhode Island	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Christopher Peterson	Humans, Carnivores, and Nature: A Study of Public Perceptions of Large Carnivores and Nature in the United States and Canada	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Allison Sobel	Running Water: Balancing Water Supply and Flow in the Hunt River	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Brian Thurber	Perceptions of Climate Change Shareholder Advocates: Their role, their context, and the mechanism of advocacy	Abstract	Presentation Slides