Class of 2010 Thesis Proposals
2009-2010 Thesis Abstracts and Slides
Bachelor of Arts Theses
| Jessica Almendarez | Effectiveness of Environmental Enforcement in Rhode Island: Protection of Water Quality |
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| Emily Bordeau | Waste Oil in Rhode Island: A feedstock for biodiesel. How existing legislation can bolster a local industry. |
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| Brendyn Brooks-Stocking | The Black Murex Snail: Management of Benthic Resources in the Gulf of California |
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| Keiko Fukuda | The Tiverton Bay Street Story: A Pursuit for Justice in a Toxic Cleanup |
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| Helen Mou and Amanda Zarrilli | Sustainability Consulting Partnership |
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| Katie Okamoto | Fishtalk: Natural Resource Ethnography in southern New England | Abstract |
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| Aisha Pasha | Community Arts and Sustainability: Promoting Environmental Awareness and the Arts in Providence Communities
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| Kyle Poyar | Beyond No Regrets: Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Climate Adaptation in Rhode Island | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Drew Raines | Development Structures and Driving Patterns | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Stephanie Ratte | Enforcing Corporate Environmental Responsibility: Seeking Relief for Environmental Damange Under the Alien Tort Structure | Abstract | Presentation Slides | |
| Ross Stackhouse | The Revolution Will Not Be Subsidized: Municipal Policies to Promote Residential Energy Efficiency and Applications in Providence |
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Bachelor of Science Theses
| Yonatan Dolgin | Environmental Assessment of Plug-in Electric Vehicles: Assessing Potential Changes in Rhode Island Emissions |
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| Shane Easter | Current precipitation controls of belowground net primary productivity in a semi-arid ecosytem |
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| Miriam Fuchs | Direct and Indirect effects of Precipitation on Soil Respiration in an Arid Ecosystem |
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| Nicholas Herrmann | Cordgrass die-off in Cape Cod salt marshes leadas to ecosystem service loss |
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| Lee Richter | Patterns of Invasive Species in Tropical Marine Environments: Biogeography, Taxonomy, and Life-History Characteristics |
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| Megan Whelan | Native Forest Regeneration in Abandoned Pastures and Tree Plantations: Implications for Economic and Restoration Opportunities in Southern Brazil | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
Master Theses
| Naira Aslanyan | Financing Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries: Case Study for Armenia | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Tara Gancos | Matching Theory and Practice: An Examination of Practitioners' Descriptions of Ecosystem-based Management in Central California | Abstract | Thesis | Presentation Slides |
| Timothy Huth | The effects of deforestation on soil carbon and nutrient stocks in premontane rainforest of southern Costa Rica |
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| Elizabeth Leonardsmith | Statewide Environmental Justice Legislation: A look at Rhode Island's needs through a lens of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and other environmental justice leaders |
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Irma Melikishvili |
The Improvement of the Kura River Monitoring System |
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