MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Michael Tarantino Comparing Classification Methods for Mapping Invasive Floating Vegetation in the Sacramento Delta Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Michael Tripp Russian routes: Origins and Development of an Ethnic Community in San Francisco Max Kirkeberg, Burton Gordon
Michael Webster An Examination of Gentrification and Urban Change in San Francisco's Dogpatch Qian Guo, Jason Mark Henderson, Jasper Rubin
Michelle Slocombe Morphology of Small, Discontinuous Montane Meadow Streams in the Sierra Nevada Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Miguel Fernandez Assessing the Effects of Locality Precision in Predictive Species of Distribution Models Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Jason Mark Henderson
Mindy Richter Management of California's Marine Resources , Steven Pease, , Georg Treichel
Misty McKinney Impacts of Illegal Dumping in East Palo Alto: An Environmental Justice Analysis Tendai Chitewere, Jennifer Blecha
Mitchell Wilks Cartographic Communication for a Search and Rescue Map Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius, John Isom
Monique Nakagawa Socioeconomic Disparities in Passenger Experiences of Public Transit Qian Guo, XiaoHang Liu
Naama Brenner The sustainability movement in the California wine industry Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Naama Brenner Preparedness Measures of Wineries Before & After the South Napa Earthquake Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Nadine Golden Organic Farms as Nodes of Wildlife Corridors, Fresno County, California Hans Meihoefer, Barbara Holzman
Nadine Sponamore Climatic Elements of An Environmental Impact Report Hans Meihoefer, Steven Pease, , Georg Treichel
Nancy Clark Ranchland Parcelization: A Profile of Land-Use Yuba County, California. 1895-1995 Barbara Holzman
Nancy Leahy Evolution of an Ordinary Neighborhood: Historical Land Use Study in San Francisco's South of Market  Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Nathaniel Greig Composition and Analysis of Vessel Speeds off the Coast of Washington State Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu
Nelia White Discrete Versus Continuous: A Comparison of Water Quality Monitoring Techniques Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Nicholas Fetherston Effects of Restoration on Water Quality in a Sierra Nevada Meadow Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Noah Wasserman Vegetation Change Trends in Yosemite National Park Over the Last Century (1897-2008) Barbara Holzman, Andrew Oliphant
Norma Lincoln Land Use Studies on Foot: A Geography of San Mateo County, California Hans Meihoefer, Max Kirkeberg
Owen Parker Object‐based Segmentation and Machine Learning Classification for Landslide Detection from Multi‐temporal WorldView‐2 Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
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
Pamela Wilson Going to the Nagar Kirtan: Bay Area Sikh Connections to Yuba City Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Paris Good-Swan A Spatial Analysis of Pitch Canker in Point Reyes National Seashore Barbara Holzman, Leonhard Blesius
Paul Amato Effects of Urbanization On Storm Response in the North Fork San Pedro Creek Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
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 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 Pribor Post-Fire Succession in Bishop Pine Forest at Point Reyes National Seashore, California (1995-2001) Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Paula White Evaluating Impacts of Polystyrene Bans: Trash-Impaired Watersheds in the East Bay Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Peter Christian Using Low Cost UAS and Consumer Grade Cameras for Environmental Science Research Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Peter Cohen Transformation in an industrial landscape : San Francisco's Northeast Mission Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Peter Dartnell Applying remote sensing techniques to map seafloor geology/habitat relationships. Jerry Davis, John Westfall
Peter Morse An Examination of the Mountain Bicycle Phenomenon and its Impact on the Recreational Environment Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Peter Stromberg Landslide Problems Related to Housing Development in Central California Walter Hacker, Astvaldur Eydal
Peter Toscani The Role of Gay Men as Pioneer Gentrifiers in Alamo Square Max Kirkeberg, Nancy Wilkinson
Philip Klasky An extreme and solemn relationship. Native American perspectives: Ward Valley Nuclear Dump Barbara Holzman, Max Kirkeberg
Philip Lynch Remote Sensing: Classifying Urban Land Use Types with Satellite Imagery Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines
Phillip Wallick An Historical Geography of The Salinas Valley Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Quentin Clark The Spatial Distribution of Non-Native Flora in the South Farallon Islands Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines
Rachel Cunningham Public Perceptions of Levees and Risk: A Natomas, Sacramento, California Case Study Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Ralph Andreotti Deforestation and Roza Farming in the Cafetal Region or Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala Hans Meihoefer, Burton Gordon, Larry Foster
Rann Schultz A Computer- Generated Atlas of Vicksburg National Cemetery, Mississippi Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Raymond Haddox Decline in Viticulture Since World War II: Santa Clara County, California John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Raymond LeBeau Geomorphic Change Detection in an Incised Montane Meadow Stream Channel Jerry Davis, Sara Baguskas, Leonhard Blesius
Reece Golz Incident Rates of Acute Appendicitis in Washington State: A Geographic Analysis Courtney Donovan, XiaoHang Liu
Reese Hann Impact of the Built Environment on Microclimate in San Jose, California Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Reese Madrid Equitability in Acequia Water Delivery: An Analysis Using Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices Nancy Wilkinson, Patricia Foschi
Rhonda Zobel Cultivation and Production of Nori, Wakame, and Ao-Nori in Selected Areas of Japan Hans Meihoefer, Richard Hough
Rich Hentschel Native Americans and Water: The Impact of Federal Projects Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Richard Avey Mound Microrelief: A Case Study of the Santa Cruz area, California Burton Gordon, Walter Olson
Richard Cathcart Regional Planning in The Strand Area of the Monterey Bay Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Richard Chasey Southeast Farallon Island Seed Bank Characterization Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Tom Parker
Richard Davis The Taxicab Business in San Francisco: A Geographic Analysis Roger Crawford, Max Kirkeberg
Richard Foster The Persistence of Mexican Land Grant Boundaries in The Present Day Landscape Burton Gordon, Richard Hough
Richard Luskin Wine and Urbanization: Issues in Napa Valley Burton Gordon, Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Richard Montgomery Distribution of and access to county sponsored primary health care in San Francisco Jean Vance, Max Kirkeberg
Robert Bathrick A Water Balance Approach for Analyzing Irrigation Water Delivery Anomalies Jerry Davis, Hans Meihoefer
Robert Carberry Water Balance Model of Pyramid Lake, Nevada John Westfall, Steven Pease
Robert Dull Late Holocene Paleoecology and Historic Grazing Impacts, Southern Sierra Nevada, California Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman, Roger Byrne
Robert Earle Process and Pattern in The Designation of Natural Areas Roger Crawford, Georg Treichel
Robert Evans Biogeographic model of habitat indicators for the presence ofHesperolinon drymariodes Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis, Niall McCarten
Robert Fredericks Man and The Land at Clear Lake Walter Olson, Astvaldur Eydal
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
Rodney McInnis Correlations Between The Squid Fishery and Environmental Factors in Monterey Bay, California , William Broenkow, , Margaret Bradbury
Ron Olson The History of Mount Tamalpais: Its Divided Ownership, Administration and Planning
Ronald Chromy Geographic Aspects of the San Francisco Bay Region Tugboat Operations Richard Hough, Georg Treichel
Rubaya Pervin Identifying Changes in Mangroves in Trat Province, Thailand and Koh Kong Province, Cambodia Ellen Hines, Leonhard Blesius, Claudia Baldwin
Ruth Askevold Interpreting Historical Maps to Reconstruct Past Landscapes in the Santa Clara Valley Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis, Robin Grossinger
Ruth MacKay-Shea Mapping Vegetation for Biodiversity Analysis Using Integrated Remote Sensing/ GIS Methodogy: Woodside California Patricia Foschi, Jerry Davis
Ryan Bey Large Woody Material Assessment for Salmon Restoration in Mill Creek Watershed, Sonoma County, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Ryan Cooksey The Treasure Island Development Project: A Case Study in Neoliberal Urban Development Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Sadie Waddington Quantitative Study of Sediment Accumulation Due to Mangrove Removal at Turneffe Atoll, Belize Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Elise Granek
Sally Shatford Examining areas of income-based segregation and affordable housing locations, San Francisco XiaoHang Liu, Qian Guo
Salma Abdel-Raheem Using participatory mapping for marine spatial planning in Saint George's Caye, Belize Ellen Hines, XiaoHang Liu, Quentin Clark
Sam Stein An Examination of Water Quality in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Leora Nanus, Nancy Wilkinson
Samanthe Kadar A Geography of Garden Landscapes in Central Sonoma County, California Barbara Holzman, Patricia Foschi
Samuel Oakley Estimating Ladder Fuels In A Mixed-Oak Forest Using LiDAR Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Sara Marcellino Connecting A Heterolocal Ethnic Community: Berkeley's Asian Indian Shopping District Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Sarah Gomes Coastal fog and butterflies: How does microclimate impact butterfly habitat in San Francisco Sara Baguskas, Andrew Oliphant, Nancy Wilkinson, Laura Burkle
Sarah Harling Flood Hazard Perception: A Comparative Study in Arboga and Plumas Lake, California Nancy Wilkinson, Qian Guo
Sean Micallef Grazing effects on the grassland vegetation of Mount Diablo State Park, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Sean Thomas Application of UAS methods for Wetland Analysis Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Sean Woods Changing Perceptions of an Urban Waterway: The Los Angeles River Nancy Wilkinson
Seth Hiatt Habitat Distribution Modeling of Arctostaphylos Myrtifolia in Amador County, California Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Shamim Mousavi Assessing Meadow Carbon Cycling Using Digital Repeat Photography and Eddy Covariance Techniques Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Sharon Johnson The Land-Use History of the Coast Range Preserve, Mendocino County, California Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall, Burton Gordon
Sharyn Ehlers A Discussion of Various Biogeographical Aspects of the Quaternary in Nebraska Hans Meihoefer, Rene Barendregt, , Burton Gordon
Shawn Heiser Living on the Edge: Environmental History at Mussel Rock, Daly City, California Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Shelby Goss Complete Streets for Whom? A Transportation Justice Analysis of Telegraph Avenue Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson
Sheryl Bergman A Review of Available Evidence Supporting the Concept of a Mesopotamian Location for the Garden of Eden
Siobhan Lavender Impacts of living roofs on urban climate in San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Leonhard Blesius
Stefanie Egan Participatory GIS for Biosphere Reserve Designation, Turneffe Atoll, Belize: Lessons Learned Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman
Stephanie Auer Climate Change Exposure Across The Mountain Goat Range: Metrics for Vulnerability Assessment Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines
Stephanie Carnow Volunteer Perspectives on Ethical and Geographical Dilemmas in Marine Mammal Rescue and Rehabilitation. Nancy Wilkinson, Courtney Donovan
Stephanie Cowles Investigations of the Park Cool Island Effect of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Stephanie Sims Hillslope Sediment Source Assessment of San Pedro Creek Watershed, California Jerry Davis, Andrew Oliphant
Stephen Gehre The Geography of Selected Patterns of Agriculture in San Mateo County, California Walter Olson, Astvaldur Eydal, Don Gibbons
Stephen Skartvedt The Plowshare Program: Environmental Perceptions and Impacts Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Stephen Wollmer Effects of Multiple Use on Rainsplash Erosion and Runoff in Semiarid Rangeland Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Steven Solomon Turnkey Public Housing in Oakland Roger Crawford, Jean Vance