MA/MS Theses and Research Projects

MA/MS Theses and Research Projects
Name Title Year Committee
Stuart Chaitkin Network Development and Analysis: A Review and Critique of a Phase in the Travel Modeling Process Used by the Metropolitian Transportation Commission Roger Crawford, Jean Vance
Susan Camp The Development of a Cartographic Data Base in Disaster Response Planning for Public Agencies Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
Susan Cutter Cartography In Advertising Hans Meihoefer, John Westfall
Susan Fandel Methane Gas Recovery From Landfill in the San Francisco Bay Area Hans Meihoefer, John Huttman
Susan Strachan A Geographic Analysis of Three Steam Restoration Sites in the Tahoe Basin Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Susan Stropes Reserve Capacity in a Public Transportation System: Case Study of Golden Gate Transit Roger Crawford, Richard Hough
Suzanne Holguin Contextual Conservation: Antillean Manatees (Trichechus Manatus Manatus) of Turneffe Atoll, Belize Ellen Hines, Barbara Holzman, Jeff Bury
Suzanne Maher Bio-micrometeorology of a Sierra Nevada montane meadow Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Suzanne Rogalin Developing a Risk Management Program for Ports Max Kirkeberg, Steven Pease
Sylvie Amezcua Gaps and links: San Francisco Garter Snake habitat assessment priorities Jerry Davis, Barbara Holzman
Themeos Drossos Farm Fragmentation, Land Consolidation and Agricultural Development in Greece John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Theodore Cook City Planning Theory Walter Olson, Robert Picker
Therese Valiant Resource Management on Native American Lands in Alaska Roger Crawford, Robert Picker, , Debbie Leveen
Thomas Filcich A Geographical Study of the Development and Distribution of the Dairy Industry in Croatia Yugoslavia Hans Meihoefer, Burton Gordon, , Georg Treichel
Thomas Harrison The Geography of Narcotics: Marijuana, Opium, and Coca Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Thomas Lupo Will Habitat Destruction Extirpate The Swainson's Hawk From the Sacramento Area? Hans Meihoefer, Jerry Davis
Thomas McCray Water: The Environmental Consequences of Economic Development. The Case of Soviet Central Asia and Southern Kazakhstan , Robert Picker, , Georg Treichel
Thomas Price Negro Storefront Churches in San Francisco: A Study of Their Spatial Characteristics in Two Selected Neighborhoods Max Kirkeberg, Robert Picker, Jean Vance
Thomas Puleo Functional and Symbolic Aspects of Landscape and Construction of Place in SF Redeveloped Project Qian Guo, Nancy Wilkinson
Tiffany Meyer The Arctostaphylos Myrtifolia and Eriogonum Apricum Plant Community: Its Distribution, Abundance and Conservation Barbara Holzman, Jerry Davis
Tim Reed Analyzing Seawifs Using GIS: Phytoplankton Blooms in the Bering Sea Jerry Davis, Patricia Foschi
Timothé Vincent Habitat Use of Finless Porpoises in Hong Kong Ellen Hines, Qian Guo, Samuel Hung
Tom Robinson Mapping Ecologically Functional Riparian Corridors Using LiDAR and Hydrologic Landscape Analysis Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Tracy Andres Foreign Aid for Clean Water Supply and Sanitation: A Geographical Assessment Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Ty Liles Land-Use History of The Pescadero Creek Watershed, San Mateo County, California 1848-1990 John Westfall, Hans Meihoefer
Urbain Kinet Ecological Biogeography of Antartica with Emphasis on Volcanic Habitatats Walter Hacker, Astvaldur Eydal, York Mandra
Vickie Germany Revegetation Program: Contra Costa County Flood Control And Water Conservation District Roger Crawford, Nancy Wilkinson
Victor Bluestone Distribution of Selected Coastal Beach and Dune Plants along Monterey Bay, California Burton Gordon, Astvaldur Eydal
Victoria Seher Understanding Breeding Success of Pigeon Guillemots (Cepphus columba) in an Urban Environment Barbara Holzman, Ellen Hines, Ben Becker
Vivian Matuk Water quality of San Pedro Creek watershed, Pacifica, California Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson, Hans Meihoefer
Wade Stevenson Land Use Policies Associated with Scenic Highways in California Hans Meihoefer, Georg Treichel
Warren Cook A Geography of San Francisco Bay Area Crafts and Fairs Nancy Wilkinson, Roger Crawford
Wendy Allison Urban and Rural Newspaper Reporting of the 2001 Klamath Basin Crisis. Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
William Oliver Motor Vehicle Emission Inventory Components Important to the Emission Estimation Process , Steven Pease, , Richard Thoman
William Goedecke Efficacy of Mathematical Models Using Physical Soil Factors in Determining Landslide Hazard Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis, Seth Hiatt
William Keene A geographic analysis of trail use conflicts associated with bicycling in Marin County, California Roger Crawford, Hans Meihoefer
William Rickard An Analysis of Factors Influencing The Employment Structure of Retail Trade in Independent Cities of The United States, 1950-1960 Robert Picker, Astvaldur Eydal
William Selby Characteristics and Impacts of Summer Thunderstorm Cloudbursts in the White Mountains, California and Nevada Steven Pease, Rene Barendregt
William Spence Three Case Studies in Geographic Models: Transportation and Agricultural Location Roger Crawford, Robert Picker
William Templer Direction Orientation: Human and Non-Human Burton Gordon, Walter Olson
William Wiskes Identification of Abandoned Logging Roads in Point Reyes National Seashore Leonhard Blesius, Ellen Hines
Yael Golan Gendered Walkability: Building a Daytime Walkability Index for Women in San Francsisco Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson, Aiko Weverka
Yoshiharu Izaki The Interrelationship Between Residential Patterns and Socio-Economic Characteristics Among Seven Ethnic Groups in San Francisco Jean Vance, Richard Hough
Yukari Matsumoto The Spatial Patterns and Growth Rates of an Invasive Cordgrass (Spartina Alterniflora and Spartina Alterniflora X Foliosa) in Elsie Roemer Marsh and San Bruno Marsh, California Patricia Foschi, Ellen Hines
Yuki Kawaguchi Cartographic techniques in Environmental Assessments: The Use of Cartography as an aid in the Assessment of Alignments for the North Bay Aqueduct EIR/EIS  John Westfall, Richard Hough
Zetta Wells-Reicker Integrating Theory and Community Food System Assessments: A San Francisco Case Study XiaoHang Liu, Qian Guo, Ona
Zoe Statman-Weil Disparities in Community Water Systems' Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act Leora Nanus, Nancy Wilkinson
Chloe Martin Dynamics of Climate, Phenology, and Productivity Across a Hydrologic Gradient in a Montane Meadow Sara Baguskas, Jerry Davis, Kevin Simonin
Dennis Jongsomjit The effects of sea-ice movement on Adélie penguin winter migration Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Dr. Grant Ballard, Point Blue
Patrick Ehhalt Investigating Variability in CO2 Fluxes in Urban Gardens, Oakland CA Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas
Maret Bartlett California Highway 89 Wildlife Crossing Structures: Planning, Construction, and Effectiveness Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Bethany Frantz Habitat and bycatch risk of South American sea lions in northern Chile Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis
Logan Hansen Remotely sensing the effects of managed wildfire programs on Sierra Nevada meadows Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Josh von Nonn An open-source workflow for scaling burn severity metrics from drone to satellite Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Jessica Solis Carbon Flux Dynamics from a Coastal Grassland Disturbed by Wildfire and Grazing Sara Baguskas, Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Kristin Bowman Factors that Obstruct or Support the Development of Urban Sustainable Landscape Demonstration Nancy Wilkinson, Jason Mark Henderson
Clarissa Maciel Impact of farming practices on soil greenhouse gas emissions Andrew Oliphant, Jennifer Blecha, Leonhard Blesius
Vanessa Michael Evaluating Carbon Stocks in a Tropical Urban Mangrove Forest, Suva, Fiji Andrew Oliphant, Sara Baguskas, Leonhard Blesius
Olivia Duane Conifer Encroachment on Meadow Environments in Lassen Volcanic National Park Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Preston Duncan Spotted Owl Territory Selection and Reproductive Success in Marin County, CA Ellen Hines, Leora Nanus, Kristen Dybala (Point Blue)
Marina Bozinovic Assessing noise exposure to beaked and sperm whales in the California Current Ellen Hines, Sara Baguskas, Anne Simonis (Biology)
Vincent Molina Urban Green Space Accessibility and Seniors’ Quality of Life in San Francisco Jason Mark Henderson, Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Andrea Ramirez Using Physical Safety Surveys to Understand Mobility Barriers for Seniors Riding BRT Jason Mark Henderson, XiaoHang Liu
Andy Murillo Queer Gender & Bicycling in Santa Cruz, CA Courtney Donovan, Jason Mark Henderson
Kelly DeForest Spatiotemporal Distribution Modeling of Baleen Whales in the Santa Barbara Channel Ellen Hines, Jerry Davis, Jaime Jahncke (Point Blue)
Eduardo Piaggio Satellite-Derived Bathymetry: Moving from empirical to non-empirical methods Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Eleanor Morgan Scorched Legacy: Wildfire Impacts on Water Quality in a Montane Valley Creek Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Lejane Kwan Post-Pandemic San Francisco CBD: A Spatiotemporal Analysis on Pedestrian and Consumer Patterns XiaoHang Liu, Jerry Davis
Patrick Bernard Nicholson Jr. A GIS Equity Analysis of San Francisco Slow Streets XiaoHang Liu, Jason Mark Henderson
Aidan Williams Assessment of Fluvial Geomorphic Change in a Restored Meadow using UAV-SfM Photogrammetry Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius, Nick Graham
Brian Mulhern Flood Modeling a Montane Meadow Environment using UAV Derived High Resolution Imagery Jerry Davis, Leonhard Blesius
Ori Hartenstein Modeling carbon fluxes using vegetation indices from drone imagery and field data Andrew Oliphant, Jerry Davis
Paige Krinks Hydrogeologic GIS Modeling of East Contra Costa Groundwater Subbasin Leora Nanus, Jerry Davis
Pravalika Ravula Analyzing land use land cover change in the city of Delhi, India Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis
Tori O'Brien Remotely Sensing Parameters Impacting Vegetation Health and Restoration Upon Mount Sutro Leonhard Blesius, Nancy Wilkinson, Jerry Davis
Timothy Lillis Reducing False Positives in Remote Sensing and Analysis of Atmospheric Methane Leonhard Blesius, Jerry Davis, Dan Cusworth
Fiona Lawler Evaluating the Long-Term Success of San Pedro Creek Restoration, Pacifica CA Jerry Davis, Nancy Wilkinson
Julia Epstein Assessment of Coastal Dune-Vegetation Dynamics Using Kite Aerial Photography Jerry Davis, Leora Nanus, Andrew Oliphant
Jared Livingston Understanding Flood Risk Perceptions in San Francisco's Mission Bay North Neighborhood Nancy Wilkinson, XiaoHang Liu
Kazi Amina Ashraft Disha Nonprofits Combatting Nitrate Contamination of Drinking Water in California’s San Joaquin Valley Nancy Wilkinson, Aritree Samanta, Leora Nanus
Kenny Kruse Equitable Representation and Environmental Justice: Insights from Conservation Districts Aritree Samanta, Nancy Wilkinson
Sage Keyner Exploring Nature's Story: Integrating Field Experience and StoryMaps in Environmental Education Sara Baguskas, Nancy Wilkinson
Vanessa Hardin Sexual Violence's Effects on LGBTQIA+ Survivors at the Scale of the Home Nancy Wilkinson, Andrew Oliphant, Leslie Quintanilla