Senior Theses from 2023
Air Pollution and the Case for Reparations Among African American Communities in Los Angeles, California, jaela alvarez
Radioactive, Internal Colonialism: The Uranium Industry’s Historic and Current Impact on the Navajo Nation, Sophie Arens
From Building to Dwelling: Unfolding Infinity through Bioregional Fulfillment, Sanjana Bhatnagar
The Prison Industrial Complex: A Microcosm of Environmental Justice As A Human Rights Issue, Isabella Brusco
Contemplative Nearby Nature: A Design Proposal for Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Russell Corbin
Timber Island: A Screenplay, Lucas Cunningham
Treasure Island: Gold Dust or Radioactive Soil?, Ari Daniels
The Green Campus: A Report on Tree Carbon Storage and Sequestration on Pomona College Campus, Leona A. Das
Investigating the Role of Flowering Phenology in the Invasion of Viola odorata, Catherine Donson
How to Build a World: Stereoscopes, Tourism, and Land in Zion National Park, Emma Duggleby
FOSSIL FUELS IN DISGUISE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CARBON CAPTURE STORAGE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, Medha Gelli
QUANTIFYING THE CARBON STORED AND SEQUESTERED BY THE TREES ON POMONA COLLEGE’S CAMPUS, Paola A. Giron-Carson
Concrete Everywhere: A Project-Based Analysis of the Unequal Distribution of Warehouses in Fontana, Chanah Haigh
Breakwater: Anti-Blackness in Geoscience Lessons from Long Beach, CA, Christina Marsh
Redefining Community in the Age of the Internet: Will the Internet of Things (IoT) generate sustainable and equitable community development?, Carson Martinez
Reaching Gleaners and Raising Awareness: A Toolkit for Uncommon Good's Community Gleaning Program, Gabriella Meerwarth
GLEAN MACHINES: Creating a Gleaning Toolkit for Uncommon Good, Elizabeth Messinger
An Analysis of Water Quality at Orange County, California Beaches, Naomi Meurice
The Role of Gleaning in Cultivating Community Food Security, Katja Reich
Variation in soil-mediated drought response traits between sympatric species of Mimulus, Anna Reitman
La Floresta; an appreciation and reimagination of my barrio, Ana Rodríguez
The History of Environmental Justice and Grassroots Activism and An Analysis of New York State's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Eleanor Tahbaz
Miniscule and Might Predators: A Cautionary Tale of the Power of Mosquitoes in California and the Greater United States, Benjamin Willett
Growing Culturally Relevant Food at the Urban Farm: An Examination of Sovereign Foodways, Place-Making Practices, and Autonomous Identity-Shaping, Dahlia Bess Zail
Senior Theses from 2022
Power in numbers: an abundance of small corals responsible for storing over half of the carbon stored by all Alaskan Primnoa pacifica deep-sea corals, Sylvie Alexander
Deconstructing U.S. Army Maps of Korea: A Case Study for Rethinking Historical Environmental Data, Lee Beckwith
Soil and Soul: Fostering Cultural Healing Through Reconnection to the Land, Makeda Bullock Floyd
Examining Soil Microbial Diversity in Transition Zones between Corn Fields and Restored Prairie in the Upper Midwest, Anna M. Burns
Footprints on the Prairie: Examining the Interlocking Land Histories of the Liberty Prairie Reserve, Illinois, Anna M. Burns
Roots and Resilience: Reimagining Marston Quad After the Windstorm, Maya Edstrom
Re-imagining Design for Affordable Housing in Mexico, Kenza Fernandez Dominguez
Re-imagining Design for Affordable Housing in Mexico, Kenza Fernandez Dominguez
Warehouses in the Inland Empire: Displacing Land and Life, Katherine Gelsey
Painting Colonialism Green: Understanding colonial ecology through the lens of Palestinian art, Lily Hibbard
Sharing the Shore: Hybridity and Developing Environmentalisms in the Indiana Dunes, Olivia Klein
Visualizing an Anti-Capitalist Future Amidst a Commodified Landscape: Learning from the African Savanna Elephant, Eloise Magoncelli
Hungies? Me too: Food Insecurity on College Campuses as it pertains to BIPOC, Low-Income and/or First-Generation Students, Zury Marroquin
Localizing Food Waste Management: A Social Benefit-Cost Analysis of Aerobic Composters, Aurora Massari
Out of This World: Imagination(s) Under Capitalism, Julia H. McCartan
The Heirloom as Evidence: Investigating the Colonial Trace Preserved within my Family’s Sandalwood Box, Olivia Meehan
Beyond The Technical Dimensions of Water: Community-Based Efforts for Water Justice in the High Desert, Ella Meyer
Drought Tolerant Landscaping Trends in Claremont, California, Serena Myjer
Spatial Geochemical Changes in Central and East Texas Soils over Time Resulting from Human Decomposition, Isabela Marisol Overturf
Home/land Security: Asian Settlers, Native Hawaiians, and Claims to Belonging in "Hawaiian" Fiction, Alice Shinn
Disaster Art, Kali Tindell-Griffin
Forest Offsets in the California Carbon Market: Challenges of a Market Based Climate Solution, Eric Warmoth
Tales of Urban Livability－ Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles As Told by Tree Canopy Cover, Hoi Cheng Wong
Senior Theses from 2021
CAFOs In The Crossfire: Environmental Policy And The Equine Industry, Toni Anderson
Intertidal Responses to ENSO Patterns, Evie L. Andrade
“Biomimicry: Sustainable Agriculture and Architecture Design”, Camille Barreto
When Disparities Become Deadly: Spatial Differences in PM2.5 Levels Within the City of Pomona, California, Pauline Bekkers
Navigating Obstacles to Environmental Conservation: How NGOs Emerge as Effective Environmental Stewards, Chris Clark
Waves of Colonialism and Whitewashing Legacies: A Critical Analysis of Race in the Dominant Surf Narrative, Jennifer Franklin
Connecting Youth to Nature: Environmental Education’s Role in the Future of Wellbeing and Stewardship, Claire Generous
The Right to the City: San Francisco's Chinatown Before and After the 1906 Earthquake, Alexandra Hsu
Greening the Economy While Centering Justice: A Case Study of Green Business Incentives in Riverside, California, Vanessa Lincoln
Filtering Out the Effects of Zebra Mussels: Climate, Land Use, and Water Clarity in Minnesota Lakes, Kristina Linder
The Intersection Between Black Hair and the Environment: Hair as a Site for Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Dafina Matiku
Influence of Iceberg-Discharge Events on the Climate and Circulation of the Central North Atlantic Ocean During the Last Glaciation, Ava McIlvaine
Come Closer: Geographies of Care, Anam Mehta
THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT (SGMA): LONG OVERDUE, BUT IS IT LIVING UP TO ITS POTENTIAL?, Bailey Mknelly
The Quasi-Natural Santa Ana River: A Historical Perspective, Moira Mulhern
Exploring the COVID-19 Experience of Young Adult Latinos in Rural California: Insights into Mental Health & The Immigrant Health Paradox, Vivianna Plancarte
Optical Hygiene and Modernity: A Site Analysis of Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant Using Lefebvre’s Triad, William R. Stone
Theory and Praxis of the Barbara Drake Memorial Library at the Robert Redford Conservancy in Claremont, California, Sandra Sublette
Growing Food Sovereignty in Community Gardens, Kathryn Tuemmler
The Effect of Drought and Exotic Species on the Post-Fire Response of Artemisia californica, Carolyn Weisman
Twin Threats: The Short-Sighted US Response to Global Climate Change and Pandemics, Bryan Williams
Captives & Spoils in Chicago: Examining the Columbian Exposition’s Triumphal Procession of 1893, Kazandra Zelaya
Senior Theses from 2020
Plastics Derived From Derelict Fishing Gear in the Arctic: Looking at Sustainable Fisheries for a Strategy of Mitigation, Remediation and Prevention in Iceland and Alaska, Natalie S. Armstrong
The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary: An Exploration of Changing the Discourse on Conservation, Arielle Ben-Hur
Unaccepted Streets in Bayview Hunters Point: Addressing Spatial Injustice Through Public Open Space, Clare Blackwell
Development of Discourse and Criteria in Green Building, Ben Bronstein
The Living Community Challenge: An unCase Study in Biophilic Master Planning, Jordan Grimaldi
The Continued Legacy of German Naturalness Contextualized Within a Fraught History and Issues of Inclusion, Eleanor Grosse
Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Reconsidering Our Paradigm of Water Pollution, Jonathan Gunasti
Urban Renewal or Urban Legend? Re-Historicizing Human-River Relationships Disrupted by Displacement Before and Now in Los Angeles, Jamie Sophia Helberg
Towards a Resilient Future: Federal Policies for Adapting the U.S. Coasts to Climate Change, Samuel Horowitz
A Dirty Renewable: How Trash Incineration Became Classified as Renewable Energy, Emma Hsu
Migration and Women’s Relationships to the Land and Food in Myanmar, Allison Joseph
Foster Rhodes Jackson and the Visual Conquest of the West, Eve Kaufman
Enlivening Spaces for the Dead: The Relevance of Cemeteries in the 21st Century, Caroline Koh Smith
Finding and Fighting for a Future of Bicycles in Boise, Idaho, Kyle Lenhart-Wees
Climate Translators: The Impacts of Broadcast News on the Political Divide Over Climate Change in the United States, Dylan V. Macy
Shrimp Farming in Thailand: A pathway to Sustainability, Warinyupa Phornprapha
Rights, Water, and Guardians: How Rights of Nature Movements are Reshaping our Current Environmental Ethics and What These Policies Need to be Successful, Megan Schmiesing
Kibble Me This: The Scientific and Cultural Debate Over Boutique, Exotic, and Grain-Free Canine Nutrition, Anne Shalamoff
Rethinking Livability in Megacities: Applications of Jane Jacobs’ Theories on Tokyo and Los Angeles, Kirara Tsutsui
Climate Policies From California and New York, Catherine Ward
An Examination of the Wrongful Exploitation of Mexican Farmworkers in the United States, Eva N. Wertimer
