Senior Theses from 2025
Verification of Real-Time Smoke Simulations: A Case Study on Early Summer North American Wildfire Events, Daniel Bonilla
BRIDGING THE GREEN DIVIDE: Sustainable Community Development and Climate Resilience in Altadena, CA, Katie Brosnan
Crisis in the Current: A Proposed Study on the Impact of Columbia River Basin Water Quality on Juvenile Chinook Salmon Survival, Olivia Buist-Thuillier
The San Francisco Bay Area’s Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise: Integrating Community Engagement and Equity into Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Planning, Isabella Marie Carreon
Huchum: The Legacy of Fire Suppression, Indigenous Land Management, and Media Representation, Carolyn Coyne
Feeding Frenzy: Tastemakers and Food Influencers in the Age of Social Media, Iris Ducker
Swimming in Sh*t: Quantifying Lagoon Flushing Impacts on Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Surf Zones of Three Beaches on the East End of Long Island, NY, Brody C. Eggert
Indigenous vs Western Land Management Strategies in the Pacific Islands, Catherine Farley
The New Urbanism in New York City: A Case Study Comparing Battery Park City and Alphabet City, Lena Farley
Dinner Was Literally Garbage: Tracking Inter-Annual Trends in Plastic Ingestion by Hawaiian Laysan Albatrosses, Grace Florendo
Three Case Studies for Urban Renewal in the Post War American University: Situating Claremont in Urban Renewal Histories, Elizabeth Flores
Drowned in Promises: Flooded Histories and the Struggle for Justice in the Pajaro Valley, Maya Forgus
Exploration of College Campus Design: Centering Community in Urban Life, Ella Francis
In Harmony: The Environmental Lives of Marianne North, Beatrix Farrand, and Mary Hunter Austin, Willa Frank
Breaking From The Herd: Cost-Benefit And Cultural Analysis Of Intensive, Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing On Six Shooter Ranch, Sydney Hamel
From Feedlot to Floor Vote: How Animal Agribusiness Wields Power to Capture the American State, Hannah Hughes
The Dirt Underneath My Fingernails: The American Pastoral and 21st-Century Food System Reform, Annabella Isaacson
Plantation Matters: The Black Production of Space in Southeastern Louisiana, 1830 to 1912, Noura Jabir
Humans Among Giants: Urban Vitality and Implications of Vertical Development in Hong Kong, Laura Jaramillo
Sacred Waters Clinic: Outreach and Tribal History in the Santa Ana Watershed, Callie Johnson
ARENAS OF RESISTANCE: How Oklahoma's Black Rodeos Preserved Environmental Wisdom and Community Power, Rorie Johnson
Assessing the Threat: A Survey of Goldspotted Oak Borer Infestation in Bearpaw Reserve, Katherine Kett
Visions of the Garden: Transforming the Former Claremont Golf Course into the Coastal Sage Mosaic, Ella C. Kim
New Life Begins: Establishing an Environmental Analysis Major at Scripps College, Amalia M. Koch
A Longitudinal Theory of Planned Behavior Study on Metro Rail Ridership in Los Angeles, Annika Livingston-Hall
El Maíz del Abuelo: Fidel Márquez Sanchez’s Legacy and Mexico’s Historical Maize Agriculture, Lucia Marquez-Uppman
From Fields to Fast Foods: Food Culture, Identity, and Health in Puerto Rico under the U.S. Empire, Ivanna Morales Mercado
BEYOND THE BIN: Transforming Relationships with Waste Through a Collaborative Inquiry-Based Environmental Education Curriculum, Kaylee V. Morris
Soil Quality and Fertility of Urban Soils in the Inland Empire, R Mukherjee
Counter-Insurgency as Colonial Violence: The Red-Tagging of Lumad Schools in the Philippines, Sydney Nemetz
From Crisis to Innovation: A Multi-Source Renewable Microgrid for Rural Resilience, James Nielsen
Stable Isotope Analysis and Localization of Copper Carbonates (Malachite and Azurite) within the Bisbee-Warren Mining Region, Arizona, Sarah R. Paper
The Solar Maya: Resilience and Strength in the Face of Climate Change, Anna Frances Paradise
Reframing Progress: The battle over the Lower Snake River dams, Marin Plut
THE CHESAPEAKE PEARL: A Proposal for an Environmental Public Art Installation, Samuel I. Reichard
Plant-based Versus Animal-based Diets: Which is Better?, Olivia Reichle
Evaluating the Effects of Aerial Fire Retardants on Soil Chemistry: A Bridge Fire Case Study, Elise Ringness
Breathing a New Life into Industrialized Cities: Adapting Warehouses in the Inland Empire, Mazzy Rosenast
Adaptation Vs. Mitigation: Venture Capital Investment Trends in Climate Technologies, Sidney Smith IV
MAPPING THE TREN MAYA’S MARK ON MÉRIDA, Diego Tamayo
Protecting California’s Oak Forests: An Evaluation of the Prevalence of the Gold Spotted Oak Borer in Bearpaw Reserve, Lucy S. Thomas
A Comparative Analysis on Geothermal Energy in Kenya and California, Sia Were
SPACE FOR THE DEPARTED: BURIAL, LAND SCARCITY, AND BONE-ASH APARTMENTS IN CHINA, Xinyi Wu
Wellbeing Against the Odds: Confronting Obstacles to Collective Wellbeing in Greater Los Angeles, Ethan H. Yao
Cultivating Food Justice: A Reframing of Farm-to-Table Food Systems in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, Isabel Yau-Weeks
Farming as Life: Reframing Smallholder Farming as a Site of Self-Sufficiency and Cultural Heritage in Botswana, Natasha Yen
Senior Theses from 2024
The Ecological Underpinnings of Famine: Irish Agriculture and Land Use Under British Colonialism, 1534-1852, Wyatt Bandy-Page
Improving Accessibility and Understanding: Studying the Impact of Human Activities and Dam Removals on Anadromous Fish Species in the Pacific Northwest, Adia F. Bennett
The Effects of Seaweed Farming on Local Ecosystems in the United States, Reid Cohen
Migration-Associated Variation in Blood Parasitism, Body Condition, and Stress in Gambel’s White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii), Julianna Deibel
Roadblocks Ahead: High-Speed Rail Setbacks in the United States—Reflections and Ramifications, Sophie Dorn
Exploring the Potential Role of Fungal Communities on Forest Restoration, Destiny Garcia
Quantifying Enrichment of Metals and Inorganic Ions in Sea Spray Aerosols, David C. Gorman and Charles J. Taylor
A Regenerative Future: The Intersection of Agriculture Practices, Partnership, and Economics in San Joaquin Valley, Jada Higgins
From Fork to Farm: Strategies to Expand Onsite Composting and Reduce Compost Contamination at Pomona College, Grace Hill
Resistance and Resilience in a New Era of Labor Suppression: SITRACHIRI Banana Workers Union in Costa Rica, Grace Hill
Environmental Effects of Planned Wastewater Releases from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Grant Ho
Corporate Influence at Public Universities: Upholding the Conventional Agricultural Paradigm, Michaela Jones
Costuming the Californian Apocalypse: Sartorial Speculations of Los Angeles's Future, Isabel Kramer
Drought Incidence and Fire Hazard in the Sierra Nevada Forest Foothills, 2022-23, Kushnerniva Laurent
Turning from the Streets to the Courts: Assessing the Extrajudicial Effects of Litigation as a Strategy in the Climate Justice Movement, Journey Lipscomb
Is Your Refrigerator Running? An Exploration of Energy Practices and Decarbonization Potential at Pilgrim Place, Shelby Luster
The Lives I’ve Yet to Live, Emma Merk
The Korean Hanok as a Model for Sustainable Architecture in South Korea, Jordan Oh
Speculative Landscapes, Laurel Ovenell
Nitrate Contamination in Two California Groundwater Basins: What Creates Disparities?, Catherine Protiva
Impact of Highway Proximity on Air Quality: An Analysis of Los Angeles County & Harris County, Claudia Quintero
Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizers Do Not Replicate Soil Organic Matter: The Feedback Loops from Soil Amendment Options, Sabine Salles
Sonic Uprising: Techno as an Instrument for Urban Revitalization, Wali Shaikh
From Activist to Journalist: Radical Journalism Against the Climate Crisis and American Militarism, Sophie Shepherd
Mobile Food Displacement and Formalization: A Case Study of Portland’s Block 216, Marcello Ursic
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
Decolonial Foodurisms: From Plantations to Agricultural Spaces of Intersectional Healing, Dominic Arzadon
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
¡Hay comida en la casa! - There Is Food at Home!, Gabriela Camacho
Grieving Climate Change: A Psychological and Personal Exploration of Emotionally Processing the Climate Crisis, Hava Chishti
Utilizing Multiple Analysis of Petrocalcic Soils to Determine Potential Environmental Factors, Cecilia Compton
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
Redesigning Pitzer's East Mesa Parking Lot, Maisie deBruyn
Investigating the Role of Flowering Phenology in the Invasion of Viola odorata, Catherine Donson