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Senior Theses from 2025

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LANDS LOST: TRACING DISPLACEMENT AND ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION AMONGST THE TATAVIAM, KAWAIISU, KITANEMUK, AND VANYUME PEOPLE OF ANTELOPE VALLEY, CALIF., Daisy Alvarez

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Verification of Real-Time Smoke Simulations: A Case Study on Early Summer North American Wildfire Events, Daniel Bonilla

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BRIDGING THE GREEN DIVIDE: Sustainable Community Development and Climate Resilience in Altadena, CA, Katie Brosnan

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Crisis in the Current: A Proposed Study on the Impact of Columbia River Basin Water Quality on Juvenile Chinook Salmon Survival, Olivia Buist-Thuillier

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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

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The Banned Sunscreen Chemicals of Hawai’i: Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Bioaccumulation in Hawaiian Reef Fish and an Environmental Policy Analysis of the Ban, Jessica S. Choi

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Huchum: The Legacy of Fire Suppression, Indigenous Land Management, and Media Representation, Carolyn Coyne

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Feeding Frenzy: Tastemakers and Food Influencers in the Age of Social Media, Iris Ducker

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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

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Indigenous vs Western Land Management Strategies in the Pacific Islands, Catherine Farley

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The New Urbanism in New York City: A Case Study Comparing Battery Park City and Alphabet City, Lena Farley

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Dinner Was Literally Garbage: Tracking Inter-Annual Trends in Plastic Ingestion by Hawaiian Laysan Albatrosses, Grace Florendo

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Three Case Studies for Urban Renewal in the Post War American University: Situating Claremont in Urban Renewal Histories, Elizabeth Flores

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Drowned in Promises: Flooded Histories and the Struggle for Justice in the Pajaro Valley, Maya Forgus

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Exploration of College Campus Design: Centering Community in Urban Life, Ella Francis

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In Harmony: The Environmental Lives of Marianne North, Beatrix Farrand, and Mary Hunter Austin, Willa Frank

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Breaking From The Herd: Cost-Benefit And Cultural Analysis Of Intensive, Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing On Six Shooter Ranch, Sydney Hamel

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Reaching for resilience: Habitat heterogeneity, burn severity, and Indigenous fire management practices in the Sierra Nevada, Anna Huff

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From Feedlot to Floor Vote: ​​How Animal Agribusiness Wields Power to Capture the American State, Hannah Hughes

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The Dirt Underneath My Fingernails: The American Pastoral and 21st-Century Food System Reform, Annabella Isaacson

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Plantation Matters: The Black Production of Space in Southeastern Louisiana, 1830 to 1912, Noura Jabir

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Humans Among Giants: Urban Vitality and Implications of Vertical Development in Hong Kong, Laura Jaramillo

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Sacred Waters Clinic: Outreach and Tribal History in the Santa Ana Watershed, Callie Johnson

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ARENAS OF RESISTANCE: How Oklahoma's Black Rodeos Preserved Environmental Wisdom and Community Power, Rorie Johnson

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Assessing the Threat: A Survey of Goldspotted Oak Borer Infestation in Bearpaw Reserve, Katherine Kett

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Visions of the Garden: Transforming the Former Claremont Golf Course into the Coastal Sage Mosaic, Ella C. Kim

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New Life Begins: Establishing an Environmental Analysis Major at Scripps College, Amalia M. Koch

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A Longitudinal Theory of Planned Behavior Study on Metro Rail Ridership in Los Angeles, Annika Livingston-Hall

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Valuating the Impact of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in Savannakhet, Laos through Ecosystem Services Assessments, Nathan Lu

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El Maíz del Abuelo: Fidel Márquez Sanchez’s Legacy and Mexico’s Historical Maize Agriculture, Lucia Marquez-Uppman

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From Fields to Fast Foods: Food Culture, Identity, and Health in Puerto Rico under the U.S. Empire, Ivanna Morales Mercado

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BEYOND THE BIN: Transforming Relationships with Waste Through a Collaborative Inquiry-Based Environmental Education Curriculum, Kaylee V. Morris

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Soil Quality and Fertility of Urban Soils in the Inland Empire, R Mukherjee

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Counter-Insurgency as Colonial Violence: The Red-Tagging of Lumad Schools in the Philippines, Sydney Nemetz

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From Crisis to Innovation: A Multi-Source Renewable Microgrid for Rural Resilience, James Nielsen

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Stable Isotope Analysis and Localization of Copper Carbonates (Malachite and Azurite) within the Bisbee-Warren Mining Region, Arizona, Sarah R. Paper

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The Solar Maya: Resilience and Strength in the Face of Climate Change, Anna Frances Paradise

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Reframing Progress: The battle over the Lower Snake River dams, Marin Plut

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THE CHESAPEAKE PEARL: A Proposal for an Environmental Public Art Installation, Samuel I. Reichard

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Plant-based Versus Animal-based Diets: Which is Better?, Olivia Reichle

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Evaluating the Effects of Aerial Fire Retardants on Soil Chemistry: A Bridge Fire Case Study, Elise Ringness

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Breathing a New Life into Industrialized Cities: Adapting Warehouses in the Inland Empire, Mazzy Rosenast

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Precipitation, Perceptions, and Participation: An Analysis of Individual Perceptions of Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority's Cloud Seeding Pilot Program and Suggestions for Public Outreach and Communications, Rachel A. Rowlee

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Adaptation Vs. Mitigation: Venture Capital Investment Trends in Climate Technologies, Sidney Smith IV

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Case Studies from the Coastal Zone Management: The Place-Based Theory Applied in Southern California Coastal Erosion Mitigation Techniques, Emma Suh

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MAPPING THE TREN MAYA’S MARK ON MÉRIDA, Diego Tamayo

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TOWARDS JUST WATER STEWARDSHIP: HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SANTA ANA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, Anna Taufen

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Protecting California’s Oak Forests: An Evaluation of the Prevalence of the Gold Spotted Oak Borer in Bearpaw Reserve, Lucy S. Thomas

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A Comparative Analysis on Geothermal Energy in Kenya and California, Sia Were

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SPACE FOR THE DEPARTED: BURIAL, LAND SCARCITY, AND BONE-ASH APARTMENTS IN CHINA, Xinyi Wu

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Wellbeing Against the Odds: Confronting Obstacles to Collective Wellbeing in Greater Los Angeles, Ethan H. Yao

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Cultivating Food Justice: A Reframing of Farm-to-Table Food Systems in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point, Isabel Yau-Weeks

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Farming as Life: Reframing Smallholder Farming as a Site of Self-Sufficiency and Cultural Heritage in Botswana, Natasha Yen

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We Found Love in a Wetter Climate: The Impact of Varying Climatic Conditions on the Prevalence of a Fungal Endophyte in Elymus virginicus Populations, Audrey Yung

Senior Theses from 2024

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The Ecological Underpinnings of Famine: Irish Agriculture and Land Use Under British Colonialism, 1534-1852, Wyatt Bandy-Page

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Improving Accessibility and Understanding: Studying the Impact of Human Activities and Dam Removals on Anadromous Fish Species in the Pacific Northwest, Adia F. Bennett

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The Effects of Seaweed Farming on Local Ecosystems in the United States, Reid Cohen

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Fashioning Sustainability at Scripps: An Analysis of Scripps College Students' Clothing Acquisition and Disposal Habits in the Era of the Free Closet, Serena David

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Migration-Associated Variation in Blood Parasitism, Body Condition, and Stress in Gambel’s White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii), Julianna Deibel

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Roadblocks Ahead: High-Speed Rail Setbacks in the United States—Reflections and Ramifications, Sophie Dorn

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Exploring the Potential Role of Fungal Communities on Forest Restoration, Destiny Garcia

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Quantifying Enrichment of Metals and Inorganic Ions in Sea Spray Aerosols, David C. Gorman and Charles J. Taylor

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A Regenerative Future: The Intersection of Agriculture Practices, Partnership, and Economics in San Joaquin Valley, Jada Higgins

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From Fork to Farm: Strategies to Expand Onsite Composting and Reduce Compost Contamination at Pomona College, Grace Hill

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Resistance and Resilience in a New Era of Labor Suppression: SITRACHIRI Banana Workers Union in Costa Rica, Grace Hill

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Environmental Effects of Planned Wastewater Releases from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Grant Ho

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Investigating Factors Contributing to Differences in Air Pollutants Between Metropolitan Areas in the US, Ellen Hu

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Corporate Influence at Public Universities: Upholding the Conventional Agricultural Paradigm, Michaela Jones

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Costuming the Californian Apocalypse: Sartorial Speculations of Los Angeles's Future, Isabel Kramer

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Drought Incidence and Fire Hazard in the Sierra Nevada Forest Foothills, 2022-23, Kushnerniva Laurent

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Turning from the Streets to the Courts: Assessing the Extrajudicial Effects of Litigation as a Strategy in the Climate Justice Movement, Journey Lipscomb

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Thinning in California Forests: Optimizing Bioenergy Production and Wildfire Risk Mitigation in the Stanislaus National Forest and Beyond, Kristen Lu

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Is Your Refrigerator Running? An Exploration of Energy Practices and Decarbonization Potential at Pilgrim Place, Shelby Luster

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Greening the Grounds: Mitigating Compost Contamination and Expanding Onsite Composting Practices in a Small Liberal Arts College Setting, Loren Mello

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The Lives I’ve Yet to Live, Emma Merk

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The Korean Hanok as a Model for Sustainable Architecture in South Korea, Jordan Oh

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Speculative Landscapes, Laurel Ovenell

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Nitrate Contamination in Two California Groundwater Basins: What Creates Disparities?, Catherine Protiva

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Impact of Highway Proximity on Air Quality: An Analysis of Los Angeles County & Harris County, Claudia Quintero

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Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizers Do Not Replicate Soil Organic Matter: The Feedback Loops from Soil Amendment Options, Sabine Salles

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Sonic Uprising: Techno as an Instrument for Urban Revitalization, Wali Shaikh

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From Activist to Journalist: Radical Journalism Against the Climate Crisis and American Militarism, Sophie Shepherd

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Mobile Food Displacement and Formalization: A Case Study of Portland’s Block 216, Marcello Ursic

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Can intentional community-engagement bridge the Town and Gown divide? Creating collaborative partnerships between colleges and local organizations engaged in social activism, Anna Wilk

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Transition Towards A Brighter Future: Energy Usage Analysis at Pilgrim Place and Recommendations for Decarbonization, Zhuoyao Wu

Senior Theses from 2023

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Air Pollution and the Case for Reparations Among African American Communities in Los Angeles, California, jaela alvarez

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Radioactive, Internal Colonialism: The Uranium Industry’s Historic and Current Impact on the Navajo Nation, Sophie Arens

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Decolonial Foodurisms: From Plantations to Agricultural Spaces of Intersectional Healing, Dominic Arzadon

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From Building to Dwelling: Unfolding Infinity through Bioregional Fulfillment, Sanjana Bhatnagar

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The Prison Industrial Complex: A Microcosm of Environmental Justice As A Human Rights Issue, Isabella Brusco

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¡Hay comida en la casa! - There Is Food at Home!, Gabriela Camacho

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Grieving Climate Change: A Psychological and Personal Exploration of Emotionally Processing the Climate Crisis, Hava Chishti

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Utilizing Multiple Analysis of Petrocalcic Soils to Determine Potential Environmental Factors, Cecilia Compton

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Contemplative Nearby Nature: A Design Proposal for Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Russell Corbin

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Timber Island: A Screenplay, Lucas Cunningham

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Treasure Island: Gold Dust or Radioactive Soil?, Ari Daniels

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The Green Campus: A Report on Tree Carbon Storage and Sequestration on Pomona College Campus, Leona A. Das

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AN ANCIENT THREAD OF “INSEPARABLE ONENESS”: A Theoretical Exploration of Community and Kinship in Grassroots Environmental Justice Movements, Izzy Dean

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Redesigning Pitzer's East Mesa Parking Lot, Maisie deBruyn

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Investigating the Role of Flowering Phenology in the Invasion of Viola odorata, Catherine Donson