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
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
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
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: Broadcast News' Contribution to 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
ENVIRONMENT IN CRISIS: SEEKING AN AFROFUTURIST PERSPECTIVE, Simone Wolynski
Paraisong Nawala: Exploring Sustainable Ecotourism in the Philippines, Samantha Barrios Yu
Anti-Colonial Foodways: Food Sovereignty in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Clara Zervigon
Situating Asian American Environmental (In)Justices through Radical History Walking Tours, Yuxin Zhou
Senior Theses from 2019
Best Practices to Encourage Landfill Diversion in Waste Management Programs, Sondra Abruzzo
Why CSAs Matter: (re)localizing for people-based food networks, Gretchen Alexander
Campaigning on an Environmental Justice Platform: Irmalinda Osuna for Upland City Council, District 3, Jenny Bekenstein
The Homecoming of the Negro Spirit: Black Spiritual Intelligence as a Structural Form of Intelligence, Quincy Brown
Women in the Wage Economy: A New Gendered Division of Labor Amongst the Inuit, Hannah Buehler
The Sea Turtle as a Marketing Symbol for the Anti-Plastics Movement, Hannah Chiu
Shizen Nōhō: Restoring the Relationship Between Food, Nature, and People in Japan, Katharine Graham
The Mark of the Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume): A study of song and stewardship in Japan’s Inland Sea, Charlotte Hyde
Progressive and Conservative Efforts in Climate Change Flood Adaptation: A Study of Four Coastal States, Caroline jaeger
Island Invasion: The Silent Crisis in Hawaii, Sophia Janssen
Exploring Transit-Based Environmental Injustices in San Gabriel Valley and Greater Los Angeles, Bailey Lai
Fragile Oceans, Synthetic Flotsam and Microbial Collaboration – Explorations in the Visual Communication of the Plastic Crisis, Ivan Langesfeld
Pedal to the Metal: Accelerating the Transition to Electric Vehicles, Nicole Larson
South of Sacramento: an Implementation and Effectiveness Analysis of Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Zaidee H. Laughlin
Radioactive Contamination, Superfund Remediation, and Green Gentrification in San Francisco’s Hunters Point, Lawrie Mankoff
Landlocked Landfills and the Invasion of Waste: Environmental Injustice as seen in Solid Waste Management in Rural Alaskan Villages, Kate McWilliams
From Cars to Complete Streets: Integrating Bicycles Into Seattle's Transportation Network, Natalie Quek
Desde el barrio hasta afuera, From the Neighborhood Out: Building Sustainable Cities and Empowering Latinx Communities in Southern California through Asset-Based Community Development, Vannesa Reyes Salazar
Facilitating Experience through Fabrication and Blue Biophilic Design, Teague Scanlon
Let's Get Sorted: The Path to Zero Waste at Pomona College, Sara Sherburne
Mapping Development in Cameroon: Challenging Dominant Narratives, Hannah Skutt
Belonging While Black at Lake Merritt: The Black Spatial Imaginary and Place-Making in Oakland, CA, Betel Solomon Tesfamariam
In the Eye of the Storm: Houston after Hurricane Harvey, Brandon Tolentino-Serrano
Restoring Reciprocity: Indigenous Knowledges and Environmental Education, Mireya Valencia
