Senior Theses from 2016
Christianity and the Development of Eco-Justice, Emily C. Hill
You Are What You (Can) Eat: Cultivating Resistance through Food, Justice, and Gardens on the South Side of Chicago, Ida B. Kassa
Women in the Machinery of War: Gender, Identity & Resistance Within Contemporary Middle Eastern Conflict, Nana-Korantema A. Koranteng
The Power of the Tower: Contesting History at Bear Lodge/Devils Tower National Monument, Anna Marie Kramer
Ballot-Box Environmentalism across the Golden State: How Geography Influences California Voters’ Demand for Environmental Public Goods, William Skyler Lewis
How Can We Have A Better Public Transportation System? –An Exploratory Agent Based Model, Boyu Liu
A Clean Electricity Future: Assessing the Role of Wide-Area Power System Operations in Supporting Weather-Driven Renewable Energy in the U.S., Paul D. Picciano
Colombia, the Resilient Survivor: DDR, Elusive Peace, and the Politics of Post-Conflict, Laura Pico
Vehicle to Grid: An Economic and Technological Key to California's Renewable Future, Jackson C. Rafter
Alternate Minimalisms: Repetition, Objectivity, and Process in the Age of Recording, Zachary Schwartz
Defending the Social Good Theory of Punishment, Sydney R. Scott
A Theory of Form as Temporal Referentiality, Eron F. Smith
Turning Waste into Compost in Napa, California, Liana D. Solis
Environmental Justice in Remediation: Tools for Community Empowerment, Chihiro Tamefusa
Senior Theses from 2015
Listening to the Quiet Revolution: The Implications of Voluntary Simplicity for a Sustainable Society, Katherine M. Barton
Discovery Islands, Earth Islands: The Theory and Practice of Island Imagery in Environmental Thought, Naomi A. Bosch
And I Heard 'Em Say: Listening to the Black Prophetic, Cameron J. Cook
The Eco-Sustainable Initiative: A Case Study in and Evaluation of Eco-labeling, Chiara Dorigo
The Future of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, Brian Friel
Post-disaster Transitional Housing for Displaced People, Yuqiao Guo
The San Antonio Wash: Addressing the Gap Between Claremont and Upland, Benjamin C. Hackenberger
Reforestation, Renewal, and the Cost of Coal: Opposing a Manichean Worldview in Central Appalachia, Elizabeth R. Hansen
Arendt on Arendt: Reflecting on the Meaning of the Eichmann Controversy, Audrey P. Jaquiss
Innovation or Inundation: The Political Economy of Sea Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay Area, Nicole Quilliam
Immigrant Labor in Fish Processing in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia and Current Undocumented Labor, Adi D. Salinas Ferreira
Ensuring Our Future or Sowing the Seeds of Our Own Destruction? Crop Insurance and Water Use in Texas, Michael Shapiro
Bridging the Blue-Green Divide: The Role of Environmental NGOs in Tackling Environmental Problems in Taiwan, Yttrium Sua
Implementing (Environmental) Justice: Equity and Performance in California's S.B. 535, Meagan Tokunaga
Looking Beyond Fossil Fuel Divestment: Combating Climate Change in Higher Education, Robin Xu
Senior Theses from 2014
Bridging the Justice Gap: Exploring Approaches for Improving Indigent Access to Civil Counsel, Kelsey Atkinson
Radical Housewife Activism: Subverting the Toxic Public/Private Binary, Emma Foehringer Merchant
Where Design Meets Occupant Engagement: Studying the Importance of Occupant Engagement for Green Buildings, LEED and Pomona College, Chelsea Fried
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Times, Brendan Gillett
Topological Complexity in Protein Structures, Gabriella Heller
The Clarification of Proposition 209: Gauging the Impact on Native Americans at the University of California, Charles R. Herman
Energy Storage in the Golden State: An Analysis of the Regulatory and Economic Landscape., Ryan H. Higgins
Factors of Success in Beekeeping Development Projects and Their Application to South Africa’s Beekeeping Industry, Deirdre Lee
The Chimerae of their Age:Twelfth Century Cistercian Engagement beyond Monastic Walls, Daniel J. Martin
Implementing Green Roofs on Movie Theaters and Shopping Centers: Business Cases in Profitable Sustainability, Ryan J. Miller
Spreading The Char: The Importance of Local Compatibility in the Diffusion of Biochar Systems to the Smallholder Agriculture Community Context, Laura C. V. Munoz
Watching the Match Burn After You've Set the House on Fire, Michael Opal
Fish and Fruit for Food Justice Success, Nickelle A. Raschick
Earth, Air, Water, Oil: Regulating Fracking in the Monterey Shale with Health and Environment in Mind, Gideon J. Salzman-Gubbay
Farming: It's Not Just for Farmers Anymore, Jennifer Schmidt
International Relations or International Sanitations? Exploring Student Perceptions of Intro to IR Course Content, Nick Sundback
(De)psychologizing Shangri-La: Recognizing and Reconsidering C.G. Jung's Role in the Construction of Tibetan Buddhism in the Western Imagination, Alec M. Terrana
Wetlands and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes: Causes and Effects of Climate Change – A Meta-Analysis, Robert E. Ventura
Images for a Nation: The Role of Conservation Photography in American Environmentalism, Nathaniel W. Yale
Reconsidering Firmitas: Durability as an Integral Function of the Sustainably Built Environment, Katherine P. Yzurdiaga
Senior Theses from 2013
Public Land and Its Management: Why the Research Is Not Enough, Corinne Calhoun
Justified By Faith: The Upper Susquehanna Lutheran Synod and the Pennsylvania Natural Gas Fracking Controversy, Lena R. Connor
Cooking up a Course: Food Education at Pomona College, Christina A. Cyr
Conserving Fish and Forests: Community Involvement and Its Limits in Resource Management On the Island of Hawai'i, Amber W. Datta
A New Commons: Considering Community-Based Co-Management for Sustainable Fisheries, Charlotte L. Dohrn
Social Entrepreneurship: The Ideal Business for Humanity and the Economy, Maya D. Horgan
Environmental Economics: A Case Study for the Big Cottonwood Canyon Watershed, Robert Hull
“Who was Colonel Hồ Ngọc Cẩn?”: Theorizing the Relationship between History and Cultural Memory, Evyn Lê Espiritu
A Guide to the Pomona College Organic Farm: An Introduction to the Farm’s History and Basic Gardening Skills and Techniques, Adam J. Long
Floatovoltaics: Quantifying the Benefits of a Hydro-Solar Power Fusion, Abe McKay
Migration for Education: Haitian University Students in the Dominican Republic, Jenny Miner
Identity on Trial: the Gabrielino Tongva Quest for Federal Recognition, Alice Mirlesse
Oil, Oil, Everywhere: Environmental and Human Impacts of Oil Extraction in the Niger Delta, Julia Pitkin
Wind Energy Opposition in Vermont: Perspectives on the State's Energy Future, William R. Pitkin IV
Incentives for Distributed Generation in California: The Rise of Third-Party Solar Development, Joshua M. Propp
Greening the Streets: A Comparison of Sustainable Stormwater Management in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California, Na'ama Schweitzer
Marston Quadrangle: Past, Present, and Proposals for a Sustainable Future, Meryl Seward
A Policymaker's Guide to Feed-In Tariffs: Encouraging a Responsible Transition to Renewable Electricity in California, Roland P. Thayer
Senior Theses from 2012
Walking Los Angeles, Zoe R. Carlberg
Take Me to the River: Revitalizing LA's Lost Monument, Erin Childs
Day to Day Change Making: The Transformative Potential of Dumpster Diving, Elizabeth Emery Donovan
Biologically-Derived Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Cleaner Alternative for Solar Energy, Erika S. Falsgraf
Aquculture and Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon, Gator Halpern
Biophilic Design at Pomona College: An Analysis of the New Sontag and Pomona Residence Halls, John W. Hasse
Environmental Critiques of Nuclear Energy, William Hummel
Get Your Butt Off the Ground!: Consequences of Cigarette Waste and Litter-Reducing Methods, Joyce Lee
Outsiders in an Inside Game: The Effects of the Traditional Soviet Economy of Favors on Foreigners Doing Business in Contemporary Russia, Brittney A. Lenard
Agricultural Efficiency and the End of the Oil Age; Building a Future of Longevity, Keith McHugh
Does Design Affect Behavior? A Case Study of Pomona and Sontag Halls, Erin F. Morgan
Analysis of Biodiesel Quality Using Reversed Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Kellyann M. Murphy
Binding Ochre to Theory, Simone E. Nibbs
Growth on the Gold Line: Evaluating the Foothill Extension and the Potential of Transit-Oriented Development, Adam E. Russell
BIKEurious: A Transportation Reorientation, Aerienne Russell
The Full Cost of Renewables: Managing Wind Integration Costs in California, William Savage
Eco-Labeling: An Argument for Regulation and Reform, Lauren Sherman
Engaging with Motherhood: Gender and Sexuality in Environmental Justice, Hannah M G Snyder
Cool Roofs at Pomona College, Jeremiah M. Steuterman
Educating for Environmental Literacy in America's Public Schools, Annie L. Stoller-Patterson
Neustonic Plastic in the Los Angeles River, Annie M. Tran
Subverting Socialist Realism: Vasily Grossman's Marginal Heroes, Maria Karen Whittle
Senior Theses from 2011
PCB-Contaminated Food in the Canadian Arctic: Interactions between Environmental Policy, Cultural Values, and the Healthcare System, Katharine K. Brieger
Beyond Colonization, Commodification, and Reclamation: Recognizing and Retheorizing the Role of Religion in Hula, Christine E. Chan
Inclusionary Zoning: New Ways Forward, Owen Deutsch
