Featured Projects
Here are a few projects that exemplify the wonderful research students from the Environmental Science department have done over the years.
Additional Research Projects
These are all the projects the Environmental and Earth Sciences department has presented at SSRD in the last few years.
2018
- Menu for Disaster: A Gendered Lens to Understanding Food Insecurity and Natural Disasters in Houston and Marion County - Abigail Bernhard (Poster)
- Tree ring analysis of Oregon White oaks in the Sparks Parking Lot - Meridith Greer, Alexander Hudson, Lara Shinsato, Jeff Smith (Poster)
- Forest Structure and Composition Past, Present, and Future at Bonesteele Park, Marion County - Sarah Brush, Sam Mularz, Emily Evans, and Hannah Swanson (Poster)
- Phenology timing with early wood growth of Oregon White oaks in the Sparks Parking Lot - Alexander Hudson, Lara Shinsato, Jeff Smith, and Meridith Greer (Poster)
- Methods for Developing the Bonesteele Park Tree Ring Chronology - Hazel Carr, Ty O'Donnell and Kiley Lin (Poster)
- Relationship between framboidal pyrite size and S isotopic composition in meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake, New York - Jamie Johnson (Poster)
- Interpreting the Bonesteele Park Tree Ring Chronology - Riley Francis, Nastja Nykaza, Christian Sidwell, and Danny Huber (Poster)
- Dengue Fever and Climate Change in the Southern United States - Derek Lund (Poster)
- A loche’s Lithology: a preliminary study of the stone resources from Loch of Stenness and their relationship to the Ness of Brodgar and other sites within the UNESCO’s Heart of Neolithic World Heritage - Sarah Crabb (Poster)
- Relationship between framboidal pyrite size and S isotopic composition in meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake, NewYork - Angus Williams (Poster)
2017
- The Impacts of Pesticide, Gender, and Ethnicity on Health in Farmworkers - Victor Garcia (Thesis)
- Understanding the Lead Contamination in Portland Public School District's Water Sources - Christine Smith (Thesis)
- Exploring Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): A Photojournalistic Approach - Olivia Orosco (Colloquium Grant)
- From Field to Table: Localism and Sustainability? - Owen Gow (Thesis)
- The Cost of Being a Woman: Analyzing the Role of Gender in Determining Women’s Financial Literacy Levels and the Subsequent Effect on Women’s Retirement Outcomes - Danielle Henderson (Thesis)
- Planning with Permaculture at ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University’s Zena Forest - Elliot Bullen (Thesis)
- California Scrub Jay Seed Dispersal: Implications for Oregon White Oak Savanna and Woodland Restoration - Tucker Wasuta (Thesis)
- Roughskin Newt Habitat Assessment and Implications for Habitat Restoration - Kristi Fukunaga (Thesis)
- Assessment and Management of Social (User-Created) Trails at Minto-Brown Island Park - John Maglinao (Thesis)
- Restoring an Abandoned Filbert Orchard in Minto-Brown Island Park - Laura Richey (Thesis)
- Restoration and Ecosystem Services: A Comparative Study in Minto-Brown Island Park - Sierra Dymond-Smith (Thesis)
2016
- Ecological Restoration in the Context of Climate Change: How are we managing our prairies in the Pacific Northwest? - Madeline McClelland (Thesis)
- Minding the Gap: NGOs and Marine Debris Policy in Oregon - Cristina Avila (Thesis)
- Controls on Weathering in the Ponil Creek Watershed, New Mexico - Cassie Hansen (Thesis)
- Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Maui, Hawaii’i - Erika Kekiwi (Thesis)
- What Makes a Garden Grow: A Comparative Study of Community Gardens in Salem, Oregon - Lance Rossi (Thesis)
- Deconstructing ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ University Student Opinion of Genetically Modified Food - Jessica Munoz (Thesis)
- The Significance of Paleogeography as a Forcing for the Onset of Snowball Earth - Cristina Avila, Monique Marquez (Thesis)
- Regional Climate Impacts of Future Warming in Western North America to Western Europe - Anelise Zimmer (Thesis)
- Comparative Modeling of CH4 and CO2 Positive Feedbacks - Austin Guimond (Thesis)
- Evaluating Changes in Aridity Due to Climate Change in the American Southwest and Middle East - Cassandra Hansen (Thesis)
- Eccentricity and Climate Change - Makenzi Malvey, Anastasis Knight (Thesis)
- Effects of Climate Change on Coral Reef Mortality - Noah Walin, Erika Kekiwi (Thesis)
- Modeling Sustainability Movements in Fine Dining - Thelonious Humphreys (Colloquium Grant)
2015
- Profit Generation via Sustainable Business Practices: The Sports Apparel Industry - Devin Bales (Independent Research)
- Reducing Waste by Redesign: Moving Beyond a Throwaway Society - Lauren Travis (Independent Research)
- Impact of Europeanization on Environmentalism in Poland and Czech Republic - Lauren Vermillion (Independent Research)
- Fracking in the Air: Perspectives from Medical Anthropology - Sandra Schaefer (Independent Research)
- Back to the Land: Alternative Food Movements in Socio-Political Context - Hannah Anderson (Independent Research)
- Building a Healthy Community One Tray at a Time - Lucia Damberg (Independent Research)
- Shifting Landscapes of an Ancient Grain: Community, Women, and the Commercialization of Quinoa in the Peruvian Altiplano - Hannah Schwarz (Independent Research)