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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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A Case Study of Western Maine - Imagining Futures With Climate Change in Alpine Skiing, Ethan C. Baker

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The Examination of the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in International Climate Discourse within the UNFCCC, Isla Cotter

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The Effects of PM2.5 from Wildfires on Educational Attainment in California, Julia H. Kindler

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Retelling Malaga Island, Kami J. Lambert

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South Korean Veganism(s) and the Euro-American Imagination of Korean Food, Madeleine Suejung Lee

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The European Greenbelt: An Attempt at European Unity Following the Cold War, Alma N. Mackic

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Will Eating Them Beat Them? Establishing Culinary Markets for the European Green Crab, Elysse McCambley

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The Making of Fishable and Swimmable: The Ecological and Socio-Cultural Impacts of the Clean Water Act in the Androscoggin River Valley, Isabel Renee Mckinlay

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Green Toys: an analysis on toy companies through an environmental lens, Jack Mitchell Potash

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Earth's Guardian: The Crucial Role of Soil Science in Protecting Our Planet, Casey Shultis

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Beavers: How a 100 Pound Rodent Fights Climate Change and Preserves Biodiversity, Huck T. Triggs

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Unveiling Realities: Building Trans Visibility in Climate Discourse, Gianluca Yornet de Rosas

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From Local Roots to Global Networks: Unveiling the Dynamics of Global and Local Framings in the Ecovillage Movement, Stella Younkin

Theses from 2023

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Futures Without Faces: The Relationship Between the Arts, National Museums, and State Interests in Postcolonial Morocco, Evan M. Antonakes

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Investigating the Effects of Valence and Arousal on the Boundary Extension/Constriction Phenomenon, Ava E. Axelrod

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Does the “Divine Marquis” Subordinate? Pornographic Subordination in Literary Fiction, Trijit Pico Banerjee

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Encountering Impossibility: Georges Bataille’s Acéphalic Lifework, Trijit Pico Banerjee

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Fulfillment Through Allegiance: Ingroup/Loyalty Indirectly Predicts Life Satisfaction, Nathaniel N. Berry

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A Comparative Analysis of Groundwater Vulnerability and PFAS Contamination in Maine, Eli Boesch Dining

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An Assessment of the Environmental Effects of High-Efficiency Affordable Housing in Lewiston, Maine, Gabrielle Lorina Brewer

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Analyzing Mono Basin Surface Waters for Stable Isotopes (𝛅𝟏𝟖𝐎 and 𝛅𝟐𝐇) and Major Cations to Assess Basin-Wide Evaporation and Geochemical Inputs, Madison A. Broda

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Carbon Emissions: Can they be Fixed? An Economic Analysis of Carbfix Technologies for Geochemical Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Mason Bunker

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The Impacts of Eurasian Water Milfoil presence in Maine, David Robbert Byrne

Of Pawos and Bodhisattvas: The Poltico-Religious Language of Tibetan Self-Immolation, John Henry Waugh Cantor

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Rooted Actants and Social-Ecological Remediation: An Analysis of Plant Agency in the Reforestation of the Monongahela National Forest, Mary Katharyn Caperton

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"The Greening of Hate": Environmentalism as a Tool of the Far Right, Sarah Chang

Sea Urchins and Kelp Forests in California, Kevin Y. Chen

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An Inventory and Analysis of Post Glacial Faults in Maine, Nicholas Chiu

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Climate Gentrification: The Case of Green Resilient Development in Boston, Eunah Choi

Gardens of Oppression: In Search of Her Delight, Khushi Choudhary

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Management Recommendations to Facilitate Wild and Farmed Scallop Fishery Co-existence in the Gulf of Maine, Alysse E. Cleasby

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Strategies to Address Spiking Demand for Treatment in College Counseling Centers, Joanna G. Cloutier

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The Mark of the Beast, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the End of the World, Alice M. Cockerham

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Le français et les Franco(phone)s: An exploration of the evolving significance of French in Maine, Martha Coleman

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8,000 Years of Forests in Maine: A Story Told by the Eastern Hemlock, Sugar Maple, and American Chestnut, Catherine (Cici) Conroy

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Inclusive, Accessible, and Successful: Is it Possible? ​A Case Study Analysis of How to Curate an Enduring Justice-Centered Farmers Market in Lewiston, ME​, Annie CC Conway

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Decolonizing Accounting: Reimagining ESG for a Just Transition, Alex Culver-Witt

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A New Era of ESG: Corporate Rhetorics of Energy Transparency, Olivia Margaret Demerath

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A New Era of ESG: Corporate Rhetorics of Energy Transparency, Olivia Margaret Demerath

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The Seekers: American Religion in the Context of Heaven’s Gate, Max D. Devon

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Conceptualizations in Research and Policy, Allison Sarah Fischman

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Unfit for Motherhood: The Involuntary Sterilization and Systemic Reproductive Coercion of Black Women in the United States from 1920 to 1980, Ariel Freedman

The Danish Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Sustainable Initiatives, Innovations, & Businesses, Jenna Genthner

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The Alerting Congruency Interaction: A Window into the Dynamics of Attention and Response Selection, Maya Joy Golden

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A Fishery In Jeopardy: Who Is To Blame For The Decline Of Striped Bass Along The Atlantic Seaboard?, Robert Christopher Griffin

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The Application of 239+240Pu to Quantify Soil Erosion and Deposition Rates in a Deforested Watershed in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Eli Gundersen

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Exploring Tensions Between Two Maine Landscapes: Toxic and Pristine, Caitlyn Elizabeth Hanley

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Invasive Changes: How species both invasive and native have changed over time, and why does that matter to Mainers?, Nicolas Philip Munk Hansen

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The Lobster and the Lobstermen or the Disentangled Right Whales? The Convergence of Species Conservation and Cultural Relativism Theory and Its Use in Understanding Conservation Initiative Disagreements Between Cultures, Sophia Ruth Hoag

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Addressing Misconceptions Surrounding Aquaculture, Andrew R. Hoffman

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Echo Park Dam Controversy: The Value of Wilderness and the Articulation of Support or Opposition, Madeline Urquhart Hogan

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From Grain to Main and Following Fish, Nathan Huynh

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Ecologies of Black Freedom, Knowledge, and Resistance: An Environmental History of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1730-1865, Caleb S. Ireland

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Colonialism as the Disaster: Retelling the Fight for Haitian Sovereignty, Samuel Jean-Francois

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Why Big Business Matters in Sustainability, Amisha Kalra

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Greenwashing: Is There Performative Environmentalism at Bates?, Quinn Kieselowsky

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Mapping the Impacts of Climate Change on Mediterranean Viticulture, Zoe A. Knauss

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The Use of Domestic Wastewater as a Circulating Fluid in a Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Power Plant, Alexander T. Kovacs

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Layered Landscapes: Conservation Based Approaches to Restorative Justice in Mozambique, Megan Lacey

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The Synthesis of a Novel TET Inhibitor and its Inhibition of the TET Enzyme, Elizabeth G. LaCroix

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Abundance of Plankton Taxa and Their Effects on the Planktonic Community in Lake Auburn., Dylan Ernest Larose

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The Right Against Coercion: A Normative Conception Restricts Police Deception, Nathaniel J. Lewis

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Food Justice Imaginaries: A Critical Look at Elite and Grassroots Discourses, Claire Lim

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Understanding and Quantifying Phosphorus Transport from Septic Systems to Lake Auburn, Evan Ma

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Plant Succession and Soil Chemical Weathering on Post-glacial Landscapes, SE Alaska, Alana Margerum

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Mitigating Air Pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia: An Evaluation of “Rendering Technical”, Trevor Forest McAuliffe

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A Paleoseismic Investigation of the Central Seismic Gap and Rupture Extent of the AD1505 Earthquake: Northwest Himalaya, India, Natalie Meenan

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Investigating the intersectionality between gun violence and climate change in marginalized communities, Gabrielle Sophie Meisel

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Petrogenetic history of lava flows from the Casitas Shield in the Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile, Maeve S. Mikulski

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'Take What You Need, Give What You Can': An Analysis of the Feasibility of a Community Fridge as a Means to Combat Food Insecurity in Lewiston, Maine, Annika Mirchandani

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An Ethnographic Examination of Belonging and Hype in Web3 Communities, Kian Moaledj

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An Exploration Into Earths Carbon Threshold, Lucy Moseley

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Fascism and the Invention of the “New Woman” in Mussolini’s Italy, Katherine E. North

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How the Decommissioning of Offshore Oil Rigs Presents Significant Environmental Consequences for Marine Ecosystems and Global Biodiversity, John Nowak

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Del ‘bárbaro’ noble a su deconstrucción: La representación del 'indio' en La Araucana y La Florida del Inca, Cody M. Pfeiffer

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“Habia abido y abia y andaba en ellas duende…”: The case of a duende in early modern Spain, Cody M. Pfeiffer

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Wildfires in the US and Australia: NGO Polarization Amidst Political Polarization and Climate Disasters, Kallie E. Polgrean

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Conflict Reconciliation in Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love Poem (2020), Juan Goytisolo’s Landscapes of War: From Sarajevo to Chechnya (2000), and Jean-Luc Godard’s Notre Musique (2004), Khadeeja Qureshi

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Lead in Our Paint & Water: Poisoning the Minds and Potential of Lewiston’s Children, Avrah Ross

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The Role of Vulnerability, Anticipation, and Narrative Structure in California’s Drought Management and Water Allocation Strategies, Sophie C. Scola

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Tackling PFAS in Maine: a Resident's Guide to "Forever Chemicals", Victoria Theodora Scott

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An Analysis on the Portland-Montreal Pipeline; Indigenous Philosophical Perspectives, Linnéa J. Selendy

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Practicing a Collaborative Directing Style, Ecotheater, and Theater for Social Change with Madeleine George’s Hurricane Diane, Kush Sharma

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The Environmental Implications of War: Analysis of the Spectacular and Slow Environmental Violence Inflicted through Russia’s Deliberate Targeting and Weaponization of Ukrainian Environments, Alexander Campanile Sheikh

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Constructing Temporality and Contextualizing the Passing of Time: How Native Foods Operate as Timekeepers / How the Modern American Food Market Manipulates Their Functionality, Robert Francis Sheils

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The Heart and Spirit of the Table: Discourses and Practices of the Sobremesa in Madrid, Spain, Isabella Andrea Sobolewski

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The Case for Climate Reparations: Implementing Compensatory Justice Measures to Amend the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, Josephine Buell Stevens

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Planar Lipid Bilayer Analysis of Candidate Rotavirus Antivirals, Emily H. Tamkin

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Urban Environmental Education: Redefining Nature and Realigning Pedagogy, Clare Anne Trinity

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A Critical Environmental Justice Review of Manufactured Housing, Charles Van Damme

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Maine Tisanes: Herbal Tea Past, Present, and Future, Friedrich DB Wilcox

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RenoRide? The Biggest Little Bike-Share in the World, Isaac A. Williams

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The Forgotten Women of South Africa: Mamphela Ramphele and Her Role in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Ellie Wolfe

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A Case for Re-Commoning: The (De)commodification of Food in Lewiston, Maine, Sophie Worsh-Farnum

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"I'll Wear a Bulletproof Vest to Work": State Centralization and Local Election Officials' Resilience to the Big Lie, Zoe Wynn

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Getting Warmer? Motivations, Messages, and Distance to Goal in Fundraising Campaigns, Qiyun Zhang

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What is The History and Future of Electric Vehicles:Globalization, Benign Competition, and Green Technology as the Key For Our Common Well-beings, Zeyu Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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The Importance of Snake Education on Snake Conservation, Jason Alfandre

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The Emancipating Potential of Linguistic Justice: Standardized Language and Writing Practices in Higher Education and the Reproduction of Oppressive Structures, Eliana Al-Konsul

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Stability Analysis of Manganese-Oxides As Cathodes for Sodium Ion Batteries, Loren Andrews