This page contains non-honors theses produced by senior Environmental Studies majors. To see a list of recent honors theses from this department, please click here. For a list of all Honors Theses since 2011, click here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Conserving the Endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly: An Analysis of Animals' Place in Society Which Determines tts Importance, Kathy Polanco
The Transformative Power of Social Entrepreneurship, Kathryn E. Polio
The Consequences of Plan Colombia: Domestic Drug Policies in Colombia, Brittany T. Reid
Interpreting Innocence: Romantic Thought in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, Rachel S. Ryan
Apocalyptic Simplification as Human Renewal: Examining the Tropes of Hope found in Post-Apocalyptic American Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, Elizabeth Frieda Sangree
Aging in Japan: An analysis of the growing vulnerability of the elderly in the context of the Tohoku Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011, Hannah T. Siegel
Tourist or Traveler? An Examination of Local-Outsider Relations in Patagonia, Lucy Kaplan Triedman
"The Way We Gaze On A Loved One": Lessons in Ecological Consciousness from American Science Fiction, Shana AvRutick Wallace
The Gentrification of Munjoy Hill, Felix Xie
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Microbial Isolates on Waiting Room Toys in Two Maine Pediatric Clinics, Zachary D. Abbott
The Use of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Baseline Characterization of the Input Streams of Lake Auburn, Jordan J. Buetow
A Chemical Method for Testing Total Phosphorus, Bridgette Krishna Chandhoke
Detroit's Development of a Rebellion: Understanding the 12th Street Rebellion in a Spatial Framework, Jedd Daniel Countey
In the Interest of Coexisting: Evaluating Industrial Agriculture Using Paul Taylor's Theory of Environmental Ethics, Caroline Serena Daniels
A Sustainability Assessment of Bioenergy as a Potential Primary Energy Source for Maine and Bates College, Catherine Elizabeth Dioli
An Evaluation of the Ecological Effects of Wind-Powered Facilities on Bat Fatalities in the United States, Rakey Drammeh
Monitoring Sedimentation Patterns and Inlet Migration at Popham, Seawall and Small Point Beaches, Phippsburg, Maine, Sara May El Assaad
Family Planning and Democratization: The Employment and Impact of Foreign Intervention in Kenya, Laura M. Entwisle
The Power to Envision Change: Art as Environmental Activism, Sonja Raven Favaloro
A Wooden Alternative: Examining the Environmental Impact of the Production of Surfboards, Tyler H. Grees
Assessing the Landscape: In Search of a Coherent Value Theory for Environmental Ethics, Alex J. Hamilton
Abstracting Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe's White Rose and River Paintings, Daniel Edward Huston
The role of the Local in Offshore Renewable Energy Development in the United States: A Case Study of the proposed Cape Wind project in Massachusetts, Sarah Elizabeth Jacobson
Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Service Losses Associated With Mangrove Conversion Due to Shrimp Aquaculture, Rohan K. Jaffrey
Edward Abbey’s Indirect Affect on National Park Service Ideology: Abbey’s Literature as “Media” in Parallel with National Park Service “Media”, Gretchen Flora Kaija
Water Quality and Phosphorus Budget of Lake Auburn in Auburn, Maine, Megan L. Kearns
I Protest!: A Look into Causes of Protest Responses in Contingent Valuation Surveys, Bo Ra Kim
Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Water Supply and Sanitation: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment in the Context of Africa and Tanzania, Adelaide Sayi Makwaia
Shifting Identities: Analyzing the Effect of Non-Coercive Power on Karen Identity, Benjamin James McCormack
Information as a Tool for Invasive Plant Management: Targeting Phases of Invasion, Hannah Bernstein Mitchell
Transplanting Culture Back into Agriculture, Matthew R. Mosca
The Strategies of Environmental Non Governmental Organizations to Better the Environment in Face of the Laws Restricting NGOs, Kristian Benbow Muldoon Mr.
Ecopoetry: Evolution and Practice, Kathryn Mulholland
Education from the Ground Up: Benefits of School Garden Strategies, Derek William Murphy
Climate Refugees: Evaluating and Re-purposing the Term in the Face of Modern Day Vulnerabilities, Anne Ngo
Finding a Balance for Man and Nature: A Study of Prespa National Park in Northern Greece, Wallis H. Pierce
Heritage Tourism and Local Identity in Greenville, Maine, Anne K. Rockwell
Right to Know GMO: MOFGA's Campaign in Support of LD718 and its Potential for Replication Beyond Maine, Carole Judith Rosenberg
Managing Risk in Modernity: An analysis of modern technological risks and risk management techniques, Eric Ruta
Maine summertime blooms: Variability in populations of Gloeotrichia in three Maine lakes, Anabel Rose Schmelz
Human exploitation may not be the cause for the declining size of Patella vulgata (Common limpet): A comparison between the Late Norse and the modern populations of Patella vulgata at Sandwick Bay, Unst, Shetland Islands, UK, Sarah Mae Brennan Silverberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Macroinvertebrate variability in Lake Sunapee tributaries in relation to abiotic metrics and land cover assessed at three spatial scales, Naomi Janet Crimm
Integrating Environmental Education into China's Compulsory Moral Curriculum, Carrie S. Dillaway
Transparency in Maine Lakes: Response of Secchi Depth to Precipitation, James R. Epstein
An Ecological Survey of the David Rancourt River Preserve and A Plan for Community Engagement, Ellen Louise Gawarkiewicz
Economic Analysis of FERC Hydroelectric Licenses: examining license duration, value, and surrendering of licenses between 1990 and 2010, Geoffrey C. Groner
Why Divestment? A Theoretical Analysis of the Emergence of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement, Grady Fitzgerald Hogan
Narratives of Place in Planning Documents: A Study of Lewiston’s Riverfront Island Master Plan, Hannah B. Kitchel
Disengagement from the Local: An Examination of the Applications of Stakeholder Theory in the Wadden Sea Transboundary Conservation Area, Christopher M. Lane
Growth Variability and Mineralogy of M. margaritifera from Karpelva, Norway, Stephanie R. LaRosa
Thoreauvian Environmentalism: Utilizing Henry David Thoreau in Campaigns for the Proposed Maine Woods National Park, Emmelyn L. Leung
Campus Sustainable Food Movements: Bates College Case Study and Application, Anna C. McCabe
Place, Class, and Culture: A Case Study of Pollution Debates in Lewiston, Maine, 1953-1955, Taryn A. O'Connell
An Environmental Assessment of Energy Biomass for Bates College and Environmental Implementation Recommendations, Katrina T. Orlov
The Fallacy of Pristine Nature: Implications of Environmental Dualism for the Serengeti Highway Debate, Eliza Perry
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Stakeholder Engagement Analysis, Patrick Ryan Siebenlist
Implications of the Rising Sea Level on the Coast of North Carolina: An Analysis of the Political and Rhetorical Responses, Camille K. Smith
An Investigation of the Occurrence and Potential Public Health Implications of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Mane Lakes, Julie Jean Thomsen
The Need for Environmental Writing and Scientific Communication: An Analysis of Sources, Language and Bias in the Collected Works of Sandra Steingraber, Caroline Marie Ulwick
Interactive and Embodied Environmental Education: Connecting Nature and Culture through Place-Based Education at Auburn Land Lab in Auburn, ME, Abby Verney-Fink
The Effects of Storms on Stream water Chemistry and the Seasonal Patterns of Ions in Tributaries of Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, Caroline Watson