Theses/Dissertations from 2023
A Comparative Analysis of Groundwater Vulnerability and PFAS Contamination in Maine, Eli Boesch Dining
An Assessment of the Environmental Effects of High-Efficiency Affordable Housing in Lewiston, Maine, Gabrielle Lorina Brewer
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
The Impacts of Eurasian Water Milfoil presence in Maine, David Robbert Byrne
Rooted Actants and Social-Ecological Remediation: An Analysis of Plant Agency in the Reforestation of the Monongahela National Forest, Mary Katharyn Caperton
"The Greening of Hate": Environmentalism as a Tool of the Far Right, Sarah Chang
Sea Urchins and Kelp Forests in California, Kevin Y. Chen
Climate Gentrification: The Case of Green Resilient Development in Boston, Eunah Choi
Management Recommendations to Facilitate Wild and Farmed Scallop Fishery Co-existence in the Gulf of Maine, Alysse E. Cleasby
8,000 Years of Forests in Maine: A Story Told by the Eastern Hemlock, Sugar Maple, and American Chestnut, Catherine (Cici) Conroy
A New Era of ESG: Corporate Rhetorics of Energy Transparency, Olivia Margaret Demerath
A New Era of ESG: Corporate Rhetorics of Energy Transparency, Olivia Margaret Demerath
The Danish Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Sustainable Initiatives, Innovations, & Businesses, Jenna Genthner
A Fishery In Jeopardy: Who Is To Blame For The Decline Of Striped Bass Along The Atlantic Seaboard?, Robert Christopher Griffin
Exploring Tensions Between Two Maine Landscapes: Toxic and Pristine, Caitlyn Elizabeth Hanley
Addressing Misconceptions Surrounding Aquaculture, Andrew R. Hoffman
Echo Park Dam Controversy: The Value of Wilderness and the Articulation of Support or Opposition, Madeline Urquhart Hogan
From Grain to Main and Following Fish, Nathan Huynh
Ecologies of Black Freedom, Knowledge, and Resistance: An Environmental History of the Great Dismal Swamp, 1730-1865, Caleb S. Ireland
Why Big Business Matters in Sustainability, Amisha Kalra
Greenwashing: Is There Performative Environmentalism at Bates?, Quinn Kieselowsky
Mapping the Impacts of Climate Change on Mediterranean Viticulture, Zoe A. Knauss
The Use of Domestic Wastewater as a Circulating Fluid in a Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Power Plant, Alexander T. Kovacs
Layered Landscapes: Conservation Based Approaches to Restorative Justice in Mozambique, Megan Lacey
Abundance of Plankton Taxa and Their Effects on the Planktonic Community in Lake Auburn., Dylan Ernest Larose
Food Justice Imaginaries: A Critical Look at Elite and Grassroots Discourses, Claire Lim
Understanding and Quantifying Phosphorus Transport from Septic Systems to Lake Auburn, Evan Ma
Mitigating Air Pollution in Jakarta, Indonesia: An Evaluation of “Rendering Technical”, Trevor Forest McAuliffe
Investigating the intersectionality between gun violence and climate change in marginalized communities, Gabrielle Sophie Meisel
Petrogenetic history of lava flows from the Casitas Shield in the Southern Volcanic Zone, Chile, Maeve S. Mikulski
'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
An Exploration Into Earths Carbon Threshold, Lucy Moseley
Lead in Our Paint & Water: Poisoning the Minds and Potential of Lewiston’s Children, Avrah Ross
The Role of Vulnerability, Anticipation, and Narrative Structure in California’s Drought Management and Water Allocation Strategies, Sophie C. Scola
Tackling PFAS in Maine: a Resident's Guide to "Forever Chemicals", Victoria Theodora Scott
An Analysis on the Portland-Montreal Pipeline; Indigenous Philosophical Perspectives, Linnéa J. Selendy
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
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
The Case for Climate Reparations: Implementing Compensatory Justice Measures to Amend the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, Josephine Buell Stevens
Urban Environmental Education: Redefining Nature and Realigning Pedagogy, Clare Anne Trinity
A Critical Environmental Justice Review of Manufactured Housing, Charles Van Damme
Maine Tisanes: Herbal Tea Past, Present, and Future, Friedrich DB Wilcox
RenoRide? The Biggest Little Bike-Share in the World, Isaac A. Williams
A Case for Re-Commoning: The (De)commodification of Food in Lewiston, Maine, Sophie Worsh-Farnum
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Importance of Snake Education on Snake Conservation, Jason Alfandre
Sustainable Urban Living: A Cultural Take on Tokyo's Sustainability Efforts, Koharu Aoki
Analyzing the Great Resignation and the 躺平 Lying Flat Movement, Elizabeth Bauer
An Examination of Zoos: Suffering, Domination, and More., Jasper Destefano Beardslee
An Environmental Virtue Ethics Approach To Understanding Eco-Terrorism, Daniel S. Bileca
Methane Emissions, Carbon Sequestration, and Groundwater Hydrology Along the Freshwater Margin of the Sprague River Salt Marsh, Parker Caswell
The Nez Perce Struggle for Wild Chinook Salmon Restoration and an Exploration of Necessary Collaborations Moving Forward, Rosie Crawford
Adopting Low-Carbon Energy Systems in Lewiston, Charles J. Cronin
Grappling with Greenspace Inequity Through Urban Climate Change Adaptation: An Analysis of Urban Greening in Boston and Baltimore, Liza Dubinsky
Analyzing Management Methods for Isolated Bighorn Sheep Populations: a Teton Sheep Case Study, Hayden Evans
The Effects of Invasive Rainbow Smelt on Native Fishes in Two Wisconsin Lakes, Ian Fagan
The Realistic and Fantasy Paradigms of Ski and Surf Film: An Analysis of Localism and Wilderness Narrative, Maximilian G. Freund
Meatpacking, Unpacked, Wilder Geier
Gardening Our Way to a Better Lewiston Middle School, Dianna Maria Georges
Fields of Abuse, Ronan Rhea Goulden
The Giant Panda: Two Sides to the Face of Conservation, Jesse Hagy
Social Taboo And New Worlds: Resilience of Identity Facing Ecological and Cultural Crisis, Andreas T. Hansen
Growing Gardens in US Prisons: The Benefits and Limitations of Prison Horticulture Programs, Carly Harris
Mobility Justice as a Discursive Omission: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Environmental Organizations and the Electric Vehicle Transition, Julia Henderson
Marine Climate Reconstruction from the Early Holocene Arctica islandica from Erdmannflya Peninsula, Svalbard, Dewi Henry
Math for Liberation: Designing a Math of Voting Systems Unit for Lewiston Middle School, Tess L. Hick
Beyond Partisanship: The Role of Social Movements in Addressing the Climate Crisis, Abby L. Holden
The Colonization of Mountains: Comparing Settler and Indigenous Narratives of Katahdin, Daphne James
The Effects of Aquaculture in Maine’s Coastal Communities: Indicators that Contribute to the Triple Bottom Line, Jake Bradley Jenkins
Assessing the Impacts of a Ditch Plug on Groundwater Hydrology, Sedimentation, and Carbon Dynamics in a Salt Marsh, Phippsburg ME, Henry Stephen King
Who's in your water? an investigation into the impacts of land use and chemical water properties on the microbial inhabitants of the Basin, Chloe India Lo Faro
Wait...What! with Kate Loughlin, Kate Loughlin
Nitrogen isotopes in Zostera marina: tracking anthropogenic nitrogen in Casco Bay, Maine., Ojochenemi T. Maji
Climate Displacement: What does a Climate Refugee look like?, Conor M. McCoy
Holocene marine climate reconstruction through δ18O isotopes of the bivalve Serripes groenlandicus, Maya P. McDonough
Sediment Variation and Occurrence of Milky Ribbon Worm (Cerebratulus lacteus) in the Gulf of Maine, Isabel Mohammadi-Hall
Mainstream: How to Make Almost Everyone Care About Climate Change, Jared S. Pantalony
Over A Decade of Striped Bass, Nicholas H. Prawer
Exploring the RAD Framework: Management Methods that Guides the Conservation of National Parks, Henry W. Raff
Geochemistry of Three Distinct Lewiston Quadrangle Pegmatites, ZaneAldeen Rahabi
Assessing Seed Mix Conservation Strategies for Pollinators in New England, Jake Ressel
Climate Change Equity Atlas of South Portland, Maine, Hart Rorick
A Structural Analysis of the Plumbago Mountain Fault, Pluton, and Associated Pegmatites, Evan Joseph Saltman
A Review and Comparison of Mental Health Perspectives in the United States and China, Christopher P. Seifert
Electric Cars: How Green Are They Really?, Griffin D. Smith
The Future of American Offshore Wind Energy: An Environmental and Economic Analysis, Oliver Wai Kui Wan
Representing Place: Exploring Artistic Representations of the Fuchun River Throughout Chinese History, Saskia Wong-Smith
Alternative Land Access Across Maine, Hermione Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Gardening as a Response to Disaster, Mary Margaret Adams
Exploring the Potential of Biochar Production in Maine: Sequestration and Economic Viability, John K. Attenborough
Franklin Park: Imagining an Antiracist Design, Adam B. Banks
Comprehensive Planning and Food Justice in Auburn, Maine, Eliza Blood
The Long-Term Impacts of the School of Environmental Studies, Erin E. Bucki