2006-2007 Thesis Abstracts and Slides

Bachelor of Arts Theses

Seth Federspiel	Making the Connections: Promoting environmental stewardship among Providence youth through experimental environmental education	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Thomas Lyons	Empowering Marine Anglers through Responsibility: Exploring recreational fishery comanagement in Rhode Island	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Emily McAteer	The Corporate Boomerang: The role of shareholders in Ecuador’s transnational advocacy networks	Abstract	Presentation Slides
William Masket	Environmental Regulation, Eco-Competitiveness, and Financial Competitiveness in the Auto Sector	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Nicholas Neely	Who Hears the Fishers? Creative nonfiction and environmental perception on the Seekonk	Abstract	Presentation Slides

Adam Akullian	Spatial patterns of Schistosomiasis: A watershed approach to measuring S. Japonicum environmental risk and human and animal disease outcomes	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Kemen Austin	The Intersection of Land Use History and Exurban Development: Implications for carbon storage in the Northeast	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Audra Bardsley	Patterns of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Aliso Creek Watershed	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Stephanie Chu	An Environmental Health Risk Assessment: Fish consumption among southeast Asian fishermen in Rhode Island and risk from PCB exposure	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Christopher Fuller	The Legacy of Subsistence Agriculture on New England’s Successional Forest Soils: A 25-year direct measurement perspective	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Laura Genello	The Dirt on Organic: Soil fertility differences between organic and conventional farms in New England	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Craig McGowan	Nitrification Potential and Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium in a Nitrogen-Polluted Estuary	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Marissa Molinar	Don’t Take Me To The River: An analysis of heavy metal contamination from nonpoint source pollution in the Woonasquatucket River Watershed	Abstract	Presentation Slides

Merrielle Macleod	Potential Offshore Aquaculture Siting off Massachusetts: A geographic information systems (GIS) analysis using the examples of cod (Gadhus morhua) and mussels (Mytilus edulis)	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Caroline Rodriguez	Quenching the Thirst of Central Rhode Island: Do current Rhode Island water policies properly balance protection of riparian and aquatic life and consumptive water demands?	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Lindsey Ryckman	Effects of education on risk perception: a study of Hurricane Katrina cleanup workers Tables and Figures	Abstract	Presentation Slides
Sarah Zisa	Wal-Mart and Sustainability: Closing the Eco-Efficiency Gap	Abstract	Presentation Slides