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Class of 2011 Thesis Proposal

UNDERGRADUATE
Amelia Aboff	Energy Efficient Opportunities for New York City
Dena Adler	Seeing the Future Forest for the Trees: Policy Making and Management Strategies for Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Devon Cuprey	Narragansett Bay Eutrophication: An Analysis of Historical Primary Productivity and Current Nutrient Reduction Policy
Rachel Economy	Taking Back the Words, Taking Back the Land: Resistance and Reclamation in Place-Based Poetic Pedagogy- An exploration of the crucial place of poetry and voice in environmental education
Megan Fitzpatrick	Facilitating a Sense of Wonder: An internship experience with The Nature Conservancy
Michelle Flagg	Strengthening Foundations: The Sustainable Design of a Youth Center in Haiti
Wumeng He	“Green Desert” in China —A Case Study on Rubber Plantation in Xishuangbanna
Lucy Higgins	Assessing the Ecological Impact of Ski Resorts: A Comparison Among Vermont’s Largest Resorts
Chinmaya Kulkarni	The effects of burning on nutrient cycling in a Cape Cod forest
Emily Lamb	Climate’s role in mediating competition between two intertidal barnacles, Jehlius cirratus and Notochthamalus scabrosus
Kyle Lemle	Forest Conservation in Bhutan: Balancing Indigenous and Globalized Environmental Knowledge Systems
Daniel Mahr	Wall Street to Mato Grosso: The Effects of Commodity Prices on Deforestation and Agriculture in the Amazon
Kai Morell	ZAMs in Action! How Zoos, Aquariums and Museums can Save the Seas
Sarah Rosengard	Climate-carbon dynamics during the terrestrial rise of gymnosperms in the Devonian Period
Barbara Santisteban	Mapping knowledge and attitudes towards nuisance species a case study of spiny dogfish in southern New England
Lucy Sedgwick	Rhode Island Reds: An Investigation of the Potential Application of European Agri-Environmental Policies in Rhode Island
Miranda Sinnot-Armstrong	To Burn or Not To Burn: The Effects of Fire Regime on Nitrogen Cycling in an Experimental Forest in Cape Cod, MA
Cecilia Springer	Poisonous Regulations: Reproductive Toxicity of Novel Flame Retardants and Regulatory Reform
Eric Van Arsdale	Crabs, Watersheds, and People: Examining Scientific Communication in Cape Cod and New Hampshire
Christine Zaleski	Protected areas rights and resources: Working toward a sustainable model of protected areas management in The Gambia
MASTERS
Dayanch Hojagyeldiyev	Environmental Quality of Rhode Island Schools: Problem Scop and Plan for Action
Loreana Marciante	The Future of Transit Oriented Development in Central Puget Sound
Courtney Mattison	Uniting Art and Biology to Conserve Coral Reefs
Noah Fisher	The “Race” is Over: Why China has won the clean energy race as we know it, and what this means for the future of U.S. renewable energy companies