Master's Theses
Degrees granted since 2001
(for degrees granted before 2001, click here.)
| Name | Title | Date |
Committee |
| Wendy Allison | Klamath River Management: Regional Reporting, Objectivity and Message Framing | 2008 |
Wilkinson, Henderson |
| Paul Amato | Effects of Urbanization On Storm Response in the North Fork San Pedro Creek | 2003 |
Davis, Wilkinson |
| Kate Anderson | Lines Through Time: A Historical Analysis of Property Boundaries in San Francisco, 1850-1931 | 2007 |
Holzman, Liu |
| Ruth Askevold | Interpreting Historical Maps to Reconstruct Past Landscapes in the Santa Clara Valley | 2005 |
Wilkinson, Davis, Grossinger |
| Jon Bauer | Potemkin Creek: I Can't Believe It's Not Nature | 2008 |
Wilkinson, Guo, Davis |
| Charles Brigham | Structured and Dynamic Spatial Pattern of Rainfall in the City of San Francisco | 2007 |
Oliphant, Davis |
| Mary Brown | Shifting Landscapes of Mobility: Reconfiguring Space in the Mission District for Automobiles | 2007 |
Henderson, Wilkinson |
| Christy Camp | Golden Gate Heights Natural Areas, San Francisco: A Biographical Analysis | 2006 |
Holzman, Davis |
| Christine Carolan | The Impact of Immigration Organization and Leadership on San Francisco's Land Use | 2006 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Casey Cleve | Using GIS to Predict Potential Sierra Nevada Red Fox Habitat | 2008 |
Holzman, Hines, Perrine |
| Cynthia Comerford | The Use of Spatial Data to Improve Public Health Planning | 2004 |
Hines, Liu |
| Kathleen Cooney | Updating the Electric Grid: Public Perceptions of Transmission Line Siting | 2010 |
Henderson |
| Graydon Creed | The Specter of Depletion: Drought Conditions in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, 1928-1934 | 2011 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Jeanne Depman | Examining an Urban Water Source: Groundwater Characteristics of San Francisco's Lobos Creek | 2009 |
Davis, Oliphant, Kern |
| Dorothy Dick | Abundance and Spatial Habitat Analysis of Bottlenose Dolphins at Turneffe Atoll, Belize | 2009 |
Hines, Holzman |
| Janet Dove | Understanding Farmers' Continued Commitment to Apples in Sonoma County's Gold Ridge Region | 2004 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Guillermo Duran | Assessing the Habitat Fragmentation of Socioeconomically Important Tree Species in Costa Rica | 2010 |
Holzman, Davis, Hamilton |
| Kimberly Durandet | Live/Work Loft Development in San Francisco: A Case Study of Gentrification and Urban Regimes | 2007 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Deborah Dwyer | Integrating GIS and GPS to Manage Natural Resources in Local Environments: San Francisco Natural Areas | 2005 |
Holzman, Davis |
| Stefanie Egan | Participatory GIS for Biosphere Reserve Designation, Turneffe Atoll, Belize: Lessons Learned | 2008 |
Hines, Holzman |
| Leigh Etheridge | Animal, Vegetable, Marin: The Motivations of Organic Agriculturalists in Marin County, California | 2010 |
Wilkinson, Meihoefer |
| Kathryn Faulkner | San Francisco's Public Golf Courses, 1996-2008: An Urban Regime Analysis | 2009 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Miguel Fernandez | Assessing the Effects of Locality Precision in Predictive Species of Distrubution Models | 2007 |
Holzman, Davis, Henderson |
| David Freitag | Lost in the Fog: An Environmental History of Lake Merced | 2002 |
Holzman, Kirkeberg |
| Kota Funayama | Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Northern Elephant Seals in Point Reyes Peninsula | 2010 |
Hines, Davis, Allen |
| Dion Good | Green Envy: A Gap Analysis of Greenspace in San Francisco Using GIS | 2006 |
Liu, Henderson |
| Julia Griswold | Qualifying the Effects of the Built Environment on Pedestrian Activity in San Francisco | 2006 |
Liu, Henderson |
| Sarah Harling | Flood Hazard Perception: A Comparative Study in Arboga and Plumas Lake, California | 2011 |
Wilkinson, Guo |
| Brian Harvey | Post-Fire Succession and Stand Dynamics in a Pinus muricata (Bishop pine) Forest, Point Reyes National Seashore (1995-2009) | 2010 |
Holzman, Davis |
| Shawn Heiser | Living on the Edge: Environmental History at Mussel Rock, Daly City, California | 2010 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Dan Hermstad | Tomato Seed Networks of CSA Farmers in the San Francisco Bay Area | 2009 |
Wilkinson, Guo, Bacon |
| Seth Hiatt | Habitat Distribution Modeling of Arctostaphylos Myrtifolia in Amador County, California | 2008 |
Holzman, Davis |
| Suzanne Holguin | Contextual Conservation: Antillean Manatees (Trichechus Manatus Manatus) of Turneffe Atoll, Belize | 2004 |
Bury, Hines, Holzman |
| Catherine Huybrects | Mapping Egeria densa using satellite imagery and a computer-assisted algorithm | 2006 |
Foschi, Hines, Schmidt |
| Jennifer Jackson | Sources of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wastewater, Oakland, California | 2007 |
Wilkinson, Davis, Smith |
| Kevin Jackson | AIDS Induced Landscape Change: The Castro from 1980-2001 | 2002 |
Kirkeberg, Wilkinson |
| David Kamil | City on the Brink: An Atlas of San Francisco, 1940-1950 | 2002 |
Kirkeberg, Meihoefer |
| Elizabeth Kanner | Evaluating Conservation Easements as a Tool for Growth Management: Solano County, California | 2005 |
Henderson, Wilkinson |
| Hili Kopilovich | Using Natural Areas in Urban Landscapes: Lake Merced Curriculum for High Schools | 2001 |
Holzman, Meihoefer |
| Marshall Kunze | Pure, Plentiful, Perpetual? The Edwards Aquifer: Conflict and Sustainability | 2008 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Alan Kwok | After the Fire: Disaster Perception and Preparedness of Older Adults | 2011 |
Donovan, Wilkinson |
| Judy Lee | Modeling Population Distribution in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing Information: A Spatial Metrics Method | 2007 |
Liu, Davis |
| Diane Livia | Involvement of Environmental Organizations in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Planning Process | 2011 |
Wilkinson, Henderson |
| Reese Madrid | Equitability in Acequia Water Delivery: An Analysis Using Remote Sensing Vegetation Indices | 2007 |
Wilkinson, Foschi |
| Sara Marcellino | Connecting A Heterolocal Ethnic Community: Berkeley's Asian Indian Shopping District | 2003 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Alicia Mariscal | The Environmental History of an Urban Wetland: Arrowhead Marsh in Oakland, California | 2003 |
Holzman, Hines |
| Kathleen Marsh | Conservation Easement Language Analysis: Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District | 2002 |
Crawford, Holzman |
| Yukari Matsumoto | The Spatial Patterns and Growth Rates of an Invasive Cordgrass (Spartina Alterniflora and Spartina Alterniflora X Foliosa) in Elsie Roemer Marsh and San Bruno Marsh, California | 2004 |
Foschi, Hines |
| Vivian Matuk | Water quality of San Pedro Creek watershed, Pacifica, California | 2001 |
Davis, Meihoefer, Wilkinson |
| Kimra McAfee | Post-Audit of New Melones Dam, Central Valley Project, Stanislaus River, California | 2001 |
Wilkinson, Crawford |
| Kelsey McDonald | San Pedro Creek Flood Control Project: Integrative Analysis of Natural Hazard Response | 2004 |
Wilkinson, Guo, Davis |
| Jenny McIlvaine | Balancing Ecological Restoration, Cultural Resource Preservation, and Recreation at San Francisco's Crissy Field | 2006 |
Wilkinson, Henderson |
| Anne McTavish | The Role of Critical Cartography in Environmental Justice: Land-Use Conflict at Shasta Dam, California | 2009 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Matt Merrifield | Building Regional Threat Based Networks for Estuaries in the Western United States | 2009 |
Hines, Liu, Beck |
| Tiffany Meyer | The Arctostaphylos Myrtifolia and Eriogonum Apricum Plant Community: Its Distribution, Abundance and Conservation | 2005 |
Holzman, Davis |
| Jessica Miller | Assessing Risk Perception: Mid-Ohio Valley Pollution | 2008 |
Wilkinson, Guo |
| Monique Nakagawa | Socioeconomic Disparities in Passenger Experiences of Public Transit | 2005 |
Guo, Liu |
| Juan Ochoa | Plant Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farms' Margins in Yolo County, California | 2001 |
Holzman, Meihoefer |
| Mami Odaya | Estimating Egeria Densa Biomass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Using Remote Sensing | 2004 |
Davis, Foschi |
| Annette Olson | Fire in the Berkeley Hills: A Geographic Analysis | 2004 |
Davis, Wilkinson |
| Alicia Omlid | Sustainable Stormwater Management: Implementing Best Management Practices in San Francisco's Pandhandle Area | 2009 |
Davis, Henderson |
| Jim Pettigrew | Removal and Nutrient Analysis of Invasive Green Crabs in Tomales Bay, California | 2004 |
Hines, Oliphant |
| Cynthia Powell | Using MODIS and Precipitation Data to Create a Stochastic Water Runoff Forecasting Model for the Mokelumne River Basin in the Sierra Nevada Range, California (2000-2010) | 2010 |
Blesius, Davis |
| Paul Pribor | Postsira Succession in Bishop Pine Forest at Pont Reyes National Seashore, California (1995-2001) | 2002 |
Davis, Holzman |
| Elizabeth Proctor | Reducing Variation in Georeferenced Locality Descriptions | 2004 |
Davis, Holzman |
| Thomas Puleo | Functional and Symbolic Aspects of Landscape and Construction of Place in SF Redeveloped Project | 2004 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Becky Quinlan | Individual Response to Flooding in the Trinity River Basin, Texas | 2006 |
Wilkinson, Wangui |
| Timothy Reed | Analyzing Seawifs Using GIS: Phytoplankton Blooms in the Bering Sea | 2003 |
Davis, Foschi |
| Aariel Rowan | Effects of Restoration on the Small Shorebird Carrying Capacity of a South Bay Mud Flat | 2011 |
Davis, Blesius |
| Josh Schnabel | A Comparison of Methods for Assessing Hazardous Air Pollutant Risk in Communities | 2007 |
Davis, Oliphant |
| Stephanie Sims | Hillslope Sediment Source Assessment of San Pedro Creek Watershed, California | 2004 |
Davis, Oliphant |
| Chad Steacy | Discourse in the Abandoned Small Town: Toward a Critical Geography of Decline | 2011 |
Henderson, Donovan |
| Jaime Tatman | Geographical Frame Analysis of Environmental Conflict: A Case Study of Bolinas Lagoon | 2011 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Arnie Thompson | Water Repellency, Soil Moisture Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion Under Eucalyptus Canopy vs. Oak Canopy in Coastal California | 2007 |
Davis, Oliphant |
| Melanie Vanderhoof | Distributional Patterns of Perrenial Pepperweed, Lepidium Latifolium, in the San Francisco Bay | 2007 |
Holzman, Foschi |
| Sadie Waddington | Quantitative Study of Sediment Accumulation Due to Mangrove Removal at Turneffe Atoll, Belize | 2008 |
Hines, Davis, Granek |
| Noah Wasserman | Vegetation Change Trends in Yosemite National Park Over the Last Century (1897-2008) | 2009 |
Holzman, Oliphant |
| Michael Webster | An Examination of Gentrification and Urban Change in San Francisco's Dogpatch | 2011 |
Guo, Henderson, Rubin |
| Matt Weintraub | Giant Footprints: Building the New Ballpark Landscape in San Francisco | 2004 |
Guo, Kirkeberg, Wilkinson |
| Zetta Wells | Integrating Theory and Community Food System Assessments: A San Francisco Case Study | 2006 |
Liu, Guo, Ona |
| Nelia White | Discrete Versus Continuous: A Comparison of Water Quality Monitoring Techniques | 2006 |
Davis, Wilkinson |
| Paula White | Evaluating Impacts of Polystyrene Bans: Trash-Impaired Watersheds in the East Bay | 2010 |
Davis, Wilkinson |
| Alan Wiig | Producing Heritage: Presentations of the Gold Rush in Columbia, California | 2009 |
Wilkinson, Donovan |
| Anica Williams | The Effectiveness of Environmental Education in Increasing Environmental Literacy and Responsible Behavior | 2005 |
Holzman, Wangui |
| John Wilson | Geography of Earthquake Risk in the South of Market of San Francisco: People, Place, and Policy | 2002 |
Meihoefer, Wilkinson |
| Pamela Wilson | Going to the Nagar Kirtan: Bay Area Sikh Connections to Yuba City | 2010 |
Wilkinson, Guo, McGee |
| Jason Zimmerman | Transportation Regimes and Community Politics in West Oakland, California | 2009 |
Henderson, Wilkinson |
Research Projects
Degrees granted since 2001
| Name | Title | Date |
Committee |
| Ken Ahern | Central Arizona Project: Water Policy Changes and Implications | 2001 |
Crawford, Wilkinson |
| Tracy Andres | Foreign Aid for Clean Water Supply and Sanitation: A Geographical Assessment | 2010 |
Wilkinson, Liu |
| Laurie Andrus | Airport Ground Access in Boston, Minneapolis, Denver, and San Francisco | 2003 |
Wilkinson, Westfall |
| Glenna Anton | Material and Cultural Impediments to Cooperation Over Water Resources in Israel-Palestine | 2008 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Adrienne Aquino | Impact of a Youth Public Art Program in San Francisco's Mission District | 2011 |
Wilkinson, Guo |
| Geordie Armstrong | Women and Public Space in Goleta, California | 2008 |
Wilkinson, Henderson |
| Anne Atkinson | A Natural and Cultural History of Maunalua Bay, O'ahu, Hawaii | 2007 |
Holzman, Wilkinson |
| Jeremy Bailey | Agglomerative Benefits of Light Rail Stations on Property Values | 2008 |
Liu, Guo, Wilkinson |
| KaMan Chan | An English and Chinese Bible Atlas for Children | 2004 |
Kirkeberg, Wilkinson |
| David Collins | A Days Journey: Porters, Roads, and Towns in Prehistoric Mesoamerica | 2003 |
Bury, Davis, McGee |
| John Culp | Shell Mounds to Cul-de-sacs: The Landscape of San Pedro Valley, Pacifica, California | 2002 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Ann Dolmage | Recycled Water in San Benito County, California | 2011 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Carole Garcia | Lessons Learned: Effective Mitigation for Large Dams in South East Asia | 2002 |
Davis, Wilkinson |
| Karyn Gear | Developing Conservation Plans at the Local Level: A Useful Tool in the Preservation of California's Landscapes | 2001 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Allison Hughes Nygaard | Observing the Impacts of Participation in an Ecological Restoration Program for Urban Youth | 2010 |
Wilkinson, Liu |
| Simon Hurd | History of Fire Management of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 2003 |
Holzman, Hines |
| Brandon Jebens | A Historical Geography of Disturbance Within the Redwood Creek Watershed, Marin County, California | 2001 |
Wilkinson, Meihoefer |
| Doug Johnson | Changing Depictions of Wilderness: Magazine Depictions of Southeast Utah's Canyon Country, 1950-2000 | 2002 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Susan Jones | Current Uses of Lake Merced, San Francisco, California | 2003 |
Wilkinson, Oliphant |
| Craig Jung | Mountain Bike Trail Management for Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California | 2003 |
Hines, Holzman |
| David Munroe | Restoration Management Plan: Pier 94 Wetlands, San Francisco, California | 2003 |
Foschi, Holzman |
| Ingrid Overgard | From Empty Space to Global Commons: Perception and Mitigation of Ocean Noise Pollution | 2009 |
Wilkinson, Oliphant, Jashy |
| Hilary Pedigo | Countering Globalization: A Case Study of a Local Farming Network | 2010 |
Guo, Wilkinson |
| Andy Peri | Habitat Assessment of Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio, Mill Valley, California | 2004 |
Davis, Wilkinson |
| Kristina Perry | Local Agriculture and Farmers Market Salad Bars in Berkeley's Public Schools | 2001 |
Wilkinson, Meihoefer |
| Nicholas Salcedo | Salinity's Effect on Waterfowl in a Wetland Restoration Project, San Francisco Bay | 2001 |
Crawford, Holzman |
| Ian Signer | Diverse Land, Diverse Peoples: Exploring Native California Resource Management | 2003 |
Holzman, Wilkinson |
| Steven Silva | Outposts of Zion: The Geography of Mormonism in the Greater Bay Area | 2002 |
Kirkeberg, Westfall |
| William Withington | An Alternate Method of Aging Red Alder for Landscape Analysis | 2003 |
Davis, Hines |
| Justin Witt | Regulatory and Geographical Wastewater Disposal Constraints, Sonoma County | 2003 |
Wilkinson, Davis |
| Erica Yelensky | Changing the Flow: A Case Study of Three Greywater Advocacy Coalitions | 2010 |
Wilkinson, Guo |
| Angie Yu | The San Bruno Mountain Area Habitat Conservation Plan: A Comparative Case Study | 2008 |
Hines, Guo |
