05/28/2008

Barbara Holzman, PhD   Web page (cont.)

Completed Masters Theses

My philosophy for leading grad students is to try to give them exposure to many aspects of Biogeography or Natural Resource Management and together come up with a thesis idea that is doable in the allotted time, that adds information to the field, and that can help the student extend their knowledge and networks in the discipline.  The goal of a master's thesis is to learn the process of taking a research question through its theoretical background, through methodology and results and conclusion.  By the end of the thesis you are the expert, and you know you would probably have done things a lot differently if given another chance.  That's learning, it takes place at many levels.  Being a graduate student is challenging in light of all the other things that go on in a person's life.  To finish is a great accomplish.    Those below have undertaken that challenge.

(* Thesis Committee Chair)

Current M.A. Thesis Advisor (Geography) (*Thesis Committee Chair):

*Noah Wasserman. Vegetation Change Trends in Yosemite National Park over the Last Century (1903-2008). pending

Stefanie Egan. Participatory GIS for Biosphere Reserve Zone Designation.  Turneffe Atoll, Belize. pending

Dori Dick. Relative Abundance and fine scale habitat use of dolphins at Turneffe Atoll, Belize. pending

*Casey Cleve. Using GIS to predict potential Sierra Nevada red fox habitat. pending

*Seth Hiatt.  Habitat Distribution Modeling of Arctostaphylos myrtifolia in Amador County, CA. pending

*Jeff Mitchell. 

Completed Thesis

Katherine Andersen.   Life in Time:  A Historical Analysis of Property Boundaries in San Francisco:  1835-1920. October 2007

*Anne Atkinson. An Environmental History of Maunalua Bay and its Watershed. .August 2007

*Miguel Fernandez. Assessing the Effects of Locality Accuracy in Predicting Species Distribution Models: Implications for conservation practice.  May 2007

*Melanie Vanderhoff.  Distributional Patterns of Perrenial Pepperweed, Lepidium latifolium, in the San Francisco Bay.  May 2007

Tami Turner,  Environmental Management Program for a Real Winery in the Livermore Wine Country. May 2007 (College of Business)

*Christiane Camp. . Golden Gate Heights: A Biogeographic Land Use History. June 2006

*Anica Williams.  .The Effectiveness of Environmental Education in Increasing Environmental Literacy and Responsible Behavior.  Dec. 2005

*Debra Dwyer.  . Integrating GIS/GPS to Manage Natural Resources in Local Environments:  San Francisco Natural Areas,  Dec. 2005

Lynn Gassaway. Department of Anthropology.  May 2005.

*Tiffany Meyer,  Distribution and Health of Ione Manzanita and Ione Buckwheat populations. January 2005.

Suzanne Poloner. Contextual Conservation: Antillean manatees of Turneffe Atoll, Belize.
December 2004.

*Alicia Mariscal. The Environmental History if an Urban Wetland:  Arrowhead Marsh in Oakland, California. June 2003.

*Liz Proctor. Reducing variation in georeferenced locality descriptions. May 2004

*David Munro. Wetland Enhancement Plan for Pier 94, San Francisco, California. Dec. 2003. 

Ian Signer. Diverse Land, Diverse Peoples: Exploring Native California Resource Management. May 2003

*Suzy Jones.   Current Uses of Lake Merced, San Francisco California. May 2003.

*Craig Jung.  Managing the Mountain Bike at Mount Tamalpais.  April 2003

*Simon Hurd.  History of Fire Management at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park.  May 2003

*David Freitag.  Lost in the Fog:   An Environmental History of Lake Merced.   April 2002.

*Kathleen Marsh, Conservation Easement Language Analysis: Sonoma County Agricultural and Open Space District. April 2002.

*Paul Pribor.  Post Fire Succession in Bishop Pine Forest at Point Reyes National Seashore, California (1995-2001). March 2002.

Autumn Garrett, Dept of Biology, Ecology and Systematics.  Seed and seed bank ecology of a rare chaparral shrub: Ceanothus purpureus.  February 2002.

*Nicolas Salcedo. Salinity Affect on Waterfowl in a Wetland Restoration Project, San Francisco Bay.   November. 2001

*Hili Kilipovich.  Using Natural Areas in Urban Landscapes: Lake Merced Curriculum for High Schools. February 2001.

*Juan Ochoa. Plant Diversity in Uncultivated Margins of Conventional and Organic Farms in Yolo County, California February 2001.

Jancy Rickman, Dept of Biology, Ecology and Systematics.  Distinguishing the Impacts of Urbanization from the impacts of Habitat Fragmentation on Native California Leaf Miners associated with Quercus agrifolia. December 2000.

*Bonnie Sachs.  San Bruno Mountain Community Resource Management Project. July 2000.

Russell Roe.  Mapping Successional stages of Baccharis pilularis with Landsat TM Imagery. May 2000.

*David Hall.  Urban Coyotes:  Distribution, abundance and human Interactions, Marin Headlands, California. May 2000

Ingenito, Joseph.  The Reconstruction of a San Francisco Stream: Islais Creek. May 1999.

*Micallef, Sean.  Grazing Effects on the Grassland Vegetation of Mount Diablo State Park, California.  December 1998.

*Grosso, Cristina Mountain Lake:  Urban Open Space for Recreational Activities and Native Habitat.  September 1998.

Amezcua, Sylvie.  A Gap Analysis of San Francisco Garter Snake Habitat in San Mateo County.  May 1998.

*Brown, Marti. Virtual Fieldtrips, the Internet and Geographic Education. Completed march 1998

*Folger, Karen.  Post Fire Succession in the Inverness Ridge Bishop Pine Forest, Point Reyes National Seashore. May 1998.

*Klasky, Phil.  An Extreme and Solemn Relationship: Native American Perspectives:  Ward Valley Nuclear Dump.  May 1997.

*Isaacs, Jodene.  California’s Rangeland Reference Areas:  A Spatial Assessment.  May 1996.

*Evans, Robert. Biogeographic Modeling of Habitat Indicators for the Presence of Hesperolinon drymariodes.  May 1996.

*Clark, Nancy. Ranchland Parcelization:   A Profile of Land Use in Yuba County, California 1895-1995.  December 1995

*Birkeland, Celeste. Sacred Geography:   Rock Sites in Northern and Central California.  December 1995.

*MacKay, Kevin.  Regional Conservation Planning for San Francisco Bay Salt Marshes: A Biogeographic Approach. November 1995.

Dull, Robert. Late Holocene Paleoecology and Historic Grazing Impacts, Southern Sierra Nevada, California.  August 1995

McDonald, Robert . The City of San Mateo Reuse and Recycling Action Plan:  A Case Study. Masters in Public Administration. May 1995

*Kadar, Samanthe. A Geography of Landscapes in Central Sonoma County, California.    March 1995

Golden, Nadine. Organic Farms as Nodes of Wildlife Corridors, Fresno County, California.  October 1994

*Konde, Lora.  Spatial Analysis of Successful Natural Blue Oak Regeneration:   Priest Valley, California:  A GIS Approach. September 1994.

*Vaughan, Elizabeth. The Narmada Valley Development Project:  Environmental and Social Issues of a Watershed Development Project in Central India.  July 1994.