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2006-2007 Undergraduate Alumni

Graduate Alumni

Master's Completed Degree Name Thesis Title/Research Paper Titles
2007
MS
Dougall, Janice A. "Downstream Effects of Glaciers on Stream Water Quality" (Andrew Fountain)
2007
MS
Heartwell, Becca "Some Issues in Thematic Map Design: Illustrated with Data on the Parks of Portland, Oregon" (Joe Poracsky); "Sellwood: A Portland Neighborhood Then and Now" (Joe Poracsky)
2007
MS
Stewart, Joel "An Investigation into Japan's Population: The Current State of Decline" (Martha Works); "A Geographical Perspective on the Territorial Conflict in the East China Sea: The Implications for International Political Relations between China and Japan" (Gil Latz)
2007
MS
Moore, Rachele "Post-Fire Soil Erosion by Burn Severity in a Ponderosa Pine Forest Following the 2002 Eyerly Fire in Central Oregon" (Keith Hadley)
2007
MS
Hudson, Lindsey (1) Preserving Living History: Stretegies for Managing Ute Culturally-Scarred Trees in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado (Martha Works) (2) Culturally-Scarred Trees and Dendrochronology (Keith Hadley)
2007
MS
Dvorak, Laura (1) Native Fishing Rights In the Pacific Northwest, A Post-Structural Examination (Susi Steinmann) (2) Roots of Change: The Role of Education in Growing the Community Food Movement in Portland, Oregon (Martha Works)
2007
MS
Jackson, Keith Spatial and Morphological Change of Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon (Andrew Fountain)
2006
MS
Wallace, Arlene (1) Residential Segregation A Study of potential segregation in Oregon (Thomas Harvey) (2) Hispanic Settlement in Rural Oregon (Martha Works)
2006
MS
Levell, Alex Monitoring the Form and Process of a Stream Restoration Project in an Urbanizing Watershed: A Case Study of Kelley Creek, Oregon (Heejun Chang)
2006
MS
Cary, Chad M. Comparison of the Variation Between ASCE Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration and Potential Evaporation in Oregon (Daniel Johnson)
2006
MS
Anderson, Jennifer L.  Lives, Livelihoods, and Landscapes: A Study of Land Use and Social Change in Northeastern Nepal (Barbara Brower)
2006
MS
Anderson, Linda K. Deer-Vehicle Accident Hotspots in Northwest Clackamas County, Oregon (Keith Hadley)
2006
MS
Boeder, Michael Karl Oxygen Demand Trends, Land Cover Change, and Water Quality Management for an Urbanizing Oregon Watershed (Heejun Chang)
2006
MS
Cary, Chad M. Comparison of the Variation Between ASCE Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration and Potential Evaporation in Oregon (Daniel Johnson)
2006
MS
Isley, Mark J. (1) Capinota, Bolivia: Agricultural Change and the Neoliberal Development Model and (2) Managing Property Records: Using a Geographic Information System (Martha Works)
2006
MS
Karps, Jennifer Michelle Regeneration Patterns and Facilitation Following Blowdown in a Self-Replacing Lodgepole Pine (Pinus Contorta) Stands in Central Oregon (Keith Hadley)
2006
MS
Kayaarasi Rodriquez, Tuba (1) Journey from the Humps of the Camels to the Floors of the Rich: The Commodification of Traditional Turkish Carpets (Barbara Brower) (2) Development, Agricultural Change and Gender: Cotton Production in Southeast Turkey (Martha Works)
2006
MS
Levell, Alex P. Monitoring the form and process of a stream restoration project in an urbanizing watershed: A case study of Kelley Creek, OR (Heejun Chang)
2006
MS
Martin, Nathan D. (1) Using Artificial Neural Network Activation Strength for Categorical Reclassification: A Model to Assist Implementation of a Multi-Layer Perception (Geoffrey Duh) (2)  Categorical Accuracy Assessment in Remote Sensing: An Historical Perspective (Joseph Poracsky)
2006
MS
Monchak, James J.  Detecting an Urbanization Gradient Using Land Cover, Winter Foraging Guilds and Feeding Stations in Two Southeast Portland Neighborhoods (Joseph Poracsky)
2006
MS
Sorensen, Todd J. (1) Wetland Soil Processes and the Functionality of Created Wetland Soils and (2) Land-use Change in the Yakima Basin: Shaped and Constrained by Irrigation  (Teresa Bulman)
2005
MS
Starr-Peace, Dionne The Geography of Vineyard Soils and Terroir in the North Willamette Valley , Oregon. (Keith Hadley)
2005
MS
Friedle, Christina M. Forest Resource Use, Land-Use, and Ecotourism in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve , Honduras. (Martha Works)
2005
MS
Graves, David An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Upper Clackamas River Basin with a Distributed Hydrologic Model (Heejun Chang)
2005
MS
Hrinkevich, Kathryn H. Forest Edge Dynamics in a Naturally Fragmented Landscape in Central Oregon. (Keith Hadley)
2005
MS
Rizzari, Meredith R. Re-Imaging a Neighborhood: The Creation of the Alberta Arts District, Portland Oregon (Tom Harvey)
2005
MS
Latino, Leon W. (1) The Mount Tabor Reservoir Controversy:Cultural Wars or Contested Landscape; (2) Deforestation, Civil Society, and Community-Based Forestry in the Phillipines (Tom Harvey)
2005
MS
Van der Linde, Fredrik C. Changing Landscapes of Education for the Shepas of the Khumbu ( Mt. Everest ) Region , Nepal. (Barbara Brower)
2005
MS
Clayton, James Byron Case Studies of Sedentary Families within the Seasonal Migratory Culture of the Raramuri. (Barbara Brower)
2005
MS
Martin, Kevin S. Comparing Twenty-Four Years of Forest Change in Two Communities of Mexico 's Purepecha Using Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery. (Andrew Fountain)
2004
MA
Frank, Christina A Comparison of Front and Back Yard Garden Areas in Portland , OR : Cultural Expression in the Everyday Landscape. (Barbara Brower)
2004
MS
Marra, Amber E. A Distribution and Analysis of Surface and Subsurface Private Residential Stormwater Facilities in Portland , Oregon . (Teresa Bulman)
2004
MS
Garland , Rodney D. Modeling dewatered and subyearling fall Chinook salmon Rearing areas below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. (Michael Emch)
2004
MS
Robb, Rhonda R. Risk Factors of Cholera and Their Influence on Seasonal Epidemics in Matlab , Bangladesh from 1992-1994. (Michael Emch)
2004
MS
Banis, David The Wilderness Problem: A Narrative of Contested Landscapes in San Juan County , Utah. (Barbara Brower)
2004
MS
Fyfield, Paul Hagen Transportation and Land Use Patterns: Monitoring Urban Change Using Aerial Photography, Portland , Oregon 1925-1945. (Joseph Poracsky)
2003
MS
Lawrence, Russell Regional Bankfull Discharge and Channel Dimension Relations for Natural Alluvial Rivers in the Willamette River Watershed, Oregon. (Andrew Fountain )
2003
MS
Chase, John Forest Landscape Change Detection in the Meseta Purepecha, Michoacan, Mexico
2003
MS
Loring, Martin W. (1) The Natural and Social Factors in the Creation of the Dust Bowl; (2) Tillamook: History of an Oregon Forest
2003
MS
Paquin, Melanie J. (1) From Orcharding to Windsurfing: A Cultural Landscape Study of Downtown Hood River, Oregon; (2) Modeling Slope Stability: A Case Study of Henry Hagg Lake, Oregon
2002
Ph.D
Tolman, Deborah Ph.D. Diseratation- The Role of Community Boundaries, Environmental Gradients, and Disturbance in a Serpentine Soil Ecosystem: The _Darlingtonia_ Fens of Southern Oregon. (Keith Hadley)
2002
MS
Briggs, Andrew R. (1) Morphogenetic Analysis of Main Street, Jacksonville, Oregon; (2) Feng Shui & Chinese Rituals of Death across the Oregon Landscape
2002
MS
McCallum, Andrew D Montavilla: A Small Town in the Midst of a City and Metadata Generation for Landsat TM-Based Thematic Land Cover Maps: An Automated Approach
2002
MS
Reisemann, Julia C.
(1) Development over Time: The Shaping of Downtown Portland's Skyline; (2) HAZUS in Portland, Oregon
2002
MS
Maguire, Timothy The Role of Environmental Factors and Vegetation Development on Avian Diversity Following Re-Watering in the Owens River Gorge, Eastern California
2002
MS
Gunn, John T. Portland Population Density and Urban Models
2002
MS
Labbe, James M. Controls on Channel Form and Change in the Upper Tualatin River
2002
MS
Matthews, Shelley E. Impact of Fluctuating Water Levels on Densities of Breeding Double-crested Cormorants at Malheur and Upper Klamath NWRs, Oregon
2002
MS
Pohl, Kelly A. Climate Variation, Wildland Fire, and Insect Outbreak in Central Oregon
2001
MS
Hunter, Nancee C. Hydrological Impacts of Climate Variability in the Bull Run Watershed
2001
MS
Collopy, Carolyn Affordable Housing in Portland's Albina Community
2001
MS
Bardel, Patrick J Mapping Polar Glaciers Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
2001
MS
Lafrenz, Martin Dietrich Neoglacial Features at Mt. Thielsen
2001
MS
Weber, Marc Forest Succession and Mortality at Cedar Flats, Mount St. Helens, WA
2001
MS
Beckel, Marc GIS and GPS Integration
2001
MS
Dana, Michael R. GIS Database Development and Analysis of Geomorphology and Slope Failure Hazards in the Balch Creek Watershed, Portland, Oregon
2001
MS
Myers, Stuart G. (1) Watershed Management for a New Millennium: An Investigation of Watershed Policy and Salmonid Distribution in the Wilson River Watershed; (2) Disturbance and Fluvial Dynamics: An Investigation into the Current Condition of the Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
2001
MS
Goldberg, Brian A. (1) Assessing Geomorphic Response to Grazing in Riparian Zones; (2) Recreation Fees and the National Forests
2001
MS
Jehan, Frederic (1) Use of GIS to Assess a Land Consolidation Program in Romagny, Normandy; (2) Urbanization and Urban Growth in the Gulf of Guinea
2001
MS
Scott, Mark G. (1) Forest Clearing in the Gray's River Watershed 1905-1996; (2) A Comparison between Snapsho and Composite Change Data
2000
MS
Altonen, Brian L. Asiatic Cholera and Dysentery on the Oregon Trail, A Historical Medical Geography Study
2000
MS
Bangs, Christopher A. Spatial Modeling in Emergency Medical Systems: Analysis of a Regional Trauma System with Two Centers.
2000
MS
Campbell, Shannon M. An Examination of Commercial Medicinal Plant Harvests, Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon
2000
MA
Lupro, Michael P. Signs of Popular Ecology in the Ecotourism Landscape of Tikal National Park, Guatemala.
2000
MS
Villegas, Courtney S. Where Girls will be Boys and Boys will be Girls: Spatial Perceptions and Place-bound Identity of Portland's Drag Community
2000
MA
Woodruff, Amy Cooking in Eden: Inventing Regional Cuisine in the Pacific Northwest
2000
MS
Cook, Jason G. (1) Catena Sudy on the Tualatin River Floodplain Terrace At Cook Park, Tigard, Oregon; (2) El Nino/Southern Oscillation: Short-Term Climate Variation in Climate Division Nine, Oregon
2000
MS
Bouwes, Boyd A. (1) Impacts of Salmon Declines on Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest; (2) An Assessment of Streambank Stability Methods Used in a Monitoring Study of Riparian and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Salmon River Drainage, Idaho
2000
MS
Kuhn, Dennis R. (1) Islamic Geographers and the Science of Geography; (2) Magyar Minorities in Slovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia: A Study in Geopolitical Literature of Central Europe.
2000
MS
Seeger, Michaela (1) The Use of Geographical Information Systems for Environmental Impact Assessments; (2) Blue Ice Areas in the Antarctic as Possible Indications for Global Climate Change (1999).
1999
MA
Owen, Bronwen Sigrid Forest Edge Dynamics and Meadow Invasion at Gordon Meadows, Willamette National Forest, Oregon
1999
MS
Moore, Christopher P. Examining Single-Family Residential Water Consumption in Portland
1998
MS
Grover, Barbara The Antiquities Act of 1906: The Public's Response to the Use of Presidential Power in Managing Public Lands
1998
MS
Haugland, Jason E. Soil Catenas on Glacial Moraines of the Central Oregon Cascades
1998
MS
Hupperts, Keith Andrew Managing Oregon's Aquatic Resources: A Dynamic Segmentation Application.
1998
MS
Merrick, Margrete The Classification and Location of Land Use Zones: A Product of Time, Place and Culture, A Case Study in Portland, Oregon, 1918-1924
1998
MA
Revels, Craig S Coffee in Nicaragua: Regional Development and Change in the Nineteenth Century.
1998
MS
Sutton, Nauna L. Development of an Investigation Database System for the Assessment of Methylmercury Contamination.
1998
MS
Waggoner, Laura L. Geographic Analysis of the Urban Forest: A Case Study of the City of Forest Grove, Oregon
1998
MS
Day, Andrew Kenneth The Logging Industry of Sabah, Malaysia and the Japanese Influence and A Study of Mass Wasting with an Emphasis on Mudslides in the Urban Arena
1997
MS
Carlson, Charles Thomas The Summit Vegetation of Saddle Mountain, Oregon Coast Range.
1997
MS
Mennis, Jeremy L. GIS Applications to Glaciology Construction of the Mount Rainier Glacier Database.
1997
MS
Newman, Arnold Paul Satellite Remote Sensing for Measuring the Urban Forest of Portland, Oregon.
1997
MS
Duckett, Dale Scott The Urban Ecosystem Project: A Synthesis of Ecological Perspective; Wetland Analysis Using GIS
1997
MS
Franco-Wills, Paulette R. Natural Resource Management in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area and Parks Deficiency in an Urban Area
1997
MS
Levy, Stephen A (1) The Guadalupe Valley of Northern Baja California; Physical and Cultural Transformation of the Landscape from 1927-1995; (2) Geography of Viticulture in Selected Mediterranean Regions: Napa and Sonoma Valleys, California; Barossa Valley, Australia: and the Golan Heights, Israel
1997
MS
Llobet, Jaume Royo (1) Cultural and Ecological History of the Rural Mediterranean Landscapes; (2) Evaluating Soil Erosion Potential by Integrating Thematic Mapper Satellite Data and GIS: The Case of the Wallapa Watershed, Washington
1997
MS
Olson, Jacqueline Christina Automated Geocoding of Street Trees with Paced Distances and Tiger/Line Street Files
1997
MS
Petterson, David E. (1) GIS in Digital Cartography: Barbarians at the Gate; (2) A Geography of Dystopia: Influences of Urban Planning in Huxley's Brave New World
1997
MS
Stone, Eric L. (1) History and Resource Management of the Oregon Intermountain Indians: Seasonal Rounds, Changing Economies Through Time; (2) B.L.M. Balloon Photography: Applications in Resource Management in the Pacific Northwest
1996
MS
Allen, Charles Alpine Soil Geomorphology: The Development and Characterization of Soil in Alpine-Subalpine Zone of the Wallowa Mountains
1996
MS
Fleming, Glen A. An Analysis of Oregon Department of Transportation Planned Highway Construction Projects for Selected Years from 1978 to 1992
1996
MS
Slyman, Paul M. Oregon's Oil: A Geographic View of Petroleum Distribution and Associated Risks.
1996
MS
Anderson, William McRee (1) Constructed Wetlands and Water Quality: A Case Study of Jackson Bottom Experimental Wetland; (2) Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution: A Best Management Practices Approach
1996
MS
Meyer, Kristine L. (1) Delineation of an Urban Wetland in Beaverton, Oregon; (2) Wetland Protection in the Newell Creek Watershed, Clackamas County, Oregon; and, Delineation of an Urban Wetland in Beaverton, Oregon
1996
MS
Newvine, Anne (1) The Department Store as a Symbolic Element of the Urban Cultural Landscape Using the Example of Carson Pirie Scott; (2) The Impacts of Price of Gasoline, Transit Faire, Employment, Transit Service, Frequency of Service and Number of Automobiles on Transit Usage
1995
MS
Brownell, Dorie Application of a Geographical Information System to Estimate the Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in the Sandy and Clackamas River Basins, Oregon
1995
MS
Coughlan, David Redefining the Suburban Ideal: An Analysis of Single-Family Residential Densities in Washington County, Oregon
1995
MA
Eichner, Ulf The Development of High-Technology Industries in the Portland/Vancouver Metropolitan Area
1995
MS
Mandaville, Cristin R. A Swamp in the Desert: Theory, Water Policy, and Malheur Lake Basin.
1995
MS
Zimmerman, Sara P. An Analysis of Socio-Economic Effects on Scrap Paper Recycling Participation.
1995
MS
Allerman, Robert F. Climatic and Meterologic Data Networks in the Pacific Northwest: A Guide for Users.
1995
MS
Holman, Craig V Obtaining Percentages of Raster Based Data Values Present in Corresponding Vector Based Polygon Coverage's.To be used to Field-verify Landsat TM Data Provided to the Malheur National Forest
1995
MS
Philpotts, Alison E (1) Portland, Oregon's Annexations: A Case Study on Cartographic Display. Options of Spatio-Temporal Information; (2) GreenCity Data: A Pilot Project in Environmental Education and Holisitc Learning
1995
MS
Simpson, Manette M. GIS Application Development: DRASTIC Pollution Potential Index for the Lower Umatilla Basin, Oregon and Hydrologic Relationships in the John Day River Basin, Oregon

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