Dissertations by Environmental Studies PhD Students

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2011

A Qualitative Approach to Spiral of Silence Research: Self-Censorship Narratives Regarding Environmental and Social Conflict
by Christopher J. Ryan
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Dormant Ethnobotany: A Case Study of Decline in Regional Plant Knowledge in the bull Run Mountains of Virginia
by Susan Leopold
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Restoring Relationships: Indigenous Ways of Knowing Meet Science and Environmental Studies in Undergraduate Education
by Nancy Leigh Rich
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The Role of Nature in John Muir's Conception of the Good Life.
by Randy R. Larsen
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2010

Caretakers of the Garden of Delight and Discontent: Adirondack Narrative, Conflict, and Environmental Virtue
by Eric Richard Holmlund
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Female Humpback Whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) Reproductive Class and Male-Female Interactions During the Breeding Season
by Meagan E. Jones
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Participatory Planning for a Promised Land: Citizen-led, Comprehensive Land Use Planning in New York's Adirondack Park
by Ann Hope Ruzow Holland
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The Transition Zone: Impact of Riverbanks on Emergent Dragonfly Nymphs Implications for Riverbank Restoration and Management
by Kirsten Hope Martin
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2009

Aging in Place in Suburbia: A Qualitative Study of Older Women
by Marian L. G. Knapp
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An Examination of Environmental Collective Identity Development Across Three Life-stages: The Contribution of Social Public Experiences at Zoos
by John Robert Frazier
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Childhood Nature Contact and its Effect on Coping Skills
by Mary-Jeanne Raleigh
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Dispersion of Large-Seeded Tree Species By Two Forest Primates: Primate Seed Handling, Microhabitat Variability, and Post-Dispersal Seed Fate
by Nicole D. Gross-Camp
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Flame, Furnace, Fuel: Creating Kansas City in the Nineteenth Century
by Twyla Dell
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Forest Edge Effects on the Behavioral Ecology of L'Hoest's Monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
by Tharcisse Ukizintambara
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How Hospital Environmental Managers Learn Compliance: A Learning Process Model
by Victoria A. Jas
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Seeing Shifts: Ecologists' Lived Experiences of Climate Change in Mountains of the American West
by Kimberly F. Langmaid
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Toward a More Wholly Communion: Cultivating Ecological Enlightenment and Sustainable Action in Christians
by Cary Hauptman Gaunt
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2008

Beyond the debate: Exploring the underlying values and assumptions of biodiversity conservation in protected areas
by Leon-Charl Malan
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Connecting with nature through land use decision making
by Cathy Setterlin
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Dwelling, Walking, Serving: Organic Preservation Along the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Landscape
by Mercedes C. Quesada-Embid
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Evaluating U.S. Federal Marine Protected Areas Programs: A Comparative Analysis and Conceptual Framework
by Rosemarie A. Bradley
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Expressions of ecological identity across the life span of eight environmental exemplars
by Jennifer Seydel

Integration of Analysis and Deliberation to Evaluate Biodiesel Occupational and Environmental Exposures
by Nora M. Traviss
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Meaning of Place: Exploring Long-term Resident's Attachment to the Physical Environment in Northern New Hampshire
by Laura A. Alexander
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2007

A framework for process-based restoration: Riparian function and large woody debris dynamics in an Atlantic salmon river in Maine
by Melissa Laser

Assisted migration as a conservation strategy for rapid climate change: Investigating extended photoperiod and mycobiont distributions of Habenaria repens Nuttall (Orchidaceae) as a case study
by Brian George Keel

Gardening: Cultivating an enduring relationship with nature
by Carl A. Salsedo

Protecting our children's water": Using cultural models and collaborative learning to frame and implement ecosystem management
by Christine Baumann Feurt

Restoring the Elwha: Salmon, dams and people on the Olympic Peninsula. A case study of environmental decision-making
by Virginia G. Egan

The Ecology of Paradox: Disturbance and Restoration in Land and Soul
by Rowland Russell
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2006

Activist training in the academy: Developing a master's program in Environmental Advocacy and Organizing at Antioch New England Graduate School
by Steve Chase
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Art-based perceptual ecology as a way of knowing the language of place
by Lee Ann Woolery

Reconceptualizing natural history study in higher education: Perspectives from the field
by Brian Eugene Hagenbuch

Social wellness amidst toxic pollution: The story of Sydney, Cape Breton
by Dorothy J. Treisner,

Untangling the tangled bank: Toward a unitary pedagogy of nature
by Craig N. Gemmell

2005

Common ground between crafts collectives and conservation: Protecting natural resources through artisan production
by Jennifer Jade Wilhoit

Conservation and management of California gnatcatchers (Polioptila californica californica): Focal species research and community-based conservation in urban landscapes
by Amber Dawn Pairis

Grassroots polycultures: Sustainability and resilience in Chiapas, Mexico
by Tatiana Schreiber

The role of champions in establishing Eco Industrial Parks
by Anne K. Hewes

Walden: A sacred geography
by Joy Whiteley Ackerman
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2004

An assessment and critique of green business best practices
by Amy K. Townsend

Facilitating teachers' growth: Investigating the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of intensive professional development programs for educators
by Denise M. Dumouchel

The effects of canopy herbivory on soil microarthropods in a tropical rainforest
by H. Bruce Rinker

2003

Developing and grounding a conceptual framework for learning in coastal management
by Elin Charlotta Torell

Lessons from the great egret: Cosmopolitan species as environmental guides
by Celia Lewis

Perceptions on the park periphery: Resident, staff and natural resource relations at Masoala National Park, Madagascar
by Alison Allene Ormsby

Seasons of instructional growth: Novice teacher development in residential environmental education settings
by John Haskin

The life significance of a spiritually oriented, Outward Bound-type wilderness expedition
by Brad Daniel

Where You Can Hear the Sea and See the Sound
by Dorothy Julia Howell

2002

Participatory ecological governance: Insights from a case study of the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership
by Rob B. Moir

2001

Beliefs and attitudes of Caribbean girls about whales: An approach to understanding cultural identity with implications for conservation education
by Nathalie F. R. Ward

Conservation research under conditions of social conflict and scientific uncertainty: Investigating the value of a post-normal science approach
by David Nathan Wiley