This combined collection includes dissertations and theses from the School of Earth, Environment and Society (SEES), which includes the departments of Anthropology, Environmental Science and Management, Geography, Geology and Complex Systems. Dissertations from the Ph.D. program in Earth, Environment and Society are also included in this collection.
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Cultivating Environmental Stewardship in Middle School Students, Kelly Anne Fischer
The Effects of Multiple Thematic Layers on Web Map Use by Middle School Students, Andrew Percy Freed
The Technological Role of Bone and Antler Artifacts on the Lower Columbia: A Comparison of Two Contact Period Sites, Kristen Ann Fuld
Chronology and Ecology of Late Pleistocene Megafauna in the Northern Willamette Valley, Oregon, Daniel McGowan Gilmour
Designing and Using Virtual Field Environments to Enhance and Extend Field Experience in Professional Development Programs in Geology for K-12 Teachers, Frank Douglas Granshaw
Real Options Methodology in Sportswear Retail Investment Valuation, Hairong Karen Gui
Hydrogeology of the McKinney Butte Area: Sisters, Oregon, Joshua Andrew Hackett
Scratched Petroglyphs in the Bennett Hills, Idaho, Karla Lucille Hambelton
A Multi-Level Study of the Predictors of Family-Supportive Supervision, Ginger Charmagne Hanson
Event Ecology: An Analysis of Discourses Surrounding the Disappearance of the Kah Shakes Cove Herring (Clupea pallasi), Jamie Sue Hebert
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Glacier Melt in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Matthew James Hoffman
Riparian Wetland Response to Livestock Exclusion in the Lower Columbia River Basin, Sarah Ann Holmen
The Role of Feedback in the Assimilation of Information in Prediction Markets, Richard Donald Jolly
The Role of Salmon in Middle Snake River Human Economy: The Hetrick Site in Regional Contexts, Cassandra R. Manning
Model-Based Information Extraction From Synthetic Aperture Radar Signals, Shari Matzner
Tree Growth and Spatial Pattern in Two Forest Park Permanent Plots: A Look at Stand Composition and Condition, Hannah Beth McDonald
Potential for Speciation in Mammals Following Vast, Late Miocene Volcanic Interruptions in the Pacific Northwest, Ryan Thomas McKenna
LiDAR-Based Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility Mapping, and Differential LiDAR Analysis for the Panther Creek Watershed, Coast Range, Oregon, Katherine A. Mickelson
Rebuilding the Architectural History of the Fort Vancouver Village, Meredith J. Mullaley
Hierarchical Temporal Memory Cortical Learning Algorithm for Pattern Recognition on Multi-core Architectures, Ryan William Price
Identifying Regional Centers in Washington County, Oregon, Kevin Christopher Rancik
Investigating Technological Organization at the Buck Lake Site (45PI438) in Mount Rainier National Park Using a Lithic Debitage Analysis, Michael Charles Schurke
Using Archaeological Fish Remains to Determine the Native Status of Anadromous Salmonids in the Upper Klamath Basin (Oregon, USA) Through mtDNA and Geochemical Analysis, Alexander E. Stevenson
Analysis and Characterization of Debris Flows in November, 2006, Mount Adams, Washington., Kendra Justine Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Confirmation Bias and Related Errors, Geoffrey Ludlow Borthwick
Identity, Nostalgia and Leisure: Technology Use in Second Homes, Françoise Bourdonnec
The Transnational Networks of Cultural Commodities: Peruvian Food in San Francisco, Kelsey Ann Brain
Local food and land-use in Washington County, Oregon, Joshua James Cousins
Designing Exhibits For Gender Equity, Toni Nicole Dancu
Hierarchical Image Analysis and Characterization of Scaling Effects in Remote Sensing, Craig David Ducey
Exploring Prehistoric Salmon Subsistence in the Willamette Valley using Zooarchaeological Records and Optimal Foraging Theory, J. Tait Elder
Performance Measures for Managerial Decision Making: Performance Measurement Synergies in Multi-Attribute Performance Measurement Systems, Robert Andrew Fowke
American Belly Dance and the Invention of the New Exotic: Orientalism, Feminism, and Popular Culture, Jennifer Lynn Haynes-Clark
Climatic and Spatial Variations of Mount Rainier's Glaciers for the Last 12,000 Years, Michael Leslie Hekkers
Efficient Encoding Of Vocalizations In The Auditory Midbrain, Lars Andreas Holmstrom
Examining the Effects of Climate Change and Urban Development on Water Demand: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Future Water Demand in Hillsboro, Oregon, Lily Arielle House-Peters
Identifying Best Quality Management Practices for Achieving Quality and Innovation Performance in the Forest Products Industry, Scott A. Leavengood
Coal to Oil in China: Scientific Development or Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones?, Joseph John Narus
Initiation zone characterization of debris flows in November, 2006, Mount Hood, Oregon, Rachel Pirot
Occurrence and Concentrations of Caffeine in Seawater from the Oregon Coast and Potential Effects on the Dominant Mussel, Mytilus californianus, Zoe Rodriguez del Rey
Beyul Khumbu: Sherpa Constructions of a Sacred Landscape, Lindsay Ann Skog
Using Turbidity Monitoring and LiDAR-Derived Imagery to Investigate Sources of Suspended Sediment in the Little North Santiam River Basin, Oregon, Winter 2009-2010, Steven Sobieszczyk
A Beer Party and Watermelon: The Archaeology of Community and Resistance at CCC Camp Zigzag, Company 928, Zigzag, Oregon, 1933-1942, Janna Beth Tuck
Model Analysis of the Hydrologic Response to Climate Change in the Upper Deschutes Basin, Oregon, Michael Scott Waibel
Engaging a Systems Approach to Evaluate Domestic Violence Intervention with Abusive Men: Reassessing the Role of Community, Courtenay Silvergleid Wallpe
Internal Displacement in Colombia: Violence, Resettlement, and Resistance, Juan Esteban Zea
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Modeling Subprime Mortgage Delinquency, Default, Prepayment and Loss, Olgay Cangur
Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria): Factors Affecting Galerucella pusilla and Galerucella calmariensis Establishment in Tidal Areas, Lynda Kathryn Moore
Hardiness, Well-Being, and Health: A Meta-Analytic Summary of Three Decades of Research, Celina Marie Oliver
Determinants of Cross Organizational Software Project Success, And Ozbay
Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Development on Water Resources in the Tualatin River Basin, Sarah Praskievicz
Peer Network Emergence and Change in the Classroom: A Multiple Systems Perspective, Nicole Ann Sage
Ethnic Place Making: Thirty Years of Brazilian Immigration to South Framingham, Massachusetts, Laura Aldea Skorczeski
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Quantifying Twentieth Century Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada, California, Hassan J. Basagic
The Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on the Runoff of the Rock Creek Basin, Jon J. Franczyk
Physicians Providing Alternative Medicine: Boundary Crossing and the Emergence of Integrative Medicine, Richard Scott Lockwood
Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Some Selected Organosulfur Oxo-acids, Adenike Otoikhian
More Than Screening Tools? : an Examination of Preliminary Applicant Evaluation Methods, Matthew Eric Paronto
A Grounded Agent Model of the Consumer Technology Adoption Process, Brent Alan Zenobia
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Shift Work in the Long-TermCare Industry : an Examination of Organizational and Individual factors that influence Employee Outcomes, Kristin Elizabeth Charles
The Effects of Coypu Myocaster Coypus (Nutria) Trapping on the Water Quality of South Johnson Creek, Beaverton, Oregon, Deborah Jean Frankel
"Questions About Stuff You Don't Normally See on a Map:" A Study of Sixth-Graders' Abilities to Understand Quantitative Thematic Maps, Stephanie Lynn Gaspers
Spatial and morphological change of Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, Keith Michael Jackson
Prediction of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis from Psychosocial Questionnaires, Scott David Mist
Improving Monitoring and Diagnosis for Process Control using Independent Component Analysis, Thaddeus Taylor Shannon
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Lives, Livelihoods, and Landscapes: A Study of Land Use and Social Change in Northeastern Nepal, Jennifer Leigh Anderson
Deer-Vehicle Accident Hotspots in Northwest Clackamas County, Oregon, Linda K. Anderson
Oxygen Demand Trends, Land Cover Change, and Water Quality Management for an Urbanizing Oregon Watershed, Michael Karl Boeder
Comparison of the Variation between ASCE Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration and Potential Evaporation in Oregon, Chad M. Cary
Regeneration Patterns and Facilitation Following Blowdown in a Self- Replacing Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Stand in Central Oregon, Jennifer Michelle Karps
A Mixed-Methods and Multi-Level Investigation of the Effects of a Crew Chief Intervention on Job Attitudes, Occupational Stress, and Organizational Commitment, Michael Charles Leo
The Fisheries of the Lower Columbia River, 1792 to 1850, Based on Euroamerican Explorer and Fur Company Accounts, Michael A. Martin
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Effects of Surrounding Land Use on Plant Species Composition in Urban Forest Fragments, Bruce Michael Barbarasch
Female Inmates Perspectives on Incarceration and Correctional Education at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Clara Guadalupe Ellis
Forest Resource Use, Land-Use, and Ecotourism in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras, Christina Marie Friedle
The Friendship Group Motivational System: Naturally-Occurring Resources and Liabilities During the Transition to High School, Carrie Jeanne Furrer
An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Upper Clackamas River Basin with a Distributed Hydrologic Model, David Graves
Visualizing Complexity : A Spatial Analysis of Decorative Geometric Pattern in the Islamic World, 900-1400 AD, Tracy Elizabeth Harrison
Fuel Model Development and Fire Simulation Analysis in the Wildland-Urban Interface: The Case of Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, David Malcolm Kuhn
A Tale of Three Sisters: Reconstructing the Holocene glacial history and paleoclimate record at Three Sisters Volcanoes, Oregon, United States, Shaun Andrew Marcott
Ambivalent Landscapes: An Historical Geography of Recreation and Tourism on Mount Hood, Oregon, Ryan Franklin Mitchell
Re-imaging a neighborhood : the creation of the Alberta Arts District, Portland, Oregon, Meredith R. Rizzari
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Wilderness Problem: A Narrative of Contested Landscapes in San Juan County, Utah, David Banis
Fundamental Conditions for the Evolution of Altruism: Towards a Unification of Theories, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher
Comparing Twenty-Four Years of Forest Change in Two Communities of Mexico's Meseta Purépecha Using Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery, Kevin Scott Martin
Risk Factors for Pre-Post Monsoon Cholera Epidemics in Bangladesh from 1992-1994, Rhonda Rae Robb
The Holocene History of Bison in the Intermountain West: A Synthesis of Archaeological and Paleontological Records from Eastern Oregon, Nicole Anne Stutte
Environmental Gradients, Community Boundaries, and Disturbance the Darlingtonia Fens of Southwestern Oregon, Deborah A. Tolman
Compositional and mineralogical relationships between mafic inclusions and host lavas as key to andesite petrogenesis at Mount Hood Volcano, Oregon, Melinda Michelle Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Transportation and Land Use Patterns: Monitoring Urban Change Using Aerial Photography, Portland, Oregon 1925-1945, Paul Hagen Fyfield
An Evaluation of Public Construction Contracting Methods for the Public Building Sector in Oregon using Data Envelopment Analysis, Gerald Herman Williams Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
In Situ Hydraulic Testing and Water Quality Sampling in the Hyporheic Zone of the Columbia River, Hanford Reach, Washington, Evan V. Arntzen
Forest Landscape Change Detection in the Meseta Purépecha, Michoacán, México, John Malcolm Chase
Public outreach and the "hows" of archaeology : archaeology as a model for education, Jon Darin Daehnke
Patterns in Glass : The Interpretation of European Glass Trade Beads From Two Protohistoric Sites in the Greater Lower Columbia Region, Gretchen Anne Kaehler
Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Klamath Marsh, Klamath County, Oregon, Jason Michael Melady
A Qualitative Analysis for Sex Determination in Humans Utilizing Posterior and Medial Aspects of the Distal Humerus, Veronica L. Wanek
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Low-Income Homeownership in Portland's Albina Community: A Comparative Analysis of Housing Quality in Market-Rate and Subsidized Houses, Carolyn Emily Collopy