ES Senior Theses
May 2012
HILDEBRAND, Paul
Urban Air Pollution and Health Effects: A Study of Four Mexican Cities. Advisor: Jon Isham (ES Program Office).
January 2012
DRUCKER, Emma
Environmental Crisis: Landscape, Nature, and Disaster in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres, and Don DeLillo's White Noise. Advisor: Dan Brayton (ES Program Office).
May 2011
FOGARTY, Eamon
The Small Farmer is Alive and Well and Living in France. Advisor: David Bain (ES Program Office).
IGO, Renee
Thirst for Adventure: Exploring Arizona's Desert in Winter.Advisor: David Bain (ES Program Office).
LEHNHART, Brittany
Exploring Place Through Science andArt: From Juneau, Alaska to Middlebury, Vermont. Advisors: Andrea Olsen and Hedya Klein (ES Program Office).
SLENTZ, Kelly
Obstacles to Wholesale Markets Faced by Sustainable Farmers. Advisor: Nick Muller (ES Program Office).
January 2011
CLARK-BAROL, David
Integrating Community Forest Management into a REDD+ Policy Framework: The case of GuateCarbon, a payments for environmental services project in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala. Advisor: David Stoll (ES Program Office).
May 2010
FISHER, Alexandra
Environmental Policy and Water Quality in the Lake Champlain Basin: From Local Collaboration to International Cooperation. Advisor: Chris McGrory Klyza.
MAYTAG, Samantha
"A Daughter of the Ranch": The Value of Grass-fed Beef for the Local Food Movement. Advisor: John Elder.
January 2010
MURDOCH, Sierra
Appalachia's Old Guard. Advisor: Christopher Shaw (ES Program office).
May 2009
ALMQUIST, Corinne
I went to the mountaintop, but it wasn't there: Christian Responses to Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia. Advisor: Rebecca Gould (ES Program office).
SHELDON, Zoe Jewett
Sprawl and Biotic Homogenization: The Effects of Diffuse Residential Development on Vertebrate Wildlife. Advisor: Steve Trombulak (ES Program office).
WESSLER, Joshua
Living Proof: Historical Narratives of Diet and Cancer in the Mid-Twentieth Century. Advisor: Kathy Morse (ES Program office).
January 2009
KELLEY, Elizabeth Anne
The Implications of the "Greening" of Social Capital: Evidence from Bristol, Vermont. Advisor: Jonathan Isham (ES Program office).
KORSCHUN, Rachel
Square Peg, Round Hole: A Case Study of the NGO-Village Interactions of TFCG and Sagara Village, Tanzania. Advisor: Jacob Tropp (ES Program Office).
May 2008
FLAGG, Kathryn
Dead Reckoning, or On the Impulses of Early Cartographers. Advisor: Jennifer Bates (ES Program office)
GAMELL, Ashley Anne
The Imaginary Landscape: Artwork of the New York City Outdoors. Advisor: Daniel Brayton (ES Program office)
GOODWIN, Gus
The Impact of Environmental Change in the Adirondack Lowland Boreal: Creating a Monitoring Plan. Advisor: Matthew Landis (ES Program office)
LOVELL, Adam
A Balancing Act: The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 2191). Advisor: Christopher Klyza (ES Program office)
PETERSON, Emily
Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands: The Quiet Crisis. Advisor: Christopher Shaw (ES Program office)
POLFUS, Claire
Thawing the Winter, Wintering the Thaw: Vermont's Coldest Season in the Face of Climate Change. Advisor: David Bain (ES Program office)
May 2007
AL-ABDULRAZZAK, Dalal
The Distribution of Marine Protected Areas in the United States Across Levels of Protection: A New Tool for Classification. Advisor: Steven Trombulak (ES Program Office)
DINSHAW, Ayesha
The Quest of Environmental Travel Literature: nature and self in modern travel narratives. Advisors: Daniel Brayton and John Elder (ES Program Office)
FRANKLIN, Lindsey
Eco-theology, Environmental Consciousness and Action within the Middlebury Faith Community. Advisor: Rebecca Gould (ES Program Office)
May 2006
BATES, William
Framing the Climate Change Movement – Religion, Spirituality, and Social Change. Advisors: Jonathan Isham and William McKibben (ES Program Office)
LEIBACH, Patrick
A National Renewable Portfolio Standard: Lessons from Nevada and Pennsylvania. Advisor: Jonathan Isham (ES Program Office)
January 2006
BURNS-BURG, Asher
Empowering Environmentalism: A Socioeconomic Analysis of Energy Consumption; Awareness, Attitudes and Actions in Vermont. Advisor: Jonathan Isham (ES Program Office)
May 2005
BECK, Alison
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Humans and Healing Plants: Designing an educational garden for the Middlebury College Campus. Advisor: Andrea Lloyd (ES Program office)
GROHOSKI, Nicole
Sequential Chemical Extraction: Determination of Reagent Selectivity On Eight Mineral Standards. Advisor: Peter Ryan (ES Program office)
LONG, Caitlyn
Acid Precipitation and Nutrient Cycling: Analysis of a Watershed in the Breadloaf Area of Ripton, VT. Advisor: Peter Ryan (ES Program office)
OWEN, Emily
A Meta-analysis of Rapid Biodiversity Assessments as a Conservation Tool: The Evolution and Effectiveness of Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program and The Nature Conservancy's Rapid Ecological Assessments. Advisor: Steve Trombulak (ES Program office)
CLOAK, Trevor
Sequential Chemical Extraction of Costa Rican and Green Mountain Soils: A Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of the SCE Procedure. Advisor: Peter Ryan (ES Program office)
May 2004
HELWIG, Mandy
Conserving a 'Living Fossil' Charting a Sustainable Management Policy for the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Fishery in Delaware Bay, 173p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
HOLSMAN, Erika
Destructive Fishing Practices in the Sulu-Celebes Sea Region: Comparing National Management Strategies for Sustainable Reef Fisheries, 156p. Advisor: Prof. David Rosenberg (ES Program office)
SMITH, Sara Elizabeth Smiley
The Many Roads to Remediation: Differing Motivations for Communities Facing Toxic Contamination, 91p. Advisor: Prof. Kathryn Morse (ES Program office)
THROOP, Lauren
A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Wind Energy at Middlebury College's Worth Mountain, 156p. Advisor: Rich Wolfson (ES Program office)
WINEMAN, Ayala
Migration Strategies and Stopover Ecology of Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla)In Eilat, Israel (Special Collections)
January 2004
ROUSH, William M.
Envisioning a Changing Alpine Environment Through Repeat Photography in Glacier National Park, Montana, 85p. Advisor: Prof. Jeff Munroe (ES Program office)
May 2003
CHISOLM, Rob
Drawing the Line: Informal Property Rights in a Nova Scotian Lobster Fishery, 132p. Advisors: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza and Prof. Jon Isham (ES Program office)
COX, Dalton
Modeling the Relationship Between Sediment Loading and Native Plant Species Recovery in Vermont Lakes, Advisor: Prof. Sallie Sheldon (ES Program office)
GREGG, Kaitlin
Peace on Earth and With Earth: Stories of the Earth Charter and Vermont Activism, 119p. (ES Program office)
OLDS, Jr., Glenn R.
Suburban Sublime: A Parents Guide to Reconnecting with Your Children Through Your Backyard, 91p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
May 2002
CALVI, Benjamin Lightfoot
Stories of Home: A Seasonal exploration of Family and Place, 125p. Advisors: Prof. John Elder and Prof. Andrea Olsen (ES Program office)
MARLOW, Jennifer Jane, May 2003
Science and "Women's Ways of Knowing:" Jane Goodall, Vandana Shiva, and Rachel Carson, 88p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
SINSHEIMER, Gus
Reviewing the Last 21,000 Years: Paleoclimate Reconstructions and a Search for Modern Berugian Analogs in Northern Mongolia, 53p. Advisor: Prof. Steven B. Young (ES Program office)
STERN, Jacob, May 2003
Not Another Starbucks! The Effects of Post-Rent Control Era Gentrification in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 70p. Advisor: Prof. David Stoll (ES Program office)
February and January 2002
KIEVES, Nicola K.
A Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Six Vermont Bird Species, Advisor: Prof. Steve Trombulak (ES Program office)
OLINGER, Sarah
Managing Growth in a Rural Environment: How the Ideal Image of the Green Mountain State is Shaped by the Ski Industry and the People of Vermont, 79 p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
SMITH, Leda
Paleoecology of Northern Beringia Reconstruction Based on Macrofossil Plant Remains from Zhocov Island, Siberia, 44p. Advisor: Dr. Steven B. Young (Center for Northern Studies) (ES Program office)
May 2001
DIGGORY, Ariel
The succession of woody vegetation in abandoned floodplain hay fields along Otter Creek in Addison County, Vermont, 54p. Advisor: Prof. Mary Gaudette (ES Program office)
JERVEY, Ben
Lessons of Curitiba, and other tales of urban ecological salvation, 90p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
February 2001
BILLS, Corey B.
The Divine Sickness: Christianity and Exile Among the Karen, 115p. Advisor: Prof. David Stoll (ES Program office)
YELTON, Lourie
Use of immunocontraception for the management of white-tailed deer and feral horses, 66p. Advisor: Prof. Steve Trombulak (ES Program office)
May 2000
BERDOULAY, Genevieve
"If Art Could Tell…" Language and Nature in the Poetry of Milton, Wordsworth, and Frost, 90p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
GREENWOOD, Allison
Environmental Justice as a Result of Urban Environmental Education, 94p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
KAUTZ, Michael Quist
Seasons – Poems and Stories of New England (ES Program office)
PHILIPPS, David Nathaniel
A Mountain Year – The holistic history of Mount Rosa, 146p. Advisor: Kathy Skubikowski (ES Program office)
SCHICK, Katharine R.
Patterns and implications of porcupine (Erithizon dorsatum) herbivory of white spruce (Picea glacua) at tree-line on the Seward Peninsula, 36 p. Advisors: Prof. Andrea Lloyd and Prof. Chris Fastie (ES Program office)
STOLL, Alison P.
The Role of Public Environmental Education Programs for Endangered Species, 78p. Advisor: Prof. Judith Layzer (ES Program office)
TURNER, Catherine
Stewardship in C.S. Lewis and Wendell Berry: A Christian Environmental Vision, 121p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
WITHINGTON, Cynthia L.
Fire and Vegetation History Inferred from Stratigraphic Records of Soil Charcoal and Plant Macrofossils on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 50p. Advisors: Prof. Andrea Lloyd and Prof. Christopher Fastie (ES Program office)
February 2000
SIGMAN, Jenna
Running Back to Milkweed Valley, 110p. (ES Program office)
SNIDER, Elise Apple
Starting with a Feather: Natural History and Scale, 86p. (ES Program office)
May 1999
BONESS, Melissa M.
Whale Watching: An Evaluation of Current Regulatory Efforts and their Consistency with Available Scientific Information, 52p. Advisor: Prof. Judith Layzer (ES Program office)
GAWNE, Nina
Building a Teaching Landscape for Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 50p. (ES Program office)
LOHAN, Tara
Water Thinking, 101p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
Fall 1998
TUFF, Nic
A Prayer For the Wild (video) (ES Program office)
May 1998
CARPENTER, Madelyn
A Study of the Ecological Effects of Wildfire and Prescribed Burning in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, 51p. Advisor: Prof. Steve Trombulak (ES Program office)
MELLO, Jessica
Bermuda's Diverse Landscape: A Walking Guide to Bermuda's Nature and Culture along the Railway Trail, 98p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
NICHOLS, Sarah Langille
Forging Connections: Interdisciplinary, Place-based, Environmental Education for the First Grade, 75p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
SANDSTEAD, Martha
Teachers, Wild and Friends Community-Based Environmental Education, 98p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
February 1998
HINDLE, Jill Lindley
Weybridge, Vermont: Meditations on the Ecology of a Community, 157p. (ES Program office)
May 1997
ARVOLD, Virginia H.
Tracing the Lake: A Landscape of Memory, 57p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
AYERS, Tai
Basket Stories, 49p. Advisors: Prof. Robert Pack and Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
BALCH, Graham
The Republican's Environmental Policy, 104p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
FLANDERS, Amy A.
The Call of the Wild: The Restoration of Adirondack Wolves, 151p. Advisor: Prof. Steve Trombulak (ES Program office)
HORNER, Amy L.
Property, Freedom and the Environment in America: an Exploration of the Regulatory Takings Debate, 79p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
JOHNSON, Pete
Middlebury College Solar Greenhouse, 30p. Advisor: Prof. Andrea Lloyd (ES Program office)
LEE, Alexander Putnam
The Complex Task of Living Simply, 128p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
LEWIS, Hannah
Agricultural Education: Broadening the Context and Goals, 53p. Advisor: Prof. Gary Nielsen (ES Program office)
January 1997
VYNNE, Carly
Upholding the Mandate: Olympic National Park & Restoration Management, 165p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
WENTZELL, J. Bryan
Western Science and an Alaskan Eskimo Village: Assessing the Impact of Wildlife Research Campus on Chevak, Alaska, 45p. Advisor: Nick Flanders (ES Program office)
May 1996
ALLARD, Nicole A.
Forest Roundtables in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, 38p. (ES Program office)
EDSELL, Jennifer
Whose Woods These Are: Managing the Northern Forest as an Ecosystem in spite of Political Boundaries, 138p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
GREENE, Nicole Joy
Saying Thou To The Land: An Educational Journey to Wholeness, 129p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
POZATEK, Kristine Alison
Scars in the Kenyan Landscape: Moving Beyond the World Bank's Paradigm of Development, 121p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
January 1996
KERWIN, Sean
Creating an Environmental Center at Middlebury College, 100p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
Fall 1995
HAZEN, Jen
Religious Influence on International Population Policy, 80p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
SPARLING, Erik
Hierba Buena, 110p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder
May 1995
AIKENHEAD, Emily Kristen
From Hoover Dam to James Bay: An examination of the societal changes affecting the building of large dams and hydro-electric projects, 62p. (ES Program office)
ELLERBROOK, Mark
Tanzanian National Parks: A Western Ideal in an African Reality, 93p. Advisor: Prof. Spencer (ES Program office)
SPANGLER, Kristen
An Analysis of Angler Influence and Salmonid Fisheries Management in Vermont, 63p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
STEWART, Roberta J.
Marked by the Sun A Series of Essays, 58p. Advisor: David Bain (ES Program office)
SUNG, Sarah
Industry Advantage? Political Action Committees and the Fate of Environmental Legislation, 67p. Advisor: Prof. Chris McGrory Klyza (ES Program office)
February 1995
ELLIOTT, Tricia
Autumn Cadence a natural history of faith, 101p. (ES Program office)
HIPPLE, Annika S.
Crisis and Conservation: Environmental Issues and Awareness in Ecuador, 138p. Advisor: David Andrews (ES Program office)
December 1994
SMITH, Megan A.
Obtaining the Goals of Environmental Education: A Joint-Effort Proposal for Environmental Education Centers and Public Schools, 47p. (ES Program office)
May 1994
THOMAS, Tara
Returning to the Field: The Growth of My Ideas on Nature and Education, 49p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
WILLIAMS, Jesse
Experiential Learning and the Development of Ecological Literacy, 59p. (ES Program office)
January and February 1994
ALEXANDER, Mash
Hunting for Bones in the Soul – moments of clarity, 80p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder, (ES Program office)
GALLISTEL, Beth Andrea
Advertising the Lure of Vermont: The Selling of the Rural Landscape, 1860 to 1940, 81p. (ES Program office)
ZIEBARTH, Christopher A.
Fire in the Forests: A History of American Attitudes Concerning Forest Fires and Wilderness, 79p. (ES Program office)
May 1993
STOKES, Sarah
Inheriting Home: Migrations to Mountain Water – Journeys through the San Luis Valley, Colorado, 50p. Advisor: Prof. John Elder (ES Program office)
January 1984
PARKHURST, Kleyton L.
An Alternative Benefit/Cost Analysis of Proposed Key Biscayne, Florida Beach Renourishment Project, 122p. (ES Program office)
February 1979
TODD, Anne C.
Revitalization of a Waterfront: Burlington, Vermont, 102p. Advisor: Prof. Howard E. Woodin (ES Program Office)
May 1977
LEATHERS, David
The Effects of Oil Poolution on the Marine Environment, 70p. (ES Program office)
January 1977
FRIES, Janet A.
The Vascular Flora of Nunivak Island, Alaska, 57p. Advisor: S.B. Young (ES Program office)
