Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Diatom Community Dynamics In Cold-Region Stream Ecosystems: Examining Changes in Composition and Diversity in Response to Shifts in Environmental Factors, Lindsey Sahlmann Carlson, PhD
Spatial Analysis Of Human-Environment Interactions In The Context Of Climate Change, Mahalia Brodey Clark, PhD
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Nesting Habitat Selection and Management of Three Freshwater Turtle Species Along the Shorelines of Lake Champlain, Destini Acosta, MS
Diversity, change, and resilience of non-material values: Transdisciplinary studies in a time of ecological crisis, Alison Adams, PhD
Biodiversity, global change, and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, Natalia Aristizábal Uribe, PhD
Non-Market Food Practices Do Things Markets Cannot: Why Vermonters Produce and Distribute Food That's Not For Sale, Sam Bliss, PhD
Estimating coyote density and occupancy in Cape Cod National Seashore, Koryna Boudinot, MS
Measuring in situ 26Al and 10Be in Post-Glacial Sand Reveals Limited Erosion by Quebec-Labrador Ice Dome, Peyton McKinsey Cavnar, MS
Characterization Of The 1966 Camp Century Subglacial Sediment Core: A Multiscale Analysis, Catherine Collins, MS
Plastic Earth: Environmental Justice, Hope in the Global Plastics Treaty, and Reproductive Eco-Anxiety in a Time of Environmental Harm, Lucy Drummond, PhD
Power, Narrative, and Energy Transitions in the Fossil Fuel Landscapes of North America, Megan Egler, PhD
Leopard occupancy, abundance, and survival across a protected area boundary in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia, Maximilian A. Goldfarb, MS
The Toxic Worldings and Metabolization of Contaminated Landscapes: A Case Study of the Pine Street Barge Canal in Burlington, Vermont, Abigail Grace Golitz, MS
The Toxic Worldings and Metabolization of Contaminated Landscapes: A Case Study of the Pine Street Barge Canal in Burlington, Vermont, Abigail Grace Golitz, MS
When Climate Injustice Begins at Home: Exploring the Vulnerability and Resilience of Manufactured Housing Communities in Northern New England, Kelly Hamshaw, PhD
Estimating Coyote Diet And Predation On Threatened Shorebirds Using Dna Metabarcoding On The Cape Cod National Seashore, Carolyn Rose Hanrahan, MS
Estimating Coyote Diet And Predation On Threatened Shorebirds Using Dna Metabarcoding On The Cape Cod National Seashore, Carolyn Rose Hanrahan, MS
An Assessment of the Potential for Grassland Bird Conservation in a Fragmented Landscape, Hyla Howe, MS
From Creek to Career: Exploring the impacts of watershed education internships on career pathways, Marisa Ann Immordino, MS
Exploring Proxies Of Contaminant Exposure Risk Among Anglers In The Lake Champlain Basin, Saurav Lamichhane, MS
Restoring Balance: Pursuing Socio-Ecological Harmony Through Policy-Centric, Process-Centric, And Structure-Centric Governance, Jolyon Garrett Tucker Larson, PhD
Agency and Justice in the Smart Home: Interdisciplinary Approaches for Analyzing Automated Energy Systems, Claire McIlvennie, PhD
Community Science And Coyote Stories: Capturing And Communicating Nature's Non-Material Values For Use In Decision-Making, Joshua Wright Morse, PhD
Tree regeneration dynamics and understory plant community response in northeast pitch pine barrens under a range of restoration scenarios, Kathleen Anna Stutzman, MS
Assessing Drivers of Cyanobacteria Blooms, Cyanobacteria Toxin Production and Cyanobacteria Response to Climatic Extremes in Lake Champlain, Katelynn Eilene Warner, PhD
Structural, Compositional, And Functional Outcomes Of Forest Adaptation In Northern Forest Ecosystems, Jessica Wikle, PhD
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Riparian Buffer Establishment Using Different Management Techniques, Stever H. Bartlett, MS
Paleolimnological Data Synthesis To Assess Long-Term Ecological Change In Vermont Lakes, Ismar Biberovic, MS
Forest Management Tradeoffs: Examining Relationships Between Timber Harvest, Carbon Sequestration and Storage, Bioenergy, and Wildlife, Michelle L. Brown, PhD
Imaginaries of the Great Outdoors: Comparing Facebook Postings Across Resource Places, Frances Hoag, MS
Farmer Attitudes Toward Conservation and Government in Vermont's Lake Champlain Basin, Katherine Anne Longfield, MS
Drivers of Soil Organic Carbon in Rich Northern Hardwood Forests, Sophia Rebecca Marinace, MS
Exploring The Abiotic And Biotic Drivers Of Leaf Litter And Wood Decomposition In Response To Changing Climates And Associated Adaptive Management Regimes In Northeastern Forests, Paulina Murray, MS
Forest Management In The Context Of Global Change: Impacts Of Disturbance, Adaptive Management, And Invasive Species On Northeastern Forests, Jennifer Santoro, PhD
Iron and Phosphorus Cycling in a Changing Arctic Watershed, Frederick William Sutor, MS
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
GHGs from BMPS: Examining the Factors that Mediate Soilborne Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Best Management Practices, Sarah Brickman, MS
Embracing Uncertainty, Ambiguity, And Complexity In Agriculture, Science, And Policy, Benjamin Timothy Dube, PhD
Multi-Scale Assessment of Gully Erosion at Road Drainage Outlets, Emma Louise Estabrook, MS
Assessing Recovery and Reuse of Nutrients Using Grid-Based Spatial Modeling: A Case Study of Sri Lanka, Maya Fein-Cole, MS
Assessing Assumptions and Applying Cosmogenic Nuclide Methods to Earth Surface Processes, Christopher T. Halsted, PhD
Short- And Long-Term Impacts Of Forest Management In Response To The Invasive Emerald Ash Borer In New England Forests, Hanusia Higgins, MS
Soil Invertebrates In Agriculture: Assessing Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Impacts, And Farmer Perceptions, Eva Kinnebrew, PhD
Design of green stormwater infrastructure in cold climates: Material selection, phosphorus dynamics, and road salt effects, Marcos Lucianus Kubow, MS
Climate Adaptive Forest Management in the Northeastern US: Social and Ecological Motivations, Barriers, and Responses of Rural and Urban Foresters, Teresa McGann, MS
Drivers And Controls On Soil Carbon Storage In Temperate Forest Soils, Adam Noel, PhD
Management for Amphibians in Complex Ecosystems, Lindsey Pekurny, MS
Revealing the Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change on Soil Nutrient Dynamics and Forage Resources in Mountain Ecosystems, Kenna Elizabeth Rewcastle, PhD
Implications Of Population Genetics And Physiological Responses On The Conservation Of Moose (alces Alces Americana), Elias Rosenblatt, PhD
A Global Understanding Of The Factors Facilitating Plant Invasions., R. Kirsten Tyler, PhD
Phosphorus Dynamics In Restored Riparian Wetlands On Former Agricultural Land In Vermont, Adrian Robert Hendrick Wiegman, PhD
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Embodied Injustices, And Transboundary Sustainability, Sonya Ahamed, PhD
Shaping Soil: Examining Relationships Between Agriculture And Climate Change, Lindsay Barbieri, PhD
Modeling Moose Habitat Use And Fitness Consequences Of Habitat Selection In Vermont, Usa, Joshua Alexander Blouin, MS
The Impacts Of Asian Longhorned Beetle On Forests In Southern New England, Olivia Fay Box, MS
Implications Of Attitudes On Environmental Challenges: Understanding The Human Dimensions Of Invasive Insects In New England Landowners, Ariana Margarita Cano Gomez, PhD
Forest Development And Regeneration Dynamics In The Context Of Global Change And Associated Adaptation Strategies, Peter Clark, PhD
“The Soul is Symphonic”: Lessons on Practicing Music as Ecological Philosophy from Hildegard of Bingen, Daniel Cottle, MS
Science Communication Across Diverse Ways of Knowing and Collaboration in a Landscape-Scale Natural Resource Governance Network, Marcella M. Dent, MS
Assessing chemical and biological recovery from acid rain deposition in montane Vermont lakes, Sydney Diamond, MS
Estimating Floodplain Storage And Prioritizing Floodplain Reconnection In The Northern Lake Champlain Basin In Vermont, Stephanie Drago, MS
Evaluating the distributional equity of ecosystem services under land use and climate change scenarios, Jesse David Gourevitch, PhD
Movements, habitat use, and abundance of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in Lake Champlain, Lisa K. Izzo, PhD
Informing Adaptation Strategies for Northeastern Pitch Pine Barrens in the Context of Mesophication and Southern Pine Beetle Impacts, Elizabeth-Ann Jamison, MS
Investigating spatial and temporal variability of environmental and biological controls on riparian soil denitrification, Brittany Victoria Lancellotti, PhD
Developing An Adaptive Resource Management Framework For Sustainable Cashmere Production In Mongolia, Elisabeth Lohre, MS
How And Why Do People Value Nature? An Examination Of Nonmaterial Aspects Of Human-Nature Interactions., Tatiana Marquina, PhD
An International Pilot Study of Volunteer Stream Monitoring Groups: The Role of Place Attachment in Volunteer Motivations, Rachel Pierson, MS
Upcycling Dairy Manure Fine Solids Captured By Dissolved Air Flotation As Part Of A Phosphorus Recovery And Reuse Strategy, Katherine Keith Porterfield, MS
Coastal resilience at the nexus of food, energy, and water: an interdisciplinary perspective for resilience planning, Kristin Raub, PhD
Environmental Justice In Vermont’s Vulnerable Communities, Qing Ren, PhD
The Feasibility of Over-Summer Snow Storage at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury VT, Hannah Sarah Weiss, MS
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Effects Of Winter Ticks And Internal Parasites On Moose Survival And Fecundity In Vermont, Usa, Jacob Richard DeBow, MS
Factors Affecting The Adoption Of Automated Wood Pellet Heating Systems In The Northeastern US And Implications For The Transition To Renewable Energy, Laura Edling, PhD
Planning For People In Communities And Outdoor Recreation Places: Fostering Community Cohesion, Shaping Place Meanings, And Exploring Imaginaries, Yumiko Jakobcic, PhD
The Environmental Microbiome In A Changing World: Microbial Processes And Biogeochemistry, Stephanie Juice, PhD
Energy Justice, Just Transitions, And Renewable Energy Policies: Examining Energy Transitions In The State Of Vermont, Walter Keady, MS
Examining Place Meanings in the Social Media of the U.S. National Park Service, Camille Marcotte, MS
Pacific Northwest To New England: Exploring The Intersections Of Invasive Ecology, Forest Management, And Alternative Energy, Alexandra N. Neidermeier, MS
Predicting Wildlife Distributions And Resilience Under Alternative Futures, Schuyler Pearman-Gillman, PhD
Enabling Innovation In The Energy System Transition, Bonnie Wylie Pratt, PhD
Long-Term Dynamics And Silviculture Of Northern Hardwood Forests In The Northeast United States, Nicole Rogers, PhD
Quantifying the health benefits of nature contact in cities across the US, Aaron J. Schwartz, PhD
Electric Grid Decarbonization Pathways: Landscape Impacts, Policy Interactions, and the Need for Cooperation, Austin Wesley Thomas, PhD
Growth Evaluation And Standardized Assessment Of Juvenile Lake Trout In Lake Champlain, Pascal Dylan Wilkins, MS
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A Socio-Ecological Revolution in Monetary Theory: An Argument for, the Development of, and an Application of Ecological Monetary Theory, Joe Allen Ament, PhD
Tools for landscape-scale automated acoustic monitoring to characterize wildlife occurrence dynamics, Cathleen Michelle Balantic, PhD
Residual Soil Phosphorus in Tropical Oxisols: An Opportunity to Enhance Fertilizer Use Efficiency?, Lauren Bomeisl, MS
Increasing Private Contributions To Environmental Goods With Behavioral Insights, Hilary Byerly Flint, PhD
Mitigating Gaseous Nitrogen and Carbon Losses from Northeastern Agricultural Soils via Alternative Soil Management Practices, Kyle Michael Dittmer, MS
Uncovering the Drivers of Non-Native Plant Invasions Using Ecological Data Synthesis, Marina Golivets, PhD
Governing Water Quality Limits In Agricultural Watersheds, Courtney Ryder Hammond Wagner, PhD
Cisco Science: Using Omics To Answer A Range Of Key Questions, Hannah Lachance, MS
Future Forest Composition Under A Changing Climate And Adaptive Forest Management In Southeastern Vermont, Usa, Matthias Taylor Nevins, MS
Physicochemical Properties of Residuals from Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure and Food Waste: Nutrient Cycling Implications and Opportunities for Edible Mushroom Cultivation, Brendan J. O'Brien, MS
Evaluation of Mysis partial diel vertical migration, Brian Patrick O'Malley, PhD
An Analysis Of Energy Transitions At Different Scales: Fossil Fuel Divestment In Higher Education And Individual Behavior, Elizabeth Palchak, PhD
Patterns, Processes, And Scale: An Evaluation Of Ecological And Biogeochemical Functions Across An Arctic Stream Network, Samuel P. Parker, PhD