Graduate Student Theses
All links navigate to the thesis on the North Carolina Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (NCDocks), the shared institutional repository of the UNC System.
* denotes Cratis. D. Williams School of Graduate Studies Outstanding Thesis Award recipient
2021
Bagli, Hannah: CAVs - Use, Share, Own? Young Driver Perceptions of Connected and Automated Vehicles
Hart Handwerger, Leah: An Assessment of Social and Physical Vulnerability to Hydroclimate Extremes in Appalachia
Moreno, Camila: Examining Spatiotemporal Trends of Drought in the United States Using Self-Organizing Maps
O'Neill, Alex: Analytical Hierarchical Modeling of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Potential in the Khumbu Region, Nepal
2020
Harden, Stella: The Impact of Environmental and Social Characteristics on Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Spatiotemporal Analysis in South Carolina *
2019
Bailey, Elizabeth: Wearable Sensors For Personal Temperature Exposure Assessments: A Comparative Study
Bonevac, Abie: Key Informant Perceptions Of Flooding And Landslides In Western North Carolina, USA Following The 2018 Floods And Landslides
Ita Vargas, Tania: Synoptic Patterns Associated With Wet Season Onset In The Tropical High Andes Of Southern Peru And Bolivia
Kaiser, April: Dendroecological Investigation Of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavity Tree Selection In Endangered Longleaf Pine Forests
Kinlaw, Timothy: Warm Season Hydroclimatic Variability And Change In The Appalachian Region Of The Southeastern U.S. From 1950 To 2018
Piercy, Joshua: Life In Azeroth: Examining Place-Making In Virtual Environments
Wilson, Matthew: Internal And External Validation Of Vulnerability Indices: A Case Study Of The Multivariate Nursing Home Vulnerability Index
2018
Andersen, Lauren: An Assessment Of Wildfire Vulnerability In Western North Carolina, USA Following The 2016 Wildfires
Guy, Heather: Identification Of A Regionally Coherent Subseasonal Signal Of Stable Isotopes In Tropical Andean Precipitation *
Jonaitis, Joseph: Spatiotemporal Patterns Of ENSO-Precipitation Relationships In The Tropical Andes Of Southern Peru And Bolivia
McDade, Burke: Impacts Of The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges Tsugae) On Headwater Stream Wood Loads In The Southern Appalachian Mountains
Montpellier, Evan: Reconstructing Summer Upper-Level Flow In The Northern Rocky Mountains Using An Alpine Larch (Larix Lyallii) Tree-Ring Chronology
Sanders, James: Chloride Toxicity In The Upper South Fork Of The New River: Implications For Watershed Health And Aquatic Life
Thompson, Laura: Adolescents In Crisis: A Geographic Exploration Of Help-Seeking Behavior Using Data From Crisis Text Line
Vines, David: The Media Frames The Discourse: De Facto State Development, Nagorno-Karabakh, And The Vardenis-Martakert Highway
2017
Andrews, Jesse: A Practium On Uncertainty: Creation Of An HGIS Database
Eck, Montana: Winter Climate Variability In The Southern Appalachian Mountains, 1910-2017
Ely, Christopher: A Geomorphic Characterization Of An Ecuadorian Páramo River
Endries, Jason: Radar-Observed Characteristics Of Precipitation In The Tropical High Andes Of Southern Peru And Bolivia
Maloney, Megan: A Comparison Of Methods For Scaling Field Data For Use In Mapping Dryland Ecosystem Vegetation With Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy
Raynor, Garry: Geographic Variations Of Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories In North Carolina
2016
Rose, Levi: Application Of ToxCast To Assess Potential Adverse Biological Effects In An Impacted Watershed
2015
Balcomb, James: Structure-from-Motion based Vegetation Modeling and Shade Estimation *
Cooper, Courtney: Human Systems in Watershed Modeling: A Literature Review of Integrated Watershed Models in the United States
Davis, Monica: Flood Modeling and the Influence of Digital Terrain Models: A Case Study of the Swannanoa River in North Carolina
2014
Hutchins, Maya: The Finer Things in Life: Comparing High-Resolution Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Emissions Inventories
Swinson, Bobbie Jo: To Restore or Not to Restore? Assessing Pre-Project Conditions of a Habitat Restoration Project on the New River, North Carolina
2013
Brown, Reese: Oak Regeneration Patterns and Stand Dynamics in Burned and Unburned Forest Stands in Shawnee State Forest, Ohio, USA
Carlyle, Cameron: The Influence of Impervious Surface Location on Water Quality in the Headwaters of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
French, Jeffrey: GIS Analysis of Impacts of TVA Dams on Upstream Residential Property Values in Eastern Tennessee
Hale, Robin: The Role of Perception on Water Allocation and Conservation Management in Western North Carolina
Martin, Daniel: Snowfall Event Characteristics From A High-Elevation Site in the Southern Appalachian Mountain
Sugg, Johnathan: Satellite Perspectives on the Spatial Extent of New Snowfall in the Southern Appalachian Mountains *
2012
Anthony, Matthew: Energy Policy and Social Network Analysis of the Clean Energy Economy in Western North Carolina: A Geographic Perspective on Sustainable Economic Development
Austin, David: Vegetation Dynamics of a Carolina Hemlock Community at Bluff Mountain, North Carolina, USA
Bartlett, May: The Levee Boards of the Yazoo Mississippi Delta: A Fight to Control the River and Region *
2011
Coffey, Christopher: Effects of Impervious Surfaces and Forests on Water Quality in a Southern Appalachian Headwater Catchment: A Geospatial Modeling Approach *
Gray, Carla: Factors Influencing Restoration Success of Abandoned Agricultural Fields on the Lower San Pedro River Terraces, Southeastern Arizona
Hagevik, Cheryl.: Mapping Bolivia's Socio-Political Climate: Evaluation of Multivariate Design Strategies
Kelly, Ginger: Aerosol-Precipitation Interactions in the Southern Appalachian Mountains *
Roberts, Amanda: On the Road to Healthy Communities: Cyclists' Perceptions of the Environment
2010
Bowman, Lucas: Clifford Joel Sweeney's Role in the Northern Migration of the Traditional Southern Black Banjo: An HGIS Approach
Kaase, Christopher: The Effects of Stream Restoration on Woody Riparian Vegetation in the Northwestern North Carolina Mountain Region: A Comparative Study of Restored, Degraded, and Reference Sites
Renwick, Kelly Ann: Indigenous Conservations: An Alternative to the Displacement of Forest Swelling Indigenous and Tribal Populations?
Saunders, Brandon: Assessing Impacts of Rural Gentrification on an Appalachian Community in Watauga County, NC
Smith, Stephanie: Contribution of Rural Land Use to Biodiversity; a Multi-Scale Study of Organic Farms and Subdivisions in the Southern Appalachians
Turner, Jacob: A Geographic Ontology and GIS Model For Carolina Bays
Waynick, James: Spatial Analysis of Surveyed Perceptions of Safety, Crime, and Lighting: A College Campus Case Study *
White, Philip: Decadel-Scale Trends in Forest Succession and Climatic Sensitivity in a Red Spruce-Fraser Fir Forest at Roan Mountain, Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests
Ziegler, Sandra Kathleen: The Development of Bridging and Bonding Social Capital Among Sudanese Refugees in Guilford County, North Carolina
