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Morten Bostrom (B.S., Geographic Information Science, 2008, Northern Arizona University)

M.S. Applied GIS practicum topic: The use of Cartography/Historical Cartography and GIS

Advisor: Dr. Ruihong Huang

mb356@nau.edu

Grant Brummels (B.S., Environmental Sciences, 2004, Northern Arizona University) M.S. Applied GIS thesis topic: Energy Engineering and Policy

Advisor: Dr. Leland Dexter

Grant.Brummels@nau.edu

John A. Cannella (B.S., Biology, 1998, St. Lawrence University)
M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: Tracking the Movement of P-J Woodland Dominants Over the Last 40,000 Years

Advisor: Dr. Samantha Arundel

jac65@nau.edu

Timothy Dealy (B.S., Management, 2000, United States Coast Guard Academy; B.S. Parks and Recreation Management, 2006, Northern Arizona University)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: TBA

Advisor: Dr. Pam Foti

tpd6@nau.edu

Jeremy Edgar (B.S., Business Administration- MIS; B.A. Humanities- Spanish, 2001, University of Arizona)

M.S. Applied GIS practicum topic: Travel Management Plan, Coconino National Forest

Advisor: Dr. Ruihong Huang

jpe22@nau.edu

Timothy Harrington (B.A., Ecological Studies, 1998, Seattle University)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: TBA

Advisor: Dr. Lenn Berlin

Timothy.Harrington@nau.edu

Kerstin Haslinger (B.A., Applied Geography, 2001, California State University- Stanislaus)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: Soil surface properties prediction with use of ASAR dual polarity imagery

Advisor(s): Dr. Lenn Berlin and Dr. Leland Dexter

Kerstin.Haslinger@nau.edu

Kristen Honig (B.S., Interior Design, 2002, Texas Tech University)

M.S. Applied GIS thesis topic: How to Identify and Prevent the Risk of Wildfire to Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Surrounding Area

Advisor: Dr. Samantha Arundel

kah323@nau.edu

Richard Immell (B.S., Anthropology and Biology, 2003, University of New Mexico)

M.S. Applied GIS thesis topic: GIS, Climate Change, and Conservation

Advisor: Dr. Samantha Arundel

rai6@nau.edu

Robb Krause (BS Geography, 2006, Appalachian State University)

M.S. Applied GIS thesis topic: Monitoring and modeling mountain pine beetle caused tree mortality at the public and private land interface in northern Colorado

Advisor: Dr. Lenn Berlin

rek6@nau.edu

Paul “Zeke” Lauck (B.S., Applied Geography-Geographic Information Management, 2000, Northern Arizona University)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: TBA

Advisor: Dr. Samantha Arundel

pdl2@nau.edu

Olivia Markham (B.S., Geography, 2004, Southern Illinois University)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: Snow Quinzee Efficiency in Backcountry Terrain Travel

Advisor: Dr. Leland Dexter

onm2@nau.edu

Ronda Newton (B.S., Geography/Environmental Studies, 2002, Radford University)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: TBA

Advisor: Dr. Alan Lew

Ronda.Newton@nau.edu

Cynthia Parker (B.A. Physical Geography, 1981, University of California at Santa Barbara)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: Change in Juniper Cover at Wupatki National Monument, Arizona

Advisor: Dr. Lenn Berlin

clp47@nau.edu

L. Homana Pawiki (B.A., Independent Pattern of Study- Planning in Native American Communities, 1986, Occidental College)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: Community Development Models in Three American Indian Pueblo Communities.

Advisor(s): Dr. Carolyn Daugherty and Dr. Alan Lew

lhp@nau.edu

Kareem Shihab (B.S., Biology (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior), 2005, The University of Texas at Austin)

M.S. Applied GIS thesis topic: A Comparison of Three Mesoscale Wind Models in Arizona.

Advisor (s): Dr. Samantha Arundel, Dr. Lenn Berlin

kzs2@nau.edu

Deborah Staszak (B.S., Applied Geography Geographic Information Management, 2003, Northern Arizona University)

M.S. Applied GIS practicum topic: Desert tortoise habitat protection and management with the Red Cliff Desert Preserve in St George Utah.

Advisors: Dr. Leland Dexter, Dr. Carolyn Daugherty, and Dr. Pam Foti

debbie.staszak@gmail.com

Robert Tusso (B.S., Physical Science Education, 2001, Plymouth State College)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: TBA

Advisor: Dr. Leland Dexter

Robert.Tusso@nau.edu

 Sandra Upite (B.S., Botany, 1997, Miami University)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: (TBA) Physical Geography, Geomorphology, and Climate

Advisor: Dr. Lenn Berlin

Sandra.Upite@nau.edu

Nicole Antonopoulos Woodman (B.A., Anthropology, 1993, University of Kansas)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: Resident Perceptions of Wind Power in Northern Arizona.

Advisor: Dr. Jim Sell

Nicole.Antonopoulos@nau.edu

Jeffrey Zearfoss (B.A., History; B.A., Geography, 2008, Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

M.A. Rural Geography thesis topic: (TBA) Historic Preservation, Revitalization

Advisor: Dr. Tom Paradis

jjz7@nau.edu

GRADUATED STUDENTS (not a complete list):

  Mark Manone (M.A. Rural Geography 2009) Thesis: A Comparative Assessment of Change on Sandbars in Grand Canyon Using Stereo Versus Planimetric Photogrammetry.  (Chairperson: Dr. Lenn Berlin)

Donovan Sherratt (M.S. Applied GIS 2009) Practicum: The Spatial Relationship between the School and Student and its Effect on Student Academic Achievement.  (Chairperson: Dr. Ruihong Huang)

Ryder Delaloye (M.A. Rural Geography 2008) Practicum: Buddhism and Community Development in Southeast Asia. (Chairperson: Dr. Jim Sell)

Brandon Haist (M.S. Applied GIS 2008) Practicum: Development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) of the Terapa, Mexico Paleontological Site.

(Chairperson: Dr. Samantha Arundel)

Matthew Tuten (M.S. Applied GIS 2008) Thesis: Comparing Ecological Restoration and Northern Goshawk Management Guidelines Treatment in a Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forest. (Chairperson: Dr. Tina Kennedy)

Chaffin, Clara (M.A., Rural Geography 2008) Thesis: Socioeconomic Community Health in Arnold, Nebraska. (Chairperson: Dr. Carolyn Daugherty)

Manion-Farrar, Jill (M.A., Rural Geography 2008) Thesis: Water Conservation Policy in Northern Arizona: Community Successes and Limitations. (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Mount, Andrew (M.S. Forestry 2008) Thesis: Differences Between Day Users and Overnight Users in Southwestern Wildland Recreation Environments. (Committee members: Dr. Pam Foti, Dr. Robert Mathiasen, Dr. Charles Hammersley)

Ratcliffe, Michael (M.S., Applied GIS 2008) Thesis: Delineating Flood Hazard Areas Using HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS in the ArcInfo Environment. (Chairperson: Dr. Ruihong Huang)

Rigg (Kramer), Natasha (M.S., Applied GIS 2008) Practicum: Regional Mapping of Genetic Intervals in the Almond Formation, Greater Wamsutter Field, Southwest Wyoming: An Iterative Geostatistical Approach to High-Grading Well Locations. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Schoepke, Sydney (M.S., Applied GIS 2008) Thesis: Predicting Off Highway Use Areas on the Arizona Strip. (Chairperson: Dr. Pam Foti)

Wenker, Alisa (M.A., Rural Geography 2008) Thesis: Place Attachment as Represented by Textile Quilts: Yellowstone National Park Region. (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Wilson, Stacie (M.S., Applied GIS 2008) Thesis: GIS Spatial Analysis of Mountain Cahuilla Subsistence and Occupancy Patterns in Pre- and Post-Contact Periods. (Chairperson: Dr. Ruihong Huang)

Bunce, Gregory (M.A., Rural Geography 2007) Thesis: Gentrification and Neighborhood Change: A Case Study of the Maple Ash Neighborhood, Tempe, Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. Tom Paradis)

Farmer, Monica (M.A., Rural Geography 2007) Thesis: A Geographic Study of the Portrayal of the American Southwest in Children’s Literature, 1880-1999. (Chairperson: Dr. Tina Kennedy)

Hankens, Sarah (M.A., Rural Geography 2007) Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Human Impacts in the Wildland-Urban Interface on the Coconino National Forest. (Chairperson: Dr. Pam Foti)

Kerney, Owen (M.A., Rural Geography 2007) Thesis: Workforce Housing Programs and Policies in Three Western United States Amenity Communities. (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

McBride, Kathleen (M.A., Rural Geography 2007) Thesis: A Synoptic Climatology for Dust Deposition to the Snowpack in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

McNulty, Michelle (M.A., Rural Geography 2007) Thesis: The Mystique of Route 66 and the Image of Flagstaff, Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Park, Brian (M.S., Applied GIS 2007) Practicum: City of Flagstaff Stormwater System Inventory and Condition Assessment Project: Creating a Stormwater Infrastructure Geodatabase.  (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Donnermeyer, Christopher (M.A., Rural Geography 2006) Thesis: Carnegiea Gigantea Population Density and Structure at Two Sonoran Desert Mountain Ranges. (Chairperson: Dr. Samantha Arundel)

Etter, Merrianne P. (M.A., Rural Geography 2006) Thesis: Snow Sublimation and Energy Balance Along a Forest-Edge Transect in Northern Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Brodehl, Grant (M.A., Rural Geography 2005) Thesis: Preliminary Observations on the Physical Impacts of Mountain Biking in the Southwestern United States.

Simeral, David Blair (M.A., Rural Geography 2005) Thesis: New Snow Density across an Elevational Gradient in the Park Range of Northwestern Colorado. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Varnadore, Hilari Benson (M.A., Rural Geography 2005) Thesis: Place and Community Identity: Resilience and Planning in the Arizona-New Mexico Mountain Region. (Chairperson: Dr. Christina Kennedy)

Clum, Karen (M.A., Rural Geography 2004) Thesis: A Qualitative Model of Rural Economic Diversity: The Case of a Southwestern Mining Community. (Chairperson: Dr. Carolyn Daugherty)

Hughes, Tracie (M.A., Rural Geography 2004) Thesis: Youth Recreation and Education Groups in Outdoor Settings: An Analysis of Site Preferences. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Long, Joshua (M.A., Rural Geography 2004) Thesis: Corporate, Campus, and Counter-Culture: An Ethnographic Examination of Place Attachment and Culture in the Present-Day American Coffeehouse. (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Marino, Angela M. (M.A., Rural Geography 2004) Thesis: The Relationship between Flooding and Respiratory Health of Two Spatially Distributed Groups within the Ft. Totten Sioux Indian Tribe. (Chairperson: Dr. Carolyn Daugherty)

Sinclair, Suzette (M.A., Rural Geography 2004)

Wood, Lochen (M.A., Rural Geography 2004) Practicum: Attitudes toward Ranching Viability on U.S. Forest Service Allotments. (Chairperson: Dr. Tina Kennedy)

Feoktistov, Sergey V. (M.A., Rural Geography 2003) Thesis: Wilderness Destinations: Ecotourism Supply in the Southern Part of the Russian Far East. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Girard, Robert M. (M.A. Rural Geography 2003) Practicum: The Subdivision of the Historic Homes at the Old Hassayampa Country Club in Prescott, Arizona (Chairperson: Dr. Tom Paradis)

McCabe, Jason Douglas (M.A., Rural Geography 2003) Thesis: Arizona Powwows and the Sense of Place of American Indian Individuals. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Soles, Ellen S. (M.A., Rural Geography 2003) Thesis: Where the River Meets the Ditch: Human and Natural Impacts on the Gila River, New Mexico, 1880-2000.  (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Wyse Mietz, Stephanie (M.A., Rural Geography 2003) Thesis: Evaluating Historical Electrofishing Distribution in the Colorado River, Arizona, Based on Shoreline Substrate. (Chairperson: Dr. Samantha Arundel)

Boussard, Elizabeth Ann (M.A., Rural Geography 2002) Thesis: Motorized River Ranger Patrols in the Grand Canyon: Are they the Minimum required for the Administration of Wilderness?" (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Peters, Karen (M.A., Rural Geography 2002) "Visual and Verbal Preference and Perception in the Rural Residential Environment" (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Adams, Darren (M.A., Rural Geography 2001) Thesis: A Foundation for Criteria to Improve City Geographic Information Systems. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Kempton, Alvin Brent (M.A., Rural Geography 2001) Thesis: A Conditional Computer Simulation Model to Construct Paleotopography Using the Afton, California Study Area. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Kirk, David A. (M.A., Rural Geography 2001) Thesis: Methodological Test of Using Density Slicing on Panchromatic Historical Aerial Photographs to Detect Changes in Woody Vegetation. (Chairperson: Dr. Joy Nystrom Mast)

Aldrich, Melissa (M.A., Rural Geography 2000) Thesis: Spatial Analysis of a 1900 Timber Inventory in Northern Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. Joy Mast)

Arundel, Terence R. (M.A., Rural Geography 2000) Thesis: Using General Land Office Survey Records to Determine Pre-Settlement Forest Conditions in North-Central Arizona, 1878-1879. (Chairperson: Dr. Stanley Swarts)

Ayers, Anthony (M.A., Rural Geography 2000) Thesis: Cluster Analysis of Weather Related General Aviation Accidents in Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Davis, Jeffrey (M.A., Rural Geography 2000) Thesis: Corporate Tourism Enterprises and Rural Economic Development: Williams, Arizona and the Grand Canyon Railway. (Chairperson: Dr. Tom Paradis)

Frisch, Karl Erik (M.A., Rural Geography 2000) Thesis: Drownings at Glen Canyon National Recreational Area, 1969-1996: a Geographic Information System Based Evaluation. (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Partl, Uwe-Markus (M.A., Rural Geography 2000) Thesis: Changing Perceptions, Attitudes, and Expectations of International Exchange Students at Northern Arizona University. (Chairperson: Dr. Christina Kennedy)

Douglass, John (M.A., Rural Geography 1999) Thesis: Late Cenozoic Landscape Evolution Study of the Eastern Grand Canyon Region. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Jacobs (Falzarano), Sarah R. (M.A., Rural Geography 1999) Thesis: A Fuzzy Spatial View of Accuracy of a Northern Arizona Land Cover Map. (Chairperson: Dr. Joy Nystrom Mast)

Palermo, Joseph K.  (M.A., Rural Geography 1999) Thesis: From Production to Consumption: Transformation of Former Mining Towns in Arizona through Heritage Tourism. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Walton, Bentley (M.A., Rural Geography 1999) Practicum:
(Chairperson: Dr. Joy Nystrom Mast)

Dunno, Glenn A. (M.A., Rural Geography 1998) Thesis: Analysis of Lineament Reproducibility Derived from LANDSAT TM and SLAR Imagery Using Spearman’s Rank Correlation and Cross-Association Statistics. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Hampton, Haydee M.  (M.A., Rural Geography 1998) Thesis: Use of Multichannel Synthetic Aperture Radar to Predict Forest Structure for Mapping Bird Habitat. (Chairperson: Dr. Lenn Berlin)

Kennaway, Lisa F. (M.A., Rural Geography 1998) Thesis: The Global Positioning System and Geographic Information System in recreation monitoring, Kanab Creek Wilderness, Arizona.

Kent, Barbara (M.A., Rural Geography 1998) Thesis: Landscape change analysis of San Dieguito Lagoon, Del Mar, California 1928-1994. (Chairperson: Dr. Joy Nystrom Mast)

Palmer, Mark H. (M.A., Rural Geography 1998) Thesis: Land Tenure Changes on Kiowa Land Allotments in Caddo County, Oklahoma: 1933-1995. (Chairperson: Dr. Dawn Hawley)

Payton (McComisky), Allison (M.A., Rural Geography 1998) Thesis: Cloud detection and scale effects over Antarctica using Landsat TM data. (Chairperson: Dr. Lenn Berlin)

Martinez, Peter Alexander (M.A., Rural Geography 1997) Thesis: Implementing Geographic Information Systems in Local Government: Theoretical Models and the Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Wolf, Joy (M.A., Rural Geography 1997) Thesis: Fire History of Mixed-Conifer Forests on the North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park. (Chairperson: Dr. Joy Nystrom Mast) 

Yoder, Steve (M.A., Rural Geography 1997) Thesis: Navajo Value Orientations and Forest Policy Preferences.  (Chairperson: Dr. George Van Otten)

Beltz, Jennifer (M.A., Rural Geography 1996) Thesis: Interpretation as a Management Tool at National Park Da Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazi (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Hatten, James R. (M.A., Rural Geography 1996) Thesis: Evaluation of Panchromatic Imagery for Riparian Classification and Change Detection. (Chairperson: Dr. Joy Nystrom Mast)

List, Michael D. (M.A., Rural Geography 1996) Thesis: A Test of Five Interpolation Methods for the Mapping of Hazardous Lead Waste in Soil. (Chairperson: Dr. Leland Dexter)

Walker, Crayton Scott (M.A., Rural Geography 1996) Thesis: GPS and GIS in Wilderness Recreation Monitoring: An Evaluation of Campsite Locations in the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Wilkerson, Jeffrey S. (M.A., Rural Geography 1996) Thesis: Evaluation of the effectiveness of a geographical information system to model short-wave solar flux.

Davis, Megan K. (M.A., Rural Geography 1995) Thesis: Evaluation of the New Mexico Range Stewardship Incentive Program. (Co-Chairpersons: Dr. Dawn Hawley and Dr. Jon Souder)

McCormick, Peter J. III (M.A., Rural Geography 1995) Thesis: Comparative Assessments of Quality of Life in Eastern Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. H.G. Salisbury)

Liao, Hui (M.A., Rural Geography 1994) Thesis: The Origins of Chinese Americans in Arizona and Their Current Settlement Patterns in Central Arizona. (Chairperson: Dr. George Van Otten)

Zhao, Kui (M.A., Rural Geography 1993) Thesis: Population Change in Arizona Counties, 1920-1990. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)

Mariahazy, Laszlo (M.A., Rural Geography 1992) Thesis: Methodological Considerations of Three-Dimensional Perspective Surface Visualization in Geographic Information Systems. (Chairperson: Dr. Alan Lew)