Environmental Studies Program
Bates College
Theses for the Class of 2006, 2007 and 2008

Name (2008)
Thesis Title
Chisholm, Amanda The effects of plant density on oviposition behavior and larval performance:  Interactions of the false potato beetle and its host, the noxious weed Carolina horsenettle
Iselin, Jacob A River Ran Through It: Implicit Prices in the Lewiston-Auburn Housing Market
Jones, Melissa Mary The short term effects of baitworm (Glycera dibranchiate) digging on sediment oxygen demand and nitrogen cycling on two intertidal flats in Maine
Lobozzo, Nicholas Peter Analysis of estrogens as endocrine disrupting chemicals released from horse stables in Acadia National Park into Stanley Brook watershed:  Possible effect on sea-run  brook trout, methodology for screening and management implications
Miller, David McKenna Common Property and Contentious Values: A Political Ecology of the Management of Sea Turtle Eggs in Isla Canas, Panama
Nelson, Aubrey B. Patterns in the Pages: A Study of the Representation of Africa Presented in Lewiston/Auburn High School Textbooks and How They Compare to Broader Trends in the Portrayal of Africa within the United States
Offenbacher, Matthew Adapting Conservation Plans to the Potential Effects of Climate Change: a case study with Three-Birds Orchid (Triphora trianthophora)
Peters, Sarah The EPA, the FDA, and the American consumer:  An examination of drinking water regulations and consumptive decisions'
Reuter, John Changes in streamwater chemistry from snowmelt through summer, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Name (2007) Thesis Title
Caine, Allison Shearing the Wool, Invoking the Inca: The International Vicuna Festival as Invented Tradition
Dorpalen,Nathan Dowd A Narrative Analysis of Maine Organic and Local Farming Movements
Eiferman, Julia Fisher Building Bayous:  An Ethical Analysis of Ecological Restoration
Kusinitz, Hannah Tailapia, It's What's for Dinner! The Impacts of an Invasive Fish on Rural Creole Culture in Crooked Tree Village, Belize
Meyer, Hannah Improving the Water Quality of the Androscoggin River:  Efforts and Effectiveness of the Natural Resources Council of Maine and the Androscoggin River Alliance
Neubauer, Alison Ecotourism in Namibia: The Sustainability of Communal Conservancies
Rosenzweig, Dave Assessing and Reducing Bates' Greenhouse Gas Emissions
St. Brice, Lois Chemical Assumptions in Input Designation and Parameter Determination in the DayCent-Chem Model
Stern, Benjamin A Critical View of Fair Trade:  The Case Study of the Toledo Cacao Growers Association of Punta Gorda, Belize
Taylor, Samuel J. Modeled Patterns of Atmospheric Deposition as Seen Through Metal Concentrations in the Organic Soil Horizons of Acadia National Park, ME
Voeller, Gabby Combined cation and anion resins for the collection and analysis of atmospheric deposition: field and laboratory experiments
Name (2006)

Thesis Title

Bales, Holly
Ecotourism in the White Mountains Region of New Hampshire: A Case Study of Three Lodges
Blazej, Lindsy Ivy
Using the Millennium Development Goals as a Framework for Environmental Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prospects for Effective Implementation
Drury, Dustin Flynn
The "Last Frontier" Image of Alaska Through the Landscape of Documentary Films
Hollister, C. Colin
Accumulation and Exchangeability of Heavy Metals in Surface Soil Layers of Acadia National Park, ME
Keays, Peter V.
The Wilderness Stewards: Bureaucratic Culture and the Wilderness Act of 1964
Marquand, Molly
Envisioning invasives in the context of human change: A study of land use history and invasive plant distribution at the Alexander Harkins preserve, New Auburn, ME
Preston, Hallie Evans
Cycling of Total Phosphorus in Gulf Island Pond, Maine
Roberts, Eliza
Measuring the Success of the Sakhalin II Campaign
Schoen, Machias William
The Affect of the Endangered Species Act on Property Values (Applied Analysis of the Moosehead Lake Region)
Wolf, Andrea Ellen
Aymara Textiles: Where Tradition and Modernity Meet