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1. The Smithsonian Institution's Heritage as Gristmill of Hegemonic Power on the National Landscape

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Open Access
Author:
Bailey, Teresina Alexandra
Title:
The Smithsonian Institution's Heritage as Gristmill of Hegemonic Power on the National Landscape
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Historical and Cultural Geography
Museum Culture
Museums
Hegemony
Indigenous
identity
heritage
race
census
science
art
File:
Download Teresina_Bailey_-_Final_Masters_Thesis_in_Geography.pdf
Committee Members:
Deryck William Holdsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Walker Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lakshman S Yapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Mapping Greenland Supraglacial Melt Lakes and the Role of Local- and Synoptic- scale Climates in Their Variations

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Open Access
Author:
Amador, Nathan S
Title:
Mapping Greenland Supraglacial Melt Lakes and the Role of Local- and Synoptic- scale Climates in Their Variations
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Greenland
supraglacial melt lake
climate
atmospheric circulation
File:
Download AMADOR_DISSERTATION.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Mark Carleton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert George Crane, Committee Member
Dr Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Byron Richard Parizek, Special Member

3. Characterizing the Network Structure of Headwater Riparian Wetlands in yhe Ridge and Valley Region, Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Tyrna, Abbey Anne
Title:
Characterizing the Network Structure of Headwater Riparian Wetlands in yhe Ridge and Valley Region, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
wetlands
hydrology
land use disturbance
graph theory
File:
Download Tyrna_dissertation2015_FinalFormat.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert P Brooks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member

4. Barriers and bridges to adaptive capacity: A case study on water governance in the middle hills of south central Nepal

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Open Access
Author:
Sinclair, Kendra Heather
Title:
Barriers and bridges to adaptive capacity: A case study on water governance in the middle hills of south central Nepal
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
climate change
adaptive capacity
environmental governance
scalar mismatch
embodiment
access
water
Nepal
File:
Download thesis.draft.v06.pdf
Committee Members:
Petra Tschakert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. From Calibers to Cameras: Botswana's ban on trophy hunting and consequences for the socioecological landscape of Ngamiland district

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Open Access
Author:
Hann, Erica Christine
Title:
From Calibers to Cameras: Botswana's ban on trophy hunting and consequences for the socioecological landscape of Ngamiland district
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Botswana
trophy hunting
conservation
livelihood practices
socioecological systems
File:
Download MSthesis_ehann.pdf
Committee Members:
Brian King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Perceiving Productivity: Land Cover, Livelihood, & Community Landscape Perceptions Around Ndarakwai Ranch, Tanzania

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Open Access
Author:
Shaffner, Paul Walter
Title:
Perceiving Productivity: Land Cover, Livelihood, & Community Landscape Perceptions Around Ndarakwai Ranch, Tanzania
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Africa
Tanzania
Kilimanjaro
Ndarakwai
Conservation
Geography
Political Ecology
Land Change Science
Dry Savanna
Ecology
File:
Download SHAFFNER_PerceptionsThesis_Draft5_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Brian King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Governing Environmental Variability: Flooding and natural resource access in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Open Access
Author:
Shinn, Jamie Elizabeth
Title:
Governing Environmental Variability: Flooding and natural resource access in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Environmental Governance
Climate Change Adaptation
Political Ecology
Environmental Variability
Botswana
File:
Download Shinn_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Brian Hastings King, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Hastings King, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Dr Jenny Trinitapoli, Committee Member

8. Policing Citizenship: The State Response to Intimate Partner Violence in Centre County, Pennsylvania

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Open Access
Author:
Cuomo, Dana Michelle
Title:
Policing Citizenship: The State Response to Intimate Partner Violence in Centre County, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Intimate partner violence
Policing
Citizenship
Public/Private
Neoliberalism
Security
Fear
United States
File:
Download CuomoDissFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Lorraine Dowler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melissa Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Hastings King, Committee Member
Margaret Ann Lorah, Committee Member

9. Understanding Local Sea Level Rise Risk Perceptions and the Power of Maps to Change Them: The Effects of Distance, Detail, and Doubt

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Open Access
Author:
Retchless, David Pahl
Title:
Understanding Local Sea Level Rise Risk Perceptions and the Power of Maps to Change Them: The Effects of Distance, Detail, and Doubt
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
sea level rise
cartography
risk perception
risk communication
File:
Download Retchless-PostDefenseRevisionsFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Brenton Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member
Alexander Klippel, Committee Member
Janet Swim, Committee Member

10. “lifting dead soil off our bodies”: Reclaiming public space in Gezi Park through resistance

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Open Access
Author:
Elbeleidy, Hallah
Title:
“lifting dead soil off our bodies”: Reclaiming public space in Gezi Park through resistance
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Gezi Park
Taksim Square
Istanbul
Gezi Resistance
the right to the city
urban political ecology
feminist political ecology
File:
Download HElbeleidy_Thesis_FINAL_7.20.15.pdf
Committee Members:
Petra Tschakert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor