Degrees Awarded Dissertations, thesis, and non-thesis MAs completed during the 2002-03 period are as follows (advisor in parenthesis): Peter J. DeVincentis, MA, "The Perception of Irregularly Textured Patterns on Maps: Messotint" (George McCleary) Bruce C. Evans, MA, Non-thesis (Curt Sorenson) Angela M. Gray, MA, "Critical Geopolitics of African Displacement" (Garth Myers) Willem Hans Aemstel Helms, MA, "Identification and Mapping of Senicea Lespedeza (Lespedeza Cuenata) Using Spectral and Textural Analysis" (Steve Egbert) Hugh H. Howard, PhD, "Development of an Expert System for Cartographic Design Education" (Terry Slocum) Brianna Mercier Mosiman, MA, "Exploring Multi-Temporal and Transformation Methods for Improved Cropland Classification Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery" (Steve Egbert) Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta, PhD, "Analyzing Spatial Patterns of Biodiversity, Landscape Fragmentation, and Land Ownership Regimes in Northeastern Mexico" (Kevin Price/Town Peterson) Sun-Yurp Park, PhD, "Determination of Modis Thermal Response Patterns from Land Surfaces and Their Relationship with Climatic Factors for Drought Monitoring in the Central Great Plains" (Steve Egbert/Johan Feddema) Christopher W. Post, MA, "Company Town on the Plains: Sunflower Village, Kansas, from 1842 to 1959" (Pete Shortridge) Carleen A. Roberts, MA, Non-thesis (Steve Egbert) Rachel M. Saifullah, MA, Non-thesis (Garth Myers) Peder Thomas Sandhei, MA, "Effects of Land Use on the Concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Global Stream Systems" (Steve Egbert) Sarah Leanne Smiley, MA, "Differences Between International Financial Institution, Non-Governmental Organization, and Ugandan Perspectives Toward the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Relief Initiative" (Garth Myers) Derek A. Smith, PhD, "Hunting, Habitat, and Indigenous Settlement Patterns: A Geographic Analysis of Bugle Wildlife Use in Western Panama" (Peter Herlihy) Min Yang Teh, MA, Non-thesis (George McCleary) Return to Table of Contents