Degrees Awarded

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2012

MA

Danielle K. Golon, B.A., 2010, University of Kansas
Title: The Galapagos Perspective: Concerns about Life on the Galapagos Islands from the Perspective of Residents of San Cristobal
Advisor: William Woods

Andrew B. Norris, B.A., 2008, University of Kansas
Title: Land Tenure Transformation of Peri-Urban Social Properties in San Luis Potosi, Mexico: A Case Study of the Ejido Garita de Jalisco
Advisor: Peter Herlihy

Travis M. White, B.S., 2009, University of Kansas
Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Thematic Mapping on Virtual Globes
Advisor: George McCleary

PhD

Aaron H. Gilbreath
B.A., 1999, University of Texas at Austin
M.A., 2007, University of Kansas, American Studies
Title: From Made in America to Hecho en Sinaloa: A Historical Geography of NOrth American Methamphetamine Networks
Advisor: James Shortridge

Hilary B. Hungerford
B.A., 2001, University of Northern Colorado
M.A., 2007, University of Kansas
Title: Water, Cities, and Bodies: A Relational Understanding of Niamey
Advisor: J. Christopher Brown/Garth Myers

Courtney Jay Miller
B.A., 1999, Mid-America Nazarene University
M.A., 2001, Nazarene Theological Seminary
M.B.A., 2004, Avila University
Title: Development on the Margins: Rwanda Alternative-Grassroots Economic Strategies
Advisor: Stephen Egbert/Garth Myers

R. Zane Price
B.S., 2003, Central Missouri State University
Graduate Certificate in GIS, 2007, Central Missouri State University
Title: Using LiDAR, Aerial Photography, and Geospatial Technologies to Reveal and Understand Past Landscapes in Four West Central Missouri Counties
Advisor: Stephen Egbert

Ivan B. Welch
B.A., 1980, California State University, Fullerton
M.A., 1989, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Title: Geography: Critical Factors in the Analysis of Complex Systems
Advisor: George McCleary

2011

MA

Andrew G. Allen, B.S., 2006, University of Nebraska
Title: Post Offices as a Measure of Nebraska's Settlement Frontier
Advisor: James Shortridge

Ferdouz V. Cochran, B.A., 2000, University of Kansas, Biology
Title: Temporal Scales of Tropospheric CO2, Precipitation, and Ecosystem Responses in the Central U.S.
Advisor, Nathaniel Brunsell

David B. Huber (M.S. Atmospheric Science)
B.S., 2009, University of Kansas
Title: The Influence of Irrigation on Great Plains and Midwest Precipitation Processes and the Radiation Budget
Advisor: David Mechem

Emily V. Pabst, B.A., 2005, Colorado College
Title: Crafted and Produced: The Emergence of the Mississippi River Hills Geographic Indication
Advisor: James Shortridge

Joseph P. Wimmer, B.G.S., 2009, University of Kansas
Title: Biochar Research and a Case Study in Kansas
Advisor: William Woods

PhD

W. Brett Anderson
B.A., 1998, University of Oklahoma
M.A., 2000, Kansas State University
Title: Oklahoma and American INdian Imagery
Advisor: James Shortridge

Mark W. Bowen
B.S., 2000, Missouri State University
M.S., 2004, Missouri State University
Title: Spatial Distribution and Geomorphic Evolution of Playa-Lunette Systems on the Central High Plains of Kansas
Advisor: William Johnson

Gabriel Scott Campbell
B.A., 1996, University of Missouri, Columbia
M.A., 2000, University of Missouri, Columbia
Title: Perfection, Wretched, Normal, and Nowhere: A Regional Geography of American Television Settings
Advisor: James Shortridge

Brett R. Chloupek
B.S., 2005, University of Nebraska-Kearney
M.S., 2007, Oklahoma State University
Title: Territory, Place, and Identity in Slovak Church-state Conflict: 1948-1989
Advisor: Shannon O'Lear

Trisha L. Jackson
B.S., 2004, Texas State University
M.A., 2007, University of Kansas
Title: Healthy Soils for Food System Resiliency
Advisor: William Woods

Makame A. Muhajir
B.A., 1985, Ardhi University
M.A., 1993, Curtin University
Title: How Planning Works in an Age of Reform: Land, Sustainability, and Housing Development Traditions in Zanzibar
Advisor: Garth Myers

Lilian Rebellato
B.S., 1995, University of Campinas
M.A., 2007, University of Sao Paulo
Title: Amazonian Dark Earths: A Case Study in the Central Amazon
Advisor: William Woods

Shimantini Shome
B.A., 2002, University of Pune
B.A., 2004, University of Pune
Title: Assimilation of Somali Refugees and Immigrants in the Kansas City Area
Advisor: Garth Myers

2010

MA

Christopher R. Bishop, B.A., 2006, University of Kansas (Geography and History)
Title: Cross-year Crop Classification using MODIS NDVI Data
Advisor: Stephen Egbert

Tyler L. Buck (M.S. Atmospheric Science)
B.S., 2008, University of Kansas (Atmospheric Science)
Title: The Impact of Land-cover Change on Carbon and Water Cycling in the U.S. Central Plains Grasslands
Advisor: Nathaniel Brunsell

Woojin Chang, B.S., 2004, University of Kansas (Geography)
Title:  Cultural Geography of Early Chinese Americans in Idaho and Montana, 1865-1900
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Kevin E. Dobbs, B.A., 1999, University of Kansas (Environmental Studies)
Title:  Evaluation of the USGS National Elevation Dataset and the Kansas Biological Survey’s
FLDPLN (“Floodplain”) Model for Inundation Extent Estimation
Advisor:  Steve Egbert

Geoffrey P. Folker, B.S., 1984, University of Kansas, Biology
B.A., 1987, University of Kansas, Education
Title: Assessing the Use of Remotely Sensed Measurements for Characterizing Rangeland Condition
Advisor: Kevin Price

Stephanie Rae Meador, B.A., 2007, University of Kansas, Geography
Title: Ouray, Colorado: Sense of Place in the Modern Wild West
Advisor: James Shortridge

Thomas B. Overly, B.S., 2004, Northern Arizona University
Title:  Assessing and Analyzing Near-Surface Radar Snow Accumulation Layers at Summit,
Greenland
Advisor:  Xingong Li

Justin P. Penka, B.A., 2003, University of Kansas (Industrial Design)
Non-thesis option
Advisor: Xingong Li

Matthew D. Petrie, B.S., 2008, University of Kansas (Environmental Studies)
Title:  Climate Forcings and the Nonlinear Dynamics of Grassland Ecosystems
Advisor:  Nathaniel Brunsell

Nicole P. Reiz, B.S., 2007, University of Kansas, Environmental Studies
Title: War in the North? A Critical Study of News Coverage of the Lord's Resistance Army 2004-2008
Advisor: Stephen Egbert/Shannon O'Lear

Jamie E. Shinn, B.A., 2004, The Colorado College
Title: Political Ecology and Coastal Conservation: A Case Study of Menaio Bay Cnservation Area, Tanzania
Advisor: Garth Myers

Austen J. Thelen, B.A./B.S., 2007, Michigan State University
Title: Ethno-National Identity in the North Caucasus: Examining Place and Homeland in Identity Constructions of the Young Generation
Advisor: Shannon O'Lear

Eric M. Weber, B.A., 2007, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Title: DasyTools: A User-Friendly Dasymetric Mapping Toolkit with Automated Accuracy Assessments
Advisor: Terry Slocum

PhD

Christopher J. Atkinson
B.A., 1996, St. Cloud State University
M.S., 2000, University of North Dakota
Title:  Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Extreme Midwestern Blizzard Storm Tracks
            and Subsequent Federal Disaster Declarations
Advisor:  Johannes Feddema

Matthew D. Dunbar
B.S., 2000, University of Kansas (Environmental Studies)
M.A., 2005, University of Kansas
Title:  Mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Humanitarian Demining
Advisors:  Jerome Dobson and Stephen Egbert

2009

MA

Nan An, B.A., 2005, China University of Geosciences
Title:  Estimating Annual Net Primary Productivity of the Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem
of the Central Great Plains Using Avhrr Ndvi
Advisor:  Kevin Price

Thomas W. Baffa, B.A.,1994, California State University, Fresno
Title:  Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources in Garden Park, Colorado
Advisor:  Johan Feddema

Dane G. Bailey, B.G.S., 2003, University of Kansas
Non-thesis option
Advisor:  Bill Johnson

Jennifer L. Brackhan, B.A., 2003, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Title:  Restaurant Growth in Lawrence, Kansas, 1950 to 2007
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Stephanie L. Day, B.A., 2007, Youngstown State University
Title:  Home Away from Home:  The Evolution and Meaning of American Truck Stops
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Lisa G. Messinger, B.S., 2000, Northwest Missouri State University
Non-thesis option
Advisor:  Bill Johnson

Elizabeth Montgomery-Anderson, B.A., 1994, University of Colorado
Non-thesis option
Advisor:  Stephen Egbert

Luke Struckman, B.A., 2003, University of Montana
Title:  The Idealized Nation-State, Globalization, Critical Geopolitics and the Case of
 Morocco
Advisor:  Garth Myers

Tingting Xu, B.A., 2006, Wuhan University
Title:  Vector Zonal Operations for Spatiotemporal Analysis
Advisor: Xingong Li

PhD

Naeema M. Alhosani
B.A., 2001, United Arab Emirates University
M.A., 2005, University of Kansas
Title:  Comparison of Pictorial and Geometric Point Symbols for Tourist Map Using
            Visual Search Processes in Map Reading
Advisor:  George McCleary

Mohammad Al-Sahli
B.A., 2003, Kuwait University
M.A., 2006, University of Kansas
Title:  Characterizing Surface Temperature and Clarity of Kuwait’s Seawaters Using Remotely
            Sensed Measurements and GIS Analyses
Advisor:  Kevin Price

Angela M. Gray
B.S., 2001, Northwest Missouri State University
M.A., 2003, University of Kansas
Title:  Emplacing Displacement:  Cultural Landscapes of Refugee-hosting in Ukwimi, Zambia
Advisor:  Garth Myers

David T. McDermott
B.A., 1979, Haverford College
B.S., 1992, State University of New York
M.A., 2005, University of Kansas
Title:  The Naming, Identification, and Protection of Place in the Loess Hills of the Middle
            Missouri Valley
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Yoshinori Nakazawa-Ueiji
B.S., 2003, Facultad de Ciencias UNAM, Mexico
Title:  Environmental Granularity, Rivers, and Climate History as Shaping Factors for Species’
            Distribution and Diversity Patterns
Advisor:  Steve Egbert

Brent J. Piepergerdes
B.A., 1997, University of Kansas
Title:  A Cinematic Nation:  Representation, Regionalism, and the National Question in
            Postwar Italy
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Rex J. Rowley
B.S., 2002, Brigham Young University
M.A., 2005, University of Kansas
Title:  Bright Light City:  Sense of Place Beyond the Las Vegas Strip
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Jonathan B. Thayn
B.S., 2000, Brigham Young University
MPA, 2002, Brigham Young University
Title:  Locating Amazonian Dark Earths (ADE) in the Brazilian Amazon using Satellite Imagery
Advisor:  William Woods/Kevin Price

Karen L. Willey
B.A., 1997, University of Kansas (Environmental Studies)
Title:  Environmental and Pedogenic Change in the Central Great Plains from the
            Middle Wisconsinan to the Present
Advisor:  B. Johnson

2008

MA

Zachary Cooper, B.S., 1997, Pittsburg State University
Title:  Changing Demographics in Latvia by Changing Ethnic Law
Advisor:  Shannon O’Lear

Chris J. Fertig, B.S.E., 1999, Emporia State University
Title:  Vail, Colorado, as a Voluntary Culture Region
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Audrey C. Fusco, B.B.A., 2003, Wichita State University
Title:  Local Food, Sustainability, and Cuba’s National Food Program
Advisor:  J. Christopher Brown

Levi Gahman, B.S., 2005, Pittsburg State University
Title:  Identity, Body-Image and the Global Epidemiology of Eating Disorders
Advisor:  Garth Myers

Thomas Hornbeck, B.S., 2004, Kansas State University
Title:  Historical Geography of the Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri:  1822-1930
Advisor:  James Shortridge

Aubrey R. Jones, B.S., 2005, University of Kansas
Title:  Impacts of Soil Moisture Variability on Convective Precipitation in the Central Plains Through Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks
Advisor:  Nathaniel Brunsell

Terri Woodburn, B.S., 1998, Northwest Missouri State University
Title:  Historical Response of the Wakarusa River Channel to Anthropogenic Influences
Advisor:  William Johnson

Ashley Zung, B.A., B.S., 1998, University of Kansas
Title:  Landslide Soils and Geomorphology in Camp Davis Quadrangle, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming
Advisor:  Curtis Sorenson

PhD

Mauricio Herrera Rodriguez
B.S, 2002, Kansas State University
M.S., 2004, Kansas State University
Title:  Sustainable Development in Costa Rica:  A Moral Geography
Advisor:  J. Christopher Brown

Joshua Long
B.S., 2001, Texas State University
M.A., 2004, Northern Arizona University
Title:  Weird City:  Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas
Advisor:  Garth Myers

Iwake Masialeti
B.A., 1983, University of Zambia
M.S., 1990, ITC, The Netherlands
Title:  Assessment of Time-Series MODIS Data for Cropland Mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains
Advisor:  Stephen Egbert

Henry Way
B.A., 2002, University of Oxford
M.A., 2004, University of Cambridge
Title:  The Chimera of Kansas:  An Exploration of Place, Politics and Culture
Advisor:  James Shortridge

2007

MA

Victoria S. Downey, B.A., 2005, University of Kansas
Title: Representations of Waikiki: An Analysis of Hawaiian Tourism
Through Hotel Brochures and Websites
Advisor: Garth Myers

Sergio Manuel Carneiro Freire, B.A., 1996, University of Porto
Title:  Modeling Daytime and Nighttime Population Distributions in Portugal Using Geographic Information Systems
Advisor:  Johannes Feddema

Stephan R. Fuchs, B.A., 2004, FAU Erlagen-Nuremberg
Title: Migration Routes and Settlement Patterns of German Immigrants in
Douglas County, Kansas, 1860-1880
Advisor: James Shortridge

Jakob A. Goldman, B.A., 1997, Syracuse University
Non-thesis option
Advisor: George McCleary

Hilary B. Hungerford, B.A., 2001, University of Northern Colorado
Title: Onitsha Market Literature and Negotiations of Modernity in Nigeria
Advisor: Garth Myers

Trisha L. Jackson, B.S., 2004, Texas State University
Title: Developing a Dataset for Simulating Urban Climate Impacts
on a Global Scale
Advisor: Johannes Feddema

Jeffrey R. Krecic, B.S., 1993, Central Missouri State University
Title:  Soils as a Factor in Pinyon Pine Mortality Due to IPS Beetle Infestation in Garden Park, Colorado:  A Case Study
Advisor:  Curtis Sorenson

R. Ryan Lash, B.A., 2003, University of Kansas
Title: Managing Malaria: Selected Maps of the 20th Century
Advisor: Garth Myers

Heather R. Putnam, B.A., 2002, University of California, Los Angeles
Title: Meaning and Progress in the Fair Trade Movement
Advisor: J. Christopher Brown

Simeon Kohlman Rabbani, B.S., 1997, Graceland College
Title: Counting Populations-at-Risk: Co-Verification of Landscan
Database and Building Occupance Coefficients
Advisor: Jerome Dobson

PhD

Jared M. Beeton
B.S., 2000, Kansas State University
M.A., 2003, University of Northern Colorado
Title: Late-Quaternary Landscape Evolution and Geoarchaeology
of the Cottonwood River Basin, Flint Hills, Kansas
Advisor: Curtis Sorenson/Rolfe Mandel

Lucius F. Hallett, IV
B.A., 1999, University of New Hampshire
M.A., 2001, University of Kansas
Title: Kansas City, Modernity, and the Geographies of Food
Advisor: James Shortridge

Sarah L. Smiley
B.A., 2000, University of Cincinnati
M.A., 2003, University of Kansas
Title: Patterns of Urban Life and Urban Segregation in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Advisor: Garth Myers

2006

MA

Mohammad Alsahli, B.A., 2003, Kuwait University
Title: Estimating Chlorophyll Concentrations of Kuwait's Coastal Environment Using Sea WiFS and MODIS Satellite Data
Advisor: Kevin Price

Nathan W. Brinson, B.A., 2000, University of Kansas
Title: Political, Economic, and Cultural Revival in Kansas City, Kansas
Advisor: James Shortridge

Timothy J. Brock, B.A., 2004, Georgia Southern University
Title: The Brazilian Demarcation Movement: Examining the Assumptions of Indigeneity and Scale
Advisor: J. Christopher Brown

Cristin A. Burke, G.S., 2003, Bridgewater State College
Title: Territorial Cohesion in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Advisor: Leslie Dienes

Joshua S. Campbell, B.G.S., 1999, University of Kansas
Title: Archaeological Predictive Model of Southwestern Kansas
Advisor: William C. Johnson

Amy E. Potter, B.S., 2004, University of Kansas
Title: Haiti's Identity Crisis: Representation in U.S. Newspaper Coverage
Advisor: Garth Myers

Jason M. Woods, B.A., 2004, Oklahoma State University
Title: A Historical Geography of Kansas City's Jazz District
Advisor: James Shortridge

PhD

John Thomas Bauer
B.S., 1998, Southwest Missouri State University
M.A., 2001, University of Kansas (Geography)
Title: Stability and Change in United States Religious Regions, 1980-2000
Advisor: James Shortridge

John C. Kostelnick
B.A., 1998, Iowa State University
M.A., 2000, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Title: An Interactive Mapping System for Exploring the Geography of American Religion
Advisor: Terry Slocum

Christopher W. Post
B.S., 2000, University of Oklahoma-Norman
M.A., 2003, University of Kansas (Geography)
Title: In Memory: Landscape Memorialization of the Guerilla Warfare on the Kansas-Missouri Frontier
Advisor: James Shortridge

Matthew E. Ramspott
B.S., 1995, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
M.A., 2000, Southwest Texas State University
Title: Remote Sensing-Based Characterization of Land Management and Biophysical Factors in
Grassland: Implications for Understanding Carbon Stocks in the Plant/Soil Interface
Advisor: Kevin Price

2005

MA

Naeema Al-Hosani, B.A., 2001, United Arab Emirates University
Title: Arab Wayfinding on Land and at Sea: An Historical Comparison of Traditional Navigation Techniques
Advisor: George McCleary

C. Drew Bednasek; B.S., 2002, Northwest Missouri State
Title: British Colonial Geographies of Africa in the Early Twentieth Century
Advisor: Garth Myers

Shawna Wright Brinson, B.A., 2000, University of Kansas
Title: The Development and Preservation of Character in Downtown Lawrence, Kansas
Advisor: James Shortridge

Benjamin Coles, B.S., 2002, University of Kansas
Title: (Re)placing the Alternative Coffee Commodity Chain
Advisor: J. Christopher Brown

Matthew D. Dunbar; B.S., 2000, University of Kansas
Title: Mapping, Analyzing, and Visualizing 60 Years of Forest Cover Change in
Northeast Kansas
Advisors: Mark Jakubauskas and Steven Egbert

Matthew S. Harman; B.S., 2002, Frostburg State University
Non-thesis option
Advisor: Xingong Li

David T. McDermott, B.A., 1979, Haverford College;
B.S., 1992, State University of New York at Albany
Title: Political Economics and the Location of Domestic Coal Mining
Advisor: J. Christopher Brown

Casey J. McLaughlin; B.S., 1999, Minnesota State University
Title: Up-scaling Local Nutrient Budgets Using Global Typology: Linking Local
Budgets with Global Data Sets
Advisor: Robert McColl

Rex J. Rowley; B.S., 2002, Brigham Young University
Title: Insuring the Range: Toward a Crop Insurance Program for Rangeland and
Pasture
Advisor: Kevin Price

Abigail R. Varner; B.S., 2000, Michigan State University
Title: Soil Signatures of the Santa Fe Trail in Douglas County and Morton County,
Kansas
Advisor: Bill Johnson

PhD

David M. Cochran, Jr.
B.A., 1990, University of Texas at Austin
M.A., 1995, George Washington University
Title: The Sustainability of Shifting Cultivation in Rain Forest Conservation: Participatory Mapping the Cultural Geography of Native Peoples in the Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
Advisor: Peter Herlihy

Matthew T. Koeppe
B.A., 1998, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
M.A., 2000, University of Kansas (Latin American Studies)
Title: Environment, Urbanization, and the Rise of Mechanized Agriculture in Southeastern Rondonia, Brazil

Ludmila Monika Moskal; B.S., 1996, University of Waterloo
M.S., 2000, University of Calgary
Title: Spatiotemporal Modeling of Post-Disturbance Forest Regeneration in the Yellowstone National Park Region
Advisors: Mark Jakubauskas and Kevin Price

Brian D. Wardlow
B.S., 1994, Northwest Missouri State University
M.A., 1996, Kansas State University
Title: An Evaluation of Time-Series MODIS 250-Meter Vegetation Index Data for Crop Mapping in the U.S. Central Great Plains
Advisor: Stephen Egbert

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2004

MA

Gabriella Noelle Blair
Title: Soil Erosion on Chained and Unchained Slopes in the Garden Park Valley of South Central Colorado: A Comparative Analysis
Committee: Curt Sorenson (Chair), Bill Johnson, Chris Brown

Jennifer Ann Claybrook
Title: Evolution of an Urban Fringe Landscape: The Case of Piper, Kansas
Committee: Barbara Shortridge (Chair), Pete Shortridge, Garth Myers

Patrick C. Taylor
Non-thesis option
Committee: Steve Egbert (Chair), Xingong Li, Terry Slocum

Julie S. Morris
Title: Colonial Ambivalence and Women's Negotiated Moralities on the Zambian Copperbelt
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Johan Feddema, Steve Egbert

PhD

Clayton Friedrich Blodgett
Title: Geostatistical Modeling of Lodgepole Pine Basal Area in Grand Teton National Park with Geostatistical Techniques and Satellite Imagery
Committee: Kevin Price (Co-Chair), Chris Lauber (Co-Chair); Steve Egbert, Terry Slocum, Doug Walker

Mark Daniel Lynn Carper
Title: Household Energy Management Strategies in Bulgaria's Transitioning Energy Sector
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Leslie Dienes, Barbara Shortridge, Paul D'Anieri, Eric Hanley

Cameron K. McCormick
Title: Geography of Rural Water Development in Northern Cameroon
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Chris Brown, Johan Feddema, Curt Sorenson, Peter Ukopokodu

Laura Moley McClain
Title: The Look of Overland Park: Landscape Creation and Meaning in an American Suburban Environment
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Terry Slocum, Curt Sorenson, Barbara Shortridge, Mike Swann

Roberto Castillo Vasquez
Title: An Ethnogeography of the Maleku Indigenous Peoples in Northern Costa Rica
Committee: Peter Herlihy (Chair), Bob McColl, Bob Nunley, Charles Stansifer, Anita Herzfeld

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2003

MA

Kurt Davis
Title: Depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer Water Reserves in Western Kansas
Committee: George McCleary (Chair), Bill Johnson, Bob Nunley

Angela M. Gray
Title: Critical Geopolitics of African Displacement
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Pete Shortridge, Chris Brown

Willem Hans Aemstel Helms
Title: Identification and Mapping of Senicea Lespedeza (Lespedeza Cuenata) Using Spectral and Textural Analysis
Committee: Steve Egbert (Chair), Kevin Price, Mark Jakubauskas

Brianna N. (Mercier) Mosiman
Title: Exploring Multi-Temporal and Transformation Methods for Improved Cropland Classification Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery
Committee: Steve Egbert (Chair), Kevin Price, Terry Slocum

Christopher W. Post
Title: Company Town on the Plains: Sunflower Village, Kansas, from 1942 to 1959
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Garth Myers, Barbara Shortridge

Carleen A. Roberts
Non-thesis option
Committee: Steve Egbert (Chair), Terry Slocum, Garth Myers

Rachel M. Saifullah
Non-thesis option
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Johan Feddema, Bob McColl, Surendra Bhana

Peder Thomas Sandhei
Title: Effects of Land Use on the Concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Global Stream Systems
Committee: Steve Egbert (Chair), Bob Buddemeier, John Dunham

Sarah Leanne Smiley
Title: Differences Between International Financial Institution, Non-Governmental Organization, and Ugandan Perspectives Toward the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Relief Initiative
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Chris Brown, Pete Shortridge

Min Yang Teh
Non-thesis option
Committee: George McCleary (Chair), Bob McColl, Bob Nunley

PhD

Hugh H. Howard
Title: Development of an Expert System for Cartographic Design Education
Committee: Terry Slocum (Chair), Jerry Dobson, Johan Feddema, Curt Sorenson, Jim Miller

Mohamed A. Mohamed
Title: Urban Growth Through Time and Space: A Comparison Study of the Role of Planners in Dealing with Sprawl in Lawrence, Kansas, and Zanzibar, Tanzania
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Terry Slocum, Pete Shortridge, Barbara Shortridge, Peter Ukopokodu

Sun-Yurp Park
Title: Determination of Modis Thermal Response Patterns from Land Surfaces and Their Relationship with Climatic Factors for Drought Monitoring in the Central Great Plains
Committee: Steve Egbert (Co-Chair), Johan Feddema (Co-Chair), Kevin Price, Mark Jakubauskas, Ed Martinko

Derek A. Smith
Title: Hunting, Habitat, and Indigenous Settlement Patterns: A Geographic Analysis of Bugle Wildlife Use in Western Panama
Committee: Peter Herlihy (Chair), Garth Myers, Bob Nunley, Bart Dean, Robert Timm

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2002

MA

Peter J. DeVincentis
Title: The Perception of Irregularly Textured Patterns on Maps: Mezzotint
Committee: George McCleary (Chair), Terry Slocum, Bob McColl

Bruce C. Evans
Non-thesis option
Committee: Curt Sorenson (Chair), Bill Johnson, Rolfe Mandel

James A. Schneider, III
Non-thesis option
Committee: Curt Sorenson (Chair), Rolfe Mandel, Bill Johnson

PhD

Jeremy S. Dillon
Title: Soils and Soil-Forming Processes in a Cool-Dry Environment: The Upper Green River Basin, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
Committee: Curt Sorenson (Chair), Rolfe Mandel, Terry Slocum, Michel Ransom, Elizabeth McClellan

Soren C. Larsen
Title: Modernization and Sense of Place in a Rural Region of Northern British Columbia
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Peter Herlihy, Garth Myers, Barbara Shortridge, Rita Napier

Enrique Martinez-Meyer
Title: Evolutionary Trends in Ecological Niches of Species
Committee: Kevin Price (Co-Chair), Town Peterson (Co-Chair), Steve Egbert, Bob Timm, Leonard Krishtalka

Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta
Title: Analyzing Spatial Patterns of Biodiversity, Landscape Fragmentation, and Land Ownership Regimes in Northeastern Mexico
Committee: Kevin Price (Co-Chair), Town Peterson (Co-Chair), Steve Egbert, Bob Nunley, Ed Martinko

Peter A. Sam, Jr.
Title: Indoor Air Pollution Assessment within Selected Residential Areas in the Great Accra-Tema Metropolitan Region, Ghana, West Africa
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Terry Slocum, Johan Feddema, Val Smith, Stacy Swearingen-White

David E. Schul
Title: Community Pride in American Small Towns
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Barbara Shortridge, Garth Myers, Jim Mayo, Mike Swann

Langdon Smith, Jr.
Title: The Democratization of Nature: State Park Development During the New Deal
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Barbara Shortridge, Garth Myers, Peter Herlihy, Don Worster

Fangfang Yu
Title: Climate-Ecosystem Interactions on East-Asian Steppes: An Analysis of Vegetation Responses to Climate Variability with Remote Sensing Data
Committee: Kevin Price (Chair), Steve Egbert, Mark Jakubauskas, Ed Martinko, Hanqin Tian

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2001

MA

Craig A. Davis
Title: Export Processing Zones in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Pete Shortridge, Peter Herlihy

John T. Bauer
Title: Settlement of Illinois
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Terry Slocum, Johan Feddema

Ryan P. Boyce
Title: A Landscape Ecology Study of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus Pallidicinctus) in Kansas Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery
Committee: Kevin Price (Chair), Ed Martinko, Chris Lauver

David A. Chipman
Nonthesis option
Committee: Bob Nunley (Chair), Bob McColl, George McCleary

Lucius F. Hallett, IV
Title: The Production of Jam in Southern Coastal Maine: A Sense-of-Place Study
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Barbara Shortridge, Garth Myers

Blaine Ray
Title: Journey to Crime Analysis of Phoenix, Arizona
Committee: Dave Bennett (Chair), Terry Slocum, Barbara Shortridge

Jason P. Shields
Title: Simulating the Migration and Development of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
Committee: Johan Feddema (Chair), Dave Bennett, Kevin Price

PhD

Robert John (Jack) Livingston
Title: Conservation and Deforestation in the British West Indies: The Case of St. Vincent
Committee: Garth Myers (Chair), Curt Sorenson, Bill Johnson, Pete Shortridge, Charles Stansifer

Richard O. Sleezer
Title: Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate Pollution From Non-Point Sources in Harvey County, Kansas
Committee: Curt Sorenson (Chair), Bill Johnson, Bob Buddemeier, Gerard Kluitenberg, Ross Black, Marios Sophocleous

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2000

MA

Joshua C. Artman
Title: A Predictive Vegetation Model for Mexico Using Globally Available Climatic and Terrestrial Data Sets
Committee: Bob Buddemeier (Chair), Steve Egbert, Bob Nunley

Mary R. Gage
Title: Agri-Tainment in the United States: A Case Study of the Pendelton=s Corn Maze
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Barbara Shortridge, Curt Sorenson

Dietrich Kastens
Title: Forecasting Winter Wheat Yields in Kansas Using Time-Series Analysis of Remotely Sensed Data
Committee: Kevin Price (Chair), Steve Egbert, Terry Slocum, Terry Kastens

Michael E. Houts
Title: Modeling Gray Wolf Habitat in the Northern Rocky Mountains
Committee: Steve Egbert (Chair), Dave Bennett, Kevin Price

Elizabeth Jacoby Kelley
Title: Comparing Readability of Cartograms and Graduated Circle Maps
Committee: George McCleary (Chair), Leslie Dienes, Bob Nunley

Robert A. Ore
Non-thesis option
Committee: George McCleary (Chair), Bob Nunley, Bob McColl

Jill C. Riffer
Title: Assessing the Relationship in Eastern Kansas Between Quail and Cottontail Population Trends and Vegetation Phenology Metrics Derived from Time-Series AVHRR Satellite Imagery
Committee: Kevin Price (Chair), Terry Slocum, Steve Egbert, Roger Applegate

Matthew R. Sampson
Title: Stream Response to Channelization; The Case History of the West Nishnabotna River, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Committee: Curt Sorenson (Chair), Bill Johnson, John Gosse

Kevin L. Spradlin
Title: An Evaluation of User Attitudes Toward Classed and Unclassed Choropleth Maps
Committee: Terry Slocum (Chair), Pete Shortridge, Barbara Shortridge

John H. Teeple
Title: Cognitive Geography: Meaning and Metaphor in the Making of Geographical Knowledge
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Garth Myers, Curt Sorenson

PhD

Phil J. Englehart
Title: Postwar Changes in the Urban Midwest: Different Views of Familiar Territory
Committee: Bob Nunley (Chair), Bob Wiseman, Alan Black, Dennis Wallace, Mike Swann

Pinde Fu
Title: A Geometric Solar Radiation Model with Applications in Landscape Ecology
Committee: Kevin Price (Co-Chair), Paul Rich (Co-Chair), Bob McColl, Steve Egbert, Robert Holt

Jerry A. Griffith
Title: Interrelationships Among Landscapes, NDVI, and Stream Water Quality in the U.S. Central Plains
Committee: Kevin Price (Co-Chair), Ed Martinko (Co-Chair), Steve Egbert, Don Huggins, Jerry Denoyelles

Xulin Guo
Title: Spectral and Biophysical Characteristics of Cool Versus Warm Season Grasslands under Various Management Practices in Eastern Kansas
Committee: Kevin Price (Chair), Steve Egbert, Dave Bennett, Paul Rich, Ed Martinko

Michael G. Noll
Title: Prince Maximilian's America: The Narrated Landscapes of a German Explorer and Naturalist
Committee: Pete Shortridge (Chair), Garth Myers, Peter Herlihy, Curt Sorenson, Don Worster, David Wishart

Jue Wang
Title: Relations Between Productivity, Climate, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index in the Central Great Plains
Committee: Kevin Price (Co-Chair), Paul Rich (Co-Chair), Bob Nunley, Dean Kettle, Robert Holt