Senior Research/Projects

All the senior research/projects that are available to check out in the Hibbs Libraray, located in Barney-Davis Hall.

+ 2009- Present

Building Blocsk of Organizational Culture: Comparing Two Leadership Training Models, Emily Beth Schaefer, 2009

Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and the Environment in the Global Economy: Three Case Studies from Brazil and the United States, Caitlin Hays Schroering, 2009

Indigenous People, National Parks, and Multinational Oil: A Case Study in the Ecuadorian Amazons,  Lindsay Ehrhart, 2009

Brownfields, Public Health, and Environmental Justice in Central Ohio, Cristin Dale Mustillo, 2010

Hydraulit Management Practices and Methods of Pollution Control: A Historical and Geographic Analysis of the Huai River Basin, Thomas V. Schultz, 2010

Land Trusts: Understanding their Community Role and Use of Environmental Education, Emily Handelman, 2010

Living Builidngs: The Next Step to Sustainability, Katharine Anne Henderson, 2010

The Construction and Promotion of British Masculinity in African Trophy-Hunting Journals and Visual Media Produced in Southern Africa During the Victorian Era, Eric Hess, 2011

Civil Society and Development in Rural Thailand, Rachel Mattingly, 2011

Exploring Attitudes and Behaviors of Midwest Organic Farmers, Lauren Blair Weidner, 2011

Improving Ecosystem Services Through Design, Zachary Josephy Gaines, 2011

Perceptions of Food and Water Security among Somali Refugees in Columbus, Ohio, Ellen Fugate, 2011

+ 2006-2008

Aquatic Invasive Species and Barriers: A Case Study on the Asian Carp in the Illinois River, Janine M. Waranowicz, 2007

Balancing Practicality and Values in Community Supported Agriculture: A Study of Member Involvement in Four Ohio CSAs, Sarah E. Sorci, 2007

The Community Farm of Ann Arbor: An Investigation of Twenty Years of Success and Exploration of Future Visions, Katherine L. Hyzy, 2007

A Comparative Analysis of Three Local Organic Operations, Charles A. West, 2007

Denison Community Garden: A Plan for the Future, Ryan Butz, Allison Shealy, 2007

Environmental Conditions of GLCA Schools, with a Direct Focus on Denison University, Tony Christopher, 2007

An Evaluation of Technological History for the Future of Sustainability, Thomas Seiter, 2007

GIS and Stakeholder Input for Brownfield Redevelopment: A Case Study in Newark, Ohio, Sarah Louise Kafer, 2007

The Granville Farmers' Market: A Proposal for the Future, Kathryn Archibald, 2007

Identifying Key Aspects of New Urbanism for Neighborhood Redevelopment, Jennifer A. Frost, 2007

Impermanent Remnants: AN Investigation in the Environment Through Art, Meredith Shea Kooi, 2007

A Mixed Media Portrayal of Rural Ohio Farmscapes for Conservation, Evarts Benjamin Taylor, 2007

Reuniting Children and Nature on a Local Greenspace: Creating a Place-Based Education Program, Elizabeth Campbell, Megan Ogle, 2007

A Review of Potential Green Design and Technologies for the Alford Reese Community Sports Park, Cleighton Depetro, Mark McInerney, 2007

St. Albans Township and its Preparation for Future Development: The Planned Unit Development, Ashley Hawn, Amanda Melenick, Scott Williams, 2007

Analysis of the Thermal Performance of F.W. Olin Science Hall, Jack Pearson, 2008

Biodiesel Hand Guide,  Erica Reckard, 2008

The Economics of Small Community and College Recycling, Mike MacDonald, 2008

Is it a Cup Half Full? Fair Trade Coffee Cooperatives in Southern Mexico, Sarah Ashley Page, 2008

Thomas Jefferson, Agrarian Virtue and Sustaining Agriculture, Chris Carnevale, 2008

We the People: Public Participation in Brownfield Redevelopment Decision Making, Stephen McCarty Julka, 2008

The Writing on the Wall: A look at Conservation Behavior in a Public Setting, Amy Kathleen Cahill, 2008

+ 2004-2005

Evaluating the Effect of Grenetically Modified Organisms on Organic Farming: Assesing Issues, Cultivating Solutions, Kathryn Virginia Bush, 2004

Greening of Golf Courses: A Model for Environmentally Friendly Management, Adam Michael Klein, 2004

Human Values in the Sustainable Agricultures of the United States and Japan: Transforming a Destructive Paradigm, Andrew Johnathon Hupp, 2004

A Narrative History of Helping Hands: Garden of Hope, Melanie J. Houston, 2004

Nourishing Change: A Study of Experience, Education and Farm to College Programs, Alicia Marie Dunn, 2004

The Effect of Simulation Type on Perception: A Study of Environmental Preference, Gillian Poe, 2004

+ 2000-2003

The Keepers' Role in Watershed Protection: A Voyage from the River's Edge to the Community, Brandon Michael Ott, 2000

White-Tailed Deer Management: The Effect of Stakeholder Interests in Ohio Metropolitan Parks, Robyn Suzanne Shick, 2000

Community Ties: Social Interaction and Proximity in Small-Town Neighborhoods, Lindsey Ann Royce, 2001

GIS Modeling of Bathymetry and Satellite Imagery to Improve Seagrass Classification within Core Sound, North Carolina, Katherine Ann Krulia, 2001

People and Their Spaces: A Closer Look at the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center and Slayter Student Union, Alissa Loeffler, 2001

The Social Impacts of Industrial Agriculture: A Study of Buckeye Egg Farmes and Opposition in Croton, Ohio, Lindsay Marhsall Hoffmann, 2001

Adventure Education and Self-Concept, Sara Tranquilli Damrow, 2002

Food, Faith, and Farming: Catholic Involvement in Sustainable Solutions for Hunger, Sarah Marie Borron, 2002

Growing Foodsheds Through Community Supported Agriculture, Sarah Marie Lechner, 2002

Struggle, Obstacles, and Success: One Community's Battle for Environmental Justice, Ellen Marie Hawkey, 2002

Student Design of Study Spaces: Does Participation Make a Difference?, Ilana Schonfeld-Hicks, 2002

An Analysis of Future Land Use Change in Licking County: An Application of an Interactive GIS-Based Planning Support System, Benjamin L. Webb, 2003

Do All The Pieces Fit? Ohio Environmental Interest Groups and their Efficacy, Justin Orion August, 2003

Land Tenure and Land Degredation: The Relationship and Consequences for Zimbabwe, Diane Phillippa Skinner, 2003

A Rapid Ecological Assesment of the Hill Wetland Reserve in Granville, Ohio with an Emphasis on Breeding Amphibian Habitat, Nina Michelle Grout, 2003

Sustainable Development and Corporate Culture: Green Consideration in Corporate U.S.A., Christopher J. Dickey, 2003

+ 1998-1999

Creating an Alternative Way of Living: Rural Development in the Domincan Republic, Anna K. Spain, 1998

Function and Design: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Olin Science Hall, Jennifer Rose McConaghie, 1998

Geographic Information Systems: Siting Rooftop Photovoltaics, Aaeon R. Geckle, 1998

Population Structure and Gene Flow in the Orb Weaving Spider From the Western Lake Erie Region of Ohio, Jonathan R. Franklin, 1998

Communication in Environmental Conflict: How Stakeholder Framing Affects Cooperation in Marion, Ohio, Anna Elizabeth Tuttle, 1999

Ecotourism, Environmentalism, and Elitism: A Belizean Framing Model for Community and SMO Coalition, Hannah Elizabeth Smith, 1999

Environmental Education Through Design: An Investigation of the Barney-Davis Hall Green Renovation, Todd Moran Gys, 1999

Experts in their Fields: Apple Growers' Local Knowledge and the Loss of Crop Biodiversity in Central Ohio, Sarah Margaret Bauer, 1999

Moving Industry Toward Sustainable Development, Brandt Donna Coultas, 1999

The Organic Debate: Consumer Expectations and Knowledge of Eco-Labeled Food, Shannon Margaret Varley, 1999

Patterns for Parks: Public Particiaption in Design, Lindsay Anne Mason, 1999

Pesticides, Genetic Engineering, and Swere Sludge: Economic Implications of the Proposed National Organic Program, Matthew Paul Morton, 1999

Public Particiaption in Brownfield Redevelopment: A Look at the Region V Voluntary Cleanup Programs, Michael George Pistiolas, 1999

Religious Coversion and Environmental Consequence: The Impact of Missionary Work on Peasants in Chiapas Mexico, Amanda Leigh Craft, 1999

Saving the Farm, Saving the Earth: Connections Between Farmland Preservation and Sustainable Agriculture, Kristen Marie Kordet, 1999

+ 1988-1997

Flowering Plants and Land Use History of the Denison University Biological Reserve: Building a Framework for Field-based Studies, Kara E. Miller, 1988

Sustainability and the American City: A New Synthesis, Karla Ann Aghajanian, 1995

The Vegetation of Licking County, Ohio at the time of European Sttlement, Amanda Beth Fuller, 1995

The Abandonment of Pot Creek Pueblo: A GIS Evaluation in the Prehistoric Southwest, J. Chad Jones, 1996

Community-Land Interactions and Place-Attachment in Three Mayan Towns, Christopher Thomas Timura, 1996

Costa Rica's Banana Boom: Assessing the Sustainability of the World's "Most Perfect" Fruit, Susan Amanda Studer, 1996

Culture and Agriculture: The Relationship Between Amish Values and Farming Practices,  David M. Robertson, 1996

Insects as Human Food in the Great Basin: An Ethnoentomological Apporach, Carin Anne Miller, 1996

Kids, Cans, and Community: A New Direction in Environmental Education, Robyn Joy Scofield, 1996

The Population Dyanmics and Genetics of the Winter Annual Plant Draba verna L., Jennifer A. Rudgers, 1996

Conserving Biological Diversity through the lens of a specific taxon: An inventory and Management Plan for the Papilionoidea of the Denison University , Christine Charlotee Scheubb, 1997

Inventory and Habitat Analysis of Odonata at the Denison University Biological Reserve: Lessons from the Past, Conditions at Present, and Implications for Future, Emily Suzanne Elsom, 1997

Inventory and Habitat Assessment of the Amphibian Species Assemlages at the Denison University Biological Reserve: Implications for Monitoring and Management of Biological Resources, Justicia Rose Mick, 1997

Is the Food Pyramid One of Sacrifice? Altering the Dominant Pattern of Meat-Based Food Consumption Among American Children and Adolescents, Jacqueline Lizette Richards, 1997

Urban Hydrological Sustainability in Columbus and Westerville, Ohio: Integrating Water Reource Development and Conservation, Thomas M. Groeneveld, 1997

Turning Off the Lights: Motivating Conservation Behavior Among College Students, Melissa F. Hatcher, 1997

Impending Urban Sprawl: Impacts and Responses of Urban Sprawl on Small Colleges and Universitites, Darrin Collins, ----

Amish Cultural Elasticity: Retaining Autonomy Through the Proliferation of Amish Tourism, Justin Robert Thoms Jaeger, ----

An Analysis of Behavior and Signaling in the Stomatopod Squilla empusa, Halle Minshall, ----

Domination, Development and Destruction: Post-Colonial Perspectives on Forest Loss in India and Indonesia, Stephanie Man Yi Chan, ----