Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Biochar has positive but distinct impacts on root, shoot, and fruit production in beans, tomatoes, and willows, Sunniva Bratli Sheffield, Taylor Hoefer, and John E. Petersen
Events from 2022
Fuzzy-logic Cognitive Mapping as a tool for measuring and increasing systems thinking: A test of MentalModeler, Julia Blotner, Cindy Frantz, and John Petersen
Prospection: Can Thinking About the Future Change Attitudes About Climate Change in the Present?, Larisa Bushkin
Biochar has distinct effects on root, shoot and fruit production in beans, tomatoes, and willows, Taylor Hoefer, Sunniva Sheffield, and John Petersen
Grasping at the Roots: A Study of Sustainable Food Justice and Racial Healing Through Black Agrarian Histories, Vera Grace Menafee
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Assessing Barriers and Benefits to a Food Waste Composting Pilot Program in Oberlin, Ohio, Julia Halm
Events from 2020
The Story of Mongolian Cheesemakers and Globalization, Pearse Anderson
Epistemological and Environmental Justice in the American South, Nathan Carpenter
Imagining Apocalypse: Prospection Increases Systems Thinking, James Cato
The Politicization of Water: Transboundary Water-Conflict in the Indian Subcontinent, Ananya Gupta
Northeast Ohio's Agriculture Climate: An Online Literary and Visual Storytelling Exhibition, Ora Hammel
“Don't frack with us!” An Analysis of Two Anti-Pipeline Movements, Rachael Lucille Hood
Tools for Reading the Environment: Literary Field Guides & Poetic Inventories as Place-Making Literature, Lily Jones
Swimming Across the Divide: Environmental Peacebuilding in the Jordan River Valley, Antonia Offen
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Oberlin's Experimental Hazelnut Orchard: Exploring Woody Agriculture’s Potential for Climate Mitigation & Food System Resilience, Naomi Fireman
Project Hózhó : Youth, Arts and Environment in the Navajo Nation, Brian James, Kieran Minor, and Rashad Saleh
Legal Weapons: The Supreme Court and the Decline of Tribal Sovereignty, Lior Krancer
Public Art in Outdoor Space: How Environmental Art Can Influence Notions of Place, Elsa Mark-Ng
The Enigmatic Abundance of Rare Earth Elements: The Political Economy of Green Technology, Rex Simmons
Call it Nature, Call it Instinct, Call it Education; A Curriculum for Urban Eco-Poetics, Otto Vock
Reading the Oberlin Landscape-A Place Based Natural History Exco, Will Wickham
Events from 2018
Purifying the Sacred: How Hindu Nationalism Reshapes Environmentalism in Contemporary India, Owen Ellerkamp
Effects of Emerald Ash Borer on Ant Diversity at Chance Creek Nature Preserve, Stephanie Gunter
An Environmental and Cost Comparison between Petroleum-Based Plastic Drinking Straws and a "Greener" Alternative, Madeline Moran
An Environmental and Cost Comparison Between Polypropylene Plastic Drinking Straws and a "Greener" Alternative: An Oberlin Case Study, Madeline Elyse Moran
The Courage You're Looking For: Linking Academics to Community Based Arts Programs in Oberlin, Naomi Roswell
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Interrogating The "And": A Study of Environmentalism and Disability, Melissa Cabat
"Interrogating the And": A Study of Environmentalism and Disability, Melissa Cabat
Rethinking Redevelopment: Neoliberalism, New Urbanism and Sustainable Urban Design in Cleveland, Ohio, Julian Geltman
Rethinking Redevelopment: New Urbanism, Neoliberalism, and Sustainable Urban Design Initiatives in Cleveland, Ohio, Julian Geltman
The Endangerment Turn: Tracking the Transition of Vegetarian Discourse in Contemporary China, Brendan Nuse
Community-Based Social Marketing Research: Sustainable Behavior Change in Oberlin, Lauren Rhodes and Abigail Carlstad
Lessons in Resilience: From Biological Systems to Human Food Systems, Liv Scott
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Life-cycle Cost Analysis of Nutrient Reduction Technologies Employed in Municipal Wastewater Treatment, Colin Barrett Brown
Entomopathic Nematodes Found in a Population of Emerald Ash Borers from Connecticut, Alexandra Kahn
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Performance and Resilience: Performance, Storytelling, and Resilience Building in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Sophia Colette Becker
German-Persian Connections: Goethe and Hafez in Dialogue in West-östlicher Divan, Caroline de Vries
The Importance of Water Availability for Plant Community Structure in Restored Prairies, Laura Messman
Northern Goshawk Diversity and Connectivity Among the Forests of the Northern Great Basin, Stephanie Szarmach
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
CELEBRATING EXTINCTION? The Disconnect Between Reality and Media Representation of Bluefin Tuna in Japan, Gene Fukui
Self-Made Spines: Healing, Politicization, and Education through Zines, Joelle Eliza Lingat
Effects of Providing Real-Time Feedback About Electricity and Water Consumption, Evan Tincknell
Events from 2013
Manhattan Transference: Reader Itineraries in Modernist New York, Sophia Bamert
Relating Plant Spatial Pattern, Plant Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Function to Management Practices in Experimental Restored Wetlands, Erika C. Brandt
Activating Community to Enable Residential Energy Efficiency, David Roswell
Events from 2012
Water Privatization in Latin America, Kelsey Atkinson
An Analysis of Ohio's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard, Joshua A. Laufer
Rustbelt Theater: Children's Environmental Justice Narratives from South Elyria, OH, Lissette Lorenz
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Community Perceptions of the Barriers and Benefits to Local Food Access in Northeast Ohio, Gabriela Rosalie Baker
Community Engagement in Sustainable Design: A Case Study of the Oberlin Project, Amanda L. Goldstein
An Evaluation of Surface Water Sources Using Spatial and Temporal Variations in Stream Chemistry in a Headwater Catchment, Margaret Ann Zimmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
A Baseline Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Oberlin: Stepping Up to the Challenge of Climate Neutrality, Nathaniel Flaschner Meyer
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Learning to Eat Appreciatively and Thoughtfully (EAT): Connecting with Food through School Gardens, Lina A. Yamashita
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Energy Sustainability: The Case of Photovoltaics, Abram Walden Kaplan
