Thesis and Internship Defenses

The defenses listed below have been presented via Zoom. due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and recorded for public access. If you are trying to access a Zoom recording and cannot view it, please email Lucy Davis (davislh@cofc.edu) to receive access.

Summer 2023 Defenses

Ansley Williamson

EVSS Thesis: “Passive Acoustic Monitoring Detects Different Frequencies and Diversity of Songbirds Than a Point Count Method: A Case Study of Ephemeral Wetlands”
Advisor: Dr. Dan McGlinn
Commitee Members: Dr. Allison Welch, Jennifer Tyrell, David Bishop
Wednesday July 19th at 1pm
Location: SSMB 253 and Zoom

Kayla Squiggins

EVSS Thesis: "Identification of Ampicillin-Resistant Coliform Bacteria in Urban Floodwater of Peninsular Charleston, SC”
Advisor: Dr. Vijay Vulava
Committee: Dr. Heather Fullerton, Dr. Brian Bossak, Dr. Geoffrey Scott
Wednesday July 19th at 11am
Location: SSMB 253 and Zoom

Oliver Jones

EVSS Thesis: "Self-Reporting Sustainability Frameworks and Stakeholder Buy-In: A Case Study of AASHE Stars at the College of Charleston”
Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
Commitee: Dr. Christine Finnan, Darcy Everett, Jen Jones
Tuesday July 18th at 3:30pm
Location: SSMB 225 and Zoom

Alyssa Lundy Corpez

EVSS/MPA Thesis: "Toward Collaborative Floodplain Management: An Exploration of the Community Rating System in Charleston County, South Carolina"
Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
Commitee: Dr. Kendra Stewart, Dr. Gerald Gordon, Hakim Bayyoud
Thursday July 13th at 2pm
Location: The Riley Center, 176 Lockwood, and Zoom

Spring 2023 Defenses

Meadow Noonan

EVSS Thesis: “Evaluating the Potential for Transfer of Heavy Metals Through Trophic Interactions in Spartina alterniflora and Littorina irrorata”
Advisor: Dr. Matt Rutter
Committee Members: Dr. Vijay Vulava, Dr. Paul Pennington, Dr. Lou Ann Reed
Wednesday April 12th at 2:30pm
Location: SSMB 203 and Zoom

Michael Wiser

EVSS Thesis: “Managing Data For Comprehensive Environmental Projects: Case Studies and Recommendations"
Advisor: Dr. Norm Levine
Committee Members: Dr. Kendra Stewart, Lancie Alfonso, Matthew Gorstein
Wednesday April 12th at 8am
Location: SSMB 245 and Zoom

Bailey Horn

EVSS Thesis: “Using Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) to Visualize Bathymetric Change Over Time In The Stono River Inlet, South Carolina”
Advisor: Dr. Norm Levine
Committee Members: Dr. Leslie Sautter, Alan Shirey, Jennifer Kist, Rachel Bobich
Tuesday April 11th at 4pm
Location: In the Hazards Lab SSMB 230 and Zoom

Hastings Marek

EVSS Thesis: “Identifying Resilience Organization and Gaps in Resources for Charleston County”
Advisor: Dr. Norm Levine
Commitee Members: Dr. Kendra Stewart, Landon Knapp, Lucy Davis
Tuesday April 11th at 2pm
Location: SSMB 225 and Zoom

Kristin Horn

EVSS Thesis: “Fish Do Grow On Trees: Analysis of Deep-Sea Anglerfish Adaptive Immunogenomics Using Phylogenetic Trees”
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Shedlock
Committee Members: Dr. Norm Levine, Dr. John Zardus, Dr. Garrett Mitchener
Tuesday April 11th at 11am
Location: SSMB 225 and on Zoom

Katie Rowe

EVSS Internship: “South Carolina Commercial Fisheries Infrastructure Needs Assessment”
Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
Commitee Members: Dr. Gorka Sancho, Dr. Russell Spears, Amy MacKown
Monday, April 10th at 4pm
Location: SSMB 203 and on Zoom

Jackson Barratt-Heitmann

EVSS Thesis: “Are Ephemeral Wetlands Hotspots for Avian Biodiversity in Pine Savanna Ecosystems"
Advisor: Dr. Dan McGlinn
Committee Members: Dr. Matt Rutter, Dr. Travis Folk, Dr. Lisa Lord
Friday April 7th, at 3pm
Location: SSMB 225 and Zoom

Nicole Killen

EVSS/MPA Thesis: “Nudging Toward Sustainable Waste Practices Within Athletic Facilities at The College of Charleston”
Advisor: Dr. Calvin Blackwell
Commitee Members: Dr. Lisa Ross, Dr. Matthew Nowlin, Darcy Everett
Friday April 7th, at 1pm
Location: SSMB 203 and Zoom

Jena Copley

EVSS Thesis: "Mapping the Future of Charleston's Canopy Cover"
Advisor: Dr. Doug Rivet
Commitee Members: Dr. Morgan Hughey, Dr. Annette Watson, Dr. Courtney Murren, Landon Knapp
Thursday, April 6th at 2pm
Location: SSMB 255 and on Zoom

Samuel Burke

EVSS Thesis: “Long-Term Population Trends for Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) off the Southeastern U.S."
Advisor: Dr. Gorka Sancho
Commitee Members: Dr. Marcel Reichert, Dr. Wally Bubbley, Dr. Kendra Stewart
Monday, Aoril 3rd at 10pm
Location: MMRI Auditorium at Fort Johnson, SC DNR and on Zoom

Caitlin Bolger

EVSS/MPA Thesis: “Engaging Grass-Tops and Grass-Roots Stakeholders to Validate Environmental Justice Indicators: An Evaluation of the Charleston Climate Coalition's Environmental Justice Profile"
Advisor: Dr. Jen Wright
Commitee Members: Dr. Matt Nowlin, Dr. Kendra Stewart, Omar Muhammad
Friday, February 17th at 3pm
Location: 202 Calhoun Street, SSMB Room 203 and Zoom

Fall 2022 Defenses

Sean Cannon

EVSS Thesis: ”A SURVEY TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS PREVENTING STORMWATER RETENTION POND VEGETATED BUFFER IMPLEMENTATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA”
Advisor: Dr. Kendra Stewart
Commitee Members: Dr. Tim Callahan, Dr. Matthew Nowlin, Abi Locatis Prochaska
Monday November 21st at 10:30am
Location: 202 Calhoun Street, Room 200 and on Zoom

Rebecka Ravago

EVSS Thesis: “Exploring FT-NIR Spectroscopy to Determine the Age of Black Sea Bass and White Grunt with Otoliths and Scales”
Advisor: Dr. Walter Bubley
Comittee Members: Dr. Marcel Reichert, Dr. Allan Strand, Dr. Annette Watson
Friday November 18th at 1:30pm
Location: MRRI Auditorium at Fort Johnson, 217 Fort Johnson Rd, Charleston, SC 29412 and on ZOOM

Kayli Patterson

EVSS/MPA Thesis: “CAPTURE OF TIRE ROAD WEAR PARTICLES AND HEAVY METALS BY MANUFACTURED TREATMENT DEVICES IN STORMWATER SEWER SYSTEMS IN MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA”
Advisor: Dr. Barbara Beckingham
Commitee Members: Dr. John Weinstein, Dr. Matt Nowlin, Hillary Repik
Friday November 11th at 1pm
Location: 202 Calhoun Street, SSMB Room 255 and on Zoom

Chloe Vandermolen

EVSS/MPA Thesis: “Extending the Red Band Difference Algorithm to Regions Impacted by Harmful Algal Blooms"
Advisor: Dr. Marie DeLorenzo
Comitee Members: Dr. Matt Nowlin, Dr. Allan Strand, Michelle Tomlinson
Thursday, November 3rd at 10am
Location: Zoom