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.
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
- On Zoom
Summer 2022 Defenses
Emmi Palenbaum
- EVSS Thesis: “Assessing the Sea-level Rise Governance Gap of the Charleston Tri-County Area”
- Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
- Commitee Members: Dr. Annette Watson, Dr. Kendra Stewart, Dr. Susan Lovelace
- Defended on Friday, July 22nd 1:00pm
- Location: Zoom
Spring 2022 Defenses
Taylor Cronin
- EVSS Thesis: "Applying Semi-Analytical Inversion Models to Quantify In-Water Constituents”
- Advisor: Dr. Adem Ali
- Commitee Members: Dr. Narayanan Kuthirummal, Dr. Norman Levine,Dr. Tyler Smith
- Defended on Wednesday May 25th, 10:30am
- Location: Zoom
Kaiya McGraw
- EVSS Thesis: "An analysis of environmental
conditions and fishermen activ ity potentially influencing the entanglement of bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) in the South Carolina blue cra b trap/pot fishery" - Advisor: Wayne McFee
- Committee Members: Dr. Gorka Sancho, Dr. Len Balthis, Dr. Annette Watson, Christopher McDonough
- Defended on Friday, May 13th, 12pm
- Via google meets. Click here to register to receive the Google Meets invite the morning of the defense.
Sarah Liss
- EVSS Thesis: "Combining Hurricane Storm Surge and Social Vulnerability to Determine Overall Risk of Affordable Housing in Charleston, SC"
- Advisor: Dr. Maren Trochmann
- Commitee Members: Dr. Annette Watson, Dr. Douglas Rivet, Dr. Matthew Nowlin
- Defended on Friday, May 6th, 11am
Nicole Weirch
- EVSS Thesis: "Stream Dynamics in an Estuary Headwater System of the Atlantic Coastal Plain"
- Advisor: Dr. Tim Callahan
- Committee Members: Dr. Adem Ali, Dr. Susan Lovelace, Dr. Carl Trettin
- Defended on Thursday May 5th, 10am
- in person at SSMB 255 and via ZOOM
Sylvie Baele
- EVSS/MPA Thesis: "CHANGE A TIRE, CHANGE A LIFE: THE IMPACT OF BICYCLE OWNERSHIP ON THE LIVES OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS”
- Advisor: Dr. Deborah Auriffeille
- Commitee Members: Dr. Sarah Maness, Dr. Morgan Hughey, Dr. Judith Millesen, Dr. Annette Watson
- Defended on Tuesday, May 3rd, 12pm
- in-person at 202 Calhoun Street, SSMB room 255 and on Zoom. Please click here to register to receive the zoom link the morning of the defense.
Sofia Troya
- EVSS Thesis: "Effective Philanthropy for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Conservation: A Case Study of UNDP Equator Prize Winners from Ecuador”
- Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Commitee Members: Dr. Jill Blockhus, Dr. Brennan Keegan, Dr. Matt Nowlin
- Defended on Tuesday May 3rd, 2pm
- Zoom - Click here to receive the Zoom link the morning of the defense.
Evan Wilson
- EVSS Thesis: "Observed Genetic Diversity of Wild and Hatchery Propagated Chinook Salmon at Critical Genes of the Immune System"
- Advisor: Dr. Andrew Shedlock
- Committe Members: Dr. Matt Nowlin, Dr. Annette Watson, Christopher Habicht
- Defended on Friday, April 29th, 2pm
- Please register here to receive the zoom link the morning of the defense
Trent Humphrey
- EVSS/MPA Thesis: "An Optimal Path System for Address Development at Arlington National Cemetery"
- Advisor: Dr. Norm Levine
- Committee Memebers: Dr. Douglas Rivet, Kevin Melson, Mark Jansen
- Defended on Tuesday April 26th, 2pm
- in-person at 202 Calhoun Street, SSMB Room 238 and on ZOOM
Bridget Knutson
- EVSS/MPA Thesis: "The Green New Deal and Framing in the U.S. News Media."
- Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
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Commitee Members: Dr. Amanda Ruth-McSwain, Dr. Erik Sotka, Dr. Annette Watson
- Defended on Monday April 23rd, 1pm
- Location: Zoom
Carly Burner
- EVSS Thesis: "Growing Seeds, Minds, and Community: A Case Study Evaluation of The Green Heart Project's Youth Internship Program"
- Advisor: William Veal
- Committee Members: Dr. Tracey Hunter-Doniger, Dr. Kendra Stewart, Amanda Howell
- Defended on Monday April 4th
- in-person at 202 Calhoun Street, SSMB room 255 and via Zoom
Judy Taylor
- EVSS Thesis: “Where the Seawall Ends: A Participatory and Spatial Analysis into Potential Impacts of the Proposed Charleston Seawall on the Neck Communities”
- Advisor: Dr. Paul Sandifer
- Committe Members: Dr. Norman Levine, Dr. Dwayne Porter, Omar Muhammad
- Defended on Friday April 1st
- in-person at 202 Calhoun Street SSMB room 255 and Zoom
Shelly McComb
- EVSS Thesis: Influences in Sea Level Rise Planning for Communities in the ACE Basin NERR, South Carolina
- Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
- Committee Members: Dr. Chris Ellis, Dr. Kendra Stewart, Abigail Locatis Prochaska
- Defended on Monday January 31st via Zoom
- View Shelly's defense via Zoom recording
Fall 2021 Defenses
Michael Cranford
- EVSS/MPA Thesis: A Plan for Planting: An Analysis of Strategic Planning for Small Farms and Application in Sustainable Agriculture
- Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Committee Members: Zack Snipes, Dr. Kendra Stewart, Dr. Judith Millesen
- Defended on Wednesday, January 5th at 10:00am via Zoom
- View Michael's defense via Zoom recording
Andrew Cheever
- EVSS Thesis: The Environmental Variables Preceding Stranding by Common Bottlenose Dolphins in the Cooper and Back Rivers, Charleston, South Carolina
- Advisor: Dr. Norm Levine
- Committee Members: Wayne McFee, Dr. Doug Rivet, Dr. Brian Balmer
- Defended on Thursday, December 16th at 10:00am via Zoom
- View Andrew's defense via Zoom recording
Kelli Coleman
- EVSS Thesis: Evaluation of a new SCDNR education program, King Tides: Flooding the Lowcountry with Plastic
- Advisor: Julie Binz
- Committee Members: Dr. Susan Lovelace, Dr. Matthew Nowlin, Dr. Meta Van Sickle
- Defended on Friday, October 8th at 10:30am via Zoom
Bryce Motes
- EVSS Thesis: Recommendations for Land Conservation on Johns Island, SC
- Advisor: Dr. Norman Levine
- Committee Members: Dr. Doug Rivet, Dr. Barry L. Stiefel, Lee Bundrick
- Defended on Thursday, November 18th at 10:00 am via Zoom
DJ Moulton
- EVSS Thesis: Modeling Groundwater Characteristics and Conditions of Kiawah Island
- Advisor: Dr. Norm Levine
- Commitee Members: Dr. Tim Callahan, Dr. Kendra Stewart, Lee Bundrick
- Defended on Tuesday, November 2nd at 2:00pm via Zoom
- View DJ's defense via Zoom recording
Summer 2021 Defenses
Nick Smillie
- EVSS Thesis: "Marketing the Utility of Self-Report Applications"
- Advisor: Julia Byrd
- Committee Members: Dr. Matthew Nowlin, Dr. Marcel Reichert, and Sarah Watson
- Defended on Friday, July 9th at 11:00am via Zoom
- View Nick's defense via Zoom recording
Charlton Brownell
- EVSS Thesis: "Using GIS and Q Methodology to Describe Rural Gentrification and Analyze Associated Stakeholder Groups on Johns Island, SC"
- Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Committe Members: Dr. Doug Rivet, Dr. Wesley Burnett, and Dr. Kendra Stewart
- Defended on Thursday, August 12th at 1:00pm via Zoom
- View Charlton's defense via Zoom recording
Sara Brunner
- EVSS Thesis: Once "In the Country": Assessing the Resilience of Lowcountry Forests and Gullah/Geechee Communities
- Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Commitee Members: Dr. Norm Levine, Dr. Matt Rutter, and Jennie L. Stephens
- Defended on Friday, August 20th at 3:00pm via Zoom
Mina Momtahan
- EVSS Thesis: "Maintaining Resilience Among LocalFood Systems: The Effects of COVID-19 on FoodSystems in the Lowcountry of South Carolina"
- Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Commitee Members: Dr. Ashley Lavender, Dr. Mark Long, and Nikki Seibert Kelley
- Defended on Wednesday, August 11th, at 11:00am via Zoom
- View Mina's defense via Zoom recording
Spring 2021 Defenses
Miranda Dziobak
- EVSS Thesis:"Characterizing phthalate exposure in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Sarasota Bay, Florida 2010-2019"
- Advisor: Dr. Leslie Hart
- Committee Members: Dr. Randall Wells, Dr. Brian Balmer, Dr. Susan Lovelace, and Dr. Edward Wirth
- Defended on Friday, May 7th at 11:00 am via Zoom
- View Miranda's defense via Zoom recording
Anna Kimelblatt
- EVSS Thesis: “Sea-level Rise Mitigation and Adaptation Planning in South Carolina Using Regulatory Tools and Land-use Optimization”
- Advisor: Dr. Matthew Nowlin
- Committee Members: Dr. Kendra Stewart, Dr. Elizabeth Fly, and Dr. Susan Lovelace
- Defended on Thursday, May 6th at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom
- View Anna's defense via Zoom recording
Virginia McCown
- EVSS Thesis: "From Hosting Environmental Justice Academies to Direct Community Engagement: How Activism is Influenced by the Fluidity of Community Involvement"
- Advisor: Dr. Jen Wright
- Committee Members: Omar Muhammad, Dr. Martin Jones, and Jennifer Saunders
- Defended on Friday, February 26th at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom
- View Virginia's defense via Zoom recording
Sam Norton
- EVSS Thesis: "Commercial Feasibility of Indoor Saltwater Agriculture Using Salicornia europaea"
- Advisor: Dr. Daniel McGlinn
- Committee Members: Dr. Jonathan Jed Brown, Dr. Wesley Burnett, and Brian Wheat
- Defended onTuesday, May 11th at 11:00 am via Zoom
Nicole Pehl
- EVSS Thesis Defense: "Perceptions and Adaptations to Bag Limit Sale Prohibition Among Charter Boat Anglers in the South Atlantic"
- Advisor: Dr. Ashley Lavender
- Committee: Dr. Chip Collier, Dr. Susan Lovelace, and Dr. Gorka Sancho
- Defended on Thursday, May 6th at 8:00 am via Zoom
- View Nicole's defense via Zoom recording
Kayla Pehl
- EVSS Thesis Defense: "The Relationship Between Locomotor Performance and Habitat Use in Six-Lined Racerunners (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) in Coastal South Carolina"
- Advisor: Dr. Eric McElroy
- Committee: Dr. Daniel McGlinn, Dr. Allison Welch, and Dr. Norman Levine
- Defended on Monday, April 26th at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom
- View Kayla's defense via Zoom recording
Haley Schanne
- EVSS/MPA Thesis Defense: “Behind These Google Eyes: Measuring Nonprofit Motivations Towards Public-Private Environmental Partnerships"
- Advisor: Dr. Judith Millesen
- Committee Members: Dr. Bob O’Neil, Dr. Matthew Nowlin, and Dr. Elizabeth Fly
- Defended on Wednesday, May 5th at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom
- View Haley's defense via Zoom recording
Nolan Schillerstrom
- EVSS Thesis: “Social Marketing as a Tool to Reduce Human Disturbance to Federally Threatened Rufa Red Knot, Calidris canutus rufa"
- Advisor: Dr. Melissa Hughes
- Committee Members: Dr. William Veal, Dr. Maria Whitehead, and Robert Priouleau
- Defended on Tuesday, May 11th at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom
- View Nolan's defense via Zoom recording
Jamileh Soueuidan
- EVSS/MPA Thesis Defense: "Historical Analysis of Salinity and Fecal Coliform Levels in Estuaries of Beaufort County, South Carolina"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Vijay Vulava
- Research Advisor: Dr. Eric Montie
- Committee Members: Dr. Matthew Nowlin and Kimberly Jones
- Defended on Wednesday, May 5th at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom
- View Jamileh's defense via Zoom recording
Zachary Stephens
- EVSS Thesis:"Methods to Design a Mobile Application for Sustainability Analysis"
- Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Committee Members: Dr. Kendra Stewart, Dr. Matthew Nowlin, and Lancie Affonso
- Defended on Wednesday, May 12th at 2:30 pm via Zoom
- View Zachary's defense via Zoom recording
Blake Waring
- EVSS Thesis: "Subsidence of Arsia Mons Volcano on Mars: Evidence for Magmatic Activity and Environmental Impacts in the Past 500 Million Years"
- Advisor: Dr. John Chadwick
- Committee Members: Dr. Norman Levine, Dr. John Hakkila, and Dr. Cassandra Runyon
- Defended on Wednesday, May 12th at 1:15 pm via Zoom
- View Blake's defense via Zoom recording
Julie Wright
- EVSS Thesis: "Using a Repeat Sales Model to Determine If the 2015 Flood Event Caused a Loss in Property Values in Charleston, SC"
- Advisor: Dr. Calvin Blackwell
- Committee Members: Dr. Chris Mothorpe, Dr. Wesley Burnett, and Dr. Elaine Worzala
- Defended on Friday, March 26th at 10:30 a.m. via Zoom
- View Julie's defense via Zoom recording
Fall 2020 Defenses
Sean Dove
- EVSS/MPA Internship: "SC Local Food System Roadmap: An Inventory and Resource Guide to the Local Value Chain"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Norman Levine
- Research Advisor: Nikki Seibert Kelley
- Committee Members: Dr. Kent Gourdin and Gregory Sprouse
- Defended on Wednesday, January 6th at 1:00 p.m. via Zoom
- View Sean's defense via Zoom recording
Angie Brown
- EVSS Thesis: "Coordinated Collaborative Partnerships in Western Water: A Comparative Case Study"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Research Advisor: Dr. Matthew Nowlin
- Committee Members: Heather Beasley and Bronson Mack
- Defended via Zoom on Monday, December 14th at 12:00 p.m.
- View Angela's defense via Zoom recording
Stevie Czwartacki
- EVSS Thesis: ""Using Long-Term Survey Data to Predict Variation in Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Abundance and Landings in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Allan Strand
- Research Advisor: Dr. Michael Kendrick
- Committee Members: Dr. Joseph Ballenger and Dr. Erik Sotka
- Defended via Zoom on Friday, November 20th at 12:00 PM
- View Stevie's defense via Zoom recording
Rebecca Fanning
- EVSS/MPA Internship: "Legacies & Trajectories: to inform restoration of southeastern Piedmont Streams"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Courtney Murren
- Committee Members: Joshua Robinson, Dr. Tim Callahan, and Sharleen Johnson
- Defended via Zoom on Friday, November 20th at 10:30 AM
- View Rebecca's defense via Zoom recording
Ina Ivanova
- EVSS/MPA Thesis: "Factors Affecting Participation of South Carolina Counties in FEMA's Community Rating System"
- Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
- Committee Members: Dr. Norm Levine, Katherine Faith, and Dr. Kendra Stewart
- Prerecorded defense, access it here
Josh Jones
- EVSS Thesis: "Using 3-D Imaging to Evaluate Physical Processes on Living Shorelines"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. M. Scott Harris
- Committee Members: Benjamin Stone, Dr. Narayanan Kuthirummal, Caitlyn Mayer
- Defended via Zoom on Wednesday, November 18th at 8:00 AM
- View Josh's defense via Zoom recording
Maggie McCabe
- EVSS Internship Title: "The Development of an Environmental Education Program within a Nonprofit Organization and the Evaluation of Adult Participants"
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Academic Advisor: Dr. Tracey Hunter-Doniger
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Internship Supervisor: Cheryl Carmack
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Committee Members: Dr. William Veal, Cynthia Hall, & Dr. Meta Van Sickle
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Defended via Zoom on Monday, October 5th at 3:00 PM
Liz McQuain
- EVSS Thesis: "Development of a Community Science Stormwater Pond Water Quality Monitoring Program"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Vijay Vulava
- Research Advisor: Dr. Barbara Beckingham
- Committee Members: Dr. Susan Lovelace and Dr. Amy Scaroni
- Defended via Zoom on Friday, December 18th at 10:00 a.m.
- View Liz's defense via Zoom recording
Krissy Sherlock
- EVSS Thesis: "Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Analysis of Weather Source Information and its Impact on the Response Behavior of the Southeastern U.S. and Gulf Coast Coastal Populations During a Hurricane Event."
- Advisor: Dr. Matt Nowlin
- Committee Members: Dr. Kendra Stewart, Dr. Norm Levine, Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain
- Defended via prerecorded presentation, access it here
Matt Simms
- EVSS Thesis: "Green Militarization? So What? Assessing perspectives of what can be done about the militarization of wildlife conservation"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Chris Day
- Committee Members: Dr. Annette Watson, Dr. John Cropper, and Dr. Black Scott
- Defended via Zoom on Friday, November 20th at 2:00 PM
- View Matt's defense via Zoom recording
Brad Thompson
- EVSS Thesis: "Unmanned Aerial System-Based Remote Sensing of Vineyards for the Development of Prescription Agricultural Products: A South Carolina Case Study"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Norman Levine
- Research Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Committee Members: Dr. John Chadwick and Dr. Donald Siegel
- Defended Tuesday, December 22nd at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom
Patrice Wolfe
- EVSS/MPA Thesis Title: "An Assessment of the South Carolina Aquarium Structured School Program's Ability to Improve Knowledge and Conservation Attitudes"
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Academic Advisor: Dr. Kendra Stewart
- Committee Members: Dr. William Veal, Jamie Thorn, and Maggie Dangerfield
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Defended via Zoom on Thursday, November 12th at 1:00 PM
Summer 2020 Defenses
K. Lloyd Hill
- EVSS Thesis Title: “Linking Land Use, Climate, and Coastal Ecosystems: A Watershed Perspective for a Changing South Carolina Coast”
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Andrew Tweel
- Committee Members: Dr. Barbara Beckingham, Dr. Tim Callahan, & Sharleen Johnson
- Defended via Zoom on August 6th 2:00 PM
- View Lloyd's defense via Zoom recording
Christopher Brown
- EVSS Thesis Title: "The Impact of Infrastructure on the Natural Hydrologic Processes of Coastal Tidal Watersheds"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Tim Callahan
- Committee Members: Joshua Robinson, Dr. Susan Lovelace, and Dr. Adem Ali
- Defended via Zoom on July 23th at 9:30 am
- View Chris's defense via Zoom recording
Ruth Eklund Manley
- EVSS Thesis Title: "Shoreline Exposure and Human Health in the Gulf of Mexico"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Paul Sandifer
- Committee Members: Dr. Susan Lovelace, Dr. Norman Levine, Landon Knapp, and Dr. Annette Watson
- Defended via Zoom on July 9th at 11:00 am
- View Ruth's defense via Zoom recording
Spring 2020 Defenses
Luz Agudelo
- EVSS/MPA Thesis Title: "An Analysis of Community Resilience to Flood/Hurricane Hazards in Charleston, SC"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Annette Watson
- Committee Members: Dr. Elizabeth Fly, Dr. Norman Levine, and Dr. Kendra Stewart
- Defended on May 15th
- View Luz's defense via recorded Zoom
Jonathan Cauthen
- EVSS Internship Title: "Environmental Education and Ecotourism in South Carolina"
- Academic Advisor: Dr. Melissa Hughes
- Committee Members: Matthew Johnson, Dr. Matthew Nowlin, and Dr. Paul Nolan
- Defended on May 13th
- View Jonathan's defense via Zoom recording
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