
Completed Dissertations
Kim, Dong-Hyun. Balancing complexity and conceptualization in hydrological modeling: Insights into process representation, spatial variability, and the urban-natural hydrological interface. (Chair: Dr. Trent Biggs)
Monteverde, Corrie. Climate dynamics and agricultural adaptability in the Brazilian Amazon. (Chair: Fernando De Sales)
Park, Jaehee. The role of Big Data in understanding urban dynamics: Social sensing, mobility patterns, and place connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Chair: Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou)
Powell, Farrah Elise. Current and future adaptation to a changing climate in the California market squid and California spiny lobster fisheries. (Chair: Dr. Arielle Levine)
Rowlett, Jacob Bryan. Ireland’s Skellig Michael and Star Wars: A tour of filming sites, fandoms, festivals, and futures. (Chair: Dr. Stuart Aitken)
Zhang, Huijie. Towards robust visual learning for 2D and 3D urban perception. (Chair: Dr. Li An)
English, Crystal YeVonne. Spatial and temporal assessment of regional crime. (Chair: Dr. Piotr Jankowski)
Rother, David E. Pyrogeography of California: A study of wildfire-climate dynamics. (Chair: Dr. Fernando De Dales)
West, Krista R. L. Satellite-derived estimates of herbaceous fractional cover and its influence on fire regime in San Diego County, California, USA shrublands. (Chair: Dr. Douglas Stow)
Asoni, Ettore. Territory, Personhood, and Immigration Law: Legal Geographies of Immigration and Border Control (Chair: Dr. Kate Swanson)
Jin, Chanwoo. Understanding Human Mobility and Urban Dynamics with Big Geospatial Data Analytics (Chair: Dr. Atsushi Nara)
Kennedy, Elizabeth. El Salvador in Motion: Socioeconomic Causes of Child Migration (Chair: Dr. John Weeks)
Loerch, Andy. Improving Disaster Response with Aerial Imagery Through Uas-Based Image Acquisition and Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, and Timeliness Assessment (Co-Chairs: Dr. Douglas Stow & Dr. David Siegel)
Arpagian, Jasmine. Squatting Historic Urban Landscapes: Analyzing Discourse and Lived Experiences of informal Housing in Bucharest (Chair: Dr. Stuart Aitken)
Crook, Steve. Ecosystem Service Assessment and Mapping with Pacific Northwest National Forest Stakeholders (Co-Chairs: Dr. Arielle Levine & Dr. David Carr)
Dai, Jie. The Tale of Western Chitwan Community Forests: Historical Vegetation Dynamics and the Challenges with the Invasion of Mikania micrantha (Chair: Dr. Li An)
Luo, Nana. A Model-based Evaluation of the Impacts of Human Mobility and Prevention Behavior on Vector-borne Disease Transmissions: Implications for Disease Prevention and Control (Co-Chairs: Dr. Atsushi Nara & Dr. Susan Cassels)
Shih, Hsiao-Chien. The Relative Timing of Human Migration and Land-Cover and Land- Use Change - An Evaluation of Northern Taiwan from 1990 to 2015 (Chair: Dr. Douglas Stow)
Quimby, Barbara. Participation and Power in the Gataifale: A Comparative Study of Samoan Coastal Marine Comanagement (Chair: Dr. Arielle Levine)
View a complete list of dissertations for Geography on the SDSU library's site.