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Recent PhD Dissertations
(* SNRE student)

Canas, C., PhD., 2012, "From Regional Climate to River Ecology: Hydroclimatology and Fish Species Richness in Southeastern Peru.", Waylen, Peter

*Mupeta, P., PhD., 2012, "Democratization of Wildlife Management: a Comparative Study of the Community Based Natural Resource Management (Cbnrm) Programs in Botswana and Zambia.", Child, Brian

Tsai, H., PhD., 2012, "A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Vegetation Change, Land Cover Change, and Health Impacts in Florida.", Southworth, Jane

Adu-Brempong, K., PhD., 2012, "Urban Economies and Globalization: Exploring Externally-Induced Urban Expansion and Impact on Peri-Urban Land in Accra, Ghana.", Fik, Timothy

*Mosetlhi, B., PhD., 2012 , "The Influence of Chobe National Park on People’s Livelihoods and Conservation Behaviors.", Child, Brian

Parent, G., PhD., 2012, "Vulnerability, Resource Use, and Market Access in South Africa", Child, Brian

Adhikari, S., PhD., 2011,"People, Park and Suburbanization: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Change in and around Bannerghatta National Park, India.”, Southworth, Jane

Almatar, M., PhD., 2011, “Utilizing Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing to Investigate Urbanization Processes: in Both the US and Kuwait.”, Southworth, Jane

Gaughan, A., PhD., 2011, “Variability and Change in a Dryland System: Climate-Land Interaction in the Okavango-Kwando-Zambezi Catchment of Southern Africa.”, Binford, Michael W

Gibbes, C., PhD., 2011, “Environmental Variability and Management: An Examination of Land Cover Change and Conservation in Southern Africa.”, Southworth, Jane

Mondal, P., PhD., 2011, “Parks and Policies: Integrating Geospatial Tools and Modeling to Evaluate Conservation Interventions in Central India.”, Southworth, Jane

Patarasuk, R., PhD., 2011, “Longitudinal Analysis of Road Network Development and Land-Cover Dynamics in Lop Buri Province, Thailand, 1989-2006.”, Binford, Michael W

Pricope, N., PhD., 2011, “Using Remote Sensing to Create Indicators of Ecosystem Variability in a Semi-Arid Savanna Watershed in the Kavango-Zambezi Region of Southern Africa.”, Binford, Michael W

*Rostant,L., PhD., 2011, "The Efficacy of Community-Based Monitoring in Namibia, the Event Book System.", Binford, Michael W

Rasmussen,J.L., PhD., 2010, “Oxbow Lakes as Indicators of Geomorphic Change in Southeastern Mississippi.”, Mossa,Joann

Schmidt, M., PhD., 2010, “Reconstructing Tropical Nature: Prehistoric and Modern Anthrosols (Terra Preta) in the Amazon Rainforest, Upper Xingu River, Brazil.”,Smith, Nigel J

Yearwood, K., PhD., 2010, “River planform change downstream of the Sinclair Dam, Oconee River, GA.”, Mossa, Joann

Chavez, A.B., PhD., 2009, “Public Policy and Spatial Variation in Land Use and Land Cover in the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon.”,Binford, Michael W

Coffin, A.W., PhD., 2009, “Road Network Development and Landscape Dynamics in the Santa Fe River Watershed, North-Central Florida, 1975 to 2005.”,Binford, Michael W

*Daniels, A., PhD., 2009, "Patterns and Processes of Land Cover Change: Understanding Tradeoffs among Ecosystem Services.",Southworth, Jane

Gomes, C.V., PhD., 2009, “Twenty Years after Chico Mendes: Extractive Reserves' Expansion, Cattle Adoption and Evolving Self-Definition among Rubber Tappers in the Brazilian Amazon.”,Smith, Nigel J

Hall, J.M., PhD., 2009, “Ecological Change in Tanzanian Montane Rainforests: From Species to Landscape.”,Southworth, Jane

Owusu, K., PhD., 2009, “Changing Rainfall Climatology of West Africa: Implications for Rainfed Agriculture in Ghana and Water Sharing in the Volta Basin.”,Waylen, Peter R

Puhalla, J. M., PhD., 2009, “Land Use and Agricultural Intensification in Mugandu Wetland, Kabale District, Uganda.”,Goldman, Abraham C

Silva, G.M., PhD., 2009, “Peanut Diversity Management by the Kaiabi (Tupi Guarani) Indigenous People, Brazilian Amazon.”,Smith, Nigel J

*Stickler, C., PhD., 2009, "Defending public interests in private forests: Land-use policy alternatives for the Xingu River headwaters region of southeastern Amazonia.",Southworth, Jane

*Van Holt, T., PhD., 2009, "Influence of Landscape Change on the Nearshore Fisheries in Southern Chile.",Binford, Michael W

Warford, J.T., PhD., 2009, “Factors Influencing Research and Development Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” McDade, Barbara E

Whalen, K.G., PhD., 2009, “Imagetexting the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: Reciprocal Exchange, Postcolonialism and Meaning.”,Lamme, Ary J

Baynard, C.W., PhD., 2008, “Ecological Footprint of Energy Development in Eastern Venezuela's Heavy Oil Belt.”, Binford, Michael W

Lininger, B.A., PhD., 2008, “Post Migration Experience of Somali Female Refugees in the United States: A Case Study of Atlanta, Georgia.”,Mcdade, Barbara E

Cassidy, L., PhD., 2007, “Linking Social-Ecological Systems and Land-Use Land-Cover Change through a Complex Adaptive Systems Approach: A Cross-Border Study of Sisaket, Thailand and Ordar Mean Chey, Cambodia.”, Binford, Michael W

Hartter, J.N., PhD., 2007, “Landscape Change around Kibale National Park, Uganda: Impacts on Land Cover, Land Use, and Livelihoods.”, Goldman, Abraham C

Herrel, K., PhD., 2006, “Geographic Significance of Delivery Zones in an E-Commerce-Enabled Grocery Delivery Strategy.”, Thrall, Grant I

Lannon, H., PhD., 2005, “Relationships Between Spatial and Temporal Geomorphic Variability and Coastal Land Use Planning, Northeast Florida.”, Mossa, Joann

Conway, K., PhD., 2004, “Human Use of River Turtles (Podochemis sp.) in Lowland Eastern Bolivia.”, Binford, Michael W

Guhl, A., PhD., 2004, “Coffee and Landscape Change in the Colombian Countryside, 1970-2000.”, Binford, Michael W

Hoyos, N., PhD., 2004, “Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Soil Erosion Potential in a Mountainous Tropical Watershed, Central Andean Cordillera of Columbia.”, Walylen Peter R

McIntee, A., PhD., 2004, “The U.S. Internet Backbone: A Network Analysis.”, Fik, Timothy J

Penn, J., PhD., 2004, “Another Boom for Amazonia? Socioeconomic and Environmental Implications of the New Camu Camu Industry in Peru.”, Smith, Nigel

Angelheart, A., PhD., 2002, “Business Response to Natural Disaster: A Case Study of the Response by Firms in Greenville, North Carolina to Hurricane Floyd.”, Edward Malecki

Delahunty, J., PhD., 2002, “Religion, War, and Changing Landscapes: An Historical and Ecological Account of the Yew Tree (Taxus Baccata L.).”, Binford, Michael W

Slinger, V., PhD., 2002, “Ecotourism in a Small Caribbean Island: Lessons Learned for Economic Development and Nature Preservation.”, Nigel Smith.

Murphy, J., PhD., 2001, “The Influence of Networks and Trust on Innovation, Performance, and Social Capital Creation in the Manufacturing Sector of Mwanza, Tanzania.”, Edward Malecki

Rahn, J., PhD., 2001, “Coastal Anthropogeomorphology: Human Development and Beach Profile Changes on Two Florida Panhandle Barrier Islands, 1973-1996.”, Mossa Joann 

Wilson, M., PhD., 2001, “The Meanings of Frailty and Aging-in-Place for Florida’s HUD Managers and Their Elderly Tenants.”, Golant, Stephen

Bradshaw, T., PhD., 2000, “Evangelistic Church Growth: Geographic, Demographic, and Marketing Variables that Facilitate its Occurrence.”, Edward Malecki

Jensen, R., PhD., 2000, “Measurement, Comparison, and Use of Remotely Derived Leaf Area Index Predictors.”, Binford, Binford W

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