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Ph.D. Dissertations


Year
Name
Title
Chair
2007 Thomas Woodfin The Cartography of Capitalism: Cartographic Evidence for the Emergence of the Capitalist World-System in Early Modern Europe Peter Hugill
2007 Jose Gavinha Globalization and the Texas Metropolises: Competition and Complimentarity in the Texas Urban Triangle Daniel Sui
2007 Zengwang Xu Small-World Characteristics of Geographic, Epidemic, and Virtual Spaces: A Comparative Study Daniel Sui
2007 Windy Winborn Patzewitsch Changing Patterns and Perceptions of Water Use in East Central Texas Since the Time of Anglo Settlement Jonathan Smith
2006 Jean Taylor Ellis Coherent Structures and Aeolian Saltation Douglas Sherman
2006 Lei Wang Investigating Impacts of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Changes on Hydrological Processes and Flood Hazards Using a GIS-Based Hyrdological/Hydraulic Model... Hongxing Liu
2006 Laura Richards Laurencio The Distribution of Dams in Costa Rica and their Hydrologic Impacts Anne Chin
2005 Timothy Lee Forrest Logistic Regression Models for Predicting Trip Reporting Accuracy in GPS-Enhanced Household Travel Surveys Andrew Klein
2005 Aldo Alvarez Chanel Planform Dynamics of an Alluvial Tropical River Anne Chin
2005 Jong Won Lee Effect of GIS Learning on Spatial Ability Robert Bednarz, Sarah Bednarz
2005 Jaehyung Yu Investigation of Glacial Dynamics in Lambert Glacial Basin Using Satellite Remote Sensing Techniquies Hongxing Liu
2004 Wei Tu Environmental Impacts of the Digital Economy: The Case of Austin, 1990-2008 Daniel Sui
2004 Paul Vincent Using Cognitive Measures to Predict the Achievement of Students Enrolled in an Introductiory Course of Geographic Robert Bednarz
2003 Gillian Acheson Teaching the Tool of the Trade: An Exploration of Teachers' Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices about Maps Sarah Bednarz
2003 Maria Del Carmen Nunez Guzman Landscape Dynamics of a Coastal Lagoonal System: Southern Sonora, Mexico Daniel Sui
2003 Michael John Lynch III Textile Industrializtion in Ireland before the Famine Peter Hugill
2002 John David Waldron Modeling Vegetation Dispersal and Diffusion: Woody Species Responses to Landscape Fragmentation Daniel Sui
2002 John Jerome Degenhardt A Model for the Development of a Lobate Alpine Rock Glacier in Southewest Colorado J. Rick Giardino
2002 Susan J. Gilbertz A Qualitative Study of Place: Local Understandings of the Social and Physical Geography of San Antonio Bay, Texas Jonathan Smith
2002 John Drapier Mills A Geographical Model of Erosioin for Field Managers to Complement Existing Process Models John Giardino
2001 Michelle CalVarese The Diffusion of HIV/AIDS in Uganda and the Efficacy of the AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Bernard Bakama Nume, Sherry Bame
2001 Hary William Coutu Exploring the Effects of Observational Scale upon Non-point Source Pollution: Policy analysis and Modeling Daniel Sui
2001 Hyang Mee Lee The Effect of Collaborative Web-based Learning on High School Student's Attitudes, Epistemological Beliefs, and Achievement Robert Bednarz
2001 Chen-Ching Daniel Yang
Yang
An Exploratory Model for Sustaiable Urban Development: A GIS-Based Case Study on the Development of Austin, Texas Daniel Sui, Arthur Sullivan
1999 Jean Ann Bowman The Role of Continental Moisture Recycling in Climate Model Precipitation and Climate Change Impacts Research Jonathan Phillips
1999 Douglas John Claycomb Production on the Margin: How Everyday People Earn a Living in a Transforming Ecuadorian Barrio Clarissa Kimber
1999 Ridwan Djamaluddin Modeling Landslide Mechanics in a Tectonic and Volcanic Environment (Southern Cianjur, Indonesia): A Heuristic-Probalistic Approach J. Rick Giardino
1999 Linda Kay Murphy The Shifting Economic Relationships of the Cotton South: A Study of the Financial Relationships of the South During Its Industrial Development, 1864-1913 Peter Hugill
1999 Myles M. Mustoe The Effects of Topography and Lower Tropospheric Winds on Dryline Convective Initiation Robert Bednarz
1998 Patrick Philip Pease Aeolian Sediment Transport, Sultainate of Oman and the Arabian Sea Tindale Vatche Tchakerian
1997 George Francis Carter, Jr. China’s Southwest and Burma’s changing political geography Ronald Hatchett
1997 Barbara Gaye Jaquay The Caribbean Cotton Production: An Historical Geography of the Region's Mystery Crop Peter Hugill
1997 Augus Kristijono Modeling a Kowledge-Gased Geographic Information System for Landscape Stability: Sierut Island, Indonesia J. Rick Giardino
1997 Kevin Reilley Mulligan Aeolian Processes Controlling Dune Morphology, Salton Sea, California J. Rick Giardino
1997 Randy Joe Vaughan    
1996 Richard Wayne Dixon Heat stress hazard in the southern united states: an evaluation using a climatological and demographic model Vatche Tchakerian
1995 Greg Charles Schlenker Reconstruction of Late-Pleistocene Equilibrium-Line Alitudes and Paleoenvironments: Uint Mountains Utah and Wyoming J. Rick Giardino
1994 Timothy Gene Anderson Immigrants in the world-system : domestic industry and industrialization in northwest Germany and the migration to Osage County, Missouri, 1835-1900 Peter Hugill
1994 Michael Anthony Camille Government initiative and resource exploitation in Belize Clarissa Kimber
1994 Jeffrey William Fitzgerald Morpho-dynamic modeling of rock glaciers : San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA J. Rick Giardino
1994 Iwan Gunawan A methodological approach to sustainable resources utilization in Indonesia : integrating geographic information systems, mathematical modeling, and expert systems J. Rick Giardino
1994 Robert Richard John Mohler Quantifying areal change of lacustrine environments through the enhancement and mensuration of space images : monitoring symptoms of regional climatic change J. Rick Giardino
1993 Gregory Scott Ridenour Comparative hydraulic geometry using compositional data analysis and stochastic modeling J. Rick Giardino
1992 Ben Marcus Gillespie The nature of channel planform change : Brazos River, Texas J. Rick Giardino
1992 Mary Ann Kniseley Highway diplomacy: interregional connections and international relations Peter Hugill
1991 Kenneth H. Beecher, Jr. Culturally persistent characteristics in rural houses of peripheral Europe Daniel Sui
1991 Li Liu Agricultural systems and development in Qian’an County, Jilin, China Clarissa Kimber
1991 Ke Zhang Building an expert system based on a geographic information system : an example of landuse management, Inner Mongolia, PRC J. Rick Giardino
1990 Darrel Lee McDonald The historical cultural plant geography of urbanized Galveston : implications of gardening on a sub-tropical barrier island Clarissa Kimber
1990 John Drapier Mills A geographical model of erosion for field managers to complement existing process models J. Rick Giardino
1988 Clifton Vaudy Dixon, Jr. Beekeeping in traditional agroecosystems of southern Mexico Clarissa Kimber
1987 Donald Hart Keith The Molasses Reef Wreck  
1985 Marcos Manuel Pena Franjul Decision environment for cropland ecodevelopment in Peravia Province, Dominican Republic Kenneth White
1985 Margaret Rose Kress Soil spectral effects on reflectance factor data transformations James Heilman, Kenneth White
1982 William Council Holmes, Jr. Nineteenth century hemp culture in the Missouri River Valley  
1977 Randy Joe Vaughan Disturbance in a stressed environment : bank vegetation of the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway at Cedar Lake, Texas  
1976 Glenn Ross Whitley Utilization of certain tame birds in the New World in pre-Columbian times  
1972 Mary Lee Nolan The towns of the volcano: a study of the human consequences of the eruption of paricutin volcano  
1971 Eugene Joseph Wilhelm, Jr. Folk geography of the blue ridge mountains  
       

M.S. Theses


Date
Name
Title
Chair
2005 Mathew Anthony Clemonds Exploring the Relationships Between Vegetation Measurements and Temperature in Residential Areas by Integrating Lidar and Remotely Sensed Imagery  
2004 Jeffery Lyle Given Geomorphology and Morphometric Characteristics of Alluvial Fans, Guadalupe Mountains National Park and Adjacent Areas, West Texas and New Mexico  
2004 Tracey Michelle Hayes Karl Haushofer and His Impact on the German-Japanese Alliance  
2004 Wei-Ming Linder Constructing a GIS-Based 3D Urban Model Using Lidar and Aerial Photographs  
2003 Julia Belknap High school students’ preconceptions and conceptions about tropical storm allison Sarah Bednarz
2003 Bing Lu Analyzing spatial-Temporal Patterns of Motor Vehicle Crashes Using GIS: A Case Study in Dallas Daniel Sui
2003 Jason Eugene Vanhorn Exploring Potential Applications of geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Real Estate Appraisal Daniel Sui
2002 Carlos Agustin Aguirre An Evaluation of the Social Meanings of the Boundary Park: Implications for Municipal Planning and Race Relations Daniel Sui
2002 David Wilkinson Gwynn The global distribution of large subaerial distriburary fluvial systems Vatche Tchakerian
2002 Tracey Michelle Heggie Water Quality and Chemistry of an Alpine Stream: A Case Study of Sneffels Creek, Yankee Boy Basin, Colorado John Giardino
2001 Chun Chen Accessibility Analysis for Telecommuting: A GIS_Based Approach  
2001 Travis Wade Heggie Rainforest composition and succession on a south pacific island David Cairns
2001 Michael Ray Konvicka The Survey of Social Studies and Geography Instruction in Texas Elementary Schools Sarah Bednarz
2001 Kevin William Lariscy Coastal Mesoscale Changes on Matagorda Island Vatche Tchakerian
2001 Deven Michelle Rohrer Effects of All Terrain Vehicle Arkansas  
2000 William Thomas Alvis Aeolian Depositional Landforms of the South Eastern Mojave Desert, California Vatche Tchakerian, Daniel Sui
2000 Timothy Kirk Dudek An Interactive Spatial Information Management System on the Internet: The Fire Ant Spatial Information Management System Daniel Sui
2000 Anita Marie Elmore A Spatial Analysis of Tuberculosis in Mexico, 1990-1996  
2000 Fayu Lai A GIS-Based Approach for Mapping Cyberspace Daniel Sui
2000 Bing Shi Integrating GIS and World Wide Web for Local Election: A Case Study in College Station, Texas Daniel Sui
1999 Bridget Benton Bassett Toward Better Homes and Advertising in Creation of a Middle Class Cultural Landscape in 1920'S America Jonathan Smith
1999 Jean Ann Bowman The Role of Continental Climate Model Precipitation and Climate change Impacts Research  
1999 David William Dorrell Tuberculosis on the Move: The Impact of Immigration on TB Rates in the Counties of Southwestern United States, 1987-1998  
1999 Melyssa Clara Guerry Information Transfer Between Dissimilar Areal Units: A Comparison Between Areal Weighting and the Dasymetric Method  
1998 Leigh Ann Garcia An Historical analysis of Landscape Structure Change at Birch Creek State Park, Lake Somerville, Texas Steven Jennings, Vatche Tchakerian
1998 Delayne Marie Meyer Quantifying Landscape Pattern in the Ouachita National Forest: An Ecological Application of GIS-Based Spatial Analysis and Modeling  
1998 Marit Kathryn Tenfjord The Impact of Flood Risk on Residential Property Values Robert Bednarz
1997 Christopher Todd Blakely A GIS Study for Determining Hurricane Risk Areas Estimating Population, Texas Coastal Couonties Vatche Tchakerian
1997 Greg Alan Bryan Planetary Geography: A College Course Curriculum Development Vatche Tchakerian
1997 Frances Margaret Crate A test of the garreau model for edge city development using GIS-based shift-share analysis: a case study for the clear lake-NASA area, texas Daniel Sui
1997 Kellie Gene Crouch International cooperation between the united states and mexico: addressing water quality of the lower Rio Grande Jeffrey Jacobs
1997 Bryan Joesph Harris Vegetation Patterns of Pine Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, in Relation to Elevation and Slope Aspect Steven Jennings
1997 Armando V. Mendoza GIS Modeling of the Geomorphic Parameters on Avalanche Pathways: Telluride, Colorado J. Rick Giardino
1997 Leslie Carl Seiler The Image of Place in American Popular Music, 1970-1990 Jonathan Smith
1997 Ran Tao A Customized Implementation of the FAO Land Evaluation Framework Using GIS Daniel Sui
1996 Jerry Lee Benjamin Arousing geographic awareness by exposing students to local global connections Robert Bednarz
1996 David Lawrence Butler Civil aviation and technogeopolitics: the struggle for control of world air routes, 1910-1939 Peter Hugill
1996 Michael Anthony Fitch Late quaternary geomorphology and geoarchaeology of a segment of the central mimbres river valley, grant county, New Mexico Michael Waters
1995 Nora Renne' Elbaum Medicinal Plants and Their role in the Dooryard Gardens of Bryan, Texas Clarissa Kimber
1995 Lori Jean Ericson A Monte Carlo Approach to Modeling Lost Person Behavior in Wilderness Areas Using Geographic Information Systems Robert Bednarz
1995 Tiene Rahma Prihatini Analyzing spatial development processes using urban models and geographic information systems : Bandung, Indonesia Robert Bednarz
1994 George Thomas Andrews Jr. Navasota river crossings in a selected area Kenneth White
1994 Jesse Conrad Hanson England, Evelyn, and the maritime symbolism of English oak trees, woods and forests Jonathan Smith
1994 David James McCourt Development of a cadastral geographic information system of Bryan independent school district, Brazos county, Texas Kenneth White
1994 David Alexandre De Sousa The use of TM imagery to monitor the general health of coastal marshes Kenneth White
1994 Laura Langham Thigpen Brazos River Bottom cotton producers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices of sustainable agriculture Kenneth White
1994 Theresa Joanne Wier The early American motion picture industry : promoting American cultural hegemony Peter Hugill
1993 Agus Kristijono Estimating soil loss for an Indonesian tropical rain forest using a Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) approach  
1993 Kathryn Mitchell Lucchese The apotheosis of the tree of the place of sacred tree and grove in the symbolic landscape of the pagan sanctuary Jonathan Smith
1993 Sawat Nonsung Developing a geographic information system (GIS) to integrate earth science data : Hygiene Quadrangle, Boulder county, Colorado J. Rick Giardino
1992 Deborah Maria Baro de Jones Plant geography of coastal sand dune vegetation of the Tamaulipan Biotic Province Clarissa Kimber
1992 Susan Annmarie Judy The emergence of the exotic/game meat industry : geographic implications Robert Bednarz
1991 David Evan Wilkins An evaluation of water quality in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico : a comparison of 1958 and 1990 water signatures  
1990 Roberto Castillo The agricultural systems and soil loss in the Corredor River Basin, Costa Rica Clarissa Kimber
1989 Joseph Lawrence DeMorett Hydrological and water quality characteristics of three rock glaciers : Blanca Massif, Colorado, USA  
1988 Sara Layne Roberts The chaotic terrain of Elysium Planitia, Mars : a mapping and geomorphic analysis Kenneth White
1988 Forest Paul Rushmore, III Quantifying breakage parameters of fragile archaeological components to determine the feasibility of site burial Kenneth White
1988 Therese Marie Steenberghen The spontaneous vegetation in urban residential gardens of Galveston, Texas Clarissa Kimber
1987 Lora Anne Schornick The application of a computerized storm surge model for hazard mapping within the Galveston Bay Area using an Automated Mapping and Facilities Management System Kenneth White
1987 John Thomas Bryant A study of beach cusp morphodynamic processes : Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, Texas J. Rick Giardino
1986 William Granville Kelvey The equity of property tax assessments on residential property in Bryan and College Station, Texas Robert Bednarz
1986 Charles Scott McElroy The El Salvadoran refugee move to Belize : a geographic study of refugee migration Kenneth White
1985 Jeffrey Battle Clark The influence of land use on gully erosion in Brazos County, Texas : an historical perspective Charles Smith
1984 Thorpe Ambrose Mayes III Comparison of vegetation found on equal age spoil mounds in Robertson County, Texas Clarissa Kimber
1984 Frank Ney McMillan III Calvert : an historical geography Cambell Pentington
1983 Lee Charles Nordt Soils-geomorphology of the Brazos River terraces Brazos County, Texas Kenneth White
1981 John William Diem The place-names of Brazos County, Texas, 1821 to 1880  
1981 Allen James Pecotte Aspects of the phytogeorgraphy of Crowley’s Ridge in Arkansas Clarissa Kimber
1981 Amzi Sharon Crenshaw Vavra Orientation in the designed environment : wayfinding in a hospital complex  
1981 Elizabeth Anne Walter Impact of trail use on the soils and vegetation of Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas Robert Bednarz
1981 David Snorf Wilson Variation in property tax assessment in Bryan and College Station, Texas Robert Bednarz
1979 Janet Elaine Koehler The impact of camping activity on vegetation and soils : a case study at Tyler State Park Clarissa Kimber
1978 Dianne Lynn Engman Cognition and affect in the development of sense of place  
1978 Gary Joe Irish The plant geography of dredged-material islands along the Texas coast Clarissa Kimber
1976 Bernard Pierce Brown, Jr. An evaluation of the potential use of sail power in the commercial shrimp fishery of Texas  
1976 Mary Florence Kutac A nesting study of two populations of cardinals : urban and non-urban Clarissa Kimber
1976 Celeste Frances Pardee Environmental perceptions in Great Plains novels  
1974 Russell Ludwig Stubbles Enhancing the learning of topographic map use through a simulation game  
1973 Changyi David Chang Open space values among Chinese students from Taiwan