MASTERS THESES IN GEOGRAPHY 1982-present
2009
Melinda Butterworth.
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices: Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission in Southwest Virginia.
Kristin DallaPiazza.
A Global Approach to Disease Prevention: Predicting High Risk Areas for West Nile Infection in the US.
Aaron Dalton.
Autonomous Vehicle Path Planning with Remote Sensing Data.
Michael McGahee.
Scale and the Interpretation of Voting Patterns in Virginia, 2003-2006.
Rachael H. McManamay.
Assessing the Impacts of Balsam Wooly Adelgid and Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Stand Structure and Mortality of Fraser Fir in the Black Mountains, North Carolina.
David Murray.
The Spatial Distribution of Four Exotic Plants in Relation to Physical Factors with Analysis using GIS.
Katherine Pritchard. December, 2008. M.S. Testing Cartographic Techniques for a Wine Tourism Map of Virginia.
Emily K. Smith.
Modeling Blister Rust Incidence in Whitebark Pine at Northern Rocky Mountain Alpine Treelines: A Geospatial Approach.
Kelly Sovacool.
A Stakeholder Analysis of the Creation of High Seas Marine Protected Areas within the Antarctic Treaty System.
Melanie B. Stine.
Vegetation and Soil Patterns at a Mountain Wetland Ecotone.
2008
Andrew Foy.
A GIS-Based Landscape Scale Model for Native Bee Habitat
Sherry Tejada
The Necrogeography of Melungeon Cemeteries in Central Appalachia
2007
Keith Appler
A GIS Analysis
of Residential Infill Development in Fairfax County, VA from a Citizen
Drainage Complaints Perspective
David Arnold
Environmental Justice in Virginia’s
Rural Drinking Water: Analysis of Nitrate Concentrations and Bacteria
Prevalence in the Household Wells of Augusta and Louisa County Residents
Christopher Crawford
A Dendroecological Analysis
of Vegetation Change and Climate History in Two Southern Appalachian
Balds
Monica Dazzini
Highway I-95 and landscape fragmentation
in northern St. Johns County, Florida: A GIS-based comparison of
landscapes in 1973, 1990, and 2000
Amos Desjardins
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a
Coastal Lagoon in Southwestern Dominican Republic
Andrew Foy
A Landscape Scale Analysis Model for Native Bee Habitat
Rebecca Click Lambert
Chagas Disease in the United
States: The emerging threat and the role climate and awareness play
in its spread
Candice Luebbering
Beyond the Bezel: Utilizing Multiple
Monitor High-Resolution Displays for Viewing Geospatial Data
Om Poudel
Identifying Barriers and Least Cost Paths for
Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Using Lidar Data
Benjamin Turko
A GIS-Based Viewshed Optimization
Algorithm
2006
Glen Gibson
An Analysis of Shoreline Change at Little Lagoon,
Alabama
Arvind Bhuta
A dendroecological analysis of disturbance of remnant
Pinus palustris, southeastern Virginia
Ben Logan
A Statistical Examination of the Climatic Human-Expert
System: the Sunset Garden Zones for California
Ethan Knocke
Modeling Flash Floods in Small Ungaged Watersheds
using Embedded GIS
Cory Dannels
A model of Pierce's Disease susceptibility for Virginia
based on climate and land use
2005
Sara Hyland
Analysis of Sinkhole Susceptibility and Karst Distribution
in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia: Implications for Low
Impact Development (LID) Site Suitability Models
Li Qing
GIS Aided Radio Wave Propagation Modeling and Analysis
Sean Wohltman
Instantaneous GIS Based Navigation for Sailboats:
An Anisotropic Routing Approach
James Forrest Hutchings
Monitoring Property Boundaries for the Appalachian National
Scenic Trail Using Satellite Images
Christopher Stahl
Accumulated Surfaces & Least-Cost Paths: GIS Modeling
for Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) Navigation
Berkley Almeida
A GIS Assessment of Urban Sprawl in Richmond, Virginia
Alexander Zendel
Investigating the Role of Location-Allocation Models in
Planning the Locations of Dry Fire Hydrants
Matt Germroth
GIS and Satellite Visibility: Viewsheds From Space
2004
David L. Sterling
A Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Techniques for
Determining Shoaling Rates of the Atlantic Ocean Channel
Jodi Winship
Geographic Literacy and World Knowledge among Undergraduate
College Students
David E. Kramar
Estimating Hg Risk to the Common Loon (Gavia immer)
in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Western Maine: a Regression Based
GIS Model
2003
Jason Cash
Using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Imagery to Model
Radio Wave Propagation
Leigh Pitsko
Wild Tigers in Captivity: A Study of the Effects of the
Captive Environment on Tiger Behavior
Sara Beth Keough
The Geography of Community Bands in Virginia
Candice R. Ramessar
Water is More Important than Gold: Local Impacts and Perceptions
of the 1995 Omai Cyanide Spill, Essequibo River, Guyana
Jason L. Roberts
Place Perception, Cognitive Maps, and Mass Media: The Interrelationship
Between Visual Popular Culture and Regional Mental Mapping
2002
Stacy Boyer
The Implementation of Refugee Health Policies and Services in
Virginia's Local Health Districts
Brent Holoviak
Application of Ancillary Data In Post Classification To Improve
Forest Area Estimates In A Landsat TM Scene
Sam Chambers
Application of Spectral Change Detection Techniques
to Identify Forest Harvesting Using Landsat TM
Ryan Spencer
Modeling and Measuring GIS Viewshed Processing Speed on Different
Digital Elevation Model Resolutions for Line of Sight Radio Wave
Propagation
Jonathan Wingo
Wire Field GIS Using Personal Digital Assistant Hardware
2001
Christopher Blaine Adams
Profile Analysis of Regional Variation Among Virginia Winery
Visitors
John Christopher Bunin
A Study of the Relationship Between Current Event Knowledge and
the Ability to Construct a Mental Map of the World
Paige Baldassaro
Geospatial Computer Model for Predicting Received Signal Strengths
Mannin Dodd
The Validity of Using a Geographic Information System's Viewshed
Function as a Predictor for the Reception of Line-of Sight RadioWaves
Scott Michael Rose
The Effect of Digital Elevation Model Resolution on Wave Propagation
Predictions at 24 GHz
Ryan Williams
Influences of Spatial Variability of Gall Midge Incidence in
Jamaican Hot Pepper Production
Patricia Renneckar
From Community Blight to Community Asset: The Renovation of the
Historic Whitelaw Hotel into Affordable Housing
Jamison. D. Leach
Prediction of Building Count and Dimensions from U. S. Census
Data Using Multiple Regression
Debra Wenner
GIS for Grassland Management in Virginia
2000
Christopher William Ratigan
The Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus): Spatial, Ecological,
& Human Implications in Southeast Virginia
1999
Richard Easterbrook
GIS Analysis of Civil War Fortifications at Petersburg, VA
Gary L. Schlosser
Gendered Production Roles and Integrated Pest Management in Three
Jamaican Farming Communities
Tina C. Schlosser
Local Realities and Structural Constraints of Agricultural Health:
Pesticide Poisoning of Jamaican Small-Holders
Trevor Flanery
Water and Power: The Environmental Politics of a Virginia Reservoir
1998
Robert Reid Heselton
Elevation Effects on GPS Positional Accuracy
Paul Sean Bloom
GIS Implementation within the Fire Service Administrative and
Political Implications: A Case Study Norfolk, VA
Duane B. Carter
Evaluation of Five Multispectral Image Fusion Techniques
John Douglas Boyer
Vitaculture Suitability in Virginia Tech
Janet Ferguson
Sitting and Design of Recreational Trails: Application of GIS/GPS
Technology
1997
Rebecca K. Cottle
Cemetery Siting in the Bluestone Reservation Area, Summers County,
West Virginia: 1750-1997
Derek Patrick McCormack
Home-Body-Shopping: Reconstructing Fitness Environments
Tim Herbert
1996
Evan Hart
GIS and the Dairy Industry: Examining the Roles of Government
Regulation and Dairy Cooperatives in the Shipment of Fluid Milk
Peter Matthews
Site and Services Approach as a Partial Solution to South Africa's
Urban Housing Shortage
Mark O'Conner
Evaluation of TIN Extraction Methods for Various Terrain.
Karen Patterson
The Political Ecology of Nontraditional Agricultural Exports
and an IPM Project in Jamaica
1995
John H. Bayliss
Map Position Finding Accuracy in a Computer Simulated Environment
Andrew Crampton
Thesis: Discourses of Danger: Robert Strausz-Hupe, Geopolitics
and American Foreign Policy, 1939-1961
James B. Crawford
The Trawler Wreck All: Political Ecology and a Belizean Village
Committee:
Dennis Mitchell
Thesis: School Consolidation, Bus Routing and GIS. The Pendleton
County, West Virginia Case Study
Martin Peter Whittemore
Hermeneutics of Air Photo Interpretation
1994
Leonard Baer
Alternative Health in the 1990's: The Influence of Legal Constaints
on the Locational Behavior of Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, and
Homeopaths
Judith K. Hall
Ecofeminism and Geography: The Case of Vandana Shiva and Chipko
Jennifer J. Hernandez
The Social Construction of the Family: Family Values and the
Los Angeles Riots
Matthew J. Miller
An Historical Examination of Water-Powered Mill Sites and Markets
Using Geographic Information Systems Analysis: Augusta County, Virginia,
1880-1885
Patricia Ann Mims
Agricultural Change in the Urban-Rural Fringe: A Test of the
Perimetropolitan Bow Wave Model
Duane Donelly-Morrison
Defining Agricultural Land Use in Rondonia, Brazil by Examination
of SPOT Multispectral Data
Claire H. Thomas
Evaluating of North Carolina's Mandatory Ocean Setback Policy:
A Case Study of Nag's Head
1993
Loretta J. Bush
Evaluating the Accuracy of Line Thinning Algorithms After Processing
Scanned Line Data
Jeffrey A. Euwema
The Decine of Sugar Production and the Rise of Cocoa Production
in Grenada 1870-1917. The Changing Fortunes of a Cocoa Peasantry
Carol J. Hanson
Utilization of Abortion Services: A Local Level Analysis
Heidi Elizabeth Kalin
A Therapeutic Landscape Created by the Children's Comparative
Health Investment Project of the Roanoke Valley
1992
Kristine Katherine Hunt
Politics and Land Reform: The Case of Esperenza, Dominican Republic
John A. Young
Automated Cartographic Generalization and Its Effect on Map Feature
Representations
Fred Thomas Wildes
A Resource Management Strategy for the Belize Barrier Reef Systems
1991
John Patrick Clements
Northern Territories Dispute Between Japan and the Soviet Union:
From Rivalry to Rapprochement
Joseph Edward Peter
The Geography of Frgipan Soils in the Eastern United States
William Eugene O'Brien
Participation and Indigenous Knowledge in Development for African
Patoralists
1990
Alkmini Katsad
Rating Forest Fire Occurrence Danger Using Geographic Information
Systems Technology
Michael Harvey Lupien
Location and Utilization Patterns of Nursing Homes: An Evaluation
of Patient Origin in Virginia
Partricia Mahoney
Analysis of Technological Change and Relief Representation in
U.S.G.S. Topographic Maps
Priti Mathur
A Comparison of Slope Estimation Methods
1988
Joseph Brownlee Curd, Jr.
Determination of the Accuracy of Parcel Acreage Estimated in
Land Description
1987
Allan Bransford Cox
Map Position-Finding Performance in a Photographically Simulated
Envrionment
Margaret Grace Myers
A Study of Four Raster-Based Date Generalization
Dennis William Slifer
Evaluation of Spontaneous Potential for Monitoring Groundwater
Movement in Karst Terrain
Michael Haun Story
Comparison of Accuracy and Efficiency of Five Digital Image Classification
Algorithms
1986
Jennifer Alexander-Terry
How Black Students Select Four Year Colleges: An Examination
of the Decision-Making Process
Julia E. King
Communication of Profile Perspective Maps: A Perceptual Study
Thomas M. Park
Insurance Office Location in Roanoke, Virginia, 1960-1983
Leslie F. Smith
Political Geography of Annexation: Roanoke, Virginia Tech
1985
Stephen J Cherry
Geographic Analysis of a Soil Boundary
1984
Gregory B. Johnson
Qualitative Symbology
Don E. Kiel
Highway Map Effectiveness
1983
Stephen A. Jones
The Use of the Landsat MSS in the Study of Land/Use Cover and
Water Quality Relationships
Ellen R. White
Perceptual Evaluation of Line Generalization Algorithms
1982
Patricia A. Moisan
Residential Satisfaction and Mobile Homes in Southwestern Virginia
