ENVS Graduate Student Research

This presentation will highlight the amazing range of thesis research that our first-year MA students are beginning to work on. Each student will present a 3-minute summary of their thesis.

Our panel of graduate student presentations will include:

  • Kaitlin Barrailler: "Changing Tides of Care: Assessing the Efficacy of Critical  Anthropomorphic Tactics in Activating Empathy and Conservation Behaviors for Coral".
  • Prizma Chapagain: "Assessing Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in Rural Agriculture of Nepal".
  • Amaya Coblentz: "Confluence in the Courtroom: Claims to Expertise and the Contestation of Environmental Knowledge in Territorial Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, 1900-1912".
  • Harrison Collett: "Reclaiming Fish and Fowl: The Co-Production of Wildlife in Columbia Basin Project Infrastructure, 1970 – 2000".
  • Beau Jay: "Mapping the Emotional Impact of the Los Angeles Fires on Urban Farms and Human-Livestock Relationships".
  • Claire Johnston: "Exploring meaningful tribal engagement in establishing community forests".
  • Taylor Kibrick: "Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Reconstructing the Historical Range of Garry Oak Woodlands in the San Juan Islands".
  • Tilali Scanlan: "Navigating new horizons: exploring the adaptation limitations to sea level rise impacts on ports in American Samoa".
  • Amanda Smith: "Exploring the Neighborhoods of Northern Bellingham: A Case Study of Neighborhood Associations and Building a Sense of Community".

About the Speaker

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ENVS MA Students

WWU's MA degree in Environmental Studies prepares students to address complex environmental problems using a highly interdisciplinary approach. Our graduate students develop original research projects in collaboration with faculty in areas such as physical geography, human geography, environmental policy and governance, environmental justice, energy policy, and geographic information science. 

Environmental Speaker Series

The Environmental Speaker Series is hosted by the College of the Environment at Western Washington University.

The Series is free and open to the public. Talks are held each Thursday at 4:30 pm in Academic Instructional Center West room 204 - AW-204. Talks will also be streamed via Zoom. Register with The Foundation for WWU & Alumni for the zoom link. Parking is available in lot C.

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