The following list includes the names of Dickinsonians who have earned departmental honors, the thesis/project title, and the year of conferral. If there is no thesis or project title, the conferring department only will be listed. Each academic department (or program) has its own criteria for awarding departmental honors. Please see the Advising Guide or elsewhere on the department’s main website for details.
Riley Reay Kuehn (2023)
The Effects of Dams on Downstream Aquatic Ecosystems
Kathryn Charlotte Stonesmyth (2022)
Thermal Inequity and Racial Segregation; A Study of the Patterns of Heat as a Burden in Carlisle, PA
Quynh Nhu Quynh Truong (2022)
Cover Crops in a Changing Climate: Can Mixtures Mitigate Water Stress?
Isabel Grace Ruff (2021)
Comparing the Effects of Rain Events in Glacial Lakes and Human-Made Reservoirs
Paige E Baisley (2020)
Earthworm Cover Crop Habitat Preference
Rachel Bryce Krewson (2020)
Biogeochemical Cycling of Methane in Icelandic Glacial Melt
Lydia Kottcamp Fox (2019)
Relating Diatom Community Shifts to Environmental Change in Icelandic Freshwater Lakes
Yueli Liang (2019)
Soil, Adelgids, and the Health of Eastern Hemlock Trees
Madaline Boardman Ritter (2019)
The Effects of Dissolved Organic Carbon on Methane Cycling in Lakes
Olivia Rose Termini (2019)
Climate Change and Local Governments: A Case Study in Pennsylvania Water Management and Planning
Louise Josephine Verter (2019)
The Role of Methanotrophs in Aquatic Food Webs
Nicholas Gabuzda (2018)
Size Distribution in Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) Populations, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania
Caroline Rachel Kanaskie (2017)
Foliar Chemistry of the Eastern Hemlock
Natalie B McNeill (2017)
Aquatic Citizen Scientist Motivations: Implications for Recruitment and Retention
Robert Francis Page (2017)
The Influence of Soil Characteristics on Nest Site Selection in Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) at an Anthropogenic Site
Helen Claire Schlimm (2017)
Exploring a Century of Climate-induced Changes in the Plankton of West Greenland Lakes
Tiffany Lee Chin (2016)
Effects of Environmental Changes on Phytoplankton Communities in Lakes
Max Carlos Egener (2016)
Extreme Rain Events and Their Effects on Reservoir Ecology
Rachael Anne Sclafani (2016)
Garlic Mustard: Impacts on Understory Diversity and Competitive interactions
Madison Grace Beehler (2015)
The Impact of the Built Environment on Youth Mentorship
Alexandra Gabrielle Raczka (2015)
Privilege and the Food Environment in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Caryn Marie Sennett (2015)
Disproportionate Environment Burden: Flame Retardant Exposure and Socioeconomic Status
Joan Marie Smedinghoff (2015)
Implementing Public Transit in Town: A Case Study of the Carlisle Circulator
Kaitlin Marie Soriano (2015)
Agroecology and the Dickinson College Farm: A Weed's Place in a Human Manipulated Environment
Tabea Klassen Zimmermann (2015)
Reconstructing the Effects of Multiple Stressors on Algal Communities in Lakes with Differing Concentrations of Dissolved Organic Carbon
Emily Ann Bowie (2014)
Natural Sheep Medicine
Christine Josephine Burns (2014)
Deer as Agents of Seed Dispersal in Forests of Differing Vertical Structure
Jill Marie Hautaniemi (2014)
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Pennsylvania Forests
Anna Elizabeth McGinn (2014)
A Study of Ecological Literacy of First Year College Students
Elizabeth Harrity de la Reguera (2014)
The Nitrogen Footprint of Dickinson College
Annaliese Marie Ramthun (2013)
Assessment IPM Hub Strategy on the Dickinson College Farm
Taylor Marie Wilmot (2013)
Community Engagement and Perceptions of Brownfield Redevelopment in Carlisle, PA
Anna Rose Farb (2012)
Effects of Vermicompost in Potting Soils and Extract Foliar Sprays on Plant Health and Productivity
Junxing Lan (2012)
Evaluation of Impact of Precipitation and Land-Use Change on Stream Flow in Monocacy Creek
Kathryn Scott Tomsho (2012)
A Case Study of Grass Roots Mobilization in the Marcellus Shale Region
Lily Margaret Bieber-Ham (2011)
Population and Nesting Ecology of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys Picta) in Pennsylvania
Kerstin Elisabeth Martin (2011)
The Effects of an Altered Forest Composition due to White-Tailed Deer Herbivory on the Condition of a Pennsylvania Headwater Stream Ecosystem within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Perry County, PA
Maunette Gabriela Makowski (2010)
Metals from Legacy Sediment Sites and Their Impact on Macroinvertebrates in the Yellow Breeches Creek Watershed, Cumberland County, PA
Junxing Lan (2009)
Evaluation of the relationship between land use and physical characteristics in Hogestown Run, PA
Danielle Marie Cioce Ferguson (2008)
The Patterns of Distribution of Organochlorine Pesticides in Sediment in the Letort Spring Run, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Audrey Jean Fisher-Pedersen (2007)
Cultures of Farming in Perry County: Implications for Agro-environmental Management
Robert C Hanifin (2006)
Departmental Honors in Environmental Studies
Meghan Rebecca Klasic (2006)
The Use of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) as a BioIndicator for Letort Spring Run, Cumberland Valley, PA
Scott Lawrence Morello (2006)
An Exploratory Assessment of Bixler Run in Perry County, PA as a Potential Trout Fishery and How it is Affected by Riparian Vegetation
Ruth Mary Oldham (2006)
Transgenic Maize in Mexico: Developing an Efficient and Equitable Regulatory Framework
Sarah E Scow (2006)
Reproductive Adaptations of Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus) to Herbivory and Cache Predation
Colleen May Mason (2005)
Stormwater Management Practices and Challenges: Cedar Run Watershed, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Jessica Martin Durkota (2004)
Impact of White-Tailed Deer on Forest Stand Structure and Composition in a Pennsylvania Wildlife Preserve
Claire Louise Foster (2004)
Spatial Habitat Analysis and Population Modeling of Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister)
Sarah Lynn Pears (2004)
Growth of Surviving Host and Non-Host Trees in a Mixed Deciduous Forest Affected by Gypsy Moth Defoliation
Julie Diane Vastine (2003)
Departmental Honors in Environmental Studies
Angela M Wallis (2002)
Departmental Honors in Environmental Studies
Christiana Grace Briddell (2001)
The Use of Activated Carbon to Determine Allelopathic Suppression of Lettuce Germination by Cover Crops
Erik Ivan Johnson (2001)
The Impact of the Huntsdale Fish Hatchery's Discharge on the Diatom Communities in the Yellow Breeches Creek, Cumberland County, PA
Daniel Evan Jannone (2000)
Departmental Honors in Environmental Science