Soriano, Kaitlin Marie

The weeds that are present in the landscape of the Dickinson College Certified Organic Farm, play a vital role in the agroecosystem that is created through human manipulations. The farm managers spend a great deal of time...

Bowie, Emily Ann

Infestation with the gastrointestinal nematode Haemonchus contortus in small ruminants, such as sheep and goats, can cause farmers severe economic losses and endanger animal welfare. Adult H. contortus attach to the stomach of...

McNeill, Natalie

Ramthun, Annaliese Marie

Increasing human health concerns, predicted growth of insect populations due to global warming, and increasing prevalence of pesticide resistance in insects have led to a recent surge of interest in alternatives to traditional,...

Krewson, Rachel

Termini, Olivia

Wilmot, Taylor Marie

The reuse of environmentally contaminated properties presents the opportunity for community revitalization in neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the United States. This study provides an in depth exploration of one...

Truong, Nhu Quynh

Climate change models predict more extreme rain events and drought to occur in different areas of the mid-latitude region. Farmers and researchers have been looking for solutions to reduce negative impacts of these...

Burns, Christine Josephine

Overabundance of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) is a growing problem throughout the eastern United States. This study investigates the role that deer play as seed dispersers focusing on two main questions....

Chin, Tiffany Lee

Baisley, Paige Elizabeth

Forage radish (Raphanus sativus var. Longipinnatus), a member of the brassicacea family, is becoming increasingly popular in conservation tillage practices. Brassica cover crops have been observed to have allelopathic effects...

Martin, Kerstin Elisabeth

Ritter, Madie

Egener, Max

Hautaniemi, Jill Marie

Sclafani, Rachael Anne

Ruff, Isabel Grace

Beehler, Madison Grace

My research will build upon the field of walkability, social capital and resource extraction from social networks. Literature shows that living in an environment rich with destinations to walk to facilitate the creation of...

Smedinghoff, Joan Marie

While large cities are commonly associated with public transit, towns are also places where people look to public transit as a service for their community. Many times, this means creating a new transit system where there was...

Page, Robert F.

Stonesmyth, Kathryn C.

Rising average temperatures and increasingly frequent and intense heat waves and events put urban communities in a position of extreme vulnerability. This makes the relatively new field of thermal inequity all the more...

Schlimm, Helen Claire

Recent research documents climate-induced changes in the algal communities of West Greenland lakes; however, less is known about the response of zooplankton to climate change effects in this region. Zooplankton are...

de la Reguera, Elizabeth Harrity

Bieber-Ham, Lily Margaret

Raczka, Alexandra Gabrielle

This study looks at the food environment of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is specifically focused on food access and food preferences, and the relationships between a person’s educational background, household income, and...

McGinn, Anna Elizabeth

Ecological literacy measures a person’s knowledge of ecological systems, care for their immediate and global environment, and level of action to reduce his or her personal and communal impact on the environment. This study...

Zimmermann, Tabea Klassen

Inland waters are particularly sensitive to environmental changes and a growing body of research points to lakes as sentinels, integrators, and regulators of large-scale stressors such as climate change (Carpenter et al. 2007,...

Fox, Lydia

Verter, Josie

Gabuzda, Nicholas

Sennett, Caryn Marie

Background: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE’s) have been phased out of production in the USA since 2005 due to concerns about their persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity. Subsequent regulation of PBDE production by the...

Liang, Yeuli