SMEA Graduation Class of 2024
We will be celebrating the Class of 2024 and the 33 students earning their Masters in Marine Affairs (MMA) in June! SMEA graduates join the esteemed group of 800+ alumni and world class policy makers building a resilient future in marine and environmental affairs.
Congratulations to our graduates!
| First Name | Last Name | Track | Advisor | Thesis/Capstone Title |
| Elise | Adams | Capstone | Anne Beaudreau | Mining for Clues: Gaining Insight into the Regulatory Process of Alaska Hardrock Mine Expansions |
| Katherine | Ainsworth | Courses-only | Terrie Klinger | |
| Adriana | Apintiloaiei | Thesis | Anne Beaudreau | Communicating Climate Vulnerability Assessment: Role of Expert Elicitation and the Applications to Fishery Management |
| Michael | Buck | Thesis | P. Joshua Griffin | Restoring the Relationship: Human Dimensions & Climate Resilience Strategy for Managing Pacific Lamprey Fisheries in the Columbia River |
| Jessica | Clemens | Thesis | Erendira Aceves-Bueno | Environmental Justice in Ecosystem Restoration Frameworks |
| Lauren | Cortez French | Thesis | Ryan Kelly | Evaluating Co-Occurrence Between Two Marine Biotoxins of Importance to Human Health in Washington |
| Erick | Dowell | Thesis | Terrie Klinger | Feasibility Study of Native Seaweed Aquaculture in Washington State |
| Jazzmin | Fragiacomo | Capstone | Nives Dolšak | Best Practices for Community Engagement During Tidal and Wave Energy Development |
| Yuto | Furuzuno | Thesis | Dave Fluharty, Yoshitaka Ota | A Policy Analysis for Climate Adaptation in Japanese Fisheries |
| Maya | Garber-Yonts | Thesis | Ryan Kelly | Describing variation in plankton community assemblages using eDNA (COI) metabarcoding in the Salish Sea |
| Rachel | Gates | Capstone | Nives Dolšak | Best Practices for Community Engagement During Tidal and Wave Energy Development |
| Molly | Good | Thesis | Erendira Aceves-Bueno | Charting New Waters: Leveraging Recreational Boating Communities for Citizen Science |
| Melanie | Good | Thesis | Erendira Aceves-Bueno | A qualitative network model for the management and conservation of Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) in South Puget Sound |
| Farrah | Hasan | Thesis | Erendira Aceves-Bueno, Yoshitaka Ota | Resilient Destination Cities: Climate Migrant Resettlement in Mongla, Bangladesh |
| Nika | Hoffman | Capstone | Anne Beaudreau | Mining for Clues: Gaining Insight into the Regulatory Process of Alaska Hardrock Mine Expansions |
| Aina | Hori | Thesis | Erendira Aceves-Bueno | Using Local Ecological Knowledge to Identify Adaptation Strategies Used in Western Nayarit’s Fisher Communities |
| William | Kammin | Thesis | P. Joshua Griffin, Yoshitaka Ota | Pacific Offshore Wind and Community Defined Benefits |
| Jessica | Lechtenberg | Capstone | Anne Beaudreau | Mining for Clues: Gaining Insight into the Regulatory Process of Alaska Hardrock Mine Expansions |
| Sarah | Leighton | Thesis | Nives Dolšak | An Analysis of the Leading Tidal Energy Projects in the United States since 2000 |
| Jennifer | Liou | Thesis | P. Joshua Griffin | Writing the Climate Crisis as Skeptical Romance |
| Reuben | Martinez | Thesis | P. Joshua Griffin | Seeking Energy Sovereignty: PNW Tribal Engagement in Proposed Offshore Wind Energy Development |
| Allison | Morgan | Thesis | Thomas Leschine | Managing the Impacts of Passenger-Only Ferries on the Southern Resident Killer Whales |
| Jackson | Morton | Courses-only | Erendira Aceves-Bueno | |
| Francesca | Nash | Capstone | Dave Fluharty | Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures |
| Rondi | Nordal | Thesis | Anne Beaudreau | Assessing the Social-Ecological Dimensions of Dungeness Crab Fishery Closures in Southeast Alaska from Analysis of Public Records |
| Kiley | Pazcoguin | Courses-only | Erendira Aceves-Bueno | |
| Katalin | Plummer | Capstone | Anne Beaudreau | Mining for Clues: Gaining Insight into the Regulatory Process of Alaska Hardrock Mine Expansions |
| Sycora | Powell | Thesis | P. Joshua Griffin | Healing Bodies: Micro-sites of Soveringty as Places for Refugue, Regeneration and World-building |
| Lauren | Reynolds | Thesis | Erendira Aceves-Bueno | Spatial Adaptive Mechanisms of Artisanal Fisheries in Nayarit Mexico |
| Courtney | Skalley | Thesis | Ryan Kelly | A genome-wide sequencing approach to examine Bathyraja systematics |
| Lily | Stanton | Capstone | Dave Fluharty | Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures |
| Ana | Stringer | Thesis | P. Joshua Griffin | An Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Bowhead Whale Access in Kivalina, AK |
| Jack | Winterhalter | Capstone | Anne Beaudreau | Mining for Clues: Gaining Insight into the Regulatory Process of Alaska Hardrock Mine Expansions |