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SMEA Thesis and Capstone Presentation Recordings

On May 10th and 17th, we had 19 thesis presentations and two capstone presentations which showcased research across a variety of disciplines. For those who could not join us, the recordings of the presentations are available below.

Name Thesis/Capstone
Elise Adams, Nika Hoffman, Jessica Lechtenberg, Katalin Plummer, Jack Winterhalter Capstone: Mining for Clues: Gaining Insight into the Regulatory Process of Alaska Hardrock Mine Expansions
Francesca Nash, Marissa Ortega, Lily Stanton Capstone: Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures
Adriana Apintiloaiei Communicating Climate Vulnerability Assessment: Role of Expert Elicitation and the Applications to Fishery Management
Michael Buck Restoring the Relationship: Human Dimensions & Climate Resilience Strategy for Managing Pacific Lamprey Fisheries in the Columbia River
Jessica Clemens Environmental Justice in Ecosystem Restoration Frameworks
Lauren Cortez French Evaluating Co-Occurrence Between Two Marine Biotoxins of Importance to Human Health in Washington
Erick Dowell Feasibility Study of Native Seaweed Aquaculture in Washington State
Yuto Furuzuno A Policy Analysis for Climate Adaptation in Japanese Fisheries
Maya Garber-Yonts Describing variation in plankton community assemblages using eDNA (COI) metabarcoding in the Salish Sea
Molly Good Charting New Waters: Leveraging Recreational Boating Communities for Citizen Science
Farrah Hasan Resilient Destination Cities: Climate Migrant Resettlement in Mongla, Bangladesh
Aina Hori Using Local Ecological Knowledge to Identify Adaptation Strategies Used in Western Nayarit’s Fisher Communities
William Kammin Pacific Offshore Wind and Community Defined Benefits
Sarah Leighton An Analysis of the Leading Tidal Energy Projects in the United States since 2000
Reuben Martinez Seeking Energy Sovereignty: PNW Tribal Engagement in Proposed Offshore Wind Energy Development
Allison Morgan Managing the Impacts of Passenger-Only Ferries on the Southern Resident Killer Whales (video not available)
Rondi Nordal Assessing the Social-Ecological Dimensions of Dungeness Crab Fishery Closures in Southeast Alaska from Analysis of Public Records
Sycora Powell Healing Bodies: Micro-sites of Soveringty as Places for Refugue, Regeneration and World-building
Lauren Reynolds Spatial Adaptive Mechanisms of Artisanal Fisheries in Nayarit Mexico
Courtney Skalley A genome-wide sequencing approach to examine Bathyraja systematics
Ana Stringer An Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Bowhead Whale Access in Kivalina, AK