Explore our collection of dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from the Department of Social Sciences below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024
CONFRONTING THE WILDFIRE CRISIS: UNDERSTANDING EQUITY AND DECISION-MAKING IN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, Katherine Huerta Sanchez
“NOT MUCH OF A JOB”: EVERYDAY LIFE AND LABOR AT CAMP AU TRAIN, Josef T. Iwanicki
THE ADOPTION AND IMPACT OF CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES, Dong Min Kim
The Implications of Waste Streams at Camp Au Train, Timothy J. Maze
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023
A CASE STUDY ON THE PRACTICE OF CARBON OFFSET PROJECTS IN MICHIGAN: FOREST PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVES, Zachary B. Hough Solomon
ACCEPTING CHANGE: FACETS OF ACCEPTANCE & SUSTAINABLE REDEVELOPMENT, Zoe L. Ketola
Feeding Our Local Communities-The Benefits of Food Assistance Programs at Local Farmers Markets, Courtney A. Archambeau
THE HIDDEN ROLE OF THE “CO-” PARADIGM IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND APPLICATION OF LIVING LABS, Madelina E. DiLisi
USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO UNDERSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION LABS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, Sidney M. Mechling
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2022
DEEP MAPPING THE DAILY SPACES AND HEALTH OF CHILDREN IN THE HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL CITY, Timothy Josiah Stone
HOW POLICY INNOVATION LABS COMMUNICATE USING TWITTER, Kei Schmidt
IMPROVING ENERGY STEWARDSHIP AT MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY’S ATHLETIC COMPLEXES, Cynthia L. Pindral
Perspectives on New Wilderness Area Designations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Olivia Joy D. Ghormley
Protecting the Fire: A Community-Focused Approach to Reduce Vulnerability and Risk to Industrial Heritage in a Historic Clay District, Talva Jacobson
The Decline of Lake Superior's Woodland Caribou: A Historical GIS Analysis, Jordan W. Kelley
THE ENERGY TRANSITION THROUGH AN ENERGY JUSTICE APPROACH: A PUMPED UNDERGROUND STORAGE HYDRO STUDY THROUGH SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND TECHNICAL LENS, Shardul Tiwari
TIMBER, TAXES, AND FIRE: A STORY OF THE HISTORY, ECOLOGY, AND POLICY LEADING TO THE ADOPTION OF PUBLIC ACT 94 OF 1925, Jessica E. Applin
UTILITY SCALE AGRIVOLTAICS DEVELOPMENT PROXIMATE TO MICHIGAN COMMUNITIES WITH 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY GOALS, Kabanda Herve Christian Sheja
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021
A TRANSDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS OF JUST TRANSITION PATHWAYS TO 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY, Adewale Aremu Adesanya
AUGMENTED REALITY AS A TOOL FOR INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATIONS, Garand A. Spikberg
EVALUATING HOUSEHOLD FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER ENVIRONMENTALLY ORIENTED ANTI-CONSUMPTION IN THE US: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY SYNTHESIS, Jacob Slattery
‘OWING TO THE BACKWARDNESS OF THE SEASON’: ASSESSING THE EXPLORATORY MINING PROCESS ON ISLE ROYALE REDACTED VERSION, Andrew Anklam
The Motivation To Volunteer: Understanding Volunteer Motivation at United States Industrial Heritage Museums and Organizations, Cooper Sheldon
The Social Dimensions of a Technological Innovation: Agrivoltaics in the U.S., Alexis S. Pascaris
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020
AN INVESTIGATION OF SEAWEED CLEANUP POLICIES IN WEST AFRICA, Roland Oduro Ofori
DESIGNING FOR JUST ENERGY ACCESS: ELECTRIFICATION PLANNING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Bethel Tarekegne
Externalities as the Status Quo: Federal Application of Environmental Charges in the United States, Robert Zupko
FROM GARDEN CITY TO SPONGE CITY: URBAN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY DEVELOPMENT, Hongmei Lu
Linking Energy Efficiency and Public Health: A case study of Illinois, Azat Turegeldin
PLASTICLESS: A COMPARATIVE LIFE-CYCLE, SOCIO-ECONOMIC, AND POLICY ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTIC STRAWS, Karuna Rana
SALTED FISH AND SPAWNING CAPITALISM: THE AMERICAN FUR COMPANY’S FISHING EXPERIMENT IN LAKE SUPERIOR, Brendan Doucet
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2019
Application of Agent-Based Modeling to Complex Systems, Robert J. Zupko II
COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAMS: A BRIGHT SPOT FOR JUST ENERGY POLICY?, Emily Prehoda
Ecotourism and Women's Empowerment: A Case Study in Quintana Roo Mexico, Mayra Sanchez Morgan
Fortune and Failure - Gold and Silver Smelting in the Colorado Rockies 1861 to 1900, Andrew Mueller
Gendered Recreational Fisheries Management and North American Natural Resource Policy, Erin Burkett
INTEMPERATE MEN: ALCOHOL AND AUTONOMY WITHIN THE LUMBER CAMPS OF MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA, Tyler D. Allen
Mineral Policy: The Severance of Rights, Resources, and Relations, Sophia Ford
Mining the Evidence: Public Comments, Evidence-Based Policymaking, and a Controversial Mine, Sun V. Nguyen
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE POSTINDUSTRIAL: SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURES FOR STUDYING THE PAST IN THE PRESENT, Daniel Trepal
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2018
ADDRESSING POLICY CHALLENGES TO WOODY BIOPOWER PRODUCTION: SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE, BIOMASS CERTIFICATION AND LIMITED POLICY SUPPORT, John B. Barnett
HERITAGE-LED DEVELOPMENT IN POSTINDUSTRIAL AREAS: A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPES, Leonor Medeiros
Music in the Northern Woods: An Archaeological Exploration of Musical Instrument Remains, Matthew Durocher
WISCONSIN NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS AND WOOD-BASED BIOENERGY, Jennifer L. Dunn
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2017
A Landscape of Water and Waste: Heritage Legacies and Environmental Change in the Mesabi Iron Range, John Baeten
An Investigation of Historic Landscape Occupation, Transformation, and Interpretation at Windigo, Isle Royale National Park, Marley Chynoweth
Black-Americans in Michigan’s Copper Mining Narrative, Brendan Pelto
INVESTIGATING THE UTILITY OF RAPID ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT WORK OF PEACE CORPS MASTER’S INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, Mariah Maggio
PRESERVING THE VERNACULAR POSTINDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE: BIG DATA GEOSPATIAL APPROACHES TO HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND INTERPRETATION, John D. M. Arnold
WETLAND POLICY DESIGN IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES STATES: CASES OF POLICY SUCCESS AND FAILURE, Miranda N. Smith
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2016
Archaeological Investigations And Historical Survey, Fort WIlkins Historic State Park: Keweenaw County, Michigan, Eric T. Pomber
Early Copper Smelting In the Lake Superior Region:A Case Study of the Isle Royale and Ohio Mining Company, 1846-1852, Adrian Blake
ENERGY JUSTICE AND U.S. ENERGY POLICY: CASE STUDY APPLICATIONS EXPLORING U.S. ENERGY POLICY THROUGH AN ENERGY JUSTICE FRAMEWORK, Emily Prehoda
Environmental Justice for Seven Generations: An Institutional Ethnography of Fish, Risk, and Health in the Lake Superior Toxic Riskscape, Valoree Gagnon
Investigating the Social Habitat of Deer Hunters in Michigan, Christopher Henderson
Powering an Industry: The History of the Calumet and Hecla Electrical System and the Environmental Consequences Left Behind, Emma M. Zawisza
SHIPBREAKING IN BANGLADESH: PERSPECTIVES FROM INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, S.M. Mizanur Rahman
THE CUYUNA IRON RANGE: LEGACY OF A 20TH CENTURY INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY, Frederick Sutherland
THE UTILITY OF THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENTS, Ashma Vaidya
THREE ESSAYS ON BIOENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES: POLICY CHOICES, POLICY COMPARISON AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF POLICY IMPACTS, Aparajita Banerjee
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A CASE STUDY OF DATA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE GUNNISON RIVER BASIN, COLORADO, Rhianna L. Williams
BEAUTIFUL FORMS AND COMPOSITIONS ARE NOT MADE BY CHANCE: EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE TO SORT AND SOURCE ENGLISH LEAD GLAZED CERAMICS, Steven J. Sarich
EXAMINING POLICY CAPACITY INITIATIVES WITHIN CLIMATE CHANGE FRAMEWORKS IN THREE US AND CANADIAN SECTORS USING NVIVO CONTENT ANALYSIS, Mehjabeen Rahman
LENSES OF INDUSTRY: THE RISE OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAKE SUPERIOR MINING DISTRICT, 1880-1933, Robert Anthony
REDUCING RELEASES OF PAHS: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF COAL TAR SEALANT BANS IN THE UNITED STATES, Margaret Morrison
THE HYDROSOCIAL COSTS OF HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: A TALE OF TWO COUNTIES IN MICHIGAN, Amanda Kreuze
THE ROLE OF HYBRIDIZATION AND THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BIOLOGISTS’ DISCRETION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, Jennifer F. Lind-Riehl
WOOD TYPE ARCHAEOLOGY: AN INQUIRY INTO WORKER SKILL IN WOOD PRINTING TYPE MANUFACTURE, Daniel Schneider
WRITING A COMMUNITY GUIDEBOOK FOR EVALUATING LOW-GRADE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FROM FLOODED UNDERGROUND MINES FOR HEATING AND COOLING BUILDINGS, Edward Peace Louie
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014
From Mill Gates to Magic City: U.S. Steel and Welfare Capitalism in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1930, Carol D. Griskavich
HOG CHAINS AND MARK TWAINS: A STUDY OF LABOR HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND INDUSTRIAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE STEAMBOAT ERA OF THE MONONGAHELA VALLEY 1811-1950, Marc Nicholas Henshaw
UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE'S ADOPTION OF INDIVIDUAL-USE RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, Jayesh D. Borde
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF A 25% RPS IN MICHIGAN, Fei Li
AGROFORESTRY ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PARAGUAY, Brian T. Pattullo
ANALYSIS OF GENDER RELATIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY OF AGUIRRE, PUERTO RICO, Alejandra Alvarez
Keweenaw National Historical Park: Heritage Partnerships in an Industrial Landscape, Scott F. See
MIGRATION PATTERNS AMONG YOUNG ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC EXPLANATIONS, Fangming Liu
Pesky Pests of the Great Lakes State: Is Public Participation Influenced by Geographic Differences?, Angela Yu
Sound As Artifact, Jeff Benjamin
Technology, Transportation, and Scale in the Koyokuk Placer Mining District 1890s - 1930s, Jessica Sarah Peterson
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Perceptions of water conditions and management in the Sonora River Basin, Sonora, Mexico, Ellen Brenna
Public participation in Michigan mining policy : the Kennecott Eagle Project case , Andrew C. Orthober
Public values and perceptions of industrial heritage in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, Natiffany R. Mathews
Technology, mining methods and landscapes of a placer mining district in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1900-1930, John P. Baeten
Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2011
A cold blizzard was raging, but the light shone brightly' : social networks presented in stained glass within an industrial community, James A. Rudkin
"Brethren upon the same level" : membership and class in Calumet's Masonic Lodge, Brandon Anthony Sexton
Fish contaminants through the tribal perspective : an ethnography of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's tribal fish harvest, Valoree Sherick Gagnon
Nongovernmental organization staff views of global water privatization, Ellis Adjei Adams
Peer influence in NIPF landowner decision making in the western Upper Peninsula, Michigan , Jillian R. Schubert