Degree and emeriti recipients
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
Degree Candidates
Carol E. Lewis, Dean
Richard J. Ackerman
B.A., Geography
Zachary Larion Baer**
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Benjamin D. Christian**
B.A., Geography
Janelle Curtis**
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Darcy Denton Davies
cum laude, B.S., Natural Resources Management:
Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Theodore DeLaca**
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Andrea Raye Devers
B.A., Geography; Russian Studies. Student Leadership
Honors
Andrea Raye Devers
B.S., Geography: Environmental Studies. Student
Leadership Honors
Faye-Lynn S. Gallant**
B.A., Geography
Kimberly Sue Garner**
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Kindra Roza Geis
B.A., Geography
Jacquelyn Denise Goss
cum laude, B.S., Natural Resources Management:
Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Nate Green**
B.A., Geography
Holly Lehr Jones
B.A., Geography
Allison Clayton Kadarauch**
B.S., Geography: Environmental Studies
Jerri Ann Layman
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Mary Marple
B.S., Geography: Environmental Studies
John Allen Martin, Jr.**
B.A., Geography
Jason J. Mercer
cum laude, B.S., Natural Resources Management:
Forestry. Student Leadership Honors. Golden Key Honor
Society
Elizabeth Diana Nakanishi
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Kawa Ng*
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Resources
David Daniel Panait**
B.A., Geography
Katie M. Schollenberg
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Ronald William Smolen
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Resources
Emily Elice Sousa
B.S., Geography: Environmental Studies
Alex Strawn**
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Christopher Swisher*
cum laude, B.S., Natural Resources Management:
Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Dragos Augustin Vas
magna cum laude, B.A., Geography. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Andrew Thaddeus Weaver
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Ozie West, Jr.**
B.A., Geography
Alden Richard Wilbur
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Resources
Erik Ryan Wood
B.S., Natural Resources Management: Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences
Jean M. Doherty-Guzzetti
M.S., Natural Resources Management. B.S., Rowan
University (New Jersey), 2002
Charlotte Lee Lussier
M.S., Natural Resources Management. B.S., University of
Alaska Anchorage, 2003
Heidi B. Rader**
M.S., Natural Resources Management. B.A., University of
Colorado, 2004
Scott Sink*
M.S., Natural Resources Management. B.S., Northern
Arizona University, 2004
Paul Arthur Duffy*
Ph.D. Forest
Science: Interdisciplinary Program
B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1995; M.A.,
University of Montana, Missoula, 1998
Thesis: Interactions Among Climate, Fire, and Vegetation in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
To assess the impact of climate change on the Alaska boreal forest, interactions among climate, fire and vegetation were quantified. This work shows that climatic signals exert the dominant influence on the area burned. These results inform a simulation model to assess the historical and future states of the Alaska boreal forest.
Major Professor: Dr. Scott Rupp
Evan Scott Kane*
Ph.D. Forest
Ecology: Interdisciplinary Program
B.S., Michigan Technology University, 1999; M.S.,
Michigan Technology University, 2001
Thesis: Mechanisms of Soil Carbon Stabilization in Black Spruce Forests of Interior Alaska: Soil Temperature, Soil Water, and Wildfire
This thesis addresses: 1) How stand production and temperature affect soil carbon stabilization, 2) the quantity and composition of water soluble organic carbon across gradients in productivity and climate, and 3) physiographic controls on wildfire and the legacy of wildfire in stable soil carbon formation (black carbon accumulation).
Major Professor: Dr. David Valentine