Student Research funded by the Mellon Foundation

The Mellon Foundation awarded research grants to a handful of Environmental Analysis students for the 2010 summer.  To find out more about the projects, click the links below.

• Cassandra Gamm (Scripps, ’11)
  “A Cost Benefit Analysis of Outdoor lighting at Scripps College [pdf] “

• Gator Halpern (Pomona ’12)
  “Willingness of Families in Chachapoyas, Peru to Pay for Environmental Protection of the Tilacancha River Basin [pdf] “

• Eleanor Hughes (Pomona ’11)
  “Shaping Sustainable Cities: Funding Transit-Oriented Development with Tax Increment Financing [pdf] “

• Tom Leggett (Pitzer ’12)
  “Human Behavior and Environment: Real Estate Businesses and Their Relationship with the Economic and Sociocultural Infrastructure in Southwestern Costa Rica [pdf] “

• Ashley McCoy (Pomona ’10)
  “Price Index Comparisons for Grocery Stores in Ontario and Montclair, California [pdf] “

• Kelly Park (Pomona ’12), Kellyann Murphy (Pomona ’12), and Teija Mortvedt (Scripps ’11)
  “Lead and Halogen Contamination from Aviation Fuel Additives at Brackett Airfield [pdf] “

• Hannah Snyder
  “Listening to Willamette Stakeholders: A Case for Greter Collaboration and Inclusion in Portland’s River Plan [pdf] “

• Nik Tyack (Pomona ’11)
  “Managing Massachusetts’ River Herring Fishery: Restoring a Historic Source of Plenty [pdf] “