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Creator:: Cummings, Mackenzie A.
Abstract:: The fashion industry is becoming increasingly unsustainable. Overconsumption of clothing, exacerbated by fast fashion, is worsening the environmental impact of both the production and disposal of clothing. Clothing reuse, particularly thrifting, is gaining popularity, yet most donated clothes still never get sold. I have developed a plan for a small...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Inara Scott, Committee Member, representing Marketing, Analytics, and Design

Creator:: Demaree, David E.
Abstract:: Onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS; septic systems, compost toilets, etc.) used to treat wastewater in rural areas have the potential to contaminate groundwater (that is used as a water source) with nitrate. There have been decades of scientific and political conflicts concerning the issue of nitrate from OWTS (NOWTS, pronounced...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Houdeshell, Victoria A.
Abstract:: The legal landscape surrounding the prosecution of white-collar criminals has changed drastically over time, as has the media’s rhetoric, but the resulting sentence lengths have been inconsistent. This study utilizes historical newspaper articles to review the changes in media rhetoric over time and how this relates to the sentencing of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Inara Scott, Committee Member, representing the School of MAD

Creator:: Best, Jaclyn P.
Abstract:: Although there is a substantial body of work on the inclusion of women in traditionally male-dominated processes of water management and water governance (Earle & Bazilli, 2013), these efforts have mostly been concentrated in the Global South and women are still lacking in positions with decision-making power, making water governance...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Patterson, Jessica
Abstract:: Renewable energy policy serves as a tool to combat the hazards that fossil energy sources pose to human health and the global environment. It is also being used to achieve additional social and economic goals alongside environmental policy, namely, bringing equitable liberation to populations disproportionately affected by increasing global temperatures....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown, and Scott V. Valentine. “Is Industry the Chief Energy Villain?” in

Creator:: Gimenez Calvo, Iria
Abstract:: Many marine bivalves are sensitive to ocean acidification (OA) stress and often show heightened sensitivity during brief early larval and post-larval life stages, potentially leading to population bottlenecks. Most of the evidence to date has been collected in laboratory experiments that focused on physiological responses at the organismal level under...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: also to the members of my Ph.D. committee: Miguel Goñi, Roberta Marinelli and Inara Scott. Thank you

Creator:: Kirkendall, Tyler M.
Abstract:: Anaerobic digestion is a biological process in which organic matter is decomposed by a community of microbes in the absence of oxygen. The end product of anaerobic digestion is biogas, composed of methane and carbon dioxide, which is often recovered and used to generate energy. Commonly, biogas is not produced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and modeling knowledge that directly enabled the success of this project. I would also like to Inara

Creator:: Ainsworth, Joel H.
Abstract:: The United States Congress set out to increase the blending of biofuels by updating and implementing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) in 2007. The new mandate required that a combination of 36 billion gallons of ethanol, biodiesel, and cellulosic biofuel be blended annually, by 2022. To offset the cost of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , I would like to thank my other committee members Susan Capalbo, James Sterns, and Inara Scott for

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