2020 Capstone Projects

  • Ellie Bradach '20 - "Should Yellowstone Bison Be Allowed Outside the National Park? An Analysis of the Biological, Cultural, and Economic Implications of the Yellowstone Bison Policy"
  • Allie Case '20 - "Increasing Pup Mortality Rates of the California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Due to ENSO Related Prey Shift Distribution"
  • Kaitlyn Fitzsimmons '20 - "Gender and Environmental Studies"
  • Caroline Florence '20 - " An Analysis of Renewable energy at Washington & Lee University
  • Madeleine Geno '20 - "Credit Availability and Deforestation A Study of the Brazilian Amazon
  • Katherine Ingram '20 - "Responding to Catastrophe: Effects of Extreme Weather on Utilities' Climate Change Risk Disclosures"
  • Chantal Iosso '20 - "What Drove Stream Change in Yellowstone Over the Last 7000 Years, and What are the Implications for the Future?"
  • Ginny Johnson '20 - "A Deep Dumpster Dive into the Waste Stream of Washington and Lee University"
  • Ashleigh Meade '20 - "Sustainability Culture at Washington and Lee University"
  • E.C. Myers '20 - "Adapting Cost-Share Programs to Keep Cattle Out of Streams in Rockbridge County, VA"
  • Anne Shannon '20 - "Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America: Made Up of Companies that Prioritize Sustainability Efforts or Green-Washing?"
  • Anna Soroka '20 - "Woods Creek Constructed Wetland Analysis"
  • Haley Stern '20 & Eric Schleicher '21 - "Leasing Land for Oil: The Uncertain Future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge"
  • Mikki Whittington '20 - "Understanding American Knowledge of the Environmental Impacts of Menstrual Products"