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Melanie G Bogert | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture and Wildlife Ecology, Iowa State University, 2023 | Thesis: Plant and insect community responses to manure application in prairies. |
Vivian Cook | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2023 | Creative Component: Supporting Climate Dialogue in Agricultural Communities: Artistic Strategies for Engagement |
Erin L Huckins | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2023 | Thesis: Challenges and opportunities for consumers and producers in Central Iowa local food systems |
Morgan Kaardal | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2023 | Thesis: The other sides of prairie strips: An exploration of the value of prairie strips for the beekeeping and hunting industries |
Courtney Long | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012, PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2023 | M.S. Advisor: Paul Anderson |
Jesse M Matt | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2023 | Thesis: Exploring the role of anthropogenic and biophysical factors in forest dynamics of native and invasive legumes in St. John, US Virgin Islands |
Rachel Perry | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2023 | Thesis: Developing resilient lettuce (Lactuca sativa) production systems in Iowa |
Haleigh Summers | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science, Iowa State University, 2023 | Dissertation: Identifying environmental, economic, and equity opportunities through a spatial lens |
Rebekah Ann (Akers) Hanson | M.S. Nutritional Sciences. Minor: Sustainable Agriculture, 2022 | Thesis: Food as grounds for peacebuilding: Conceptualizing a food peace framework for the field of nutrition and dietetics |
Lijing Gao | PhD, Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture, 2022 | Dissertation: Toward a better understanding of the complex factors that influence farmers' soil and water conservation behaviors |
Emma Herrighty | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2022, M.S. World Languages and Cultures, 2022 | Thesis: Seed sovereignty, rematriation, and Three Sisters Intercropping in Native American communities |
Huong Nguyen | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2022 | Dissertation: Weed community and waterhemp population dynamics in simple versus diverse cropping systems suitable for the Midwestern USA |
Emma Bravard | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2021 | Thesis: Application of Multi-State Financial Data for Use with the USDA Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework |
Kevin Ellis | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2021, M.C.R.P., Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, 2021 | Thesis: The role of ecosystem services in urban agriculture and planning in Austin, Texas |
Caroline Murray | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture and Entomology, 2021 | Thesis: Pollinator Response to Prairie Strips in the Iowa Agricultural Landscape |
Rebecca Abbott Roberts | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2020 |
Advisor: Michael Castellano |
Lydia English | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2020 | Thesis: Understanding the variation in vegetation composition of prairie restorations within crop fields Advisor: Matthew Liebman |
Guang Han | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2020 | Dissertation: Motivations, challenges, benefits, and educational needs associated with organic grain farming adoption in Iowa Advisor: Nancy Grudens-Schuck |
Jacob Howe | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2020 |
Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Elizabeth Kersey | Advisor: Christina Gish Hill |
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Chris Morris | M.S., Rural Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2020, PhD, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Sociology, Iowa State University, 2023 | M.S. Thesis: Conservation plans and targeted conservation: Investigating two approaches to improving farmer practice adoption Dissertation: How Social and Structural Factors Affect Agricultural Sustainability Outcomes: Investigations of Farmer Trauma and Conservation Organizational Effectiveness |
Joshua Winaya Budi | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2020 | Thesis: Approaches to sustainable management of sudden death syndrome of soybean Advisor: Leonor Leandro |
Grace Yi | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2020 | Thesis: Farmer and farm characteristics associated with interest in prairie strips in Iowa Advisor: Jane Rongerude |
Morgan Bradley | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2019 | Thesis: What does food mean? A multi-scale investigation into Des Moines, Iowa Advisor: Monica Haddad |
Samuel Ikendi | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2019 | Thesis: Impact of nutrition education centers on food and nutrition security in Kamuli District, Uganda Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Kristine Lang | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2019 | Dissertation: Optimizing high tunnel vegetable crop production through grafting, cultivar selection, and microclimate modification Advisor: Ajay Nair |
Maggie Norton | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2019 |
Advisor: J. Arbuckle |
Erika Rodbell | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2019 | Thesis: Impact of host plant health and host plant resistance on Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Advisors: Erin Hodgson, Matthew O’Neal |
Alyvia Steenhoek | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2019 |
Advisor: Daniel Andersen |
Emily Zimmerman | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2019 |
Advisors: Lisa Schulte Moore and John Tyndall |
Nataliya Apanovich | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2018 | Thesis: Energy and food security in the context of biomass, crop production and soil quality in Uganda Advisor: Robert Mazur |
Laura Irish | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2018 | Thesis: The Growing Together Project: Understanding impacts on field day attendees and Iowa Master Gardeners Advisor: Cynthia Haynes |
Ala Khaleel | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2018 | Thesis: Soil carbon sequestration potential of tree windbreaks in the U.S. Great Plains Advisor: John Tyndall |
Ala Ali Khaleel | M.S. Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, 2018 | Thesis: Soil carbon sequestration potential of tree windbreaks in the U.S. Great Plains |
Navreet Mahal | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2018 | Dissertation: Understanding and predicting nitrogen dynamics in the Midwest United States Corn Belt Advisor: Michael Castellano |
Maritza Pierre | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2018 | Thesis: Gender, trees, and hardship or the dilemma of the Haitian farmer Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Marie Ryan | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2018 |
Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Timothy Sklenar | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2018 | Thesis: Winter cereal rye and selected brassica cover crops for forage prior to soybeans Advisor: Andrew Lenssen |
Ann Almond | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2017 | Dissertation: Chronic wasting disease as a model for the development of risk communication using the mental models approach Advisor: Robert W Klaver |
Stefans Gailans | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010, PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2017 | M.S. Thesis: The agronomic and economic performance of flax in Iowa PhD: Evaluating alternative, diverse cropping systems that include canola, wheat, and red clover in Iowa Advisor: Mary Wiedenhoeft |
Syed Gardezi | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2017 | Dissertation: Rethinking adaptive capacity: A study of Midwestern U.S. corn farmers Advisor: J. Arbuckle |
John Krzton-Presson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2017 | Thesis: Effects of cover crops and tillage in a muskmelon production system Advisor: Ajay Nair |
Rebecca Nixon | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2017 |
Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Mary Nyasimi | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2007, M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2006 | Dissertation: Transforming lands and livelihoods in the Awach River Basin of Lake Victoria, western Kenya Advisor: Lorna Michael Butler, Lee Burras |
David Weisberger | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2017 | Thesis: Production, perceptions and limitations of organic small grains in Iowa Advisor: Mary Wiedenhoeft |
Adam Wright | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2017 | Thesis: Magincally modified Grimm’s: Storytelling in the agricultural classroom Advisor: Michael Dahlstrom |
Hector Bombiella Medina | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 | Dissertation: Place-based communities and neoliberalism: a study of the artisanal fishing community of Chorrillos, Peru Advisor: Maximilian Viatori |
Marcie Fahn | Sustainable Agriculture 2016 | |
Anna Johnson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 | Thesis: Agricultural Labor in Midwestern United States specialty cropping systems Advisor: Lois Wright Morton |
Dana Jokela | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 | Thesis: Organic no-till and strip-till systems for broccoli and pepper production Advisor: Ajay Nair |
Ahna Kruzic | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 |
Advisor: Carmen Bain |
Joshua Lang | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2016 | Thesis: Tough tobacco transitions Advisor: Carlton Basmajian |
Huong Nguyen | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 | Advisor: Matt Liebman |
Juliana Nnoko Mewanu | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 | Dissertation: Who is not at the table: Land deal negotiations in Southwestern Cameroon Advisor: Robert Mazur |
Gabrielle Roesch-McNally | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 | Dissertation: Agricultural transformations: climate change adaptation and farmer decision making Advisors: J. Arbuckle and John Tyndall |
Maclaine Sorden | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2016 | |
Saul Abarca Orozco | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 |
Advisor: Jan Flora |
Andrea Basche | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | Dissertation: Climate-smart agriculture in Midwest cropping systems: evaluating the benefits and tradeoffs of cover crops Advisor: Fernando Miguez |
Hanna Bates | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | |
Naboth Bwambale | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 |
Advisor: Robert Mazur |
Sumac Cardenas Oleas | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2015 |
Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Angie Carter | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012, PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | Thesis: Strategizing agency and community partnerships: A case study of an urban fishing program Dissertation: “We love this land, and we want to take care of this land”: Iowa women farmland owners constructing and contesting narratives Current Title: Associate Professor of Environmental/Energy Justice at Michigan Tech University Advisors: Dr. David Schweingruber and Rebecca Christoffel |
Laura Frescoln | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 |
Advisor: J. Arbuckle |
Justin Landhuis | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 |
Advisor: John Tyndall |
Joyce Lok | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | Thesis: Cover crop impacts on soil quality during Miscanthus x giganteus establishment in central Iowa Advisor: Richard Cruse |
Leigh Long | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 |
Advisor: Richard Schultz |
Rafael Martinez-Feria | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | Thesis: Suitability of winter canola (Brassica napus) for enhancing summer annual crop rotations in Iowa Advisor: Mary Wiedenhoeft |
Jacqueline Nester | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2015 | Thesis: An exploratory case study of three scales of food pantries in Story County, Iowa Advisor: Carlton Basmajian |
Kelsey Regan | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | Thesis: Optimizing the value of manure nutrients through testing and treatment Advisor: Daniel Andersen |
Bryn Takle | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | Thesis: Motivation and retention of Iowa’s Master Gardener volunteers Advisor: Cynthia Haynes |
Jennifer Tillman | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2015 | Thesis: Strip tillage and rowcovers as a potential alternative to black plastic mulch in cucurbit production Advisor: Ajay Nair |
Andrea Vaage | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2015 |
Advisor: Gary Taylor |
Jelili Adebiyi | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2014 | Thesis: Organic agriculture development strategies in Tunisia and Uganda: Lessons for African organics Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Usman Anwar | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisor: Lisa Schulte Moore |
Mark Bauermeister | PhD Sociology, SUSAG minor, 2014 | |
Anna Blumstein | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2014 | Thesis: Salvaging salmon: Shasta Dam and the conservation movement Advisor: Carlton Basmajian |
Anna Bruen | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2014 | Thesis: Small-town sustainability: a case study Advisor: Carlton Basmajian |
Carrie Chennault | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisors: Lisa Schulte Moore and John Tyndall |
Eric Christianson | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2014 | Thesis: “Keep it rural”: the politics of planning for smart growth in South Fulton County, Georgia Advisor: Carlton Basmajian |
Travis Cox | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisor: Kevin deLaplante |
Ranae Dietzel | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 | Dissertation: A comparison of carbon storage potential in corn- and prairie-based agroecosystems Advisor: Matt Liebman |
Kevin Duerfeldt | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 | Dissertation: Values-based supply chains: local and regional food systems in the Upper Midwest United States Advisor: Cynthia Haynes |
Stephanie Enloe | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisors: Lisa Schulte Moore and John Tyndall |
Ashley Hand | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisor: John Tyndall |
Alison King | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2014, M.S., Environmental Science, 2014 | Thesis: Multifunctional agriculture: Root and nitrogen dynamics in two alternative systems Advisor: Kirsten Hofmockel |
Roshani Malla | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2014 | Thesis: Taking back the commons: Motivating factors for the local control of GMOs Advisor: Gary Taylor |
Joseph Malual | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisor: Robert Mazur |
Nahed Msayleb | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 | Dissertation: Soil ozonation as a sustainable alternative to methyl bromide fumigation and synthetic pesticides Advisor: Ramesh Kanwar |
Virginia Nichols | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisor: Fernando Miguez |
Diego Thompson Bello | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010, PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 |
Advisor: Cornelia Flora |
Michael Wheelock | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2014 | Thesis: Insect pollinators in corn and soybean agricultural fields Advisor: Matthew O’Neal |
Julia Whitson | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2014 | Thesis: What drives participation in the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program? Advisor: Gary Taylor |
Caroline Felix Oliveira | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | Thesis: Seeing biodiversity through a farmer’s eyes: A photovoice analysis in Story County, Iowa Advisor: Cornelia Flora |
Ryan Goeken | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | Thesis: Effects of perennial and cover crops on hydrology in Iowa Advisor: Matthew Helmers |
Laura Kleiman | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | Thesis: Civic agriculture and leadership: Builders and weavers in Iowa’s regional food systems Advisor: Lois Wright Morton |
Stephen Lauer | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2013 | Thesis: Learning and power in international farmer exchanges Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Victoria Lebeaux | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | |
Nicholas Leete | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | Thesis: The influence of hydrologic and riparian factors on stream channel stability in central Iowa stream Advisor: Thomas Isenhart |
Jake Northup | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | Thesis: Biochar as a replacement for perlite in greenhouse soilless substrates Advisor: Richard Gladon |
Shelley Oltmans | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2013 | Thesis: A case study on the food retail environment of Accra, Ghana Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Caroline Parks | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | |
Claudia Prado Meza | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 | Dissertation: Transnational identity, food and community: The role of women in cultural continuity and resistance Advisor: Cornelia Flora |
Rebekah Ritson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 |
Advisor: Matthew O’Neal |
Andrew Stephenson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 |
Advisor: Rebecca Christoffel |
Adam Wilke | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2013 |
Advisor: Lois Wright Morton |
Daniel Cwach | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 | Thesis: Evaluation of cover crops in reduced tillage systems for organic production Advisor: Kathleen Delate |
John Dean | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2012 | Thesis: The Iowa Food Policy Council: a case study Advisor: Carlton Basmajian |
Robin Gomez | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 | Advisor: Matt Liebman |
Jose Gutierrez Lopez | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 |
Advisor: Heidi Asbjornsen |
Sarah Hirsh | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012, M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2012 | Thesis: Diversifying monoculture crops by incorporating prairie buffer strips Advisor: Matt Liebman |
Natasha Hoover | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012, M.S., Environmental Science, 2012 |
Advisor: Alok Bhandari |
Meghann Jarchow | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2012 | Dissertation: Tradeoffs in ecosystem services of prairies managed for bioenergy production Advisor: Matt Liebman |
Eric Moore | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 |
Advisor: Thomas Kaspar, Mary Wiedenhoeft |
Maureen Petersen | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 | Thesis: Undergraduate education and attitudes towards swine welfare Advisor: Cornelia Flora |
Jessica Soulis | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2012 | Thesis: Increasing access to healthy food at a cooperative grocery store Advisor: Betty Wells |
Annie Thompson Heuscher | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2012 |
Advisor: Carlton Basmajian |
Jonah Brown-Joel | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2011, MBA, Business Administration, 2011 | |
Laura Christianson | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2011 | Thesis: Design and performance of denitrification bioreactors for agricultural drainage Advisor: Matthew Helmers |
Katie Dirks Canton | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2011 | Thesis: Sowing seeds for learning: A case study of a school garden in Pocahontas, Iowa Advisor: Francis Owusu |
Drake Larsen | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2011 | Thesis: Farming for ecosystem services: A case study of multifunctional agriculture in Iowa, U.S.A Advisor: Lisa Schulte Moore, John Tyndall |
Nicholaus Ohde | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2011 | Thesis: Ephemeral gullies and ecosystem services: Social and biophysical factors Advisor: Richard Schultz, Thomas Isenhart |
Rachel Peacher | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2011 | Thesis: Impacts of land use on stream bank erosion in the Northeast Missouri Claypan Region Advisor: Richard Schultz, Thomas Isenhart |
Mae Petrehn | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2011 |
Advisors: John Tyndall, J Arbuckle |
Jennifer Vazquez-Koster | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2011 | Advisor: Betty Wells |
Hafize Altindag | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 |
Advisor: Charles Hurburgh |
Yuichiro Amekawa | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 | Dissertation: Towards sustainable agriculture in the developing world: Theoretical perspectives and empirical insights Advisor: Robert Mazur, Mike Duffy |
Jenny Cruse | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 | Thesis: Status of veterinary care for organic livestock producers in Iowa and suggestions for improvement Advisor: Betty Wells |
Nikki D'Adamo-Damery | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 | Thesis: Farmer photovoice: visual values and the impact on conservation practices Advisor: Cornelia Flora |
Philip D'Adamo-Damery | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 | |
Michael Graham | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 | Thesis: Grain amaranth production and effects of soil amendments in Uganda Advisor: Kathleen Delate |
Andrew Herringshaw | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 |
Advisor: Michael Duffy |
Valerie Jaehrling | ||
Lu Liu | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010 | Thesis: Quantifying the aggressiveness, temporal and spatial spread of Pantoea stewartia in sweet corn Advisor: Forrest Nutter |
Nicholas McCann | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2010, MBA, Business Administration, 2010 | |
Majd Abdulla | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 | Dissertation: The impact of ownership on Iowa land owners’ decisions to adopt conservation practices Advisor: Michael Duffy |
Ignacio Carranza Cerda | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 | Dissertation: The role of capitals in the promotion of sustainable community microfinance organizations Advisor: Russell Mullen |
David Correll | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 | Thesis: Optimized landscape plans for bio-oil production Advisor: Michael Duffy |
Susan DeBlieck | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 | |
Matthew Hoffman | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 |
Advisor: Cornelia Flora |
Peter Lammers | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture 2009 | |
Tomoko Ogawa | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 | Thesis: Looking at community gardens through neoliberal lenses Advisor: Carmen Bain |
Adam Sisson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 |
Advisor: Matthew Liebman |
Haroon Sseguya | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 | Dissertation: Impact of social capital on food security in southeast Uganda Advisors: Robert Mazur, Betty Wells |
Arion Thiboumery | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2009 | Dissertation: Small Meat Processors Working Group: Managing knowledge in a new era of agriculture Advisor: Cornelia Flora |
Amber Anderson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2008 |
Advisor: Andrew Manu |
Gregory Bennet | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2008 |
Advisors: Charles Hurburgh, Michael Duffy, Richard Kottman |
Sarah Carlson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2008 | Thesis: An integrated approach to investigating the reintroduction of flax production in Iowa Advisor: Mary Wiedenhoeft |
Anthony Machacha | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2008 | Thesis: Farmer field schools in Bungoma district of western Kenya: a rapid appraisal Advisor: Robert Mazur, Ricardo Salvador, Francis Owusu |
Ryan Marquardt | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2008 |
Advisors: James Pease, Stephen Dinsmore, Stephen Barnhart |
Devan McGranahan | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2008 |
Advisor: David Engle |
Valentin Picasso | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2008 | Dissertation: Diversity, productivity, and stability in perennial polycultures used for grain, forage, and biomass production Advisor: E. Charles Brummer |
Melissa Cheatham | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 |
Advisor: Matthew Helmers, Heidi Asbjornsen |
Kristen Corey | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 | Thesis: The Endangered Species Act, local power and contested issues on the rural-urban interface Advisor: Lois Wright Morton |
Ann-Marie Finan | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 | Dissertation: Agriculture and ideology in a globalized world: a multiplicity of farmer discourses Advisor: Jan Flora, Fred Kirschenmann |
Hannah Lewis | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 | Thesis: Hacia el ranchito: Mexican immigrants, farming and sustainable rural livelihoods in Iowa Advisor: Jan Flora |
Ryan Maher | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 | Thesis: Soil respiration and plant growth across a chronosequence of tallgrass prairie reconstructions Advisor: Heidi Asbjornsen |
Julia Olmstead | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 |
Advisor: Charles Brummer |
Denis Reich | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 |
Advisor: James Kliebenstein |
Lindsay Werth | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2007 |
Advisor: Candice Gardner |
Heather Hughes | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2006 | Thesis: The utility of Sustainable Livelihoods Framework in NGOs in Peru |
Fred Iutzi | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2006 | |
Kevin Jensen | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2006 | Thesis: Soil quality response to manure or compost amendments in alternative Iowa farm systems |
Enrique Ortiz-Torres | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2006 | Dissertation: Effects of crop rotation and nitrogen fertilization on soil nitrate concentration and corn yield |
Greg Shepherd | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2006 | |
Ella Bitto | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2005 | Dissertation: Poverty and food insecurity in rural Iowa: an examination of four food desert counties |
Wendy Evans | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2005 | |
Matthew Haan | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2005 | |
Andrew Heggenstaller | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2005 | Thesis: Cropping system effects on weed population processes |
Cassi Johnson | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2005 | |
Karie Wiltshire | M.S./MCRP, Sustainable Agriculture/Community and Regional Planning, 2005 | |
Vanessa Zaifen | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2005 | Thesis: A Market Chain Analysis of Chamaedorea Palms: Prospects for Fair Trade Labeling |
Rhonda Graef | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2004 | |
Carlos Khatounian | PhD, Sustainable Agriculture, 2004 | Dissertation: Weed control in no-till organic soybean in southern Brazil Advisor: Matt Liebman |
Emily Neuman | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2004 | |
Xiaofan Niu | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2004 | |
Jennifer Bousselot | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2003 | |
Amy Hasan | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2003 | |
Garth Kelly | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2003 | Thesis: Method for comparative analysis of agricultural systems |
Paige Knutsen | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2003 | Thesis: Threatened existence: Saba senegalensis in southeastern Senegal Advisor: Lorna Michael Butler |
Erin Meier | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2003 | Thesis: Factors affecting symbolic and use adoption of local foods for consumers in Black Hawk County, Iowa Advisor: Michael D. Duffy |
Pernell Meier | M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, 2003 | |
Ryan Rusk | Sustainable Agriculture 2003 | |
Melissa Schafer | Sustainable Agriculture 2003 |