Undergraduate Students I've Advised
Maddie Phelps, honors thesis on disabled subjectivity in the Daredevil Comics, 2017
Ellen Fee, honors thesis on poetry and literacy development, 2016
Isaac Wicker, honors thesis on the origins of the American work ethic, 2014
Kathleen Trescony, honors thesis on Elm Creek Park Reserve, 2014
Simone Anzion, UROP project on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 2014
Taylor Blumer, honors thesis on Sigurd Olson and wilderness, 2013
Teresa Hayes, honors thesis on nature in Catholic literature, 2013
Matt Grimley, UROP project on birdwatching and conservation, 2011
Kelsey Kudak, honors thesis on fair trade coffee, 2009
Emily Lind, honors thesis on Ernest Hemingway and religion, 2009
Emily Schnobrich, honors thesis on M.F.K. Fisher as memoirist, 2009
Laura Freund, capstone paper on globalization in Juarez, Mexico, 2004
Rachel Elsen, capstone paper on intentional communities, 2003
Jami Boehm, capstone paper on gray wolves, 2002
Kristina Thayer, capstone paper on organic food, 2002
Terri Weitz, capstone paper on urban sprawl and smart growth, 2002
Tyler Zickert, capstone paper on Henry David Thoreau and the simple life, 2001
Undergraduate Students with Whom I've Worked Closely
Tyler Sherette, honors thesis on moral issues as determinants of party identification (Political Science), 2025
Isabella Butterfass, honors thesis on youth climate activism websites (Sociology), 2024
Morgan Hamernik, honors thesis on temporality in modern disease novels (English), 2023
Elisabeth Duffy, honors thesis on rhetoric in environmental nonfiction (English), 2023
Julia Larsen, honors thesis on language in recipe writing (Journalism), 2021
Kyle Glenn, senior thesis on the craft beer industry in Germany (German), 2016
Jon Schroeder, honors thesis on environmental patent introductions (Entrepreneurial Management), 2013
Jack Kelly, senior thesis on the Upper Des Moines river (English), 2012
Birgit Fink, honors thesis on the attention dependency of human matching behavior (Psychology), 2009
Colin Waitt, senior project involving writing and producing an original play (Theatre Studies), 2008
Using the tools of the humanities to interpret and address environmental problems.