It's thesis defense season
In the coming weeks, UW master's students will defend their master's theses at the University Center of the Westfjords. The subjects are varied and the students are from both master's programs, Coastal Marine Management and Coastal Communities and Regional Development. The defenses are accessible to everyone through links that can be found in the schedule below. Detailed information about each defense can also be found in our events calendar.
April 19th - 1pm
Student: Lynnee Jacks
Thesis title: "Student Housing: A Community Approach. Utilizing an Action-Research Approach to Stakeholder
Representation in a Community Planning Process"
Program: Coastal Communities and Regional Development
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/66063669890
April 24th - 9am
Student: Silke van Broeck
Thesis title: "What’s the opposite of fragile?
Of social capitals, bonding and bridging"
Program: Coastal Communities and Regional Development
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/66565459290
April 24th - 2pm
Student: Isabelle Price
Thesis title: "Back country winter recreation in the
Westfjords. Exploring changes and adaption strategies"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63438302187
April 25th - 9am
Student: Tyler Sharpton
Thesis title: "Biomass and distribution of cnidarians and ctenophores in summertime Icelandic waters
in relation to environmental variables and lumpfish distributions"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/67849748929
April 26th - 2pm
Student: Kayla Kulzcycki
Thesis title: "Assessing community attitudes towards aquaculture development and perceptions of ocean equity: a case study from Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/63030151771
April 27th - 1pm
Student: Jenna Kennedy
Thesis title: "Determining the Feasibility of Developing Seaweed Farming Industry & Operations in the Westfjords of Iceland"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68717857989
April 28th - 10am
Student: Michelle Dutro
Thesis title: "Investigating occurrence and fine-scale movement of deep-diving cetaceans in Icelandic offshore waters through passive acoustic monitoring"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/68638587990
May 3rd - 11am
Student: Barbara Neubarth
Thesis title: "Way Down We Dive. Dive Behavior of Northern bottlenose whales
(Hyperoodon ampullatus) in the Northeast Atlantic"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62377959322
May 4th - 9am
Student: Ken- Reesha Price
Thesis title: "The Effects of Acoustic Disturbances on Juvenile Atlantic Cod. Behavior/Movement in Dyrafjörður, Iceland
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61533052653
May 5th - 9am
Student: Solveig Øye Bjørdal
Thesis title: "Success story? A study and exploration of the institutional resilience of the joint Norwegian-Russian fisheries management in the Barents Sea"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/64959358853
May 9th - 9am
Student: Charlotte Matthews
Thesis title: "Researching the relationship between fish size and otolith characteristics, and assessing
spatial distribution of four mesopelagic and one benthopelagic fish species in Icelandic waters."
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/69621402164
May 9th - 3pm
Student: Carina Burroughs
Thesis title: "A social-ecological analysis of coral reef ecosystem health and stakeholder perceptions at Islas Marietas National Park"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/64603301213
May 12th - 9am
Student: Brenna Martell
Thesis title: "Bird’s-Eye View. Elevating Bird Conservation in Iceland by Exploring the
Human Dimensions of Birdlife"
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/66707632295
May 15th - 4pm
Student: Leah Shamlian
Thesis title: "Rainbow Sheens and Headlines: Media Coverage of Oil Spills in the Puget Sound, USA"
Program: Coastal Communities and Regional Development
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61969166826
May 16th - 12am
Student: Katharina Heinrich
Thesis title: "Towards a Dynamic Approach to Ocean Management in the High Seas. Perspectives from the Polar Regions."
Program: Coastal Marine Management
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62467808705
May 17th - 10m
Student: Aine Lyons
Thesis title: “These Pictures are Me” - Using Photovoice to Investigate the Impact of Place Attachment on Community Resilience
Program: Coastal Communities and Regional Development
Zoom link: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61078061765
