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August 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Katie Merkle<\/strong>, (Mansson McGinty)
“In Their Own Words: Institutional Power and Discourses on Sexual Violence in Higher Education-The Case of Michigan State University and Larry Nassar<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alexandra Lee Hamilton<\/strong> (Bonds)
“‘Spinster’ Spaces: Investigating the Geographies of Women Who Have Never Been Married<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean Maraldo<\/strong>, (Choi)
\u201cResponse of Glaciers, Lake Ice, and Vegetation to Warming in the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian High Arctic<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Amir Forati<\/strong>, (Ghose)
\u201cBig Data Applications and Challenges in GIScience (Case Studies: Natural Disaster and Public Health Crisis Management)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Ryniker<\/strong>, (Sziarto)
“Beyond Borders: Representations of Refugees and Place in Clarkston, Georgia<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wei Fan<\/strong>, (Wu)
\u201cUrban Functional Zone Mapping by Combining Multi-Source Social Sensing Data and Remote Sensing Imagery\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So Hyung Lim<\/strong>, (Sziarto)
\u201cGoverning Diseases and Disasters: Illiberal and Speculative State Governance in Post-authoritarian South Korea\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Susan Borchardt<\/strong>, (Choi)
\u201cBaseflow Variability Due to Changes in Climate, Basin Characteristics, and Groundwater Withdrawals in the State of Wisconsin, USA\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gainbi Park<\/strong>, (Xu)
\u201cVulnerability and Resilience of People and Places to Hurricane Damage in the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts from 1950 to 2018\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Minji Kim<\/strong>, (Holifield)
“Placemaking and the Loss of Place: Perceptions of Tourism-Induced Neighborhood Change in South Korea\u2019s Disadvantaged Neighborhoods”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Wolfe<\/strong>, (Bonds)
“Situating Worker Cooperatives: The Urban, Racial and Gendered Geographies of Cooperative Development in New York City\u2019s Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May\/August 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nick Schuelke<\/strong>, (Holifield)
\u201cSpatial Dimensions of Drilling Technologies: Controversies over Unconventional Oil and Gas Development in Northern Colorado\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feng Pan<\/strong>, (Choi)
“A Conceptual Modeling Framework for Hydrological Exosystem Services and its Application for the Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Expansion in the Milwaukee River Basin”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wei Xu<\/strong>, (Wu)
“Socio-spatial disparities in dementia morality in the United States”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yingbin Deng<\/strong>, (Wu)
“Uncertainty Analysis of Spectral Mixture Analysis of Remote Sensing Imagery”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yui Hashimoto<\/strong>, (Bonds)
“The Tale of Two Cities: A Feminist Critique of Economic Development and Neoliberal Multiculturalism in Milwaukee”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yang Song<\/strong>, (Wu)
“Examining Human Heat Stress with Remote Sensing Technology”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May\/August 2017<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas Padilla<\/strong>, (Sziarto)
\u201cThinking with the Global South and Decolonizing Indigeneity: Indigenous and Peasant Struggles to Reclaim Spaces, Identities, and Futures in Cauca, Colombia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haijian Liu<\/strong>, (Wu)
\u201cAsh Tree Identification Based on the Integration of Hyperspectral Imagery and High-density Lidar Data\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Zhuo<\/strong>, (Xu)
\u201cSynthesizing Population for Travel Activity Analysis\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2016<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wenliang Li<\/strong>, (Wu)
\u201cLarge Scale Urban Impervious Surfaces Estimation through Incorporating Temporal and Spatial Information into Spectral Mixture Analysis\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I-Hui Lin<\/strong>, (Wu)
\u201cAssessing the Effect of Parks on Surrounding Property Values Using Hedonic Models and Multilevel Model\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret Pettygrove<\/strong>, (Ghose)
\u201cFood inequities, urban agriculture, and the remaking of Milwaukee, Wisconsin\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2015<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Covington<\/strong>, (Holifield)
\u201cEstimating Errors: The Politics of Environmental Impact Assessment along the Savannah River\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathleen Williams<\/strong>, (Holifield)
\u201cRelationships, Knowledge, and Resilience: A Comparative Study of Stakeholder Participation in Great Lakes Areas of Concern\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wei Huang<\/strong>, (Day)
\u201cSpatial Dimensions of Tower Karst and Cockpit Karst: A Case Study of Guilin, China\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gregg Culver<\/strong>, (McCarthy)
\u201cRecommitting to the Car? The Politics of Multimodal Transportation in Wisconsin\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Isaac Park<\/strong>, (Schwartz)
\u201cImpacts of Spatial, Environmental, and Compositional Differences on Community-Level Flowering Phenology\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2013<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Sorenson<\/strong>, (Bonds)
\u201cFood Fight: Sharing Meals and Confronting Biopolitics in the Disciplinary City\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rong Yu<\/strong>, (Schwartz)
\u201cExamining Spring and Autumn Phenology in a Temperate Deciduous Urban Woodlot\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May\/August 2013<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chengbin Deng<\/strong>, (Wu)
\u201cSmall-area Population Estimation: An Integration of Demographic and Geographic Techniques\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2012<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Patrice Day<\/strong>, (Ghose)
“Access to Spatial Data: the Political Power of Legal Control Mechanisms”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Burkham<\/strong>, (McCarthy)
\u201cThe End of Migration from Atotonilco El Bajo to Milwaukee? A Transnational Analysis of Migration Decline and Immigrant Assimilation\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2011<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rama Mohapatra<\/strong>, (Wu)
\u201cMonitoring and Modeling Urban Growth using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2011<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Richard Shaker<\/strong>, (De Sousa)
“Sustainability, Landscapes, and Human Behavior: The Republic of Moldova Case Study”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Matthew Hanes<\/strong>, (Schwartz)
“Examining the Spring Phenology of a Northern Mixed Forest at Multiple Scales”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geri Weinstein-Breunig<\/strong>, (De Sousa, Frank)
“Exploring Multiple Perspectives of Urban Nature and its Symbolism in Milwaukee, WI”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2010<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Greg Rybarczyk<\/strong>, (Wu)
“Bicycle Travel Demand Forecasting using Geographic Information Systems and Agent Based Modeling”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2010<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Zupan<\/strong>, (Holifield)
“Assessing Environmental Justice and Opportunities for Community Change: Brownfields Redevelopment in Milwaukee’s Inner-city Neighborhoods”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Schroeder<\/strong>, (Kenny)
“Mapping the Contours of Queer Cultural Politics in a Midwestern City: the Case of Toledo, Ohio”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2009<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rashi Sharma<\/strong>, (Wu)
“Segmentation and Space-time Dynamics in the Real-estate Market”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2009<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wen Lin<\/strong>, (Ghose)
“Social Constructions of GIS in a Non-Western World: the Case of Shenzhen, China”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2009<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Liang Liang<\/strong>, (Schwartz)
“Landscape Phenology of Wisconsin’s Temperate Mixed Forest”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Falguni S. Mukherjee<\/strong>, (Ghose)
“GIS and Spatial Technologies in Urban Governance”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2008<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jeremia Njeru<\/strong>, (Kenny, Heynen)
“‘Donor-driven’ Neoliberal Reform Processes, Political Democratization and the Production of Deforestation in Nairobi”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorne Platt<\/strong>, (De Sousa)
“Pastoral and Political Nature: Milwaukee’s Urban Parks as Tamed Wilderness”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parama Roy<\/strong>, (Kenny, Heynen)
“Urban Environmental Inequality and the Rise of Civil Society: The Case of Walnut Way Neighborhood in Milwaukee”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deanna Schmidt<\/strong>, (Kenny)
“The (Re)production of Social Space: Community, Homeownership, and Stability, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1970-1990”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2007<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jill A. Hapner<\/strong>, (Fredlund)
“Factors Influencing Plant Community Development and Wildlife Use in Small Conservation Wetlands in Southeastern Wisconsin”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2007<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Keith West<\/strong>, (De Sousa)
“Eco-industrial Parks in the United States: Do Practical Examples Exist and Can They Serve as Models For Brownfield Redevelopment”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2006<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jun Luo<\/strong>, (Wei)
“Modeling Urban Growth and Spatial Structure in Nanjing, China with GIS and Remote Sensing”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harold Perkins<\/strong>, (Heynen)
“Neo-Liberation and the Retrenchment of Public Form of Investment: An Investigation into the Impact of Urban Economic Restructuring on Urban Green Infrastructures”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2005<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Danlin Yu<\/strong>, (Wei)
“GIS and Spatial Modeling in Regional Development Studies: A Case of Greater Beijing”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2004<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sonata Figueroa-Restificar<\/strong>, (Day)
“Developing a framework for sustainable use of Tropical Karst Landscapes: The Case of Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2004<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chuanrong Zhang<\/strong>, (Day)
“GIS, Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling for Conservation of Stone Forest Landscape in Lunan, China”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2003<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M. Sean Chenoweth<\/strong>, (Day)
“Developing a Spatial Database for the Interpretation of Karst Landscape & Vegetation in the Jamaican Cockpit Country”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruihong Huang,<\/strong> (Wei)
“Object-Oriented GIS Data Modeling for Dynamic Transit Networks”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2002<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

J. Elmo Rawling, III<\/strong>, (Fredlund)
“Quaternary Eolian Deposits and Buried Soils in the White River Badlands, South Dakota”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2002<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Suparna Chatterjee<\/strong>, (Kenny)
“Refugee Rehabilitation and the Politics of Nation Making in India, 1947-62”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1999<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Julio Rivera<\/strong>, (Andrews)
“Cartographic Interpretation: Differences Based on Epistemological Beliefs, Expertise and Spatial Ability”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1999<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Carlos J. Guilbe<\/strong>, (Wei)
“The Globalization of Retail Activites: The Evolution, Expansion, and Spatial Distribution of North American Chain Stores in San Juan, Puerto Rico (1945-1998)”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francis E. Loetterle<\/strong>, (Andrews)
“Delineation of Light Rail Transit Station Service Areas by Mode of Access Using GIS: A Case Study of the Portland Oregon Banfield LRT Line”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1998<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gerald Ottone<\/strong>, (Edwards)
“Landscape Change on the Rural-Urban Fringe: Two Wisconsin Townships 1950-1990”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mofakhkhar Rahman<\/strong>, (Rose, Bayer)
“Abandonment in American Cities: A Cultural-Genetic Study”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1998<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rina Ghose<\/strong>, (Kenny)
“A Realtor Runs Through It: Rural Gentrification and the Changing Cultural Landscape of Missoula, Montana”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1997<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tao Tang<\/strong>, (Day)
“Hillslope Forms and Processes on Tower Karst in Guilin, Southwest China”.=<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1997<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gerald Lennartson<\/strong>, (Schwartz)
“A Synoptic Climatology of Tropospheric Ozone in Eastern Wisconsin”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam Simonds<\/strong>, (Rose, Holzner)
“Resource Ownership and Restructuring in The Northern Peninsula of Michigan”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1996<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark Bockenhauer<\/strong>, (Holzner)
“Stewardship, Pragmatism, and Landscapes of Compromise in America”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1995<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Michael McAdams<\/strong>, (Rose)
“The Land Use Impact of an Airport: A Case Study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1995<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Crew<\/strong>, (Bayer)
“A Structural Framework For British Geo-Political Perceptions Toward Land As Sacred Place: Christian Zionism and The Palestine Question, 1917 to 1939”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1994<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bangbo Hu<\/strong>, (Andrews)
“Culture and Maps: Society and Cartography in Chinese Administrative Gazetters of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A. D.)”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalia Varanka<\/strong>, (Andrews)
“The Rise of English World Atlases”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1992<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jongwoo Oh<\/strong>, (Day)
“Sinkhole Sediments in the Wisconsin Driftless Area Karst”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renae Prell<\/strong>, (Edwards)
“Mexican and Mayan Environmentalism: Physical, Politico-Economic, and Cultural Factors that Influence the Environmental Movement in Quintana Roo, Mexico”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1992<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Honeyager<\/strong>, (Day)
“The Potential for Timber Wolf Recovery in the Nicolet National Forest”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1992<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jeffrey Allender<\/strong>, (Mayer)
“Determining Tourist Flows and Perception During the Initial Growth Phases of a New Tourist Area”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip Reeder<\/strong>, (Day)
“Groundwater Contaminant Pathways in a Fractured Dolostone-Clastic Aquifer: Richland County, Wisconsin”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Snowden<\/strong>, (Edwards)
“The Impact of the Hudson’s Bay Company on the Exploration Mapping and European Settlement of the Western Interior of Canada”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1991<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Anthony Ijomah<\/strong>, (Mayer)
“The Role of Major Institutions in the Redevelopment of Chicago’s Near West Side (1940-1990)”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Larson<\/strong>, (Rose)
“Nicaraguan Refugee Absorption in Costa Rica: A Structurationist Perspective”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1990<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Baruth<\/strong>, (Harley)
“The United States Lakes Survey: Pattern and Process, 1841 to 1856”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1990<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Robert Ramraj<\/strong>, (Day)
“An Analysis of Great Lakes Dredging Policy”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol Rosen<\/strong>, (Edwards)
“Images of Wisconsin’s Settlement Frontier: 1825-1850”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1989<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Robert Brinkmann<\/strong>, (Borowiecki)
“Lead Pollution in the Soils of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Erhunmwunsee<\/strong>, (Rose)
“A Study of High Density Multifunctional Periphery Development: The Case of Metropolitan Milwaukee”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1988<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark Francek<\/strong>, (Borowiecki)
“Characteristics of the New York State Drumlin Field”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Lindquist<\/strong>, (Stetzer)
“Traffic Zones Reconsidered: A Geographical Examination of Zonal Restructuring for System-Wide Mass Transit Ridership Forecasting”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1987<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kazimierz Zaniewski<\/strong>, (Borowiecki)
“Housing Inequalities Under Socialism: The Case of Poland”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1987<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

David Atone Iyegha<\/strong>, (Holzner)
“The Socio-Economic and Political Institutional Factors Influencing the Present Agricultural Geography in Nigeria”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Muller<\/strong>, (Eidt)
“The Influence of Mechanization on Agriculture in West Parana’, Brazil”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurt Piepenburg<\/strong>, (Day)
“The Impact of Coal Mining on Water Quality in Claybank Creek, Northern Missouri”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Augusto Zeferino<\/strong>, (Holzner)
“Location of Public Sector Wholesale Agricultural Marketing Facilities in Southern Brasil”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1986<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

William Woods<\/strong>, (Edwards)
“Prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence in the Cahokia Creek Drainage”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1985<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mark Hermanson<\/strong>, (Haglund)
“Lake Ice and Sediment as Factors in the Selection of Water Supplies for Native Arctic Communities”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1985<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Adetiba<\/strong>, (Flannery)
“Effects of Sampling and Data Transformation on the Accuracy of Land-Cover Maps Derived from LANDSAT Imagery Data”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Williams<\/strong>, (Lydolph)
“The Climatic Impact of Lake Michigan on Air Temperature in the SE Wisconsin-NE Illinois Corridor”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1984<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mohammed Ali<\/strong>, (Holzner)
“Health Delivery Systems in Developing Countries: Spatial Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, A Saudi Arabian Case”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Winsor<\/strong>, (Borowiecki)
“Altitudinal Distribution of Granitic Landforms in the South Central Sierra Nevada, California”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1984<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Craig Reisser<\/strong>, (Holzner)
“Italians in the Urban Landscapes of Nurnberg: A Case Study in Urban Cultural Geography”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1983<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

David Howes<\/strong>, (Flannery)
“The Mapping of an Agricultural Disaster with Landsat MSS Data: The Disruption of Nicaraguan Agriculture 1979”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1983<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

David Block<\/strong>, (Flannery)
“Spectral and Textural Analysis of an Urban Area Utilizing Digital Landsat Data”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Bond<\/strong>, (Lydolph)
“Norilsk: Profile of a Soviet Arctic Development Project”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supanee Chalathorn<\/strong>, (Holzner)
“Greater Bangkok: An Analysis in Electoral Geography: 1957-1976”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1982<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

David Miller<\/strong>, (Edwards)
“Mexico’s Near-Shore Caribbean Fishery: The Processes and Consequences of the Accelerating Impact of Development”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1981<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ross Goodrich<\/strong>, (Bayer)
“Application of the Thornthwaite and Blaney-Criddle Methods of Estimating Irrigation Water Needs: A Problem of Scale”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1981<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

James Coffman<\/strong>, (Borowiecki)
“Relict Valley Asymmetry in the Pleistocene Periglacial Zone of Southeastern Ohio”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1979<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leon Pettiway<\/strong>, (Rose)
“A Geographical Description of Robbery and Burglary Offense Locations in Milwaukee County”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1978<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rahim Khavidi<\/strong>, (Mayer)
“Low Income Public Housing and Neighborhood Development in the City of Teheran, Iran, A Geographical Perspective”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1978<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Paul Stoelting,<\/strong> (Borowiecki)
“Esker Systems of Eastern Wisconsin”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1978<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Steven Pease<\/strong>, (Bayer)
“Termination in Mapping of January Insolation Patterns Over Lake Ontario: Testing a New Research Methodology”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russell Swenson<\/strong>, (Stewart)
“Affective Ties to Place Among Farmers in Cloud Co., Kansas”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1977<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Howard Bridgman<\/strong>, (Miller)
“The Depletion of Direct Beam Visible Radiation by Aerosols in Urban and Rural Air at Milwaukee”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curt Richards<\/strong>, (Rose)
“Differential Traffic Changes on Transit Routes in Milwaukee 1950-1975”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1976<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Abhaya Attanayake<\/strong>, (Rose)
“The Housing Dilemna: A Survey of the Problems of Housing in the City of Colombo, Sri Lanka”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Corsi<\/strong>, (Mayer)
“A View of Real and Potential Energy Shortages: An Analysis of Household Decision-Making Strategy Under Stress and Uncertainty”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1976<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chandra Attanayake<\/strong>, (Rose)
“A Geographical Analysis of Socio-Economic Determinants of Differential Fertility and the Changing Fertility Patterns in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1963 and 1971”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cecil Keen<\/strong>, (Lyons)
“Trajectory Analysis of Mesoscale Air Pollution on the Lake Michigan Shoreline”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leonard Pettyjohn<\/strong>, “Factorial Ecology of the Los Angeles-Long Beach Black Population”. (Rose)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1975<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leon Zonn<\/strong>, (Rose)
“Residential Search Patterns of Black Urban Households: A Spatial-Behavioral View”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1974<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ann Dretzka<\/strong>, (Holzner)
“The Role of the Central City in the Dispersed Urban Community: A Case Study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario Hiraoka,<\/strong> (Eidt)
“Pioneer Settlement in Eastern Bolivia”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1973<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Michael Thaller<\/strong>, (Haglund)
“Structure and Process in Railroad Network Development Under Competition: The Case of the Granger Railroads”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1973<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

John Weihaupt<\/strong>, (Zakrzewska-Borowiecki)
“A Morphometric Study of the Floodplains of White River and Bayou Bartholomew, Arkansas and Louisiana”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 1972<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

William Davidson<\/strong>,(Edwards)
“Historical Geography of the Bay Islands, Honduras: Anglo-Hispanic Conflict in the Western Caribbean”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1972<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Glenn Frey<\/strong>,(Lydolph)
“The Spatial and Temporal Fluctuations of Precipitation Deficiencies in the United States as determined by an Autoregressive System of Standard Scores”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 1971<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sr. Dolores Rauch<\/strong>, (Rose)
“The Changing Status of Urban Catholic Parochial Schools: An Explanatory Model Illustrating Demand for Catholic Elementary Education in Milwaukee County”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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