Outdoor Adventure Theses
Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.
1985
- Mary E. Phillips, Adventure Education: The Rock Point School Adventure Experience
2001
- * Elizabeth Veronica Pangia, Applied Ecopsychology in an Adventure Challenge Course Curriculum: A Project for Mountain Mill House Outdoor Center
2002
- Victoria Loven, Paddling Through History on the Lake Champlain Paddlers' Trail: An Interpretive Website and Supporting Document
- * Isaac Milder, Design and Implementation of an Outdoor Adventure Education Program for Children Age 11-16 at the King Street Youth Center in Burlington, Vermont
2003
- Laura McIlvain, The Greening of Camp Onaway
- Ian McLaughlin, Suzy and Sam Leave No Trace
- Eli Sebastion Worley, Managing Rock Climbing to Promote Environmental Integrity: A Draft Climbing Management Plan for the Bolton Notch Road Cliffs
2004
- Bayley Kavanaugh, Learning to Be Whole in West Baltimore: Experiential Environmental Program Design and Implementation for ConneXions Community Leadership Academy
- Michelle L. Mowery, The H. Lawrence Achilles Natural Area: A Paddling Guide to Shelburne Pond
2005
- * Tom O'Dowd, Questing in Burlington: Connecting to Place with Treasure Hunts
- Rebecca Schweigart, Motivations of Long Distance Hikers: Case Study on The Long Trail
2006
- William Kramen, Backpacking Towards Environmental Awareness: A Case Study of Outdoor Environmental Education in Arizona and Utah
- Tim Nicholas, From Tourist to Traveler: Curriculum Development and Research on Intentional Travel
- * Paran D. Quigley, Fostering a Positive Interpersonal Working Environment: Meshing Group Cohesion Activities with Outdoor Learning Opportunities
- * Gregory Rosewell, The View from Here: One Through-Hiker’s Meditations on the Long Trail
- Rebecca Schweigart, Motivations of Long Distance Hikers: Case Study on the Long Trail
- Christopher Smith, From Tourist to Traveler: Curriculum Development and Research on Intentional Travel
2007
- Nicholas Miller, At the Trail’s End: A Collection of Essays and Poems Based on Wilderness Adventures and Meditations on Life and the Natural World
2008
- Allison A. Colwell, Reasons Why the University of Vermont Outing Club Should Incorporate Local Foods into Student Trips
- *Zachary Ewell, Motives in Mountaineering: Understanding the Culture of High Adventure
- Gerard Ganey, Traversing the Adirondack High Peaks: Outdoor Leadership and Environmental Education While Backpacking
- Michaela Wales, An Evaluation of the National Audubon Society’s Nature Day Camp and its Ability to Increase Children’s Knowledge of the Environment
- Krysta Zambroski, Kids for the Earth Resource Guide: A Curriculum Guide for a Coastal Summer Camp
2009
- * Claire Frashier Johnson, Outdoor Challenge: Adventure in Wild Therapy: A Ten Week Internship with the Howard Center of Vermont
2010
- Phillip Kern Fandel – A Green America: Cycling the States in Search of Sustainability: A Cross Country Quest to Inspire Sustainable Living
- Dan Rovensky – First Walk Through Trees Around Fire: An Exploration of Environmental Education at Camp Tel Yehudah
2011
- Emilyn Fox – Greening Rosie's Girls: Incorporating Environmental Education at a Trades Based Summer Camp
- * Elijah William Sobel – Where the River Deepens: Exploring Place-Based Relationships through the Swimming Hole Experience
2012
- Kristen Bousquet – Pease Mountain Stewardship Program, Charlotte Central School, Fall 2011
- Olivia Bulger – Pease Mountain Stewardship Program, Charlotte Central School, Fall 2011
- Olivia Marie Fragale – Pease Mountain Stewardship Program, Charlotte Central School, Fall 2011
- Patrick Intolubbe-Chmil – There and Back Again: From the Savannas of East Africa to the Mountains of New England: An Observational Study of Biophilia
- Daniel Lane – In the Shadow of the Mountains: Philosophy of Hiking and Skiing in Vermont's Green Mountains
- Emily Licht – Internship with Vermont Works for Women: Outdoor Education for Young Girls
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