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2008 Initiatives

• Claremont Colleges Tree Canopy:
  • Introduction
  • Findings and Recommendations
  • Final Reports
  • Web Maps
  • GIS Data
  • Resources
  • Team Members
• Solar Technologies for the Claremont Colleges
• Scripps College Food and Sustainability Community Project

2007 Initiatives

• Greening the Office Supply Stream
• Urban Ecosystem Analysis Using GIS
• 5-College Environmental Audit

Campus Trees

The Research Team

Analysis of the Claremont Colleges Tree Canopy

Faculty Advisor:

• Brian N. Hilton, Ph.D.
  Research Professor
  School of Information Systems and Technology
  Claremont Graduate University
  Brian N. Hilton received a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from Claremont Graduate University in May 2004. His current research interests lie in spatial information system development, Internet-based GIS, and the use of emerging technologies in information system development.
  Contact: brian.hilton@cgu.edu

Students:

• Rupanwita Gupta, M.A.
  Doctoral Student
  School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
  Institute for Research on Social Issues
  Claremont Graduate University
  Rupanwita Gupta is a doctoral student in the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University.  She has also been a CGU Community Fellow at the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic.  Her current research interests include humans' values and behaviors towards the natural world, evaluation work and creativity.
  Contact: rupu.gupta@gmail.com
• Benjamin J. Marcus, M.A.
  Doctoral Student
  School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
  Claremont Graduate University
  Ben received his master's degree in social psychology from Claremont Graduate University in May 2008, and he is continuing research towards a doctorate. Ben’s interests involve the attitudes and motivations that promote active engagement in a wide array of social issues, particularly those relating to the environment. His strengths and experience includes survey design and implementation (both qualitative and quantitative), and research coordination. Ben’s background also includes training in non-profit leadership.
  Contact: Benjamin.Marcus@cgu.edu
• Lei Lei, M.S.
  Doctoral Student
  School of Information Systems and Technology
  Claremont Graduate University
  Lei Lei received a M.S. in Computer Science from Brigham Young University in 2006 and a Master of Environment Management from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in May 2007. Her current research interests lie in GIS and geospatial science, ecological modeling, transportation system, and Hidden Markov Models.
  Contact: lei.lei@cgu.edu
• Jennifer L. Stokely, M.A.
  School of Politics and Economics
  Claremont Graduate University
  
  Jennifer L. Stokely received her M.A. in Public Policy from Claremont Graduate University in September 2008.  She is currently the Executive Director of Leadership Mountain View, a community leadership development program in Northern California.  She is also an Analyst for the City of Mountain View, California.
  Contact: Jennifer.Stokely@cgu.edu
• Liang Sun, B.S.
  Master's Student
  School of Information Systems and Technology
  Claremont Graduate University
  Contact: liang.sun@cgu.edu

Staff:

• Warren Roberts, ASLA
  GIS Services / Libraries of the Claremont Colleges
  Claremont University Consortium
  Warren Roberts, Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, supports GIS services throughout the Claremont Colleges consortium.  His education is in landscape architecture planning from University of Oregon, and he is a GIS professor at Rio Hondo College, Whittier.
  (ASLA is American Society of Landscape Architects)
  Contact: gisteacher@gmail.com