Fall 2025 American West Working Group Seminar Series (CONCLUDED)

Reducing Groundwater Demand in California

1) Strategies for Land Repurposing;

2) Managing Groundwater Demand: Strategies and Findings

1. Sophie Molins (Economics, ‘25, Public Policy Masters, ‘26)
2. Andrew Wang (Earth Systems ‘27)

Building Climate Resilient Water Supplies in California:

1) Scaling Groundwater Recharge;

2) Supply Risks and Decentralized Water Recycling in the Bay Area

1. Michael Dolan (Earth Systems, ‘28)
2. Sydney Lowell (Bioengineering, ‘28)

Housing and Climate Risks in Santa Barbara and Marin Counties

1. Coastal erosion and risks to rental housing in Isla Vista;
2. Housing and wildfire risks in Santa Barbara and Marin Counties;
3. Assessing progress in education about wildfire risks in Marin County

1. William Kousser, (Political Science, ‘27)
2. Jaden Southern (Earth Systems Coterm, ‘26)
3. Samuel Cousins (Environmental Systems Engineering/Linguistics, ‘28)

1. Exploring the Armenian Diaspora in the American West Through Short Stories
2. No (Wo)Man’s Land: Women’s Separatist Communes in Southern Oregon and the Diametric of Community and Isolation

1. Sosi Day, Learning Design and Technology Masters, ‘26
2. Eva Jones, Environmental Engineering Coterm, ‘26

1. Our Treasure State: Of Fences, Trails, and Stories That Shape Montana's Land
2. Ghost Towns: Stories From the New West

1. Isaac Nehring, American Studies, ‘25
2. Yared Avalos, Public Policy/Iberian and Latin American Cultures, ‘25

1. Through the Gateway: Music exploring the cultural, socioeconomic, and environmental transformations of Southeast LA County
2. transfronterizX: Locating Queerness in the U.S.–Mexico Border Archive

1. Andrew Nevárez, Public Policy, ‘25
2. Victor Meza, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, ‘25