Student Focus
2024 CLA Outstanding Senior
Emma Coke
As MAST’s first CLA Outstanding Senior, Emma Coke’s work strongly exemplifies the goals and learning outcomes of the interdisciplinary Marine Studies degree by combining science and liberal arts disciplines with an ethical, outreach focus. Beyond the classroom, Emma is an active writer and editor at OSU. Her work critically explores and effectively communicates information about the ocean and marine life to a broad audience. As part of the second Marine Studies graduation class, Emma elevates the major, and serves as an exemplar to others about what is possible with this degree.
MAST Capstone
An exploration of the social and environmental issues facing Yakama County and examples of community resilience
Emma Chuang
This MAST capstone project story map delves into three specific concerns related to social and environmental justice in Yakama County, Washington: farmworker rights, nitrate in well water, and legacy pesticides. Despite being a small portion of social and environmental justice issues in central Washington, they are nonetheless important to be aware of as their impacts on minority communities is large.