Updates about the latest accomplishments—including latest research, publications, and awards—by students, faculty, and staff
Received a Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program (RSCA) grant for $4980 to purchase equipment for her new Paleoclimate Lab.
Presented at SEUIARS2019 conference titled: Mapping and change detection of mangroves along the coastline of Ampara district from 2004 to 2019.
While in Europe for a conference, to give a keynote talk, and research in September 2019, Dr. Larson was interviewed by the Santiago-based news and culture magazine Tempos Novos. The interview, which covers everything from Trump to China, Brexit to Venezuela, and U.S. foreign policy to Catalan succession, was published in November. A summary, in the Galician language, is available online.
https://temposdixital.gal/outros/tempos-novos-no-270-%c2%b7-novembro-20…
Yanting Yu, sophomore pianist at HSU Music Department has won first prize at the North State Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, CSU Chico. She competed against students from Northern California schools and Universities. The award has two components, clash prize and playing two concerts with North State Symphony next season 20/21.
James Floss, Emeritus Faculty of the Communication Department has forged a relationship with Radio Universidad de Oaxaca, on the campus or Benito Juarez University to broadcast his documentary series IMMIGRANT VOICES. New shows are being produced now in Oaxaca and soon Tijuana, Mexico.
Based on recent testing data released by the National Association of State Board of Accountancy (2019), Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam pass rates for HSU students placed the institution 6th among all CalState business programs. The CPA is considered one of the most challenging professional certifications to pursue within the business field.
Congratulations to our Accounting students for their hard work paying off and to the dedicated faculty who work hard to prepare them!
Was selected for participation in a summer research program for women hosted by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, CA. MSRI is widely regarded as a world leading mathematical center for collaborative research and is supported by the NSF.
The paper Classification, Koszulity and Artin-Schelter Regularity of some Graded Twisted Tensor Products was accepted for publication in The Journal of Noncommutative Geometry, a publication of the European Mathematical Society.
Published first authored paper "Greenhouse gas emissions from windrow composting of organic wastes: Patterns and Emissions Factors" in Environmental Research Letters. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5262
Invited presenter, along with Drs. Peter Moyle and David Ostrach, to address the California Fish & Game Commssion on the 1996 Striped Bass Policy and its fishery implications.
Presented an invited talk titled: Graded coherence and noncommutative geometry of certain twisted tensor products in the Special Session on Homological Methods in Algebra at University of Florida for the Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society.
Participated as a member of the review committee that met in October 2019 at the Mt Cuba Center in Delaware to review the taxonomic and conservation status of the North American Trillium species. This meeting was a combined effort of the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), NatureServe, BioPark, and several Trillium experts and conservationists from across the country. Results from this meeting will be used for future conservation efforts and will be published by the IUCN for viewing by the general public.
Librarian Katia Karadjova will be presenting on “The World “The way we saw it”: Transcultural Digital Humanities in Languages Education” at the 18th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, July 1-3, 2020, Venice, Italy. The World “The way we saw it” is an instructionally related program developed by the HSU Library and the World Languages & Cultures department, which has been running over the past two academic years.
Seafha Ramos (Yurok/Karuk), National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, has been selected as a participant in "Lighting the Pathway to Faculty Careers for Natives in STEM". The program is offered by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society to increase the representation of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in STEM faculty positions at universities across the country. Support is provided via professional conference attendance, access to a mentorship network, and a stipend. Dr. Ramos is hosted by the HSU Wildlife Department, with Dr. Matthew Johnson kindly serving as her mentor.
Theatre faculty member, Assoc. Professor Rae Robison, costume designed a feature film in Los Angeles over break. Based loosely on H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth, feature film "The Deep Ones", directed by Chad Ferrin, will be released nationwide in 2020. Rae was also able to involve recent department graduates Erica Fromdahl, Veronica Brooks, and Brianna Fergus in the project in the wardrobe department.
University Registrar Clint Rebik recently presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (PACRAO) in Scottsdale, AZ.
Rebik’s presentation, “How Humboldt Harnesses the Power of Plans” featured HSU’s robust work with the DARS planning, audit, and scheduling tools, and the cumulative effect each component has in the areas of course scheduling, increasing graduation rates, and reducing time to degree.
Rebik was invited to present by the technology company that drives the DARS degree planning tool. Rebik's work earned HSU a $1000 grant for HSU Staff to attend training this summer.
Mark Wicklund and his research partner presented the paper, "Some 'which'es Coordinate" at the 2020 meeting of the American Dialect Society and the poster, "Two Deviant 'which'es?" at the 2020 meeting of the Linguistic Society of America.
James Floss, Faculty Emeritus of the Communication Department has reworked his documentary series, Immigrant Voices (recorded in the now shuttered studios of KHSU) into podcasts available from most sources including iTunes. These 3 to 7 minute testimonials can be used in a wide variety of courses. Find them at https://jamesfloss.podbean.com
Co-hosted a two day workshop funded by STEM NET, Blue Lake Casio, and Tribal Tech to investigate the Klamath Basin Tribes' interest in developing new Native and Western sciences collaborations around dam removal for HSU students. Attendees includes Tribal members from the Klamath Tribes, Hoopa, Yurok, and others, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Klamath River Renewal Corp., Klamath Basin Monitoring Program, UC Davis, and HSU staff and faculty.
Presented graphic novel "Discover Cold Fusion" at 22nd Int'l Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science Poster Session in Assisi, Italy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsAn1pFngV4&feature=youtu.be
Received $30,000 from Bureau of Reclamation proposal entitled, "Using juvenile lamprey to assess Tribal Drinking Water Quality on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation." Pilot Study, Phase II.
Awarded $112,000 by Trinity River Restoration Program in collaboration with the Yurok and Hoopa Tribes to conduct a pulse release study on benthic macroinvertebrate drift and a seasonal inundation study of invertebrate community development
Gave a public talk at the California Native Plant Society North Coast Chapter, "Astounding Astragalus in Humboldt County and Beyond"
Received a travel award to present her research as a poster presentation at the 2020 Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM. Her poster title is "Effects of Beehive Ginger (Zingiber spectabile) on Leaf Litter Arthropods Across Forest Types at Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica"
Received $76,786 from multi-institutional NSF grant "Exploring Brownfield Programming Assignments in Undergraduate Computing Education" (total award: $477,774)
Dr. Ray Chaudhury is excited to share the successful presentation and publication in proceedings in the Society for Marketing Advances conference in November 2019 of her research project on teen climate activist Greta Thunberg's FridaysforFuture climate strike efforts and its worldwide impact. Dr. Ray Chaudhury co-authored the publication with Dr. Pia A. Albinsson & Dr. Yasanthi B. Perera. The conference proceedings can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarita_Ray_Chaudhury
Dr. Ray Chaudhury's article "Encouraging undergraduate students to ‘self-learn’ digital marketing using infographics: An exploratory study," has been published in the Innovations in Teaching Education International Journal.
E-print available at:
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KDSCMBYHFVWUXHHK5E3G/full?target=10…
Check out the fabulous short Climate Solutions news pieces that students produced in Vicky Sama's Intro to Video Production class, in collaboration with students in Rosemary Sherriff's Climate, People, and Ecosystems (GEOG) class and Sarah Ray's Climate Change (ENST) class! Students interviewed people in the community doing great things for environmental health and social justice. Follow the link here: https://nutshumboldts.wordpress.com/climate-solutions/
Kamila Larripa has been selected for the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute's summer research program. She will work with collaborators on mathematical modeling of retinal degeneration while in residence.
Dr. Nievita Bueno Watts and Ezerom Yosief, student in the Department of Chemistry, presented their work entitled "Geoscience Alliance: A Visualization of the Decadal Growth of a Native American Mentoring Organization" at the American Geophysical Union conference on December 11, 2019.
Dr. Nievita Bueno Watts presented her talk entitled "Geoscience Alliance: Report on a Decade of Success of a Native American Mentoring Organization" as an invited speaker to the American geophysical Union conference on December 11, 2019.
Jasper Oshun and two HSU students presented at the American Geophysical Union Annual Conference in San Francisco. The work is part of a Geoscientists Without Borders Award directed by Jasper Oshun and Margaret Lang (ERE).
Wyeth Wunderlich (MS, Environmental Systems-Geology) presented a poster on water storage in high Andean wetlands.
Edward Davis (B.S. Geology, 2019) presented a poster on geophysical imaging of the subsurface of an Andean watershed.
Jasper Oshun presented a talk explaining the importance of bofedales, or peatlands, in sustaining flow in mountain catchments.
Alison Holmes, Program Leader for International Studies, was invited by the Deputy Mayor for International Affairs for Los Angeles and the USC Center for Public Diplomacy to a private event on city and subnational diplomacy. She moderated a panel on practical challenges and discussed her recent work on California as a global actor.
Kerri J. Malloy, Lecturer in Native American Studies, presented his paper "A Paradox of Transitional Justice: Settler Colonialism without Regime Change" at the Prevention Activism: Advancing Historical Dialogue in Post-Conflict Settings conference at Columbia University, New York City, December 12-14, 2019
Kerri J. Malloy, Lecturer in Native American Studies, presented his paper "A Paradox of Transitional Justice: Settler Colonialism without Regime Change" at the Prevention Activism: Advancing Historical Dialogue in Post-Conflict Settings
Historical Dialogues at justice at Columbia University, December 12-14, 2019.
Dr. Ray was invited by the Walter Capps Center for Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UC-Santa Barbara to give a talk on December 4 on "Coming of Age at the End of the World: An Existential Toolkit for the Climate Generation."
Librarian Katia Karadjova and the lead Brain Booth student assistant, Amelia Towse, were invited to present on "Recent Trends in Mindfulness and Contemplative Pedagogy in Higher Education" at the California Academic & Research Libraries (CARL) Annual Conference, April 1-3, 2020, Costa Mesa, CA.
Vincent Biondo presented "God, Data, and Michael Jordan: On the Border between Sport and Play," on Nov. 23, 2019 at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in San Diego.
At the San Diego Convention Center on November 24, 2019, Dr. Sara Jaye Hart successfully presented her paper, "Semper Fidelis: The Popular Arts of the Challenge Coin, USMC Attire, and Combat Memoir," for the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting.
Dr. Ellery Ames and collaborators Haakan Andreasson (Gothenburg University) and Oliver Rinne (HTW-Berlin) have been accepted to the Research in Pairs program at the Oberwolfach Institute for Mathematics.
Christina Hsu Accomando, Professor of English and Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, served as the Contributing Editor for the 11th edition of Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (Worth Publishing, 2020), an interdisciplinary textbook used at HSU and across the U.S.
https://store.macmillanlearning.com/us/product/Race-Class-and-Gender-in…
Christina Hsu Accomando, professor of English and Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, presented on the roundtable "Exploring Feminist Pedagogy and Student Learning through the Lens of Threshold Concepts" at the National Women's Studies Association Conference in San Francisco on November 16, 2019.
Sam Sonntag, Professor Emerita in the Department of Politics, co-edited The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya, recently published by Open Book Publishers, a non-profit, Open Access publisher based in Cambridge (UK) and run by scholars who are committed to making high-quality research freely available to readers around the world. In addition to the introduction to the volume, Sonntag authored an historical analysis of language politics in Assam in Northeast India. The other chapters in the book cover language contact in Tibet and Nepal. The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya can be downloaded for free at https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/980
Heather Madar has been awarded a Hiob-Ludolf fellowship from the Herzog Ernst fellowship program at the Research Library Gotha in Gotha, Germany. The fellowship will support her research on Ottoman imagery in 17th century German court culture.
Dr. Tyler Evans and his co-author from ELTE University in Budapest, Hungary published their paper:
Cohomology of Restricted Filiform Lie Algebras ݔʎ»2(p),
Tyler J. Evans and Alice Fialowski, SIGMA 15 (2019), 095, 11 pages. arXiv:1901.07532 https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2019.095
Environmental Science & Management instructor and Eureka City Councilmember Natalie Arroyo will serve as a board member for the organization heading the Klamath River’s restoration, the governor’s office announced Friday.
Arroyo will be one of 15 board members serving the Klamath River Renewable Corporation, a nonprofit tasked with overseeing the removal of four Klamath dams. She is one of five board members appointed by the governor.
Dr, Renée M. Byrd (Associate Professor, Sociology) presented on merging critical ethnic studies and environmental justice at the American Studies Assocation Annual Meetings in Honolulu November 8, 2019.
Former HSU Wildland Fire Lab graduate student, Bret McNamara (2018) published two research papers from his work on the rare Baker cypress.
One paper entitled “Strong dispersal limitation in postfire regeneration of Baker cypress, a rare serotinous conifer“ was published in the American Journal of Botany and the other paper entitled “Post-fire fuel succession in a rare California, USA closed-cone conifer” was published in Fire Ecology. These two papers were co-authored by Forestry and Wildland Resources faculty members, Jeff Kane and David Greene.
Dr. Leslie Rossman has been appointed as the Lecturer Representative for the California Faculty Association. She continues her leadership as part of the state-wide work to support worker rights in the academy.
Devon Escoto and Sydney Verga advanced into the semi-final round (8/32) of Dominican University where they defeated UC Berkeley and the University of Alaska ending up in the final (4/32) for the weekend. This is the second time this year these two have advanced into elimination rounds, and their first finals appearance. They competed against two more teams from Berkeley and a team from the University of Miami Florida in the final, Berkeley won the event.
First-year student Carina Masters and her 2nd-year partner Tim Arceneaux just missed elimination rounds themselves. Every student who traveled spent approximately 7 hours over the weekend preparing and participating in debates. They debated reparations for slavery, the elimination of billionaires, the metaphor of "pain=gain" and more.
This is the second year in a row HSU has "broken" teams at Dominican. Since last year 6 different HSU students have seen elimination debate at this nationally competitive tournament.