Latest Achievements

Updates about the latest accomplishments—including latest research, publications, and awards—by students, faculty, and staff

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Pamela H Bowers, Social Work

Asst. Professor Pamela H. Bowers was recently appointed as Co-Chair of the "Teaching Methods and Learning Styles" Track for the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) for a 3-year term.

Appointment is listed here: https://www.cswe.org/Events-Meetings/2019-APM/Proposals/2019-APM-Tracks/Teaching-Methods-and-Learning-Styles.aspx

Kamila Larripa, Mathematics

Kamila Larripa was accepted to the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics's Collaborative Workshop in Mathematical Biology at UCLA.

Ruby Aguirre, Katelyn Harris, Molly Rose Hilgenberg, Melody Soper, Social Work

MSW students Ruby Aguirre, Katelyn Harris, Molly Rose Hilgenberg, and Melody Soper had a literature review published in *Contemporary Social Work*.

The review was written for the SW 582 class taught by Social Work Professor Pam Bowers and it was recently accepted in this journal:

https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/crsw/vol9/iss1/13/

MORE INFO HERE:

Abstract - Sex trafficking is a pervasive threat across the globe and all fifty states of the United States, especially for underage female youth. However, there is a dearth of literature and awareness in domestic rural areas. Sex trafficking is a form of human trafficking that threatens all communities, including rural areas. This extended literature review looks closely at recent studies, and the grey literature to garner a better understanding of the implications for rural social work practice. The review concludes with recommendations and implications for future research, policy, and practice.

John Veit, Sociology

John Veit (SOC MA 2018) published a book reviewed in High Times of “Where There’s Smoke: The Environmental Science, Public Policy, and Politics of Marijuana (University of Kansas Press 2018, which featured two chapters written by Dr. Silvaggio and one by Sociology lecturer Karen August.
https://hightimes.com/culture/book-review-where-theres-smoke-will-light…

Anthony Silvaggio, Sociology

Dr. Anthony Silvaggio presented his research on the environmental impacts of cannabis in Vienna, Austria on December 8, 2018. Silvaggio opened a two-day conference on cannabis sustainability sponsored by FAAAT (For Alternative Approaches to Addiction, Think & do tank). The conference followed the 61st meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at the United Nations Vienna headquarters. His presentations was featured in High Time Magazine in an article written by a recent HSU Sociology MA graduate Jon Veit.
https://hightimes.com/news/world/un-drug-commission-delays-thc-reschedu…

Kim Vincent-Layton, Center for Teaching and Learning

Keynote Presentation, "Canvas and the World: Inspire, Innovate, Impact" at CSU Fresno Technology, Innovations, and Pedagogy Conference, January 2018

Cindy Moyer, Karen Davy, Sherry Hanson, Garrick Woods, Music

On Friday, January 11, the Arcata Bay String Quartet (Cindy Moyer and Karen Davy, violins; Sherry Hanson, viola; and Garrick Woods, cello) performed quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumman, and Claude Debussy on the Redding Performing Arts Society Concert Series. Their trip to Redding also included performances for music students at Sequoia Middle School and University Preparatory School.

Jeff Dunk, Environmental Science & Management

Jeff Dunk and 17 co-authors (9 of whom were HSU alumni or faculty) published a peer-reviewed paper in PLOS ONE (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.02106…). The paper summarizes the use of modern conservation planning applied to the northern spotted owl's critical habitat designation process.

Mark Colwell, Katie Raby, Lizzie Feucht, Wildlife

Mark Colwell, Katie Raby and Lizzie Feucht published a paper in Wader Study (https://www.waderstudygroup.org/publications/wader-study/), an international journal dedicated to shorebird ecology and conservation. Their paper summarizes the efficiency of plovers breeding at various locations in Humboldt County over the past 18 years, with the aim of improving conservation and management practices.

Alison Holmes, International Studies

Based on her current research project, International Studies Program Leader Alison Holmes published an open letter on the USC Center for Public Diplomacy blog to the new governor on the day of his inauguration about the need for a 'new globalism' for California (https://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/tags/open-letter). It was was picked up and republished by the Pacific Council (https://www.pacificcouncil.org/newsroom/new-globalism-open-letter-calif…).

Brandie Wilson, Sociology

2018 HSU Distinguished Alumni Awardee, Brandie Wilson,(SOC BA 2009; SOC MA 2011) was recognized in New York Times as a memorable person of the year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/us/18-memorable-people-in-2018.html?…

Tyler Evans, Mathematics

Published, jointly with Alice Fialowski (ELTE, Budapest) a new peer reviewed paper in Linear Algebra and it's applications. The full text of the article is temporarily available at https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1YFcD5YnCXqL3

Adam Carter, Computer Science

Published book chapter: Carter, A. S., Hundhausen, C. D., & Olivares, D. (2019). IDE-Based Learning Analytics for Computing Education: A Process Model, Critical Review, and Research Agenda. In The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research. Cambridge University Press.

Kamila Larripa, Mathematics

Accepted to American Insitute of Mathematics research program
https://aimath.org/programs/squares/

Adolfina Savoretti (visiting student from Argentina), Alexander Bippus, Mihai Tomescu (with R.A. Stockey and G.W. Rothwell), Biological Sciences

Peer-reviewed article in Annals of Botany: "Grimmiaceae in the Early Cretaceous: Tricarinella crassiphylla gen. et sp. nov. and the value of anatomically preserved bryophytes"
https://academic.oup.com/aob/article/121/7/1275/4850661

Sandra Strayer, Mihai Tomescu (with S. Noetinger), Biological Sciences

Peer-reviewed article in American Journal of Botany: "Origin of Equisetum: Evolution of horsetails (Equisetales) within the major euphyllophyte clade Sphenopsida"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajb2.1137

Kassandra Weber, Physics & Astronomy

Kassandra Weber (‘19) won 2nd place for the Steven Chu Award for best undergraduate research talk at the annual American Physical Society Far West Section Meeting that took place at CSU Fullerton on October 19-20th.
https://www.aps.org/units/cal/awards/index.cfm

Kezia Ramussen, Oceanography

Poster presented "Analyzing Taxonomic Diversity of the Human Gut Microbiome Using R"

Kamila Larripa, Mathematics

Published book chapter in Understanding Complex Systems in Mathematics, Springer

Kassandra Weber (‘19), Physics & Astronomy

Congratulations to Kassandra Weber (‘19) who won 2nd place for the Steven Chu Award for best undergraduate research talk at the annual Far West Section Meeting of the American Physical Society that took place at CSU Fullerton on October 19-20! Kassandra’s talk concerned ongoing research in gravitational physics that takes place at HSU.

Anthony Silvaggio, Sociology

Dr. Anthony Silvaggio presented his research on the post-prohibition environmental impacts of cannabis agriculture at the International Cannabis Policy Conference (ICPC) in Vienna, Austria. The ICPC is an overlapping and parallel conference at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND).

Jeff Kane, Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management

Dr. Jeff Kane was invited to give a talk entitled "Ecological insights of litter flammability traits in southeastern US tree species" as part of the Carlton N. Owens lecture series at Mississippi State University.

Kerri J. Malloy, Native American Studies

Kerri J. Malloy (Native American Studies) has been invited to join the faculty of the Raphael Lemkin Seminar for Promoting and Protecting Civil and Human Rights, March 11 - 15, 2019 at the former concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau by the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation.

This seminar is for US government officials (USAID, FBI, CIA, State, DOJ). He will teach on Risk Factors in Deeply Divided Societies drawing on Native American representations and experiences in history, how it is remembered, taught, processed, and understood to help understand some of the deep divisions that remain in American society.

Robert Cliver, History

On November 29, Professor Robert Cliver of HSU's History Department presented a paper titled "Institutional Continuities across Wartime, Postwar, and Communist Regimes - The Case of the China Sericulture Company" at the British Academy in London for the conference, How Maoism was Made: Analysing Chinese Communism beyond the Totalitarian Lens, 1949-1965.

Nicole Jean Hill, Art + Film

Nicole Jean Hill's photo series of amateur MMA and boxing subcultures was released as a monograph by Lost Alphabet Press. The book So You Wanna Fight? documents the ceremonial pageantry and bodily chaos of this American rite of passage.

Katia G. Karadjova, Library

Librarian Katia G. Karadjova presented at the IX International and Interdisciplinary Alexander Von Humboldt Conference held in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, November 19-24, 2018. Her paper presentation was on "Aleko Konstantinov, the father of Bulgarian travel literature and his presence in American libraries."

James Graham, Environmental Science & Management

Dr. James Graham was awarded a research grant from the Archaeologocal Research & Supply Company for conducting a study entitled, "Spruce Grove Ethnographic Village Archaeological Study."

Kelly Pfeiler, Mihai Tomescu, Biological Sciences

Peer-reviewed article in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society: "An Early Devonian permineralized rhyniopsid from the Battery Point Formation of Gaspé (Canada)"

https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article-abstract/187/2/292/4939107

Brian Murphy, Environmental Science & Management

Received NACIS Student Map Award for Research.

Thalia Quinn, SERC

Schatz Energy Fellow Thalia Quinn presented for a panel discussion on Broadening Access to Solar: Jobs, Careers, and Futures, at the American Solar Energy Society’s 47th annual conference in Boulder, Colorado. Panelists discussed paths for the solar energy field to increase inclusivity and the economic opportunities of underrepresented communities. Thalia shared her recent journey from undergraduate work in chemical engineering into the field of renewable energy. Moderated by Annie Lappé, the panel also included representatives from Grid Alternatives, the American Association for Blacks in Energy, Power52, SolarWorld, and Sandia Labs.

Jack Murphy, Environmental Science & Management

Serves on the City of Arcata's Creeks and Watersheds Committee.

C.D. Hoyle, Physics & Astronomy

Presented HSU gravitational physics research at the American Physical Society Far West Section Meeting on 10/19 at CSU Fullerton.

http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/FWS18/Session/B03.2

Eileen Cashman, Beth Eschenbach, & Melissa Salazar, CNRS Faculty

Presented a worshop entitled "Equality vs. Equity: Using Assets and Cultivating Students" at the Frontiers in Education 2018 conference: Fostering Innovation through Diversity.

fie2018.org

Adam Carter, Computer Science

Presented a paper at CCSC NW 2018: Kinne, J., Misner, E., Carter, A. S., & Tuttle, S. M. (2018). Evaluating the Efficacy of Clicker-Based Peer Instruction across Multiple Courses at a Single Institution. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges.

Amy Rock, Geography

Amy Rock has been invited to join the editorial board of Cartographic Perspectives, the journal of the North American Cartographic Information Society. The journal serves as the premier open-access journal for creative and rigorous research in cartography and geographic visualization.

Leslie Rossman and Josh Frye, Communication

Presented their research project at the Virtual Food: Edible Matter the Techno-Playground preconference at the National Communication Association Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Leslie Rossman, Communication

Presented Performing Academic Labor Precarity: Working Class to Class and Paycheck to Paycheck at the National Communication Association Annual Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah

Robin Carter, Mathematics

Co-editor of "Letters of Martin Fleischmann and Melvin Miles" published 2018.

http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Fleischmanlettersfroa.pdf

Amy Sprowles, Matt Johnson and Eileen Cashman; Lisa Hilman, Biology, Engineering, Wildlife, and Karuk Tribe

Presented a poster entitled "Improving Inclusive Excellence in STEM through Place-Based Learning Communities" at the Transforming STEM Higher Education: Confirming the Authority of Evidence Conference, sponsored by AAC&U and Project Kaleidoscope.

https://www.aacu.org/conferences/stem/18

Eileen Cashman, Amy Sprowles & Beth Eschenbach, Biology and Engineering

Presented a workshop entitled "Cultivating Student Assets through Equity and Cultural Humility" at the Transforming STEM Higher Education: Confirming the Authority of Evidence Conference, sponsored by AAC&U and Project Kaleidoscope.

https://www.aacu.org/conferences/stem/18

Kassandra Weber, Physics & Astronomy

Presented HSU gravitational physics research at the American Physical Society Far West Section Meeting on 10/19 at CSU Fullerton.

http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/FWS18/Session/B03.5

Mihai Tomescu (with A.T. Groover), Biological Sciences

Paper presented at 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference in Dublin, Ireland: "Deconstructing secondary growth as developmental potential: a perspective on the evo-devo of wood"

Julie Alderson, Enoch Hale, Kim Vincent-Layton, Center for Teaching and Learning

Julie Alderson, Enoch Hale, and Kim Vincent-Layton presented "Leading Change Through Collective Impact", at the Professional Organizational Development (POD) annual conference in Portland, OR on November 17, 2018.

Kim Vincent-Layton, Center for Teaching and Learning

Kim Vincent-Layton was recognized for the 2018 Professional Organizational Development (POD) Adjunct/Part-Time Special Interest Group Fellowship as a part-time faculty currently in an educational development role.

Enoch Hale, Center for Teaching and Learning

Enoch Hale was recognized at this year's Professional Organizational Development (POD) conference as the Early Researcher Grant recipient awardee focused on furthering inclusive teaching in higher education.

Jack Murphy, Environmental Science & Management

Serves on the City of Arcata's Creeks and Watersheds Committee.

Stephen Jenkins, Religious Studies

Professor Stephen Jenkins gave three presentations in Thailand and Singapore this month: "How the West Misunderstood Buddhism and the Implications for Contemporary Buddhist Cultures," Mahachula Buddhist University, Wat Suan Doc, Chiang Mai; "On the Deep Roots of Pure land Buddhism in the Early Pāli Texts," Yale/National University of Singapore; and "Deities and Divine Birth in Buddhism," [Three day Seminar], Mahidol University, Bangkok.

Alison Holmes, International Studies

International Studies Program Leader, Alison Holmes, attended an invitational transatlantic leadership network conference in Seattle WA called the British American Project. She was recognized for her service on both sides of the Atlantic since her first conference in 1996 as the only member to have served on both sides - as chair of the UK and a member of the US Executive.

Joshua Frye, Leslie Rossman, Communication

Joshua J. Frye was on the Convention Planning Team for the 104th annual National Communication Association held November 7-11 in Salt Lake City, Utah. With the help of his colleague Dr. Kristen Blinne from SUNY, Joshua coordinated a full week of programming consisting of over 15 sessions, Chaired 3 sessions himself, and along with colleague Dr. Leslie Rossman (Communication, HSU) presented work in progress during a virtual food seminar on social media influencers who are Instagram foodies.

Vincent Biondo, Religious Studies

Associate Professor Vincent Biondo travelled to Toronto to present the paper "Faith and History: The Legacy of Wilfred Cantwell Smith for the 21st Century," at the 7th Parliament of the World's Religions.