Updates about the latest accomplishments—including latest research, publications, and awards—by students, faculty, and staff
Congratulations to authors accepted in vol. 2 of HSU’s peer-reviewed Ideafest Journal. Publication forthcoming at digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/ideafest/.
Mele’ana ‘Akolo “A Feminist Interpretation of Women’s Work with Koloa in the Tongan Community”
Charles Biles “Teaching Apportionment”
John Cortenbach and Buddhika Madurapperuma “Survey and Map Distribution of English Ivy at Patrick’s Point”
John Dellysse and Buddhika Madurapperuma “Developing a Coastal GIS Model of Sri Lanka to Pinpoint Areas at Risk of Tsunamis”
Sean Haas “Searching for a Connection between Radio Emissions and UV/Optical Absorption in Quasars”
Carla Quintero “How Many Quasars Have Extremely High Velocity Outflows?"
Cyndy Phillips has formed a local independent press, SequoiaSong Publications, which specializes in bringing voices and art to print that might not otherwise make it to mainstream publishing. SequoiaSong's first publication (in conjunction with HSU Press)--a children's bilingual picture book written by Peter Jain and illustrated by South Bay and Pine Hill Elementary School students-- will be released at Arts Arcata on May 11, 5:30-7p.m, at Wrangletown Cider Company, 1350 9th Street, Arcata.
The book serves as a fundraiser to support the music, art, and library programs of South Bay Union Elementary Schools.
Humboldt State University has been featured in Unique Venues magazine, in an article titled "The Time of Your Life: 8 colleges and universities provide one-of-a-kind experiences."
View the magazine online at http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=dca6305d-b9f5-47fe-8411-fafa9662718d
In her work in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Ramona Bell was a part of a team who received a $200,000 grant from the CSU Office of the Chancellor for Advancing Faculty Diversity. The grant, awarded Fall 2017, is to help support the retention and recruitment of underrepresented faculty of color.
Amy Rock and Ryan Malhoski have co-authored Mapping with ArcGIS Pro, a practical approach to cartographic design and decision-making with tutorials for ArcGIS Pro and integration into ArcGIS Online.
Congratulations to these student and faculty authors for the successful publication of an article titled "Novel Tests of Gravity Below Fifty Microns" in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of The National Conferences On Undergraduate Research (NCUR), 2017. Jeremy Johnson also presented this work at the conference itself, which was held in Memphis, TN in April, 2017.
Nicholas Hernandez presented a poster providing a research update on work being done in the HSU Gravitational Physics Laboratory at the 2018 April Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS), which was held in Columbus, OH April 13-17.
Librarian Katia Karadjova was awarded a scholarship by the Society for College & University Planning (SCUP) to present at the SCUP 2018 annual conference in Nashville, TN, July 14-17. She will be presenting jointly with the Dean of Libraries at Drexel University in a panel session, Assessing Library Spaces as Learning Environments Goes Beyond Measuring Occupancy.
As covered in the Times-Standard, Environmental Studies majors Colin Mateer and Anais Southard and Environmental Science and Management major Aida Castro worked on a water catchment system in Loleta, under the guidance of HSU's Environmental Engineering/Appropriate Technology faculty member, Lonny Grafman. Check it out here: http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20180419/NEWS/180419784
Maral N. Attallah (Lecturer in the Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department) will participate in a two-week seminar at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC (June 2018).The seminar is titled, "Racial Practice: Theory, Policy, and Execution in Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South".
Students in the Model United Nations program participated in the Model United Nations of the Far West conference in San Francisco. Competing against more than 450 students from 30 universities, students from Humboldt State represented Kenya, Panama, Slovenia, Syria, and Vietnam.
HSU’s team received several awards. Kenya (represented by Averie Middleton, Sessi Fletcher, Syd Long, Jenesy Gabrielle Burkett, and Mara Arvizu), Slovenia (represented by Alex Banaskiewicz, Isabelle Tisson, Kayla McClelland, and Hailey LaJoie), and Vietnam (represented by Ryan Thomas, Nick Thomas, Alexis Borwn, Fabian Cuevas,and Dani Saldaña) were recognized as top performing teams.
Congratulations to Club Advisor of the Year, Russell Gaskell. Russell teaches Spanish and is the Club advisor for Lambda Theta Phi. The award is given to advisors that not only advise their clubs but also mentor and help club members develop their leadership and professional skills.
In the words of club members, "Professor Gaskell has been... spectacular ever since he has been the advisor of the Lambda Theta Phi. What Russell has done is provide us with a crazy amount of support that makes us feel like he's a part of our family. ... He’s an amazing professor, a hell of an advisor, and more than being just our advisor, he is one of us."
The ideals of Lambda Theta Phi are the following: Academic Excellence; Brotherhood; Leadership; Latino Unity; Service. Lambda Theta Phi brothers perform community service, sponsor events which highlight and celebrate Latino heritage, participate in educational workshops, and enjoy many social programs. As a result of their active participation in every aspect of college life, they are developing their organizational, communication, and leadership skills, all while pursuing the coveted diploma.
Todd Larsen, Associate Director of Business Operations in Housing & Residence Life was selected to be on the Exhibits Committee for The Western Association of College and University Housing Officers (WACUHO) Annual Conference and Exposition for 2019. The Exhibits Committee provides an opportunity for Association members, Corporate Affiliate members and non-member vendors to collaboratively network and share ideas and products through an open exhibits area at the Annual Conference and Exposition. This past conference, there were over 50 exhibitors including design architects, construction managers, rooms management software, furniture providers and more.
Donyet King has been appointed as one of the Tri-Chairs on the Women of WACUHO Committee for the Western Association of College and University Housing Officers.
WoW strives to give women a voice in Student Affairs and create professional development opportunities, like regional Drive-In Conferences, mentoring programs, and scholarships to attend the annual WACUHO Conference.
Donyet is passionate about creating professional opportunities for women and other underrepresented groups. Congratulations on your appointment, WoW and Student Affairs are lucky to have you!
Scales and Arpeggios with Shifting Practice by Cindy Moyer has been published by Galaxy Music Corp.
Dr. Dallasheh has been awarded the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. This award is for completing her book manuscript, "Contested Citizenship: Nazareth’s Palestinians in the Transition from British Mandate to Israel, 1940-1966."
Dr. Dallasheh participated in College and University Educators Workshop at the Council for Foreign Relations in New York, NY. The workshop brings together over 100 professors, from around the USA, who are teaching courses on or related to international relations and U.S. foreign policy, along with those from other fields who are interested in introducing global issues into their classroom.
Dr. Dallasheh presented a paper entitled "Despite the Nakba: Palestinian Nazareth in Israel" at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. The paper was a part of the Institute for Middle East Studies Annual Conference 2018 - Nakba: Past and Present.
Rosemary Sherriff (Geography) co-authored a new perspective paper titled "Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States" in the new journal Fire. http://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/1/1/11/html
Alum Michael Vernon (MS 2017) with Rosemary Sherriff (Geography), Jeff Kane (Forestry), and Phil van Mantgem (USGS) published a paper titled "Thinning, tree-growth, and resistance to multi-year drought in a mixed-conifer forest of northern California" in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.043
John Meyer will serve as an invited Visiting Scholar at the University of Reading Centre for Climate and Justice, UK, from May 21-June 9, 2018. While there, he'll work with the Centre's Ph.D. students and is also organizing a workshop on "everyday environmentalism and climate populism" to include presentations by Julian Agyeman (Tufts), Nancy Fraser (New School), Lisa Disch (Michigan) and Sherilyn MacGregor (Manchester).
https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-climate-and-justice/
Roman Sanchez – HSU Theatre Arts Senior
At the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, held in Washington, D.C., Roman Sanchez was honored to receive the ASTEP scholarship - an all expense paid trip to attend the Artist as Citizen Conference at Juilliard this summer. He also received the National Arts Impact Award (Cash prize, all-expense-paid trip back to DC to speak on behalf of arts activism to Congress).
As a bonus he was able to be mentored by Deans of YALE's School of Theatre Management, Vicki Nolan & Kelvin Dinkins Jr., and have powerful, one-on-one conversations with Jane Alexander, David Saar, Jorge Huerta, Luis Valdez, and many other nationally-recognized lea
Students Alex Childers, Sarah Godlin and Hartford Johnson, and Librarians Brianne Hagen and Carly Marino presented "Researching the Redwoods: A New Approach to Archival Internships" at the Society of California Archivists' annual meeting in Yosemite.
Librarian Kyle Morgan and Instructional Designer Morgan Barker presented the poster “Publishing Simplified: A High-Impact Productive Disruption, Teaching the Publishing Process for Student Self-Efficacy” at the CSU Symposium + PolyTeach Joint Conference.
Librarians Kyle Morgan and Garrett Purchio presented their hands-on workshop “Students Lead the Learning: A Game Show Approach to Teaching Database Searching” at the CSU Symposium + PolyTeach Joint Conference.
Congratulations to our 2018 scholarship recipients in the Forestry and Wildland Resources Department! At the annual awards banquet, over $55,000 in scholarships were distributed thanks to the generosity of alumni and other donors. A new scholarship was created by the family of Allan Eugene Nilson, who taught for 14 years in the HSU Forestry department. The Nilson scholarship will support high-achieving students with financial need.
Special congratulations to Kristy DeYoung, recipient of the Professional Promise Award, and Mike Padilla, recipient of the Academic Excellence Award. Also congratulations to Dr. Kevin Boston, recipient of the student-selected Outstanding Faculty Member Award.
Dr. Ray was invited to give a public lecture, "Coming of Age at the End of the World: Eco-Grief and the Climate Generation," at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.
Spanish major, Jonathon Salinas, will present "Representation and Contributions of Latinas in the Gay Liberation Movement" at the UCLA Qscholars Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 18th.
As a queer person of color, Jonathon works to highlight narratives of underrepresented groups in the LGBT+ community to empower and engage his communities. Director at HSU's Queer Resource Center, activist and, community organizer, Jonathon organized Humboldt County's first ever inclusive Pride event to bring attention to the racism, ableism, misogyny, transphobia, and many other forms of exclusion that plague queer/LGBT+ spaces.
Geography professor Matthew Derrick delivered a conference paper presentation titled "Territorial Politics of Mosques in Post-Soviet Central Asia" at the Central Asia Fulbright Seminar for U.S. Scholars and Students, held April 9-12 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Derrick is currently spending his sabbatical year as a Fulbright Scholar based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Mark Hemphill-Haley is co-author on a recent publication in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America entitled "Onshore to Offshore Ground‐Surface and Seabed Rupture of the Jordan–Kekerengu–Needles Fault Network during the 2016 Mw7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake, New Zealand" It provides detailed observations of one of the most complex earthquake surface ruptures in history.
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/530021/onshore-to-off…
Savanna Schaffer was just appointed the president of the Redwood Coast chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers. She has been serving as Youth Assistant Keeper Program Coordinator at Sequoia Park Zoo for the past two years.
Suzanne Pasztor published two articles on Mexican history in Volume 74 of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, published by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and University of Texas Press.
Ryan Hazen, Stephanie Osborne, and Zachary Weaver are the recipients of the English Scholarship for 2018.
Prof. J. W. Powell, Philosophy, will deliver an invited presentation to the North American Wittgenstein Society (NAWS) and the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association on March 28, 2018. The title is “Locke and Heraclitus on Whether Language Is Based on Convention.”
Locke says yes, “else there would be but one language amongst all humans.” Heraclitus says no, roughly because what makes sense for one must make sense for all. There is of course more to the story.
Former graduate student, Matt Brinkman, authored a paper in Wildlife Society Bulletin, co-authored with his graduate advisor, Mark Colwell. The paper describes a field experiment using Carbachol to condition Common Ravens to avoid eating quail eggs made to look like Snowy Plover eggs. While successful in the short term, ravens still ate real plover eggs in the area of the field experiment.
Dr. Armeda Reitzel presented her paper titled "The Star Spangled Story of the U.S. National Anthem" at the Popular Culture Association conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 28, 2018.
Prof. Janet Winston (English and Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) presented research at the 27th Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference in Savannah, Georgia on February 17, 2018. Her paper—“Rainbow Flags, Lizard People, and Me: Unpacking the Visual Rhetorics of Contemporary Antisemitism and Pro-Israelism”—examines how current forms of antisemitism, charges of antisemitism, and responses to antisemitism circulate in public discourse.
Emily Cobb recently returned from exhibiting her latest artwork in Sirens: New Work by the JV Collective during Munich Jewellery Week in Germany. Munich Jewellery Week is one of the most significant international events for contemporary jewelers, collectors, gallerists, curators and jewelry artists from around the world. Sirens is an interactive exhibition, and during opening night the podcast Percieved Value recorded several interviews in the gallery space. Listen soon at: https://www.perceivedvaluepodcast.com. The Sirens exhibition will travel to the Baltimore Jewelry Center in Maryland this April and New York City Jewelry Week in November.
Mark Hemphill-Haley (Geology) returned from two-week investigation of the 2016 M 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, South Island, New Zealand. He joined HSU alumni Russ Van Dissen ('83) and Jessica Vermeer ('13 BS, '16 MS) and NZ researchers to investigate the deformation associated with more than 9 m (27 ft) of offset during the earthquake. The investigation involved trenching across the fault to assess fault structure and timing of previous earthquakes.
HSU's Soil Judging Team places 3rd in Region 6!
Humboldt State University's first Soil Judging Team braved snowy roads to travel to Butte College on Saturday, March 3 and placed 3rd in Team and Group categories. Team members Miles Ritch (Rangeland Resource Science), Monica Pina (Wildland Soils), and Yoselyn Ayala (Ecological Restoration) ventured into wet, muddy soil pits to evaluate soil textures, colors, and structures, then classified and rated soils for several land uses.
During the afternoon, hail and heavy rain-storms pummeled contestants from CalPoly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fresno, Cal State Chico, and Humboldt State University. Thanks to Dr. Garrett Liles of CSU Chico for hosting the event. Region 6 of the Agronomy Society of America-sponsored contest includes universities from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico and Nevada, although only four teams from California competed this year. Teams from CalPoly SLO and CSU Fresno will compete at the National Competition March 18-23 at the University of Tennessee. The National Collegiate Soils Contest will hosted by CalPoly SLO in 2019.
Maral N. Attallah (Lecturer in the Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department) was honored as one of the keynote speakers for the 35th Annual Sonoma State University 2018 Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series. Her lecture, “Armenian Genocide: Legacies of Denial” - was presented on March 13th in Warren Auditorium at Sonoma State University.
Professor of Art Nicole Jean Hill was invited by the Center for Prairies Studies at Grinnell College to be an artist-in-residence for the month of March. She is developing a series of photographs and animations about the ecology of the restored and remnant tallgrass prairies at the Conard Environmental Research Area in Kellogg, Iowa.
The Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will award Professor Marcy Burstiner a James Madison Freedom of Information Award March 27 in San Francisco for significant contributions to advancing freedom of information or expression. Burstiner will receive the Beverly Kees Educator Award for guiding students to harness the power of the California Public Records Act.
Undergraduate student Ely Boone received a second place award in the best science poster category at the 52nd annual American Fisheries Society Cal-Neva conference held in San Luis Obispo last week. Ely presented his summer 2017 research on environmental DNA, which he completed in the Rroulou'sik Program.
Christina Accomando co-authored the article "The Cynical Red Herring of Arming Teachers," with Kristin Anderson of the University of Houston. Posted in Psychology Today blog "Benign" Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice, Feb 28, 2018.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/benign-bigotry/201802/the-cynical-…
On March 8 at 7pm, Dr. Ray will be talking on "Coming of Age at the End of the World: Eco-Grief, College Students, and Climate Change" for the "My Favorite Lecture" series at the Plaza Grill in Arcata.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Claire Till was awarded an NSF Ocean Sciences grant in collaboration with a group at Texas A&M. The $116,500 grant to HSU will fund the analysis of samples taken along a transect from Alaska to Tahiti for a suite of trace elements.
Professor of Chemistry Joshua Smith was awarded a Fulbright scholar award to study triplet ground state aromatic compounds at Angstrom Laboratories, Uppsala University, Sweden during the 2018-19 academic year.
Associate professor of Geography Matthew Derrick presented a paper titled "Mosques and Monumentality in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan" at the South and Central Asia Fulbright conference, held in New Delhi, India, February 26-28. Derrick is currently a Fulbright scholar based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy (Lecturer, Biological Sciences) and co-authors recently published a peer-reviewed article entitled "Genetic variation and selection of MHC class I loci differ in two congeneric frogs" in the journal Genetica.
This article is "in press" and available online at: https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10709-018-0016-0