Latest Achievements

Peter Lehman was awarded $120,000 from the Humboldt Transit Authority for HTA Long-Term Energy Planning.

Darren Ward was awarded $75,000 from UCSD for Freshwater Ecology Research Collaboration.

Dr. Tim Bean was awarded $118,000 from the Karuk Tribe for Marble Mountain Elk Ecology Collaborative Research.

Geography professors Matthew Derrick and Rosemary Sherriff co-edited the 2018 issue of The California Geographer, the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the California Geographical Society. The volume—weighing in at more than 270 pages the largest in journal’s nearly six-decade history—features articles from HSU Geography faculty, including Derrick Nicholas Perdue, and former students, including Nathaniel Douglass and Eric Fowler, as well as academic geographers from throughout the state. The 2018 issue marks the second year of Derrick and Sherriff editing the journal; it can be accessed at the following link: http://scholarworks.csun.edu/handle/10211.3/203086

Former graduate student Matt Delheimer published his thesis in the September issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin, along with co-authors Keith Slauson, Micaela Gunther, and Bill Zielinski. His work documented the Use of Artificial Cavities by Humboldt marten, recently listed as an endangered species in California.

Alison Holmes, International Studies, attended the Global Action Summit in San Francisco as an accredited journalist for The American of London (where she has had a column for over 15 years). Her blog can be found at: http://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/GCAS2018_index.php

Alison Holmes, International Studies, presented on two roundtables at the International Studies Association - West conference in Pasadena. "Academia in Contentious Times" discussing the research and practical concerns of the current political climate and as an invited panelist for the "Pay it Forward" mentoring program for young faculty. She also finished her term on the ISA-West Executive.

Dr. Eugene Novotney, Professor of Music, had eight new steelband arrangements published over summer 2018 by MauMau Music, the premier publisher of steelband music worldwide. Three of these publications are arrangements of compositions by Trinidadian artist, Ray Holman, who performed at HSU with the Calypso Band in Spring 2018, and two others are by Trinidadian legend, Clifford Alexis, who performed at HSU with the Calypso Band in Spring 2016. The other three publications are steelband arrangements of classic Trinidadian calypso and soca compositions by David Rudder, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, and Clive Bradley of the Desperadoes Steelband.

Amy Beltrán (Theatre major), Sammi Stowe (Theatre major), and Dr. Troy Lescher (TFD) researched, edited, and published the "Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 2018" report in the June 2018 edition of Theatre Journal [Association of Theatre in Higher Education].

Dan Aldag has had two of his arrangements for jazz band published by Really Good Music. The arrangements are "Shimmer", composed by Allison Miller, and "Smack Dab", composed by Bobby Previte. Both compositions were originally written for small jazz groups and have been arranged for big band by Aldag.

Mark Colwell and Lizzie Feucht published a paper (Aug 2018) in Wader Study, an international journal dedicated to the ecology and conservation of shorebirds. Their work shows that Humboldt Bay hosts half a million shorebirds during spring migration alone! This information will be used to increase recognition of the bay under the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network.

Dr. Alstone presented the results of a multi-year study of grid flexibility to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy "Summer Study 2018" conference in Pacific Grove, California.

The conference paper is titled, "Integrating Demand Response and Distributed Resources in Planning for Large-scale Renewable Energy Integration."

You can download the paper at: http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2018/

Jared D. Larson has just returned from the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Contemporary Studies, of which he was co-organizer of the tri-lingual academic program, held at the School of Law of the University of Barcelona (5-7 Sept). Jared was the sole presenter of a co-authored paper (with Dr. Juliette Tolay of Penn State-Harrisburg) entitled "The Comparative Politics of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: The Curious Cases of Spain, Portugal and Turkey."

Physics & Astronomy alumni published a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Excellence entitled "Experimental Progress Towards Testing the Behavior of Gravity at the 20-micron Distance Scale." The work, whose primary author is Michael Ross ('15), focuses on research activities carried out in the HSU Gravitational Physics Laboratory primarily during the 2014-16 time frame. The article can be found here:
http://www.jurpress.org/s/J733FA17_Final_v4.pdf

Kamila Larripa's multiple myeloma research group had a paper accepted to the Journal for Theoretical Biology. A link to the paper is here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519318304259

This fall, HSU journalism students will be able to take an in-depth reporting class from someone who wrote the book on investigative reporting – Professor Marcy Burstiner.

Burstiner’s second edition of “Investigative Reporting: From Premise to Publication” was published by Routledge in July. For this updated version of a text first published in 2009, Burstiner includes tips from not only veteran investigative reporters but also college students who had carried out successful investigations for their campus news organizations. The new edition includes extensive discussion of data reporting and analysis for investigative stories. It also directs readers to free, collaborative tools for collecting, organizing and analyzing information, and it guides readers through the process of public records requests, as well.
"So many guides to investigative reporting are geared to experienced journalists and scare away students," Burstiner said. "I felt it important to show students that they can do investigations themselves right out of beginning reporting, by introducing them to their own peers who have done just that."

This semester, Burstiner is teaching an investigative reporting course, during which students will look at housing issues for renters in Humboldt County.

“The need to train journalists to do accurate in-depth reporting on complex topics is fast becoming one of the most important tasks of our era," said JMC chair Deidre Pike. "We're fortunate to have a national leader like Marcy teaching this class."

HSU journalism alumnus Matt Drange, a reporter at The Information, calls the book “illuminating” and “accessible.”

“This book provides the building blocks for students to conduct and publish their own investigative reporting with or without the support of a traditional classroom environment,” Drange wrote. “The bullet-proof methodology and straightforward approach Burstiner outlines provide guidance for first-year reporters and veteran journalists alike.”

Humboldt County residents may best know Burstiner from her long-running Media Maven column in the North Coast Journal.

Before coming to HSU, Burstiner worked as a reporter and editor for a series of publications including the San Francisco Business Times, thestreet.com and The Deal financial magazine and website.

Here’s a link to the book’s page on Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/Investigative-Reporting-From-Premise-to-Publication-2nd-Edition/Burstiner/p/book/9781138572164

Librarian Katia Karadjova presented at the Society for College & University Planning (SCUP) annual conference in Nashville, TN, July 14-17. She presented jointly with the Dean of Libraries at Drexel University, in a session 'Assessing Library Spaces as Learning Environments Goes Beyond Measuring Occupancy'.

Dr. Nievita Bueno Watts, INRSEP Director, published Groundwork article "Using place-based, community-inspired research to broaden participation in the geosciences" in the August 2018 v28 issue of GSA Today.

Dr. Bockover gave an invited presentation at the "Beyond Comparisons" conference held at East China Normal University in Shanghai in August 2018. The presentation was given in honor of her late teacher and mentor, Henry Rosemont, Jr.

Barbara has been accepted to the University of Exeter for her PhD. Her research will focus on textiles, tools, and experimenting with recreated tools and how they functioned.

Peter Goetz's paper, "The Koszul property for graded twisted tensor products", was accepted for publication in the Journal of Algebra in August, 2018. The paper will appear in print in the November 2018 issue. A sciencedirect link is

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021869318304423?via…

Professor Robert Cliver delivered a paper, "Labor-Capital Consultation and Factory Management in Chinese Capitalist Enterprises in the 1950s" at the World Economic History Congress at MIT, July 29 - Aug. 3, 2018.

Enoch Hale presented "Organizational Innovations to Open Pedagogy for Student Success" at the 2018 CSU Tech Conference (July 30-Aug 2) in Sacramento, CA.

Josh Callahan (Information Security Officer), Neal Fisch (CSU Channel Islands), and David Zeichick (CSU Chico) presented "A Common Approach to Vendor Security Reviews" at the 2018 CSU Tech Conference (July 30-Aug 2) in Sacramento, CA.

Bethany Rizzardi and Billie Herman presented "HSU IT Project Prioritization - Aligning IT Resources with Campus Priorities" at the 2018 CSU Tech Conference (July 30-Aug 2) in Sacramento, CA.

Breck Robinson and Brent Oparowski presented "Building the (Virtual) Lab of the Future with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS)" at the 2018 CSU Tech Conference (July 30-Aug 2) in Sacramento, CA.

The Telecommunications and Network Services team has received a $10,000 innovations mini-grant from the CSU Office of the Chancellor. The team will develop tools that will support internal campus communications during an outage caused by a natural disaster. The grant also funds the concept design of portable kits to support outage communications in local neighborhoods.

Dr. Young Kwon has received a $10,000 innovations mini-grant from the CSU Office of the Chancellor for developing Augmented Virtual Exercise Physiology Laboratories (AVEPL) with real data using virtual reality cameras. This project will provide hands-on lab activities and help eliminate the place-bound and facilities bottlenecks for KINS 379 Exercise Physiology.

ITS Enterprise and Client Technology has received $50,000 worth of Amazon Web Services (AWS) credits from the CSU Office of the Chancellor. These credits will be used to explore cloud services to expand our Virtual Lab. For this project, we will focus on using AWS for computationally or resource intensive processes and applications.

Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, Inc. Biennium Convention Epsilon Upsilon Chapter & California Alumnae Association Humboldt State University.

The 2018 International Leadership Forum for the Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, Inc. was held in Buffalo, NY June 28th - July 1st, 2018. This biennium convention was attended by nearly 400 delegates around the country and marked the kick off for Delta Phi Epsilon’s new strategic plan. The event included distinguished alumnae speakers, professional development workshops, and the opportunity to celebrate Delta Phi Epsilon’s 100+ years of sisterhood and service.

The Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at Humboldt State University sent delegates to represent the HSU Chapter, one of two active chapters on the west coast. HSU’s undergraduate delegates included current Chapter President Michaelah Cole (Marine Biology, Senior) and past Vice President Operations Jasmine Calvillo (Cellular Molecular Biology, Senior).

Additionally, the California Alumnae Association, primarily composed of HSU graduates, had five alumnae representatives from Humboldt State University attending.

The Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at Humboldt State University was chartered in 1988 and currently has close to 60 undergraduate members. A second chapter was recently established on the west coast at California State University, Los Angeles in fall 2016.

*Organizational Awards*:
Outstanding Alumnae Newsletter Award: Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University
-- Awarded to the active undergraduate chapter with the most creative and engaging outreach program targeted towards their alumnae graduates.
Outstanding Senior to Alumnae Programming Award: California Alumnae Association, Humboldt State University & California State University, Los Angeles.
-- Awarded to the Alumnae Association that excels in preparing collegiate senior members for alumnae membership during the biennium.

*Individual Awards*:
Sisterhood Award: Margie Janes, Epsilon Upsilon, HSU Class of 2006
-- Presented to a volunteer who demonstrates loyalty and devotion to all aspects of Delta Phi Epsilon, including time, participation, commitment to communication, and contributes above and beyond the description of their position.

For more information about Delta Phi Epsilon at Humboldt State University visit
www.dphie.org or https://dphiehsu.weebly.com/

Tim Miller (Library), Sarah Fay Philips (Library), and Jessica Citti (Writing Studio / Learning Center) presented "Creating and Coordinating a Collaborative Workshop Program: Librarians and Writing Studio Coordinator Share Insights and Lessons Learned" at the Library Instruction West 2018 Conference (July 19-20) in Grand Junction, CO.

Melanie Michalak and Susan Cashman (Geology) were awarded a 3-year, multi-institutional National Science Foundation grant, with Eric Kirby (OSU) and Kevin Furlong (Penn State), to study geologic deformation in the Klamath Mountains. This research addresses both mountain building (long term deformation) and crustal strain associated with megathrust earthquakes (short term deformation). Principal investigators and students will partner with Hoopa Valley Elementary School’s 6th grade teachers for research-related activities and field trips for HVES 6th graders. HSU was awarded $158,636 to support graduate and undergraduate students, 6th grade teachers, supplies, and analyses.

Kerri J. Malloy, Lecturer in Native American Studies presented his paper “Marshall, Whitman and Baum: Selections from the American Terminal Narrative” at the "Words that Kill" conference organized by the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention at the American University of Paris (May 28-30) in Paris, France.

Seafha Ramos, Research Associate and Lecturer in the Wildlife Department, published an article, "Considerations for culturally sensitive Traditional Ecological Knowledge research in wildlife conservation". The paper will be included in the June 2018 issue of the peer-reviewed journal, the Wildlife Society Bulletin.

Over the last year, students in GEOG 300, Global Awareness, and GEOG 301, Int'l Environmental Issues and Globalization, published papers on public blogs under the instruction of Dr. Laura Johnson.

Students in GEOG 300 created an 'Encyclopedia of Objects of Concern,' in which they creatively examined how seemingly mundane, ordinary objects connect people, places, and beings across the globe. Check it out here: https://humboldtglobalawareness.weebly.com

And in GEOG 301, students collectively developed case studies of resistance, re-imagining, and re-building, collaborating to probe innovative movements, organizations, and frameworks. Check it out here: https://reimaginetheworld.weebly.com

Emily Cobb attended and participated in the "Digital Meets Handmade" symposium in New York City on May 16th-18th. The symposium was organized by the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy. She presented her paper abstract "Sleight of Hand: Digital Influence on Contemporary Jewelry Education" and was a member of the panel that discussed "Has CAD gone Bad?"

Michael Le, Research Associate in the Office of Institutional Effectiveness is an invited panelist and presenter at the 58th annual conference for the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) held May 28 to June 1, 2018, in Orlando, FL. Michael won the Best Presentation Award at the 2017 California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR) Conference which comes with a $2,000 travel grant and automatic inclusion in the AIR Forum schedule. The Forum is the world’s largest gathering of higher education professionals in institutional research, effectiveness, assessment, planning and related fields. Learn more at: http://forum.airweb.org/2018

Bethany Rizzardi (Interim CIO), Hilary Baker (CSU Northridge), Dr. Christine Miller (CSU Sacramento), and Tosha Pham (Cal State LA) presented "Room at the Top: Cultivating Gender Diversity in IT Leadership" at the 2018 CSU Tech Conference (July 30-Aug 2) in Sacramento, CA.

Dr. Brian Mistler (Student Health & Wellbeing) and Bethany Rizzardi (Information Technology Services) presented "Supporting Gender Non-Conforming Students: Psychological and Technological Considerations in Working with Chosen Names and Pronouns" at the 2018 CSU Tech Conference (July 30-Aug 2) in Sacramento, CA.

Professor Marissa O'Neill published in May 2018 Journal of Public Child Welfare: "IV-E or not IV-E, that is the question: comparisons of BSW Child Welfare Scholars and matched trainee confidence and retention"

ABSTRACT

Our longitudinal study examined the effectiveness of BSW IVE Scholar training compared with a matched cohort of traditionally trained employees. The BSW IV-E Scholars felt significantly more prepared than their traditionally-trained coworkers. BSW IV-E Scholars were significant investment of training dollars for IV-E at the Federal, state, and local levels.

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15548732.2018.1444531

Professor Jen Maguire recent panelist for the Assembly Committee hearing on Campus Climate

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at the California State Capitol, HSU Department of Social Work Professor Jen Maguire served as a panelist for the Assembly Select Committee hearing on Campus Climate.

The hearing, chaired by Assembly Member Shirley N. Weber, included input from California Community Colleges, CSUs, and UCs advocating for college student basic needs and a Q&A with the Legislators.

Graduating senior and Honors Painting participant Dominique Birdsong, was selected by her painting professors, Teresa Stanley and Gina Tuzzi, to participate in the 10th Annual Art of Painting Conference and Exhibit at John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis, California in March. The exhibit featured the work of 20 top young college student painters from across the state. The exhibit and conference is geared towards nurturing dialog on contemporary painting and fostering interaction between young artists and established professionals in the field. A full-color catalog featuring Dominique's work, as well the work of other top students, was produced.

Graduating senior and Honors Painting participant Dominique Birdsong, has been accepted into the MFA program at the Royal College of Art in London, England. The Royal College of Art offers postgraduate degrees to students from over 60 countries and is considered to be the world's leading art and design university, according to a recent international survey. It has also been consistently placed first in the OS World University Rankings. Dominique was accepted into the program through a highly competitive selection process, submitting paintings from her "Trapped" series, paintings that explore issues of identity and loss. You can see more of her work at Birdaydesign.com.

Dr. Ray has been invited to speak on "Coming of Age at the End of the World: Eco-grief and the Climate Generation," at UC-Santa Barbara on June 1.

Dr. Ray has been invited to speak on "Coming of Age at the End of the World: Eco-grief and the Climate Generation," at UC-Santa Barbara on June 1.

The ERFA Faculty Awards winners were honored on May 8 at the University Senate Reception. This year's winners are:

Barbara Clucas, Department of Wildlife
Melissa Hawkins, Department of Biological Sciences
Margarita Otero-Diaz, Environmental Resources Engineering
Michihiro Clark Sugata, Department of Sociology

The website for the awards is: https://www2.humboldt.edu/senate/erfa/faculty-awards

Humboldt came home with several top awards from the 72nd Annual California Geographical Society meeting in Sacramento. The 18 current students, along with alumni, who attended represented HSU Geography with strong enthusiasm and professionalism.

We had three student awardees. Samuel Wood won first place for the Cartography Paper Competition. Joshua Shindelbower won second place for the Cartography Paper Competition. Quint Migliardi won third place for the Digital Cartography Competition, and several of our students landed Student Travel Awards. Well done!

"Photos and more information here.":https://www2.humboldt.edu/geography/cgs2018

Congratulations to our 2018 Geography scholarship recipients! At the annual awards BBQ, scholarships and awards were distributed thanks to the generosity of alumni and other donors. A new Kosmos award was created this year for leadership and creativity in geospatial science and cartography. Congratulations to recipients Miyako Namba (Dr. John L. Harper Memorial Scholarship), Hartford Johnson (Herring Geography Scholarship), Quint Migliardi (Dr. Joseph S. Leeper Scholarship), Kevin Greer (Suzanne Wetzel Seemann Scholarship), Amy Lautamo (Webb Bauer Award), Andrew Gibbs (Excellence of Scholarship, National Council for Geographic Education), Joshua Shindelbower and Gilbert Trejo (Kosmos Awards)

Barbara Klessig has been invited to teach an experimental archaeology workshop in textiles at the University College Dublin,Ireland May 18th to students in their MSc in Experimental Archaeology.

The Chemistry Club, "The Free Radicals" received two awards from The American Chemical Society. They received a commendable student chapter award and the green chemistry award! Students in this club actively participate in outreach and fun science activities as well as career building workshops.