Latest Achievements

John Meyer was recently appointed as an editor of the international academic journal, Environmental Politics.

http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.humboldt.edu/toc/fenp20/current

Physics/Astronomy major Charlotte Olsen has been selected for a NASA CRESST internship this summer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center close to Washington DC. She will be working with X-ray data to understand how star formation is triggered in close pairs of galaxies under the supervision of Dr. Basu-Zych. Congrats Charlotte!

Dr. C.D. Hoyle published a book chapter entitled "Laboratory-Based Gravity Measurement" in Volume 3 of Wiley's "Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering." The peer-reviewed reference series is edited by Myer Kutz.

Two Humboldt State University students passed the rigorous “Fundamentals of Soil Science” exam offered on April 15, 2016, becoming Associate Professional Soil Scientists, according to test results from the Council of Soil Science Examiners.

Kristin Cooper and Catherine Trimingham graduated from Humboldt State University with the Wildland Soils option in Rangeland Resource Science. Kristin has performed range technician duties for the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming and has volunteered for several California Resource Conservation Districts. She is studying for the GRE exam and plans to apply to a graduate program for Fall 2017. Catt rowed for the HSU Women’s Crew team and is currently working as a forest-wide soils technician on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in Idaho. She says that “my education is much more well-rounded compared to the people I work with. I am able to understand a majority of the timber jargon, identify most of the plants I come in contact with, and have been told that my notes are too thorough.”

The national pass rate for the Spring 2016 soils exam was 56 percent, with a California pass rate of 87.5 percent. Since 2011, 25 HSU students have attempted this exam, with an overall pass rate of 80 percent, the last two years with 100 percent success. Those who pass the fundamentals exam will be eligible to take the Professional Practice exam after five years of professional experience, an additional step in becoming a Certified Professional Soil Scientist. Recent Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) discussions about program self-certification have included the fundamentals exam as one indicator of program quality. Given that the exam is multiple choice, it does not evaluate students’ field skills per se, but is an exam that is offered nationwide and is therefore ‘portable.’ Humboldt State University Wildland Soils students (under the Rangeland Resource Science major) spend more than 200 hours in field or laboratory learning experiences, honing hands-on skills and field judgment of soil properties, limitations, and capabilities.

“Do skunks hate the smell of their own spray?” William Wood, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, was asked this question by Popular Science Magazine (July-August, 2016, p. 102). He said we can never really know the answer to this question. Like humans, skunks should experience olfactory fatigue on prolonged exposure to their defensive spray. The receptors in their nose get clogged up with odor molecules and the smell can no longer be detected. The article is online at www.popsci.com/do-skunks-hate-smell-their-own-spray.

Joshua Frye recently published a book chapter called "Hugo Chávez, Iconic Associationism, and the Bolívarian Revolution" in the edited collection, Imprints of Revolution: Visual Representations of Resistance. The peer-reviewed volume is published by Roman & Littlefield International and edited by Lisa B. Y. Calvente and Guadalupe Garcia.

Dr. Steven Martin is co-author of a peer-reviewed article recently published in the Journal of Forestry--The Evolution of Wilderness Social Science and Future Research to Protect Experiences, Resources, and Societal Benefits.

*The Greening of Everyday Life: Challenging Practices, Imagining Possibilities* is a new book published by Oxford University Press, edited by John Meyer and German law professor Jens Kersten. The book brings together contributors from a wide variety of disciplines to critically explore strategies and actions taken to generate homes, communities, and livelihoods that might be scaled-up to promote more sustainable societies.

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-greening-of-everyday-life-9…

Sheila Rocker Heppe, Director of Extended Education & OLLI Programs, is featured in an interview appearing in Road Scholar, part of the Lifelong Learning Institute Resource Network. You can read the full interview online here: http://bit.ly/2blzYFk

Geography Professor Stephen Cunha's "Phase Change: The Western Ski Industry in Transition" appears in the Spring 2017 issue of Pacifica. The alpine ski industry in the west began in 1927 with a modest rope tow up a 164-foot hill near Lake Tahoe. Today, 125 resorts blanket 11 western states, BC, and Yukon. Changes during the last decade include the consolidation of resorts under corporate ownership, annual passes that apply to multiple areas across several states, the vertical integration of resort operations, and adaptations to a warming climate.

Dr. Jason R. Patton was invited to and participated in the research cruise CASEIS16. The goals of this cruise were to characterize the tectonics of the convergent subduction zone plate boundary along the Lesser Antilles in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Dr. Patton provided essential advice to the chief scientist Dr. Nathalie Feuillet for cruise planning by helping Dr. Feuillet locate core sites; locate seismic profile locations; describe, sample, and archive sediment cores; and conduct preliminary stratigraphic analyses. Dr. Patton provided expert advice on the methodology of turbidite paleoseismology.

Here is Dr. Patton’s research cruise blog http://humboldt-jay.blogspot.com/

Dr. Jason R. Patton is a recipient of the Geological Society of America's (GSA) Kirk Bryan Award, granted by the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. This is one of the most prestigious awards granted to geologists that study the Quaternary (from 2.56 million years ago to present). http://www.geosociety.org/awards/divisions.htm#kirkBryan

Dr. Patton was a coauthor to the Goldfinger et al., USGS Publication, "Turbidite Event History—Methods and Implications for Holocene Paleoseismicity of the Cascadia Subduction Zone." The award is presented to all coauthors. http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1661f/

The award will be presented at the September 2016 GSA national meeting in Denver, CO.

John W. Powell, Humboldt State Professor of Philosophy, presented May 23 in Turku, Finland, to the Abo Akademi University Philosophy Department's Research Seminar on the topic "In and Out of Language: An Attack on Standard Philosophical Accounts of the Ontology of Language." He also participated in the Centennial Celebration in Honor of Georg Henrik von Wright at Helsinki University and attended two more conferences at Abo and at the University of Helsinki dealing with Ludwig Wittgenstein and von Wright. On June 16th he presented at Abo on "Justification Is Not the Issue; Philosophy Must Rethink War."

National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for research in Dr. Hoyle's Gravitational Physics Laboratory has been extended for 3 more years in the amount of $156,000. The funds support student travel to conferences and summer research positions in addition to hardware and software necessary to perform the experiments. More information can be found here:
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1606988

Members of a Humboldt State sorority were recently recognized with 10 awards at a national convention.

The 2016 International Leadership Forum for the Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, Inc. was held in Philadelphia June 30th - July 3rd, 2016. This biennium convention was attended by nearly 550 delegates around the country and marked the centennial kick off for Delta Phi Epsilon. 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 three delegates to represent the HSU Chapter, currently the only active chapter on the west coast. HSU’s undergraduate delegates included current Chapter President Jacqueline Trzeciak (senior, Cellular Molecular Biology), Vice President Operations Mickayla Matarazzo (junior, Social Work) and Vice President Academic Affairs Eve Mejia (senior, Cellular Molecular Biology).

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

The Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at Humboldt State University as well as the California Alumnae Association walked away with 10 awards total, the largest recognition for the west coast chapters in 28 years.

The Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at Humboldt State University was chartered in 1988 and currently has close to 50 undergraduate members. Soon they will be joined by two new colonies being established on the west coast: California State University, Los Angeles (fall 2016) and University of California, Merced (spring 2018).

Individual Awards:

Harriette Hirsch Sisterhood Award: Kacie Flynn, Epsilon Upsilon

Established in 1996 to honor Harriette Hirsch for unselfish support and service to Delta Phi Epsilon, this award is presented to a member of the sorority who has given unselfishly of her time and resources to ensure the success of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority.

Outstanding Alumnae of the Biennium: Gina Curtis, Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University, CAA

Outstanding Alumnae of the Biennium: Rose McGovern, Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University, CAA

Outstanding Alumnae of the Biennium: Kacie Flynn, Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University, CAA

Outstanding Alumnae of the Biennium: Margie Janes, Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University, CAA

Outstanding Alumnae of the Biennium: Lynna Do, Alpha Iota, San Francisco State University, CAA

Outstanding Alumnae of the Biennium presented to those alumnae members who have represented Delta Phi Epsilon’s highest standards and have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service outside the sorority as well as within.

Outstanding Undergraduate of the Biennium: Sam Barton, Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University

Outstanding Undergraduate of the Biennium presented to those undergraduate members who have represented Delta Phi Epsilon's highest standards and have demonstrated outstanding leadership and scholastic qualities outside the sorority as well as within.

Organizational Awards:

Outstanding Recruitment Award: California Alumnae Association, Humboldt State University

Outstanding Recruitment Award presented to the Alumnae Association that experienced the largest percentage of growth in membership.

Outstanding Senior to Alumnae Programing Award: California Alumnae Association, Humboldt State University

Outstanding Senior to Alumnae Programing Award presented to the Alumnae Association that excels in preparing collegiate senior members for alumnae membership during the biennium.

The Rhoda Klein Award for Excellence in Financial Responsibility: Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University

Awarded to the active undergraduate chapter displaying excellence in financial responsibility.

1917 Club: Epsilon Upsilon, Humboldt State University

During the 2015-2016 academic year the Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at Humboldt State University exceeded their goals and as a result was admitted into the “1917 Club of Delta Phi Epsilon.” This elite club recognizes them as one of the top chapters in the nation.

Michael S. Bruner, Karissa Valine, and Berenice Ceja, Department of Communication, "Women Can't Win: Gender Irony and the E-Politics of 'The Biggest Loser'," was published in the International Journal of E-Politics,
Vol. 16, Issue 2 (2016): 16-36.
DOI: 10.4018/IJEP.2016040102.

See : http://www.igi-global.com/article/women-cant-win/152821

Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray's newest academic article, "Environmental Justice, Vital Materiality, and the Toxic Sublime in Edward Burtynsky's Manufactured Landscapes," has been published in the current issue of the journal GeoHumanities.

2016 Dr. Orval M. Klose Scholarship

This year's scholarship was awarded to Jacob Partida. The scholarship was established in 2003 and named after HSU Professor of Mathematics, Orval Klose.

2016 Robert S. Chambers Mathematics Scholarship

This year's awardees were Caleb Hill and Emily Norberg.

2016 Michael Tucker Memorial Scholarship

This year's Michael Tucker Memorial Scholarship is awarded to Karlie Elliott. The scholarship honors the late son of Marilyn and HSU Mathematics Professor Emeritus, Roy Tucker.

2016 Travis Jepsen Memorial Scholarship

This year's Travis Jepsen Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Paul George, Gabriela Martinez and Robert Toledo, III.

2016 Kieval Transfer Scholarship

This year's Kieval Transfer Scholarship has been awarded to Leah Eakes and Erik Knutsen, both transfer students from College of the Redwoods. This scholarship is for outstanding mathematical performance at a two-year college in preparation for transfer to HSU.

2016 Kieval Scholarships Awarded

This year's awardees are Jeremy Johnson and Molly Severdia. This scholarship was established in 1983 by the late Harry Kieval, HSU Mathematics Professor Emeritus. This is awarded to outstanding seniors-to-be mathematics majors.

Mathematics Students Participate in COMAP. Student teams of Alden Bradley, Caleb Hill, Cameron Trujillo, Leo Munoz, Karlie Elliott and Matthew Hall, with faculty advisor, Kamila Larripa received a designation of Successful Participant in the 2016 Mathematical Contest in Modeling administered by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP). It challenges teams of students to clarify, analyze, and propose solutions to open-ended problems. The contest attracts diverse students and faculty advisors from over 900 institutions around the world.

Student team of Charlotte Olsen, Gabriela Martinez, and Jeremy Johnson, with faculty advisor, Kamila Larripa received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Mathematical Contest in Modeling administered by the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP). It challenges teams of students to clarify, analyze, and propose solutions to open-ended problems. The contest attracts diverse students and faculty advisors from over 900 institutions around the world.

Eight HSU students represented HSU at the 30th Annual California State University Student Research Competition, April 29 and 30, at CSU Bakersfield. This annual statewide competition brought together outstanding student researchers from all 23 CSU campuses to compete for research awards in discipline-based categories. Judges included experts from corporations, foundations, public agencies, and colleges and universities.

HSU can be proud of our students’ accomplishments and of how they represented HSU. “They exemplify the excellence of HSU students by being prepared, professional, and passionate about their topics,” said Rhea Williamson, Dean of Humboldt State’s Office of Research, Economic and Community Development (ORECD).

Williamson also lauded the students’ advisors. “They take an interest in integrating research into undergraduate and graduate education. They’re also dedicated to student mentorship and guidance.”

Susan Brater, Administrative Support Coordinator for Dean Williamson, not only provided for all the logistics related to the event but also attended the competition. She noted, “It was an outstanding group of students who bonded and supported each other throughout the competition.”

The students who represented HSU at the 30th Annual CSU Student Research competition were:

*Nina Carson*
Graduate candidate in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
_“The Effect of Lean on Running Kinematics and Metabolics”_
Faculty advisor: Justus Ortega, Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

*Christopher De Alba*
Undergraduate in Chemistry
_“Demonstration of Lead Binding for Bioremediation in Engineered RsaA S-Layer Proteins on C. vibrioides”_
Faculty advisor: Jenny Cappuccio, Assistant Professor, Chemistry

*Lee Hecker*
Graduate candidate in Biological Sciences
_“Habitat Suitability of Northern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus Oreganus Oreganus) at Multiple Scales”_
Faculty advisor: Sharyn Marks, Professor, Biological Sciences

*Manal Hosawi*
Graduate candidate in Biological Sciences
_“The JNK/c-Jun Pathway Regulates Potency and OCT4 Expression in Murine Embryonic Stem Cells”_
Faculty advisor: Amy Sprowles, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

*Lori Jones*
Undergraduate in Environmental Resources Engineering
_“Hybrid Osmotically-Driven Desalination Systems to Achieve Water Sustainability: Evaluation with a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model”_
Faculty advisor: Andrea Achilli, Assistant Professor, Environmental Resources Engineering

*Joshua Massey*
Undergraduate in Chemistry
_“Nanodiscs Stabilize Anabaena Sensory Rhodopsin for Transcriptional Regulation Studies”_
Faculty advisor: Jenny Cappuccio, Assistant Professor, Chemistry

*Gil Spitz*
Graduate candidate in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
_“Physical Fitness Characteristics of Local Firefighters and Law Enforcement on the Northern Coast of California”_
Faculty advisor: Young Sub Kwon, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

*Anna Welch*
Graduate candidate in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration
_“Physical Fitness Characteristics of Local Firefighters and Law Enforcement on the Northern Coast of California”_
Faculty advisor: Young Sub Kwon, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

Jayne McGuire, Associate Professor of Recreation Administration, was recently awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the Spring 2017 semester, enabling her to work with the University of West Indies, St. Augustine campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Her project will include research on faculty attitudes regarding students who experience disabilities, faculty development and support focused on creating inclusive curriculum and the development of recreation opportunities for youth of all abilities. The Fulbright Program is an international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.

Again this winter, the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) sponsored the annual Mathematical Modeling Contest (MCM) and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). Student teams from the HSU Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE) department have participated in this four day long contest for the last 15 years, and did so again this year. Competing against over 12,000 teams from thousands of universities, each team produced a report summarizing their solution to one of six possible problems.

This year, three ERE student teams entered in the competition that began on Thursday evening, January 28, and ended on Monday evening, February 1. The team consisting of Emily Klee, Aaron Kent, and Jake Coniglione, and the team consisting of Daniel Burgett, Heidi Otten, and Jason McMack, selected a problem that required understanding the drivers of water scarcity as they created intervention strategies for a region of the world to mitigate the water crisis. Both teams' reports were awarded the score of Meritorious Winners. Only 9 (0.3%) of the 3,209 teams working on this problem scored higher, and 83% of the teams received lower scores.

The team consisting of Patrick Hasset, Jax Gill, and Jake Burns selected a problem that required they build a mathematical model to determine an effective strategy for a person taking a bath to add heated water to raise the temperature back to near starting levels while minimizing the overall use of water. Patrick, Jax, and Jake competed against 4,094 teams and were awarded a ranking of Meritorious Winners, awarded to only 8% of the entries. Only 13 teams received a higher score.

Congratulations to the members of all three teams for their high achievement in this event. We appreciate your efforts, which bring recognition to the Environmental Resources Engineering Department and to Humboldt State University.

Brittany Stuckey, Communications and Art double major, won a Tom Knight Award in the Art Graduates 2016 exhibition for her digital print, "The Mythos of Memory: Tracy." Ms. Stuckey also designed the ideaFest 2016 posters for December Comm. graduates, Anna Malia G. Barker ("A Preliminary Network Analysis...Food Issues") and Karissa Valine ("The Feminist Pedestal: Ronda Rousey and the Representation of Female Athletes").

Mary Ann Creadon of the English Department presented a paper, entitled "From 'Airy Nothing' to Knowledge: English as Uberdiscipline," for a peer-reviewed panel at the national College English Association meeting, March 30-April 2 in Denver.

Leena Dallasheh, Assistant Professor of History, recently published an article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Palestine Studies. The article, entitled "Persevering through Colonial Transition: Nazareth’s Palestinian Residents after 1948" reexamines the ambivalent relationship between Nazareth’s political leadership and the newly established State of Israel to argue that the Palestinian citizens of Israel were neither traitors and collaborators, on the one hand, nor passively quiescent, on the other. Rather, as a new national minority, Palestinians overcame myriad forms of control as they negotiated the structural obstacles placed before them by their new overlords.

Jonah Platt and Alexis Hernandez were named the first- and second-place recipients, respectively, of the Kalb-Haston Awards, whose cash prizes totaled $1,250. These awards are funded by HSU alumnus David Kalb and Bruce Haston, a former HSU political science professor. They recognize students who have demonstrated personal commitment and leadership by taking an active role in student government, particularly through the Office of Associated Students.

History major Adam Holt is the 2016 recipient of the $500 William R. Tanner History Scholarship. The scholarship was established in memory of William R. Tanner, professor of history at Humboldt State University, 1970 to 1999; founder of History Day at the university; and author of “A View from the Hill,” a history of Humboldt State University.

History major Alexander Garcia was selected by History Department faculty as the 2016 recipient of the Dr. John Hennessy Award, which honors a graduating history major who has demonstrated academic excellence in the study of history. The award was established in memory of Dr. John Hennessy, a professor of History and department chair at Humboldt State University who, after his retirement from the History Department, provided many years of service to the university.

History major Joshua Buck received $500 for first place in the 2016 Charles R. Barnum History Contest. The Barnum History Awards celebrate original historical research of Humboldt County. The awards were established in 1952 by a grant from Charles Barnum, a realtor and insurance broker in Eureka who was a member of the Humboldt State College Advisory Board from 1946 to his death in 1953.

History major Rodney McKinnon is the 2016 recipient of the $1,000 Johnston-Aronoff History Scholarship, which is awarded to a History major with an emphasis in the study of California and/or the western United States. The award was established by Guy Aronoff, a lecturer in the HSU History Department, and his wife, Judy Johnston, in memory of Guy’s father, David Aronoff, and Judy’s mother, Aldy Johnston.

Environmental Resources Engineering Department students' recently competed in the Mid-Pacific Student Conference’s (Mid-PAC) Water Treatment Competition. At the competition, Humboldt State took first place overall competing against Fresno State, San Jose State, Tongi University, University of the Pacific, UC Berkeley, Chico State, UC Davis, Universite Laval, University of Nevada, and Sacramento State. HSU students also took first place in the construction category, second in water quality, and third in presentation. Students who competed include: Josue Candelario, Kelly Fuentes, Jacob Hurd, Tony Mitchell III, Joshua Martinez, Noe Martinez, Cristina Olivares, Yaad Rana, Raymond Rios, David Rivera, and Eunice Romero. The conference and competition is sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

"Mid-PAC is an international competition with multiple categories, such as: steel bridge competition (teams have to construct a 20' bridge), concrete canoe (teams must design and race a canoe), and waste water treatment that we participated in this year. Humboldt has historically been involved with the waste water filter competition and is now tied for most wins in this competition with UC Berkeley, and Reno,” says Yaad Rana, a ERE student who participated in the competition.

“The competition started in 1998 as part of the conference, and as an environmental engineering school we always expect to do great in the water treatment field as other schools focus on other civil engineering topics,” says Rana. “The design for the competition at HSU starts with small groups of students creating filters and testing them at a local competition held by the local chapter of ASCE members. After this period we join together to try and create the most effective design to take to the international competition. The local competition is really just to get ideas out there from the students who are willing to participate from HSU. When we are all together we hashed out the final design and continued testing and preparing the design report and presentation,” says Rana.

The team this year consisted of four poster presenters (Noe Martinez, Cristina Olivares, Josue Candelario, and Kelly Fuentes), twp PowerPoint presenters (Eunice Romero and Josh Martinez), two operators (Yaad Rana, Ray Rios, David Rivera, and Tony Mitchel III), and one construction manager (Jacob Hurd). So everyone had the opportunity to be involved. Rana was the team Chair, along with Co-Chairs were Josh Martinez and Eunice Romero.

This year we won the following awards: 3rd place presentation, 2nd place water quality, 1st place construction, and 1st place overall.

“We all worked really hard and had a blast doing it. I am also relieved because I am confident that next year's team will be in good hands, since this will be my last time participating. The younger students now have the passion for the competition, and that is key for HSU's continual success at Mid-PAC,” says Rana. “We represented Humboldt really well (at one point Josh was separating recycling at the competition as the other schools didn't seem to care that they were making a huge mess overflowing a trash can), and we brought home the trophy which was actually created at Humboldt (a wooden toilet bowl mounted on a redwood stump)!"

Here is a Google Drive link to photos from the competition that may be used in Humboldt State publications:
https://drive.google.com/a/humboldt.edu/folderview?id=0B-AEKEKoaMHxRHVv…

Benjamin Funke, HSU Art Department lecturer has been selected to exhibit his artwork in a group show at the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum located just outside Seoul, South Korea. The exhibit will feature 3 of his projected video works. The exhibit opens on 4/20/16.

Physics majors Jeremy Johnson and Gabriela Martinez presented at the national April meeting of the American Physical Society, held in Salt Lake City, UT from April 15th-19th. The presentations concerning their work on tests of short-range gravity generated considerable interest from a broad range of physicists in attendance. Congratulations!

Brandon Browne and Raul Becerra ('16) presented research at the Geological Society of America Cordilleran Section meeting in Ontario, California April 5-7. Their research project focused on understanding the origin and eruption of volcanoes on the Kern Plateau in the southern Sierra Nevada.

Kerri J. Malloy, Lecturer in Native American Studies, has been selected as one of the 19 fellows for The European Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization in July at the Royal Holloway campus of the University of London. The institute is sponsored by the Holocaust Educational Foundation in Northwestern University and the Holocaust Research Centre at Royal Holloway, University of London, with the support from the Pears Foundation.

Benjamin Funke, HSU Art Department lecturer has been awarded the Beverly Faben Artist Fund from the Humboldt Arts Council. The Beverly Faben Artist Fund provides support for emerging artists to show their work in established venues.

Nikola Hobbel, English professor was recently elected Secretary of the California Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). The California Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education is a group of teacher educators, teachers, students, parents, community activists, and others with a strong interest in creating socially just and equitable learning communities in California schools and classrooms.

Tessa Pitré and Nikola Hobbel presented a paper at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Washington, D.C. The paper, entitled "'Minor Injuries were Reported: Sexualized Violence, Power, and Teaching" was part of a peer-reviewed panel presentation, "Race and Gender in Higher Education."

Steve Martin and former graduate student Jessica Blackwell ('15) published a peer-reviewed article in the April issue of International Journal of Wilderness -- Personal Locator Beacons--Influences on Wilderness Visitor Behavior.

Armeda Reitzel has been selected as the subject area chair for Midwestern Culture for the Midwest Popular Culture Association. She will serve as subject area chair from 2016 through 2018.

HSU Music Department Professor Dr. Gil Cline (2nd year, FERP) recently made two unusual performance appearances. On April 2 and 3 he was featured on the Renaissance cornetto—the rare brass and woodwind hybrid—with Jefferson Baroque, based in Ashland, Ore. The concerts were of the famous, sonorous Venetian polychoral music in which the audience is almost surrounded by musicians including voices, strings, keyboards, and the historic brass including cornetto and sackbut (trombone). On April 9 he appeared on Alcatraz Island for a Living History Day with other US Civil War re-enactors. Cline performed on an historic 1860s rotary-valve soprano cornet with an 18-member brass band, in Federal uniforms, performing historic American music and portraying the US 3rd Artillery Band stationed there and at the Presidio in those days.

English faculty member Janelle Adsit and English major Jade Mejia are collaborating on a project titled "Rhetoric and Poetics: Investigating Activist-Oriented Arguments in Poetry," which has been selected for an award from the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program (RSCA) AY 15/16.

Janelle Adsit recently presented at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Los Angeles and chaired a panel at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Houston. The panels engaged questions of identity and offered insights on sustaining relationships with community partners.

Dr. Joshua Frye, Associate Professor of Communication, and his co-author Dr. Craig Engstrom, Assistant Professor of Communication at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, have published a textbook, entitled "Qualitative Communication Consulting: Stories and Lessons from the Field." The book includes 15 original narrative essays with each telling a story that captures the rewards and challenges of consulting through qualitative lenses. The book offers eclectic perspectives from communication faculty working in various regions of the country and with diverse types of clients and organizations.