Updates about the latest accomplishments—including latest research, publications, and awards—by students, faculty, and staff
HSU Native American Studies Asst. Professor Kayla Begay is set to present at the Conference on Endangered Native American Languages at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, PA, October 13-15. Begay presented "Teaching Wailaki: Archives, Interpretation, and Collaboration" along with Justin D. Spence and Cheryl Tuttle, Round Valley High School. More information is available at https://amphilsoc.org/conference/translatingconference.
Humboldt State University's efforts to address student hunger are profiled in a recent national report issued by the College and University Food Bank Alliance. The report, titled "Hunger on Campus," profiles HSU's work on bringing EBT benefits to campus and student-run Oh SNAP! weekly farm stand. Download the full report here: http://studentsagainsthunger.org/hunger-on-campus/.
Rae Robison was one of several "local luminaries" asked to perform as the Narrator at Ferndale Repertory in their production of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Robison performed to a packed house on Oct. 1, 2016. Upcoming productions feature other HSU staff, faculty and alumni.
Alison Holmes, International Studies was an invited participant in a faculty development roundtable at the International Studies Association - West, Regional conference in Pasadena, CA.
Alison Holmes was reelected to a fourth term to the Management Committee of the Transatlantic Studies Association at their annual conference which took place in Plymouth in the United Kingdom in July.
Tyler Stumpf, Asst. Professor of Management, recently published a paper entitled "Navigations: Enhancing Qualitative Hospitality and Tourism Research Outcomes in Pacific Island Countries" in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism Management. This paper explores how traditional open-ocean navigation principles predicated on catalyzing inputs from the external environment can be applied to help improve the qualitative research process when investigating hospitality and tourism phenomena in Pacific Island countries.
Harold Zaid was recently interviewed about his research regarding the relationships between drought, insect outbreaks, and wildlife by the independent digital media Water Deeply.
Link to the article
https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/09/14/the-surprising-sci…
Janelle Adsit presented "Teaching the Undergraduate Literary Magazine" at the Creative Writing Studies Organization conference in Asheville, NC. The presentation discussed innovations associated with Toyon Multilingual Journal of Literature and Art (www.toyonliterarymagazine.org). Integral to the presentation was research conducted by English majors AJ McGough, Angela Compton, and Bri Lucero during the Spring 2016 semester, supported by the Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Fellowship program.
Artist and HSU staff member, Benjamin Funke will be speaking about his work at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. The event will take place Sunday, October 2nd at 2 p.m. There will be a tour of his current installation in the Sculpture Garden at the museum. View the event: http://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/art-talk-with-ben-funke/Event?oid=3938118
HSU students Gabriella Jarnaghan and Ty’ithreeha Allen have each been awarded $10,000 scholarships as part of the Rodney T. Mathews Jr. scholarship offered by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Jarnaghan is a Business Administration sophomore and Allen is a Child Development sophomore minoring in American Indian Education and Psychology. The Lumberjack profiled the students here: http://thelumberjack.org/2016/09/16/hsu-native-american-students-win-morongo-scholarship/
Susan Abbey's course proposal--Acting for the Camera: A Reel Experience--has been accepted for a two week intensive course for Theatre students as part of the CSU Summer Arts, 2017 curriculum. The course, which will be held at CSU, Fresno July 10-23, will feature a professional acting teacher, casting director, and professional actor as mentors to students of theatre who want to learn film and TV acting techniques.
Matthew Derrick and Rosemary Sherriff, Geography Department, are taking over as editors (co-editors) of the California Geographer, a long-standing peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on all aspects of California geography and beyond. There will be a new format that includes not only geographic scholarship, education, and book reviews, but also welcomes non-scholarly essays, photo essays, and geo-visualizations.
Armeda Reitzel is one of the co-authors of an article titled "Setting an agenda for stakeholder research to field test the NCA learning outcomes in communication" that was published in Communication Education in August 2016. This article featured work done as part of the National Communication Association's multiyear Learning Outcomes in Communication grant project.
Steve Martin attended the conference of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Honolulu. Dr. Martin is a co-author of a new IUCN publication – ‘Wilderness Protected Areas: Management Guidelines for IUCN Category 1b.’ The publication, released/issued to the public at the IUCN conference, is described by IUCN as Best Practice Guidelines for IUCN Category 1b (Wilderness), the first global management guidelines that provide state of the art information on protecting and enhancing wilderness values in Category 1b protected areas, and in particular clarifying how wilderness areas and people can coexist in a reciprocal and mutually beneficial manner.
Professor Nicole Jean Hill was recently awarded Best in Show for her series "Unarmed" as part of a juried documentary exhibition titled "With Our Own Eyes" at the RayKo Photo Center. Nicole and her work were also featured in an essay by RayKo Photo Center Director, Ann Jastrab, on allaboutphoto.com See the exhibit at http://www.all-about-photo.com/article.php?title=nicole-jean-hill-unarmed&id=209.
Professor Emeritus Rick Botzler has been working with local kids aged 4 to 16 to survey for chytrid fungus in Humboldt County frogs. With the Ecoclub kids as first author(s), the research team, which includes ecologist colleagues from the US Forest Service, UC Davis and the Integral Ecology Research Center, has published their findings in the recent issue of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. A great accomplishment fueled by citizen science.
Cynthia Boshell (Lecturer, Native American Studies; HSU Class of 2011) has accepted an invitation to present her recently published paper during the October 2016 World Indigenous Law Conference.
"The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Doctrine of Discovery: Medieval Christian theology at the heart of modern international policy" is part of the Red Paper series published by Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples.
The Law Conference is an important worldwide event for Indigenous lawyers, academics, thought leaders and those interested in the particular legal issues affecting Indigenous Peoples. Conference website: http://7genfund.org/2016-world-indigenous-law-conference
Amy Livingston, graduate student, lead authored a paper with Erik Jules (Biology) and Jeff Kane (Forestry and Wildland Resources) entitled "Prescribed fire and conifer removal promote positive understory vegetation responses in Quercus garryana woodlands" in the Journal of Applied Ecology this past June
Co-authored three new articles related to fire and fuels management:
“The impact of fuelbed aging on laboratory fire behaviour in masticated woody fuels” in the International Journal of Wildland Fire
“Suites of fire-adapted traits in the southeastern USA oaks: multiple strategies for persistence in fire-prone environments” in the journal Fire Ecology
“Duration of fuels reduction following prescribed fire in coniferous forests of U.S. national parks in California and the Colorado plateau” in the journal Forest Ecology and Management
Jenny Novak, ‘07 HSU Geography Alum, will be receiving an award for Community Preparedness at the White House on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Her experience as a Geography student Humboldt State led her to a career in reducing risk and planning for natural disasters. She is the Emergency Preparedness Manager at Cal State Northridge.
Link to the press release: http://www.fema.gov/news-release/2016/08/24/fema-honors-achievements-community-preparedness
The Humboldt Arts Council has nominated Benjamin Funke as the Juror for the 22nd Annual Junque Arte Competition and Exhibition at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. The exhibition will run from October 1st to November 27th in the Thonson Gallery & Melvin Schuler Sculpture Garden.
An opening reception will be held October 1st, from 6 to 9 p.m. during First Saturday Night Arts Alive! The exhibition is sponsored by Linda Wise and Recology Humboldt County.
Funke received his B.F.A. from Columbia College, Chicago in 2005 and his M.F.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 2012. He currently works in the Art Department at Humboldt State University.
Adam Carter will be presenting his paper, "With a Little Help from My Friends: An Empirical Study of the Interplay of Students' Social Activities, Programming Activities, and Course Success" at the ICER 2016 computer science education conference this September.
Dr. Steven Steinberg (Adjunct Professor, Geospatial Science) is speaking at the European Sociological Association, Qualitative Research Summit, Sept. 1- 3 in Cracow, Poland.
He will be presenting in the Mobile and Geospatial Research Technologies session about his recent fish consumption study supported by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, entitled: A Geospatial Survey of Anglers to Assess Fish Consumption from San Diego Bay, California.
More information about the conference is available at: http://www.esa-cracow.pl/
Dr. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg has been invited as a keynote speaker to the European Sociological Association, Qualitative Research Summit, Sept. 1- 3 in Cracow, Poland.
She will be presenting on: Sociospatial Grounded Theory: The Qualitative Power of GIS.
More information about the conference is available at: http://www.esa-cracow.pl/
Librarians Katia Karadjova and Marissa Mourer have had their paper, Searching as Strategic Exploration: How well do faculty know their students’ preferences regarding information sources?, accepted at the European Conference on Information Literacy, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republic in October 2016. The paper will be published in Springer's Communications in Computer & Information Science series.
Marissa Mourer, CAHSS librarian, received a grant through the HSU SPF Incentives Program to develop the Library Brain Booth, which seeks to introduce students to scientific research on the effects of mindfulness, attention, and contemplation through hands-on tools and activities in an informal, experiential setting. The Library Brain Booth will open on Wednesday, 8/31 10am-Noon (LIB 114) and Thursday, 9/1 1-3pm (LIB 208). More information about the Brain Booth can be found here: http://library.humboldt.edu/brainbooth.html
Dr. Renée M. Byrd recently published an article titled, " 'Punishment's Twin': Theorizing Prisoner Reentry for a Politics of Abolition" in Social Justice 43-1.
Steve Martin had an article published in the August issue of International Journal of Wilderness -- 'Protecting Visitors and the Wilderness through Stewardship Research.' The article was invited by the Editorial Board of the journal in response to Dr. Martin's recent award for excellence in wilderness stewardship research.
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.