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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Eliseo Casiano
Art + Film
Paintings by Assistant Professor Eliseo Casiano are now on view at the Morris Graves Museum Museum of Art in Eureka. Casiano's exhibition "How to Draw Fire" will be on display until December 15th. The Morris Graves is open Wednesday- Sunday 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm.
Joshua J. Frye
Communication
Dr. Frye was solicited by the leadership of the National Communication Association in Washington D.C. to provide a case study for the preservation and protection of the foundational course in oral communication in the context of the recent structural and political challenges in California and the CSU for the GE subarea A1 course in the Golden Four statewide requirements. The case study is based on the experience and strategic responses of the Department of Communication at Cal Poly Humboldt and is available on the NCA website as an advocacy resource for disciplinary colleagues across the U.S. facing similar challenges.
Melody Walker
Music
Music Alumna, Melody Walker, has received a Best American Roots Song Grammy Nomination for "American Dreaming" written with Sierra Ferrell.
Gina Tuzzi and Eliseo Casiano
Art + Film
Paintings by Lecturer Gina Tuzzi and Assistant Professor Eliseo Casiano are now on view at Lake Tahoe Community College in the Haldan Gallery. Through December 7th. Check out these amazing works if you happen to be in the South Lake Tahoe area!
Michael Bruner, Professor Emeritus, Communication
Communication
Michael Bruner, Professor Emeritus, Communication, recently published in the Journal of Communication and Media Research the article, "A comparative analysis of public discourse in and outside of Nigeria on the right to water."
Josh Meisel
Sociology
Josh Meisel published an article, "The Cartel Mystique: Race and the Social Construction of the Cannabis Grower," in Sociological Inquiry. In his research, Josh examined emergent themes in the cultural representation of the Emerald Triangle cannabis grower since the early 1970s, with a particular focus on more recent claims of Mexican drug cartel influence in domestic cannabis cultivation. Changing representations of growers helped fuel moral panics about cannabis cultivation that constructed some groups of growers as “folk devils” and others as “folk heroes.”
Nicola Waugh
Art + Film
This month, Film Lecturer and Producer Nicola Waugh premiered the narrative feature film Lucky Star (Dir. Gillian McKercher) at two film festivals in Canada: Vancouver International Film Festival, and Calgary International Film Festival. It will be screening at the Windsor Film Festival and Reel Asian Film Festival in November, with a US festival run and wider digital release to follow. The film, starring Terry Chen, Olivia Cheng, and Andrew Phung was produced with Kino Sum Productions and Notable Content and is distributed by Game Theory Films.
Rosemary Sherriff, Nicholas Perdue
Geography
Dr. Rosemary Sherriff and Dr. Nicholas Perdue, Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis, organized and hosted the 86th Annual Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Conference at Cal Poly Humboldt campus from October 3rd to 5th. The conference included local field trips, paper and poster sessions, and keynote speakers. Multiple Cal Poly Humboldt graduate and undergraduate students presented at the conference.
Alison Holmes
Politics
Dr Alison Holmes (PSCI) was invited to give a public lecture entitled: "The Rapid Rise of Subnational-ism: Should we be worried?" for an event hosted by the Centre for Constitutional Reform based at the University of Edinburgh. Expanding her work on California's international relations, Holmes is in Edinburgh to interview diplomats from other countries and Scottish Government officials as part of her next project.
Dr. Eugene Novotney
Music
Dr. Eugene Novotney, Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre, recently travelled to Port of Spain, Trinidad, W.I., to serve as an adjudicator for the 2024 Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Music Festival. Dr. Novotney served on a panel of judges consisting of scholars and musicians from the Caribbean and the Americas and adjudicated 12 steelbands that had successfully completed the qualifying round of competition. The festival was held at the Jean Pierre Complex in Port of Spain and was conducted by Prime Minister Keith Rowley and sponsored by Pan Trinbago and the Trinidad Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and the Arts.