Achievements

Sarah Lasley

Art + Film

Sarah Lasley's short film "Welcome to the Enclave" received a glowing review from critic Collin Souter in the Features section for RogerEbert.com. Souter writes that the film has "one of the strangest and funniest closers to a short film I’ve seen in a long, long time" and notes "when [he] programmed this film for the Chicago Critics Film Festival (where it won the Audience Award), [he] knew it had to close the block. Every film had to, in some way, lead up to this one."

https://www.rogerebert.com/features/short-films-in-focus-welcome-to-the…

Alison Holmes

Politics

Professor Alison Holmes (Politics) spent the 4th of July leading an Election Night Watch 'seminar' for the international colleagues attending her course at Oxford University. Having run two national campaigns for the Liberal Democrats and having worked at the BBC, Holmes offered context and guided the audience through results throughout an exciting night. The Conservatives were voted out, the Labour Party took control, and the Liberal Democrats became the third-largest party in Parliament. Holmes will be going to the LibDem party conference in September to cover the event for a London magazine.  

Kaitlin Reed

Native American Studies

Native American Studies faculty member, Dr. Kaitlin Reed's first book, Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California was chosen as the winner of the 16th Annual Labriola National American Indian Data Center National Book Award. 

Hunter Circe, Sean Stippick, Sarah Lasley

Environmental Studies

A film made by Environmental Studies majors Hunter Circe and Sean Stippick in Professor Sarah Lasley's "Social Change Filmmaking" class last spring was accepted into the Earth Connection Film Festival. Their film, Troglodyte, follows a man paralyzed by anxiety over a looming climate disaster. His mental turmoil and isolation, brought on by an obsessive consumption of climate doom media, manifests as a physical sea cave, which he ultimately escapes when his television breaks. Hunter and Sean will receive $300 for being accepted and have their film premiered on July 20 at the Buskirk Chumley Theatre in Bloomington, IN.  

Kaitlin Reed and Cutcha Risling Baldy

Native American Studies

Drs. Kaitlin Reed and Cutcha Risling Baldy received a grant to design and implement professional development opportunities for faculty and staff in the humanities that will provide a pathway for ethical integration of Indigenous knowledge into their teaching, research, and service. These opportunities will include faculty book circles, speaker series, and intensive syllabus workshops, and will lay the groundwork for Cal Poly Humboldt to become a place for faculty from other universities and institutions to look to for models on integrating Indigenous knowledge systems at a university-wide level. Funding comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Alison Ruth Holmes

Politics

In May, Professor Alison Holmes (Politics) graduated Phi Kappa Phi from Montana State University's Native American Studies Graduate Certificate program. Intended as a way to inform her work with the Karuk Education Department, they honored her with a necklace created by a young person taking part in a cultural mentoring program (funded by a grant Holmes helped to write) which she wore with pride at the Humboldt commencement. 

Sarah Jaquette Ray

Environmental Studies

In her new book that came out on May 13, "The Existential Toolkit for Climate Justice Educators: How to Teach in a Burning World," Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray draws on a decade of learning from Humboldt students about how to be an educator in times of climate disruption. Given CPH's ongoing and pivotal legacy of student activism, it is clear that college students need a pedagogy that supports them in meeting the polycrisis. Bringing emotions research, neuroscience, and liberatory pedagogy to the center, the book helps climate educators in particular be more embodied and trauma-informed.

Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza

Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

CRGS assistant professor Dr. Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza publishes their first set of poetry just in time for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. "With Love: What We Wish We Knew About Being Queer and Filipino in America" explores the intimate journey of queer Filipina/x/o individuals in America. Editor Dr. Dustin E. Domingo delves into 68 letters by 50 queer Filipino Americans, sharing triumphs, setbacks, and 10 life lessons. Currently available at https://bit.ly/BuyWithLoveBook

Amy Rock

Geography

Dr. Amy Rock moderated a roundtable discussion entitled, "The Golden Compass Onward: Enabling Equitable and Inclusive Faculty Success through Supportive Departmental Leadership," held at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) annual meeting.  This interactive session was part of a larger initiative to support foreign-born faculty in geography and geospatial departments at US institutions of higher education, jointly supported by AAG and the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).

Amy Rock

Geography

Dr. Amy Rock was invited to speak on a panel on Teaching Modern GIS: Approaches and Perspectives.  She also moderated a talk on Teaching Ethics in GIS and Geography Courses, both at the American Association of Geographers conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, April 16-20.