Achievements

Nicole Jean Hill

Art + Film

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.

Cynthia Boshell

Native American Studies

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

Jenny Novak

Geography

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

Benjamin Funke

Art + Film

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.

Dr. Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg

Sociology

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/

Renée Byrd

Sociology

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.

John Meyer

Politics

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

Joshua Frye

Communication

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.

John Meyer

Politics

*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…

Stephen Cunha

Geography

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.