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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Dr. Michael S. Bruner, Ms. Brittany Stuckey
Communication
Communication Professor Michael S. Bruner presented the paper, "Methods for Accounting for the Reception of Food-Related Photographs," at the annual meeting/conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society in Pittsburgh, PA, June 24-28, 2015. The paper was co-authored by Brittany Stuckey, an Undergraduate Research Fellow in the CAHSS. The study reported on four research methods, including a Bruner & Stuckey photo array and survey of 170 HSU undergraduates in Spring 2015, using the International Affective Picture System.
Dr. Michael S. Bruner
Communication
Communication Professor Michael S. Bruner's article, "Labeling: Organic, Local, Genetically Modified," appears in the new SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues. See Vol. 2: 877-882. The article arose from previous work in the HSU Communication Department on California Prop 37 and on the organic food movement. The three volume encyclopedia was released in hardcover this month, Ken Albala, Ed. (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2015).
Selma Sonntag
Politics
Politics Professor Selma Sonntag is one of two editors of State Traditions and Language Regimes, recently published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, in which scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America shift focus from the consequences of language policies to how and why states make language policy choices.
Marcy Burstiner
Journalism & Mass Communication
The California Newspaper Publishers Association awarded Professor Marcy Burstiner first place for best column in the weekly newspaper division in its 2014 Better Newspapers Contest. The CNPA presented Burstiner with the award May 9 in a ceremony in San Diego for two columns published in the North Coast Journal: "What's Not to Know," published Feb. 27, 2014 and "The Big Chill," published March 27, 2014. Burstiner has written a monthly column on local media, the public's right to know and First Amendment issues for the Journal since 2006.
Diover Duario, Israel LeFrak, Rebecca Gallegos, Ian Bradley, John Ferrara
Journalism & Mass Communication
The California Newspaper Publishers Association awarded The Lumberjack newspaper first place for general excellence in the 4-year college newspaper category in its 2014 Better Newspapers Contest, deeming it the top student newspaper in the state for 4-year colleges. The judges said: “The paper has a professional look. Excellent layout and design throughout. Stories were tight and well-written. Headlines are clean and crisp. News reporting was balanced and covered all sides well. Overall, a great college newspaper executed with flair and authority.” The 2014 Lumberjack teams were lead by students Diover Duario, Rebecca Gallegos, Israel LeFrak and Ian Bradley.
Matthew Derrick
Geography
Matthew Derrick, assistant professor in the Department of Geography, recently published a chapter titled “Territoriality and the Muslim Spiritual Boards of Russia” in The Changing World Religion Map (New York: Springer), edited by Stan Brunn.
Jesus Perez
Sociology
Jesus Perez’s senior thesis “Latina/o Self-Identified Students at HSU: Beyond Their Freshmen Year” was selected for the 2015 Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award from the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA).
Gil Kline
Music
Professor Gil Cline, Department of Music, has been recognized by the international music world via inclusion of his biography in the recent German publication "Das grosse Buch der Trompete" ("The Big Book of the Trumpet") A survey of accomplished, leading trumpet performers from around the globe, this honor stems in large part to his practical research on renaissance and baroque trumpets, which have led to performances of historic music on the natural trumpet, without valves, having no additional tuning conveniences. Locally, his Trumpet Consort von Humboldt, comprised of Cline, HSU undergrads, and recent graduates, explores the performance of music from 1500 - 1850 in a variety of settings, from concert hall to outdoor amphitheater, and from land to sea. TCvH was a hit in New York City at the 2012 Second International Symposium of the Historic Brass Society.
Marcy Burstiner
Journalism & Mass Communication
Professor Marcy Burstiner, chair of the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, was accepted as one of 12 journalism instructors from Hispanic Serving Institutions to attend the Dow Jones Multimedia Training Academy. The intensive workshop in El Paso, Texas, is scheduled for May.
Shea King
Dance, Music & Theatre
Directing "Slipping". Gist Hall Theatre, April 23-26, April 30, May 1-3