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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Dr. Meenal Rana
Child Development
Dr. Meenal Rana, along with her colleagues from Virginia State University and the University of Nevada, co-authored the article titled, "Transnational Families in the COVID-19 Era: Health and Well-being of South Asian Older Parents with Adult Children Abroad". Using the backdrop of the global pandemic, globalization, and immigration, the paper focused on the health outcomes of older parents in transnational families. The study used autoethnographic data from the three authors to examine the cultural perception of care, sense of familism, care reciprocity, gendering of care, use of technology, and economic factors relevant to health and wellbeing in transnational families.
Dr. Meenal Rana
Child Development
Dr. Meenal Rana and Dr. Mona Abo-Zena completed the special issue of Religions, “Focusing on the Elusive: Centering on Religious and Spiritual Influences within Contexts of Child and Young Adulthood Development” in the fall of 2024. The issue includes 11 articles representing a diversity of sociocultural and religious groups representing different countries of residence (e.g., El Salvador, India, Pakistan, USA), immigrant countries of origin (e.g., Nepal), ethnic and racial groups (e.g., Latinx, Asian, white European/Danish), and religious groups (e.g., Muslim, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Later Day Saints, Hindu) on topics such as sexual violence, parent-child relationships, death, LGBTQIA+, and mental health.
Riley N Nelson, Amanda Johnson Bertucci, Sara Swenson, Angel Seguine, Meenal Rana
Child Development
Child Development and Psychology students, three of whom were part of Dr. Rana's Children & Stress class in fall 2023 co-authored a peer-reviewed article, titled, "Building Resilience during Compassion Fatigue: Autoethnographic Accounts of College Students and Faculty in Education Sciences. The student authors are Riley N Nelson, Amanda Johnson Bertucci, Sara Swenson, and Angel Seguine. Utilizing an autoethnographic approach, this study covers a breadth of compassion fatigue, from predisposition to onset and recovery, and considers alternative strategies for coping, including creating meaning from difficult experiences.
Matias Solorzano
Psychology
Matias Solorzano, a graduate student in Academic Research in the Psychology Department was awarded the McCrone Graduate Fellowship Award in recognition of his research in neurodivergence in academia. The award not only recognizes Matias' dedication to research but will provide support for his research. Matias will be speaking on his research on Tuesday, November 12th during the McCrone Award Reception at the Plaza Grill from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Amber Gaffney, Benny Anjewierden
Psychology
Dr. Amber Gaffney along with alumni and current lecturer Benny Anjewierden and several other alumni published a paper in Groups Processes and Intergroup Relations. This paper details major theory and methodological developments in a social identity model of social influence. Anjewierden*, B. J., Syfers*, L., Pinto, I. R., Gaffney, A. M., & Hogg, M. A. (2024). Group responses to deviance: Disentangling the motivational roles of collective enhancement and uncertainty reduction. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Riley Nelson, Amanda Johnson Bertucci, Sara Swenson, Angel Seguine, Meenal Rana
Child Development
Riley Nelson, a senior (Psyc), Amanda Johnson Bertucci, a recent graduate (CD), Sara Swenson, a senior (CD); and Angel Seguine, a recent graduate (Psyc) co-authored a peer review article with Dr. Meenal Rana, titled, "Building Resilience during Compassion Fatigue: Autoethnographic Accounts of College Students and Faculty," in the special issue of Education Sciences (accepted and in press), "Addressing Mental Health and Well-Being in Higher Education: Collaborative Insights from Education, Psychology, and the Learning Sciences." The conception of this manuscript started in CD 362 (Children and Stress) class in the fall of 2023.
Dr. Hyun-Kyung You (Cal Poly Humboldt) Yu-Jin Jeong (Jeonbuk National University) and Sungeun Yang (Inha University) in Korea.
Child Development
Professor Hyun-Kyung You in Child Development and her colleagues published an article, “Revisiting Transnational Activities: Korean Immigrant Mothers’ Home Visit for Families,” in Sage Open. Continuing research on transnational families, this original research explores the return trip experiences of Korean immigrant women with children. Purposefully planned and coordinated trips to Korea were not only for children to enhance their Korean identity but also for their transnational relationship with aging parents.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21582440241240912
Co-authors are Yu-Jin Jeong (Jeonbuk National University) and Sungeun Yang (Inha University) in Korea.
Sarita Ray Chaudhury, PhD., Professor of Marketing
Business
Professor Sarita Ray Chaudhury published a qualitative analysis of online user-generated content (UGC) titled "Laugh like Surpanakha": Modern Literary Re-imagining of a Famous Villaness in Indian Folkloric Traditions, in the journal Cultural Analysis. This study explores how modern readers perceive Surpanakha’s characterization in Kavita Kane’s novel The Lanka’s Princess. Findings suggest readers’ willingness to accept Surpanakha’s villainous traits as expressions protesting mainstream expectations of the female ideal. https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~culturalanalysis/volume22_1/pdf/Chaudhury…
Amber Gaffney, Benny Anjierwerden
Psychology
Dr Gaffney along with three former Cal Poly Humboldt alum published a paper, Our group is worth the fight: Group cohesion is embedded in willingness to fight or die for relatively deprived political groups during national elections, in Translational Issues in Psychological Science. The first, second, and third authors all graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt with a Master's in Psychology from our Academic Research Program. One of the authors, Benjamin Anjierdwerden, is currently a lecturer in the Psychology Department.
Meenal Rana
Child Development
Dr Meenal Rana, Associate Professor, Child Development will be assuming the role of Chair of Diversity Science Initiative (DSI) at the Society for Study of Human Development (SSHD) in January of 2024. "Diversity Science provides new expansion and inclusiveness in intellectual inquiry by fostering an equitable and inclusive environment for all, providing a welcoming space that builds toward a comprehensive understanding of human development within SSHD" (https://sshdonline.org/diversity-science-initiative/). According to the outgoing chair, "Dr. Rana holds deep convictions to DEI work, as we do and I know with our support she will move the needle continually forward for SSHD."