May 3, 2024 | Digital Showcase | Humboldt Library
All Presenters & Abstracts
Stable Isotope Mapping of Humboldt County's Ecological Landscape
Presentation Year: 2017
We gathered biological materials from animals around Humboldt County and used their stable oxygen and carbon isotopic signatures to create an isotope map of the Humboldt area. Samples of bone, teeth and shell were collected in various areas of this county. Samples were processed at the HSU Biological Anthropology Research Center (BARC) and then sent to a stable isotope facility to be analyzed. This information will be distributed in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map. This project is part of an ongoing project at BARC that aims to create a map to help identify the region of origin of animal and human remains, and address ecological questions.
Stand up for Mother Earth: music and art as a means for resilience
Presentation Year: 2017
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous peoples has been a successful 501(3)(c) organization for the past forty years. In the past years they have organized Mother Earth Day events, in order to raise the unity and interconnectedness of human lives with our planet earth. This years organized Mother Earth Day celebration will be a call to action through music to ‘wake up’ and‘ warrior through self-awareness and self-empowerment. The headliner to this event is Nataanii Means along with other indigenous hip hop artists that focus their lyrical art on self determination, resilience, indigenous rights, water, and liberation from systems of oppression.
Stand up for Mother Earth: music and art as a means of resilience
Presentation Year: 2017
nth Generation Fund for Indigenous peoples has been a successful 501(3)(c) organization for the past forty years. In the past years they have organized Mother Earth Day events, in order to raise the unity and interconnectedness of human lives with our planet earth. This years Mother Earth Day celebration will be a call to action through music to ‘wake up’ and ‘warrior up' through self-awareness and self-empowerment. The headliner to this event is Nataanii Means along with other indigenous hip hop artists that focus their lyrical art on self determination, resilience, indigenous rights, water, and liberation from systems of oppression.
STEAM Education and Environmental Studies: Embracing Diverse Imaginaries
Presentation Year: 2017
My service learning experience explores the role of diverse imaginaries in education. At the Arcata After School Program I am exploring educational imaginaries by engaging students of diverse age groups and backgrounds in integrated learning opportunities. In a system where 'objectivity' is largely valued over unique subjectivities, I am interested in deconstructing the value of 'objective' education and creating a space for subjective learning experiences.
Stress, Anxiety, Social Support and Hopelessness in Latino and White College Students
Presentation Year: 2017
The current study examined the association of stress, anxiety, hopelessness and social support in undergraduate Latino and White students. The sample included 250 Latino (women = 76%) and 296 White (women = 66%) participants, with more women in the Latino group (chi2 = 5.74, p < .05). For the total sample, a hierarchical linear regression with stress as the dependent variable, age and sex entered in block one and anxiety, social support, and hopelessness in block two, resulted in an R = .772 with block two variables accounting for 57% of the variance. Separate regression analyses for Latino and White students produced similar results, R = .75 and R = .80, respectively.
Survey and Map English Ivy Distribution at the Patrick’s Point State Park, California
Presentation Year: 2017
Patrick’s Point State Park has experienced a tremendous growth of English Ivy that has causing a damage to park resources. The goal of this study was to accurately map English Ivy habitats, estimate coverage, and survey English Ivy colonization effects on tree trunks. The results showed that the English Ivy growth has decreased from 8.0 acres to 6.5 acres between 2015 and 2016 respectively due to park restoration activity supported by volunteer organizations. The English Ivy growth on tree trunks was significant for Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce. With this project the park will be able to locate the most English Ivy spots that require attention, and monitor their growth rate.
Textbook Production
Presentation Year: 2017
Kelley and Bri are helping professor Janelle Asdit with her textbook: "Critical Creative Writing: An Anthology of Craft-Criticism" published by Bloomsbury publications. They are in charge of writing chapter summaries.
The "Lester Leaps In" Music Listening Project
Presentation Year: 2017
My research project is the implementation of a music listening library at the Humboldt Senior Resource Center for participants of the Alzheimer's Day Program. I will be providing the Center with 4 Ipods with playlists accompanied by 4 picture album books highlighting the musicians in the playlists.
The Bigfoot Fraternity
Presentation Year: 2017
The United States Census estimates that 20.9% surveyed in Humboldt qualify as impoverished. Poverty is experienced in a multitude of severity-homeless individuals often bare the greatest physical and psychological burdens. In a 2016 preliminary study, Jennifer Maguire of HSU found that over 15% of student participants experienced housing insecurity. The Bigfoot Fraternity is a research project I've developed in order to alleviate some of the hardships homeless students experience and alter perceptions of homelessness through participation, action and reflection. TBF criticizes dependency on socioeconomic norms and highlights the benefits of an "alternative housing movement" in Humboldt Co.
The Geographic Movement of Goods Related to the Iron Industry in Humboldt County During the Early 20th Century
Presentation Year: 2017
This project examines the geographic movement of materials and products related to the ironworks industry in Eureka, CA during the early 20th century. Archival research was undertaken in the Eureka Ironwork's Collection and Humboldt Room at Humboldt State University. Data was analyzed using GIS in order to understand the geographic scope of business transactions.
The Impact of the Potawat Community Garden
Presentation Year: 2017
A look into how the Potawot Community Garden, an offshoot of United Indian Health Services, aids in the fight for decolonization and health independence for local tribes.
The Jefferson Project
Presentation Year: 2017
Volunteers with Eureka's Westside Community Improvement Association transformed what was once Jefferson Elementary school, into the now Jefferson Community Center. The building itself is used as a place to hold meetings and recreational activities.
Moreover, the center is dedicated to helping youth in the community by providing a safe, reliable place to learn and explore. Two projects that we have been volunteering for as Child Development students are the SEEDs project, and the Imagination playground. These projects provide the children with access to: homework help, a community garden, cooking classes, nutritious meals, educational exploration, and lots of FUN!
The Northwestern California Genocide Project
Presentation Year: 2017
The Northwestern California Genocide Project is a Digital Archive put together and presented by Humboldt State University students.This project is the first digital source to present to the public and future scholars a collection of items on genocidal atrocities and mass extermination events committed against Northwestern California native peoples perpetrated by white pioneers and settlers around the mid and late 19th century.
The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub Fandom: An ethnography on the Expressiveness of the Rick and Morty Fandom
Presentation Year: 2017
The animated hit series; Rick and Morty had an enormous impact within its first 3 years. There are currently two seasons available with a third on its way in 2017. This cartoon featured on Adult Swim, follows a scientific genius Grandfather and his grandson, as they travel through the universe. In the short amount of time that this show has been around, it has spawned a very loyal and dedicated fan base with an increasingly active community. A portion of this fan base is structured as an online community, which uses various platforms to communicate and express their devotion to the show. These platforms include forum sites such as Reddit, Instagram, Facebook, and the fandom run WIkia page.
Tribal Foster Care Research
Presentation Year: 2017
The lack of tribally specific foster homes in Humboldt County is representative of the statistic that Indian children are three times likely to be placed in foster care, ninety percent of these placements are within non-native homes (CA Dept. of Social Services, 2002). This literature review will discuss the importance of having tribally specific foster homes, review tribal foster care recruitment strategies, and successful foster placement models for Native youth in agreement with ICWA objectives.
Tsunami Effects and Mitigation Results for South-east Regions in Sri Lanka
Presentation Year: 2017
This study examines the land-use changes along the south-east coast of Sri Lanka before and after the 2004 Tsunami to spot vulnerable areas for future monitoring efforts. A time-series vegetation change: (i) immediately after Tsunami between 2004-2005, (ii) pre-Tsunami & long-term between 2004 -2016 and (iii) post-Tsunami & long-term between 2005-2016 were mapped using Landsat TM images. The resulting series of multiple change detection models became a series of maps displaying a considerable disturbance of vegetation patterns and agricultural activity at the coastal and inland areas.
Understanding the Importance of Frameworks Through Art
Presentation Year: 2017
Throughout the Spring 2017 semester, I conducted my service learning at the Sunny Brae Middle School afterschool program. Using my experience from the Environmental Studies program, I led an environmental art class where students learned the importance of frameworks by looking giving a critical look at photographers work and also putting what they learned to practice by taking photos of their own. I hope that knowing how frameworks operate will allow the students to be critical about the produced world around them.
Using Art and Mindfulness as Coping Mechanisms for Teens with Depression: A Guidebook
Presentation Year: 2017
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), as much as 10 to 15 percent of American teenagers experience symptoms of depression at any one given time (2014). Research has shown that mindfulness methods and art therapy methods have both proven themselves useful in treating this disease, but there is little research that has delved into the possible benefits of combining these two methodologies. This project combines these two forms of coping skills into one curriculum for use in school or therapeutic settings aimed at helping adolescents find outlets for dealing with their depression. That's the goal of this project: the creation of a mindfulness and art therapy guidebook.
Wailaki Directional Terms
Presentation Year: 2017
Wailaki is an indigenous Northern California language within the Dene (Athabaskan) language family historically spoken in the Eel River basin. The language is categorized as a 'sleeping' language as there are no longer living first language speakers; however, there are second language learners today. This project examines translations in texts for words used in the Wailaki directional system and determines if this system is closer to river-based systems common to Northwestern California, or cardinal direction-based systems. In addition, this research discusses the extent to which geospatial references may have been preferred to relative frames of reference involving the body (left, right).
Wailaki Postpositions
Presentation Year: 2017
Wailaki is an indigenous language within the Dene (Athabaskan) language family, historically spoken within the Eel River Basin. This project examines postpositions found in Wailaki texts. Unlike English which has a system of prepositions, Wailaki has a system of postpositional suffixes that indicate an object’s position in space relative to another. Words in English such as at, in, during, outside, next to, etc. modify a noun to indicate position, whereas in Wailaki this is accomplished with a suffix. Some are incorporated into verbs, as well as temporal expressions. This goal of this research was to compile a list for future language study, and use by second language learners.