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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Brandie Wilson
Sociology
2018 HSU Distinguished Alumni Awardee, Brandie Wilson,(SOC BA 2009; SOC MA 2011) was recognized in New York Times as a memorable person of the year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/us/18-memorable-people-in-2018.html?…
Anthony Silvaggio
Sociology
Dr. Anthony Silvaggio presented his research on the post-prohibition environmental impacts of cannabis agriculture at the International Cannabis Policy Conference (ICPC) in Vienna, Austria. The ICPC is an overlapping and parallel conference at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND).
Renée M. Byrd
Sociology
Dr. Renée M. Byrd, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has a new peer-reviewed journal article out in Abolition: A Journal of Insurgent Politics. Titled 'Prison Treated Me Way Better Than You': Reentry, Perplexity and the Naturalization of Mass Imprisonment, the article can be read at: https://abolitionjournal.org/prison-treated-me-way-better/
Dr. Laura Johnson
Sociology
Dr. Laura Johnson, lecturer in Sociology and Environmental Studies, authored the cover story in the April 20th issue of the North Coast Journal, highlighting the environmental and socio-political power of Humboldt County's community food system.
Full article can be found here
http://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/grab-it-by-the-horns/Content?…
Dr. Renée M. Byrd
Sociology
Dr. Renée M. Byrd was awarded a 2017-18 American Association of University Women Publications Grant to finish her book, "Punishment's Twin: Carceral Logics, Abolitionist Critique and the Limits of Reform."
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.
Josh Meisel
Sociology
A contribution written by Josh Meisel, Associate Professor of Sociology, to a chapter on "Teaching Rural Criminology – Topics and Issues" has been published in the "The Routledge International Handbook of Rural Criminology."
Josh Meisel
Sociology
Josh Meisel, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, had his book review of "KILLER WEED: Marijuana, Grow Ops, Media, and Justice," by Susan C. Boyd and Connie I. Carter published in the November 2015 issue of "Contemporary Sociology."
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).