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Presenters & Abstracts: 2017
CR Resource Center and Food Pantry
- Jenny QuigleySocial WorkGraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Mission The CR Resource Center (CRRC) seeks to decrease stigma and barriers and empower students to achieve academic success through increasing access to services and resources in a caring community. The Resource Center provides application assistance and information on CalFresh benefits and Medi-Cal, access to the Food Pantry, referrals to on and off campus programs in a safe and welcoming community space. Collaborations with the Klamath-Trinity campus and other community agencies are an essential part of the development of the CRRC. The CRRC opened its doors on 11/16 and will continue as an added resource on the CR campus.
Creativity and Mood in Cannabis Using College Students
- Caitlin ClarkPsychologyGraduate Student
- Joseph CamarenaPsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Mari SanchezPsychologyStaff
College of Professional Studies
This study examines the relationship between cannabis use (infrequent, moderate, and heavy use) and one’s mood (neutral, positive, and negative) on creativity, which is scored by the Alternative Use Task (AUT) and the Creative Achievement Questionnaire (CAQ).
Critical Service Learning and Social Change
- Jeff EnsworthEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
The major problems we face today are socially constructed and institutionally perpetuated. With the right approach Service Learning can play a critical role in affecting social change. Critical Service Learning informed by the Environmental Humanities offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary model for problem solving, and an effective mode of intervention. These ideas are explored using my Service Learning placement at Northcoast Environmental Center and my experience with the Humboldt State Environmental Studies curriculum.
Cultural Awareness and Education for Military and Veteran Population
- Nancy U KellySocial WorkGraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Current literature indicates the number of Veterans entering higher education is rapidly growing due to the reduction of military size and the availability of financial support through the Post-9/11 GI bill (Lang, et al., 2013; McBain, et al., 2012). Research shows the challenges student Veterans face can be reduced significantly when colleges incorporate support programs specific to student Veterans and provide training about military culture to faculty and staff (Bosari, et al, 2017; Osborne, 2014). The intention of this project was to increase awareness to the presence of military culture on the HSU campus through a training presentation.
Decolonizing Mentorship Programs
- River Smith-SayerSocial workGraduate Student
Other
In the past, efforts to create mentorship programs have been unsuccessful due to the tendency to place the needs of mentors before individuals who are being mentored. The purpose of this project was to lessen the paternalism in mentorship programs by providing space to discuss objectives and barriers for students who may then participate as mentees. Six open ended questions were designed in an effort to include student’s ideas on how to engage with student partners and provide a safe learning environment. Following the focus group, the information will be analyzed and delivered to mentors in the form of a powerpoint. This analysis will also be available to students for review and critique.
Define American
- Kaitlyn BoyesSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Celia HaroSociologyGraduate Student
- Nur SeirafiSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Martha OlinSociologyUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
The purpose of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of the self-perceived identities of immigrant and first-generation community members in Humboldt County, particularly related to feelings of inclusion and exclusion. The research will help to identify the resources that are available and important to immigrant and first-generation members, to identify areas in which resources are lacking, and to provide an intimate understanding of their experiences related to their identities in this community. Through surveys and interviews we hope to bridge public discourse between the American identity and the immigrant and first-generation identity.
Designing a Radiant Heating System that Recovers Waste Heat from Shower Wastewater
- Tanya Garcia`Environmental Resources EngineeringUndergraduate Student
- Alyssa VirgilEnvironmental Resources EngineeringUndergraduate Student
- Zachary RamseyEnvironmental Resources EngineeringUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
To design a hydronic floor heating system that maximizes the amount of heat transfer from the shower wastewater to the bathroom floor.
Does lexicality or phonemic predictability affect cross-modal identification of monosyllabic items?
- Kauyumari SanchezPsychologyFaculty
- Joseph CamarenaPsychologyUndergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Speech is both auditory and visual. Both modalities can carry the same underlying (articulatory) information. This relationship serves cross-modal matching abilities in a variety of conditions, but to what extent is cross-modal matching ability mediated by abstract, cognitive processes, representations, and linguistic experience (e.g. lexicality or phonemic predictability)?
EcoNews
- Claire RothEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
The presentation of my research will document the process by which EcoNews, the bimonthly environmental publication produced by the Northcoast Environmental Center in Arcata, California, comes to fruition. I have gained experience in this topic through my internship with the Northcoast Environmental Center, where I help to produce EcoNews. Additionally, I will present on the history behind EcoNews, as it has been in operation since 1971 and is one of the longest-running bioregional publications in the nation.
Effects of Active Versus Passive Recovery on Blood Lactate and Performance in Repeated Wingate Tests
- Madison KirkpatrickKinesiologyGraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
The Wingate anaerobic test is one of the most widely used fitness tests that requires the participants to exert maximum effort. There is a lack of research on the effect of a longer duration active recovery protocol on blood lactate levels and performance in repeated Wingate tests as compared to passive recovery, and a lack of research on those components in females. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of active versus passive recovery on performance and blood lactate levels during two 30-second Wingate tests in healthy, college-aged females to further understand how different recovery types can affect performance and recovery. Hypothesis: An active recovery will allow for