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In the Face of Drought: Do Fuel Reduction Treatments Promote Drought Resistance at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area?
- Michael VernonNatural ResourcesGraduate Student
- Tracy GatumuEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
- Courtney BrownEnvironmental Resources and EngineeringUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
In this study, we investigated the influence of thinning and prescribed fire on tree growth responses to multi-year drought conditions in the dry forests of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in northern California. Specific questions include: 1) Do fuel reduction treatments influence forest resistance to drought stress? 2) What individual tree-level and site-level factors (i.e. size, crown height, competition, pre-disturbance tree growth) influence tree growth responses? 3) Do tree growth responses change over years of successive drought stress?
Indian Child Welfare Act Training
- Allison EldridgeSocial WorkGraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Training curriculum and presentation on the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Integration and Supports for MSW Advance Standing Students
- Sara DianishSocial WorkGraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
The HSU Social Work Department is interested in better integrating the AS students into the existing two-year MSW program by considering instructor knowledge and awareness of the introduction of AS students, the importance and development of interpersonal relationships between the two cohorts, how AS students adjust to graduate-level work and how prepared AS students are for graduate-level work. The purpose of this project was to evaluate what changes have been made since the initial report by Assistant Professor César Abarca, MSW, Ph.D. conducted in 2014 and what recommendations could be made from the experience of the 2016-2017 on-campus advanced year cohort and existing instructors.
Keep on Truckin': The Social Life of a Log Trailer in Eureka, CA between 1880-1940
- Benjamin MacedaAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
- Kelda BrtittonAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
- Maci BellAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
- Eva HogueUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Eureka Ironworks, located in Old Town Eureka, was an iron manufacturing and fabrication company that was in business from the late 1800's through the 1940's. This project investigates the local economy and manufacturing process in the late 1800's through early 1900's, by focusing on the fabrication of log trailers. Through archival research in the Eureka Ironworks Historical Collection and Humboldt Room, this project aims to examine the social life of a log trailer in order to understand how this product fit into the Humboldt County economy. This research traces the log trailer from schematic, through fabrication, to its use in the local lumber industry.
Kriging Interpolation of Understory Light for Prediction Modeling of Stump Sprout Growth in Mixed Multiaged Stands in California
- Kurt A. SchneiderForestry and Wildland ResourcesGraduate Student
- John-Pascal BerrillForestry and Wildland ResourcesFaculty
- Christa M. DagleyForestry and Wildland ResourcesFaculty
- Lynn A. WebbCAL FIRE Jackson Demonstration State Forest
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
We studied conifer and hardwood regeneration response to experimental harvest treatments conducted ~100 years after the first harvest (clearcut). We examined relationships between understory light, varying overstory tree retention, and growth of coast redwood and tanoak stump sprouts arising after complete and partial harvest. First, we quantified understory light throughout this 30 ha experiment comparing four different retention treatments repeated at four sites. Then we related understory light to post-treatment stand density, treatment type, and regeneration. Redwood sprouts outperformed tanoak by different margins, and grew most rapidly in high light.
LEVEE STORIES UNEARTHED
- Kathleen C. BromleyApplied AnthropologyGraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
LEVEE STORIES UNEARTHED: FIELD AND MIXED METHODS IN SUPPORT FOR AN EXPEDITED RECONNAISSANCE STUDY
LEVEESTORIES.XYZ FOR AN EXPEDITED RECONNAISSANCE STUDY
- Kathleen C BromleyApplied AnthropologyGraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
LEVEESTORIES.XYZ FOR AN EXPEDITED RECONNAISSANCE STUDY Within the design and construction of the Redwood Creek Flood Control Project in Humboldt County, a mistake was made. The project, a substandard system of earthen levees, extended too far into the creek’s estuary. Poorly negotiated allowances of the levied wound left by the Corps into the transition zone caused the circulation of this vital water vein to be compromised in providing proper supportive nourishment to regional health ecology and economic components. Why hasn’t the miscalculated scar been corrected? Participant observation and historical archaeology helped to first understand the biological and cultural aspects involved.
Leveraging Applied Problems to Enhance the Undergraduate STEM Experience
- Kamila LarripaMathematicsFaculty
- Borbala MazzagMathematicsFaculty
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Strong analytical skills and the ability to develop and analyze mathematical models are highly sought-after skills, especially when they are paired with the auxiliary skill set of strong scientific writing, the ability to collaborate across disciplines and effective visualizations of quantitative information. We focus on the development of these auxiliary skills by (1) offering training to teams who participate in COMAP’S Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and (2) through the PIC Math course, a problem-solving course in which students work on problems provided by an industry client.
LGBTQ Risk & Protective Factors for Offending Over the Queer Life Course
- Meredith Conover-WilliamsSociologyFaculty
- Joice ChangPoliticsFaculty
- Liza OlmedoSociologyGraduate Student
- Lindsay MixerSociologyGraduate Student
- Grecia AlfaroSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Logan CheneySociologyUndergraduate Student
- Taylor RichardsonSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Sarah FasiSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Hannah LemlySociology
- Cesar RamirezSociologyUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Prior research finds lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) individuals offending more than their heterosexual peers, due to differential experiences in social institutions like school and family. There are no qualitative studies of queer pathways into or away from crime, or research on the offending of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. We seek to fill this gap by analyzing life trajectories of LGBTQIA individuals with qualitative interviews. We explore pushes/pulls into/away from criminal behavior and respondents’ relationships with social institutions--including chosen families and political participation--to illuminate sites of intervention in the queer life course.
Making America Great Again: American Identity Uncertainty and White-American Bias
- Natasha La VoguePsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Stephanie ByersPsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Berkeley KijsriopasPsychologyGraduate Student
- Bryan SherburnePsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Alexandria JauriquePsychologyGraduate Student
- Amber M. GaffneyPsychologyFaculty
College of Professional Studies
Research collected from attendees of the RNC shows that White Americans who feel uncertain about their American identity and possess a bias toward viewing their country as “White” might be particularly likely to turn to a candidate who uses rhetoric which excludes ethnic minorities as a means of reducing their identity uncertainty. This work examines the moderating role of American identity uncertainty on the relationship between implicit bias and American identification. These results are important because they display the relationship between American identification and the extent of Americans’ implicit biases as moderated by the extent of their identity uncertainty.