In this poster, I describe the process by which we inventoried items and analyze how technology evolved in concert with broader shifts in the Redwood timber industry. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of how archival research and data collection processes are conducted within the realm of historical archaeology and also reflects Humboldt County's independence. The material analysis presented in this project will showcase logging technology’s environmental, cultural and economic impacts on the landscape and lifestyles of the region’s inhabitants.

Research on the studies and methods of understanding what the religious practices in Neolithic Age Ireland were.

This project introduces "Ulterra-Nigma," an experimental ethnography that constructs a fictional universe to explore the depths of cosmic themes and cultural themes with mythology and its importance of myth; the hope for the project is to eventually become an open-source mythology of sorts that can be studied by anthropologists in the future and be added onto as if it were a genuine living document. Also, it is of a more artistic nature so the font choice is a lot more characteristic of the theming than most posters.

Food insecurity is not being able to have access to fresh, nutritious food and the ability to have stable access to food. Millions of people suffer from food insecurity in the United States alone. This project describes how women are specifically vulnerable to being food insecure and the different factors that have led to this.

I've been conducting research regarding drug decriminalization because of the harmful effects on people's future, the disproportionate impacts on people of color, and the opportunities to develop other forms of restorative justice and recovery.

Environmental Storytelling for a Hopeful Planet is a website collaboration with original content -- from videos to slideshows -- created by students in journalism and environmental studies. Students met in Spring 2024 to practice a mix of environmental journalism and science communication, devising innovative storytelling modes to communicate verifiable ecological truths -- curated and presented with a healthy dose of hope. Students crafted stories about the removal of the Klamath Dam, the Arcata Marsh as wastewater treatment, Humboldt's Birding Club, composting, foraging for edible native plants, and the bliss of living near the world's tallest carbon sequestering trees.

Higher rates of tobacco and cannabis smoking have been observed among people with chronic pain. The reciprocal model of pain and smoking suggests that a positive feedback loop underlies the relationship between pain and smoking, with pain motivating smoking (as a means of coping) and smoking exacerbating painful conditions with chronic use. Despite initial evidence of differential effects by age in pain-motivated smoking, no research has examined age by smoking interactions among both tobacco and cannabis users. Results suggest smoking was related to greater likelihood of having pain, and that this effect was moderated by age group.

Behavioral and neuroimaging work on the visual processing of facial stimuli has consistently demonstrated a right hemisphere bias in face perception generally as well as in emotion perception. Research on lateralization of other cognitive functions such as language has found differential patterns of lateralization between right-handed and left-handed individuals. Several neuroimaging studies found evidence between handedness and degree of lateralization for face processing. The current study seeks to extend previous work by investigating the relationship between degree of handedness and degree of hemispheric lateralization for the processing of faces displaying positive and negative affect.

I will be sharing my experiences at KCACTF with an emphasis on sharing the opportunities available, but also how to manage time and expectations. In terms of opportunities I will be covering workshops but also NEXSTEP and the callbacks for summer internships, schools or jobs that can result from this experience. Beyond this, I want to cover when to take opportunities , and knowing when you've taken on too much.

A small collection of photos from my trip to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Spokane.