May 2, 2025
Reception & Presentations 2pm to 5pm
Cal Poly Humboldt Library
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Nano Adventures: The Role of Adventure in the Lives of Humboldt Students & Beyond
Haley Uriz
Recreation Administration
Undergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
When was your last adventure? How did you know it was an “adventure”? If you felt like it was an “adventure” that’s a good start and likely means that it was! That is because the meaning of the term adventure is fairly personal and based on what you personally perceive as unique, unusual and exciting. It may also include a certain level of risk, potentially some dangerous risk, such as swimming with sharks in Australia or riding a motorcycle on a mountainous road in Italy. But risks don’t need to be life threatening or thousands of miles away.
Nowhere 2 Go Humboldt
Jasmine
Guerra
Social Work
Graduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Nowhere 2 Go Humboldt is a multi-media storytelling project which interviews and photographs people who are criminalized and displaced in Humboldt County.
Effects of Non-Invasive Rehabilitation for Baseball Players Recovering from Tommy John Surgery: Optimizing Safe & Efficient Return to Play
Lexanee
Inzunza
Other
Undergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Baseball pitchers often suffer ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) tears due to repetitive, high-velocity throws. These injuries are commonly treated with Tommy John Surgery (TJS), which requires a 12–18 month recovery. While TJS is effective, its long rehab has led to rising interest in non-invasive options like physical therapy, PRP, stem cells, and biomechanical training. These methods show promise for moderate injuries, offering shorter recovery and fewer risks. More research is needed, but individualized non-surgical care may support a safer, more efficient return to play.
Touch the Tides
Ashley
Bowers
Other
Undergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Touch the Tides is a free educational seminar developed to educate people on tidepool safety, etiquette, locations, and how to use them, rooted in connecting people with nature and making recreation accessible for all people.
Chinese Governmentality: Emerging Greenhouses on Rural Tibetan Landscapes
Lucas Reyes
Geography
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
This study explores changing agricultural conditions and practices on the Tibetan Plateau. Through textual discourse supported by field observations, agricultural practices are assessed. I explore the works of Goldstein, Paltridge and past HSU field research to argue that the Chinese government addresses this nourishment problem through policy, an intricate display of governmentality. The rural Tibetan livelihood is marginalized and degraded through Chinese policies noted by Goldstein designed to bring the Tibetan population into a market-driven economy. While rural farmer adopt green revolution technologies and weigh the economic benefit of grain subsides I see greenhouses on the horizon.
The Feminist Pedestal: Ronda Rousey and the Representation of Female Athletes
Karissa Valine
Department of Communication
Undergraduate Student
Michael S. Bruner
Department of Communication
Faculty
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
This article will explore the feminist self-identification of female athletes in addition to critiquing the harms and benefits of placing female athletes on a “feminist pedestal.” Ronda Rousey, a well-known athlete in mixed martial arts, will serve as a case study in the analysis.
Slow Violence at the Salton Sea
Drew Andrew
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
California's largest inland body of water, the Salton Sea, is suffering from decreasing water levels. Water transfers in Southern California are responsible for the current status of the Salton Sea. Addressing the responsibility of the State of California in restoration of the Salton Sea, inaction at the state level continues to perpetuate the slow violence of health issues in Imperial Valley. Analyzing the framing of the ecological devastation of the borderlands of Southern California, mainstream white environmentalism continue's to pervade the agenda to restore a shrinking sea.
The Impact of the Potawat Community Garden
Samantha Stephens
Environmental Studies
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
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.
A Carbon Inventory: Where does HSU Stand?
James Lamping
Forestry
Undergraduate Student
Amanda Donaldson
Forestry
Undergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
In our study, an inventory of Humboldt State University's trees was conducted to better understand the current biomass and carbon the campus is sequestering. The goal of the study is to present HSU with an understanding of what trees sequester more carbon so they may make informed decisions on future tree planting projects.
Instilling Text and Subtext
Isabella Ceja
Theatre Arts and Communication
Undergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Costume designs by Isabella “Izzy” Ceja for the dance piece choreographed by Lisa Drew: Instilling text and Subtext. The dance was inspired by media bias and the distorted reality it creates, as well as the media propaganda that had occurred during WWII.