The Biocultural Trauma Feedback Loop

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Trauma is repeated throughout a victim’s life, but the biological mechanisms of its recurrence (revictimization), even though understood biologically, are not accepted or discussed in all disciplines. To understand these issues, I conducted a synthesis of existing scientific research on revictimization. Sociological research revealed that initial trauma and revictimization are in a positive feedback loop, with incidences of one increasing the other. In biology, however, this loop has been acknowledged but has not been integrated into these disciplines. Recognizing the existence of this biological feedback loop has the potential to mitigate the damage of past, present, and future trauma.

The Body’s Adaptations to Facilitate Motor Learning and Injury Prevention for the Overhand Throw Skill in Baseball Players

Dominic Gallardo, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student

College of Professional Studies

This poster presentation explores motor learning of the overhand throw skill specifically for baseball players. The research describes the necessary variables contributing to adequate development of the skill and how the skill should be performed. In addition, injury prevention is a vital component in performing a skill that should be critical for high level athletes.

The Brain Booth Initiative: Recent Trends in Mindfulness and Contemplative Pedagogy in High School and University

Library

“The Brain Booth Initiative: Recent Trends in Mindfulness and Contemplative Pedagogy in High School and University” examines the relationship between mindfulness and stress reduction to optimize learning in both high school and university settings. It outlines the most common trends based on a systematic review of articles from the past eight years. The majority of the studies use a self-reporting approach and show that mindfulness training reduces overall stress. The main limitation for most studies is small sample sizes due to voluntary involvement. The presentation then describes how the HSU Brain Booth is applying this research as they teach mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy.

The Choctaw Tribe and the Nanih Waiya

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The land feature known as the Nanih Waiya mound is central to the religious beliefs and cultural identity of the Choctaw Tribe of Native Americans. The function and creation of this mound differs depending upon the perspective of the Choctaw Tribal divisions, but it is mostly classified as a human-made earthwork that dates back to the Middle Woodland period (c. 0-300 CE) with naturally occurring features. Choctaw tribal members were separated from their original land and the Nanih Waiya after European contact and forced evacuations which began with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The mound is present in most Choctaw origin stories and is a source of identity and community for the Tribe.

The Clarke Museum College Corps Fellows - Pitch Fest 2024

Carrie White, Other Undergraduate Student

Other

Hosted at Cal Poly Humboldt, Pitch Fest is an opportunity for College Corps Fellows to participate in an authentic learning experience focused on the learning objective of grant writing. Many community partners had their College Corps students take the initiative to identify a project, create a budget to accomplish their respective strategic goals, and develop an argument as to why their needs were crucial for the institution they worked for and the greater community. Together, three College Corps Fellows serving The Clarke Museum, Eureka, won the top grant prize to protect “The Sun Set Twice on the People that Day “ Mural, painted by Native artists Brian Tripp and Alme Allen.

The Counter-Narratives of British and American High Schools Within Television

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

This ongoing research project investigates the counter-narrative of high schools within American and British culture within films and tv shows. 90210 and many other American shows shows high school as “the greatest time of your life” while Skins, a British-based series, shows that high school is just something that you want to get out of. Sex Education, which is the main focus, combines the two cultures to combat the negative connotation of the stereotypical British high school. I also explore how as technology improves, rhetoric changes its form (television) to fit with what society needs to get their message across a large audience.

The Cultural Significance of Maori Pounamu

Brandon Borba, Anthropology Undergraduate Student

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

An anthropological investigation of New Zealand's indigenous Maori people and their unique use of greenstone jade.

The Drive Home: Travel Times from Humboldt County to the rest of California

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

An isochrone map of California depicting the time required to travel from Humboldt State University to the rest of the state.

The Early History of Humboldt State University's Multilingual Literary Journal Toyon

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Toyon has been recognized as one of the best undergraduate literary journals/magazines in recent years. Currently, Toyon is published by students in a classroom setting oriented towards career preparation for individuals who wish to gain experience in the publishing field, but the beginnings of the journal had a far more humble and nearsighted goal: to publish the creative work of students. The history of Toyon has had to be constructed through primary sources such such as yearbooks, back issues of the school newspaper The Lumberjack, and details from the back issues of the journal itself. The archive editor of Toyon has researched the history of the early issues through the 1970's.

The Educational Development Center: A Stepping Stone to Sustainable Development

Jazzmin Fontenot`, Anthropology Undergraduate Student

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

At the intersection of anthropology and development, this project explores the efficacy of Participatory Action Research (PAR) through a case study of the Educational Development Center (EDC) and their Basa, Pilipinas! project. PAR utilizes ethnographic methods and emphasizes the importance of collaboration with developers and the community they wish to serve. This is a response to the critiques of educational Development as a method of perpetuating the legacy of colonialism by implanting Western epistemology from imperialist nations into developing countries. While PAR is an attempt to decolonize Development, it is not without critique itself.