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Yurok Social Services Internship Manual
- Dianna HeimstadtSocial WorkGraduate Student
I’ve partnered with the Yurok Social Services (YSS) department to develop the Yurok Social Services Internship Manual. As the largest federally recognized tribe in California with over 6000 enrolled members, interns placed within YSS have an opportunity to learn from and be exposed to a diverse community with varied Indigenous, Yurok worldview(s). The Yurok Tribe continues to suffer from the historical and ongoing impacts of colonialism, and as Indigenous peoples, they have also continued to thrive. The intent of this manual is to better orient and train incoming interns as to their roles and responsibilities as well as to provide an introduction to a Yurok worldview.
Yurok Wellness Court Professional Training
Madalene Easterbrook , Social Work Graduate Student
- AngeliqueHennessySocial WorkGraduate Student
Our finished project is a recorded video training, approximately one hour long. We gave a copy of the training to the Yurok Wellness Court. We also gave a copy of the slides to the Yurok Wellness Court, so that they may conduct their own live training using our materials.
Zooarchaeology 3D Digitization
- Brianna KingAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
Our research project consists of photographing animal remains and combining the photos to make digital 3D models which will later be used for student education for those who do not have direct hands-on access to these materials. To provide accurate models to be studied, photographs are taken of each bone 360 degrees around and stitched together using a program called STRATA 3D. The purpose of this project is to make our zooarchaeology collection available to the public while also ensuring that the remains will not be damaged. By incorporating the use of STRATA 3D, current and future students of Humboldt State University will be able to access this database for years to come.
~OG~ Organic Guru ~ Humboldt Homegrown Handmade and Fair Trade ~ Sustainable Village Project
- Barbara NearingccatGraduate Student
Organic Guru is an organic food company and sustainable village. The food company replaces Sysco, and US Foods as a restaurant and small market supply, supplying Humboldt's restaurants, schools and general population with organic food. The profits in turn support a sustainable/ecovillage which provide quality sustainable housing such as tee pee's, yurts, for either permeant or transitional housing. allowing for a large segment of the population to have food shelter clothing and income. We also have planned to create a product line of food to sell at the retail stores, and restaurants, such as kombucha, teas, superfood cookies, pasta sauces. Like Newmans own.
Жаворонок (The Lark)
- Aaron LopezMusicUndergraduate Student
'The Lark' is a Russian Folk Song most famously arranged by Russian Classical Composer Mikhail Glinka. Mily Balakirev later arranged this song as a piano work, inspired by other romantic era composers like Franz Liszt in the composition. The piece emulates the bird it is named after with its fluttering passages and a strong Russian presence.
“I See Gay People”: Gaydar Abilities in a Real-World Distribution
- Benjamin SkillmanPsychologyGraduate Student
- Amanda HahnPsychologyFaculty
- Logan AshworthPsychologyGraduate Student
- Lola PescePsychologyGraduate Student
- Andrew DiazPsychologyGraduate Student
- Hannah FergusonPsychologyGraduate Student
Previous research suggests that people can accurately identify a person’s sexual orientation from facial cues alone. Many of these studies have relied on images collected from various online sources that may contain other contextual cues to sexual orientation. Additionally, heterosexual and homosexual individuals are typically presented using a 50/50 distribution, which does not accurately reflect the real-world distribution of faces we encounter. This study aims to investigate whether people are more accurate at identifying sexual orientation from facial cues when the distribution of images presented more accurately reflects the real world distribution of straight and gay faces.
“The sense of solidarity”: Relational ethics, peer support, and specialized resources for rural and Indigenous social work education program alumni
Calla Peltier-Olson, Social Work Graduate Student
College of Professional StudiesHumboldt Social Work Alumni experience unique challenges and exhibit particular strengths as a virtue of the unique focus of the Program and the context of the rural & Indigenous communities served. I assessed how alumni’s sustainability in the field might be bolstered, and how their education impacted their practice/values. I facilitated a focus group of graduating Master’s students and an online survey open to all alumni, and translated the data into recommendations. I used Indigenous MMR, combining quantitative data, thematic analysis, & relational epistemology. I recommend the creation of a decentralized alumni organization, drawing from other postcolonial-education-focused alumni orgs.
“The Vote Was...Strike!” Humboldt State University Anti-war Activism During The Vietnam War
- Amanda AlsterAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
Humboldt State University Library houses a collection of posters and documents preserving anti-war ephemera and primary sources from the HSU Strike for Peace protest, which took place May 11-15, 1970. This student-organized protest was one of the largest demonstration in Humboldt County’s history to date; it drew support from almost 3,000 students, faculty, and Humboldt community members. The protest stemmed from President Richard Nixon's support of expanding the war into Cambodia, after he had promised the general public to begin the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam.