Wolves and Native Americans

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

My research will be about wolves and their relationship with Native Americans. Lots of Native American tribes that lived in the Great Plains admired wolves because they taught the Native Americans how to hunt. These include Cheyenne, Lakota, Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Arikara, Arapaho, Osage, Shoshone, and Pawnee. It will also be about what the wolf was regarded as in terms of spiritual ties with the Native Americans and wolves.

Women are disproportionately impacted by food insecurity: How activists are connecting to local food systems

Allison Hair, Anthropology Undergraduate Student

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

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.

Women in Prisons and Jails

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

This presentation was made and presented by the members of the Formerly Incarcerated Students Club. This presentation discusses the overlooked oppression that women in prisons face. Presented are the rising rates of women in jails, reasons for these numbers, how the incarceration of women affects families, birth in prisons, sexual assault in prisons, and Trans rights when it comes to incarceration.

Women of the Water Humboldt Community

College of Professional Studies

The purpose of this project is to bring together the women in our community who are either already in love with the water or who wish to create a deeper connection with it in one way or another. We aim to create a supportive and inspiring group of females who can encourage each other to not only surf, scuba dive, kayak, swim, sup, and spend time at the beach, but also to take care of our natural coastline!

Women's Intrasexual Competitiveness Tracks Changes in Their Testosterone Levels

College of Professional Studies

To investigate the role of hormones in female intrasexual competition, we carried out a longitudinal study of changes in intrasexual competitiveness (Study 1) and assessed intrasexual competition in women using various forms of hormonal contraceptives (Study 2). Study 1: Multilevel modeling of the data revealed a significant, positive within-subject effect of testosterone on intrasexual competition, indicating that women reported greater intrasexual competitiveness when testosterone was high. Study 2: No significant differences were observed for reported intrasexual competition among women using combined oral contraceptives versus women using progesterone-only contraceptives.

Worldviews and Ideologies of Humboldt County

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Mapping the worldviews and ideologies of Humboldt County

You are not losing your mind. You are losing your estrogen.

Caroline Murphy, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student

College of Professional Studies

Menopause is a physical, psychosocial, and cultural transition as diverse and complicated as humans themselves. Every person with ovaries who lives long enough will experience the fluctuation and decline of sex hormones, and about 80% will have symptoms likely to start earlier and be wider-ranging than expected. In this proposed project at a rural health clinic, annual screening will be offered to patients aged 35-55 years. Patient replies will result in offering resources, registered nurse consults and classes, and focused provider visits. Directly addressing perimenopause allows for anticipatory guidance and shared decision-making to improve quality of life in middle-age and beyond.

Youth Developmental Program: Captain John High School in Hoopa, CA

Rosa Granados, Social Work Graduate Student

College of Professional Studies

We are supporting the Youth Developmental Program research and outcomes at Captain John Continue High School in Hoopa. Two Feathers provides and funded these Native American Family Services located all over Humboldt County schools and systems utilizing tribal best practices as their main guidance to a balanced community. This program runs work pods, weaving circles, drumming circles, and LGBTQ+2Spirits talking circles. They advocate and collaborate with all Two Feathers clinicians, school administrators, school counselors, programs, and resources that provide share career & college opportunities, cultural interventions, and lastly expand the connection to nature and community. For the youth!

Youth in Motion: Sunset Kayak

Alaya Eveland, Other Undergraduate Student

College of Professional Studies

My project is an event that celebrates how outdoor recreation can connect youth to the land, to our communities, and ourselves. This will be a free private kayaking event at the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center on May 6th, and aims to support transition age foster youth through a free community building experience. All transportation, gear, and food will be provided at no cost to the participants, and will be funded by various grants and donations from our stakeholders. The event will be hosted by Center Activities at Cal Poly Humboldt and California Youth Connections, and will be open to members of Elite Scholars and the Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Committee (HCTAYC).

Youth Outdoor Resilience-Building Experiences Pilot: Planning, Implementation and Program Evaluation with Big Lagoon School

College of Professional Studies

During the academic year 2018-2019, Big Lagoon School was awarded a grant from the Alexander T. Salvos & Timothy A. Salvos Fund for Youth of Humboldt Area Foundation, which provided the opportunity to formalize the Outdoor Resilience-Building Experiences pilot program, an intervention for creatively addressing the need for more behavioral and social-emotional supports with youth in rural schools. This was an IRB-approved study measuring student resilience outcomes with self-regulation skills, mindfulness, and empowering access to the county's natural surroundings for participants grades 4-7. Findings will help the program test effectiveness and sustainability.