WLDF 495W Senior Project Spring 2025

Justin Packham, Wildlife Undergraduate Student

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Particular prey preferences observed from the feeding behavior of captive raptors

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 with Heart: Beating the Odds with Stronger Communities and Stronger Hearts

Sparrow Linderborg, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student

College of Professional Studies

This project aims to increase CR participation among rural women, women of color, and Native American women in Humboldt County. The Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model proposes hybrid and online continuing professional development (CR) programs that are culturally responsive and community-driven. Key interventions include peer mentoring, automatic electronic referrals, and collaboration with tribal and local health leaders. The goal is to reduce access barriers, enhance health equity, and improve cardiovascular outcomes through sustainable, patient-centered care.

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!