A Symbol of Hope: An Ethnographic Analysis of Religion and Disaster following the Camp Fire

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

What support do survivors turn to after environmental disasters? This research examines how survivors of the Camp Fire, one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California’s history, draw upon religion in the aftermath of disaster. Specifically, this research asks: What role does religion play in rebuilding a community post-disaster? During the summer of 2019, I conducted ethnographic observations, interviews and surveys with individuals affected by the Camp Fire. I documented material, social and spiritual forms of support that religions organizations offered to residents of Paradise and consider how these factors relate to building the town.

A Veterans Music Program to Promote Social Connection among Veterans with PTSD

College of Professional Studies

Music programs in non-clinical settings can have positive impacts on people living with mental health issues, including veterans with PTSD. Heroes’ Voices provides cohort-based music programs to promote psychosocial well-being, with the potential to link veterans to additional supportive resources. This poster will share Heroes’ Voices pilot evaluation data from two applied contexts: a suburban residential treatment facility and a rural outpatient clinic. This poster will explore lessons learned with implications for promoting student veteran success at HSU.

A Waste of Time: Courtly Entertainments, Adiaphora, and Economy of Time in Halle Pietism and in King Frederick William I's Prussia, c. 1713-1740.

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Most scholars, following the analysis of Max Weber, agree that the modern notions of "using time wisely" emerged in the eighteenth century. This "economy of time" came out of a cultural milieu that was strongly influenced by both the Enlightenment and ascetic religious movements (English Puritanism, German Pietism, French Jansenism). This project closely studies the discourse surrounding the courtly entertainments (hunting, the theater, gambling) as a way to better understanding the emergence of this "economy of time." While both the early Enlightenment and ascetic religious groups argued that courtly entertainments were problematic, they did so for quite different reasons.

Abating Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs)

Harley Davis, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student

College of Professional Studies

Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) continue to rise across the nation. Implementation of advancing technology must occur to decrease this problem. Any individual with a urinary catheter for greater than thirty days is at a large risk for developing bacteriuria. Bacteriuria increases the chances of developing a urinary tract infection. Using noble metal alloy lined catheters, we can change this. These catheters have a non-pharmacologic, non-toxic coating that creates a small charge. This micro current makes it much more difficult for bacteria to colonize in a catheter. Noble metal alloy catheters will decrease CAUTI rates in patients with chronic foley catheter.

Abstinence-Centered Comprehensive Sexual Education

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Within the United States, especially with California's new sexual education model, parents are pushing back due beliefs of abstinence. While these believes should be honored, most abstinence only sexual education curriculums are rooted in misinformation and can harm a child's development. Within this project, I will be exploring the possibility of a comprehensive sexual education program that can be abstinence centered.

Abstraction

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Logline: An unknowing beachcomber begins to transform into an extraterrestrial being after discovering an otherworldly skeleton beneath the sand. Synopsis: Tourist season has come to an end in the sleepy coastal town of Breaker’s Bay. The beaches are empty, but beneath the sand are treasures to be had. Items lost, forgotten by the past visitors of the sandy beaches of the North Coast, a beachcomber’s paradise. Molly Faye, a local beachcomber is about to wrap up her day of scanning the miles of endless beaches when she receives a faint signal on her metal detector. What she unearths at first appears to be a delicate piece of jewelry, but what it is attached to proves to be problematic...

Acculturation in Sports Nutrion

Tally Chavez, School of Applied Health Graduate Student

College of Professional Studies

This research will explore the perceptions and experiences of Mexican American student-athletes regarding the representation, or lack thereof, of traditional and cultural foods in sports nutrition dietary recommendations.

ACEs, Perceived Academic Control, and GPA in College Students of Diverse Backgrounds

Brandilynn Villarreal, Psychology Faculty

College of Professional Studies

The purpose of the study is to explore how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) relate to perceived academic control and GPA for students with racially marginalized identities. We hypothesized: H1) students with higher ACE scores will show lower levels of academic control than students with lower ACE scores, H2) students with racially marginalized identities will report higher levels of ACEs, lower GPAs, and lower academic control than students not from racially marginalized identities, and H3) first-year students will report lower academic control and GPAs than continuing students. The results indicated partial support for the hypotheses. Additional research and student supports are needed.

Activating Creativity in Elementary EFL Writing

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

I served 27 months as an elementary EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia and found that rote memorization was the dominant teaching strategy. Pohnpeian teachers wanted interactive classrooms that engaged students creatively, but they often lacked the resources or training to create such an environment. The presented activities are the product of collaborative efforts with 4th-through 8th-grade Pohnpeian teachers over a two-year period. Activities could be modified for a range of second-language learning contexts and environments.

Activity of Novel Cellulases from Cow Rumen

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Utilizing cellulase enzymes can enhance the production of biofuels. In this study, 14 cellulases identified through metagenomic analysis of cow rumen were expressed in E. Coli, purified using immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC), and then assessed for enzymatic activity versus a control cellulase isolated from Aspergillus Niger. To do this, we evaluated the breakdown of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) in a plate assay with Congo Red detection. 4 with high activity and 2 with low activity were selected for analyzing the effective pH on the enzymatic activity and expanding the research to kinetic analysis. Our results could inform new cellulase design and enhance biofuel production.