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L.A. Sheriff’s “Our Mission, Creed, and Core Values”: a Subversive Standpoint
- Cristian MartinezEnglishUndergraduate Student
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has strategically created a message in hopes of persuading its population that they stand for justice. “Our Mission, Creed, and Core Values,” may be considered an honorable message to its preferred audience. But from a subversive standpoint, the message is considered to target and criminalize marginalized citizens. This study will demonstrate how the hegemony uses militarized rhetoric to support their war on our communities. Ultimately, this research seeks to educate its audience about the ways in which messages, those similar to the LASD’s, continue to instigate hostilities towards and among the marginalized population.
Le Cygne (The Swan) by Camille Saint-Saens
- Emily MorseMusicUndergraduate Student
- Aaron LopezMusicUndergraduate Student
The Swan is the 13th movement of the 'The Carnival of the Animals' by Camille Saint-Saëns. Also known as 'Le Cygne' in French, this is one of the most famous cello works originally scored for cello accompanied by two pianos. Like the animal it is named after, this is a very graceful and elegant piece. For this performance, my classmate Aaron Lopez is accompanying me on piano while I am playing the cello.
Learning in a classroom setting: Audio, Visual, or Audiovisual Learning, which is best for recall?
- Cassady McLaughlinPsychology DepartmentGraduate Student
- Summer ThornfeldtPsychology DepartmentGraduate Student
- Zhelin WuPsychology DepartmentGraduate Student
- Caitlin MacePsychology DepartmentUndergraduate Student
- Valerie SettaniPsychology DepartmentUndergraduate Student
- Mitchell HinmanPsychology DepartmentUndergraduate Student
Students are impacted by differential modes of stimuli presentation while learning in multimedia environments. In the classroom, lecturers often display written text that corresponds with their spoken instruction, but how are students impacted by this? This study aims to address how visual (text), auditory, and pictorial stimuli in isolation or combination pertaining to the same novel subject affect recall accuracy. A cross-sectional between-subjects design was utilized in the study, and we found that students did better on recall questions when they were either taught with auditory, textual and pictorial information, or taught with auditory and pictorial information.
Learning the Ways of the Force
- Michael JuettePolitical ScienceUndergraduate Student
Within any county there are economic forces that are constantly at odds with each other, and Humboldt County is no exception. Currently, it has been recognized that the skills in some of Humboldt County’s workforce are struggling to keep up with what is expected by employers. The goal of this project is to assess the needs of these potential employers, demonstrate how employers are coping with the issue, and to explore possible avenues that may improve the relationship between the potential employer’s and employee’s recruitment experience. It is the hope that informing the public of this issue may lend a hand in improving workforce readiness in Humboldt County.
LEEROY JENKINS: Identity Formation, Investment, and Social Structure of Guilds in World of Warcraft
- Rachael HellerAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
World of Warcraft is a story-based fantasy adventure massively multiplayer online role-playing game in which players customize characters and play through game content individually or in a group. Guilds in WoW are semi-permanent groups of players that come together with a common in-game agenda. Through participant observation and interviews, this project studies one guild within WoW, focusing on personal and group identity formation, and the relationship between perceived value and monetary/time investment. Examination of these topics builds reality within a fictional, virtual setting, and seeks to provide insight into the formation of structured subgroups within a larger society.
Leeroy Jenkins; Identity Formation, Investment, and Social Structure of a Guild in World of Warcraft
- Rachael HellerAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
World of Warcraft, an online fantasy game, connects more than 10 million players worldwide in a multiplayer story-based adventure. Each player builds a character and plays through game content individually or in groups called guilds. Through participant observation over the course of a year, this study of one guild found: social/hierarchical bonds/structure are reinforced in all group activities; and the correlation between individual time investment in guild play/communication and group cohesion. This research contributes to existing scholarship on online sociality by providing insight into the role online gaming plays in connecting people across time and space in new forms of community.
LEVEE STORIES UNEARTHED
- Kathleen C. BromleyApplied AnthropologyGraduate Student
LEVEE STORIES UNEARTHED: FIELD AND MIXED METHODS IN SUPPORT FOR AN EXPEDITED RECONNAISSANCE STUDY
Levee Stories: Myths of Management
- K BromleyApplied AnthropologyGraduate Student
What is the cultural significance that the Redwood Creek Levee System carries in Orick, California? The purpose of this study is to further investigate the history and management of the levee system and to apply the findings. By tracking the levee's ethos using multiple research methods and publishing, the study hopes to better understand roles humans play with regard to the levee system and to each other. Through collaboration and greater understanding of the levee system research will be revealed in the Orick wikipedia page and within an Omeka exhibit site.
LEVEESTORIES.XYZ FOR AN EXPEDITED RECONNAISSANCE STUDY
- Kathleen C BromleyApplied AnthropologyGraduate Student
LEVEESTORIES.XYZ FOR AN EXPEDITED RECONNAISSANCE STUDY Within the design and construction of the Redwood Creek Flood Control Project in Humboldt County, a mistake was made. The project, a substandard system of earthen levees, extended too far into the creek’s estuary. Poorly negotiated allowances of the levied wound left by the Corps into the transition zone caused the circulation of this vital water vein to be compromised in providing proper supportive nourishment to regional health ecology and economic components. Why hasn’t the miscalculated scar been corrected? Participant observation and historical archaeology helped to first understand the biological and cultural aspects involved.
LGBTQ Risk & Protective Factors for Offending Over the Queer Life Course
- Meredith Conover-WilliamsSociologyFaculty
- Joice ChangPoliticsFaculty
- Liza OlmedoSociologyGraduate Student
- Lindsay MixerSociologyGraduate Student
- Grecia AlfaroSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Logan CheneySociologyUndergraduate Student
- Taylor RichardsonSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Sarah FasiSociologyUndergraduate Student
- Hannah LemlySociology
- Cesar RamirezSociologyUndergraduate Student
Prior research finds lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) individuals offending more than their heterosexual peers, due to differential experiences in social institutions like school and family. There are no qualitative studies of queer pathways into or away from crime, or research on the offending of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. We seek to fill this gap by analyzing life trajectories of LGBTQIA individuals with qualitative interviews. We explore pushes/pulls into/away from criminal behavior and respondents’ relationships with social institutions--including chosen families and political participation--to illuminate sites of intervention in the queer life course.