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Sequoia Park Zoo Youth Assistant Keepers
- Savanna SchafferEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
I have partnered with the Sequoia Park Zoo to revise their Youth Assistant Keeper Program to create a sustainable, impactful program that can be implemented with the use of a binder. Local, 11-15 year-olds will be guided through various aspects of zoos and animal husbandry while being asked to observe, critique, and explore the work of the Zoo and related work for best practices in animal care, equity, and accessibility. This unique opportunity for personal and academic development encourages autonomy and ownership over individual work, promotes leadership and diversity, cultivates a cooperative, team-centered environment, and inspires connection with and conservation of the natural world.
Service Learning at Ridgewood Elementary School
- Brittany Ann MillerChild DevelopmentUndergraduate Student
This presentation provides a look into the service learning experience at Ridgewood Elementary School. This poster will discuss the responsibilities of the service learning volunteer, the experiences gained and the learning that took place. Additionally, this poster discusses the systems perspective that is used to work with students in the school.
Settler Colonialism in Humboldt
- Alexandria JonesGeographyUndergraduate Student
This presentation addresses the role of Fort Humboldt in settler colonialism in Humboldt county as well as fits Fort Humboldt into a larger analysis of settler colonial conflicts.
Sex Ed for Special Ed
- Hannah LindermanCriminology and Justice StudiesUndergraduate Student
People with disabilities are too often preyed upon because of socially constructed ideas of intelligence. It's assumed by many that people with disability don't have the capacity to learn sexual health education or give consent. But these stereotypes cause harm. I would like to educate young adults with disabilities about consent centered sex education so they can better understand their own bodily autonomy.
Shattered
- Evan DevereauxFilmUndergraduate Student
My intention with this story is to explore the triumph of love in the face of imperfection and the inescapable qualities of the Self.
Shelter Crisis Declaration
- Kristen FloresPolitical ScienceUndergraduate Student
My service learning site has consisted of research for County Supervisor Virginia Bass on the shelter crisis declaration. I will be presenting my research on how does this declaration help and what are the benefits to having a crisis shelter declaration. I will also provide research on what other Counties in California have made these declaration that are similar to Humboldt county in size and rural characteristics.
Should Democracy be Constrained to Address Climate Change?
- Jake EngelPolitical ScienceUndergraduate Student
My research analyzes the implications that climate change has for democracy. Recognizing that climate change presents unique challenges to our political system, I search for a healthy balance between democratic means and necessary, urgent ends. To do so, I compare the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of democracy, i.e., representative versus deliberative, ultimately concluding with the need for more research and collaboration.
Slackin' Hard, Hardly Slackin'
- Sarah JaglinAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
I have conducted a broad range of research examining the recreational sport of slacklining and its participants known as ‘slackers’ . Although the solo action of slacking is entirely individual, the activity as a whole couldn’t be farther from it. As this began as an insight into the slackers' personal intentions during participation, my research has expanded to encompass the inner workings of the Humboldt slack community as a whole, illuminating the bond members share with one another. Binding this community is a social adhesive comprised of shared linguistics, communication networks, hierarchical dynamics, artifact exchanges, community events, and ritual practices.
Slang and Uncertainty as Motivational Factors for Group Identification
- Benny ChuPsychologyGraduate Student
- Josue RodriguezPsychologyGraduate Student
- Edwin SiefertPsychologyUndergraduate Student
- Breanna ScottPsychology
- Amber GaffneyPsychologyStaff
People use verbal communication with other group members as unique social identity markers. As a result, when individuals recognize the informal language (slang) of their fellow group members, they should feel confident and included in their group. The current work focuses on the use of group specific slang, which is the identity-specific information derived from group membership, as a marker of social identity. Specifically, confidence in one’s ability to recognize ingroup specific slang should mediate the relationship between knowledge of the ingroup’s slang and feelings of inclusion in the group and similarity to ingroup peers.
Slow Violence at the Salton Sea
- Drew AndrewEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
California's largest inland body of water, the Salton Sea, is suffering from decreasing water levels. Water transfers in Southern California are responsible for the current status of the Salton Sea. Addressing the responsibility of the State of California in restoration of the Salton Sea, inaction at the state level continues to perpetuate the slow violence of health issues in Imperial Valley. Analyzing the framing of the ecological devastation of the borderlands of Southern California, mainstream white environmentalism continue's to pervade the agenda to restore a shrinking sea.