The NCAA-DOD Grand Alliance Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) Consortium – Longitudinal Clinical Study Core

With support from the NCAA and U.S. Department of Defense, the North Coast Concussion Program (NCCP) has embarked on a groundbreaking two year study of the history and impact of concussions among NCAA athletes. This multi-institution study is aimed at understanding the neurobiological and psychosocial nature of concussive injury and recovery for the purpose of enhancing the safety and health of collegiate student-athletes, service members, youth sports athletes and the broader public. At Humboldt State, faculty and students of the NCCP work together to conduct baseline and post injury monitoring of neurocognitive, motor control, and behavioral data in about 450 athletes from all sports.

The Nonverbal Communication of a Serial Killer

This project will focus on the nonverbal communication patterns of psychopathic offenders or serial killers. We will be researching this topic both through the use of peer-reviewed studies and articles as well as making our own observations and taking notes on video interviews of multiple serial killers and comparing to the current literature.

The Rate and Incidences of Non-Predictive Concussions among Adolescents Participating in High School Sports Using SCAT-5 and TRAZER

There are many barriers to reporting symptoms after a head injury, especially among adolescents. This research study aims to help identify and implement a more detailed approach that will raise awareness of the clinical vigilance and maintenance of Sports-Related Concussions (SRC) that assist in return play decision-making for athletes. The primary purpose of this presentation is to identify non-predictive incidences of sub-concussions among participating subjects using neurocognitive assessments SCAT-5 and TRAZER. Neurocognitive assessments like SCAT-5 and TRAZER can help with the early recognition of sub-concussive impacts and is most beneficial in tracking concussion recovery.

The Relationship between Hardiness, Stress, and Mental Health in College Students with Disabilities during COVID-19

The purpose of this project is to explore how hardiness relates to the mental health outcomes of college students with disabilities during COVID-19. We hypothesize that Hardiness will negatively correlate with: (H1) perceived stress, (H2) COVID-19 stress, (H3) anxiety, (H4) depressive symptoms, and (H5) substance use. Twenty-nine students from the campus student disabilities center participated in the study (age M = 23.3, SD = 3.1; range 19-33 years). Participants completed an online survey during Spring 2021, including the following scales: Perceived Stress Scale; COVID Stress Scale; Beck Anxiety Inventory; Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; and Substance Use Scale.

The Role of Encoding Specificity in Incidental Learning: Implications for Explicit and Implicit False Memories

This project investigated false memories via spreading activation and the influence of encoding specificity on explicit and implicit memory tests in incidental learning situations. An interaction for memory condition and font color was found; the implicit condition had more false memories for when in the incongruent font color condition, and the explicit condition had more false memories when in the congruent font color condition. Regarding memory accuracy, both the implicit and explicit conditions had more accurate memories when in the congruent font color condition. Overall, the explicit condition had more false memories and more accurate memories than the implicit condition.

The Role of Exercise Addiction and Overtraining in Collegiate Athletics and the Effects on Collegiate Athletes

Carmella Baldassarre, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student

My research poster is on Exercise Addiction in college athletes and is a collection of my findings from different research articles on the subject, as well as what is missing and is needed in further research.

The Role of the Accounting Profession in Advancing Corporate Social Reporting Practices

Given the significant increase in the production of corporate social responsibility and sustainability reports within the private sector, the demand for quality information has become paramount for stakeholders. As quality assurance professionals, the accounting profession serves in the unique position to become stewards and standard-setters in the deployment of such data. This research explores the contribution academic accounting, within the research realm, can make towards addressing perfecting reporting practices within the sustainability field.

The struggle for a K -21 Education

The demographics of K-12 public schools in CA have changed dramatically since the 1980s today students of color make up 75% of the student body. Since 1980 the number of White students in the CSU has gone from 70% to just 26.5% in 2015. Ever since the 1980s we have seen a divestment in K-12 and in the CSU. This research will not only describe the crisis in k-12 and higher education schooling but also create the changes needed for a sustainable future. This qualitative study proposes a paradigm shift of INVESTMENT- social justice, multilingualism, learner centered, nepantla, ethnic studies, African Indigenous knowledge, and sentipensante pedagogy in order for all our students to succeed.

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Stories about Global Health in Humboldt County

Eden Donahue, Nursing Faculty

In a collaborative RSCA-funded project, the Cal Poly Humboldt Library and Nursing Program created five activities focused on global health. The inspiration for the project came as Cal Poly Humboldt was selected to host the National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition Making a World of Difference: Stories about Global Health. With a focus on activism within the local community, the Library and Nursing Program engaged students in a variety of projects and invited the community to events showcasing those projects. Come learn how local actions and activism make a significant impact on global health!

Threat Appraisals: Mediator of Acculturative Stress and Wellbeing Among Armenian Americans

Acculturative stress is the stress experienced by individuals when they are in the process of reconciling two or more cultures (i.e., their heritage culture and a new culture). Research suggests that stress is linked to individuals’ wellbeing. Moreover, wellbeing linked to acculturative stress may be explained by threat appraisal (i.e., how individuals perceive stress - as anxiety-provoking and unmanageable). The current study examines threat appraisal as a mediator of the relationship between acculturative stress and wellbeing amongst a community sample of Armenian Americans.