The Impacts of Personal Narratives, Statistics Data, and Images on Attitudes and Actions

Kauyumari Sanchez, Psychology Faculty

College of Professional Studies

Personal narratives are powerful in garnering interest, empathy, and may improve attitudes on issues as compared to statistically oriented information, but have primarily been investigated in text-only formats. Little is known about the effects of visual information on individuals' attitudes. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of presenting data, narrative information, or a combination of information through verbal or visual channels on individuals' attitudes. The implications of this study enables us to understand the most effective information presentation methods when influencing individuals' attitudes and actions on controversial and emotionally charged topics.

The Impacts of Soy on Patients with Hyperthyroidism

College of Professional Studies

Soy has become increasingly popular over the years. There have been both positive and negative benefits to consuming soy known to date. We aimed to show how the consumption of soy, particularly the phytoestrogen isoflavones components, affects patients with hyperthyroidism. Soy isoflavones are similar in both structure and function to human estrogen and can bind to mammalian estrogen receptors. This can create either estrogenic or anti-estrogenic effects. Hyperthyroidism is commonly influenced by estrogen activity so our study aimed to show how consuming soy can be beneficial.

The Junior Monitors Project

Taevia Salazar , Social Work Graduate Student

College of Professional Studies

The Junior Monitor project aimed to promote social and emotional learning and peer conflict resolution at Alice Birney Elementary and Lafayette Elementary through the implementation of an eight-week curriculum consisting of once-weekly 30-minute group sessions. The curriculum was designed in collaboration with my project partner, community partner, and school principals. It was focused on using restorative justice practices, relational accountability, and peer mentoring to address conflict on the playground.

The Kids Will Be Alright: Addressing Teens’ Needs for Connection After Covid Isolation

Megan McCullough, Social Work Graduate Student

College of Professional Studies

At Sunset High in Del Norte, I created and implemented several curriculums held as master class “skillshops.” The topics ranged from self-care to media literacy to healthy relationships. I used a mindfulness and Polyvagal/somatic approach, while being multicultural, anti-racist, critically and resourcefully informed. The skillshops were oriented through an alliance with the students, and relied primarily on established relationships and rapport with the students. Students left the skillshops with a deeper sense of understanding the gifts within themselves, along with a more critical, embodied, and curious way of interacting with the world around them.

The Lumber Games

Skye Maclachlan, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student

College of Professional Studies

My capstone project as a recreation administration student is the creation of The Lumber Games event. The Lumber Games is a fun and exciting event for student of Cal Poly Humboldt. This free event includes a mobile ax throwing truck, pizza, yard games, board games, and a raffle. Participates are able to win raffle tickets by participating in the variety of recreational activities offered. The goals of my project include providing inclusive recreational opportunities to students, making this a recurring event hosted by The Recreation Club of Cal Poly Humboldt, and furthering my professional development as an event producer.

The Misrepresentation of Inclusivity

College of Professional Studies

Humboldt State University’s students, faculty and staff aspire to be an inclusive and liberal school. However, this is not necessarily the reality that students, particularly students of color, have experienced attending school and living in this area. This study utilizes general inductive analysis that focuses on: How is diversity being represented in Humboldt County as reflected in local news sources and their comments sections? According to the data, there are certain aspects of the system that we can change to provide more support when students experience racialized violence. This project seeks to make recommendations for change in the public dialogue on diversity issues.

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

College of Professional Studies

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

College of Professional Studies

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

College of Professional Studies

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

College of Professional Studies

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.