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The Reversing of Roe: A Dialogue at Humboldt State University
- Sessi FletcherPolitical ScienceUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
The 2018 documentary Reversing Roe illustrated the heartfelt and often intense debate of abortion care in the U.S. today, highlighting the history of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, the contemporary forces opposed to such legislation, and the individuals dedicated to defending reproductive freedom. This past April, HSU students from across disciplines held a public screening of this documentary and opened a dialogue for the community to tackle the issues at hand: why are the rights of Roe v. Wade still important today, how could overturning such legislation endanger the health of Americans across the country, and what is the role of the Humboldt county community going forward?
The Rhetoric of Immigration
- Jake EngelCommunicationUndergraduate Student
- Rachael ThackerCommunicationUndergraduate Student
- Max AntezanaCommunicationUndergraduate Student
- Nick UmanaCommunicationUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Immigration is one of the most controversial topics in the U.S. As such, this VoiceThread will focus on the rhetoric of immigration in American culture. To do so, we compare multiple dimensions of this rhetoric from the scholarly perspective of our intercultural communication course. Specifically, we incorporate intercultural communication scholarship as a vantage point off which to compare the framing of immigration in news coverage with the framing of immigration in popular culture. We conclude by emphasizing the power of rhetoric to shape public opinion.
The Road So Far: How "Carry On Wayward Son" Forged a Bond Between a Story's Creators and Their Audience
- Julia SiskEnglishUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Over the past 14 years, the classic rock song “Carry On Wayward Son” by Kansas has been adopted by the television show "Supernatural" as its unofficial anthem. The song bridges the gap between story and audience, inviting viewers to participate rather than simply observe. My research will examine how this song serves the purpose of identity formation within the creator-audience relationship. The song helps to construct cultural identity, inspires creativity, and works as a persuasive element that affects not only the audience, but also the production crew of "Supernatural."
The Role of Encoding Specificity in Incidental Learning: Implications for Explicit and Implicit False Memories
- Cassady McLaughlinPsychologyGraduate Student
- Kauyumari SanchezPsychologyFaculty
- Aaron FosterPsychologyUndergraduate Student
- James PeabodyPsychologyUndergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
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 Polyhedral Dice
- Laura ThompsonEnglishUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Intuitive to use, polyhedral dice hold meaning in the nerd and geek communities as a storytelling tool for tabletop games. Dice are rolled to advance a game’s plot by limiting the action of a scene and opening options for the story to move forward. The artifact is a product, and its image is used to advertise to the nerd and geek communities. Further research would explore polyhedral dice in relation to history, psychology, and marketing.
The Role of the Accounting Profession in Advancing Corporate Social Reporting Practices
- The Role of the Accounting Profession in Advancing Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusinessFaculty
- Amanda EribezBusinessGraduate Student
- Hyeun Kyoung SongBusinessGraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
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 Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Wildlife Management & Conservation
- Eli Otto CuttingWildlifeUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
My Ideafest poster will be looking at ways in which traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) can be used to help with wildlife management an conservation efforts. traditional ecological knowledge can be used to get information on wildlife populations and habitats where proper scientific data is lacking, either from the past or due to being in a remote area. I will also be exploring potential problems from using traditional ecological knowledge and explaining how it is best used when paired with scientifically sound data.
The Surface Distribution of Trace Metals Along a Pacific Meridional Transect: GEOTRACES GP-15 Research Cruise
- Cristina TuseiChemistryUndergraduate Student
- Jacob BegorreChemistryUndergraduate Student
- Robert B. FreibergerChemistry, OceanographyUndergraduate Student
- Dr. Claire TillChemistryFaculty
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Many trace metals are delivered to the ocean in the form of wind-blown sediments and by riverine input, some of which are essential micronutrients. Iron has been found to play a significant role in limiting biological productivity in many regions of the ocean such as in the California Current System. Investigating this distribution of trace metals provides insight into processes affecting surface ocean waters. In Fall 2018, the GEOTRACES GP-15 cruise traveled from Alaska to Tahiti along the 152°W meridian, a region yet to be well characterized for trace metals. Our group is interested in the distribution of scandium in surface waters as a proxy for understanding processes affecting iron.
The Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation and the Border Wall in the Context of Tribal Water Rights
- Kassandra LamphereEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
When the United States acquired the 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico through the Gadsen Purchase of 1854, the Tohono O'odham nation was cut in half. Now, they reside on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and Sonora. The border wall has forever altered their way of life, and new proposals for the wall are putting their relationship with local waterways in danger as well. This poster will be examining the history between the Tohono O'odham tribe and the border wall, specifically in the context of the Federal Indian Water Rights, and what construction of the wall would mean for the tribe in the long term.
The True Roots of Chocolate: A Study of Cacao
- Arii GeampaBotanyUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
When we eat food, we don't tend to think about its agricultural history and origins. An effective way to learn this history is by looking to the original Indigenous peoples' relationships with this food. This is a look at a plant/food we heavily value in the present day: chocolate, otherwise known as cacao. Though we presently have it all around the world in a variety of methods of consumption, this poster will help inform the ways in which cacao was used by Indigenous peoples of North and South America. Studying the past uses of this plant in compared to current uses will provide a thought-provoking learning experience that allows us to reassess our own present uses of cacao.