Growing Up On This Side Of The Mountain

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

My project contains a list of a few selected free-style poems that I've combined to make a short poetry book that discusses how literacy sponsors have affected my academic worldview, and how their influences have affected my opportunities inside different academic communities and academic fields. Also how literacy sponsors impact everyone's development inside of the academic world as well.

Habitat Selection of Black Bears Based on Heavy to Light Vegetation

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

A research project that investigates what type of habitat black bears choose when it comes to vegetation density.

Habitat Selection of Mule Deer in Northern California Coastal Ecosystem

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Determining if Mule deer select a specific habitat type in a Northern California ecosystem.

Habitat Use of Pacific Banana Slugs in Natural Recreational Areas in Humboldt County

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

The goal of this study was to determine whether factors such as vegetation type, temperature, shrub canopy coverage, and tree canopy coverage contribute to Pacific banana slug habitat use in natural recreational areas in Humboldt County, CA.

High-Touch, Low-Tech: Managing Postpartum Engorgement

College of Professional Studies

Chest/breast engorgement is a common source of pain in the postpartum period. According to Huda et al. (2021) breast engorgement and pain are the leading cause of early discontinuation of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is life-saving, cost-effective, sustainable for the planet, and keeps parents, and babies healthier. A high-touch, low-tech approach to the management of engorgement can be utilized through gentle breast massage and hand expression. The implementation of supportive patient-centered care can increase in-hospital breastfeeding rates. Human milk is the optimal first food to support overall health and provide food security for infants in any situation.

How Moon Illumination, Cloud Cover, and Temperature Influence Capture Rates for Small Mammals

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

This research project uses small mammal trapping data that was collected over the summer of 2021 on Green Diamond Resource Company land in Humboldt and Del Norte County. There was a total of 841 captures (nocturnal = 694, diurnal =147) over the course of 39 trap nights. Data was extracted and analyzed to determine if there was any correlation between moon illumination levels and capture rate success. This study uses diurnal species as a control, however both diurnal and nocturnal species may be influenced by temperature.

Human Disturbance Influences the Long-billed Curlew’s Foraging Behavior (Numenius americanus)

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

There have been a lot of studies done on the Long-billed Curlew around the Humboldt bay (Colwell and Mathis 2001, Leeman et al. 2001, Mathis et al. 2006) however not many on the impact of humans on them. This study looked at whether humans are affecting the foraging behavior of the Long-billed Curlew around Humboldt bay.

Humboldt In The Time Of COVID Digital Archive

Library

This poster serves as a visual presentation of some of the items collected from the community in the Humboldt in the time of COVID digital archive. Submissions in the archive have mainly been audio, video, or written submissions but many of the images also show some of the life of Humboldt residents on and off campus.

Hummingbird Flower Use at the Humboldt Botanical Garden

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

My research investigated further into the feeding preferences of hummingbirds, particularly on individuals in the Humboldt Botanical Garden. I focused on how hummingbirds select flowers to feed on based on color, as well as how they select which garden patch they feed at.

Identification of a Type 1 Regulatory T Cell Master Regulator

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Type 1 regulatory T cells (Tr1s) are critical for regulation of autoimmunity and acceptance of hematopoietic stem cell transplants. One major limitation of Tr1 research is the lack of known master regulator, which is a transcription factor that has essential roles in both differentiation and function of the cell type. My research leverages CRISPR-Ca9-induced knockouts and in vitro Tr1 differentiation to screen potential Tr1 master regulators.