Faculty Matthew Derrick Geography

Matthew Derrick, assistant professor of Geography, was the featured guest on the most recent "Research on Religion" podcast. The hour-long discussion focused on Derrick's latest article, "Containing the Umma?: Islam and Territorial Question," which appeared last month in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. The podcast, which has 5,000 subscribers, can be accessed at http://www.researchonreligion.org/.

Student Sara Matthews, Kirsten Ray Geography

The most recent issue of The California Geographer, a peer-reviewed journal, includes two articles by HSU Geography majors. The first, by junior Sara Matthews, is titled "How Space and Place Influence Transportation Trends at Humboldt State University." The second, by Kirsten Ray ('12), is titled "Cultural Clash in the Netherlands? Exploring Dutch College Students' Attitudes Toward Muslim Immigrants." Both articles started as projects within the Geography Department's research and writing courses.

Faculty Paul Cummings Music

Associate Professor Paul Cummings, Department of Music, authored an article in volume nine of the series entitled "Teaching Music Through Performance in Band," published in January 2013 by GIA. Cummings wrote about a work for wind band by Dwayne Milburn called "Meditation." The research required for this article included a thorough analysis of the piece, direct communication with the composer, and scrutiny of related sources. The "Teaching Music Through Performance" series is widely used by music educators throughout the world.

Faculty Dr. Michael S. Bruner Communication

Communication Professor Michael S. Bruner's book review of "White Kids: Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity" appears in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of Language and Social Psychology (Vol. 32, No. 1). The review grew out of Bruner's research as a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley in Fall 2010, and is part of the Communication Department's critical studies on language and identity.

Staff Vaughn Hutchins Art

Vaughn Hutchins, darkroom Tech for the Art Department, is having a one-person show of his photographs in Gallery 1401 at the University of the Arts in Philadephia, Feb. 15 through March 15, 2013. Vaughn will show carbon and platinum prints of the redwoods and Yosemite Valley. He will also give a workshop at the University of the Arts on carbon printing, a 19th Century photographic process. Vaughn is internationally recognized for his work in carbon printing.

Faculty Barbara Brinson Curiel English

Professor Barbara Brinson Curiel of the Departments of English and Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies has been named the 2012 winner of the Levine Prize in Poetry for her book, "Mexican Jenny and Other Poems." The award includes publication by Anhinga Press and a $2,000 prize.

Alumni Robin Price History

Robin Price recently began an overseas teaching position at the American School of Kosova this August. The American School of Kosova is located in Prishtina. She currently teaches 2nd grade.

Faculty Alison Holmes Politics

Dr. Alison Holmes, leader of the International Studies Program and lecturer in Politics, has published a book co-edited with Dr. J. Simon Rofe of the University of London. The book, published by Palgrave Macmillan, is entitled - The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom 1938-2008 - and is based, in part, on research supported by her 2008 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust History Fellowship.

Faculty Matthew Derrick Geography

Assistant geography professor Matthew Derrick's article "Containing the Umma?: Islam and the Territorial Question" was recently published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. A second article by Derrick, "Territory and the Changing Shape of Tatar Islam in Tsarist and Soviet Russia," was published in the most recent edition of the International Journal of Russian Studies, while his book review of "Nation, Language, Islam: Tatarstan's Sovereignty Movement" appears in the forthcoming issue of Central Asian Survey.

Faculty Victor Golla Anthropology

At its recent meeting in Boston, the Linguistic Society of America presented the 2013 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award to HSU Professor of Anthropology Victor Golla for his book, "California Indian Languages" (University of California Press, 2011). The annual award is granted to the foremost volume that contributes to our understanding of language and linguistics, through its “exemplary scholarship, enduring value, novelty, empirical import, conceptual significance, and clarity.” In announcing the award to Golla, the selection committee called "California Indian," a remarkable piece of documentary linguistics, and "the reference of first resort” for neophytes and experts on indigenous California languages.

Golla’s book is only the fourteenth publication to have been honored with a Bloomfield award since its creation in 1990. The award commemorates the eminent linguist Leonard Bloomfield, a founding member of the LSA and the author of Language (1934), one of the most influential books in American structural linguistics.Although Golla was unable to attend the Boston meeting and received the award in absentia, arrangements are being made for a representative of the LSA to present it to him in person in California this spring.

Student Alyssa Haggard and Matthew Price Anthropology

Anthropology students Alyssa Haggard and Matthew Price were awarded the Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Fellowship by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Their proposal is titled "3-D Virtual Curation Project: Faunal Remains” supervised by Dr. Cortes-Rincon.

Student Melissa Rivera and Erik Marinkovich Anthropology

Anthropology students Melissa Rivera and Erik Marinkovich were awarded the Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Fellowship by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Their proposal is titled "Maya Fortification Database: A Case Study Petexbatun Region” supervised by Dr. Cortes-Rincon.

Student Spencer Mitchell, Jose Chavarria and Hannah Ritchey Anthropology

Anthropology students Spencer Mitchell, Jose Chavarria and Hannah Ritchey were awarded the Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Fellowship by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Their proposal is titled "Maya Political Interaction through Monumental Display” supervised by Dr. Cortes-Rincon.

Student David Franck Anthropology

David Franck from the anthropology department was awarded the Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Fellowship by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. His proposal is "GIS Analysis of the Dos Hombres to Gran Cacao Archaeology Project" supervised by Dr. Cortes-Rincon.

Faculty Sam Sonntag Politics

Sam Sonntag was elected Chair of the Research Committee on Language and Politics of the International Political Science Association at the IPSA World Congress in Madrid last July. She also presented a paper at the Congress entitled "The Political Economy of India's Linguistic Diversity," for which she had conducted field research while a Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies in New Delhi last spring.

Faculty Noah Zerbe Politics

Professor Noah Zerbe was elected chair of the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS). Founded in 1977, ACAS is the progressive caucus of the African Studies Association and campaigns to move U.S. policy in directions more favorable to African interests.

Faculty Alison Holmes Politics

Dr. Alison Holmes, Program Leader for International Studies and Lecturer in Politics, has published a chapter 'Transatlantic Diplomacy and Global States' in a volume entitled, "Anglo-American Relations: Contemporary Perspectives," edited by Alan Marsh and Steve Marsh. The book, out soon, was published in London by Routledge.

Faculty Sing C. Chew Sociology

Professor of Sociology, Sing Chew, was invited to present some themes from his new book at the international conference, Dimensions of the Indian Ocean World Past 9th-19th Centuries, in Perth, Western Australia. The title of his paper was: The Southeast Asian Connection in the First Eurasian World System 200BC-AD500. He was also invited as an International Scholar by the National University of Singapore (NUS) under its University Scholars Program to give a public lecture. The title of his public lecture was Global Economic Crisis, Energy Shifts, and Climate Changes: Let World History be the Teacher of Life. He also gave a colloquium on early Southeast Asia to faculty and students of NUS.

Faculty Dr. Eugene Novotney Music

Professor of Music Eugene Novotney, recently returned from the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas, where he performed as a member of the PASIC All-Star Steelband. The performance featured Novotney’s recently published arrangement of Pan Army, which he performed in Trinidad, W.I. in 2010. Pan Army is the only authentic Trinidadian Panorama tune that has been published and made available for international distribution in the last decade. Novotney also serves as chairman of the PAS New Music Research Committee, and coordinated six showcase performances in Austin to honor the 100th birthday of composer, John Cage.

Faculty M. Rose "Shoshanna" Anthony Theatre, Film & Dance

Lecturer Rose “Shoshanna” Anthony created and performed a collaborative dance tribute for Nawal El Moutawakel, the first Olympic Gold Medalist from Morocco, first woman Gold Medalist from all of Africa and International Olympic Committee (IOC) leader, as she was inducted into the International Hall of Fame of the International Women’s Forum in San Francisco on Friday, October 26, 2012. She was joined in this endeavor by her Ya Habibi Dance Company (including several HSU students and alumni) and a group of Moroccan style dancers led by Bay Area dance artist Hannah Romanowsky in a colorful and festive dance celebration.