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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Leena Dallasheh
History
Dr. Dallasheh presented a paper entitled "Despite the Nakba: Palestinian Nazareth in Israel" at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. The paper was a part of the Institute for Middle East Studies Annual Conference 2018 - Nakba: Past and Present.
Rosemary Sherriff
Geography
Rosemary Sherriff (Geography) co-authored a new perspective paper titled "Advancing Dendrochronological Studies of Fire in the United States" in the new journal Fire. http://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/1/1/11/html
John Meyer
Politics
John Meyer will serve as an invited Visiting Scholar at the University of Reading Centre for Climate and Justice, UK, from May 21-June 9, 2018. While there, he'll work with the Centre's Ph.D. students and is also organizing a workshop on "everyday environmentalism and climate populism" to include presentations by Julian Agyeman (Tufts), Nancy Fraser (New School), Lisa Disch (Michigan) and Sherilyn MacGregor (Manchester).
https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-climate-and-justice/
Roman Sanchez
Dance, Music & Theatre
Roman Sanchez – HSU Theatre Arts Senior
At the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, held in Washington, D.C., Roman Sanchez was honored to receive the ASTEP scholarship - an all expense paid trip to attend the Artist as Citizen Conference at Juilliard this summer. He also received the National Arts Impact Award (Cash prize, all-expense-paid trip back to DC to speak on behalf of arts activism to Congress).
As a bonus he was able to be mentored by Deans of YALE's School of Theatre Management, Vicki Nolan & Kelvin Dinkins Jr., and have powerful, one-on-one conversations with Jane Alexander, David Saar, Jorge Huerta, Luis Valdez, and many other nationally-recognized lea
Jonathon Salinas
World Languages & Cultures
Spanish major, Jonathon Salinas, will present "Representation and Contributions of Latinas in the Gay Liberation Movement" at the UCLA Qscholars Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 18th.
As a queer person of color, Jonathon works to highlight narratives of underrepresented groups in the LGBT+ community to empower and engage his communities. Director at HSU's Queer Resource Center, activist and, community organizer, Jonathon organized Humboldt County's first ever inclusive Pride event to bring attention to the racism, ableism, misogyny, transphobia, and many other forms of exclusion that plague queer/LGBT+ spaces.
Matthew Derrick
Geography
Geography professor Matthew Derrick delivered a conference paper presentation titled "Territorial Politics of Mosques in Post-Soviet Central Asia" at the Central Asia Fulbright Seminar for U.S. Scholars and Students, held April 9-12 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Derrick is currently spending his sabbatical year as a Fulbright Scholar based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Suzanne Pasztor
History
Suzanne Pasztor published two articles on Mexican history in Volume 74 of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, published by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and University of Texas Press.
Ryan Hazen, Stephanie Osborne, and Zachary Weaver
English
Ryan Hazen, Stephanie Osborne, and Zachary Weaver are the recipients of the English Scholarship for 2018.
Prof. J. W. Powell
Philosophy
Prof. J. W. Powell, Philosophy, will deliver an invited presentation to the North American Wittgenstein Society (NAWS) and the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association on March 28, 2018. The title is “Locke and Heraclitus on Whether Language Is Based on Convention.”
Locke says yes, “else there would be but one language amongst all humans.” Heraclitus says no, roughly because what makes sense for one must make sense for all. There is of course more to the story.
Armeda Reitzel
Communication
Dr. Armeda Reitzel presented her paper titled "The Star Spangled Story of the U.S. National Anthem" at the Popular Culture Association conference in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 28, 2018.