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Achievements

Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students. 

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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

Faculty

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/

Student

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

Student

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.

Student

Ryan Hazen, Stephanie Osborne, and Zachary Weaver

English

Ryan Hazen, Stephanie Osborne, and Zachary Weaver are the recipients of the English Scholarship for 2018.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.