Faculty Dr. Joseph Dieme World Languages and Cultures

Dr. Joseph Dieme has published his latest novel "Dans la peau d'un immigré" (In the Skin of an Immigrant). The book follows the experiences of a Muslim immigrant from Senegal in pursuit of the American Dream. From Dakar, destiny leads him to Paris; then to the African neighborhood of Little Senegal in Harlem, NY. Soon after his Senegalese wife joins him, their lives are changed by the September 11, 2001 events. To escape anti-Muslim policing and violence, he, his wife, and two undocumented African housemates leave NY and settle in a small Midwest town where they hope to find refuge. https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/livre-dans_la_peau_d_un_immigre_joseph_dieme-9782343220147-69509.html

Faculty James Floss Communication

James Floss, Faculty Emeritus of the Communication Department has won an Honorable Mention in College of the Redwoods' annual literary contest and will be published in the Seven Gill Shark Review later this semester.

Student Journalism Students Journalism & Mass Communication

HSU student media recipients of 2021 California College Media Association Awards
(HSU publications are awarded in categories with four-year colleges or universities with enrollments under 15,000 students.)

*El Leñador*

Best COVID-19 Coverage (First place): Nancy Garcia, Lupita Rivera, Karina Ramos Villalobos, Alexandra Gonzalez

Best Website (First place): Silvia Alfonso, Nancy Garcia, Sergio Berrueta, Karina Ramos Villalobos

Editorial (Second place) Brenda Sanchez, “Body Positivity”

Overall Newspaper Design (Second place): Jasmine Martinez, Sergio Berrueta, Cara Peters and Vanessa Flores

Special Issue (Second place): COVID-19 Mail Out Edition led by Carlos Holguin, Silvia Alfonso, Nancy Garcia, Sam Ramirez, Diego Linares and Jasmine Martinez

Photo Illustration (Third place): Raven Marshall, “Breaking Barriers: Native Women Faculty”

Multimedia Package (Third place): “Soy Artista Series: B1G $UAV, Social Justice Rapper,” by
Diana Renoj and Silvia Alfonso

Non-news Video (Third place): Diana Renoj, “Soy Artista Series: HSU Folklorico Club”

*The Lumberjack*

Best Headline Portfolio (First place): Collin Slavey, “Sweet Songs, Fancy Feathers, Birds Bang”

Best Feature Story (First place): James Wilde, “Memes, Genocide and Teaching in a Pandemic”

Best News Video (First place): “SJSU Football Team Comes to HSU”

Best Newspaper Inside Page/Spread Design (First place): Jen Kelly

Social Media Reporting (Second place): Thomas Lal, “SFSU Spartans Football team arrives to practice at HSU”

Best Illustration (Third place): Sam Papavasiliou and Jen Kelly, “Pandemic Planning for Spring Break”

*Osprey*

Best Magazine Story (Second place): Emily McCollum, “The End of the Dam Age”

Best Magazine Photo Series (Second place): Julie Navarro, “Black Lives Matter: The Digital Mobilization of Citizen Journalists”

Best Magazine Cover Design (Third place): Julie Navarro and Emily McCollum

Faculty Sara Jaye Hart, Lecturer; Roman Sotomayor, RS Major; Madeleine, RS Major Religious Studies

Together with RS Lecturer Sara Jaye Hart, RS Majors Roman Sotomayor and Madeleine Wilson presented a panel on "American Civil Religion, Sacrifice, and Reconciliation" at the American Academy of Religions Western Regional Conference (March 20, 2021).

Faculty Kerri J. Malloy Native American Studies

Kerri J. Malloy, Lecturer, Native American Studies, was an invited speaker for “A Conversation about Native American Genocide.” He spoke on the promises and obstacles to transitional justice, reconciliation, and healing associated with the Indigenous genocide in North America. The event was hosted by the Mercer County Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Center at the Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, New Jersey (March 18, 2021).

Faculty Tani H Sebro Politics

Tani Sebro published the article, “The View of the Coup from the Camp: Myanmar’s Emergent Trans-Ethnic Solidarity,” coauthored with Elliott Prasse-Freeman in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, March 17, 2021. https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/03/17/https-twitter-com-natrani-status-1360993418445524999-photo-1/.

Faculty Jared D. Larson Politics

In early March, Dr. Larson was invited to participate in virtual roundtable discussion on the return of the U.S. to the Paris Climate Agreement, organized by the Dept. of International Relations of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá, Colombia. The discussion, in Spanish, can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d0IIo6weRw&t=10s

Faculty Jared D. Larson Politics

Dr. Larson recently published an article, "Birds of a Feather: Populism and the Pandemic" in Tempo Exterior, an academic journal published by the Universidade de Vigo, Galicia, Spain. The article compares how the pandemic and populism influenced the campaigns in the U.S. presidential elections of November 2020 and the legislative elections in Venezuela in December 2020.
https://www.igadi.gal/web/sites/all/arquivos/files/tempoexterior_41_ent…

Student Blenna Kiros, Diana Martinez Geography

Alumni Blenna Kiros, Diana Martinez wrote the article Behind the Redwood Curtain published in Platform Magazine.

Student Gwynnevere Cristobel, Sammi Pietanza, and Destiny Aguilera Theatre, Film & Dance

Feb. 17-20 eighteen theatre majors attended the virtual Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival. Gwynnevere won the regional Aspire award and will represent Region 7 in Washington DC. Sammi won a scholarship to CSU Summer Arts to study with Second City improv, and Destiny won a one week scholarship to the Stagecraft Institute of Lighting in Las Vegas. Congratulations students!

Faculty Sing C. Chew Sociology

Sing C. Chew, Professor Emeritus, recently published a new monograph: Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality (Life in the Digital Ages). Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 2021.

Student Jason Laugesen Anthropology

Jason Laugesen has been selected as an awardee for the 2021 CSU Student Research Competition. Jason is an anthropology major with a focus on Mesoamerican archaeology. He is a research assistant at the Geospatial Archaeology Research Center and at the Cultural Resources Facility at HSU. For the past year and a half, Jason has been working under the direction of Dr. Cortes-Rincon on the Belize Archaeology Project. He uses ArcGIS to make maps of the ancient Maya structures and any other cultural features such as roads, quarries, and hydrology. The competition will be held virtually on April 30th.

Faculty Rebecca Robertson Anthropology

Rebecca Robertson (Anthropology faculty) recently published a paper, Empirical and Practical Implications for Documenting Early Racial Transfer Gaps in New Directions for Community Colleges:Transfer Partnerships for More Equitable Outcomes). This research used a nationally representative sample of students drawn from the Beginning Post-secondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:12/14) to quantitatively examine inequities in early transfer among racial/ethnic groups.

https://doi-org.ezproxy.humboldt.edu/10.1002/cc.20423

Faculty Chelsea Teale and Joice Chang Geography

The co-authored paper “Fabaceae (legume) pollen as an anthropogenic indicator in eastern North America” was recently published in the journal Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Dr. Teale’s background in historical ecology and Dr. Chang’s expertise in data analysis allowed the combination of historical records and pollen records to assess whether legumes (such as clover) reflect European settlement. Preview the article at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-020-00815-w

Faculty Dr. Chelsea Teale Geography

Dr. Chelsea Teale was recently elected Treasurer of the Society of Woman Geographers. SWG was formed in 1925 as a response to the all-male Explorers Club, and financially supports women in many fields with fellowships, grants, and programming.

Faculty Suzanne Pasztor History

Published two articles in the Volume 74 of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, published by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and University of Texas Press. Pasztor has been an author and contributing editor of the Handbook, and a consultant for the Hispanic Division, since 1994.

Faculty Dr. Amy Rock Geography

Dr. Amy Rock was recently invited to join the Editorial Board for the California Geospatial Review, a peer-reviewed publication which showcases geospatial teaching and research within the CSU.

Faculty Leslie L. Rossman Communication

Dr. Leslie Rossman, CFA Chapter Lecturer Representative, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the California Faculty Association

Faculty John Meyer, Joice Chang, Ileanna Spoelstra Politics

Dr. John Meyer and Dr. Joice Chang of the Department of Politics co-authored “Continuities and changes; voices and silences: a critical analysis of the first three decades of scholarship in Environmental Politics.” The article was a collaboration with CAHSS Undergraduate Research Partner and political science major, Ileanna Spoelstra. It will be the lead article in a special, thirtieth anniversary edition of the international journal Environmental Politics to be published in February 2021.
https://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.humboldt.edu/doi/full/10.1080/09644…

Faculty Bill Devall Sociology

The late Professor Emeritus Bill Devall left behind a book manuscript that has just been published, Living Deep Ecology: A Bioregional Journey, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group 2021. The book is his deep ecological journey living in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion while teaching at HSU for nearly 30 years.