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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Nicolette Amann and Jessica Citti
English
Nicolette Amann (English Department Faculty & Redwood Writing Project Director) and Jessica Citti (Writing Specialist & Writing Studio Coordinator in the Learning Center) co-led a session called “When Outsourcing Writing is Outsourcing Learning: The Impact of GenAI on Writing Development" at the Humboldt County Office of Education Day of Learning on October 27, 2025. This AI-themed professional development conference was attended by over 150 Humboldt County K–12 teachers, instructional staff, and administrators.
Stephen Nachtigall
Art + Film
This October, Art + Film professor Stephen Nachtigall presented at the SECAC conference. His presentation, "Wayward Pedagogies: Embodied Teaching & Radicially as New Academic Transgression," asks what means to teach and learn beyond economic reproduction and behavioral wayfinding, and invites artists to submit materials around this theme.
Christina Hsu Accomando
Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Macmillan Learning invited Professor Christina Hsu Accomando, editor of Macmillan's textbook Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Intersectional Study, to present a webinar for their international Holtzbrinck Global Speaker Series this year. "From Current Events to Critical Thinking: Analyzing Systemic Racism Beyond Memes," January 30, 2025.
Christina Hsu Accomando
Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
CRGS and English Professor Christina Hsu Accomando co-authored two essays on authoritarianism and resistance with Dr. Kristin J. Anderson, professor of psychology at the University of Houston. These pieces build upon lessons from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, focusing on Lesson 1: Do Not Obey in Advance and Lesson 10: Believe in Truth.
Dr. Armeda Reitzel (Faculty), Arlonna Hadley (Student)
Communication
Dr. Armeda Reitzel, Professor Emeritus, and her student, Arlonna Hadley, delivered a presentation titled "Students ACE IT! Students as Amazing, Creative, Enlightening Innovators and Teachers!" at the Cal OER 2025 that was held August 6-8, 2025. Cal OER focuses on OER efforts and impact, broadly defined, across the state of California and especially across the state’s three public higher education systems, the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.
Troy Lescher, Monique Rodrigues
Dance, Music & Theatre
Dr. Troy Lescher and Monique Rodrigues (Class of 2025) recently published “Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 2025” for the Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). This report, based on the participation of numerous national and international institutions, introduces PhD candidates and shares their emerging research with the field.
Karen Davy
Music
Karen Davy, lecturer in the Music Department, has been appointed Vice President of the Kató Havas Association for the New Approach (KHANA). Havas, a world-renowned violin pedagogue, was a trailblazer in identifying and offering solutions to the physical, mental, and emotional tensions that affect string players. KHANA's purpose is to keep Havas' Approach available for future players and teachers. Davy's article, The Legacy of Kató Havas, was published in the CAL ASTA (American String Teachers Association) newsletter last June.
Dr. Laura Johnson
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Dr. Laura Johnson was honored when her Old Town Eureka-based yoga studio, A Restful Space, won Best of Humboldt in the annual North Coast Journal contest. A Restful Space offers radical rest practice and communal grief tending with an emphasis on ecological, collective, and systemic grief. Over the summer, Laura also published a children's book with art from Pen+Pine called 'The Little Book of Rest.' You can find a copy at the North Coast Co-Op or Eureka Books, or reach out directly to Laura at laura.johnson@humboldt.edu. You can learn more about A Restful Space at www.arestfulspace.com
Joshua J. Frye
Communication
Dr. Frye has been contracted to provide evaluations for high-level foreign nationals seeking special work visas in the United States. These petitioners are seeking a National Interest Waiver for unique endeavors that require extraordinary ability and specialized skill sets not currently available within the US workforce. By vetting these individuals and writing technical expert letters of opinion to be included in their visa application to the US Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS), Dr. Frye is contributing to building a highly specialized, diverse, and inclusive cadre of innovative professionals working within the US to advance the national interest.
Dr. Armeda Reitzel
Communication
Dr. Armeda Reitzel, Professor Emeritus, delivered an invited presentation titled "The Triple A’s of Ancillaries: Advancing Academic Achievement" at the 2025 LIbreFest held in July. Her talk focused on the benefits of open pedagogy.