Achievements

Stephen Jenkins

Religious Studies

Professor Stephen Jenkins gave three presentations in Thailand and Singapore this month: "How the West Misunderstood Buddhism and the Implications for Contemporary Buddhist Cultures," Mahachula Buddhist University, Wat Suan Doc, Chiang Mai; "On the Deep Roots of Pure land Buddhism in the Early Pāli Texts," Yale/National University of Singapore; and "Deities and Divine Birth in Buddhism," [Three day Seminar], Mahidol University, Bangkok.

Alison Holmes

International Studies

International Studies Program Leader, Alison Holmes, attended an invitational transatlantic leadership network conference in Seattle WA called the British American Project. She was recognized for her service on both sides of the Atlantic since her first conference in 1996 as the only member to have served on both sides - as chair of the UK and a member of the US Executive.

Joshua Frye, Leslie Rossman

Communication

Joshua J. Frye was on the Convention Planning Team for the 104th annual National Communication Association held November 7-11 in Salt Lake City, Utah. With the help of his colleague Dr. Kristen Blinne from SUNY, Joshua coordinated a full week of programming consisting of over 15 sessions, Chaired 3 sessions himself, and along with colleague Dr. Leslie Rossman (Communication, HSU) presented work in progress during a virtual food seminar on social media influencers who are Instagram foodies.

Vincent Biondo

Religious Studies

Associate Professor Vincent Biondo travelled to Toronto to present the paper "Faith and History: The Legacy of Wilfred Cantwell Smith for the 21st Century," at the 7th Parliament of the World's Religions.

Jared D. Larson

Politics

Via his position as research associate with the Instituto Galego de Análise e Documentación Internacional (www.igadi.org), based in Pontevedra (Galicia), Spain, Jared commented on the midterm election results in the U.S. live on Bos Días, a morning news program produced in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), Spain, on 7 November. His commentary begins at the 36:15 minute mark of this link:
http://www.crtvg.es/tvg/a-carta/bos-dias-8-00-3952659?t=2280&fbclid=IwA…

Maral N. Attallah

Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Maral N. Attallah, Lecturer in Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies, presented research on “Armenian Genocide Denial and Resolution” at the Fifth International Conference on Genocide, held in Sacramento (November 1-3).

Hunter Hawkins Fine

Communication

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Kerri J. Malloy

Native American Studies

Kerri J. Malloy, Lecturer in Native American Studies, presented his paper “From Intangible to Tangible: Touching the Legacy of Genocide Prevention” at the 5th International Conference on Genocide (November 1-3) at California State University, Sacramento.

Alison Holmes

International Studies

Alison Holmes, International Studies Program Leader, presented a conference paper at the New Diplomatic History Network conference at the Roosevelt Institute of American Studies in the Netherlands entitled 'Nested sovereignties - networked diplomacies: UK-US business negotiating the global state'.

Gilbert Trejo, Brian Murphy, Melissa Collin, Josh Shindelbower, Quint Migliardi, Sam Wood, Kathleen Johnston, and Evan Dowdakin

Geography

Presented original cartographic research and design at the North American Cartographic Information Society Annual Meeting in Norfolk, VA, continuing Humboldt State's reputation as one of the leading universities for cartography in the United States. HSU took home the prize for top student research poster, making it the 3rd consecutive year HSU has won the student competition.