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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Gina Tuzzi and Eliseo Casiano
Art + Film
Paintings by Lecturer Gina Tuzzi and Assistant Professor Eliseo Casiano are now on view at Lake Tahoe Community College in the Haldan Gallery. Through December 7th. Check out these amazing works if you happen to be in the South Lake Tahoe area!
Michael Bruner, Professor Emeritus, Communication
Communication
Michael Bruner, Professor Emeritus, Communication, recently published in the Journal of Communication and Media Research the article, "A comparative analysis of public discourse in and outside of Nigeria on the right to water."
Josh Meisel
Sociology
Josh Meisel published an article, "The Cartel Mystique: Race and the Social Construction of the Cannabis Grower," in Sociological Inquiry. In his research, Josh examined emergent themes in the cultural representation of the Emerald Triangle cannabis grower since the early 1970s, with a particular focus on more recent claims of Mexican drug cartel influence in domestic cannabis cultivation. Changing representations of growers helped fuel moral panics about cannabis cultivation that constructed some groups of growers as “folk devils” and others as “folk heroes.”
Nicola Waugh
Art + Film
This month, Film Lecturer and Producer Nicola Waugh premiered the narrative feature film Lucky Star (Dir. Gillian McKercher) at two film festivals in Canada: Vancouver International Film Festival, and Calgary International Film Festival. It will be screening at the Windsor Film Festival and Reel Asian Film Festival in November, with a US festival run and wider digital release to follow. The film, starring Terry Chen, Olivia Cheng, and Andrew Phung was produced with Kino Sum Productions and Notable Content and is distributed by Game Theory Films.
Rosemary Sherriff, Nicholas Perdue
Geography
Dr. Rosemary Sherriff and Dr. Nicholas Perdue, Department of Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis, organized and hosted the 86th Annual Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Conference at Cal Poly Humboldt campus from October 3rd to 5th. The conference included local field trips, paper and poster sessions, and keynote speakers. Multiple Cal Poly Humboldt graduate and undergraduate students presented at the conference.
Alison Holmes
Politics
Dr Alison Holmes (PSCI) was invited to give a public lecture entitled: "The Rapid Rise of Subnational-ism: Should we be worried?" for an event hosted by the Centre for Constitutional Reform based at the University of Edinburgh. Expanding her work on California's international relations, Holmes is in Edinburgh to interview diplomats from other countries and Scottish Government officials as part of her next project.
Dr. Eugene Novotney
Music
Dr. Eugene Novotney, Department of Dance, Music, and Theatre, recently travelled to Port of Spain, Trinidad, W.I., to serve as an adjudicator for the 2024 Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband Music Festival. Dr. Novotney served on a panel of judges consisting of scholars and musicians from the Caribbean and the Americas and adjudicated 12 steelbands that had successfully completed the qualifying round of competition. The festival was held at the Jean Pierre Complex in Port of Spain and was conducted by Prime Minister Keith Rowley and sponsored by Pan Trinbago and the Trinidad Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and the Arts.
Kyleigh Brine
Dance, Music & Theatre
Kyleigh Brine was a selected choreographer and performer for the Emergence Dance Festival held at the Gibney Theatre in New York this past Summer 2024. She performed original choreography titled "on the backs of hardworking women" which utilized jackets and blazers as a costume and prop to represent the invisible burden that most women carry.
Loren Cannon
Philosophy
Dr. Loren Cannon, Philosophy, was recently invited to submit an essay of his newest work to the Journal, “Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture.” His essay, “The Backlash Continues: How Two Recent SCOTUS Rulings Pose a Threat to LGBTQ+ and Especially Trans And Gender Non-Binary Persons” is in the newest volume of the journal In this essay, Cannon looks closely at two SCOTUS cases, 303 Creative v. Elenis and Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. Cannon concludes that these decisions legally protect religious expression, even when it is both coercive and discriminatory in the marketplace.
Karen Davy, Cindy Moyer, Julie Fulkerson, Elizabeth Morrison
Music
Faculty Karen Davy, viola, and Cindy Moyer, violin, play in the Watershed String Quartet, which is a community service group that volunteers 2 hours of performance for the highest bidder in fund-raising auctions for local non-profit organizations. On September 28, the Watershed quartet was auctioned off at the Eureka Symphony Gala, resulting in $2,350 added to the Eureka Symphony's funds. Previously, the quartet has been auctioned off by the Humboldt County Libraries and the Clark Museum, for performances at a memorial service and a student fashion show. Performance plans have not yet been arranged with the successful Eureka Symphony bidders.