Achievements

Russell Gaskell

World Languages & Cultures

Congratulations to Club Advisor of the Year, Russell Gaskell. Russell teaches Spanish and is the Club advisor for Lambda Theta Phi. The award is given to advisors that not only advise their clubs but also mentor and help club members develop their leadership and professional skills.

In the words of club members, "Professor Gaskell has been... spectacular ever since he has been the advisor of the Lambda Theta Phi. What Russell has done is provide us with a crazy amount of support that makes us feel like he's a part of our family. ... He’s an amazing professor, a hell of an advisor, and more than being just our advisor, he is one of us."

The ideals of Lambda Theta Phi are the following: Academic Excellence; Brotherhood; Leadership; Latino Unity; Service. Lambda Theta Phi brothers perform community service, sponsor events which highlight and celebrate Latino heritage, participate in educational workshops, and enjoy many social programs. As a result of their active participation in every aspect of college life, they are developing their organizational, communication, and leadership skills, all while pursuing the coveted diploma.

Cindy Moyer

Music

Scales and Arpeggios with Shifting Practice by Cindy Moyer has been published by Galaxy Music Corp.

Leena Dallasheh

History

Dr. Dallasheh has been awarded the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. This award is for completing her book manuscript, "Contested Citizenship: Nazareth’s Palestinians in the Transition from British Mandate to Israel, 1940-1966."

Leena Dallasheh

History

Dr. Dallasheh participated in College and University Educators Workshop at the Council for Foreign Relations in New York, NY. The workshop brings together over 100 professors, from around the USA, who are teaching courses on or related to international relations and U.S. foreign policy, along with those from other fields who are interested in introducing global issues into their classroom.

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.

Rosemary Sherriff

Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis

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

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/

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

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.

Matthew Derrick

Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis

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.