Achievements

Alison Holmes

Politics

Dr. Alison Holmes, Program Leader for International Studies and Lecturer in Politics, has published a chapter 'Transatlantic Diplomacy and Global States' in a volume entitled, "Anglo-American Relations: Contemporary Perspectives," edited by Alan Marsh and Steve Marsh. The book, out soon, was published in London by Routledge.

Sing C. Chew

Sociology

Professor of Sociology, Sing Chew, was invited to present some themes from his new book at the international conference, Dimensions of the Indian Ocean World Past 9th-19th Centuries, in Perth, Western Australia. The title of his paper was: The Southeast Asian Connection in the First Eurasian World System 200BC-AD500. He was also invited as an International Scholar by the National University of Singapore (NUS) under its University Scholars Program to give a public lecture. The title of his public lecture was Global Economic Crisis, Energy Shifts, and Climate Changes: Let World History be the Teacher of Life. He also gave a colloquium on early Southeast Asia to faculty and students of NUS.

Dr. Eugene Novotney

Music

Professor of Music Eugene Novotney, recently returned from the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas, where he performed as a member of the PASIC All-Star Steelband. The performance featured Novotney’s recently published arrangement of Pan Army, which he performed in Trinidad, W.I. in 2010. Pan Army is the only authentic Trinidadian Panorama tune that has been published and made available for international distribution in the last decade. Novotney also serves as chairman of the PAS New Music Research Committee, and coordinated six showcase performances in Austin to honor the 100th birthday of composer, John Cage.

M. Rose "Shoshanna" Anthony

Dance, Music & Theatre

Lecturer Rose “Shoshanna” Anthony created and performed a collaborative dance tribute for Nawal El Moutawakel, the first Olympic Gold Medalist from Morocco, first woman Gold Medalist from all of Africa and International Olympic Committee (IOC) leader, as she was inducted into the International Hall of Fame of the International Women’s Forum in San Francisco on Friday, October 26, 2012. She was joined in this endeavor by her Ya Habibi Dance Company (including several HSU students and alumni) and a group of Moroccan style dancers led by Bay Area dance artist Hannah Romanowsky in a colorful and festive dance celebration.

John Meyer

Politics

John Meyer served as Harrison McCain Visiting Professor with the Department of Politics and Social and Political Thought Program at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. During his three week October visit, he also presented a public lecture on "Automobility and the Politics of Freedom."

Rachelle Irby

Sociology

HSU Sociology student Rachelle Irby (’12) has received a 2012 Sustainability Leadership Award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), the national organization that advances sustainability in higher education.

Irby was granted AASHE’s “Student Research on Campus Sustainability” award for her graduate thesis entitled: “Student-Driven Energy Independence: A Case Student of Humboldt Energy Independence Fund” at the organization’s national conference Oct. 14-17 in Los Angeles. Irby’s winning paper provided an evaluative case study of the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (HEIF), HSU’s student led-fund that supports projects to reduce the university’s environmental impact and energy consumption. Her thesis is available online through Humboldt Digital Scholar.

Alison Holmes

Politics

Alison Holmes - Program Leader of International Studies and Lecturer in Politics, gave two presentations at the International Studies Association - Western Region Conference in Pasadena October 19-21. The first was a pedagogy/active learning paper based on a comparative politics simulation she designed last year. The second was a roundtable discussion on Women in Politics.

Robert Cliver

History

Professor Cliver gave a talk at the 13th Biennial Meeting of the Textiles Society of America in Washington, D.C. September 20. The talk, entitled "Politics and Production in China's Silk Industry during the Korean War (1950-1953)" was part of a panel on the effects of war on textiles and was well-received by the conference attendees.

Rae Robison

Dance, Music & Theatre

Rae Robison, of the Department of Theatre, Film & Dance is directing the season opening, Humboldt Premiere of the 2010 Pulitzer prize nominated "In the Next Room" (or the Vibrator play) for Ferndale Repertory Theatre. The play revolves around a doctor who treats women's "hysteria," his neglected wife, their marriage and his patients.

Ronald L. Mize

Sociology

Ronald L. Mize, Ph.D., in the Department of Sociology, was recently featured in the Columbia University Press's blog for a post on the federal election and immigration politics. The original post appeared at the Univesrity of Toronoto Press Publishing Blog at this link: http://utpblog.utpress.utoronto.ca/2012/06/28/author-footnotes-with-ronald-l-mize/.

The post on the Columbia University Press blog is here: http://www.cupblog.org/?p=7187