Achievements

Cindy Moyer

Dance, Music & Theatre

On February 11 in Sacramento, Cindy Moyer, received the Distinguished Service Award from the California Orchestra Director's Association.  The award was presented during the California All-State Music Education Conference, and honors "individuals who selflessly served the California Orchestra Directors Association, and its activities, including continuous support of California Music Education, of CASMEC and it's affiliated organizations, and of other Music Educators in the state."

Aerin Monroe

Environmental Studies

https://newsfromnativecalifornia.com/review-sowing-seeds-racial-justice-and-the-environmental-movement/
“Sowing Seeds is a new docu-series on YouTube produced, written and hosted by Aerin Monroe (Environmental studies scholar at Cal Poly Humboldt) in partnership with Save California Salmon. Filmed and edited by Valentina Dimas, each episode offers insight into different aspects of environmental justice by centering Black and Indigenous scientists, educators, and activists all working to bring about positive change within Humboldt County.” Co-founder of Pathways and Purpose, alongside his wife, Dr. Susanne Sarley. Pathways of Purpose is an organization dedicated to empowering underserved youth and communities with “asset-based, STEAM educational and vocational programs.”

Loren Cannon

Philosophy

Dr. Loren Cannon of CPH Philosophy presented his essay, “Boundaries of Expression: Belief, Faith ... and Gender” at the Eastern Conference of the American Philosophical Association. This was a requested presentation, on the topic of "Fighting Anti-Transgender Legislation." This new essay from Dr. Cannon engages in a critical analysis of recent court decisions that seem to have widened the scope of religious freedom (including speech) and considers the resulting impacts on the limit of non-religious expression. The conference was held in NYC, January 15th - 18th 2024.

Loren Cannon, Christina Accomando

Philosophy

Dr. Loren Cannon's essay, "The Politicization of Trans Identities: Dog Whistling and Virtue Signaling" has been included in the 12th edition of "Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, An Intersectional Study." This is the third essay that has become anthologized into a college level textbook, and he is grateful that his work is having an increasingly broad reach. This newest volume is edited by Cal Poly Humboldt's own Professor Christina Hsu Accomando (CRGS and English) along with Professor Paula S. Rothenberg. 

Nicole Jean Hill

Art + Film

Nicole Jean Hill received a grant from the Wyoming Community Foundation to support a touring exhibition and corresponding publication featuring the photography of Lora Webb Nichols (1883-1962). Nichols used photography to provide for her family before, during and after the Great Depression, photographing pioneer women and providing a unique window into the role of women in this era and their cultivation of community. Both projects will enhance appreciation of female contributions to the history of image-making and the American West.

This work was selected for funding by the McMurry Library Endowment Fund Committee.

Karley Rojas; Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy

Native American Studies

Karley Rojas (they/elle) of the Environment and Community Graduate Program, and research associate of the Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute has been selected as an ARI-NEXTGEN Fellow (USDA NIFA NEXTGEN grant to the California State University Agricultural Research Institute) for the 'Place-Based Learning Practices Project’, with an award in the amount of $25,000. The project is under the mentorship of Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy of the Native American Studies Department, as the principal investigator. This joins funding from Save the Redwoods League, Humboldt Energy Independence Fund, and the Sustainability Department. 

Alison Ruth Holmes

Politics

Professor Alison Holmes (Politics) led the first-ever International Research Track of the CSU International Forum at the Chancellor's Office. Historically for CSU staff, the CO asked Holmes to be a Vice-Chair and expand the format to include faculty and/or international research. Holmes both facilitated the track and presented a paper with Drs Lily-House-Peters (CSULB) and Susan Ross (CSUSJ), "Supporting Diverse Students: Study Abroad and Transformation Curriculum", based on research at LB and Humboldt that explored ways campus study abroad preparation/follow-up programs could be more holistic and culturally aware. Holmes was asked to help develop the new track further next year.  

Dr. Jennifer Trowbridge

Music

Music lecturer and guitarist Jennifer Trowbridge recently taught classes in India at Mount Shivalik School, surrounded by the Himalayas in the state of Himanchel, and Ashoka University, in Sanipot, in the northern state of Haryana. She studied drupad alap singing with Mamta Tripathi in Agra, Utter Pradesh, and the 23-stringed sarod with Arnab Battacharya in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Jennifer also performed house concerts in Rampur, Kufri, Delhi, and Agra, and received many invitations to return – and to bring her Cal Poly Humboldt students on the next visit!

Dr. Armeda Reitzel, Ms. Rosalinda Frick

Communication

Dr. Armeda Reitzel (Professor, Communication) and Rosalinda Frick (Senior Communication Major) delivered a conference presentation titled "Engaging the Creativity of Three Diverse Student Populations Using a LibreTexts OER" at the 2023 Open Education Conference on November 8, 2023. Dr. Reitzel was one of several authors for a new open educational resource titled "Interpersonal Communication: Context and Connection (OERI)" that was first published by LibreTexts in 2022.  

Arianna Bucio, Joahnna Tool, Brianna Juarez, Yaire Barboza, Georgina Cerda Salvarrey, Audriana Penaloza, Athens Marrón, Priscilla Cuellar, Maria Citlalli Rodriguez, Marisol Ruiz, Nancy Perez

Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Students in the Promotorx Transformative Educators Program (Arianna Bucio, Joahnna Tool, Brianna Juarez, Yaire Barboza, Georgina Cerda Salvarrey, Audriana Peñaloza, Athens Marrón, Priscilla Cuellar, Maria Citlalli Rodriguez) traveled to Montgomery, Alabama on November 14-18, 2023 to present at the annual National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference. They were joined by Dr. Marisol Ruiz (Education) and Dr. Nancy Pérez (CRGS) where together, they presented their research "Ethnic Studies as Liberatory Literacy Practices." Their project is a culmination of their work teaching ethnic studies to local high school students, which started this past summer and continued through this fall semester.