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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Benny Anjewierden and Dr. Amber Gaffney
Psychology
Benny Anjewierden and Dr. Amber Gaffney in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Alberta have a forthcoming book chapter, "Uncertainty and social identity", in K. Vail, D. Van Tongeren, B. Schlegel, J. Greenberg, L. King, & R. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of the Science of Existential Psychology.
Chris Walmsley, Ph.D.
Psychology
In the fall 2025 semester, Dr. Walmsley was invited by the editor of Operants magazine to write a gerontology piece. The article is entitled "Using Behavior Analysis To Help Evaluate Social Outcomes in a Nutrition Program for Older Adults". It details some community-based ABA research conducted by Dr. Walmsley and his research lab in collaboration with a local agency providing services to older adults.
Mikhail Vasenin, Savva Shanaev, Humnath Panta, Binam Ghimire
Business
Humnath Panta, faculty at the School of Business, co-authored the article “ESG Ratings in Motion: The Global Market Response to Upgrades and Downgrades,” published in the Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment (Taylor & Francis, January 7, 2026). The study analyzes 2,841 MSCI-rated global stocks (2017–2021) using a calendar-time portfolio approach and finds that ESG rating upgrades (downgrades) generate statistically and economically significant abnormal returns of about +1% (–1%) per month. The effects are robust across models, holding periods, sectors, and regions, with stronger impacts for large and growth firms and in low power-distance countries, and increased synchronization post-COVID-19. The findings advance understanding of ESG information efficiency and its implications for global asset pricing and investment strategy.
Amber Gaffney, Benny Anjewierden
Psychology
Benny Anjewierden and Amber Gaffney co-Chaired a symposium with Professor Dominic Abrams at the Society of Experimental Social Psychology in Lisbon, Portugal (Praise some, punish others: When and why deviance is embraced or erased within groups). They then presented at the University of Porto, Portugal, for invited talks. Anjewierden presented some of their joint work on the polarizing nature of criticizing political leaders. Gaffney presented some of their work detailing how motives for social identity can differentially predict political extremism.
Jennifer Lucero, MD, MA; Gregg Gold, PhD; Eraka Bath, MD; Gerardo Moreno, MD, MS; Esmeralda Trejo, MSEd; Ricardo Antillon, MPH; Gianna Giacomotto BA
Psychology
Presented research entitled “Evaluating the Effectiveness of the UCLA Pre-Med Enrichment Program,” and “Lessons Learned on UCLA UIM-COE Clinical Clerkship Psychology of Bias” at the November 13, 2025, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Medical Education Day conference. Co-authors included UCLA Medical School Faculty, Staff, and recent Cal Poly Humboldt psychology graduate Gianna Giacomotto.
Josh Zender
Business
Cal Poly Humboldt Business Professor Dr. Josh Zender has received a $25,000 Application Development Grant from PG&E’s Microgrid Incentive Program. In partnership with Syserco and supported by Dr. Pascal Biwole’s Energy Engineering students, Zender will lead a team developing a community microgrid proposal to serve Orick, CA. The grant supports technical development costs for the competitive application process. This project aims to enhance energy resilience for disadvantaged communities and is part of a broader initiative by PG&E to fund clean, locally controlled microgrids throughout California’s high-risk outage zones
Cal Poly Humboldt School of Business
Business
Cal Poly Humboldt's Master of Business Administration recognized as "Top 10 Dark Horse High-Value MBAs" and "Most Affordable MBA Programs at California’s Public Universities".
Kauyumari Sanchez
Psychology
Kauyumari Sanchez, PhD published the article Cross-modal matching of monosyllabic and bisyllabic items varying in phonotactic probability and lexicality in Frontiers in Language Sciences, 4, 1488399. https://doi.org/10.3389/flang.2025.1488399
Ethan Gahtan, John Steele, Emma F. Jones, McKay Gog Butler, Darina Trendafilova, Mayra S Mendez, Luke A. Jernigan
Psychology
Professors Ethan Gahtan (Psychology) and John Steele (Biology) along with students from psychology, biology, and chemistry developed a new transgenic zebrafish line in the Behavioral Neuroscience Research Lab. This development was first described in 2022 in the Journal of Comparative Neurology. They developed a zebrafish fluorescent reporter line to track neuronal chloride (Cl-), KCC2, expression in vivo during early brain development. "KCC2 regulates neuron excitability and development". Then in 2024 the team contributed this genetics resource to the Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC) to make it available to external researchers. Article reference: DOI: 10.1002/cne.25411 ; ZIRC entry: https://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-221018-26#summary
Marshelle Thobaben
Nursing
Published the chapter, Chapter 33: People of Turkish Culture in Handbook for Culturally Competent Care. 2nd ed. 2024. Ed E. Fenkl, L. Purnell, pp. 445-460.