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Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Matias Solorzano
Psychology
Matias Solorzano, a graduate student in Academic Research in the Psychology Department was awarded the McCrone Graduate Fellowship Award in recognition of his research in neurodivergence in academia. The award not only recognizes Matias' dedication to research but will provide support for his research. Matias will be speaking on his research on Tuesday, November 12th during the McCrone Award Reception at the Plaza Grill from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Amber Gaffney, Benny Anjewierden
Psychology
Dr. Amber Gaffney along with alumni and current lecturer Benny Anjewierden and several other alumni published a paper in Groups Processes and Intergroup Relations. This paper details major theory and methodological developments in a social identity model of social influence. Anjewierden*, B. J., Syfers*, L., Pinto, I. R., Gaffney, A. M., & Hogg, M. A. (2024). Group responses to deviance: Disentangling the motivational roles of collective enhancement and uncertainty reduction. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Riley Nelson, Amanda Johnson Bertucci, Sara Swenson, Angel Seguine, Meenal Rana
Child Development
Riley Nelson, a senior (Psyc), Amanda Johnson Bertucci, a recent graduate (CD), Sara Swenson, a senior (CD); and Angel Seguine, a recent graduate (Psyc) co-authored a peer review article with Dr. Meenal Rana, titled, "Building Resilience during Compassion Fatigue: Autoethnographic Accounts of College Students and Faculty," in the special issue of Education Sciences (accepted and in press), "Addressing Mental Health and Well-Being in Higher Education: Collaborative Insights from Education, Psychology, and the Learning Sciences." The conception of this manuscript started in CD 362 (Children and Stress) class in the fall of 2023.
Dr. Hyun-Kyung You (Cal Poly Humboldt) Yu-Jin Jeong (Jeonbuk National University) and Sungeun Yang (Inha University) in Korea.
Child Development
Professor Hyun-Kyung You in Child Development and her colleagues published an article, “Revisiting Transnational Activities: Korean Immigrant Mothers’ Home Visit for Families,” in Sage Open. Continuing research on transnational families, this original research explores the return trip experiences of Korean immigrant women with children. Purposefully planned and coordinated trips to Korea were not only for children to enhance their Korean identity but also for their transnational relationship with aging parents.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21582440241240912
Co-authors are Yu-Jin Jeong (Jeonbuk National University) and Sungeun Yang (Inha University) in Korea.
Sarita Ray Chaudhury, PhD., Professor of Marketing
Business
Professor Sarita Ray Chaudhury published a qualitative analysis of online user-generated content (UGC) titled "Laugh like Surpanakha": Modern Literary Re-imagining of a Famous Villaness in Indian Folkloric Traditions, in the journal Cultural Analysis. This study explores how modern readers perceive Surpanakha’s characterization in Kavita Kane’s novel The Lanka’s Princess. Findings suggest readers’ willingness to accept Surpanakha’s villainous traits as expressions protesting mainstream expectations of the female ideal. https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~culturalanalysis/volume22_1/pdf/Chaudhury…
Amber Gaffney, Benny Anjierwerden
Psychology
Dr Gaffney along with three former Cal Poly Humboldt alum published a paper, Our group is worth the fight: Group cohesion is embedded in willingness to fight or die for relatively deprived political groups during national elections, in Translational Issues in Psychological Science. The first, second, and third authors all graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt with a Master's in Psychology from our Academic Research Program. One of the authors, Benjamin Anjierdwerden, is currently a lecturer in the Psychology Department.
Meenal Rana
Child Development
Dr Meenal Rana, Associate Professor, Child Development will be assuming the role of Chair of Diversity Science Initiative (DSI) at the Society for Study of Human Development (SSHD) in January of 2024. "Diversity Science provides new expansion and inclusiveness in intellectual inquiry by fostering an equitable and inclusive environment for all, providing a welcoming space that builds toward a comprehensive understanding of human development within SSHD" (https://sshdonline.org/diversity-science-initiative/). According to the outgoing chair, "Dr. Rana holds deep convictions to DEI work, as we do and I know with our support she will move the needle continually forward for SSHD."
Humnath Panta
Business
Dr. Humnath Panta's recent research, "Ex‐military CEOs and readability of financial reports," published in the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, ABDC A* rated journal, reveals that firms led by ex-military CEOs issue more precise 10-K reports. Highlighting the value of transparent communication, the research indicates that such CEOs' military backgrounds contribute to straightforward reporting and diminish the obscuring of negative information. This pioneering work sheds light on the influence of a CEO's military experience on financial transparency and offers a behavioral rationale for the improved readability of corporate financial disclosures.
Frank DeMatteo
Psychology
Dr. Frank DeMatteo, School Psychology Program Coordinator, received $2 million in Grant Funding (two grants). Over the next five years these grants, in partnership with the Northern Humboldt Union High School District, will be used to increase the number of mental health practitioners in disadvantaged school districts. They will also support the professional development of students and their field-based supervisors. Three students from the first-year School Psychology cohort were awarded $15,000 for the next two years. Four students from the second-year cohort, received $10,000 to support the completion of their 540 hours of school-based practicum for the 2023-2024 Academic year.
Humnath Panta, Arun Narayanasamy, Ayush Panta
Business
Dr. Humnath Panta, Associate Professor of Finance at School Business, recently published an article entitled "Organizational capital and credit ratings" in Finance Research Letters, an A-level ABDC journal. The study investigates organizational capital's impact on credit ratings using pooled OLS and US firm data from 1989 to 2017. Results indicate that companies with greater organizational capital achieve higher credit ratings. This conclusion withstands various robustness checks, estimation methods, and addressing potential biases. Notably, the positive correlation is especially pronounced for financially constrained firms. Overall, the research's findings reveal the importance of organizational capital in the credit ratings of a firm.