College of Professional Studies

Gregg J. Gold and Gianna Giacomotto

Psychology

In an invited presentation at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), Dr. Gregg J. Gold and former Cal Poly Humboldt psychology student Gianna Giacomotto shared the data and findings from the 2022 to 2024 DGSOM Premedical Enrichment Program (PREP) evaluation study with the staff of the DGSOM Center of Excellence responsible for the planning and implementation of PREP.  This 90-minute presentation included a lively discussion of the findings and their application to future PREP cohorts and the DGSOM California Medical Scholars program. 

AmyK Conley

Education

Dr. AmyK Conley received grant funding for a teacher preparation program that trains undergraduate students as certified high-impact literacy tutors. The project will strengthen reading support for struggling K–12 students in Northern Humboldt while building a pipeline of educators grounded in the science of reading. Through coursework and clinical practice, undergraduates will gain training in developmental literacy and provide targeted literacy interventions in local schools and rural Northern California districts.

This grant comes as a sub-award from Northern Humboldt Unified High School District, with primary funding from the US Department of Education.

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.