May 3, 2024 | Digital Showcase | Humboldt Library
All Presenters & Abstracts
Water conservation
Presentation Year: 2020
My project is about water conservation based off of Project WET curriculum. I worked with the students in REC 345: Environmental Education to put together 8 activities. The students presents their activities on zoom. It’s a 2 day event. 4 groups present on the first day then the other 4 present in the second day.
What Detention Centers Mean For Trans Folk
Presentation Year: 2020
This presentation explores the history of detention centers (concentration camps) in the US and the nuances which have put undocumented QTPOC at risk. The inhumane misgendering of trans womxn, which often places them in “male” detention centers, leads to high rates of physical and psychological abuse; as a community, what are ways we can help support them and eventually abolish these institutions? Trans people are often times the most marginalized people within the LGBTQIA+ community, especially in detention centers.
Who Tells Your Story: Why #RepresentationMatters
Presentation Year: 2020
#RepresentationMatters is a social media campaign to educate the world on why representation matters in literature, education, and entertainment media. For those who began the hashtag, it means that the storytellers are people of color, women, LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodivergent, or any combination thereof. The stories by these artists do not center on being a member of these communities, but do not erase the character’s experience of belonging to them, either. The artists hope to show the world the impact of being heard and seen, and to draw attention to how literature, education, and the entertainment industry currently depict their experiences.
Women of the Water Humboldt Community
Presentation Year: 2020
The purpose of this project is to bring together the women in our community who are either already in love with the water or who wish to create a deeper connection with it in one way or another. We aim to create a supportive and inspiring group of females who can encourage each other to not only surf, scuba dive, kayak, swim, sup, and spend time at the beach, but also to take care of our natural coastline!
Women of the Water Humboldt Community
Presentation Year: 2020
The purpose of this project is to bring together the women in our community who are either already in love with the water or who wish to create a deeper connection with it in one way or another. We aim to create a supportive and inspiring group of females who can encourage each other to not only surf, scuba dive, kayak, swim, sup, and spend time at the beach, but also to take care of our natural coastline!
“Appropriate Technology in a University Setting: Table top game for change”
Presentation Year: 2019
“Appropriate Technology in a University Setting: Table top game for change”
Alternative Technology(AT) has the potential to empower communities in the U.S. to explore the possibility of non-capitalist means. This AT board game attempts to be inclusive of varied learning styles and academic disciplines, while providing a baseline understanding of the varied technologies located at CCAT. This encourages the campus understanding of CCAT, further extending the invitation of a interdisciplinary and multi-adaptable resource for the community. Exploring affinities between community leadership and AT’s, reveals areas of overlap among the social and ethical approaches of these dynamics.
"Fake Feminism" - A Rhetorical Critique
Presentation Year: 2019
By utilizing a critical Feminist approach, I will illustrate how Visa's commercial series "Money Is Changing," attempts to portray Visa as a Feminist company, but ironically reinforces the very same ideologies, stereotypes, and norms that ground gender inequality.
"Obscured Misogyny:" A Feminist Rhetorical Critique of the Disney Princess
Presentation Year: 2019
Disney Princess movies are beloved by many, and, on the surface of the most recent renditions of the trope, the lead female characters portray many pro-feminist messages. However, there is a discrepancy between the surface meanings and the implied meanings of the movies. Hidden beneath these pro-feminist surface meanings, the implied meanings present a vastly different message - one contrary to the beliefs of feminism. Through this discrepancy between the surface and implied meanings of Disney Princess movies, this poster aims to illustrate the anti-feminist rhetoric of Disney Princess movies.
"Outdoorsy" Instagram Culture and 19th Century Art: Imperialism in Our National Parks
Presentation Year: 2019
Curated "Outdoorsy" social media accounts rival 19th century idealized landscape paintings, allowing people to present themselves as adventurous and fulfilled by sharing beautiful photos from their travels. These visualized false landscapes present a new age of imperialist beliefs as themes of colonialism have continued to live on through generations in our culture. In western culture, landscape has often been seen as a commodity to be presented and reconstructed for our enjoyment throughout history. Although Instagram culture has contributed to many changes within our national parks, this “new” culture of objectifying and commodifying the landscape is really nothing new at all.
"The All-American Boy": Ted Bendy as an Example of White Privilege and Toxic Masculinity
Presentation Year: 2019
Ted Bundy is one of the United States’ most infamous serial killers. He has been described as being charismatic and intelligent, despite the fact that he murdered dozens of women in the 1970s. Ted Bundy’s motivation for killing, and reactions to him, may reveal some potentially problematic aspects about what mainstream society in the United States values. A trend that made itself apparent was the idea of Ted Bundy being a charming and intelligent person being a myth created by Bundy himself. This myth was made popular by other writers and journalists over the last 30 years.
3D Panorama of Lake Clark, Alaska
Presentation Year: 2019
This project describes the 3D cartographic methods used to design a panorama map of Lake Clark, Alaska.
A comparison of Three Mobile Mapping 3-D Data Collection Techniques
Presentation Year: 2019
In this project, GSP 330 (Mobile Mapping) students evaluated 3 methods of collecting three dimensional (3D) data at Ma-le'l Dunes Park in Arcata, CA. Data was collecting using 1) Autolevels, 2) Total Stations, and 3) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The XYZ data collected by the first two methods were converted to GIS data and then modeled into a Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Aerial images from the UAV were processed with Photoscan's Structure from Motion (SfM) algorithm to generate a point cloud and DEM. The point clouds from all methods were then processed into cut-fill rasters and Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs) for visualization and comparison.
A Home Where the Buffalo Roam, Once Again
Presentation Year: 2019
The North American Bison once ranged across the Great Plains, but during the era of market hunting, their numbers dropped drastically. These large herbivores are highly valued in the indigenous tribes from their native region. In an effort to restore these culturally significant herds, zoos across the nation have bred them to be reintroduced into their homeland.
A Little Piece of My Soul
Presentation Year: 2019
Poetry written about myself, my culture, oppression, heartbreak, and a fictional story about an immigrant woman.
A Mixed-Methods Pilot Evaluation of Humboldt County Mental Health’s Dual Recovery Program Groups
Presentation Year: 2019
Our team partnered with Humboldt County's Dual Recovery Program to design/implement new methods for evaluating the degree to which their program supported clients in recovery from co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Our project took a holistic, whole person approach which took cultural, social, environmental, and medical factors into account when assessing client's process of recovery. In addition to quantitative data, we also gathered qualitative data by facilitating a focus-group discussion with DRP clients. The statistical analysis and qualitative themes that emerged were reported back to DRP clients and staff in series of meetings held at the county.
Advocacy Through Art
Presentation Year: 2019
In this service learning experience I worked along side the students at the Eel River Community School in Fortuna. Here, I led students in creating murals throughout their facility. When I began most had admitted to never having engaged in some sort of arts and crafts activity. I observed how impactful artistic expression is to the youth and helps aid in stages of development. Having an interdisciplinary education I was able to consider a variety of lenses that play into the importance of creative outlets in the youth. Knowing this, I focused my attention to point out that at risk youth do not receive these crucial oppurtunities and how that perpetuates inequality issues from a young age.
Amphibians and The Yurok Tribe's Wetland Restoration
Presentation Year: 2019
My poster is about the Yurok tribe's wetland restorations with a focus on amphibian diversity with regard to the ongoing amphibian extinction.
Amphibians and The Yurok Tribe's Wetland Restoration
Presentation Year: 2019
My poster is about the Yurok tribe's wetland restorations with a focus on amphibian diversity with regard to the ongoing amphibian extinction.
An Addiction to Capitalism: A Climate Story
Presentation Year: 2019
My research recognizes, evaluates, and dissects the intersections of Political Theory and Communication to offer a rhetorical criticism of mainstream environmentalism. Through a careful analysis of case studies, political processes, and interdisciplinary theory, I illustrate and criticize how environmentalism as a justice movement has been co-opted by capitalism through its commodification and farcical regulation. In these regards, I conclude by acknowledging and appreciating the discursive efforts of Armory Lovins, Hunter Lovins, Paul Hawken for their work in Natural Capitalism, as well as the political progress of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez and her proposed Green New Deal.
An Inside Look At Your Local Community School
Presentation Year: 2019
This report summarizes the experience working with Humboldt County Office of Education at the Eureka Community School. The goal of this project is to enhance visibility of the education system at court schools and improve upon each individual’s learning experience. This was accomplished through in-depth interviews with staff faculty at the Eureka Community School alongside 30+ volunteer hours as an aid in the classroom.