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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Intercultural and International Communication in the Surrogacy Industry, Jessica Baker
The Online Education Landscape, Digital Tools, and COVID-19, Rosetta S. Burk
Eco-Cultural Restoration of Mouralherwaqh: Site Description and Invasive Species Treatment Plan in King Salmon, California, Natalie Bridget Calderon, Myion Rickey, King Baptista, Owen Bardsley, and Jillian Snowhook
Ecocultural Monitoring and Erosion Mitigation in Powers Creek, a Baduwa’t Tributary, in Blue Lake, California, Sebastian Castillo, Lillyauna Perry, Daniel Price, and Lokey Struve
Pulling Back the Redwood Curtain: The Chinese Experience in Humboldt in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Christopher J. Chu
Rending the Social Fabric: Vigilante Strikebreaking in 1930s California, Abigail Ivie Claybrook
Determining the Quality and Quantity of California Sitka Spruce (Picea Sitchensis) on Private Commercial Timberland for Use in Domestic Acoustic Steel-String Guitars, Ryan Eugene Cooper
Rhetoric on Climate Change and the Effects on Public Perceptions, Hailey Mina Rose Dossey
Amplifying Awareness: Narrative Rationality in the Discourse of Childhood Cancer, Rosalinda L. Frick
Gentrification: Colonialism In Plain Sight?, Isaiah Henderson
A Symbolic Interactionism’s Perspective of the Attack on the U.S. Capitol., Odeli Hernandez
Finding Joy and Community in Climate Action, Deanna Kellom
Mapping Kinnikinnick and Assessing Habitat Factors for Brown Elfin Butterfly at the North Ma-le’l Dunes, California, Harper Lacey, Elizabeth McGuire, Sienna Tubridy, and Mark McKenna
The Impact of Communication through Community and Public Radio, Matthew D. Mazzucco
Table Top Roleplaying & Communication: Rituals, Rhetoric & Reclamation, Logan Cyrus Sayles
Implications of using eDNA as a monitoring tool in the Elk River estuary, Trinity Brooke Spencer, Christy Elaine Wheatly, and Fernando Edgar Martinez
Influence of Elevation on Plant Survivorship in Baduwa’t Estuary, Richard Louis Toledo Jr., Celine Aguilera, Rivé Prater, and Claire Durbin
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Comparing Fish Species Assemblage Between Impacted and Restored Estuarine Salt Marshes within the Eel River Estuary, Humboldt Co. CA, Adam Aguilar, Isaac Basham-Clair, Tristan F. Parkinson, and Larkin C. Wells
Coastal Prairie Enhancement Recommendations for the Baduwa’t Estuary Overlook, Kelly Corcoran, Gabe Acosta, and Parker Bacon
Cultural and Ecological Restoration of School Creek at Blue Lake Rancheria, Humboldt County, CA, Cecilia C. French, Michelle Mendoza, Roots Galindo, and August O'Neil
Analysis of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response to Restoration Flows and Scour in the Trinity River, Northern California, Sarah Gutierrez and Julie Avina
Sampling Lepidopter Moth Diversity across Different Treatment Plots at the Ocean Ranch Unit in the Eel River Wildlife Area, Humboldt County, California, Cory M. Kragness, Madison S. Montiel, Victoria C. Budke, and Ryanne N. Chapman
Treatment Plan and Educational Guide for Removing Invasive Barnyard Grass, Canada Thistle, and Cocklebur within the Baduwa't (Mad River) Estuary, Ashley S. Turner and Alex D. Lallman