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Publications from 2024
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
Humboldt SoE claw machine demo, Mason Cooper, Finn Lyall, Miguel Pulido, and Lucas Sira
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
CSU Research Competition 2025 Creative Arts and Design trophy, Isaac Crockett, Chloe Hammond, Chris Larsen-Gould, and Ivan Sanchez
Rhetoric on Climate Change and the Effects on Public Perceptions, Hailey Mina Rose Dossey
CCAT main rainwater catchment system 2024, Toby Dupras, Gavin Compango, Will Ferguson, and Trevor Liepa
Humboldt SoE human wind power demo, Lauren Elwell, Zach King, Owen Wilson, and Cameron Young
Amplifying Awareness: Narrative Rationality in the Discourse of Childhood Cancer, Rosalinda L. Frick
CCAT pond 2024, Troy Gankas, Hannah Barnes, Jackson Cunningham, and Kaylee Vincent
CSU Research Competition 2025 Physical and Mathematical Sciences trophy, Derek Gomez, Aiden Higgins, Miaka LaRose, and Ibrahim Alyassiry
CCAT hempcrete wall lime plaster, Lonny Grafman, Jillian Abes, Aubrey Ostermann, Jazz Quincy, and Erik Trimmer
CCAT earthen beautification 2024, Lonny Grafman, Mackenzie Gilchrist, Taleya Uriarte, Kristopher Turner, and Noah Waterhouse
CSU Research Competition 2025 Interdisciplinary trophy, Lonny Grafman, Daniel Korn, and Andrea Worden
CCAT terrace walls 2024, Lonny Grafman, Ahtalya Ramirez, Sierra Erlandson, Robertson Harris, and Xavier Lopez
Humboldt SoE mechanical arm demo, Lonny Grafman, Elias Wiggins, Ryan Harris, Felix Canari, and Evan Jefferson
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
CSU Research Competition 2025 Business, Economics, and Hospitality Management trophy, Teophil Labus, Vincent Pugliesi, and Nikolaus Roberds
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
CCAT bike cage model, Joshua Lopez, Jerry Turner, Gemma Cardenas Ramirez, and David Malle
The Impact of Communication through Community and Public Radio, Matthew D. Mazzucco
Humboldt SoE oyster filtration demo, Quin McNeil, Brigitte Vega, Daniel Shaver, and Fin Cantu
CSU Research Competition 2025 Engineering and Computer Science trophy, Peter Nganga, Kaz Kinoshita, Quinn Simard, and Carlos Hernandez
CSU Research Competition 2025 Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences trophy, Jake Nguyen, Daniel Rodriguez, Samuel Holtman, and Jonathan Luu
CSU Research Competition 2025 Biological and Agricultural Sciences trophy, James Nolastnamelisted, Geronimo Nolastnamelisted, and Jacob Nolastnamelisted
Baduwa’t Estuary Riparian Restoration & Revegetation Plan, Brandon Patino, Blake Kennedy, and Xitlalli Rodriguez
CCAT pedal powered TV 2024, James Pendergast, Elise Evans, Jimena Gamero, August Scrivner, and James Pendergast VI
CCAT pedal powered blender 2024, Jude Penny, Killian Soltero Walker, Kenny Lucero, and Thomas Martinez
Assessing understory vegetation response and fuel load levels following silvicultural treatments in Headwaters Forest Reserve, Humboldt County, California, Kyle James Railton and Madison Tatar
CCAT clothing rack, Ariana Robinson, Anya Breitbard, Jesus Rivera, and Shaun Masuda
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 Wheatley, and Fernando Edgar Martinez
Humboldt SoE air filtration demo, AJ Sverlow-Mendoza, Kalin Dyn, Ian Hunt, and Will Gaeta
Influence of Elevation on Plant Survivorship in Baduwa’t Estuary, Richard Louis Toledo Jr., Celine Aguilera, Rivé Prater, and Claire Durbin
Humboldt SoE Wirtz pump demo, Lulu Voss, Elliot Bautista, Dime Borg, and William Davies
Publications 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
Humboldt Makerspace battery management, Ben Allen, Tyler Bravo, Zane Husome, Dylan McKee, and Byl Locke
Trillium Charter School custom Galton board, Shane Ball, Derek Beatty, Sean Ruzicka, and Ryan Sullivan
Trillium Charter School cob bench with tunnel, Zoe Banks, Claire Cason, Jenna Crum, and Noah Mireau
Trillium Charter School busy board, Sasha Cahill, Spencer Sandeen, Jordy S. Lopez, and Everett Brown
Coastal Prairie Enhancement Recommendations for the Baduwa’t Estuary Overlook, Kelly Corcoran, Gabe Acosta, and Parker Bacon
Humboldt Makerspace axe, Haley Corder, Kyle Ellis, Ayden Hamanaka, and Erick Herrera
Prevalence of Hesperevax sparsiflora var. brevifolia (short-leaved evax) at Ocean Ranch, Humboldt County, California: exploring the effects of disturbance, Shelby DiQuirco, Matthew Estrada, Alana T. Fraley, and Alexander D. Smith
Humboldt Makerspace maker apron, Sierra Doane, Chloe Mariner, and Nicholas Rivera
The Power of Supercomputing Applied to Fractal Image Generation, Charlin ME Duff
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
Humboldt Makerspace stellar examples 2023, Lonny Grafman, Jennifer Alfaro, Sam Blechel, Adrain Lopez, and Celsa Martin
Analysis of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response to Restoration Flows and Scour in the Trinity River, Northern California, Sarah Gutierrez and Julie Avina
Evaluating benthic macroinvertebrate populations in response to scouring events in the Trinity River, CA, Liam Hay, Michael W. O'Neil, and Chloe Pieper-Wasem
Trillium Charter School paper maker, Jess Hill-Roddick, Rose Nicholson, and River Patla
Trillium Charter School math paths, Sebastian Hunter, Austin Warchol, and Ken Bray-Ali
Humboldt Makerspace entry sign 2023, Celeste Joyner, Zachary Sherman, Erin Stafford, and Ruben Vadas-Williams
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
Trillium Charter School solar warm water sink, Haven Wallace Menge and Ezra Conley-Proia
Belowground plant communities: seed bank dynamics and relationship to aboveground vegetation in grazing allotment of Klamath County, Oregon, Dellaina C. Morse and Scott M. Estepa
Measuring new growth of kinnikinnick and brown elfin butterfly abundance at the Ma-le’l & Lanphere Dunes: implications for the management of the seaside hoary elfin butterfly, Aidan Jack Murphy, Verenice Elizabeth Sanchez, Leila M. Rahimi, and Magdalena A. Villasenor
Humboldt Makerspace big clock, Noah Nelson, Cassie Caballero, Mikayla Munson, and Julian Ablang
Humboldt Makerspace magnetic tug of war, Paloma Rall, Jahni Caldwell, Ian Berry, and Madcen Murillo
Humboldt Makerspace PPE management, Harkiran Singh, Sequoia Dixon, Raudel Duran, and Erik Schubert
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
Publications from 2022
Dissecting Ideologies Embedded in Ford Advertisement, Sidney Rain Shabnam Afsarzadeh
Redwood Discovery Museum Archimedes screw and pulleys, Kyle Amann, Stephen Soli, Nicholas Weiser, and Logan Zampa
Continuing the conversation "The opportunity of adversity": a Neo-Aristotelian rhetorical analysis, Megan R. Ancheta
Molding Malleable Minds, One Poem at a Time, Rebecca C. Bendzick
Redwood Discovery Museum magnetism, Ryan Bergum, Keiran Miller, and Brian Nolastnamelisted
The Paiute, Water Wars, and a Covered Up Agricultural Revolution, Nicholas Anthony Chambers
I’m Not a Tragedy: Speaking Up About Ableist Microaggressions, Kasandra Marguerite Colwell
215 Cassiopeia solar apocalypse computer, Zane Cook, Max Cunningham, and Phil Tran
The Power of a Podcast, Breanna Donlon
The Misrepresentation of Women in the Media and Women’s Rights, Hannah M. Endicott
215 Accordion photovoltaic portable power, Tatiana Gamboa, Anthony Eggink, and Lowell Lindner
The Impacts of Gender Discrimination in the Military: A Review, Cassidy Gordon
215 Emergency photovoltaic box, Emily Handy, Sol Jané, and Justin Romani
A History Cannabis as a Cultural Communication Artifact, Morgan L. Harper
A Critical Analysis of Mobile Interpersonal Relationships through Uncertainty Reduction Theory, Rachael L. Kee
Rhetorical Analysis of Choosing to go to the Moon "and do the Other Things", Skyler M. Kona
Children’s Film Media’s Influence on Gender, Race, and Identity, Sara M. Kovis
215 Mahana solar window fan, Lucille Larson, Lily Cohen, and Hope Sakho
Healthy Environmental Communication Practices, Michelle Monique Magana
Interpersonal Communication From Student to Host Family, Tajma R. Magee
Redwood Discovery Museum tornado, Max Mather, Ryan Bergum, Sayra Montesinos, and Gabriela Ruelas
215 DIY solar power box fan air filter, Hudson Mierau, Joe Rosenquist, and Kyle Wolfe
Challenges Faced by Recently Emancipated Youth, Williams Peña and Jerry Walter Butkiewicz III
Freedom of Movement: The Development and Disappearance of the Corset in Succession with Women's Agency, 1860-1920, Sarah J. Phelps
215 Solar for low power medical equipment, Andrew Rodriguez, Aiden Vayo Tur, and Jackie Zeibert
How Biden wants us to think about Ukraine’s conflict, Rainer Shea
Non-Verbal Communication, Anxiety, Behavioral Changes within Covid Regulatory Changes, Sydney Stack and Olivia McCracken
Data Capitalism, Digital Health, and Marxism, Samantha C. Stanger
Ripe for Consumption: Separating Women from Autonomy, Nicole Kasandra Stibbard
Capstones from 2021
Effects of Beaver Dam Analogs on stream channel complexity and overbank flow recurrence on McGarvey Creek (Del Norte County, CA), Johanna Anderson and Andreas Khechfe
Assessment of Tree Attributes and Understory Vegetation Composition Six Years Post-thinning in Redwood National Park (Northern CA, USA), Valerie Andrews, Michelle Vongsa, and Stacy Giraldo
Invasive Species Removal Management Plan for the invasive species Ammophila arenaria and Carpobrotus edulis within the Samoa Dunes and Wetlands Conservation Area, Rachel J. Denoncourt, Christopher A. Jamison, and Kyra D. Skylark
Supporting Military Women and Families Through Policy, Cassidy Gordon and Cassidy Gordon
Zane Middle School bat and bird boxes, Lonny Grafman, Alex Garza, Valerie Keody, and Rize Martins de Oliveira
Zane middle school trashcan hand sanitizer, Joey Hollingsworth, Ben George, and Drake Pitchford
Zane Middle School triangle of life 2021, Julia Iman, Vincent Mendez, Jake Reeser, and Elizabeth Odell
Zane Middle School snowboard benches, Tyler Runyan, Alice de Lescure, Lacey Harrigan, and Katie Blackadar