The CSU Student Research Competition was held virtually again this year. This annual statewide competition includes outstanding student researchers from all 23 CSU campuses who compete for awards in discipline-based categories. Thirteen HSU students were chosen to attend the competition, following competitive review of their written summaries. Congratulations to all of these outstanding student researchers! Below are the links to the videos of their research:

Joan Esquibel, Undergraduate in Religious Studies, “Best-Sellers: How our Concerns Translate into Modern Fiction”

•  https://youtu.be/JhEfjN5_oaA *Received 2nd Place in the category of Humanities and Letters!!!
• Faculty Advisors: Vincent Biondo, Chair, and Sara Jaye Hart, Lecturer, Religious Studies

Sophia Lemmo, Graduate in Forestry, Watershed, and Wildland Sciences, “Tree Mortality and Regeneration across Competitive Gradients and Varying Habitats in Northern California”

• https://youtu.be/mixwwdWwaR0
• Faculty Advisors: Lucy Kerhoulas, Assistant Professor in Forestry and Wildland Resources, and Rosemary Sherriff, Professor in Geography

Levi Basist, Graduate in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration, “Wingate Muscular Power Test Reference Values for Active Healthy Adults Ages 19-35:  Normative Data and Differences Between Sex”

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2cr61hjcc
• Faculty Advisor: Young Sub Kwon, Associate Professor in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

Aneika Perez, Graduate in Environment & Community, “Sustainable Transportation for HSU Stakeholders: Looking into Access and Behavior”

• https://youtu.be/1LMYRrFREtI
• Faculty Advisor: Nicholas Perdue, Assistant Professor, Geography

Chavela Riotutar, Graduate in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration, "The Effect of Quality of Life on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women”

• https://youtu.be/4rqrGL_PBuo
• Faculty Advisor: Taylor Bloedon, Associate Professor, Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

Samantha Cook, Graduate, and Mikayla Kia, Undergraduate in Environmental Science & Management, “Exploring the Effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Fishing Communities and Fisheries Social Science Research in California”

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9oH8AJ5xY
• Faculty Advisor: Laurie Richmond, Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Management

Jason Laugesen, Undergraduate in Anthropology, “Ceramic Chronology: A Geospatial Analysis of Material Culture in the Hinterlands in Northwestern Belize”

• https://youtu.be/cRHO7iGtwQQ
• Faculty Advisor: Marisol Cortes-Rincon, Professor in Anthropology

Grace Fillebrown and Luke Gauthier, Undergraduates in Child Development, “International and Intercultural Collaboration in Experiential Learning: Lessons from Rural Youth Volunteers in India Project”

• https://youtu.be/ga0TU8j-8wU
• Faculty Advisor: Meenal Rana, Associate Professor in Child Development

Shawn Reilly and Reed Switzer, Undergraduates in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration, “Cannabis Tourism in Humboldt County: Moving Forward”

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fi1LU7qEKI
• Faculty Advisor: Ara Pachmayer, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

Dylan Roberts, Graduate in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration, “Anaerobic Capacity Measures in Active Healthy Adults Ages 18-29: Normative Reference Values and Differences between Sex”

• https://youtu.be/EDiy3xYBFSA
• Faculty Advisor: Young Sub Kwon, Associate Professor in Kinesiology & Recreation Administration