Student Heriberto Herrera Psychology

Heriberto Herrera, a first year graduate student in School Psychology (Psychology), received the Pearson Minority Scholarship from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). One of five named scholarships to be awarded to minority students nationally, Herrera was the only first year graduate student to receive an award this year, and one of a very few non-doctoral students to ever receive this award. He is the first HSU student to receive this award in the 24 years the scholarship has been in existence. Herrera received a $5,000 scholarship and reimbursement for his trip to Philadelphia to receive his award.

Faculty Sheri Johnson & Dr. Michael Yellow Bird Social Work

For 16 years, Sheri Johnson, Director of Field Education, has co-hosted the KHUM Stop the Violence – Start the Healing radio education campaign occurring in the month of November.

Sheri helps identify guests for interviews, co-hosts the Friday “call in” radio panels and appears as the first guest to help launch the campaign.

Since 2009, Dr. Michael Yellow Bird, professor and global scholar, has been a guest, helping the listening audience understand how the brain works, how trauma affects the brain and how mindfulness can help survivors cope in powerful, healing ways.

All programs are recorded and posted on the KHUM "website":http://www.khum.com.

Faculty Pamela Brown Social Work

Professor Pamela Brown, Department of Social Work, and Colby Smart, College of Professional Studies, presented with colleagues from UC Berkeley, CSU Chico and CSU San Bernardino on the “Distributed Learning Program for Social Work Students” at the Fourth International Conference on Ubiquitous Learning held at UC Berkeley Nov. 11-12. The panel shared their experiences of designing and delivering technology-enhanced curriculum to serve county and Tribal staff working in remote regions. The forum explored new forms of learning using various computing and networking capacities with emphasis on critical intellectual human concern and the blurring of traditional institutional, spatial and temporal boundaries of education. www.ULConference.com

Faculty Tasha R. Howe Psychology

Tasha Howe has published a textbook:
Howe, T.R. (2011). Marriages and Families in the 21st Century: A Bioecological Approach. Wiley-Blackwell.

The textbook is multi-disciplinary and can be used in social work, sociology, nursing, psychology, family studies, child development and related disciplines.

Student Jessica Clayburn

Jessica Clayburn, a Humboldt State University junior majoring in Psychology, recently received two highly competitive scholarships, totaling $15,000.

Clayburn was nominated for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and was one of just 80 students to receive the award nationwide. She also applied for and was awarded The Morongo Band of Mission Indians Rodney T. Mathews Jr. Memorial Scholarship.

Faculty Jeff O'Connor Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

Lecturer Jeff O'Connor has been named the director and president of the board of directors for "Stockton Folk Dance Camp." The 65 year old conference is recognized as the most comprehensive international dance workshop in the United States. Internationally known instructors are invited to teach at the, two, one week sessions that has participants in attendance from the U.S.and abroad. The camp has been held each summer at the University of the Pacific campus in Stockton, California since 1946.

Student Ilan Navah Nursing

Received a Global Health Fellowship with USAID (US Agency for International Development) where he will work as an HIV/AIDS home-based care nurse in Uganda for 3 months. In the capital, Kampala, Ilan will work with TASO (The AIDS Support Organization) in local communities helping carry out their mission of "living positively with AIDS."

Faculty Kenneth Ayoob, Steven Hackett

Professors Kenneth Ayoob and Steven Hackett have been chosen to participate as fellows in the Inaugural Executive Leadership Academy, co-organized by the University of California, Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc. (AAHHE).

The Inaugural Executive Leadership Academy, to take place Feb. 28 - Mar. 2, will embark on an ambitious plan to train leaders of colleges and universities to steer their institutions in an increasingly multicultural global environment. The Academy is designed to enable persons of all backgrounds who may be interested in appointments to executive positions such as provosts and presidents.

Faculty Richard Arlin (Doc) Stull Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day Show on ESPN Sports Talk Radio 1340 AM every day at 7:55 AM and again during the day.

Sports Today and in the Day - A highly entertaining and informative cultural commentary on the world of sport. From baseball to boxing, from the athlete of the future to the those in ancient Greece, from steroids to Sparta, Sports Today and in the Day shows us the past is truly prologue!

Faculty Psychology Department Graduate Students and Faculty Psychology

The HSU School Psychology Program received national approval from the National Association of School Psychologists through December 2015.

Faculty submitted a folio describing the program, containing comprehensive data regarding graduate student outcomes including scores on the ETS national licensing exam, practica and internship performance, and a comprehensive and culminating portfolio.

This approval means that HSU meets the highest national standards for training sub-doctoral school psychologists, and can compete nationally for top graduate students. It also means that HSU graduates automatically qualify for their credential as a nationally certified school psychologist upon graduation.

Faculty Brent Duncan, Professor, Department Chair Psychology

Brent Duncan recently returned from a research trip to Vietnam, his second in the past 6 months. In addition to delivering an invited paper to the 2nd International Conference on School Psychology in Vietnam, he visited 4 universities regarding collaboration with US universities to train school psychologists for work in Vietnamese public schools. With colleagues from Long Beach Unified School District, CSULB and Chapman University, he then conducted a 32-hour training on delivering mental health services in schools, sponsored by Hanoi National University of Education. More than 40 university lecturers and school-based psychologists from throughout Vietnam attended the workshop.

Faculty Dr. Tasha R. Howe Psychology

Tasha published an article about her experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in Cyprus, working with Greek and Turkish Cypriots on issues related to child maltreatment. The article makes recommendations for social work instructors who wish to globalize their students' thinking and experience. The article is titled, "International Child Welfare: Guidelines for Educators and a Case Study from Cyprus." It was published in the Journal for Social Work Education, Vol. 46., No. 3, Fall, 2010.

Student Lindsay Weymouth Psychology

Lindsay Weymouth, a recent graduate of the Master's Program in Academic Research (Developmental Psychopathology emphasis) was awarded the McConkey honor for outstanding thesis at HSU. Her thesis work evaluated a nationwide violence prevention parenting program. The American Psychological Association invited Lindsay to present her results to program implementers in Washington D.C., and her mentor, Dr. Tasha R. Howe, presented the work at the Conference for APA in San Diego.

Alumni Steven Dixon Economics

HSU alum Steven Dixon (’10, economics) has been named a 2010/2011 Capital Fellow by the Center for California Studies, Sacramento. Dixon will be one of 18 Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellows in the year-long, nationally-recognized public policy program, which offers participants hands-on experience in state government. Dixon, a former McKinleyville High School student, was the first president of the California State Student Association under a new constitution adopted in 2009. He is also former Humboldt County Human Rights Commissioner and a former member of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce.

Faculty Department of Social Work Social Work

HSU’s Department of Social Work has received $4,000 of a $40,000 award administered by the non-profit Council on Social Work Education to finance learning and small-group collaboration between eight elders from local indigenous tribes and all of the department’s undergraduate, junior-level students. Ten programs nationwide will benefit from the funding, provided by the John A. Hartford Foundation, which promotes the health and independence of America’s older adults. Department Chair Ronnie Swartz, Coordinator Jamie Jensen and Cultural Liaison and Social Work Faculty Member Michelle Rainer are administering the program.

Faculty Patty Yancey Education

My chapter on "Learning and Teaching Dance in the Elementary Classroom" was published in the new edited volume: Artful Teaching: Integrating the Arts for Understanding Across the Curriculum, K-8 (Editors: David Donahue and Jennifer Stuart; Publisher: Teachers College Press; 2010.) Eight of us authors in the new book were partners in the Arts Education Initiative (AEI), a multi-year, regional initiative funded by the Ford Foundation.

Faculty Brent Duncan, Professor, Department Chair Psychology

Professor Brent Duncan and colleagues from Chapman and Loyola Marymount universities recently presented two 3-day workshops – Providing Mental Health Services in Schools to an audience of over 120 professors and practicing professionals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Vietnamese schools have experienced a recent increase in behavioral problems among youth including incidents of violence, problems with excess videogame and on-line behavior, depression and youth suicide.

Faculty Chris Aberson Psychology

Dr. Aberson recently began a second three-year term as Executive Editor of The Journal of Social Psychology.

He also began new terms on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Applied Social Psychology and Teaching of Psychology.

Faculty Chris Aberson Psychology

Published the book: Aberson, C. L. (2010). Applied Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. New York: Psychology Press.

and the book chapter: Aberson, C. L. (2010). Diversity experiences and intergroup attitudes. In R. J. Crisp (Ed.) The psychology of social and cultural diversity. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Faculty Anthony P. Kontos Kinesiology & Recreation Administration

Dr. Kontos, who is currently on professional leave for 1 year at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, received a $143,000 grant from the US Army Special Operations Forces for research on mild-traumatic brain injury and PTSD. He was elected the American Psychological Association Division 47 Program Chair for 2010-2012, and published an article in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology titled, “Exploring Differences in Computerized Neurocognitive Concussion Testing between African A