Past Student Presentations
2018-2019
Southwestern Anthropological Association (SWAA) 90th Annual Meeting
April 19, 2019 – April 20, 2019 in Garden Grove, CA
- Undergraduate Students:
- Phoenix Pedro – CSULB Homeless Services Project. Salon.
- Phoenix Pedro – “Barriers to Accessing Homeless Services in Long Beach, CA.” Poster.
- Graduate Students:
- Acacia Audell – “A Series of Unfortunate Events: Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Cycling in and out of Housing Due to Insufficient Funding.” Paper.
- Acacia Audell – “One (Wo)man’s Trash is Another (Wo)man’s Treasure: A Preliminary Study of Homeless Space-Making through the Lens of Material Culture.” Poster.
- Acacia Audell and Thanh Nguyen – “Transforming Spaces: How the Multi-Service Lobby Connects Clients Experiencing Homelessness with Services.” Paper.
- John Ehlers – “Faith from Fiction: Walking the Jedi Path.” Paper.
- Gaby Hernandez – “The Predicament of Living in a Mixed-Status Family.” Film.
- Bryce Leisy – “Gone But Not Forgotten.” Film.
- Sandy Martinez – “’Let’s Talk About the Weather’: Exploring the Effects of Climate Change in a Rural Mexican Village.” Poster.
- Thanh Nguyen – “A New Kind of Social Worker: Homeless Outreach Police Officers in Long Beach, CA.” Paper.
- Michelle Reynolds – “Building Rapport Among the Homeless: The Role of Trust in Staff/Client Relationships in Service Acceptance.” Paper.
- Michelle Reynolds – “The Horses of Free Rein.” Film.
- Katherine Scully – “Pleasers.” Film.
- Alexandra Stohs – “The Construction of Panic.” Paper.
- Jashinique Vaughn – “Talking While Black: Exploring the Language Use of Black Girls.” Paper.
- Breauna Waterford – “Pleasers.” Film.
- Adrian Webb – “Outreach and Outcomes: A Case Study of Drug Use and Its Barriers to Services.” Poster.
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 79th Annual Meeting
March 19, 2019 – March 23, 2019 in Portland, OR
- Undergraduate Students:
- Phoenix Pedro – “Obstacles to Obtaining Services for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Long Beach, CA.” Poster.
- Iris Salazar – “’Let them get to that place’: Understanding the Role of Outreach Staff in Connecting Houseless Individuals to Services.” Poster.
- Graduate Students:
- Acacia Audell – “Lost in Transition: The Compounding Issues Regarding Insufficient Funding for Homeless Services.” Paper.
- Gaby Hernandez – “The Undocumented Perspective: Dissecting the Challenges Currently Affecting Undocumented Students.” Film.
- Sonja Hodgson – “Patient Agency in Interpreter-Mediated Discourses.” Paper.
- Thanh Nguyen – “The Makings of a Home: A Look into Homeless Street Dwellings.” Paper.
- Jeffrey San Agustin Jr. – “Hard Facts/Hard Talk: Exploring Chronic Homelessness and the Declination of Services in Long Beach, California” Paper.
- Allyx Shriver-Rice (and Erin Maddux) – “Quality of Life Officers as Liaisons to Drug Detox and Rehabilitation Centers.” Paper.
World Anthropology Day February 21st, 2019 in CSULB
- Undergraduate Students:
- Elizabeth Chavez – Costa Rica: State Responses to Asylum Seekers. Poster.
- Kirsten Hernandez – Language of Opinion: Analyzing Sympathy Levels for Victims of Collegiate Greek Community Crimes. Poster.
- Josephine Inpanya – Bridge of Communication: The Impact of Multi-Disciplinary Outreach Team on Homelessness in Long Beach. Poster.
- Nancy Navarro – Constraints of Gender Observed in Feminine Language Applied to Understanding Consent. Poster.
- Sandra Nunez, Michael Adler, Enadina Lozeno, and Pedro Garcia – Excavating in the Mangroves. Poster.
- Iris Salazar – “Let them get to that place”: Understanding the Role of Outreach Staff in Connecting Homeless Individuals to Services.”
- Graduate Students:
- Acacia Audell – One (Wo)man’s Trash is Another (Wo)man’s Treasure: A Study of Homeless Space-Making Through the Lens of Material Culture. Poster.
- Gabriela Hernandez, Juan Rosas, and Wendy Klein – Language Access and Linguistic Diversity in Long Beach. Poster.
American Anthropological Association (AAA) 117th Annual Meeting
November 14, 2018 – November 18, 2018 in San Jose, CA
- Undergraduate Students:
- Josephine Inpanya – Bridge of Communication: The Impact of Multi-Disciplinary Outreach Team on Homelessness in Long Beach. Poster.
- Graduate Students:
- John Ehlers – Film. “VR Ethnography”
- Stevie Merino – “I Carry the Pacific Within Me: Chamarro Birth Traditions in Southern California.” Paper.
- Katherine Scully – Film. “Conozca Sus Derechos: A ‘Know Your Rights’ VR Experience.”
2017-2018
Southwestern Anthropological Association (SWAA) 89th Annual Meeting
May 4, 2018 – May 5, 2018 in Fresno, CA
- Undergraduate Students:
- Sarah Forde – Dove Hunters of Nicaragua. Poster.
- Bianca Gallagher – Wanderguard. Film.
- Josephine Inpanya – Bridge of Communication: The Impact of Multi-Disciplinary Outreach Team on Homelessness in Long Beach. Poster.
- Michaela Mauriello and Esly Tsai – Dancing Through the Islands. Film.
- Natalie Miller – The Importance of Politicians Supporting Intersectionality in American Politics. Paper.
- Gabriela Ortiz and Guadalupe Martinez-Rios – Urban Foraging: Unearthing the Roots of Knowledge. Film.
- Katherine Scully – Conozca Sus Derechos: A “Know Your Rights” VR Experience. Film.
- Breauna Waterford and Jazzy Harvey – Built Not Bought. Film.
- Graduate Students:
- Acacia Audell – Lost in Transition: The Compounding Issues Regarding Insufficient Funding for Homeless Services
- Gabriela Hernandez – The Barriers of Being Homeless and an Undocumented Immigrant
- Gabriela Hernandez – The Undocumented Perspective: Dissecting the Challenges Currently Affecting Undocumented Students. Film.
- Alexea Howard – The Embodiment of Control: An Anthropological Study of ProAnorexia Websites. Paper.
- Bryce Leisy – …Lost But Not Forgotten. Film.
- Meagan Martinez – Anxiety: An Experience. Film.
- Stevie Merino – I Carry the Pacific Within Me: Chamorro Birth Traditions in Southern California. Paper.
- Letticia Montoya – Sexuality as a Mediating Factor: Lesbians’ Experience of Intimate Partner Violence. Paper.
- Thanh Nguyen – Enforcement in the Homeless Outreach Process
- Michelle Reynolds – Street Relief: Homelessness, Shelters, and Support in Long Beach
- Jessica Rios – DACAmented. Film.
- Jashinique Vaughn – Normalizing Significant Life Transformation: A Review of Taking Up Services
- Adrian Webb – Drug Use, Mental Illnesses, and Outcomes within the Homeless Outreach Team
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 78th Annual Meeting
April 3, 2018 – April 7, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA
- Graduate Students:
- Sonja Hodgeson, Ronald Loewe, and Barbara LeMaster – Patient Agency through Interpreter-Mediated Discourse in Healthcare. Poster.
American Anthropological Association (AAA) 116th Annual Meeting
November 29, 2017 – December 3, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
- Undergraduate Students:
- Dawn Burns – Santa Muerte, Goddess of Death: Veneration of a Mexican Folk Saint in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles
- Katherine Scully – Standing Rock is Everywhere: Oceti at the Oscars
- Tian Walker, L. Zachary DuBois – Misgendering Experiences of Transgender Men: Findings from the Transition Experience Study
- Graduate Students:
- Stevie Merino – Creating a Space to Call Their Own: Birth Workers of Color and Traditional Knowledge in Los Angeles County
CSU Long Beach Graduate Research Conference
November 13, 2017 in the USU Ballrooms
- Graduate Students:
- Alexea Howard – “The embodiment of control: An anthropological study of pro-anorexia websites.” Paper.
- Stevie Merino – “Birth Disparities and the birth traditions of Pacific Islanders in the U.S.” Paper.
- Nicole Suganuma – “An ethnographic study of the Twitch.TV streamer and viewer relationship.” Paper.
2016-2017
Southwestern Anthropological Association (SWAA) 88th Annual Meeting
April 28, 2017 – April 29, 2017 in San Jose, CA
- Undergraduate Students:
- Bianca Borja – Children and Recycling: The Possibility of a More Sustainable Future. Poster.
- Dawn Burns – Santa Muerte, Goddess of Death: Veneration of a Mexican Folk Saint in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles. Poster.
- Kassandra Chhay – Barriers and Strategies for Academic Success of Cambodian-American Women and Girls. Paper.
- Jinny Choe – Transformation and the Art of Becoming: A Drag Artist’s Perception on Gender Performivity. Film.
- Danielle Claus – The Impacts of Oil Fracturing in Chaco Canyon. Poster.
- Sophia Guthrie – Rave Culture. Film.
- Gabriela Hernandez – The Undocumented Struggle. Poster.
- Jennifer Martinez – The Amazon: Feminist Warrior. Film.
- Sandy Martinez – Purple and Blue: The Colors of Assimilation. Film.
- Katherine Scully – Language as Uncompensated Labor among Service Workers: Presenting an (In)authentic Self. Poster.
- Taree Vargas – Insiders. Film.
- Graduate Students:
- Ambyr Hardy – There Is No “Good Mother” – Complicating Mothers’ Identities. Paper.
- Edgar Hernandez – DACAmented: Students’ Everyday Struggles to Achieve their Dreams. Paper.
- William A. Lucas – Dynamics of Processed Food Consumptions in Q’eqchi’ Maya Community. Paper.
- Steve Merino – Creating a Space to Call Their Own: Birth Workers of Color and Abuelita Knowledge in Los Angeles County. Paper.
- Leah Sakacs – Beyond the Prison Walls, Narratives of Women from California’s Prisons. Paper.
Society for Applied Anthropology(SfAA) 77th Annual Meeting
March 28, 2017 – April 1, 2017 in Santa Fe, NM
- Undergraduate Students:
- Kassandra Chhay – Educational Experiences of 1.5 Generation Cambodian Americans. Paper.
- Graduate Students:
- Alex Bellenger – “Psychological Chains”: Human Trafficking Prevention on a University Campus
- Andrea Carcovich – Fore Against Gravity: A Look at Gender Performance in Women’s Competitive Body Building. Film.
- Ambyr Hardy and L. Zachary DuBois – Identities and Communities in Transition: Examining the Shared Social Support Experiences of Transgender Men and Urban Mothers. Paper.
- Sonja Hodgson (CSULB) and Jennifer Reynolds (U S. Carolina) – Discourse Practices in Chilean Cinema: The Social and Political Functions of Language in Cinema Regarding the 1973 Coup d’Etat in Chile. Paper.
- William A. Lucas – Dynamics of Processed Food Consumptions in Q’eqchi’ Maya Community. Paper.
- Angelique Magdaleno (CSULB), Marcel Young (CSULA), Heidi Perez, and Ashely Glenesk (CSULB) – Righting Historical Wrongs: A Case Study of Two Display Burials. Poster.
- Juvonne McNeill, Ambyr Hardy, and L. Zachary DuBois – Not “Trapped”: Trans Narratives that Challenge Common Understandings of “Gender Dysphoria”. Paper.
- Stevie Merino – Creating a Space to Call Their Own: Birth Workers of Color and Abuelita Knowledge in Los Angeles County. Paper.
- Leah Sakacs – Tell Me Who You Are: Life Histories of Women beyond the Prison Walls. Paper.
World Anthropology Day
February 16th, 2017 in CSULB
- Undergraduate Students:
- Dawn Burns – “Never Nappy” Poster.
- Zachary DuBois, Tian Walker, Ambyr Hardy, and Juvonne McNeill – Poster “Pyschosocial Stress Experience Among Transgender Men: Gender Affirmation and Social Identity Management Early in Transition”
- Carlos Caro – Mapping and Geophysical Survey at Quebracho, Nicaragua. Poster.
- Daniele Claus – The Importance of Obsidian Sourcing in Archaeological Research. Poster.
- Heidi Lucero – Barriers to Cultural Sustainable Gathering. Poster.
- Steven Macharia – Trash, Textiles, and Industry: Stakeholders Within Recycling. Poster.
- Chad Rankle – Analysis of Greater Nicoya Polychrome Pottery Pigments by pXRF. Poster.
- Graduate Students:
- Zachary DuBois, Tian Walker, Ambyr Hardy, and Juvonne McNeill – Poster “Pyschosocial Stress Experience Among Transgender Men: Gender Affirmation and Social Identity Management Early in Transition”
- Bryce Leisy – The Red Road to Recovery: Socialization, Ceremony, & Healing. Poster.
CSU Long Beach Graduate Research Conference
November 7, 2016 in the USU Ballrooms
- Graduate Students:
- Alexea Howard – “Teaching, Learning, and Maintaining Anorexia as a Means of Agency.” Paper.
2015-2016
American Anthropological Association (AAA) 114thAnnual Meeting
November 18-22, 2015 in Denver, CO
- Undergraduate Students:
- Dawn Burns – Never Nappy: Retaining Cultural Identity through Hairstyling Rituals in a Skid Row Homeless Shelter. Paper.
- Taree Vargas – Doing Traditional Feminine Identity and Subverting Perceived Powerlessness through Embodied Communication. Paper.
- Graduate Students:
- Melissa Begey – Green Style: Perceptions and Discourses of Sustainability Among Fashion Designers
2014-2015
Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 80th Annual Meeting
April 15 – April 19, 2015 in San Francisco, CA
- Graduate Students:
- Candice Brennan, Jennifer McElhoes, Cindi Alvitre and Carl Lipo – Best Practices and Community Engagement for Reinternment of CA-Lan-270 (Los Altos Village) Cultural Materials on a National Registry Listed Site. Poster.
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 75thAnnual Meeting
March 24-28, 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA
- Graduate Students:
- Jose Daniel Armendariz – From Mexican Curious to Youth Socioeconomic Empowerment: A Narrative of Contemporary Changes in Downtown Tijuana. Paper.
- Alex Bellenger – Learning To Be a Victim: Sex Trafficking Prevention and Youth Outreach. Poster.
- Leah Sakacs – Reforming Identity & Assessing Need through Narrative. Paper.
- Jacob Schreiber – I Will Follow You Everywhere: Independence and Dependence in Adult Day Care. Paper.
2013-2014
Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 79thAnnual Meeting
April 23-27th, 2014 in Austin, TX
- Graduate Students:
- McElhoes, Jennifer, Carl Lipo, Sherri Gust, Joe Cocke, and Jeanette Harlow – “Paleoindian and Early Archaic in North America.” Poster.
Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 74thAnnual Meeting
March 18-22, 2014 in Albuquerque, NM
- Undergraduate Students:
- Bryn Cartwright – “Yoga Charades and Medical Exchanges in the Land of Yetis.” Paper.
- Judith Stevenson – “Students for Justice in Palestine: Millennials in Action.” Paper.
- Graduate Students:
- Ambyr Hardy – “Building an Urban Village: The Coastal Cuties Family Cooperative in Long Beach, California.” Poster.