Thursday, April 22

CGS Past Presidents Summit

6:00-7:00 p.m.

Host: Matthew Derrick

Friday, April 23

Keynote Address

4:00-4:50 p.m.

Host: Matthew Derrick

Between the Lines: California’s Carceral and Abolitionist Geographies

Sharon Luk, University of Oregon

Attuned to dynamics “between the lines” that define dominant boundaries of race, uneven development, and cultural production in California’s global history, the Keynote Address will interrogate the asymmetrical contradictions of California’s carceral and abolitionist geographies. Through the lens of her book, The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity (University of California Press, 2018), Luk will present a general analysis of the interlocking relationships between the development of public infrastructure and attendant practices of immigrant detention (1880s-1920s), civilian reconcentration (1940s), and mass incarceration of Western civilization’s ever-growing surplus populations (1960s-present). Within these processes, she will also trace the quotidian practices of social life and reproduction, discernible in these instances through letter correspondence that establish foundations for sustainable futures beyond landscapes of the forever war.

Panel Discussion

5:00-5:50 p.m.

Host: Matthew Derrick

Incarceration to Education: Changing Narratives in Higher Education at California State University

Join us a lively discussion with Project Rebound students across the state of California. Project Rebound Humboldt State will moderate the panel of current Project Rebound students from CSU Stanislaus, CSU Northridge, and Humboldt State University. Topics of discussion will touch on experiences of youth incarceration, reentry, education while incarcerated and post-incarceration, and positive social changes made on campus.

Saturday, April 24

Poster Presentations

Presentation and judging begin at 9:00 a.m.

Host: Peggy Hauselt

Abstracts and Display

Cartography Presentations

Presentation and judging begin at 9:00 a.m.

Host: Scott Crosier

Abstracts and Display

Session 1

8:45-9:45 a.m.

Session 1A - Undergraduate Papers

Host: Alison McNally

Humboldt Geographic as Social Cognition: Visioning What Geographers Do

Leo Kepcke, Humboldt State University

Looking at Recovery Rates and Spatial Distribution Patterns of the Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) after Impacts of Sea Star Wasting Disease*

Gwenyth Greco, CSU Northridge

Data Exploration and Visualization of Air-Soil-Plant Variables for the Study of Water Dynamics in Chaparral Communities

Sagar Limbu, CSU Northridge

Session 2

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Session 2A - Undergraduate Papers

Host: Alison McNally

Nature’s Spigot: Bofedal Presence in the Peruvian Andes Mountain Range*

Katie Piper, Humboldt State University

Soil Moisture and Surface Temperature Variation in Artemisia California Plant Community

Maged Saad et al.

Post Wildfire Survival of P. sabiniana

Cody Leviloff, Humboldt State University

Session 2B - Graduate Papers

Host: Ryan Miller

San Diego’s Hybrid Urban Borderlands – An Urban Landscape- and Border-Theoretical Perspective on the Redevelopment of America’s Finest Downtown*

Albert Rossmeier, University of Tuebingen, Germany

A Uniquely Southern California Experience: Understanding How Individuals Experience Outdoor Spaces Through Sense of Place and Nature Connection*

Aspen Coty, CSU Northridge

The Las Vegas Water Grab is Dead: Prior Appropriation Water Law at Its Best?

Jared Whear, Syracuse University

Presidential Plenary Session

1:00-1:50 p.m.

Host: Matthew Derrick

Claiming Concrete Canvas: The Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project

Amana Harris, Attitudinal Healing Connection

The Oakland Super Heroes Mural Project (OSH) claims almost 20,000 square feet of Caltrans property in an attempt to beautify and deliver a message of hope through art, creativity, and imagination. OSH leads children and youth in being the conceptual designers of the art in their community while being civically engaged and advocates for creative change. Learn about the journey and lessons learned to increase cultural capital in the marginalized but rapidly gentrified community of West Oakland. Attitudinal Healing Connection is the community-based organization behind the work, fueled by visionary Executive Director Amana Harris.

Please consider making a donation to Attitudinal Healing Connection.

Session 3

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Session 3A - Undergraduate Papers

Host: Alison McNally

Climate Change Impacts on Tourism in the Caribbean*

Kennedy Skinner-Plunkett, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

An Assessment of Air Pollution and Geography of Oman

Karolis Batuchtinas, Soka University of America

Statistical Analysis of Air-Soil Variables for Ecological Forecasting in Chaparral Communities

Narges Aminimoghaddam and Sagar Limbu, CSU Northridge

Session 3B - Graduate Papers

Host: Ryan Miller

"The World Has Changed and the Wiyot Changed with It": Processes and Rationale of Cultural Landscape Decolonization on Wiyot Ancestral Land*

Mark Adams, Humboldt State University

Transit-oriented Development and Gentrification in Los Angeles’ Koreatown*

Ryan Koyanagi, CSU Fullerton

Unmapped Geographies: Genealogy and Historical Space of the Antelope Valley’s Landscapes

David Lawrence, CSU Northridge

Session 3C - Faculty and Professional Papers

Host: Mario Giraldo

Ground Observations for Water Processes in Chaparral Plant Communities

Mario Giraldo, CSU Northridge

Mapping Suitability of Specialty Crops in California under Current and Future Climate

Gabriel Granco et al., Cal Poly Pomona

Coastal Watershed Monitoring and Management: Flood Modeling of Los Peñasquitos Creek, CA

Suzanne Walther and Ravleen Khalsa-Basra, University of San Diego

Session 4

3:00-4:20 p.m.

Session 4A - Undergraduate Papers

Host: Alison McNally

Patterns of Injustice: Environmental Concerns in Michigan Through the Eyes of the Community*

Kara Jueckstock, South Dakota State University

Private, Not Public: Hostile Architecture and the Quiet Policing of Public Space*

Jenna Ver Meer, Humboldt State University

Placing Memory, Preserving Individual Stories Amid Myth: The Humboldt Cannabis Oral History Project*

Jessica Janecek, Humboldt State University

Identifying Barriers to Education among Andean Youth of Apurímac, Peru*

Jackeline Pedroza, Humboldt State University

Session 4B - Graduate Papers

Host: Ryan Miller

Food Waste Geographies: A GIS-based Spatial Analysis of Food Waste Production in Los Angeles County

Lauren Mabe, UC Davis

Sustainable Transportation for HSU Stakeholders: Looking into Access and Behavior*

Aneika Perez, Humboldt State University

Change Detection in Carpinteria Salt Marsh Following the Montecito Debris Flow

Germán Silva, UC Santa Barbara

Session 4C - Faculty and Professional Papers

Host: Dustin Tsai

Bringing Geography to the Community: Community-based Learning and the Geography Classroom

Amy Rock, Humboldt State University

What Political Comics Can Tell Us about the Social Geography of COVID-19

Kris Bezdecny, CSU Los Angeles

A Tale of Two Croatias: How Club Football (Soccer) Teams Produce Radical Regional Divides in Croatia’s National Identity

Dustin Tsai, San Joaquin Delta College

Business Meeting

4:30-5:30 p.m.

Host: Matthew Derrick

Awards Ceremony

Opening at 6:00 p.m.

Host: Matthew Derrick

Sunday, April 25

Virtual Field Trips

Each session is scheduled for a total 50 minutes, with each virtual field trip lasting about 30 minutes and followed by 15-20 minutes for Q&A.

Host (for all sessions): Ryan Miller

10-10:50 a.m.: A Tour of Cycling Infrastructure in Davis, CA

Ryan Miller, UC Davis

11-11:50 a.m.: The Education State: Victoria, Australia

Robert O'Keefe, Santa Monica College

12-12:50 p.m.: Hi/Lo Desert Landscape Art

Cindy Nance, Mt. San Jacinto College

1-1:50 p.m.: Six Stops, Six Ecosystems along the Panoramic Highway in Marin County

Robert Gorcik, Los Angeles City College

Take a self-guided field trip to over 135 California destinations

at https://www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com/

Graciously provided by William Selby, Rob O'Keefe, and Jing Liu at Santa Monica College.

* Research or Activism in Social or Environmental Justice