This body of work demonstrates competency in skills and services in the ten domains of best practice put forth by the National Association of School Psychologists and is made up of representative professional products from the applied practice of scho . . .

Paleoseismic investigation to identify late Holocene upper crustal movement beneath Arcata Bay has confirmed four buried marsh soils that represent three, possibly four, great southern Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes. Estimated ages of earthquake . . .

The recovery of the endangered Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) has been threatened by compounding effects of habitat alteration including water depletion, chemical contamination of water, hydroelectric operations, and the introduction of no . . .

For the past decade the counseling field in the United States has been changing in order to satisfy the needs of a growing culturally diverse population. Professionals in this field are finding it necessary to understand the different processes cultur . . .

This thesis is a qualitative examination of the events of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul Minnesota. Specifically, I examine the detainment, harassment, and arrest of ten independent journalists before and during street protests su . . .

Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsiae have been shown to cause many human and animal diseases. SRG rickettsial phylotypes G021 and G022 were recently detected in Ixodes pacificus ticks from Napa and California using quantitative real time polymerase c . . .

Almost 75% of the rural Bangladeshi-population does not have access to grid electricity. The solar home systems (SHS) program in Bangladesh, which is managed by the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), has provided millions of rural Ban . . .

An understanding of population demographics is a key component for developing successful wildlife conservation and management plans. However, elusive and secretive carnivores such as river otters can be difficult to trap and observe, making investigat . . .

The body of work presented in my portfolio is reflective of my competence in the roles and responsibilities of a school psychologist as defined by the ten domains of school psychology set forth by the Humboldt State University (HSU) School Psychology . . .