Archive for month: January, 2016
Just Announced: SSRIC Social Science Student Symposium
Thursday, May 5, 2015 at San Diego State University
The CSU SSRIC Social Science Student Symposium (S4, pronounced “ess four”) is modeled on professional conferences in the social sciences. The Council invites all undergraduates and graduate students, from all CSU campuses and California community colleges, in all areas of the social sciences, to present their research to their peers.
Individual and group papers are welcome. Participants will make oral presentations of about 15 minutes in length. Lunch will be provided to participants.
The atmosphere of the Symposium is relaxed, and the emphasis is on meeting and sharing with students with similar interests from throughout the CSU.
Presenting on Pervasive Plastics at the Ventura Chapter Surfrider Meeting
Next Tuesday, February 2, 2016, Dr. Steele, Dorothy, & I are presenting our research on plastics at the next Surfrider Foundation Ventura General Meeting. Our research pairs well with Surfrider’s “Rise Above Plastics” campaign and I am excited to share what we’ve been working on.
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Spring Semester is Here!
Welcome to my CI Keys page, which will be the hub for all of our course information. Please bookmark this page so that you can return to it easily throughout the semester. You can use the menu to view the page for your course. See you soon! – Dr. A
Ventura County Surfrider Presentation on Pervasive Plastics
The local Ventura Surfrider has invited us to share our research project as it falls in line with the “Rise Above Plastics” campaign. Tuesday, February 2nd at Patagonia Headquarters in Ventura Dr. Clare Steele, Michaela Miller and I will be presenting our research projects of Pervasive Plastics in our sandy beach environment.
Muddy Problems
Got all of my surveying done over the break, but noticed a potential problem. With the coming El Nino, we will potentially be seeing storm events in larger frequency and quantities. During the last survey, we struggled through some mud to collect the data. I imagine as the storm events grow, hiking through the mud–or causing erosion–will become problematic!
Other than that, everything’s golden.
3×10 elevation transects complete
2×10 vegetation transects complete
Island Voices: Capturing Student Testimonials in FIT’s Live Action Studio
As much time as I’ve spent in the FIT Studio since it opened in 2014, I’d avoided wandering all the way back to the Live Action Studio for fear that I was far from qualified to enter its soundproofed walls. Then this past fall, circumstances compelled me to overcome my reluctance and take on a project that […]
After the Spill: Oil & Coastal Wetland Loss
Recovery in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon has been something of a slow recovery when it comes to the most impacted communities (mid- and deepwater). More readily-viewable areas have seen mixed recovery.
Much of the discussion in Louisiana has centered around the payments or “getting back to work.” A new documentary, After The Spill, by Jon Bowermaster, places the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill into the context of Louisiana’s perpetual lovefest with the oil and gas industry that has been a key driver of wetland loss and coastal erosion for more than seven decades.
Last Friday, the documentary screened at the Joy Theater in New Orleans. Check out this provocative documentary on a screen near you and join the debate and discussion about the appropriate role of oil and gas extraction along the Gulf Coast.
See Mark Schleifstein’s summary here (from NOLA.com).
