Awards

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will provide an archaeological survey in support of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Diablo Range District's Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Are (SVRA). The Carnegie SVRA is a 4,675-acre off-highway vehicle (OHV) park overseen by the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division and operated by the Diablo District of State Parks. The SVRA is located within unincorporated Alameda and San Joaquin Counties, approximately 15 miles east of Livermore and 12 miles west of Tracy.

This project will explore public perceptions on “micromobility” transportation, such as e-scooters, e-bikes, and motorized skateboards, which have emerged in cities around the world in recent years. The research team will conduct a survey of US adults. Survey topics will include perceptions of safety for both micromobility riders and pedestrians, the potential for micromobility as a first/last mile solution for public transit riders, and road management issues.

Sonoma State University will conduct the Campus Sexual Assault (CT) Program for a fifth year, that offers survivors of sexual violence comprehensive and coordinated services that are survivor/victim-centered, enhances campus safety, provides confidential services to survivors/victims of sexual assault, and includes comprehensive outreach activities that educates and informs all students, staff, and faculty of campus policies and resources regarding sexual assault/ misconduct and increases student awareness, with a focus on underrepresented populations.

This project will produce a report on e-bike safety as commissioned by the California state legislature in Senate Bill 381 (2023). The team will explore existing research on e-bike safety and conduct data analysis on crashes, injuries, fatalities, and the factors behind those events. The team will also look at e-bike policies around the country and world, particularly in places with stronger bike safety performance.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist with cultural resources work in downtown Sacramento during replacement of an electrical substation. ASC anticipates providing an unspecified mix of professional services over the duration of the field recovery and laboratory processing. 

The project is meant to provide an economic model that provides an estimate of what earnings capacity individuals have based on their current or most recent job, the evolution of worker gains in each of the 58 counties, and the wage forecast looking toward 2030. The core outcome of this project is to provide an algorithm that connects the local labor market in California’s counties and regions to determine how someone that needs to pay child support may be able to pay it in the current market and also looking forward over the next five years.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will provide an archaeological survey in support of the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, Sonoma-Lake-Napa (LNU)’s Las Posadas Demonstration State Forest Vegetation Treatment Plan (VTP).

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will provide professional archaeological inventory services for ongoing fire management projects on an on-call basis with specified scopes and budgets developed as warranted.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will be responsible for executing the development and installation of interpretation of the Amache Recreation Hall. This will be done by following and implementing the Amache Recreation Hall Exhibit Concept Plan (authored by the ASC) which will include developing content for the interpretive signs based on the Plan's themes and stakeholder and former internee input. The ASC will direct a graphic designer for the signage and will also select, purchase, and oversee installment of the furnishings, objects, and materials.

This project entails training 172 new directors annually from all TRIO programs.