Awards

The Anthropological Studies Center's Oral Historian/Staff Archaeologist, Dana Shew, will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) to produce a resource study on Colorado's WWII Japanese internment site, Amache. The study will synthesize existing knowledge of Amache, conduct comparative analysis between Amache and similar sites of significance, and establish themes for the scholarly and stakeholder communities to further investigate.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct an archaeological study for The Sierra Fund for their proposed Champion Mine Trail near Nevada City, California, and prepare a summary letter report assessing the project's potential impacts to any identified cultural resources and make recommendations, as warranted.

The “Subscription” service will consist of a fixed fee annual payment that includes semi-annual delivery of the latest available digital information regarding historical resources (geo-location+resource, PDF+resource, database row), and reports (report geo-location+report, PDF+report, database row), for the entirety of the counties of Caltrans, District 4 that are maintained by the Northwest Information Center (NWIC). The services provide Caltrans with information crucial to the management and stewardship of resources under its ownership and control.

NASA's Neurodiversity Network is a five-year program to redevelop existing NASA resources for use with neurodiverse learners, with a special focus on autistic learners. SSU is partnering with Educational Development Corporation and New York Hall of Science to test the resources with northern California high schools that specialize in autistic learners, as well as informal audiences in New York City. This program was inspired by Prof.

Sonoma State University will conduct the Campus Sexual Assault (CT) Program 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, holds offenders accountable, 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 grant supports an expansion of Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA), via four primary components:

1.    Expanding MESA recruiting and support by growing collaborations with CAASE programs (EOP, PUERTA, etc).

2.    Providing incentives for Peer Mentors, undergraduate research, and MESA Honors, to support the financial needs of BIPOC students.

3.    Developing an online interactive guide for student success, which will be tested by MESA students.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will design and develop interpretive displays and products for the reconstructed residential barrack located in its original location at Amache, Colorado. The interpretive products created may be designed for use in various media including but not limited to interior or exterior signage, printed media, digital media, virtual tours, or cell phone apps.

The goal of this effort is to provide the Lake Hartwell project with a GIS tool that will help the project efficiently inventory and manage its cultural resources. Predictive modeling as used in this contract means: A technique that tries to predict the location of archaeological sites or materials in a region, based either on a sample of that region or on fundamental notions concerning human behavior. The model developed shall result in a quantitative estimate of the probability of encountering archaeological remains that have not been previously discovered or recorded in the past.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will design and develop interpretive displays and products for the recreation hall barrack relocated to its original location at Amache, Colorado. The interpretive products created may be designed for use in various media including but not limited to interior or exterior signage, printed media, digital media, virtual tours, or cell phone apps.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will complete Caltrans required documentation of the Lake County Hazardous Tree Removal survey and monitoring in Caltrans specific report format (Historic Property Survey Report, Archaeological Survey Report, etc.) and as addendum reports. Assist with coordination with the Tribal Representatives from Yoche Dehe for monitoring sensitive areas on BLM land. ASC will contract with and pay Yoche Dehe for past and future monitoring associated with this project.