Awards

In consultation with the CSU Chancellor’s Office, Dr. Laura Monje-Paulson will be responsible for overseeing outreach and education activities at Sonoma State University and will actively engage students, faculty and staff in identifying effective outreach and educational strategies to increase awareness of and understanding about the 2020 Census.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will prepare and implement an Archaeological Testing Plan for the 3330 Geary Blvd Project in San Francisco, California and prepare the Archaeological Testing Memo that presents the findings of the field effort.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist the California Department of Transportation, District 1(CalTrans) and Wylatti Resource Management by providing emergency cultural resource monitoring services for hazardous tree removal work as a result of the damages from the 2017 and 2018 Northern California wildfires in Lake County, CA.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will work closely with the staff of the Presidio Trust Archaeology Lab and conduct archaeological monitoring for the Presidio Tunnel Tops Project in San Francisco, CA.  The Presidio Trust and its contractors are constructing approximately 14 acres of new parkland to connect the Main Post to Crissy Field and there is potential for the inadvertent discovery of potentially significant archaeological materials during the construction excavation for the project.

With this grant, SSU plans to create a comprehensive coordinated community response that is victim ­centered, enhances victim safety, provides confidential services to sexual assault victims, holds offenders accountable, and includes outreach activities at institutions of higher education. Some of the initiatives that this grant will fund include the hiring of a second, full time Confidential Sexual Assault Victims' Advocate, the creation of a campus wide Sexual Misconduct/Assault Response Team, and personnel and resources to support a broad spectrum of outreach programs for the campus.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will supply an archaeologist to deliver an on-site tailgate training session to construction personnel prior to commencement of excavation work at the Belvedere Tiburon Library Expansion Project. ASC will also supply one archaeologist to perform monitoring functions at the site and to prepare a draft and final Archaeological Monitoring Report upon completion.

Through a partnership between Sonoma State's Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis (CIGA) and the CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technician was hired through a competitive process to assist the agency in creating a variety of planning maps. A high-priority product will be pre-fire attack maps in the tri-county area. Pre-attack maps include base imagery overlaid with spatial information on fire control lines, access, gates, water resources, structures, and known hazards.

Through this cooperative agreement, the Northwest Information Center (NWIC) supports the fulfillment of the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) obligations by 1) gathering, managing, and providing access to the statewide inventory of historical resources within the NWIC’s 18 county region; 2) providing guidance in the use and interpretation of historical resources information: and 3) providing broad public education in support of cultural heritage preservation including internships and volunteer opportunities here at Sonoma State University. 

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will manage and research the archaeological collection at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MGAGCC), Twentynine Palms, CA. This will include accessioning the backlog of artifacts and reports, receiving and processing new artifacts and reports, managing and updating inventory database, facilitating and conducting research on the collection, and designing and assembling a full-room interpretive archaeological display.

To meet the need of the ever-increasing need for teachers in California public schools, particularly in the areas of bilingual education, special education, and STEM education, SSU has partnered with Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD) and Santa Rosa City Schools (SRCS) to prepare teacher candidates in the North Bay Teacher Residency Program (NBTRP).