“A Made Up Thing” Full of Depth: The Queer Belonging of Robert Duncan and New Narrative by Robin Tremblay-McGaw

“…This essay argues that Robert Duncan’s conception of his poet self as “a made up thing and at the same time a depth in which my being is” from The Years as Catches links his poetics to his sexuality and that Duncan, at the center of the San Francisco Bay Area “poetry wars,” becomes a source of grand permission in “queer belonging” for New Narrative writers, specifically Robert Glück and Bruce Boone. …”
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Compound coastal flooding in San Francisco Bay under climate change by Zhenqiang Wang, Meredith Leung, Sudarshana Mukhopadhyay, Sai Veena Sunkara, Scott Steinschneider, Jonathan Herman, Marriah Abellera, John Kucharski, Peter Ruggiero

“…Abstract The risk of compound coastal flooding in the San Francisco Bay Area is increasing due to climate change yet remains relatively underexplored. …”
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Temporal Study of Environmental DNA and Acoustic Data Reveals Coexistence of Sympatric Bat Species in a North American Ecosystem by Vrinda M. Suresh, Trevor Hébert, Kirsten Isabel Verster, Elizabeth A. Hadly

“…We used two different methods to assess niche partitioning among insectivorous bats at a site in the San Francisco Bay Area, California: (1) eDNA sequencing of bat feces that were collected weekly from a bat roost, and (2) nightly acoustic recordings of ultrasonic bat calls from recorders at multiple sites. …”
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The prevalence and correlates of biomarker positive unhealthy alcohol use among women living with and without HIV in San Francisco, California. by Jennifer P Jain, Yifei Ma, Carol Dawson-Rose, Glenn-Milo Santos, Alvina Han, Jennifer Price, Judith A Hahn, Phyllis C Tien

“…We analyzed data from a cross-sectional study among women enrolled in the San Francisco Bay Area site of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). …”
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Designing the First Pregnancy Guaranteed Income Program in the United States: Qualitative Needs Assessment and Human-Centered Design to Develop the Abundant Birth Project by Deborah Karasek, Jazzmin C Williams, Michaela A Taylor, Monica M De La Cruz, Stephanie Arteaga, Sabra Bell, Esperanza Castillo, Maile A Chand, Anjeanette Coats, Erin M Hubbard, Latriece Love-Goodlett, Breezy Powell, Solaire Spellen, Zea Malawa, Anu Manchikanti Gomez

“…MethodsThe research team included community researchers, community members with lived experience as Black or Pacific Islander pregnant, and parenting people in the San Francisco Bay Area. The team conducted needs assessment interviews and facilitated focus groups with participants using human-centered design methods. …”
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Reflections of Foster Youth Engaging in the Co-Design of Digital Mental Health Technology: Duoethnography Study by Ifunanya Ezimora, Tylia Lundberg, Dylan Miars, Jeruel Trujeque, Ashley Papias, Margareth V Del Cid, Johanna B Folk, Marina Tolou-Shams

“…ObjectiveThe aim of this paper is to reflect on the experiences of 4 foster youth involved in the co-design of FostrSpace, a mobile app designed through a collaboration among foster youth in the San Francisco Bay Area; clinicians and academics from the Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health research team at the University of California, San Francisco; and Chorus Innovations, a rapid technology development platform specializing in participatory design practices. …”
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