SARA & MICHAEL ABRAHAM CAMPUS CENTER
2000 2nd Street,
La Verne, CA 91750
Check-In & Breakfast: 7:45-10:15 am
1st Floor, Lobby/Leo’s Den
Session I: 8:30-10:00 am
Panel 1: Latin American History
– 2nd Floor, Room 205
Panel 2: Modern US Food History
– 2nd Floor, Room 206
Panel 3: History of Greater Los Angeles
– 2nd Floor, Room 207
Break: 10-10:15 am
Session II: 10:15-11:45 am
Panel 4: Nineteenth-Century California History
– 2nd Floor, Room 205
Panel 5: European History
– 2nd Floor – Room 206
Panel 6: American Political and Social History
– 2nd Floor, Room 207
Break: 11:45 am-12 pm
Lunch, Keynote Address, and Awards: 12-1:45 pm
3rd Floor, Ballroom A
Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Hollinger
Break and Advisors Meeting 1:45-2 pm
Session III: 2-3:30 pm
Panel 7: Women’s History
– 2nd Floor, Room 205
Panel 8: Middle Eastern and Asian History
– 2nd Floor, Room 206
Panel 9: Mexican and Mexican American History
2nd Floor – Room 207
DETAILED SCHEDULE
Session I: 8:30-10:00 am
Panel 1: Latin American History
2nd Floor, Room 205
Complicity in the Project of Latin American Colonization
—Peter Wassell, California State University, Los Angeles
Crossing the Boundaries of Empire and Archive: The Spatial Turn in Postcolonial Latin American Historiography
—Marjorie Hunt, California State University, Los Angeles
Dixieland in Brazil: Confederate Descendants in the American Diaspora
—Jordan Robbins, Chapman University
Moderator: William Cumiford, Chapman University
Panel 2: Modern US Food History
2nd Floor – Room 206
The Diner Experience: How Diners Create an ‘Adventure’ for their Patrons
—Bianca Orozco, California State University, San Marcos
Spread and the Unforeseen Rise of Prison Food Culture Online
—Ryan Newell, California State University, San Marcos
Chin’s Szechwan: Blending Authenticity and Invented Tradition in American Chinese Cuisine
—Miguel Garcia, California State University, San Marcos
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen: Food Sovereignty and The Destructive Global Project
—Christine Frazier-Araya, California State University, San Marcos
Moderator: Citlali Sosa-Riddell, California State University, San Marcos
Panel 3: History of Greater Los Angeles
2nd Floor, Room 207
Arbol Verde/El Barrio: A History of Housing Disenfranchisement and Community Resistance
—Jesse Espinoza, University of La Verne
History of Smog in Los Angeles
—Taylor Ward, University of La Verne
“Public Education for Mexican Americans 1965-1975”
—Alejandra Lemus, Chapman University
Moderator: Benjamin Jenkins, University of La Verne
Break: 10-10:15 am
Session II: 10:15-11:45 am
Panel 4: Nineteenth-Century California History
2nd Floor, Room 205
Adapt and React: Modoc Agency during the California Indian Genocide, 1846-73
—Ethan Gauthier, University of California, Riverside
Entangled Motives and Methods: What Anti-Railroad and Anti-Chinese Social Movements Had in Common
—Michele Bertolone, San Jose State University
Lost to Local History: The Overlooked Contributions of Chinese Agriculturalists in Kern County, 1857-1920
—Gabriel Moore, California State University, Bakersfield
Moderator: Clifford Trafzer, University of California, Riverside
Panel 5: European History
2nd Floor, Room 206
The Prose Edda: A Literary Analysis
—Maximilian Thorne, California Lutheran University
A Tale of Two Territories: British Descriptions of Gibraltar and Minorca in the Eighteenth Century
—Robert Coronado, Jr., California State University, Los Angeles
Johnny Get Your Gun: The Effects of Arms Development Before and During the First World War
—Izak Arias, University of La Verne
Moderator: Jeffrey Koerber, Chapman University
Panel 6: American Political and Social History
2nd Floor, Room 207
The Radicalism of Hope: The Obama Presidency and What Comes Next
—Everett Elias, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Saving the Right
—Aniyah Powell, University of La Verne “An International Civil War”
An International Civil War
—Garrett Cuadros, Chapman University
Shifting Culture and a Growing Crisis: How AIDS Redefined Life and Citizenship in America
—Abigail Hunsicker Robles, University of La Verne
Moderator: Miriam Vivian, California State University, Bakersfield
Break: 11:45 am-12 pm
Lunch, Keynote Address, and Awards 12 pm-1:45 pm
3rd Floor, Ballroom A
Break and Advisors Meeting 1:45-2 pm
Session III: 2-3:30 pm
Panel 7: Women’s History
2nd Floor, Room 205
The Korbut: Flipping Cold War Narratives in the 1970s. Female Gymnasts as State Propaganda and the American Media’s Response
—Juliana Marlo Lo, University of San Diego
Genocide Is More Than a Problem of the Past
—Emma Cossey, University of La Verne
Medical Practice in the Nineteenth-Century United States: A Feminine History
—Natalie Iniguez, University of La Verne
Moderator: Allyson Brantley, University of La Verne
Panel 8: Middle Eastern and Asian History
2nd Floor, Room 206
Fleeing Revolutionary Iran
—Katelyn Meinert, Chapman University
In Memoir and Memory: The Servicewoman Experience in the Iraq War
—Kelly Taylor, Chapman University
Thriving: Cultural Development in Edo Japan (1603-1868)
—Kevin Parker, University of La Verne
Moderator: John Chen, California State University, Bakersfield
Panel 9: Mexican and Mexican American History
2nd Floor, Room 207
From Mexicas to Ancient Aztecs, Classical Nahuas, and Modern Indios/as
—Hugo D. Peralta-Ramírez, California State University, San Marcos
Viva Villa: The Legacy of Pancho Villa in the Aftermath of His Body’s Desecration
—Jose Pillado, Chapman University
Mexican, Mexican American, and Chicano: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants During the Chicano Movement
—Kaitlyn Pasillas, Chapman University
Moderator: Juli Minoves-Triquell, University of La Verne