Julian Dodson’s latest article, “Deception and Danger: Women and Cross-Border Espionage in Mexico, 1923-1929,” appeared in the December 2024 issue of The Latin Americanist, the journal of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). The article focuses on women’s roles in cross-border espionage in exile in the United States and the Confidential Department agents […]
JT Menard (MA 2019) took over the Registrar’s Office at Heritage University in December 2024. Heritage was founded in 1982 on the outskirts of Toppenish, Washington, which is located on the traditional (and current) lands of the Yakama Nation. It works closely with the Nation and enrolled Yakama’s in good academic standing can earn a […]
Andra Chastain gave several invited talks in Chile related to her book, Chile Underground. She spoke at the University of Chile, the Catholic University of Chile, and the University of Diego Portales, where she participated in a conference titled “Neoliberalism and the City,” about the effects of economic reforms on Santiago during Pinochet’s military regime […]
Matt Sutton was presented with the Outstanding Department Chair award at the Crimson Club on December 4. As stated in the recommendation, “Sutton’s leadership has transformed the department by fostering a supportive culture, enhancing interdisciplinary collaborations, and prioritizing access and outreach to our student population and the broader community. His efforts in curriculum reform, securing […]
Will Fieder has been accepted to the join the research methods workshop “Visualizing the Archive: Senses and Silences” at the Newberry Library in Chicago this coming May 2025. The Newberry is one of the U.S’s. preeminent research libraries and offers training and grants on a competitive basis for researchers in a wide range of history.
Ray Sun was interviewed by the Inlander (Spokane) for a cover story in this week’s edition on the naming of a new middle school after a local Holocaust survivor and rescuer, Carla Olman Peperzak.
Ryan Booth spoke at the Esther Reed Chapter (Spokane) of the Daughters of the American Revolution last Saturday. His presentation was on the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act.
Sue Peabody delivered an invited guest lecture, “Indian Ocean Differences,” to Prof. Rachel Jean-Baptiste’s graduate history seminar at Stanford University, 12 November 2024. She is also participating in a roundtable, “Doing Graphic Histories,” at the Western Society for French History in San Francisco, 15 November 2024.
Iván González-Soto participated in a faculty panel discussion on curriculum integration titled “Teaching in the Learning Garden” at WSU Vancouver. The event took place on 11/14, and fellow panelists included Kevan Moffet and Michelle Steen-Adams. The event was hosted by WSUV’s Collective for Social and Environmental Justice, and it highlighted the new Indigenous Traditional Ecological […]
For Veterans Day Week, the “Letter from the Vice President of Research” highlighted Ray Sun’s work on the Fallen Cougars Project: Research Radar: News from the WSU Office of Research