January 2025

Editorship of Local Publication Taken Over By WSU History

Graduate students Alison Moon and Berit Davis have teamed up with new Bunchgrass Historian editor Dr. Katy Whalen to revitalize the Whitman County Historical Society’s semi-annual publication. Their debut issue explores the fascinating history of Pullman’s Main Street, offering historical context to the recent downtown renovation project. The publication, previously edited by former WSU History […]

Dr. Dodson Latest Article

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 […]

Dr. Whalen Publishes Chapter

Katy Whalen published a chapter in the newly published anthology, Nature Unfurled: Asian American Environmental Histories, ed. Connie Chiang (University of Washington Press). Her chapter, “A New Immigration Peril: Race and Erasure in the Making of the Pacific Oyster on Washington’s Coast,” examines the roles that Japanese immigrant labor, scientific knowledge, and economic connections played in […]

Dr. Whalen Chapter Published

Katy Whalen published a chapter in the newly published anthology, Nature Unfurled: Asian American Environmental Histories, ed. Connie Chiang (University of Washington Press). Her chapter, “A New Immigration Peril: Race and Erasure in the Making of the Pacific Oyster on Washington’s Coast,” examines the roles that Japanese immigrant labor, scientific knowledge, and economic connections played […]