In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Humanities Washington is recognizing 50 individuals and organizations across the state with the Humanities Washington Award—a special expansion of their annual program that usually honors just two recipients each year. We’re proud to share that Professor Emeritus LeRoy Ashby of the WSU Department of History has been named as a recipient of the 2025 Humanities Washington Award. […]
Sabrina González and history major Yudit González participated of the Summer Scholars Research Presentation at WSU-TC. The program allows undergraduate students to conduct research over the summer under the mentorship of a faculty member.
Bob Bauman, Kyley Canion Brewer, and Sabrina González were part in the panel “Grad School 101.” This event is part of the History Department Event Series organized by Sabrina and Bob for the Fall of 2025.
Andra Chastain presented her paper, “Sensing Smog in Santiago: Public Discourses about Urban Air Pollution in Pinochet’s Chile,” at the Urban History Association’s biannual meeting, held in Los Angeles on October 9-12, 2025. She also received an award for honorable mention for Best Book in Urban History from the Urban History Association for Chile Underground: […]
Matt Sutton published an article this week connecting his research to recent events that emphasize the Antichrist.
WSUV History Club Field Trip: The WSUV History Club hosted its first fieldtrip of the academic year on Saturday, October 4th. The Club’s field trip to the Portland Art Museum was funded by WSUV’s Office of Student Involvement and attracted nearly 20 majors from across the campus including History, Human Development, Digital Technology and Culture, […]
Cross Campus Collaboration Between Tri-Cities and Vancouver: Sabrina González presented research and a chapter from her book manuscript, Schools as Laboratories: Eugenics, Feminism, and Childhood in Argentina (1880-1930) at WSUV on Monday, September 29th. Sabrina was a guest speaker for Iván González-Soto’s HIST 361: Immigration, Migration, and Ethnic Identity course. While the class centers on US history, students were encouraged […]
Jesse Spohnholz has been named co-editor of Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte /Archive for Reformation History, an international, multilingual scholarly journal dedicated to the history of religious life in Europe and the world between 1450 and 1750. His appointment is a 5-year term.