Robert Franklin was interviewed for a Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) article, “Hanford Site finally turns nuclear waste into glass” (link opens in new window). Robert spoke about how the history of the Hanford Site contributed to the unique challenge of vitrifying Hanford waste and how that legacy should inform new nuclear projects.
Sabrina González, Robert Franklin, and four undergraduate history majors presented at the Pacific Northwest Foco Conference at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) in a panel entitled “HERitage: Women’s Oral Histories as Healing Practices.” Sabrina González presented “Pedagogy & Community: A Letter to Whom Dare to Teach in Times of Despair” as […]
A new project at Washington State University Tri-Cities is documenting the history of Latinas in central Washington. It will be a lasting archive of stories of immigrant life and resilience:
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.
Below is the link to a story in WSU Insider about the Tri-Cities Latinx oral history project led by Robert Bauman and Robert Franklin. The story highlights some of the individuals they interviewed, along with some of the key themes of the interviews, like labor, education, and the immigrant experience. Read Recording Latino history in […]
Robert Franklin was awarded $30k as part of P25AC005-00-00, better known as, “Documenting Manhattan Project Scientific Achievements at Hanford.” This project will produce a literature review and research report and create a 4-episode podcast series that will “enhance park staff and the public’s understanding of the science processed, design and construction of the Hanford plutonium […]
On May 22, Robert Franklin was awarded as PI $49,401.00 by the National Park Service for a two-year project to document unknown or little-known histories of women who worked on the Manhattan Project at Hanford, locate and access relevant archival materials, conduct oral history research and interviews, and create public history and educational products to […]
On May 17, Robert Franklin presented his paper, “‘We Was a Village; We Were a Family’: The Historic Built Environment of African American East Pasco, Washington at the Manhattan Project National Historical Park (MAPR)” at the annual Vernacular Architecture Forum conference in Wilmington, DE
Join Phil Gruen and Robert Franklin on April 8th for their pub talk, “Plutonium’s Places and the Columbia River Plateau”. The Columbia River Plateau—renowned for its striking geography and agricultural productivity—is seldom recognized as a cultural landscape shaped by the lives of everyday people, and even less frequently examined through the lens of its […]