{"id":2300,"date":"2021-03-31T14:41:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/?page_id=2300"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:12:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:12:30","slug":"2021-faculty-and-staff-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/2021-faculty-and-staff-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Faculty and Staff Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tFaculty and Staff Spotlight\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Department of History hosts &#8220;Past as Prologue&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/NWPB_Logo_Header.png\" alt=\"Northwest Public Broadcasting.\" width=\"375\" height=\"96\">History department faculty launched a new partnership with Northwest Public Radio titled \u201cPast as Prologue.&#8221; Faculty and students have been recording history segments that play on Fridays during <em>Morning Edition<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Please explore the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/past-as-prologue\/\">Past as Prologue<\/a>&#8221; series and take a look at the episodes below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Bauman presented \u201cWhat is an American? Asks a Soldier from Pasco Whose Family Was Interned.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Peter Boag presented \u201cHarry Allen in the Northwest and the Slow History of Trans Acceptance.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Julian Dodson presented \u201cThe Cristero War and U.S. Immigration.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ken Faunce presented \u201cA Seattle Police Bootlegging Racket Informs Lessons of Modern Drug Cartels.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Robert Franklin presented \u201cRemembering a Pasco Civil Rights Protest and Discrimination that Built the Tri-Cities.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Tracey Hanshew presented \u201cHow Northwest Women in Rodeo Changed Perceptions of Ability.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Robert McCoy presented &#8220;Sheep, Ranching, and The Beginning of Industrial Agriculture in the Northwest.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Karen Phoenix presented \u201cHow the Namesake of Pullman Tried to Improve Worker\u2019s Lives but Failed.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Matthew A. Sutton presented \u201cEnd Times Preaching in Seattle and the Politics of the Apocalypse.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Thigpen presented \u201cRace, Missionaries, and the Whitmans\u2019 Marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Puck Brecher promoted to professor<em><br>\n<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2321 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Brecher-Puck-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"Puck Brecher\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">Recently promoted to full professor, Puck Brecher teaches courses on East Asia and specializes in early modern and modern Japanese social and cultural history. His past research projects have focused on Japanese thought, aesthetics, urban history, and race, as well as contemporary environmental issues. Currently he is working on several projects pertaining to the history of Japanese veterinary medicine and the historical development of private spheres in Japan.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Theresa Jordan promoted to professor, career track<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2389 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Jordan-Theresa-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"Theresa Jordan\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\"> Recently promoted to full professor, career track, Theresa Jordan taught at Idaho State University from 1992 through 2001 and began teaching at WSU in 2001. Her primary interests include Secondary Teacher Education, World History, European Medieval History, and Roman History.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Andra Chastain published in <em>Comparativ<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2113 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2020\/06\/Chastain-Andra-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"Andra Chastain\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">Assistant Professor Andra Chastain published \u201cRethinking Basic Infrastructure: French Aid and Metro Development in Postwar Latin America\u201d in <i>Comparativ. <\/i>The article examines French metro-building in Latin America as part of a special issue on urbanization and international development in Africa and Latin America since 1945. Andra B. Chastain, \u201cRethinking Basic Infrastructure: French Aid and Metro Development in Postwar Latin America,\u201d <i>Comparativ <\/i>vol. 30 no. 1\/2 (2020): 128-141.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparativ.net\/v2\/issue\/view\/160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read the abstract<\/a> for this article in <em>Comparativ<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Ken Faunce presents at Latah County Historical Society<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ken Faunce, associate professor, career track, presented \u201cSay it Loud: The Civil Rights Movement and American Pop Culture\u201d for the Latah County Historical Society. Faunce&#8217;s presentation has been embedded below for easy viewing!<\/p>\n<p><div class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='640' height='390' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZltRBHYuvk8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Lawrence Hatter in the <em>Washington Post<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2394 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Hatter-Lawrence-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Hatter-Lawrence-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Hatter-Lawrence-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Hatter-Lawrence.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>Associate Professor Lawrence Hatter authored a piece on the last siege of the Capitol in the<em> Washington Post<\/em> titled \u201cThe Similarities to the Last Invasion of the Capitol Matter, So Do the Differences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He writes, &#8220;Americans are struggling to make sense of the chaotic sense of armed insurrectionists rampaging through the halls of the capitol on Wednesday. In such moments of crisis, it is only natural that we look to what we know. For some historians and pundits, that meant the parallels to the attempt by British forces to burn the building on Aug. 24, 1814.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2021\/01\/11\/similarities-last-invasion-capitol-matter-so-do-differences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read Hatter&#8217;s article<\/a> in the Washington Post.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Daily Evergreen writes about Linda Heidenreich&#8217;s <em>Nepantla Squared<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2383 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Heidenreich-2-Linda-198x198-1-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">WSU\u2019s student paper, <em>The Daily Evergreen,<\/em> published an article about Associate Professor Linda Heidenreich\u2019s new book, <i>Nepantla Squared.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Daily Evergreen<\/em>&#8216;s Anna Young interviewed Heidenreich, inquiring about inspirations and exploring the writing process. Young also spoke with doctoral candidate, Veronica Sandoval about her experience assisting with the bibliography for the book and her experience working with, and learning from Heidenreich.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyevergreen.com\/88450\/mint\/new-book-tracks-trans-mestiz-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read the article<\/a>, &#8220;New book tracks trans Mestiz@ history,&#8221; in <em>The Daily Evergreen<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Shawna Herzog presents for Honors Student Advisory Council<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2344 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Herzog-Shawna-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"Shawna Herzog\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">This spring Instructor Shawna Herzog discussed her research and recent publication, <i>Negotiating Abolition<\/i>, for the Honors Student Advisory Council Distinguished Lecture. The event was held on April 5, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/2021-faculty-publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a> about <em>Negotiating Abolition: The Antislavery Project in the British Straits Settlements, 1786\u20131843<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Noriko Kawamura essay published in edited volume<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2399 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Kawamura-Noriko-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">Professor Noriko Kawamura\u2019s essay \u201cNaval Powers in the Pacific at the Crossroads\u201d appears in Tosh Minohara and Evan Dawley\u2019s edited volume, <i>Beyond Versailles: The 1919 Moment and a New Order in East Asia,<\/i> published with Lexington Books in 2020. The essays examine the effects of the Great War and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in East Asia.<\/p>\n<p>You can find further description of this collection by <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781498554466\/Beyond-Versailles-The-1919-Moment-and-a-New-Order-in-East-Asia\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">JoAnn LoSavio published in <em>International Journal of History of Sport<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2417 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/JoAnn-LoSavio-2020-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\"> JoAnn LoSavio, assistant professor, career track, published, &#8220;Burma in the Southeast Asia Peninsula Games, 1950-1970: Buddhism, Bodhisattvas, Decolonization, and Nation Making through Sport&#8221; in the <i>International Journal of the History of Sport<\/i>. You can read the abstract or full article via <em>Taylor &amp; Francis Online <\/em>by <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09523367.2020.1846527\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32;\">Nikolaus Overtoom published in <em>Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae <\/em>and leads virtual presentations<br \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1802 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2019\/05\/overtoom-pic1-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" \/>Nikolaus Overtoom, assistant professor, career track, published, \u201cThe Parthians\u2019 Failed Vassalage of Syria: The Shortsighted Western Policy of Phraates II and the Second Reign of Demetrius II (129-125 BCE)\u201d in <i>Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae<\/i> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Overtoom also presented work from his publication, <i>Reign of Arrows,<\/i> for the Dallas Fort-Worth Archeological Institute of America, sponsored by World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, hosted virtually by the University of North Texas. He was also featured on the Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures <a href=\"https:\/\/worldlanguages.unt.edu\/events\/online-lecture-understanding-parthian-success-and-reconstructing-parthian-history-hellenistic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaker series<\/a>, and watch his Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages episode on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rZ3iv3xR1Ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Parthians<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32;\">Sue Peabody consulted on <i>L\u2019\u00e9trange histoire de Furcy Madeline <\/i>and essay publication<i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2017\/05\/sue-peabody-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" \/>Professor Sue Peabody recently consulted on <i>L\u2019\u00e9trange histoire de Furcy Madeline<\/i>, a catalogue companion to the exhibit by the same name which opened last fall in R\u00e9union. Together with the museum director, she is in the process of creating a bilingual traveling exhibit, as well as a pedagogical website. An independent documentary film is also in the works. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musee-villele.re\/fr\/letrange-histoire-de-furcy-madeleine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learn more<\/a> about the <em>L&#8217;\u00e9trange histoire de Furcy Madeleine, 1786-1856 <\/em>exhibit. <em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peabody also published an essay, \u201cSlaves as Witnesses, Slaves as Evidence: French and British Prosecution of the Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean,\u201d\u00a0 in <i>Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: \u201cThe King is Listening,\u201d<\/i> edited by Nancy Christie, Michael Gauvreau and out through Routledge in 2021. You can read the full book description for <em>Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: &#8220;The King is Listening.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Jesse Spohnholz featured on New Books Network<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1111 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2017\/05\/Spohnholz-Jesse-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">Professor Jesse Spohnholz was featured on the New Books Network podcast discussing his book, <i>The Convent of Wesel: The Event that Never was and the Invention of Tradition<\/i> from Cambridge University Press in 2017, paperback 2020. This episode was hosted by Jana Byars, the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/the-convent-of-wesel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen to this discussion<\/a> between Drs. Spohnholz and Byars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Clif Stratton published in <em>Atlanta Studies<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2406 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Stratton-Clif-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">Clif Stratton, associate professor, career track, published \u201cBronze Hammer: Race and the Politics of Commemorating Henry Louis Aaron\u201d in <i>Atlanta Studies<\/i> om February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The journal editor introduces the article by noting, &#8220;In the immediate wake of the passing of Henry Aaron on January 22, 2021, Clif Stratton examines how race shaped Atlanta&#8217;s historical efforts to memorialize the accomplishments of the home run king.&#8221; You can read the entirety of <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18737\/atls20210202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stratton&#8217;s article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Ray Sun&#8217;s Fallen Cougars project and work with U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1451 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2018\/04\/modern-ray-sun-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"Raymond Sun\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">Associate Professor Raymond Sun\u2019s Fallen Cougars project was featured in <em>WSU Magazine<\/em>\u2019s Winter 2020 issue. The article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.wsu.edu\/2020\/10\/31\/fallen-but-not-from-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fallen, but not from history<\/a>\u201d discusses the work done on the project by Sun and History department students.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2409 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/USHMM-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"United States Holocaust Memorial Museum \" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">Sun also helped to initiate collaboration between WSU and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to bring the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture and programming to the Northwest. This is the beginning of a multi-year regional initiative to address anti-Semitism, racism, and histories of persecution in North America. You can read about this collaboration in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wsu.edu\/2020\/11\/18\/meyerhoff-lecture-programming-coming-wsu\/?utm_source=WSUNews-enewsletter\">WSU Insider<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32\">Matthew Sutton published in <em>The New Republic<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1964 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2020\/05\/Sutton18-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\">In response to the U.S. Capitol riot in January 2021, Professor Matthew Sutton published \u201cThe Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America\u201d in <i>The New Republic.&nbsp; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While Americans around the country watched an inflamed mob overrun the Capitol on January 6,&#8221; Sutton writes, &#8220;the evangelical participants in that mob saw something else: a holy war. Insurgents carried signs that read &#8216;Jesus Saves,&#8217; &#8216;In God We Trust,&#8217; &#8216;Jesus 2020,&#8217; and &#8216;Jesus Is My Savior, Trump Is My President.&#8217;\u201d You can read the full article in <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/160922\/capitol-riot-revealed-darkest-nightmares-white-evangelical-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The New Republic<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #981e32;\">Katy Whalen on Oyster Soiree panel<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2414 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3205\/2021\/04\/Whalen-Katy-198x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" \/> Katy Whalen, associate professor, career track, was on a panel co-sponsored by the Museum of Food and Drink and New York public radio on October 27, 2020, to talk about social and environmental issues in oystering, past and present. Whalen spoke about the role played by Japanese immigrants and Japanese American oyster laborers in Washington state in creating and facilitating transnational networks in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5421,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3555,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2300\/revisions\/3555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}