{"id":3303,"date":"2024-06-24T13:35:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/?page_id=3303"},"modified":"2024-06-26T11:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T18:36:31","slug":"2024-graduate-student-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/history.wsu.edu\/history-newsletter\/2024-graduate-student-news\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Graduate Student News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HGSA Annual Update by Kyley Canion-Brewer, HGSA President<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The 2023\u20132024 school year was a success for WSU\u2019s History Graduate Student Association (HGSA). This year, HGSA students focused on rebuilding the graduate student community by reinstituting events that were canceled with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. With ten officer roles being filled by a range of MA and PhD students and two new roles created to adapt to a rapidly changing campus community, student participation this academic year was at an all-time high. HGSA students played an active role across the WSU campus and beyond this year. Some, like PhD student Drew Gamboa and MA student Kenzie Deppe, both presented at this year\u2019s WSU InQueery Symposium in October 2023. Others went further afield, like PhD student Ryan Hollister, who presented at the Lewis and Clark College’s 43rd Annual Gender Studies Symposium in Portland in March 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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With support from the Department of History, the Roots of Contemporary Issues Program, and the Graduate & Professional Student Organization, the HGSA hosted a range of events. In the fall 2023 semester, we sponsored the Department of History\u2019s annual orientation event for incoming graduate students. During this event, we offered two colloquiums aimed at promoting student success and well-being featuring talks by Professor William M. Tsustui and Bradley Richardson. Professor Tsutsui, who spoke to us from Ottowa University where he serves as president, and Mr. Richardson presented on his work as executive director of Clark Country Historical Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the spring 2024 semester, the HGSA hosted two more colloquiums featuring talks by Professor Dale Graden from the University of Idaho and Professor Megan Asaka from the University of California, Riverside. The HGSA also held a public film screening organized by first-year graduate student Ray Matsumoto. The screening featured the film Shusenjo, <\/em>which centered on the controversy over Japanese comfort women and was followed by a Q&A with the film\u2019s director. In May, we hosted the 2nd Annual HGSA Conference featuring work from graduate students from the WSU and University of Idaho campuses. We are happy to report that the number of presenters at the conference grew considerably this year. The conference also featured a keynote address by Professor Marlene Gaynair that attracted around fifty attendees and participants from around the Palouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\r\n\t\t\t\tKyley Canion-Brewer<\/strong> received the J.W. Scott Fellowship for 2024, and the Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Graduate Fellowship in political science.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tPamela Lee<\/strong> organized a panel proposal that was accepted to appear on the official program for the Association for Asian Studies<\/a> 2024 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tDrew Gamboa<\/strong> was chosen to be a state Humanities Fellow and was awarded the Wayne Stanford History Scholarship.\u00a0\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tJen Moran<\/strong> was accepted as a summer Education Graduate Fellow with Latinos in Heritage Conservation. She was also awarded the Frederick and Liselotte Dumin Memorial Scholarship and a grant from the Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial Fund.\u00a0\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tJessica O\u2019Rourke<\/strong> was hired as assistant curator at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyoming.\u00a0\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tJordan Bergstrom<\/strong> was awarded the Morris Reed Scholarship in history and political science.\u00a0\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tRyan Hollister<\/strong> was awarded the Stan Berry & Siu Family Lifetime Friendship Endowment and a grant from the Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial Fund.\u00a0\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tSaheed Ogunkoya<\/strong> was awarded the Paul C. Anderson Scholarship in history and a grant from the Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial Fund.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tJames Schroeder<\/strong> was awarded the William D. Aiken Memorial Fund, the Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht Scholarship, and a grant from the Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn Memorial Fund.\u00a0\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tSreya Mukherjee<\/strong> received a College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Research Award.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tBerit Davis<\/strong> successfully defended her thesis, \u201cTesting Their Mettle for Metal: Masculine Adventure, Gender, and the Economic Exploitation of the Miners in the Cariboo Gold Rush, 1862\u20131867.\u201d Her committee included Rob McCoy, Lauri Mercier, and Jeff Sanders. Berit is joining the WSU Department of History as a PhD student in the fall.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tKenzie Deppe<\/strong> successfully defended their thesis, \u201cMidwest Drag: Black Community, Resistance and Perseverance.\u201d Their committee included L Heidenreich, Peter Boag, and Luz Mar\u00eda Gordillo.\u00a0Kenzie will be taking on new community projects in Pullman in the fall.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tCamila Nisco<\/strong> successfully defended her thesis, \u201cShaping Japanese Society through Childhood: Themes of Change and Continuity in Cultures of Education and Play in Japan 1945\u20131952.\u201d Her committee included W. Puck Brecher, Noriko Kawamura, and Ashley Wright. Camila will be joining the JET Program for teaching English in Japan in summer 2024.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tTimothy Varney<\/strong> successfully defended his thesis, \u201cMacArthur\u2019s Forgotten Children: The Allied Occupation of Japan and Burakumin.\u201d His committee included W. Puck Brecher, Noriko Kawamura, and Ashley Wright. Timothy will move to Australia to join his partner following graduation.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The department has awarded the following scholarships to support current students pursuing a minor, major, or graduate work in history:<\/p>\n\n\n

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