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Cultural History, U.S.-Japanese relations, American History, Military History, Film
PhD Candidate
B.A., Minot State University; M.A., California State University Fullerton
Office: HSSB 3217 Hours:
Advisor: Paul Spickard
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My research deals with the rise of Japanese and American militarism and the corresponding decline in the two nations' relations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I am especially interested in the numerous war scares, particularly on the West Coast, that punctuated this era, and the various cultural and political players that used the threat of invasion to further their agendas. (more...)
My other areas of interest include:
● film history: early television, early German cinema, film noir, safety films, 1970s cinema, independent film making
● consumer culture
● history of imperialism and immigration
● Cold War culture
● 1960s and 1970s social and protest movements
● thrift stores
Dissertation Title- Fear of the Rising Sun: The Japanese Invasion Sublime in American Culture
Teaching Fields- U.S. History
- Asian American History
- Military History
- American Cultural History
Courses Taught- History 369: California History & Culture
CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Fall 2012
- History 132: A Cultural History of American Warfare
UC Santa Barbara
Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013 (forthcoming)
- ENG 101: Ethics in Engineering
UC Santa Barbara,
Summer 2010, 2011, 2012, Summer 2013 (forthcoming)
- History 7: Social & Political History of the United States, 1865-present, Riverside Community College, Moreno Valley
- History 5: History of Western Civilization, 1500-present, Riverside Community College, Moreno Valley
- History 6: Social & Political History of the United States, to 1865, Riverside Community College, Moreno Valley
Teaching Assistantships- HIS 17A: The American People, Colonial through Jacksonian Era
Fall 2008 - Dr. Plane
- HIS 17A: The American People, Colonial through Jacksonian Era
Fall 2009 - Dr. Plane
- HIS 17B: The American People, 1840-1920
Winter 2009 - Dr. Majewski
- HIS 17B: The American People, 1840-1920
Winter 2012 - Dr. Wahlstrom
- HIS 17C: The American People, World War One to Present
Spring 2008 - Dr. Kalman
- HIS 17C: The American People, World War One to Present
Spring 2009 - Dr. Yaqub
- HIS 5: History of the Present
Fall 2010 - Dr. O'Connor
- ENGR 101: Ethics in Engineering
Summer 2008,2009; Winter 2011; Spring 2010,2011 - Drs. Swiontek, Walling, Boggs
- AS AM 1: Introduction to Asian American History, 1850 - Present
Winter 2009 - Dr. Zhao
- CH ST 1A: Introduction to Chicana/o Studies
Fall 2010 - Dr. Garcia
Publications- Encyclopedia entries for ABC-CLIO’s African American Experience and Pop Culture Universe Database. Spring 2010, 2011
- “The Stockholder and Corporate Abuse of Power: An Illustrative Case,” in Law in the Western United States, edited by Gordon Morris Bakken, 2001
- “Port of Sin: Legal Plight of Chinese Prostitutes in San Francisco,” Welebaethan Journal of History, 1998
Awards- History Associates Fellowship, 2011
- 2011 PCB Presidents' Graduate Student Travel Award
- Academic Senate Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2011
- Lawrence B. DeGraaf Prize for Best Overall History Paper, Cal State, Fullerton, 1998
Conferences- “’Avenge Ellwood!’ Commemorating The Japanese Attack on Goleta, 70 Years Later,” Goleta Valley Historical Society, Goleta, CA, 2012
- ‘Lie Down, Santa Barbara, You’re Dead,’: Myth-making and Conspiracy in Remembering the 1942 Shelling of Ellwood,”
PAMLA Conference, 2011
- “‘Santa Barbara is in flames’: The Shelling of Ellwood, the Battle of Los Angeles, and 50 Years of Japanese War Scares,” PCB-AHA 2011
- “A Sight to Damn the Fairest Nation: The California Press Reaction to the 1894 Port Arthur Massacre,” Disjunctions Conference, UCR, 2004
- “Fear of the Sun: California’s Reaction to the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895,” Disjunctions Conference, UCR, 2003
Master's Thesis Title- "The Brazen Throat of War: California Press Reaction to the Sino-Japanese War and the Growth of Japanese Militarism"
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