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FOOTNOTES
Department of History, Politics and Sociology La Sierra University
December 2018, Special Holiday Issue 22a
Graduation2018
L-Rbackrow:VanessaSanchez(Hist),MichaelManahan(Soc),AaronPak(Hist),JoeDeniz(Hist),LanceJones(Hist),AnneLarsen(Soc),ChristianJackson(Soc).
Frontrow:KarinPandher(GS),IxelVillanueva(Soc),SalliLee(Soc),KristineKawamoto(Soc),WintaHailemariam(GS),KenCrane,LauraBecerra(Soc),ChrisHuynh(Hist).
Notpictured:SuzanneAguilar(Hist),DanielleChang(Soc),KellyLarios(Hist,Honors),ShaneShelton(Hist),DanielVelasquez(GS),ErinWallace(Soc),EsmeraldaZamora(Soc),KirstenRasmussen(Hist).
Photo:NatanVigna
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FarewelltoJeffDupeeBy:MinjiOh,GlobalStudies/Music&Honors
TherearemanywaystodescribeProfessorDupee.However,thebestwaywouldbejust“ProfessorDupee.”DuringWinterColloquiumDr.Dupeegavethestudentsanabbreviatedstoryofhislifeandhowhefoundhis“calling.”Thoughhedidelaborate,hemanagedtosumitupinonepoignantstatementthatwentalittlesomethinglikethis:“Ilovebeingcalled‘Professor’becauseIlovetoteach.”
However,ProfessorDupeeisnotalwaysthatserious.Hisclasseswere
sourcesofentertainmentaswellaseducation.Hehadamyriadofdifferentmethodstocapturethefleetingattentionofcollegestudentsthathadmuchbetterthingstodo,likestareattheirphones.Forexample,inoneclass,hewouldhavehisstudentstastecheesesfromalloverEuropeandmatcheachcheesetoaEuropeancountry.Additionally,hewouldplaymoviesinmanyofhisclasses,fusinghisloveforfilmwithhispassioninhistory,givingmanystudentsareprievefrom“ordinary”classactivities.
Above:Dr.DupeewithDr.Gutierrez-Romine,perhapsponderingtheoriginsofCasuMarzu?Left:cheeseconnoisieurMonsieurDupee&crew
Itprobablyisveryapparentthatcompletelycontrarytothestereotypeofstrict,scaryprofessors,Dr.Dupeeisextremelyapproachable.Hewouldalwaysbeavailabletotalkifastudenthadconcernsabouttheirgrades,hadquestionsabouttheclassmaterial,orevenjustneededhelpwithpersonalmatters.ProfessorDupeeepitomizedtheimageofthekind,caringinstructor,ofthetypeofMr.KeatinginDeadPoetsSociety,butabitmoresubdued.
Becauseheissuchawonderfulteacherandperson,manyofhisstudentsarestilldisappointedthattheycannottakehisclassesanymore.HeprobablyislivingitupinNipomobutitisaretirementextremelywelldeserved.Afteryearsofinspiring,exciting,helping,andteaching,Dr.Dupeedeservesthebestretirement—untilsomeofhisformerstudentsganguptodraghimbackbecausetheymisshimtoomuch!
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NewInitiatives2018
LisaKohlmeierGraduateSchoolScholarshipInmemoryofLisaKohlmeier,whoservedasahistorianinourdepartmentfrom2005-2017,ascholarshiphasbeenestablishedbyhercolleagues,students,andfriendstoassistcollegeseniorsfacingsteepapplicationfeesforgraduateandprofessionalschool.AndrewHowe([email protected])isspearheadingthefundraisingeffort.Ifyouwishtocontribute,pleasemakeyourcheckouttoLaSierraUniversity,andwrite"LisaKohlmeierScholarship"onthememoline.YoucanthenmailitdirectlytoAdvancement(OfficeofAdvancement/LaSierraUniversity/4500RiverwalkPkwy/Riverside,CA92505).ThankyouforhelpingustomemorializeProf.Kohlmeierinthisway.
NewDelmerRossScholarshipFund:TherecurrentlyexistsanendowedscholarshipinthenameofElmerRoss,namedinHonorofDr.DelmerRoss’sfather,forstudentsinterestedinpursuingLatinAmericanstudies.ThisyearwereceivedanothergenerousgiftfromtheestateofDelmerRosstoestablishanotherscholarshiptohelpsendstudentstotraveltoconferencestopresenttheirresearch.SocialStudies:TeachingEmphasisWeareworkingwiththeSchoolofEducationtodevelopatrackforourmajorstocompleteteachingcredentialcoursesaspartoftheirfour-yeardegree.KatherineKohisleadingthiseffort.NewB.A.inPoliticalScience(we’rebringingitback!)IndayspastweofferedaB.A.inHistoryandPoliticalScience(knowncolloquiallyatthetimeastheHIPSmajor!).HPSstudentsregularlyserveasinternsintheofficesofcongressionalrepresentatives,stateassemblymembers,andlocalgovernment.Theideaofcreatingamajorinpoliticalsciencehaslongbeenconsideredanaturalfitforourdepartment.AproposalforthenewmajoriscurrentlyunderreviewbytheCollegeofArtsandSciences,andhassofarbeenwellreceived.
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BackusLecture2018
Forthe2018BackusLecture,TimothyGolden,whodirectstheDonaldBlakeCenterfortheStudyofRace,Ethnicity,andCultureatWallaWallaUniversitygaveatalkon“TheSicknessUntoLife:Auto-Immunity,Racism,andAmericanDemocracy”,inwhichheexaminedthepermanenceofracismandthemoralobligationtoresistit.
AnativeofPhiladelphia,Pa.,Golden’scareerincluded20yearsasacriminaldefenseattorneyandastintintheFederalCourtofAppeals.
Markyoucalendarsfortheupcoming2019BackusLecture:“WhoDefendsthePersecutedinIraq,Nigeria,andSudan?”TinaRamirezwillsharehowherorganizationHardwiredisfightingreligiousoppressionaroundtheworldthroughindigenousnetworksofleaders.RamirezisauthorofIraq:HopeintheMidstofDarkness.TheeventtakesplaceTuesday,February12,2019,at6:00pmCossentineHall100.
NewCourses
ANTH/HIST 3-- Food and Culture (A. Howe): A study of historical, political, andanthropological dimensions of food, from production to transportation to consumption.Some specific areas to be covered: agriculture, nutrition, disease, commerce, labor,colonialism, immigration, cultural appropriation, aesthetics, taste, social class, family,memory,plenty&privation,regionalidentity,andglobalism.HIST338NatureandCulture(A.Howe,Spring):Anexaminationofthehistoryofhuman-environmentalrelationsintheUnitedStatesandofnatureasaculturalconceptmediatedbyspecificcontextsandcommunities.HIST466ReproductiveHealth,Justice,andPoliticsinAmericanHistory(AliciaGutierrez-Romine):Thiscoursewillexaminereproductiveissuesfromahistoricalandstructuralperspectivetounderstandhowreproductionandreproductiverightsintersectwithhierarchiesofpower.PLSC296SpecialTopics:ImmigrationLaw(M.Shin,Fall2018):Anoverviewofthepoliticalandlegalenvironmentofimmigrationpolicyanditsimplementationinnaturalization,DACA,asylum,andotherformsoffederalimmigrationlaw.
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SpringQuarterDocumentaryScreening2018
Wehadafantasticturnoutforthescreeningofthedocumentary,“Dalya’sOtherCountry”,astoryofateenageMuslimgirlleavingAleppo,herparents’divorce,andherall-girlCatholichighschoolinCalifornia.Apanelofstudents,includingtwofromourGlobalStudiesprogram,respondedtothefilmmakers.CarrieSpecht,(topleftcorner),AssistantProf.ofFilmandTelevision,co-moderatedtheeventalongwithKenCrane;wealsoworkedwithcommunitypartnersWorldAffairsCouncilofInlandSouthernCalifornia.Big“Thanks”toKetsiaDuvallfororganizingthepanelandcreatingthephotomontageabove.
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FallParty2018
Left:photobooth,clockwisefromfarleft:KatyaRose(History)JessicaFlores(History)PaolaElman(Sociology)MonicaMendoza(Sociology)JuliaMorales(Sociology)KetsiaDuval(GlobalStudies)Below:generalmayhemoftheicebreakerPhotos:AliciaGutierrez-Romine
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FacultyNews
AndrewHowe
Dr.Howe’srecentscholarshipincludesbookchaptersonthecinematicportrayalsofSaraRoosevelt,gendertopiainThe100,andreligionasportrayedinGameofThrones,aswellasanarticleonpowerandgovernanceinTheWalkingDead,intheJournalofPopularTelevision(co-authoredwithSeanEvans).RecentconferencepresentationsincludepapersonJohnChristopher’smid-centuryclimatechangefiction(PopularCultureAssociation)andtheOdysseandimensionsofthecattledrivefilm(PacificAncient&ModernLanguagesAssociation).
KatherineKoh
Dr.Kohspentthispastspringonsabbatical,takingtimetoconductresearchinEnglandonanewprojectthatfollowstheadventuresoftheElizabethanJeweller,SirWilliamHerrick.HerresearchtookhertoarchivesinCambridge,Oxford,Manchester,Leicester,andLondon.SheisalsointheprocessoffinishinguparticlesandaneditionoflettersfortheOxfordHistoricalSociety.Inhersparetime,shehasbeenpreparingforhercoursesthisyearinReformationhistory,Islamichistory,intellectualhistory,and(ofcourse)Europeanhistory.
EricVega
Dr.Vegahasrecentlypresentedresearchonmodesofcontactbetweentransnationalfathersandtheirchildren(SocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment)andiscurrentlyinterviewingfathers/parentsontheirlifestylesports(skateboarding)andparentingpractices.Henowteachestheresearchmethodscourseforallthemajorsinthedepartment,aswellasawidearrayofcoursesforthesociologymajorsinpopculture,gender,andfamilies.
WonYoon
Wonisourveteranprofessorandscholarinresidence.HeisworkingonhislatestbookabouttheAsiandiasporaintheAmericasintheperiodbetweentheOpiumWarandthePacificWar(1842to1941).HecontinuestosupportbothourGlobalStudiesandsociologymajorswithhisspecializationsinthesocialdevelopmentofEastAsiaandimpactsofglobalization.HealsoregularlycontributestotheKoreanlanguageSignsoftheTimes.
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AliciaGutierrez-Romine
Dr.Gutierrez-Rominehasbeenbusywithfinishinghermanuscriptforpublication.Overthesummershewasabletohireastudentworkerandsubmitacompletedraftforreview.Shehassincereceivedcommentsfromthosereviewersandisexpectingtobedonewiththemanuscriptinthenextfewmonthssoshecangethernextresearchprojectofftheground.Inadditiontomanuscriptprep,Dr.Gutierrez-RominerecentlypresentedsomeofherresearchattheWesternHistoryAssociation’sAnnualMeetinginSanAntonio,Texas,whereshewasalsoaskedbyC-SPANtodoaninterviewforAmericanHistoryTV.ShewillalsopresentthisspringattheSigeristCircleScholarlySessionattheAmericanAssociationofHistoryofMedicineinColumbus,Ohio.
KenCrane
2018beganwithKenandstudentshostinganInternationalVisitordelegationofprofessionalsfromSloveniawhoworkinrefugeeasylumandsupport.InJuneKenpresentedapaperattheMigrationConferenceinPortugalonthereactionofIraqirefugeeyouthtorecentshiftsinUSrefugeepolicy.KenkeepspluggingawayonamanuscriptbasedonsevenyearsofethnographicworkwithIraqirefugeesintheInlandEmpire.Heheattemptstochairadepartmentwhich,hesays,“isthebestgroupofpeopleIhaveeverworkedwithbealotworseiftheyweren’tsuchkindandcollegialtypes,mostly.”
TheDepartmentofHistory,Politics,&SociologyFaculty,
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AndrewHowe,History&DirectorofHonorsProgramWonYoon,SociologyEricVega,SociologyAliciaGutierrez-Romine,HistoryKatherineKoh,HistoryKenCrane,Sociology&GlobalStudies&Chair