2025 Phi Alpha Theta Southern California Regional Conference
Southern California Regional Student Paper Conference for undergraduate and graduate students hosted by the Psi-Zeta Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at 糖心Vlog视频, Bakersfield on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
Welcome to Phi Alpha Theta鈥檚 annual Southern California Regional Student Paper Conference! The CSU Bakersfield History Department and our Phi Alpha Theta chapter, Psi-Zeta, are delighted to host this year鈥檚 event. We look forward to meeting you and hearing your research presentations in an encouraging and supportive environment.
Research papers of no more than 10 pages of text (no limit on endnotes) may cover any field and time period. Please see our Guidelines for Paper Submissions before emailing your paper to Prof. Miriam Raub Vivian (mvivian@csub.edu). Members of Phi Alpha Theta are eligible to win book awards for their papers; these will be presented at the luncheon. Non-members are also welcome to submit papers , though are not eligible for awards. The title page of your paper should indicate both your level in school (undergraduate or graduate) at the time you wrote the paper, as well as whether or not you are a member of Phi Alpha Theta.
Registration is required for all attendees; those not presenting papers are also welcome to attend. Once you have registered, please submit payment online through our payment portal. (CSU Bakersfield students who are presenting papers鈥攁nd not simply attending鈥攚ill not be required to pay the registration fee.)
There is a map of the 糖心Vlog视频 campus accessible here, as well as the address of the campus. To avoid ticketing, please park in Lot A, which is off of Stockdale Hwy. near Don Hart Dr. WEST (where there is no traffic signal). Check-in and breakfast will be easily accessible from this lot, which abuts the Humanities Complex, which includes the Humanities Office Building (HOB), where the day will begin.
Please fill out the registration form below and click to pay the $50.00 registration fee.
Registration
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Call for Papers/Submission Guidelines
A single Word document file that includes the following (in this order):
title page with- paper title
- student name
- academic standing at the time the paper was written (undergraduate, graduate)
- member of Phi Alpha Theta (yes/no)*
- no longer than ten (10) pages (minus endnotes, for which there is no page limit)
- double-spaced
- standard font and margins
- endnotes, single-spaced
Submission Deadline is Monday, March 3, 2025, via email to Prof. Miriam Raub Vivian, PAT Advisor, mvivian@csub.edu. Please indicate 鈥淧AT Regional paper submission鈥 in the subject line.
More Information
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Registration and Check-In will be in the Humanities Complex
Paper Presentations will be in Science III.
Conference Keynote Address
Dr. Kate Mulry, 糖心Vlog视频 History Professor
"the first fruits of her handyworke鈥: Vere Lynch, Science, and Archival Erasures in Early Jamaica
Conference Schedule
Humanities Complex
Includes contential breakfast.Science Building III
9:10-10:25: Session I
Panel A: The World of 19th-Century Medicine Room 101
Dr. Kate Mulry, Chair
Science III Bldg.
鈥溾橳o the Annoyance of Others鈥: Mental Health in 19th-Century America鈥
Emma Barnes, CSU Bakersfield (graduate)
鈥淗YSTERIA! Institutionalization as a Weapon Against Feminism鈥
Rebecca Thomas, Point Loma Nazarene University (undergraduate)
鈥淭ransmitting Knowledge: British Imperial Medicine in the 19th 颁别苍迟耻谤测鈥
Carmen Avila-Marquez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (graduate)
Panel B: American Stories: from Segregation and Protest to Women鈥檚
Achievements
Room 102
Dr. Steve Allen, Chair
Science III Bldg.
鈥淭he Dragon Lady鈥檚 Triumph: Aileen Eaton鈥檚 Legacy in Boxing Promotion in the 1960s鈥
Kat Gontijo, CSU Bakersfield (undergraduate)
鈥淩emembering Kent State: A Historical Study of College Student Protests on U.S. Campuses
since the 1970s鈥
Ignacio Linares, Cal Poly Pomona (undergraduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淭he Legacy of Segregated Education: American Amnesia and How it Remains with Us鈥
Richard Gonzalez, Cal Poly Pomona (undergraduate)
Panel C: From Asia to America: Analyzing Military Success
Room 103
Dr. John Chen, Chair
Science III Bldg.
鈥淭he Significance and Evolution of Admiral Yi Soon Shin鈥檚 Turtle Ship During the Imjin
War (1592-1598)鈥
Yong Choi, CSU Fullerton (graduate)
鈥淎 State on Horseback: How the Mongol Empire Almost Conquered the East Asian World鈥
David Arnold, CSU Bakersfield (undergraduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淪etting the Tone: The Story and Legacy of Captain A.V. Fraser and C.W. Lawrence鈥
Sarah Pearson, Point Loma Nazarene University (undergraduate)
Science Building III
10:30-11:45: Session II
Panel D: Local Histories of California
Room 101
Dr. Rick Kennedy, Chair
Science III Bldg.
鈥淔rom Regional Dynamics to Global Connections: A History of the Ontario International
Airport in the 21st 颁别苍迟耻谤测鈥
Charles 鈥淐J鈥 Henigan, Cal Poly Pomona (undergraduate)
鈥淪owing Seeds for Kern County鈥檚 Sexual Health: Conservative Opposition to Public-School
Sex Education Programs, 1960s-1980s鈥
Kayla Kiefer, CSU Bakersfield (undergraduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淭he Watts Riots through Different Eyes鈥
Reed Peterson, Chapman University (undergraduate)
Panel E: Gender and Religion in Early Modern Europe Room
102
Dr. David Nelson, Chair
Science III Bldg
鈥淭he Case of Male Witches in Britain鈥
Amelia Thomas, Point Loma Nazarene University (undergraduate)
鈥淭he Birthing Art: The Parturition Chair and Midwifery in Early Modern Germany鈥
Beatriz Avila-Marquez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (graduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淏etween Two Worlds: The Sephardic Jews Connection to the Dutch Colonial Project鈥
Natalya Rowe, CSU Fullerton (undergraduate)
Panel F: Women in Revolution and Resistance
Room 103
Dr. Jeff Koerber, Chair
Science III Bldg.
鈥"Diary Narratives of Women in Pre-Revolutionary America: Religion, Status, and Identity鈥
Marina Karapetian, California Lutheran University (undergraduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淩esistance and Gender Equality Pioneers: The Role of French Women in the Resistance
Movements during World War II鈥
Eleri Irons, University of San Diego (undergraduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥Allons, 脿 Versailles! How Parisian Street Matrons Closed the 12-Mile Gap
and Started the Revolution鈥
Tyron Cooper-Maysami, Chapman University (undergraduate)
Stockdale Room (Behind Runner Cafe)
Welcome
Prof. Miriam Raub Vivian, Psi-Zeta Chapter Advisor
Dr. Alicia Rodriquez, Interim Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
Paper Awards
Keynote Address
Dr. Kate Mulry
Prof. of Early American and Atlantic World History
Chapter Advisors will meet briefly immediately after lunch
Science Building III
1:30-2:45: Session III
Panel G: United States鈥 Involvement Abroad
Room 101
Dr. Fernando Amador II, Chair
Science III Bldg.
鈥淐oca-Cola鈥檚 Takeover of Chiapas, Mexico: 1994-Present鈥
Guadalupe Herrera, CSU Bakersfield (undergraduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淎merican Collusion with the Republic of South Africa during the Angolan
Civil War鈥
Stuart William Ledbetter, Chapman University (undergraduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淢other India and her Children: Gender and National Identity in Katherine
Mayo鈥檚 Mother India鈥
Amala Rajagopal, Chapman University (undergraduate)
Panel H: The Role and Power of Media Room 102
Dr. Stefan Cristian Ionescu, Chair Science III Bldg.
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淩epresentation in Hollywood: Industry Accolades, Chinese Investments,
and the
Asian Film Sector鈥
Christine Frazier, CSU San Marcos (graduate)
&苍产蝉辫;鈥淭uned In: Radio Broadcasting within Nazi Germany鈥
Moriah Esquivel Narang, CSU Fullerton (graduate)
鈥淒eath, Violence, and Condemnation: The News Media Coverage of the 1981
Prisoners鈥 Hunger Strike in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom and
Ireland鈥
Tyler Coker, Chapman University (undergraduate)
Panel I: Culture and Religion in History
Room 103
Dr. Bill Wood, Chair Science III Bldg.
鈥淎cting Religion: Analyzing the AIDS Crisis through a Religious Lens
Anya Nguyenkhoa, Chapman University (undergraduate)
鈥淏lessed Among Women: The Role of Mary in the Bible and the Quran鈥
A.G. Hoyt, Point Loma Nazarene University (undergraduate)