This spring History faculty and students have been particularly active in publicizing the value of studying history and being a SCU history major or minor. Student co-editors, Sean Chamberlain and Bianca Romero, contributed to a SCU website story on Historical Perspectives, the History Department's award-winning undergraduate research journal. At Preview Day, students and faculty showcased the journal, talked with prospective students and their parents both one-on-one as well as in two group sessions, and introduced new creative posters about the skills that history students learn as well as what some recent alumni are doing.

History faculty and students also organized the first ever “History Today” (see below for more information). As we move into the final weeks of spring quarter, we look forward to celebrating this year's graduating seniors and student accomplishments.

Amy E. Randall, Professor and Department Chair, History Department, and Associate Director, Center for the Arts and Humanities

Nancy Unger

Nancy Unger gave the Presidential Address at the luncheon of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Los Angeles on March 31.

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Mateo J. Carrillo

Mateo J. Carrillo organized a panel and presented a paper at the 2023 Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies Conference in Antigua, Guatemala.

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Sonia Gomez

In March, Sonia Gomez presented at the Organization of American Historians conference held in Los Angeles. Gomez discussed the marginalization of Issei bachelors on a panel titled, "Sex Outside of the Household: State Power and Sexuality from Reconstruction to the Great Depression."

Meg Gudgeirsson

Meg Gudgeirsson participated in the student-organized panel on being a woman in academia on International Women’s Day on March 8: “Their Story, Their Truth.” Gudgeirsson, along with several other panelists, shared their experiences, both challenges and opportunities, with an audience of the SCU community.

Zines Project

Sonia Gomez collaborated with Librarian Kelci Baughman-McDowell for a Zine workshop grounded in Gomez’s class “Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements in the 20th century.” For the final project, students wrote a research paper accompanied with a Zine.

Student Scholarships

Four students traveled to Johns Hopkins University to present research at The Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium.

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SCU History Day

History faculty and students organized History Day on April 20.  Approximately 80 students attend talks by History faculty throughout the day.

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Nancy Unger's Class on CSPAN

C-SPAN 2 broadcasted Nancy Unger’s class on homosexuality on March 4 and March 13.

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SCU Preview Day

History faculty, Meg Eppel Gudgeirsson and Michael Brillman, joined History students to welcome the class of 2027 to SCU and educate them on the joys of studying history. In addition to working the table, Meg Gudgeirsson and students spoke to incoming students about the History Department, major and minor.

Phi Alpha Theta Inductions

On April 25, SCU inducted new History students into Phi Alpha Theta, the National Honors History Society. A huge congratulations to them!

History Club

The History Club has continued to have a robust calendar of events, including several pizza and trivia nights. They are currently recruiting nominees for officer positions in the 2023-24 academic year.

Daniel Perry '10

Daniel Perry reflects on how studying History impacts his life as owner of the company Yonder Sky.

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More alumni updates ... from Sydney Shead '22, Brandon Sanchez '18, Alex Rollins Berg '03, Emily Yekikian '20, Gray Goodman '21, and Priya Saha '22.