Intended mainly as a vehicle for rehabilitating draft evaders after the Vietnam War, the Presidential Clemency Board (“PCB”) was largely an orphan of the Ford presidency. Created in the wake of the Nixon pardon as an unpopular compromise between those . . .

This thesis is a pedagogical project that considers an alternative use of dramatic films when teaching the crusades from 1095 through 1300. Currently, digital media plays a significant role in everyday life but has yet to be fully utilized within the . . .

This thesis examines the significance of marketed visions of the future following the Second World War on the American public. Visions, predictions and forecasted depictions of the world of the future, collectively referred to as futurism, highlighted . . .

“A Revolutionary Western” and its digital component, “Non-Native Warpaint,” examine the portrayals of American Indians in film and television programs set in the American Revolution, as well as related depictions in the video game Assassin’s Creed III . . .

“From Underground Chinatown to Hall of China” explores the representation of the Chinese and Chinese Americans in San Diego’s two expositions in Balboa Park. The first, the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition (PCE), degraded the Chinese as the enigma . . .

This thesis explores how guerrilla movements aided in the formation of women's and feminist groups that emerged in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Chiapas, Mexico. The development of feminism has been attributed to women's participation in the guerrilla m . . .

The historical record shows that the expansion of the United States and the fulfillment of an American national paradigm hinged on the interactions and negotiations that were cultivated with native people.

Late in the summer of 1918, Bakersfield and Kern County was consumed by news of the war in Europe. Many hoped they were nearing the end of the deadliest war in history. But as one tragedy was ending another was just beginning. Today, ninety years afte . . .

Located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley of California, Kern County is comprised of over 8000 square miles of desert, mountains, foothills, river and creek bottoms, lakes marsh, and reclaimed land. During the time period of this study- th . . .

The author's research began with these questions: How far away from social norms did the hippies go regarding gender roles? Were women ever freed from these expectations? What did family life on the communes look like? This research argues that counte . . .