A Year In Review: 2017-2018

Check out the accomplishments of our students and faculty this year!

Jack Anderson: Samuel and Sarah Ellen McCulloch Undergraduate Award in History
Alejandro Guardado: Samuel and Sarah Ellen McCulloch Undergraduate Award in History
Abbas Akbar:  School of Humanities Undergraduate Award in History
Coryn Hardison:  School of Humanities Undergraduate Award in History
Maria Alvarez:  Vicki L. Ruiz Undergraduate Scholarship in History
Brad Seward: Vicki L. Ruiz Undergraduate Scholarship in History


Khang Do
Ryan Owings
Sean Beall
Barry Croxen
Darisse Smith
Joseph Garcia
Caytlin Yoshioka
Monica Martinez
Michelle Meza
Coryn Hardison
Tin Trung Hong
Alejandro Guardado
Vanesse Hiten
Socorro Cambero
Caleb Hawkins
Chase Robinson
Andrew Perkins
Elijah Sanchez
Daisy Mendoza
Shane Mason
Jake Li
Gabrielle Wood


Caleb Hawkin
Huitzijared Contreras
Nicholas Fowler
Bailey Betancourt
Jocelyn Xu

Danielle McCahey, “Extreme Environments and the Making of Scientific Knowledge: The History of Modern Science in Antarctica”
Matt Combs, “Camphor, a Plastic History: China, Taiwan, and Celluloid, 1868-1937”
Sarah Mellors, “From Vinegar and Cotton Balls to Diaphragms and Vasectomies: Birth Control in Republican and Mao-Era China”
Soodabeh Malekzadeh, “The Sasanian Empire in the Early Fifth Century: The Case of Yazdegerdi and Bahram V”
Romina Green, “‘Gobernar es educar’: Race, Education, and State Building in La Araucan’a, Chile, 1883-1918”
Elbra David, “Commodification, Slavery, Credit And The Law In The Lower Mississippi River Valley, 1780-1830”

Kristina Shull (‘14): “Global American Studies” Postdoc, Harvard’s Warren Center
Laurie Dickmeyer (‘17): Assistant Professor of History, Angelo State University
Sarah Mellors (‘18): Assistant Professor of East Asian History, Missouri State University

Katie Hill, “Built to Order: Violence, Border Enforcement, and the Construction of the Tortilla Curtain, 1978-1979”
Qindian Chen, “Divergent Paths to Democracy: Radical and Moderate Political Activism during the Democracy Wall Movement, 1978-1981”
Yusheng Liu, Thesis Title TBD

Ali Olomi: Humanities Commons Research Grant
Ayal Amer: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Christopher Chacon: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Daniella McCahey: SOH Graduate Student Research and Travel Award
Juan Rubio: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Kacey Calahane: SOH Graduate Student Research and Travel Award, Humanities Commons Research Grant, 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Matt Combs: SOH Graduate Student Research and Travel Award
Katherine Cosby: Humanities Commons Research Grant
Max Speare: 2018 Dickson D. Bruce Graduate Research Award
Michelle Brewster: Humanities Summer Dissertation Fellowship
Noah Dolim: Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Phillip Ninomiya: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Pratichi Mahapatra: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant, Center for Asian Studies Travel Grant
Rachael Delacruz: Humanities Commons Research Grant
Romina Samplina: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Rong Kong: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Sarah Mellors: SOH Conference Travel Award, SOH Summer Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship
Sif Goodale: SOH Conference Travel Award
Soodabeh Malekzadeh: Roshan Institute Fellowship for Excellence in Persian Studies
Stefanie Lira: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant, UCI’s California Community College Internship Program (2018-2019)
Stephen Pascoe: 2018 Charles Quilter Graduate Student Research and Travel Grant
Yi Ci Lo: ACLS Pre-Dissertation Grant

Kyle David: “The Poster Child of the ‘Second’ Cultural Revolution: Huang Shuai and Shifts in Age Consciousness, 1973-1979,” Modern China. 2018.
Sarah Mellors: “Sexing the Chinese Body: A Brief History of Gender and Sexual Difference in China.” Women and Gender in China. 2018.

Sharon Block: Colonial Complexions: Race and Bodies in Eighteenth-Century America. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018.
Touraj Daryaee: Kings, Whores and Children: Passing Notes on Ancient Iran and the World That We Live In. Mehri Publications, 2018.
Simcha Gross: The History of the ‘Slave of Christ’: From Jewish Child to Christian Martyr. Gorgias Press, 2016.
Douglas M. Haynes: Fit to Practice: Empire, Race, Gender and the Making of  British Medicine, 1850-1980. University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Joan Malczewski: Building A New Educational State: Foundations, Schools, and the American South. The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Timothy Tackett: Anatomie de la Terreur: Le processus révolutionnaire (French Translation). Éditions du Seuil, 2018.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know. Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 2018.

David Fedman: ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships
Jessica Millward: UCOP Faculty Research Fellowship
Ana Rosas: Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Faculty Award

- Thanks largely to the dedication of Professor Laura Mitchell, the UCI History Department secured a “Career Diversity Implementation Grant” from the American Historical Association
- Six History majors participated in the schoolwide Undergraduate Research Opportunites Program. Visit urop.uci.edu to read their abstracts.
- The 2017 History Internship Program placed 15 students at local internship sites.
- 11 students completed research projects in 2018’s Undergraduate Advanced Research Seminar.