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 California State University, Fullerton

 

Student Research Conference on President Nixon and His Era
April 27, 2012
At the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum


California State University, Fullerton and The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum hosted the first Student Research Conference on "Richard Nixon and his Era": Friday, April 27, 2012 at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library & Museum. The conference was co-sponsored by Whittier College, Nixon's alma mater, and a number of other universities and colleges from southern California. Undergraduate and Graduate students in History, Political Science, and other humanities and social sciences disciplines presented the day of the event. 

Dr. Minxin Pei, Director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna, was the 2012 keynote speaker!


Student Conference on Richard Nixon and His Era

April 27, 2012, 10a.m. – 6:15 p.m.

Schedule of Events

9:30 – 10 a.m. Meet and Greet: Light Breakfast, Coffee and Tea

10 – 11:15 a.m.  First Student Panel:
 “Influences on the Nixon Presidency:  from Outside and Inside the White House”
MODERATOR: Dr. Gregory Cumming, Supervisory Archivist, Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Rio Bauce, The Claremont Colleges, Pitzer College:
  “Richard M. Nixon: JFK as “Cool Friend” in Public, Scapegoat in Private”
Hayden Dingman, Chapman University:
  "Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming”
Michael Amarilla, Whittier College:
  “Recognition Deserved: The Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, 1969 – 1971”
Yusuf Pirzada, California State University, Fullerton:
  “Economic Policymaking in the Nixon and Reagan Presidencies”

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Second Student Panel:
“The Nixon Administration and Foreign Affairs”
MODERATOR: Dr. Mindy Farmer, Education Specialist, Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Andrew Brown, California State University, Fullerton:
  “Be Mighty with the Missile: An investigation into the Nuclear Strategies of the Reagan and Nixon Administrations”
Mattias Fibiger, UC Santa Barbara:
   “Redeeming the Ship of State: The Mayaguez Incident of 1975”
Laura Barron-Lopez, California State University, Fullerton:
   “A Study of Prerogative Powers Utilized by the Presidency of Richard M. Nixon”

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch: for all student presenters and participating faculty
Co-sponsored by Cal State Fullerton, Division of PAJ, and Whittier College

1:45 – 3:15 p.m.  Graduate Student Panel:
“Politics and Policymaking in the Nixon Administration”
MODERATOR: Dr. Benjamin Cawthra, Department of History, California State University, Fullerton
Michael Wood, California State University, Fullerton – MA student, Political Science
   “Nixon’s Inevitable Road to Watergate”
Wesley Willison, California State University, Fullerton – MA student, History
   “Nixon ’72 – Commercials, Politics and Spies: The Co-opting of a Campaign”
Kevin Sitz, UC Riverside – Ph.D. student, Political Science
   “Nixon and the Immigration Mosaic”
Kathleen Gronnerud, California State University, Fullerton – MA student, History
   “Nixon the Environment and the Crafting of Presidential Power”

3:30 – 5 p.m. Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Minxin Pei
“Managing US-China Strategic Competition”
Director of the Keck Center for Strategic and International Studies, Claremont McKenna College
free and open to the public)

5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Closing Reception: for Student presenters and participating faculty


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