Department of History
Message from Chair
We in the History Department are happy to have been part of your academic journey. Our shared passion for history led our paths to cross, and we wish you the very best as you embark on a new chapter in life. The future lies in your hands, and we look forward to the new paths you will forge, guided by acommitment to an informed understanding of the past anchored in the sources and askingquestionsthat will foster new understandings of the past. Congratulations Class of 2023!
Lisa Tran
Student Speaker
Samantha Guzman
Samantha Guzman is graduating summa cum laude from CSUF with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a published paper in The Welebaethan: A Journal of History. After transferring from Fullerton College, she worked on campus as a Titan Career Ambassador at the Career Center, a peer advisor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, an archival intern at the Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History, a secretary for the Cardz for Kidz club, and a volunteer at the Fullerton Arboretum. Samantha will continue her studies in the fall with a Master of Science in Higher Education at CSUF. She is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion within education, and in her free time loves to read, spend time in nature, and be with loved ones.
Department Awards/Honors
Bakken Book Fund:
Ricardo Luna
Carmen Delphine Bayati Memorial Scholarship:
Cheryl Pierson
Joshua Stout
Warren Beck Outstanding History Student Award:
C.J. Quion
The Black Family Fellowship in History:
Amalia Contreras
Kristian Guillen
Reymundo Moreno
Ashley Yniguez
Lawrence B. de Graaf Student Fellowship:
Sergio Sifuentes
Natalie Vandercook
The Wendy Elliot Scholarship in California History:
Andrew Estaras
Sean Morkus
Nancy Fitch Women and Gender History Award:
Isabella Praslin
Hansen Fellowship in Oral and Public History:
Marian Navarro
Jorice Maag Local History Scholarship:
Aixa Martinez
Ronald Rietveld Fellowship on the Era of Abraham Lincoln:
Jesus Eugenio
Seymour Scheinberg Jewish Studies Award:
Joseph Ortiz
Academic Support Scholarship:
Matthew Reinoehl
History, M.A.
Benjamin Aiga
Diego Barros
Ryan Brillhart
Tristan Budiman
Kenneth de Seriere
Clarisse Delima
Robert Fleming
Kristina Gonzalez
Amer Hamid
Raumi Kinan
Danielle Kirby
Joshua Kreeger-Johnston
Jacob Lange
SoJeong Lee
Eric Lomax
Jorge Magana-Perez
Steven Mang
Angela Minning
Grislean Palacios
Drisel Perez
Luis Renteria
Melissa Sanford
Arthur Sotelo
Isaiah Thompson
Julia Mariah Vargas
Tanea Washington
History, M.A. Chicana-Chicano Studies Concentration
Veronica Mendiola
Nicholas Suquett
History M.A., Public History Concentration
Melinda Alvizo
Jocelyn Aponte
Emanuel Ayala
Michelle Cadwell
Diana Chang
Dominic Guerrero
Nicole Hallenbeck
Katie Horstman
Sally Hy
Elizabeth Lemus
Destini Lenard
Timothy Mancillas
Patrick Michael
Rebecca Stolzer
Melanie Vigil
History, B.A.
Timothy Adams
Maria Alcaraz
Sara Alvarez-Flores
Jason Ambriz
Edgar Anaya-Campos
Andrew Anjozian
Esteban Arciniega
Cristina Ardon
James Ault
Vincent Matthew Bagabaldo
Garret Boaz
Krista Boich
Bernadette Bolanis
Matthew Bonfadini
Danielle Bonsignore
Evan Briggs
Scott Brown
Lorenzo Brunyer
Robert Camacho
David Cantwell
Jeremy Casil
Eric Castillo
Matthew Chai
Adam Corral
Julia Cote
Samuel Cox
Matthew Crewe
Luis Dardon Gordillo
Natalie Diaz
Sophia Dickenson
Cynthia Doan
David Dolidze
Jacob Dopudja
Paola Duran Astorga
Moriah Esquivel Narang
Andrew Michael Estaras
Jesus Eugenio
Isaac Fowler
Christian Fuentes
Malyka Ghani
Kyle Goni
Brianna Gonzales
Matthew Dean Guerrero
Manuel Guerrero
Kristian Guillen
Isabella Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
Samantha Guzman
Craig Hall
Hailey Hansgen
Domenic Hernandez
Apolinar Herrera
Christopher Huezo
Isaiah Huizar
Karina Jackson
Caitlin Jacobs
Jorge Jimenez
Matthew Kelly
Daniel Kim
Noah Kim
Kameron Kindle
Madison Klemencic
Jacob Loera
Vincent Lopez
Patricia Lopez
Rt Maddox
Angel Marroquin
Gedion Masse
Oscar Mateo
Ivette Maya
Daniel McLuckey
Jose Mendoza
Alan Mercado
Khira Mistry
John Myers
Montserrat Negrete
Nicholas Nguyen
Jose Orbe Padilla
Christian Orona
Erick Ortega
Joseph Ortiz
Rachel Osornio
Abril Pacheco Osorio
Luca Pafundo
Jacob Perales
Sergio Peraza Sojo
Vuong Pham
Alan Phuong
Oscar Pierce
Melanie Pinzon
Sebastian Quilantan
Christian James Quion
Kameron Raigosa
Ivan Ramirez
Vicente Ramos
Anthony Rangel
Jillian Ray
Marcus Reveles
Andrea Rios
Eric Jorge Rivera
Lidia Rodriguez
Diego Rojas
Sebastian Romero
Anjelica Romero
Brandon Ryan
Peter Saghbini
Michael Salazar
Isaac Salcedo
Sofia Salhi
Santiago Sanchez
Jonah Smith
Sarah Snyder
Hugo Sosa
Jacob Sprenger
Scott Terlouw
Cole Tina
Cesar Tino
Simon Toma
Christian Tuberg
Joshua Turner
Stephanie Valdivia
Matthew VanZandt
Alexander Vazquez
Leon Vu
Jed Walters
Michael Westfall
Walter Wheeler
Angelina Whitacre
Ulises Zavala
Mark Zweerink
History Minor
Sabrina Conti
Michael Halahan III
Jake Lyon
Antonio Alfaro
Judith Cuellar
Alyanna Diaz
Francel Franco
Jenna Lin
Sahibjeet Rai
Katiya Ratinoff
Jessica Sanchez
Erica Simmons
Steven Snyder
Ismael Tellez
Westley Wheat
