2017 Undergraduate UCSB History Theses

Lauren Cain, “Seeds of Sexual Assault: In loco parentis at the University of California, Santa Barbara 1944-1974” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: S. Case.

Andy Chen, “Worship and War: Sacred Spaces in Byzantine Military Religion” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: E. English.

Katie Correia, “Homeward Bound: British Captivity and Diplomacy in Algiers, 1625-1660” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: D. Blumenthal.

Andrew A. Garcia, “The United States’ Alternative Motive of the 1916-1917 Punitive Mexican Expedition: The True Pursuit of Francisco “Pancho” Villa or U.S. Military Preparation to Enter and be Victorious in World War I?” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: V. Castillo-Muñoz.

Izeah R. Garcia, “Sino-American Normalization: The National Security Advisor’s Quest, 1976-1978” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: N. Lichtenstein.

Victoria Gray, “Beyond the Classroom: How the Internet is Trying to Save Education” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: N. Lichtenstein.

Emily Leifer, “Soldiers without Guns: Housewives and Club Women on the Home Front in World War II” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: A. O’Connor.

Holly Nelson, “Reshaping American Femininity: 1876 Centennial and 1893 Columbian Expositions Women’s Committees Reinforcement and Challenges to Nineteenth-Century Gender Ideology” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: L. Jacobson.

David Samuels, “War of the Words: The Spanish Inquisition and Lazarillo de Tormes” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: C. Lansing.

Katherine Sebas, “The Clinton Administration and the Rwandan Genocide” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: S. Yaqub. History Associates Board Prize

Steven Tragarz, “Soviet Women and World War II: Experiences of Warrior Women, Soviet Gender Policy, and Involvement in the Male Field of War” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: A. Edgar.

Wyatt Young, “In the Attics of Our Lives: How the Grateful Dead and Deadheads Built an Archive” (Undergraduate thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017). Mentor: D. Moon, H. Bernstein.