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WSU named top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Washington State University is among the colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2021-22, said the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

“For 2021-2022, WSU has three faculty members—two from Pullman and one from Vancouver—who applied for and received Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards, and we are very proud of their achievement,” said Laura Griner Hill, WSU senior vice provost. She serves as one of WSU’s campus representatives for Fulbright Scholars.

Members of CAS among WSU’s 2021-22 Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Carolyn Long
Long
  • Carolyn N. Long, WSU Vancouver associate professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, is at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia where she is teaching on the subject of American politics. She was also a Fulbright scholar there in 2009-2010.
  • Jeffrey Sanders.
    Sanders

    Jeffrey C. Sanders, WSU Pullman associate professor in the Department of History, is at Cardiff University in Wales continuing his research into radiation movement through global ecosystems.

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Update: Tri-City high school student’s documentary to premiere on the big screen

A Tri-Cities filmmaker will have the premiere of his first feature-length documentary at Fairchild Cinemas in Richland later this month.

Augustin Dulauroy has been making short videos with friends since middle school and had a short film he directed selected for the All American Film Festival in New York last fall.

Robert Franklin.
Franklin

He interviewed experts on Hanford like Robert Franklin, president of the B Reactor Museum Association and assistant professor of History at Washington State University Tri-Cities, and health physicist Ron Kathren, the first professor emeritus for WSU Tri-Cities.

The documentary was released on Amazon Prime Video USA on March 2 and on Vimeo-On-Demand Worldwide on March 3.

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Tri-City Herald

WSU professor to talk about missionary spies in WWII

Matthew Avery Sutton.
Sutton

There are all sorts of interesting nuggets to be found in government documents, something that Washington State University history professor Matthew Sutton knows well.

It was there that he found the material he needed for his third book, titled “Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War.”

Sutton will give a virtual lecture on the same topic at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, through the Spokane County Library District. It’s being offered in partnership with Humanities Washington, which organizes a speakers bureau to give lectures on a variety of topics across the state. Those interested in attending the lecture can sign up online at scld.evanced.info/signup/calendar.

“They know cultures, they know languages, they know geography,” Sutton said of the missionaries.

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The Spokesman Review

In the Caribbean, It’s Not Christmas Without Black Cake

All across the English-speaking Caribbean, the Christmas treat known as black cake is such a cherished and anticipated tradition that preparations for next year’s cake often start on New Year’s Day. That’s because one of the distinctive ingredients of this dense, spiced cake is an assortment of dried fruits — raisins, currants, prunes and citrus peel — steeped for months in a boozy bath of rum, wine and/or cherry brandy.

Candice Goucher.
Goucher

We spoke with Candice Goucher, professor emerita of history at Washington State University and author of “Congotay! Congotay! A Global History of Caribbean Food,” to learn more about the origins of black cake and why you can’t celebrate a legit Caribbean Christmas without it.

“Black cake itself has been described as something between an English plum pudding and a pound cake, but it’s much more than that,” says Goucher.

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Critically queer: L Heidenreich explores transgender Mestiz@ history

Linda Heidenreich
Heidenreich

As someone who identifies as gender queer, Mestiz@, materialist, and Catholic, L Heidenreich brings a unique perspective to the study of history that is hard to find in most classrooms.

“I loved my history classes growing up, but my family wasn’t in them,” said Heidenreich, an associate professor of history at Washington State University. “It wasn’t until I got to grad school and could choose my focus that I had the opportunity to study the histories I wanted. I think we as history educators have an obligation to make it easier for future generations.”

In the classroom, Heidenreich said the goal of their work is to give young people a broader perspective about the lives and history of LGBTQ people, an area of history which is integral to America’s past and present but is often marginalized. “October is LGBTQ History Month and it’s sad that we need a month to acknowledge the history of our communities,” Heidenreich said. “But nevertheless, I think it is important to send a message about the vital importance of recognizing and exploring the role of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in American history.”

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