Upcoming Presentations
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American Society for Environmental History Conference
March 23-27, 2022 Panel: Race and the Politics of Access and Displacement Paper: "Freedom Wade-Ins": A Battle for Social Equity on the Chicago Shoreline |
Past Presentations
2021 “Building a Modern American Leisure Empire: American Architects and Homebuyers in Cabo San Lucas,
Mexico” Organization for American Historians Annual Meeting, Virtual, April 15-18 [accepted for 2020 annual
meeting, but moved to virtual meeting in 2021 due to COVID-19]
2019 “‘A Place to Get Away’: Latinx Culture and Environmentalism in Public Parks and Beaches,” American Studies
Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, November 7-10
2019 “History Everywhere: Material Objects in the Classroom,” Pacific Branch of the American Historical Association
Annual Meeting, August 1-3
2018 "Removing the “Best American Beach”: Environmental Privilege on the Los Angeles Waterfront," American
Society for Environmental History Conference, March 14-18
2017 "'Save the Beach for Me': Environmental Education and the Fight for Coastal Access, 1949-1987," American
Studies Association Annual Meeting, November 9-12
2017 "Water Pedagogy Across Disciplines: Can we analyze tap water as a historical object?," International Water
History Association Conference, June 14-17
2017 "Women, Water Resource Management, and the Environmental Movement in Southern California," Berkshire
Conference of Women Historians Conference, June 1-4
2017 Commentator on Panel: Between the Wall and the Bridge: Comparing North American Border Environments,
Association for Borderland Studies, April 12 - April 15
2017 "Latinxs and Environmentalism, " Pushing the Boundaries of Environmental History, American Environmental
History Association Conference, March 29 - April 2
2017 "From Beaches to Bathtubs: Women and Children in American Water History,"Center for Gender in Global
Context, Michigan State University, February 10
2016 "The Intersection Between Civil Rights and Protests for Beach Access in Chicago and Los Angeles, 1960-1972,"
Urban History Association Conference
2016 Flint Water Crisis Panel, MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, Wednesday Night Live,
Moderator
2016 "Reimagining California Vieja: Spanish Fantasies in Baja California, 1968-1989," Pacific Coast Branch of the
American Historical Association Meeting
2016 Chair of panel, “Racial Justice and Environmental History,” American Society for Environmental History
2015 Invited discussant and moderator on panel, “Participation and Innovation by the Marginalized,” Knowledge
from the Margins Conference, Michigan State University
2015 “Beach Access as a Democratic Right: Civil Rights Protests Along the Great Lakes Shoreline, 1960-1964,”
European Society for Environmental History Conference
2015 Invited member of roundtable, “Diversity and Environmental History: Reflections on Scholarship, Scholars,
and Building Community,” American Society for Environmental History Conference
2014 “The Child Protestor: Imagery of Children and Motherhood in Environmental Protest,” The Berkshire
Conference of Women Historians Conference
2014 “‘The Coastal Wars:’ The Influence of Social Movements and Environmentalism on Coastal Zone
Regulation in California,” American Society of Environmental Historians Conference
2013 “The ‘Wild and Unconquered’ Landscape: Mid-Twentieth Century Disputes over the Ownership of Baja
California,” Western History Association Conference
2012 “F-rated Water: Water Pollution and Environmental Health in the Port of Los Angeles,” Pacific Coast Branch
of the American Historical Association Annual Meeting
2011 “Who Owns the Coast?: The Battle over the Control of Southern California’s Shoreline,” 1960s-1980s,
Western History Association Conference
2010 “Women’s Leadership, Social Justice, and the Fight over Coastal Landscapes,” Pacific Coast Branch of the
American Historical Association Annual Meeting
2010 “Crossing into Zona Prohibida: The Transborder History of Americans in Baja California, Mexico,”
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Conference
2010 “‘A Beach for the Ghetto?’: Cabrillo Beach and Conflicts Over Coastal Landscapes,” Yale University Northeast
Environmental History Conference
Mexico” Organization for American Historians Annual Meeting, Virtual, April 15-18 [accepted for 2020 annual
meeting, but moved to virtual meeting in 2021 due to COVID-19]
2019 “‘A Place to Get Away’: Latinx Culture and Environmentalism in Public Parks and Beaches,” American Studies
Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI, November 7-10
2019 “History Everywhere: Material Objects in the Classroom,” Pacific Branch of the American Historical Association
Annual Meeting, August 1-3
2018 "Removing the “Best American Beach”: Environmental Privilege on the Los Angeles Waterfront," American
Society for Environmental History Conference, March 14-18
2017 "'Save the Beach for Me': Environmental Education and the Fight for Coastal Access, 1949-1987," American
Studies Association Annual Meeting, November 9-12
2017 "Water Pedagogy Across Disciplines: Can we analyze tap water as a historical object?," International Water
History Association Conference, June 14-17
2017 "Women, Water Resource Management, and the Environmental Movement in Southern California," Berkshire
Conference of Women Historians Conference, June 1-4
2017 Commentator on Panel: Between the Wall and the Bridge: Comparing North American Border Environments,
Association for Borderland Studies, April 12 - April 15
2017 "Latinxs and Environmentalism, " Pushing the Boundaries of Environmental History, American Environmental
History Association Conference, March 29 - April 2
2017 "From Beaches to Bathtubs: Women and Children in American Water History,"Center for Gender in Global
Context, Michigan State University, February 10
2016 "The Intersection Between Civil Rights and Protests for Beach Access in Chicago and Los Angeles, 1960-1972,"
Urban History Association Conference
2016 Flint Water Crisis Panel, MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, Wednesday Night Live,
Moderator
2016 "Reimagining California Vieja: Spanish Fantasies in Baja California, 1968-1989," Pacific Coast Branch of the
American Historical Association Meeting
2016 Chair of panel, “Racial Justice and Environmental History,” American Society for Environmental History
2015 Invited discussant and moderator on panel, “Participation and Innovation by the Marginalized,” Knowledge
from the Margins Conference, Michigan State University
2015 “Beach Access as a Democratic Right: Civil Rights Protests Along the Great Lakes Shoreline, 1960-1964,”
European Society for Environmental History Conference
2015 Invited member of roundtable, “Diversity and Environmental History: Reflections on Scholarship, Scholars,
and Building Community,” American Society for Environmental History Conference
2014 “The Child Protestor: Imagery of Children and Motherhood in Environmental Protest,” The Berkshire
Conference of Women Historians Conference
2014 “‘The Coastal Wars:’ The Influence of Social Movements and Environmentalism on Coastal Zone
Regulation in California,” American Society of Environmental Historians Conference
2013 “The ‘Wild and Unconquered’ Landscape: Mid-Twentieth Century Disputes over the Ownership of Baja
California,” Western History Association Conference
2012 “F-rated Water: Water Pollution and Environmental Health in the Port of Los Angeles,” Pacific Coast Branch
of the American Historical Association Annual Meeting
2011 “Who Owns the Coast?: The Battle over the Control of Southern California’s Shoreline,” 1960s-1980s,
Western History Association Conference
2010 “Women’s Leadership, Social Justice, and the Fight over Coastal Landscapes,” Pacific Coast Branch of the
American Historical Association Annual Meeting
2010 “Crossing into Zona Prohibida: The Transborder History of Americans in Baja California, Mexico,”
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Conference
2010 “‘A Beach for the Ghetto?’: Cabrillo Beach and Conflicts Over Coastal Landscapes,” Yale University Northeast
Environmental History Conference
