This edition of From Our Eyes features Christian Grevin (‘26 M.A. in War, Diplomacy, and Society). Grevin was able to attend the 2026 Society for Military History (SMH) Conference in Washington, D.C., this past March through a conference travel grant he received from Wilkinson College of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. For the past
Dr. Renee Hudson (English) recently completed a research trip to Houston, Texas, at the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project archives, a collection meant “to locate, preserve, and disseminate Hispanic culture of the United States in its written form” from colonial times until 1960. Dr. Hudson visited the archive to further her research on Young
Students from across the United States and around the world were honored at Chapman University during the Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Art & Writing Contest, an international competition that invites middle and high school students to reflect on the lessons of Holocaust history through art, film, poetry, and prose. The awards ceremony marked the 27th anniversary of the
Chapman University’s history majors made an impressive showing at the Phi Alpha Theta Southern California Regional History Undergraduate & Graduate Student Conference, held at California State University San Marcos on March 7, 2026. Bringing both passion and scholarly excellence to the event, Chapman students earned first-place paper awards in four out of six categories—an outstanding
Peace and Justice Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies recently hosted Dr. Sa’ed Atshan, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College, as part of a series called Organizing Under Duress. As the author of Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique (2020),
Stephanie Takaragawa (Sociology) builds her classes around the world students already inhabit — the food they eat, the neighborhoods they wander, the pop culture they consume — and then teaches them to read that world like a text. In past years, the cultural anthropologist led students through the ethnic enclaves of Little Tokyo and Olvera
The most memorable learning experiences are commonly found beyond the classroom. Setting this belief into action, ten Wilkinson students joined faculty and staff from the MFA in Creative Writing program to attend the 2026 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference and Bookfair in Baltimore, Maryland. AWP is among the largest literary gatherings in
This edition of From Our Eyes spotlights Coco Ridge (’26, Sociology, Leadership and Philosophy Minors), one of ten student fellows selected for the 2026 Wilkinson Interterm Research Experience (WIRE). This immersive program equips students with the skills and hands-on experience needed to excel in academic research. Ridge’s project explored the developmental experiences of left-wing student
February 7, 2026, marked Chapman University’s eleventh year hosting the SoCal Regional High School Ethics Bowl. This year, twenty teams from eighteen different schools gathered on Chapman campus to engage in thoughtful, collaborative conversations about real-world ethical issues. Harvard-Westlake School and Glendora High School progressed to the divisional competition. The National High School Ethics Bowl
The first thing visiting artist Phung Huynh told the audience at her lecture was to eat the donuts. “I’m an Asian mom, and I love watching you eat, so you can eat during the talk, you don’t have to be polite,” Hunynh said. These donuts came from the local and Cambodian immigrant-owned Friendly Donuts and