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
Congratulations to Laura Neis, a graduate student in the War, Diplomacy, and Society, MA program, for winning first place in the 2025 Chapman University Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition conducted by the Office of Research and Graduate Education. As the first-place winner, she will have the opportunity to participate in the regional 3MT® competition at
Widlore Mérancourt, Editor-in-Chief of multilingual Haitian news organization AyiboPost, recently spoke at Chapman University as part of the War, Diplomacy, and Society Master’s Program and in recognition of Black History Month. His talk, “Haiti, Past and Present,” discussed the history of Haiti, its present situation, and its prospects for the future. Mérancourt was witty, spoke
The War, Diplomacy, and Society MA Program, in partnership with World Affairs Council Orange County, welcomed Jeffery Matthews, professor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, for a lecture and presentation on his newly published book, Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks: Dishonorable Leadership in the U.S. Military. Matthews, who teaches American history