Nicholas Sean Hall
14863 Mulberry Dr. #1202
Whittier, CA 90604
(718) 909-5555
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2001B.M. Classical Guitar Performance, University of California Santa Barbara
2004M.A. The John W. Draper Program in Humanities and Social Thought, New YorkUniversity
Thesis: “Victory at Home: World War II, New York, and the Origins of Nonviolent Assault on Jim Crow” Robert Hinton, Africana Studies, advisor.
2007 M.A. History, University of Southern California
2012Ph.D. History, University of Southern California.
Dissertation: “‘This Strange and Distant Land:’ Isolation, Problem Groups, and the Incorporation of California, 1846-1882.” William Deverell, advisor.
Publications
April 2013“The Wasp’s ‘Troublesome Children’: Culture, Satire, and the Anti-Chinese Movement in the American West”California History, Vol. 90, No.2
Awards
2004-2012 College Merit Fellowship. University of Southern California, Department of History
2006 $1,000 grant from USC-Huntington Library Institute on California and the West, “Building Yosemite: C.T. Gutleben and Yosemite National Park, 1916-1925”
Summer 2010 $2,500 thesis research grant from USC-Huntington Library Institute on California and the West.
Summer 2011 $2,000 thesis research grant from USC-Huntington Library Institute on California and the West.
Teaching
Fall 2005Teaching Assistant, “War and the American Experience,” Department of History, University of Southern California
Spring 2007 Teaching Assistant, “Race and Ethnicity from Malinche to Cornel West,” Thematic Option program, University of Southern California
Fall 2007Teaching Assistant, “The History of California,” Department of History, University of Southern California
Spring 2008 Teaching Assistant, “The American Experience,” Department of History, University of Southern California.
Fall 2010Teaching Assistant, “The History of California,” Department of History, University of Southern California
Spring 2011 Teaching Assistant, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology University of Southern California
Summer 2011Teaching Assistant, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology University of Southern California
Fall 2011Teaching Assistant, “Introduction to Anthropology,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Spring 2012Teaching Assistant, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Summer 2012Teaching Assistant, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Fall 2012Teaching Assistant, “Native Peoples of Mexico and Central America,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Spring 2013 Lecturer, “Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present,” Department of History, University of Southern California
Fall 2013Lecturer, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Lecturer, “North American Indians in American Public Life,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Spring 2014 Lecturer, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Summer 2014 Lecturer, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Fall 2014Lecturer, “Exploring Culture through Film,” Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California
Lecturer, “Science, Society, and Social Conflict,” Department of Sociology, University of Southern California
Research
Summer 2005 Research Assistant. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Department of History
2006Research Assistant and author. “San GabrielRiver Historical Ecology.” Department of Geography, University of Southern California.
Summer 2007 Research Assistant. U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Project. Department of Geography, University of Southern California. Michael Dear, project director.
Summer 2008Research Assistant. History Outreach Project - Pasadena Public Schools. USC-Huntington Library Institute on California and the West.
Spring 2009Research Assistant. California Archives and Manuscripts Cataloguing. Huntington Library. San Marino, California.
Fall 2009/ Research Assistant. Historical Ecology of Ballona Creek. Department of Spring 2010 Geography, University of Southern California.
Conference Papers
July 2007 “Building Yosemite: C.T. Gutleben and Yosemite National Park, 1916-1925” in panel“Place, Space, and Time in the American West.” American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii.
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