Roundtable Presentation @ American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA (August 2009). In recent years large wildfires have plagued Southern California’s landscape. The most notable set of fires was in October of 2003, in which multiple fires scorched an area the size of small eastern states. In San Diego County alone, over 280,000 acres were burned before  [ Read More ]

Presentation for the Pacific Sociological Association in San Diego, CA (April 2009). In early twentieth century, Spanish-Colonial Revival became embedded in the local culture of Southern California. Through community celebrations, literature, film, and place names, images of the romantic Spanish past proliferated in mass media. However, perhaps most important of all was Spanish-Colonial Revival’s implementation  [ Read More ]