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Silent Allies: American Actions and Japanese Justifications in the Rape of Nanking | Texas State Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper examines the United States’ direct role in the erasure of accountability for the Rape of Nanking, specifically through its postwar encouragement of Japan’s military culture. While the Rape of Nanking and its events have been widely documented, little has been confirmed about the motivations of the Japanese soldiers, largely due to Japan’s refusal to acknowledge the events in Nanking. This article argues that U.S. World War II and Cold War policy prioritized its geopolitical interests...
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Applying an Intersectional Lens to Chinese Exclusion as seen in Comparing Cartoons from The San Francisco Wasp and Harper’s Weekly | Texas State Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper will provide an intersectional approach in analyzing how Chinese immigrants were depicted in the late 19th century in newspapers on the East Coast versus the West Coast and how these depictions reflected the underlying racial, religious, and class dynamics inside the United States. Through using political cartoons, this article will examine the degree to which newspapers and racially charged cartoons impacted anti-Chinese sentiments at the time, both through the long-lasting effects o...

My honors thesis, "From Caudillos to Congress: Tracing the Rise of Antipolitics in the United States," received an honorable mention at Texas State University's Undergraduate Research Conference Poster Session in May 2025.

During my final year at Texas State University, I worked closely with several research mentors, including my advisor, Dr. Ellen Tillman, to explore research opportunities and complete my honors thesis. After being introduced to the theory of antipolitics in Dr. Tillman’s Militarism in Latin America course, I became especially interested in applying this framework to my own research. What began as a class concept evolved into a passion project, shaping both my mentored research experience and my honors thesis.

Drawing on my backgrounds in journalism and history, this research allowed me to examine both historical and contemporary events through a unique lens. While only a theory, this research highlights how the expansion of the national security state has gradually reshaped the United States.

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From Caudillos to Congress: Tracing the Rise of Antipolitics in the United States

By the end of the 1970s, American citizens’ distrust in their government and institutions had rapidly widened. As distrust and instability grew throughout the decade, the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s only deepened this sentiment, with former President Ronald Reagan pinning Americans’ problems on the government itself. As the United States continues to face growing economic, political, and social instability, working to better understand modern issues by analyzing historical patterns of institu...

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