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Matthew Toshiaki Estes

Assistant Professor of History

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:

2008-Finalist for the Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Palomar College, San Marcos, CA.

2006- Presenter at the National Council of the Social Studies annual conference. Topic: A Delicate balance Between Choice and Force: Nation Building in US History.  Washington, D.C.

2006- Finalist for the Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. Palomar College, San Marcos, CA.

2004- Presenter for the Teaching American History Grant (US Department of Education) for the Broward County School System.  Topic: Teaching About the Japanese American Internment. Fort Lauderdale, FL.

2003- Recipient of the American Red Cross Check, Call, Care Award for organizing and teaching RedCross First-Aid and Infant-Child-Adult CPR and AED. Madison/Marshall County Chapter, Huntsville, AL.

2002- Presenter at the Texas Library Association’s annual conference. Topic: Technology Showcase- Internet Resources for Teaching U.S. History.  Dallas, TX.

2001- Presenter at the National Council of the Social Studies annual conference. Topic: Using Geography and the Internet to Teach Social Justice.  Washington, D.C.

2001- Presenter at the Florida Council of the Social Studies annual conference.  Topics: Use of the Internet for Teaching World Geography, Primary Source Analysis and American Government.   Tampa, FL.

2000- Guest lecturer for Horticulture 601 at Purdue University. Topic: Presentation Technology for Graduate Student Work.  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

2000- Presenter at the Alabama Association of Independent Schools Conference.  Title: Presentation Technology in the Real World- Hands on Applications for Technology in the Classroom.  Randolph School, Huntsville, AL.

1994- Member of Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History. Beta Kappa chapter, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

 PUBLICATIONS: 

Estes, Matthew and Ann Brady. “The History Research Project: A Social Studies Teacher and School Librarian Reflect on the Power of Collaboration.”  Library Media Connection. 23:4 (January 2005).

Estes, Matthew Toshiaki. Review of Henry Sugimoto: Painting an American Experience by Kristine Kim. Journal of the West, 42:4 (Fall, 2003), University of Kansas at Manhattan.

 _____.  “Topic Exploration: Japanese American Internment.”  American History. ABC-Clio Schools Subscription Web Sites, (November 21, 2002), <http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com>, ABC-Clio Schools, Santa Barbara, California.

_____.  Review of Jewel of the Desert:  Japanese American Internment at Topaz by Sandra C. Taylor. Great Plains Research: Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska, 4:1 (August, 1994), Lincoln, Nebraska.

Estes, Matthew T. and Donald H.  “Letters From Camp: Poston the First Year,” Journal of the West, 38:2 (April, 1999), University of Kansas at Manhattan.

_____. “Hot Enough to Melt Iron: The Experience of San Diego’s Nikkei - 1942 to 1945,” Journal of San Diego History, 44:1 (Winter/Spring, 1997), San Diego, California.

Estes, Donald H. and Matthew T.  “Further and Further Away: The Relocation of San Diego’s Nikkei Community - 1942,” Journal of San Diego History: The War Comes to San Diego, 40:1 (Spring-Summer, 1993), San Diego, California.

 

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