Winter 2026 American West Working Group Seminar Series (CONCLUDED)

Date
Fri January 16th 2026, 12:00pm - Fri March 6th 2026, 2:15pm
Event Sponsor
The Bill Lane Center for the American West
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Winter 2026 American West Working Group schedule

Seminars are held at noon in person (lunch provided) and on Zoom. If you are interested in attending any of the talks listed below, please email esther [at] stanford.edu (esther[at]stanford[dot]edu).

DateSpeakerTalk title
Jan. 16

Miri Powell

Dept. of History, Stanford University

William Shockley's Westward Expansion: Reflections on the Environmental History of Silicon Valley
Jan. 30

Alexia Olaizola

Dept of Economics, Stanford University

Foster care, Residential Schools and Indigenous Outcomes Outside Reserves in Canada
Feb. 13

Katherine R. Cheng

Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington

Partnering on Heat: Fostering Community Collaboration in Local Adaptation
Feb. 27Megan Mullin,

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and Faculty Director, Luskin Center for Innovation		Deploying Science in Post-Disaster Decision Making: Lessons from the 2025 Los Angeles Fires
March 6

Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin

Dept of History, and Dee Fellow at the Bill Lane Center

Nuclear Black Futures: Nuclear Technology, Race, and the Cost of Scientific Progress in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point (working title)
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