This blog isn’t the only place where you can find the writings of Barnard History majors! Scroll on to discover how history students have been publishing their research for the wider public and the breadth of topics they explore.

Student Initiatives: Sam Ortega Pens “The U.S. Has Always Exploited Immigrants During Pandemics” in YES! Magazine!
Rising junior History major Sam Ortega authored this piece in YES! Magazine, exploring the treatment of migrants at the border in her home town of El Paso across two pandemics: the 1917 typhus outbreak and our current COVID-19 outbreak. Sam had originally researched the 1917 typhus epidemic in “World Migration” with Professor Jose Moya, and…