Vanessa Crispin-Peralta
3752 Diamond Court
Simi Valley, CA 93063
805-455-2180
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD in American History, 2013
Dissertation Topic: “Children at the Edge of the Empire: A History of Childhood in Coastal California’s Spanish Missions and Pueblos”
Fields: Colonial America, U.S. History with an emphasis on childhood, Colonial Latin America, and Anthropology
Committee: Ann Plane, Lisa Jacobson, and Monica Orozco
University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. in American History, 2006
Research Interests: Native American History, Colonial U.S. History, U.S. Women’s History in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and Public History
California State University, Chico
B.A. in History, 2002
Areas of Concentration: American Indian Studies and Women’s Studies
Teaching Experience
Moorpark College, Part-Time Faculty, Summer 2007- present
Socialand Political History of the United States, through 1867
Social and Political History of the United States, from 1867
History of Native Americans
Women’s History in the United States
California History
Western Civilization from 1700
Western Civilization until 1700
Westmont College, Adjunct Faculty, 2007 – Spring 2013
Socialand Political History of the United States, through 1867
Socialand Political History of the United States, from 1867
Colonial and Revolutionary America
Civil War America
Recent America, 1945 to the present
The California Experience
University of California, Santa Barbara, Adjunct Faculty, Winter 2008, 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, and Spring 2015
The History of Colonial America, Upper Division
Colonial American History, Research Seminar
19th Century American Women, Upper Division
The American People (Colonial through Jacksonian Era)
Revolutionary America, Upper Division
Native American History through 1838, Upper Division
California State University, Channel Islands, Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2015
Social and Political History of the United States, through 1900
Lead Teaching Assistant, History Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005-2006
Organized and ran a full day orientation as well as a year long program created to train new teaching assistants while at the same time further deepening the skill sets of more experienced teaching assistants.
Fellowships and Awards
History Associates Fellowship, 2008 and 2009, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
Department Dissertation Fellowship, 2008, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
Wilbur R. Jacobs Prize, 2008, University of California, Santa Barbara
History Associates Fellowship, 2005, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
Wilbur R. Jacobs Prize, 2004, University of California, Santa Barbara
Phi Beta Kappa, Undergraduate Honor Society, California State University, Chico, 2001
Other Work Experience
The Public Historian, Editorial Assistant
Coordinated with authors, peer reviewers, book and museum reviewers, and editors to ensure a timely release of new issues, solicitation of peer reviewers, copy reading, generated reports of museum exhibits and films for review.