The University Library is pleased to announce the 2025 Japanese American Archival Collection (JAAC) Undergraduate Research Travel Grant awardees.
Nathaniel Jeffords
Nathaniel Jeffords is an undergraduate student at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. His research project, From Fields to Archives: Preserving the Stories of Japanese American Farmers will connect primary source material from the JAAC to the Kansha History Project to explore a deeper understanding of the family, community, and agricultural lives of regional farmers prior to World War II.
Latasha Neal
Latasha Neal is an undergraduate student at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her research project, Finding Harmony: Music and Identity in the Issei, Nisei and Beyond will explore the cultural and ethnic identities of Issei and Nisei Japanese Americans through an examination of their musical engagement in the internment camps.