Acknowledgments
This project was born out of a graduate seminar on visual representation of the Japanese American incarceration in Spring 2020 taught by Stephanie Takaragawa at Chapman University. Along with graduate student Winston Andrus, the idea for an exhibition of comics generated inside and outside the camps during WWII arose during the course of this class.
In Fall 2020, Takaragawa was awarded a Chapman University internal Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity grant to begin work on this project. Working with student research assistant, Winston Andrus, Takagarwa has identified archival materials, images, and comics that feature the internment for this project.
Jessica Bocinski, Collections Manager of the Escalette Collection of Art at Chapman University, joined the team as the Lead Curator for the online and physical exhibition. Dr. Jan Osborn serves as Humanities advisor for the project and directs and oversees pedagogical issues for the website.
This activity is funded by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program.
The Teams
Research Leads: Stephanie Takaragawa and Winston Andrus
Student Researchers: Eva Wong, Bradley Carol, Annie Okuhara, Larkin McBride, Bernadine Cortina, Jerry Zou
Physical Exhibition
Lead Curator: Jessica Bocinski
Team: Henry Littleworth, Stephanie Takaragawa, Jan Osborn, Annie Tang, Allison Devries
Virtual Exhibition
Lead Curator: Jessica Bocinski
Team: Henry Littleworth, Fiona Bumgarner, Bradley Carol
Pedagogical Research and Practicum
Pedagogical Lead: Jan Osborn
Team: Jessica Bocinski, Stephanie Takaragawa, and Allison Devries
Project Illustrator: Henry Littleworth
Exhibition Preparators: Justin and Josh Landis
