Student Furnished Course Supplies/Prerequisites: 2 books: Yoshiko Uchida, Desert Exile Roger Daniels, Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II

Course Description: Two months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans, many of whom were American citizens, to 1 of 10 internment camps located across the country. Some were allowed to leave beginning in 1945, and the last camp closed in March 1946. One of these camps was in central Utah. In this course, we’ll discuss the timeline of internment in Utah. We’ll discuss and compare primary and secondary sources. We will also briefly discuss the implications of these internment camps.

Course Instructor: Melissa Maughan is a Staff Assistant in the Utah State University's History department. She graduated with a BA in History from USU in 2013 with a specialization in US History 1900-1945 with an emphasis in Japanese Internment. She has an MA in English from USU with a specialization in rhetoric. She has a special interest in naturalism and classic literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
melissa.maughan@usu.edu