Schaffman, Karen. Interview June 6, 2025.
Higher education
Dance Study and teaching
Improvisation in dance
Movement education
California State University San Marcos -- Faculty
Dr. Karen Schaffman is a Professor of Dance at California State University San Marcos since 2002. She has been pivotal to the development of the Dance program at CSUSM. For Karen dancing is a transformative, healing and transgressive force for self-awareness, political change and social communication. In this interview, Schaffman covers her early exposure to dance, her formal education, international work, and her time at CSUSM.
Karen Schaffman
California State University San Marcos University Library
Jennifer Fabbi
In copyright
English
Connecticut
Amherst (Mass.)
Riverside (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Holland
Germany
Schaffman, Karen. Interview transcript, June 5, 2025.
San Marcos (Calif.)
Schaffman, Karen. Photographs, June 5, 2025.
Four photos related to the oral history of Karen Schaffman. Photograph #1 depicts dancers in a performance of the Experimental Dance Project titled "Poc-Chuc Iteraciión 4." Photograph #2 depicts dancers in a performance of the Experimental Dance Project titled "The Chameleon Complex." Photograph #3 depicts Karen Schaffman with with Ishmael Houston Jones in the Think Gravity Dance Project. Photograph #4 depicts Karen Schaffman with Darrell Jones in the Think Gravity Dance Project. Click on the thumbnails to view the full images in more detail.
Serrano, Lilian. Interview April 6, 2022
California State University San Marcos
Community organization
Undocumented immigrants -- California -- San Diego County
Lilian Serrano is a California State San Marcos alum. She graduated with a degree in Human Development. Lilian worked with the National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos before moving on to work with Alianza Comunitaria and Universidad Popular. In this interview, Lilian discusses family life and growing up in Tijuana and Oxnard, her experiences as a student activist at CSUSM, and her work as an advocate for immigrant rights in North County.
Lilian Serrano
Robert Sheehan
Oxnard (Calif.)
San Diego County (Calif.)
Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)
Serrano, Lilian. Interview transcript. April 6, 2022.
Undocumented immigrants -- San Diego County (Calif.)
California State University San Marcos University Library Special Collections
Kevin Vigil
https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
Shaffer, David. Interview transcript, November 20, 2025.
US Air Force
Captain
Cold War
Consolidated Aircraft
B-24
B-32
Convair
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day
2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment
American Civil War
Prussian
British
American Revolution
German
American
cavalryman
Fort Bliss
Galloping Goose
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Denver University
San Diego State University
marine engine mechanic
Officers Training School
Second Lieutenant
air traffic controller
Keesler Air Force Base
TERPS
Terminal Instrument Procedures
forward airfield
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Six-Day War
Sinai Peninsula
Lajes Field
Strategic Air Command
General Curtis LeMay
Officer in Charge
Hahn Air Base
B-36
B-36 Peacemaker
A model B-36
engineer
little people
Lackland Air Force Base
officer trainee club
officers' club
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
ATC
Navy
Tinker Air Force Base
BFS
Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung
Jimmy Stewart
World War II
First Lieutenant
1634B
AFSC
Air Force Specialty Code
1634A
airmen
sergeant
traveling
skiing
childhood
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
B-52
McGuire Air Force Base
Colonel
50th Tactical Fighter Wing
Ramstein Air Base
Hitler Youth
military police
BMW
Afrika Korps
POW camp
Marshall Plan
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Federal Republic of Germany
Bundeswehr
West German Army
F-100 Super Sabre
Ground-Controlled Approach
Tempelhofer Feld
Berlin Tegel Airport
C-130
Air France
Sud Aviation Caravelle
Stars and Stripes
ADIZ
Air Defense Identification Zone
US Army
Canadian Air Force
the Pentagon
Andrews Air Force Base
Philadelphia Airport
hippie
protest
family
community
draft dodgers
teaching credentials
high school teacher
G.I. Bill
pilot training
Veterans Affairs
ATP
airline transport pilot
private license
San Diego State College
Palomar Airport
friendship
F-4 Phantom
TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation
DME
Distance Measuring Equipment
German Air Force
MiG
Mikoyan
Sukhoi
Wild Weasel
F-105
radar
anti-aircraft
Robert McNamara
Lyndon Johnson
Cuthbert A. Pattillo
Fulda Gap
patriotism
Freemasonry
draft
Agent Orange
Captain David Shaffer served in Europe as an air traffic controller during the 1960s. Shaffer was raised in San Diego County where his father was an engineer for Convair. From a young age, Shaffer aspired to become a military pilot, a goal which his tall height prevented. As an air traffic controller, Shaffer spent most of his deployment in Portugal and West Germany during the Cold War. He designed forward airfields during the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, although the conflict was over before they could be used. After leaving military service, Shaffer taught high school industrial arts in North San Diego County. He used the G.I. Bill to gain his master’s degree from San Diego State College and his private pilot license. In this oral history interview, Shaffer tells stories from his military service and reflects on the importance of patriotism.
David Shaffer
Jason Beyer
Europe
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
Colorado
San Diego (Calif.)
California
South Cheyenne Canyon Road (Colo.)
Pikes Peak (Colo.)
Balboa Park
Texas
Philippines
Pennsylvania
Cortez (Colo.)
Shelter Island
Azores (Portugal)
Portugal
Hahn (Germany)
North San Diego County
San Antonio (Tex.)
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
Tucson (Ariz.)
Arizona
Mississippi
New Jersey
Israel
Middle East
Austria
Bavaria
Kastellaun (Germany)
Koblenz (Germany)
Hunsrück-Kaserne
Libya
North Africa
United States
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
North Carolina
Iowa
Vietnam
Berlin (Germany)
Frankfurt (Germany)
West Berlin
Frankfurt Rhine-Main (Germany)
East Germany
West Germany
Soviet Union
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
Kitzbühel (Austria)
Zweibrücken (Germany)
Moscow (Russia)
Munich (Germany)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Ohio
New Zealand
Australia
France
Canada
Carlsbad (Calif.)
Fallbrook (Calif.)
Arkansas
Mount Rushmore
Yellowstone National Park
Sheikh-Arvizu, Sara. Interview March 30, 2023.
California State University San Marcos. Cross-Cultural Center
Chapman University
Civil rights
Education, Higher
LGBTQ+ activism
LGBTQ+ life
Orange County Human Relations Commission (Orange County, Calif.)
Sara Sheikh-Arvizu was Assistant Director of the Cross-Cultural Center at California State University San Marcos from 2008 to 2011. In this interview, Sara discusses her roles at CSUSM and the various programs she initiated or facilitated. Sara also briefly discusses her current work with Orange County Human Relations.
Sara Sheikh-Arvizu
Michael De Maria
Orange (Calif.)
Sheikh-Arvizu, Sara. Interview transcript March 30, 2023.
Sara Sheikh-Arvizu was Assistant Director of the Cross-Cultural Center at California State University San Marcos from 2008 to 2011. In this interview, Sara discusses her roles at CSUSM and the various programs she initiated or facilitated. Sara also briefly discusses her current work with Orange County Human Relations. This oral history was made possible in collaboration with the Cross-Cultural Center and with generous funding from the Instructionally Related Activities fund.
Aaron Williams
Orange County (Calif.)
Spackman, Amy. Interview February 23, 2017.
Brewing industry -- California -- History
Microbreweries -- California -- San Diego County
Amy Spackman began working in the tasting room at Mission Brewing in San Diego after switching careers from being a preschool teacher. In this interview she discusses her experience breaking into the San Diego craft brewing industry, her continuing education, and what it is like to be one of few women in the industry.
Amy Spackman
Judith Downie
In copyright.
El Cajon (Calif.)