Carr, Jim. Interview transcript, September 26, 2017.
Barcoding
Distribution Services
California State University San Marcos
Fixed asset tracking
San Diego State University
Sustainability
Jim Carr spent 24 years at California State University San Marcos working for the Distribution Services team and was instrumental in implementing the first barcoded inventory tracking system for the University. Jim discusses his time working for CSUSM as part of Distribution Services and how his education and background led to him this job.
Jim Carr
California State University San Marcos University Library
Judith Downie
Robert Sheehan
In copyright
English
San Diego (Calif.)
San Marcos (Calif.)
Rafael, Joel. Interview September 23rd, 2025.
Songwriters -- United States
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Folk festivals
California condor — Conservation — United States
Record labels
Folk music — United States — The Joel Rafael Band
Joel Rafael is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician from San Diego County, California. Joel has been making music with his band and solo for over fifty years. He is well known for his writing and performance in the style of Woody Guthrie. In this part two interview, Rafael discusses the evolution of his musical career and the formation of The Joel Rafael Band.
Joel Rafael
Jennifer Fabbi
Escondido (Calif.)
West (U.S.)
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Burbank (Calif.)
Poway (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Kerrville (Texas)
Knowles, Cheryl (Cheryl Dinning). Interview May 16, 2013
Afghan War, 2001-2021
Gay military personnel -- United States
Iraq War, 2003-2011
LGBTQ+ life
United States. Navy
Interview with Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning), Petty Officer First Class, United States Navy. In her interview, Dinning discusses her enlistment, basic and advanced training, and four deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Knowles also discusses life in the Navy, including shipboard life, as well as what it was like serving in the Navy as a lesbian during the Don't Act, Don't Tell era, an how if forced her to lead a double life and impacted her ability to be her genuine self and to grieve the loss of her daughter. This interview was conducted as part of the CSUSM Veterans Voices project, facilitated by the California State University San Marcos History Department, from 2012-2013. Veterans Voices (originally called War at Home and Abroad) documents, preserves, and makes accessible the experiences of CSUSM's student veterans. This interview was conducted with a "self-interviewing" protocol, a process drawn from a technique known as Digital Storytelling, which invites the narrator to self-author the interview, telling their story from their perspective, in their own words, and in their own manner. Narrators were provided a list of topics and interview guidelines emphasizing that they could use all, some, or none of the topics as they fashioned their stories about military service and related experiences, thus allowing each narrator to decide what they deemed to be historically important.
Cheryl Knowles (Cheryl Dinning)
Cole, Kevin. Interview November 28, 2012
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
United States. Marine Corps
United States. Marine Corps -- Recruiting and enlistment
USS Cole Bombing Incident, Aden, Yemen, 2000
Kevin Cole served with the Marine Corps as a Rifleman from 1998 - 2007. In his interview, Cole recounts his personal motivations for enlisting with the Marines and for enlisting as a Rifleman, as well as his family's civic-minded nature. Cole also discusses his bootcamp and on-the-job training with the Marine Corps, as well as the two-year cycle of Marine life: training, joining a larger joint unit, deployment, and downtime. Cole recounts two deployments, ship life aboard his deployments on Naval vessels, the bombing of the USS Cole, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and how attitudes towards Marines and the armed services shifted in the wake of those attacks. Cole ends his interview by relaying his reasons for reenlistment after 9/11. This interview was conducted as part of the CSUSM Veterans Voices project, a collaboration of the California State University San Marcos History Department and CSUSM Student Veterans Center (now the Epstein Family Veterans Center), from 2012-2013. Veterans Voices (originally called War at Home and Abroad) documents, preserves, and makes accessible the experiences of CSUSM's student veterans. This interview was conducted with a "self-interviewing" protocol, a process drawn from a technique known as Digital Storytelling, which invites the narrator to self-author the interview, telling their story from their perspective, in their own words, and in their own manner. Narrators were provided a list of topics and interview guidelines emphasizing that they could use all, some, or none of the topics as they fashioned their stories about military service and related experiences, thus allowing each narrator to decide what they deemed to be historically important.
Kevin Cole
Lynn (Mass.)
Twentynine Palms (Calif.)
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (U.S.)
Veterans -- Health aspects -- United States
Veterans -- United States
Veterans' spouses
John Aguilar, Jr. is a Marine Corps veteran who served from 2001-2005. In his interview, Aguilar recounts his motivations for enlisting with the Marine Corps and his experiences at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, California. Aguilar also offers his thoughts and experiences regarding the trauma and changes wrought by combat deployments on veterans and their families, his work in information technology in the Marine Corps, and his perspective on the Iraq and Afghan wars, media manipulation, anti-Arab racism and societal glorification of and prejudice towards veterans. This interview was conducted as part of the CSUSM Veterans Voices project, a collaboration of the California State University San Marcos History Department and CSUSM Student Veterans Center (now the Epstein Family Veterans Center), from 2012-2013. Veterans Voices (originally called War at Home and Abroad) documents, preserves, and makes accessible the experiences of CSUSM's student veterans. This interview was conducted with a "self-interviewing" protocol, a process drawn from a technique known as Digital Storytelling, which invites the narrator to self-author the interview, telling their story from their perspective, in their own words, and in their own manner. Narrators were provided a list of topics and interview guidelines emphasizing that they could use all, some, or none of the topics as they fashioned their stories about military service and related experiences, thus allowing each narrator to decide what they deemed to be historically important.
John Aguilar, Jr.
Lujan Bevacqua, Miget (Michael). Interview July 12, 2024.
Chamorro language
Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- History
Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- Social life and customs
Language revival
Colonization -- Spain -- Oceania
Colonization -- Japan
Colonization -- United States -- Guam
Grandparents
Education
Michael Lujan Bevacqua is a Chamorro educator, language teacher, and activist. In this interview, he speaks on his experiences growing up in Guam and in California, the pivotal relationship with his grandparents and his path toward embracing his heritage and community.
Miget (Michael) Lujan Bevacqua
Jennifer Ho
This interview is conducted in English and Chamorro
Hawaii
Guam
Atascadero (Calif.)
Forster, James. Interview Transcript, November 22, 2024.
United States. Air Force—Veterans
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
Aircraft mechanics
United States. Air Force—Noncommissioned officers
West Valley College (Saratoga, Calif.)
McClellan Air Force Base (Calif.)
Kadena Air Base (Okinawa-ken, Japan)
MacDill Air Force Base (Fla.)
National University (San Diego, Calif.)
James Robert Forster II served in Korea as a crew chief and flight mechanic for the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and reached his highest rank of E5 Staff Sergeant. Forster recalled the challenges of an unaccompanied tour to Korea, the strains it put on his first marriage, as well as his return home during the height of the anti-war movement. He praised the education and experiences he gained from military service, including travel, recreation, training, and the G.I. Bill. After military service, Forster worked in the insurance business and met his wife at university. He reflected on his family, travels after retirement, and the life lessons he learned from military service.
James Robert Forster II
Jason Beyer
Adel Bautista
Marilyn Huerta
Justin Gans
Korea
Vietnam
Wichita (Kan.)
San Jose (Calif.)
Sacramento (Calif.)
North China Sea
Osan (Korea)
Kunsan (Korea)
Gwangju (Korea)
Daegu (Korea)
Mount Fuji (Japan)
Tokyo (Japan)
Okinawa (Japan)
Taipei (Taiwan)
Taichung (Taiwan)
Tampa (Fla.)
Portland (Or.)
Caribbean
El Cajon (Calif.)
Chicago (Ill.)
Brodowsky, Glen. Interview transcript, 2024-06-14
California State University San Marcos. Administrative Building
California State University San Marcos. Faculty Senate
California State University San Marcos. Jewish Faculty and Staff Association
California State University San Marcos. Marketing Department
Cross-cultural marketing
Gonzalez, Alexander
Haynes, Karen S.
Intercultural marketing
Neufeldt, Ellen
California State University San Marcos--Faculty
Interview discusses Brodowsky’s career at CSUSM, starting with his journey into academia and his experience during the early years of the university, the campus, his work in development of policy and initiatives, as well as marketing, including the campus logo. Interview also discusses Brodowsky’s work in service at the university, his relationship with past university presidents, intercultural and cross-cultural marketing, his approach to teaching both at CSUSM and abroad at Brodowsky’s visiting professorships, the Jewish Faculty and Staff Association and the campus Jewish community, and his past year as Faculty Senate Chair.
Brodowsky, Glen
Visintainer, Sean
Sheehan, Robert
Taiwan
Ecuador
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Shanghai (China)
Buffalo (N.Y.)
Rafael, Joel. Interview transcript, September 23, 2025.
Folk music festivals—United States
Lacea, Jan Michael Letigio. Interview transcript, November 8, 2024.
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Calif.)
Missouri State University
Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2014 -- Philippines
United States. Navy -- Hospital corpsmen
Great Lakes (Ill.)
Jan Michael Letigio Lacea served in the Navy for eight years. He was frocked Petty Officer First Class HM1 (Hospital Corpsman First Class) before he left the service. Lacea described his service in the Philippines for Operation Enduring Freedom, and he reflected on his own identity as a Filipino American immigrant. He also recounted his return to civilian life, attending graduate school at CSU San Marcos, the support he received from the CSUSM Veterans’ Center, and the life lessons he learned from military service.
Jan Michael Letigio Lacea
Fallbrook (Calif.)
Cebu City (Philippines)
Springfield (Mo.)
Louisiana
San Antonio (Tex.)
Zamboanga (Philippines)
Manila (Philippines)
Boracay (Philippines)
Bohol (Philippines)
Arkansas
Marawi (Philippines)
Iraq
Afghanistan
North County San Diego (Calif.)