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Mark J. Katz
mkatz5@horizon.csueastbay.edu (professional)
markjkatz76@google.com (personal)

(925) 356-1889

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EDUCATION

2017-Present M.A., California State University, East Bay, Graduate History

University Thesis Option (in-progress)
Thesis titled: “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal: How a
Pragmatic Approach Lifted the Nation from the Great Depression.”

2017 B.A., California State University, East Bay, American History

Cum Laude
Tau Sigma National Honor Society

Conference Activity

Papers Presented

2018 “The History of How the 1964 Civil Rights Act Led to a Paradigm Shift
Within the American Political Landscape,” History Student Research
Conference, California State University, East Bay, May 18, 2018

2018 “The Rise of the Airplane: How Postal/Parcel Delivery and the
Transportation Industry Were Forever Changed by the Airplane,”
History Student Research Conference, California State University
East Bay, May 18, 2018

Documentaries

2016 “Earl Warren: A Justice For All,” Community Members Night, Hayward
Area Historical Society (HAHS), Public History Student Capstone
Presentation, California State University, East Bay, December 6, 2016
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2018 Editorial Board Member (appointed position) The East Bay Historia, Vol. 2
California State University, East Bay, Department of History Academic
Journal

EMPLOYMENT GOALS

Professional Historian:
-Federal, State, or Local in the capacity of politics, government, or public policy

Teacher:
-Community College level

ACADEMIC FIELDS

American History:
-20th century with a focus on domestic political history and its impact on those
whom reside in the United States.

-Graduate work (University Thesis Option) titled “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New
Deal: How a Pragmatic Approach Lifted the Nation from the Great Depression”

REFERENCES
Anna R. Alexander, Ph.D., Professor of History, California State University, East Bay
Email: anna.alexander@csueastbay.edu Phone: (510) 885-3247