to the 57th Annual Conference in Costa Mesa, California
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Ayres Hotel Costa Mesa/Newport Beach
325 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, California
Deluxe Rooms $159.00/night (single/double)
Additional guests are $10.00/person/night (up to 4 people per room)
Book your room! Conference rates are good for reservation nights April 23 - 27, 2025.
Conference registrants may also book their rooms while registering for the conference. Please see the conference registration link below.
**Advisory: Room rate is subject to availability and rooms may book up prior to the April 2, 2025 cut off date.
Friday, April 25, 2025
@noon -- lunch included with registration!
Author of the award-winning La Calle: Spatial Conflicts and Urban Renewal in a Southwestern City (2010) and two memoirs: In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown & Queer (2019) and L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Memoir (2023). Dr. Otero is Emeritus Associate Professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. Their scholarship examines urban redevelopment and contested landscapes, focusing on how history has been used to legitimize power and white dominance. Their memoirs merge personal experience with historical archives.
See Dr. Otero’s website for more information on their work.
4/24 Thursday
6:30 – 9:00 pm: Book Launch (celebrate WAWH members' recent publications)
4/25 Friday
8:30 - 10:00 am: Session I
10:15 - 11:45 am: Session II
12:00 - 1:30 pm: Keynote Luncheon
1:45 - 3:15 pm: Session III
3:30 - 5:00 pm: Happy Hour Mixer & Poster Presentation
4/26 Saturday
8:30 - 10:00 am: Session IV
10:15 - 11:45 am: Session V
12:00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch (on your own)
1:45 - 3:15 pm: Session VI
3:30 - 5:00 pm: Session VII
5:15 - 6:45 pm: Members' Business Meeting (all welcome)
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Awards Banquet
The program committee will notify applicants of acceptance in early December 2024.
Participants whose panels are selected for inclusion in the 2025 program must hold WAWH membership through December 2025 and must register for the conference no later than February 16, 2025. Conference program participants who do not register by February 16, 2025 will be dropped from the program.
See below for registration rates.
To register, please click on the appropriate registration button below.
**Non-members, note that membership + registration is generally less expensive than nonmember registration. So, why not JOIN TODAY!
Full conference registration (Thursday – Saturday) includes all programming + food and beverages as follows:
Member + Program Participants
Student Member + Program Participants
Non-Member, not program participant
This option is for Friday or Saturday ONLY. One-day registration includes all programming and food & beverage options for the one day selected (see above for details).
Member + Program Participants
Student Member + Program Participants
Non-Member, not program participant
A limited number of travel grants are available for non-local graduate students and early-career scholars through reimbursement paid out at the conference. Travel grants must be applied for in advance through the registration process and will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
A limited number of reimbursements are also available in exchange for one or two shifts worked at the registration table. This opportunity is available to both local and non-local registrants. See the registration portal for details and to apply.
If you or your company are interested in marketing your products or services to our members,
consider becoming a conference sponsor. See the pdf below for details.
Questions? Contact our Executive Director at executivedirector@wawh.org.
2025 WAWH Sponsorship Opportunities (pdf)
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