History and American Studies Symposium
University of Mary Washington – Department of History and American Studies
Friday, April 22, 2015
Senior thesis and digital history project presentations. All are welcome!
SESSION ONE. 9 AM. Monroe 210— Race and Ethnicity in American Life
Moderator: Dr. Porter Blakemore
Ashlyn Dacey—Domestic Violence on Indian Reservations in the United States
Shannon Ball—“Woman Must Have Her Freedom”: Birth Control Activism as Viewed Through The Birth Control Review and the Influence of Margaret Sanger
Lila Spitz—The Depiction of African Americans in Six High School United States History Textbooks from the 1980s and the Early 2000s
SESSION TWO. 9 AM. Monroe 111—Representations of Women in History
Moderator: Dr. Will Mackintosh
Francesca Dinger—Sky High Standards: Female Flight Attendants of the 1960s
Carolyn Ann Kowalewski—From Wives to Public Conduct: Protestant Reformer’s Views on Women in the Sixteenth Century
Ashley Jenkins—Portrayal of Republican Era Chinese Women in Popular Culture
SESSION THREE. 10 AM. Monroe 210—20th Century German History
Moderator: Dr. Susan Fernsebner
Dana Baumgartner—Jugend Dient Dem Fuerher: Growing Up in the Hitler Youth
Zach Young—The German Nuclear Program: How Germany’s Technological Progress Failed to Produce the Atomic Bomb
Kathleen MacIndoe—The Forgotten Faces of Operation Valkyrie
SESSION FOUR. 10 AM. Monroe 111— Forging and Breaking Social and Economic Bonds in Times of War and Peace
Moderator: Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti
Victoria Bond—Captivity and Native American Customs during the Seven Years War
Corey Dyke—Under Siege: The Struggle to Form and Maintain Allegiances in the American Civil War
Lydia Hope Jones—The Demise of a Town with Promise: A Comparative Look at the Towns of Dumfries and Alexandria and Their Varied Responses to Colonial Pressures
SESSION FIVE. 11 AM. Monroe 210—Women in American History and Contemporary Life
Moderator: Dr. Bruce O’Brien
Mercia Spicer—Choosing to Stay: Seeking to Understand the Choices of Women Captives
Mary Fesak—“The Ideals of Pine Mountain”: Gender, Progressive Thought, and the Built Environment at Pine Mountain Settlement School
SESSION SIX. 11 AM. Monroe 111—Cultures of Food and Sports in American History
Moderator: Dr. Claudine Ferrell
Jenna Williams—“It’s Going, Going, Gone”: The Policies and History Surrounding Cuban Baseball Defections in the 1990s
Elizabeth Eiseman—Lacrosse the Nation: How Sport Benefits Native Americans
Peyton Brown—Big on the Pig: Pork Culture and Barbecue Culture in North Caroline History
SESSION SEVEN. 1 PM. Monroe 111—Representations of Sexuality and Gender Relations
Moderator: Dr. Jeff McClurken
Emily Bostaph—Stuck in Their Ways: The Portrayal of Homosexuality in Popular Sitcoms and News Segments from the 1950s to the Late 1980s
Bailey Ivancic—“Are You Popular?” The Depiction of Women in Postwar Social Guidance Films
Megan Rebennack—Feminist Reading on Amy Schumer
SESSION EIGHT. 1PM. Monroe 210—Explorations in Late Antique, Byzantine, and Medieval European History
Moderator: Dr. Steven E. Harris
Barry Lucero II—Constantine: The Driving Force of a Christian Revolution?
Edward Harold Scheirer III—Ideal Kingship and the Legitimacy of the Anglo-Saxon State
Shane Carlson—Early Byzantine and Arab Naval Organizations, 655 CE-717 CE
SESSION NINE. 1PM. Monroe 211—War and Nationalism in Colonial America and the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Moderator: Dr. Jason Sellers
Heidi Scanlon—King Philip’s War: The Attack on Medfield
Megan Bannon—Pioneer Farmer: An Analysis of George Washington’s Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Practices at Mount Vernon
Jake Rieder– Nationalism and the Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
SESSION TEN. 2 PM. Monroe 111—Narratives of Exclusion and Inclusion in American History
Moderator: Dr. Krystyn Moon
Shannon Green—AIDS: A Catalyst for Queer Representation in the Media
Daniel Webb—Is It Because I’m Black: The 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In and Its Effects on the Civil Rights Movement
Marie Clifford—Reinterpreting the Civil War: Creating a Narrative with the Voices of Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans at National Park Service Sites
SESSION ELEVEN. 2 PM. Monroe 210—Adventures in Digital History Project Presentations
Moderator: Dr. McClurken
3D Scans from the James Monroe Museum
Mary C. Fesak
Jonathan A. Hernandez
Lila B. Spitz
The Slaughter-Murray Papers
Kimberly A. Carbajo
Matthew R. Gaughan
Kathleen M. MacIndoe
Brexton L. O’Donnell
History of the ITCC/Hurley Convergence Center
Jonathon A. Baker
Andrew B. Boswell
Marissa I. Feldman
Andrew C. Steele
Diary of Civil War Soldier Stephen Gordon
Michael C. Black
Catherine A. Liberty
Alexander C. Privitt
James T. Stewart