History and American Studies Symposium
University of Mary Washington – Friday, December 6, 2019
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
SESSION ONE. 9 AM. Monroe 210 – Writing, Texts, and History
Moderator: Dr. Krystyn Moon
Carolyn Stough. “Gender and Perspective in Eighteenth-Century Women’s Travel Writing”
Justin Curtis. “Performing Imperialism: Dime Novel Representations of Wild West Folk Heroes”
Kyle Moore. “Shanghai as a Representation of China in 1930s Chinese Fiction”
SESSION TWO. 9 AM. Monroe 111 – Infernos and Fevers in United States History
Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey McClurken
Connor Carmichael. “The Great Conflagration of 1871: A Social History of the Great Fire’s Aftermath in Chicago”
Nicole Stell. “Presidential Illnesses of the Twentieth Century and the Role of the White House Physician”
SESSION THREE. 10 AM. Monroe 210 – Selected Papers in American Studies and U.S. History
Moderator: Dr. Erin Devlin
Cassiel Haynes. “Migrant Labor through the Eyes of Braceros”
Courtlyn Plunkett. “Americanization at Hull House”
Rebecca A. Akers. “Dolley Madison: The Real First Lady”
SESSION FOUR. 10 AM. Monroe 111 – Military History and World War II
Moderator: Dr. Susan Fernsebner
Jack Hagn. “Early United States Military Aviation: How American Aviation Stalled Out”
Devin Wright. “Moral Courage: German Resistance against Hitler and the Nazis during World War II”
SESSION FIVE. 11 AM. Monroe 210 – Religious History: Of Mothers, Converts, and the Messiah
Moderator: Dr. Allyson Poska
Samantha Hampton. “Khadija: The Mother of the Believers”
Jacob Spencer. “Conversos and the Spanish Inquisition”
Alec Cameron. “Sabbatai Sevi: Kabbalah and the Messiah”
SESSION SIX. 11 AM. Monroe 111 – New Perspectives in American Studies
Moderator: Dr. Steven Harris
Ellora Larsen. “‘Only a Footnote in History’: Native Americans in Decline of the Western and the Rise of Red Power, 1950-1970”
Ginny Bixby. “The Complicated Legacy of a Segregationist: The Renaming of Mills E. Godwin Middle School”
Sherronda Robinson. African American Involvement in the ‘Just Say No’ Campaign.
SESSION SEVEN. 1 PM. MONROE 210 – Environment and U.S. History
Moderator: Dr. Porter Blakemore
Cole Hogan. “History of the Rappahannock River”
William Roszell. “Urbanna Oyster Festival: A History of Celebration through the Festival”
Nick Skibinski. “Secessions in Succession: Contrasting South Carolina and Virginia in the Secession Crisis”
SESSION EIGHT. 1 PM. MONORE 111 – Famine, War, and Labor
Moderator: Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti
Erica Piper. “Ukranian Resentment: The Famine of 1932-33 Recounted by Ukranian Peasants” [S. Harris]
Timothy Shinkle. “Soviet-Afghan War: Understanding the Complexity Surrounding the War through the Soviet Perspective”
Will Everett. “A Long and Bitter Fight: The Interplay of Socialism, Organized Labor, and Nationalism during the Irish Revolution, 1912-1923”
