Department of History and American Studies
University of Mary Washington
Fall 2020 Symposium – Friday, December 4
The Department of History and American Studies will present its Fall 2020 Undergraduate Research Symposium on Zoom on Friday, December 4, 2020. For more information, please contact Dr. Susan Fernsebner (sfernseb@umw.edu).
9:00-9:50 AM
SESSION ONE. “The American Dream, Social Injustice, and Ideologies of Dissent: Selected Papers” – Moderator: Dr. Erin Devlin
Mariah Morton. “I Love Lucy: Family and Gender Roles in the 1950s”
Gianna Banish. “Exploring the Transformation of Malcolm X Ideology”
Cody Bowler. “Watts and Rodney King: More Than Riots”
SESSION TWO. “Historical Studies on World War I and II” – Moderator: Dr. Porter Blakemore
Sarah Pietrowski. “A Comparative Analysis of the Responses of the United Kingdom and the United States to the Jewish Refugee Crisis Prior to World War II”
Michael Mallery. ““The Experiences of Thomas Callaway in the Second World War”
Megan Mydlow. “Admiral Nimitz: His Strategic Mindset and Leadership Role in the Pacific Theater”
10:10-11:00 AM
SESSION THREE. “Dragon Myths, Medieval Literacy, and the Role of the Tournament: Selected Papers in European History” – Moderator: Dr. Bruce O’Brien
Kassie Phillips. “The Conceptual Evolution of the Dragon: The Convergence of Greek, Germanic , Celtic, and Christian Mythologies and the Modern Dragon”
Matthew Abbot. “Early Medieval European Literacy: Francia and England”
Daniel Noel. “The Role and Effects of the Tournament in Medieval Western Europe”
SESSION FOUR. “Of Bound Feet and Flying Witches: Topics in East Asian Studies” – Moderator: Dr. Susan Fernsebner
Katie Molina. “Western Influences in the Anti-Footbinding Movement, 1860-1912”
Alison Poisson. “Gender & Miyazaki’s World: Witches, Feminists, and Other Scary Things”
11:20 AM – 12:10 PM
SESSION FIVE. “Gender, Race, and the Environment: Themes in U.S. History” – Moderator: Dr. Jason Sellers
Christina M. Cowart. “Breaking Through the Barriers: Women in Early Jazz”
Thomas Bascom. “Race, Citizenship, The Frontier, and American Identity in 20th Century Scouting Movements”
Justin L. Binns. “Undamming America: A Regional Case Study”
SESSION SIX. “Selected Papers in United States History” – Moderator: Dr. Allyson Poska
Jordan Petty. “Glass Nast: How Nineteenth-Century Cartoonist Thomas Nast Is a Window into Postbellum America”
Paul Hogue. “Tulsa Race Riot: Accessing Economic Envy and Fear of Interracial Sex in Jim Crow Era Oklahoma”
Kimberly Eastridge. “The Patriarchy Discussed Through I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver.”
SESSION SEVEN. “New Military Histories: Local and Global” – Moderator: Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti
Lauren Frye. “Culpepper, VA: Caught in the Crossroads”
Maddie Shiflett. “‘On the Verge of Liberty’: The Impact of Advocacy and Federal Policy at the Point Lookout Contraband Camp”
Dennis Gill. “NATO’s Long, Bloody Road to the Kosovo War”
12:30-1:20 PM
SESSION EIGHT. “The Inscribed Canvas of History: Sweethearts, Notorious Dictators, and Prison Tattoos” – Moderator: Dr. Steven Harris
Shannon Payne. “London’s Sweethearts or Most Notorious Criminals: The Kray Twins”
Tara Scroggins. “Converging Lives: A Comparative History of Hitler and Stalin”
Cathryn Kinde. “Sex, Stars, and Stalin: An Examination of Russian Prison Tattoos in the Soviet Era”
SESSION NINE. “Topics in 19th and 20th Century History” – Moderator: Dr. Claudine Ferrell
Amanda Huber. “Dr. Charles West and the New World of Pediatric Medicine”
Anne-Marie Guelcher. “‘Something Beautiful’ – The Horses, Heroes, and History of Operation Cowboy and Race to Save Austria’s White Gold”
Corey Harrison. “American ‘Devil Dogs’: Newspapers and Perceptions of the Marine Corps in World War I”