SESSION FIVE. Monroe 210. 11 AM—Community and Policy: Navigating Resilience and Resources in Modern American Society
Moderator: Dr. Susan Fernsebner
Aaliyah Anderson and Tabitha Van Doren, “The Relationship Between Immigration Enforcement and the Underfunding of Virginia’s Regional Jails”
Josey Laughlin, “The Resilience Found within the Italian American Community during the Great Depression”
Laurie Zdenek, “The Perfect Solution? Municipal Park Fee Adoption in Stafford County and Fredericksburg, VA”
SESSION SIX. Monroe 111. 11 AM—Public Digital History Projects from the Digital History Seminar
Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey McClurken
Accessibility of Student DH Projects
Blue Shojinaga, Gabrielle Guy, Vumiliya Veriak
100 years of Devil-Goat Day
Charlotte Niblett, Cora Hammer, Abby Firestone, Benjamin Berger-Relave
Partnering with the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center
Hannah Holstrom, Caty Taylor, Caitlin Ervin, Grayson Donohoe
GenAI’s Potential Impact on Public History
Emma Findler, Sage Milton, Dan Stell, Connor O’Brien
Making Audible the James Monroe Museum
Ewan Highsmith, Izzy Ellenberger, Kelbie Pyburn, Cameron Mayfield
LUNCH. 12PM-1PM
SESSION SEVEN. Monroe 210. 1 PM—Religious Belief, Music, and Stone: Medieval and Modern Transformations in Europe, Russia, and the Near East
Moderator: Dr. Leslie Martin
Nathan Gehrke, “Constructing National Identity: The Development of a Russian Orchestral Style, 1860-1890”
Charlotte Niblett, “High-Priestesses in the Cult of Deified Kings: Roles and Functions from the Early Dynastic Period to the Third Dynasty of Ur”
Leah Perdue, “Temporal and Regional Variation in the Function of the Castles of the Norman Conquest”
SESSION EIGHT. Monroe 111. 1 PM—Forging Identity: Food, Sport, and Education in the American Experience
Moderator: Dr. Will Mackintosh
Abigail Fuller, “Eat Your Dill and Give Thanks: How God, Death, and America created the Jewish Deli”
Connor Hanmer, “Exploring How Baseball Helped Native Americans Overcome Assimilation and Maintain Their Identity”
Caz Hatton, Will Polaski, “‘At the Expense of Asians’: Racialized Merit in STEM-Focused Highschool Admissions”
