2016 Biennial Convention - Phi Alpha Theta

Program of the

Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society

2016 Biennial Convention

TABLE OF CONTENTS Conference Center Map .............................................................4 Schedule at a Glance ...................................................................5 Board Meeting (January 6) ………………………………...….6 (Phi Alpha Theta National Board Members only) Official Functions Opening Reception (January 6) ………………..………13 Breakfast (January 7) ………………………………….14 Luncheon (January 7) ………………………………….25 Roll Call and Business Meeting (January 8) …...….…..34 Breakfast (January 8) ………………….……………….34 Luncheon (January 8) …………………………..……...38 Luncheon (January 9) ………………………………….60 Presidential Banquet (January 9) …………...………….67 Paper Panels, Wednesday, January 6………………………..6 Paper Panels, Thursday, January 7……………..…………..14 Paper Panels, Friday, January 8…………………….………34 Paper Panels, Saturday, January 9……………………...…..54 National Officers 2014-2015.....................................................69

January 6-10, 2016 Hilton, located at WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort Orlando, Florida

Editorial Board of The Historian………………………...…..71

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONFERENCE CENTER MAP CONFERENCE CENTER MAP

National Committees………………………………………….73 Prizes and Awards…………………………………………….79 New Chapters of Phi Alpha Theta………………...……...….97 Index of Presenters ...................................................................98

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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

SCHEDULE GLANCE SCHEDULEAT OFAEVENTS (CONTINUED) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY6,6,2016 2016 THURSDAY, JANUARY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016

Welcome to the Phi Alpha Theta 2016 Biennial Convention!

Registration Board Meeting Paper Panels - Session 1 Paper Panels - Session 2 Opening Reception

2:00-6:00 p.m. 3:00-6:00 p.m. 3:00-4:15 p.m. 4:30-5:45 p.m. 6:30-7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 Registration 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Breakfast 7:00-8:00 a.m. Paper Panels - Session 3 8:00-9:15 a.m. Paper Panels - Session 4 9:30-10:45 a.m. Paper Panels - Session 5 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Luncheon 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Paper Panels - Session 6 2:00-3:15 p.m. Paper Panels - Session 7 3:30-4:45 p.m. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Registration Breakfast Roll Call and Business Meeting Paper Panels - Session 8 Luncheon Paper Panels - Session 9 Paper Panels - Session 10 Paper Panels - Session 11

9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 7:00-8:00 a.m. 8:30-10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 12:15-1:15 p.m. 1:30-2:45 p.m. 3:00-4:15 p.m. 4:30-5:45 p.m.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 Registration 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Paper Panels - Session 12 8:00-9:15 a.m. Paper Panels - Session 13 9:30-10:45 a.m. Paper Panels - Session 14 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Luncheon 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Paper Panels - Session 15 2:00-3:15 p.m. Paper Panels - Session 16 3:30-4:45 p.m. Presidential Banquet 6:00-8:00 p.m. 5

REGISTRATION 2:00-6:00 p.m. North Registration ***Delegates must sign in at the registration table *** BOARD MEETING 3:00-6:00 p.m. Jasmine WEDNESDAY PAPER SESSIONS 3:00-4:15 p.m.: SESSION 1 PANEL 1-01: ANCIENT EUROPE – FUCHSIA Death of the Gladiator Alexa Lindsley, Loyola University Chicago The Barbarian in Question Maria Frank, Stetson University Boudicca, Darling of Britain Cassandra Clark, Columbia College Chair: Kimberly Reiter, Stetson University PANEL 1-02: ANCIENT EUROPE – GARDENIA A Disease of the State Jonathan Assis, University of South Florida

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 Julia's Nuptials Free, Freed, and Slave Marriage in Late Fifth Century Roman Law Hannah Basta, Georgia State University Buried in Rhetoric: The True Motives behind the History of the Peloponnesian War Eryn Pritchett, Murray State University Chair: Graham Wrightson, South Dakota State University PANEL 1-03: EARLY MODERN U.S. – HIBISCUS Espionage in the American Revolution: The Creation of America’s First Undercover Spy Ring Caroline Williams, Stetson University Espionage in the American Revolution Miranda Sandlin, Sam Houston State University Economics and the American Revolution Cameron Harsey, McKendree University Chair: Scott Kaufman, Francis Marion University PANEL 1-04: COLONIAL – IRIS John Rolfe: The Facilitator of Genocide in North America John Williams, Murray State University Patriots by Circumstance: Colonial Smuggling and its Impact on the American Revolution Bradley Curtis, University of Evansville

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY2,6,2014 2016 THURSDAY, JANUARY Jefferson's Tight Rope Courtney Klapman, Salem State University Chair: Nancy Lopez, University of Houston, Downtown PANEL 1-05: RELIGIOUS HISTORY - KAHILI Marbod and the Peace of God John Simila, St. Cloud State University Protecting Welsh Identity: The Importance of Hagiography and Saints' Cults in Eleventh and Twelfth-Century Wales Colbi Eads, Minot State University From Rome to the Battlefield: An Exploration of Papal Power Eric Noah, University of South Florida Chair: John Thomas Scott, Mercer University PANEL 1-06: EARLY MODERN U.S. – LILY Caesar's Slaves: Classical Identity in Revolutionary America, 1750-1800 Alexandra Hawes, Portland State University The Search for Profit: An Analysis of Plantation Slavery Economics Zachary Wright, Murray State University An Image Divided: The Changing Perceptions of William Tecumseh Sherman and the Atlanta, Savannah, and Carolina Campaigns of 1864-1865 Robert McMicken, Salem State University Chair: Anne Koenig, University of South Florida

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY2,6,2014 2016 THURSDAY, JANUARY PANEL 1-07: THE MAFIA – MAGNOLIA The Gods of South Italy: The Structure of the Mafiosi Society and Its Continuing Rise since the Mid-Twentieth Century Art Tell, California State University, Fullerton

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY2,6,2014 2016 THURSDAY, JANUARY A Human Rights Campaign in Transylvania: 1920-25 Tandy McConnell, Columbia College Demetrius Poliorketes, Alexander III and the Good Siege Graham Wrightson, South Dakota State University

Carlos Marcello and the Sicilian Mafia in the U.S. Cynthia Butler, Texas Woman's University

PANEL 2-02: CULTURAL HISTORY – EARLY MODERN EUROPE – HIBISCUS

Chair: Patricia Muhammad, Independent Scholar PANEL 1-08: MODERN U.S. – POINSETTIA

The Spectacle of Execution and Revolution Violence in Eighteenth-Century France William Yates, University of Central Florida

Los Angeles and the Slow Death of the Pacific Electric Johnathan Lozano, California State University, Fullerton

Midwives in Early Modern England Mallory Richardson, George Washington University

How Not to Build an Airport: A Brief History of Houston Intercontinental Airport Daniel McGuire, Sam Houston State University

Chair: Philip Davis, University of South Florida

Cup of Hot Coffee: The Café as an Institution of Art in Pittsburgh and Before Alexandre Abitbol, Carnegie Mellon University

Symptoms of Empire: Early Anglo-Russian Relations Emma Huelskamp, Wake Forest University

Chair: Everett Kindig, Midwestern State University

Instability of Russian Policy and Politics Pre-1914 Devin Chavis, Towson University

4:30-5:45 p.m.: SESSION 2 PANEL 2-01: FACULTY PANEL: POTPOURRI – GARDENIA Historiographical Challenges and Opportunities of Writing and Teaching the African Past Mickie Mwanzia Koster, University of Texas, Tyler 9

PANEL 2-03: EARLY MODERN RUSSIA – IRIS

Chair: Susan Rupp, Wake Forest University PANEL 2-04: U.S. – GENDER - KAHILI The Autonomy of Abigail Adams Jordan Taylor, James Madison University

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SCHEDULE SCHEDULE OF OF EVENTS EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY2,6,2014 2016 Before The " L" Word: Changing Perceptions of Lesbians 1880-1929 Emily Mohr, Ohio Northern University Chair: Everett Kindig, Midwestern State University PANEL 2-05: BRITAIN – LILY Under his Vine and his Fig Tree: The English Garden and Puritan Rhetoric Tomasz Granowski, Texas Woman's University The Most Bohemian Priest in the History of the Church of England: Stewart Headlam, the Stage, and the Anglican Church Lynneth Miller, Baylor University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 PANEL 2-07: POTPOURRI – U.S. – POINSETTIA Deregulation, Labor Wars, and Mismanagement: The Demise of Eastern Airlines Rhonda Cifone, Florida Atlantic University Women in Politics and Activism: The Stories of a Flight Attendant and a Nun Conrad Negron, California State University, Fullerton " The Facts Related": The Great Awakening and Rationalism at Yale College under Thomas Clap Ben Cartwright, California State University, Fullerton Chair: Robin Payne, Fairmont State University

Chair: Jason Hardgrave, University of Southern Indiana

PANEL 2-08: LITERATURE – QUINCE

PANEL 2-06: WORLD WAR II – MILITARY- MAGNOLIA

Views of Women in Shakespeare's Plays Sabrina Stevens, Columbia College

Japanese Strategy in the Second World War Karlee Ringle, University of Michigan, Flint The Soviet War Experience: The Front, Home and how the People viewed and Won the War Tyler Legato, University of Michigan, Flint The Contribution of Americans to Guerrilla Warfare in the Philippines, 1942-1945 Nicholas Laurence Gessner, Ohio Northern University

Clive Staples Lewis-The Misogynist Emmeline Wheeler, Francis Marion University Open Mouths, Open Ears, Open Minds: Using Spoken Word Poetry as History Alessandra Pañares, Creighton University Chair: Laura Talamante, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Chair: Michael Galgano, James Madison University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 BREAKFAST (Tickets Required) 7:00-8:00 a,m. Salon 4-5 REGISTRATION 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. North Registration ***Delegates must sign in at the registration table ***

THURSDAY PAPER SESSIONS OPENING RECEPTION (Tickets Required) 6:30-7:30 p.m. Salon 4-5

8:00-9:15 a.m.: SESSION 3 PANEL 3-01: POTPOURRI – FUCHSIA The Politics of Barbecue: The Evolution of Politics through Barbecue in the Antebellum South John Grygo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Re)Mapping the Margins: Jacquotte Delahaye and the Erotics of Memory Michelle Brown, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Chair: Mickie Mwanzia Koster, University of Texas, Tyler PANEL 3-02: MEDICINE/PUBLIC HEALTH – GARDENIA A Trio of Death: Yellow Fever Epidemics in Memphis Olivia Winters, Union University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016


A Movement for Change: Horatio Storer and the Physicians’ Crusade against Abortion Ryan Johnson, James Madison University

Papa-Bok: Jean-Bedel Bokassa’s Authoritarian Rule over the Central African Republic Tracey Newport, Murray State University

Newspaper Coverage of Savannah's 1876 Yellow Fever Epidemic Kirsten Baker, Columbia College

Pushing for Peace: The United Nations during the Congo Crisis, 1960-1961 Sara Barsky, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Chair: Christopher Kennedy, Francis Marion University Chair: Patricia Clark, Westminster College PANEL 3-03: WORLD WAR II - HIBISCUS In the Valley of the Shadow of Death: The Battle of Monte Cassino James Pomeroy, James Madison University

PANEL 3-06: FACULTY PANEL: WORLD WAR II – KAHILI

Resisting Persecution: A Case Study on Father Lichtenburg Lori Boegershausen, Florida Gulf Coast University

World War II, History General Education, and Primary Sources: The Dale and Katie Conner Project Kirstin Lawson, Pittsburg State University John Daley, Pittsburg State University

Chair: Scott Kaufman, Francis Marion University

PANEL 3-07: RACE – LILY

PANEL 3-04: FACULTY PANEL: CIVIL WAR – IRIS

The Johns Committee and ‘the other’ in America, 1956-1965: Communism, Race, and Homosexuality in Schools and Society Madeline Welsh, Stetson University

Slavery and Gold Mining in the Antebellum South Jennifer Oast, Bloomsburg University "Domesticity at a Distance": Love and Marriage in the Civil War Patricia Richard, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Adopted Members: Choctaw Freedmen Troy "North" Oldham, Sam Houston State University

PANEL 3-05: MODERN AFRICA – JASMINE

Trenton's Integration Story: How School Integration was influenced by Historic Housing Discrimination and Segregation Rachel Friedman, The College of New Jersey

The Complexity of Protest: Non-Violent and Violent Protest in Anti-Apartheid Movements Maria Theodosiou, Florida Atlantic University

Chair: David Snead, Liberty University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 PANEL 3-08: CIVIL WAR - MAGNOLIA Why Men from Massachusetts Chose to Fight in the American Civil War Jeffrey Snyder, Salem State University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 9:30-10:45 a.m.: SESSION 4 PANEL 4-01: CIVIL WAR – FUCHSIA Wilberforce and Slavery Autumn Vaughn, University of Houston, Clear Lake

Congenital Peculiarities in the American Civil War Armies: Cross-Dressing Women Soldiers and Nineteenth Century Gender Norms Josephine Barrett, Ohio University

“Arkansas lost, abandoned, subjugated”: The 1862 Campaigns and the Decline of the Confederacy in Arkansas Roy Wisecarver, Texas A&M University, College Station

George Barnard's Photographic Record of General Sherman's March through Georgia Rebecca Dickinson, Mercer University

“As Good a Country as They Can Find”: The Repatriation of the John McDonogh Slaves Amanda Carr, Stephen F. Austin State University

Chair: Wade Dudley, East Carolina University

Chair: Gregory Havrilcsak, University of Michigan, Flint

PANEL 3-09: U.S. HISTORY – POINSETTIA

PANEL 4-02: BYZANTINE-MILITARY HISTORY – GARDENIA

Two decades in California: High-tech industry, Silicon Valley and Shifting Population Alexander Van Allen, Midwestern State University A Closer Look into Policies and Relationships: A Brief Analysis of Two Administrators' Liability in the September 11th Terrorist Attacks Karlito Almeda, Ramapo College of New Jersey

Arab-Byzantines Wars during Umayyad Invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople in the 7th and 8th Centuries Lucas Neuffer, University of Southern Indiana The Ottoman Conquest of Byzantium Jonathan Lucas Olson, University of Evansville Chair: Michael Decker, University of South Florida

Chair: Stephen McCullough, Lincoln University PANEL 4-03: GENDER – HIBISCUS Analyzing Mothers' Role in Preserving Patrilineal Lines in the Mahabharata Adam Kaletski, The College of New Jersey 17

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 Throne Before Family: The Relationship of Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I Hayley Moore, James Madison University Mama Don’t Let Your Daughters Grow Up To Be Housewives Angela Soto Balmores, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Chair: Laura Talamante, California State University, Dominguez Hills

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 Chair: Clayton Drees, Virginia Wesleyan College PANEL 4-06: ROUNDTABLE: DIGITAL HISTORY – KAHILI Chelsea Esposito, University of South Florida Raphael Quintero, University of South Florida David Thomas, University of South Florida PANEL 4-07: EARLY MODERN EUROPE - LILY

PANEL 4-04: MODERN EAST ASIA – IRIS An Island Divide: Taiwan under KMT Rule and the Rise of the Taiwan Independence Movement Frank Bozich, James Madison University Building across Cultures: The Missionary Activities of the Evangelical Covenant Missions of America in China 1890-1901 Michelle Babb, Concordia College Chair: Tae Yang Kwak, Ramapo College of New Jersey PANEL 4-05: RELIGION – JASMINE “If you prick us, do we not bleed?” The Implications of Scottish Witch Prickers Hannah Render, Salem State University “These Troublesome and Distracted Times”: Witches, Prodigies, and Apparitions during the English Revolution Abigail Hartman, Furman University The Mountain Meadows Massacre: A Change of Perspective Kinsey Eborn (Griffin), Utah State University 19

“Cast off the Yoke of Tyranny!”: How the Protestant Reformation influenced Revolutions around the Atlantic World Kevan Keane, Liberty University Concepts of Holy War during the English Civil War Michael Swierczynski, University of South Florida “Praise God, ye that fear him!”: John Knox, Mary Stuart, and the Scottish Reformation John MacInnis, James Madison University The Negative Image of Marie Antoinette: Nationality, Largesse, and Dehumanization of Her Body Katie Willis, California Lutheran University Chair: Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton PANEL 4-08: FACULTY PANEL: U.S. HISTORY MAGNOLIA Huntsville's Trial of the Century: The Frank James Trial for the Muscle Shoals Robbery Whitney A. Snow, Midwestern State University 20



The Mouse and the Statehouse: Florida’s Contemporary Visions of Symbolic Architecture Derek R. Everett, Metropolitan State University of Denver

11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: SESSION 5

George Creel: America's First Censor Timothy Westcott, Park University PANEL 4-09: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY POINSETTIA California’s Prosperous Rivers of Destruction Brett Gysin, Point Loma Nazarene University From Prejudice to Postcolonialism: The Historiographical Treatment of Native American Agricultural and Ecological Impact in the Northeast Emily Calvert, Oklahoma Christian University The Politics of Collective Morality: Orchestrating the Natural Conservation and Historic Preservation of Blackhawk Watch Tower Bonnie Thornton, Augustana College

PANEL 5-01: HOW TO PANEL: PHI ALPHA THETA COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP – FUCHSIA Allen Tunstall, Novo Nordisk, National Field Director, Pediatric Education Program PANEL 5-02: HOW TO PANEL: FUNDRAISING AND CHAPTER ACTIVITIES – GARDENIA Stephen Carls, Union University Clayton Drees, Virginia Wesleyan College Chair: Graydon (Jack) Tunstall, University of South Florida PANEL 5-03: EARLY U.S. HISTORY – HIBISCUS You Say Victory. I Say Defeat. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off. US and Canadian Interpretations of the War of 1812 Robert Schwartz, Minot State University

Chair: Mark Barringer, Stephen F. Austin State University PANEL 4-10: COLD WAR - QUINCE

The Unconventional Battle of Fort Freeland on Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Frontier Ryan Pelletier, Susquehanna University

Six Days of the Cold War: US-Soviet Tensions during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War Nicholas Simon, Georgetown University

Chair: Gregory Havrilcsak, University of Michigan, Flint PANEL 5-04: GENDER – IRIS

Legacy of Tito: Foreign Policy of Yugoslavia 1945-1980 Nemanja Krsic, Loyola University, Chicago

The Evolution of the First Lady Joanna Felsenstein, The College of New Jersey

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 The Impact of the Civil War on Female Sexuality Sam Toomey, Rollins College Chair: Kirstin Lawson, Pittsburg State University PANEL 5-05: U.S. ECONOMIC HISTORY – JASMINE When the Sixties Became Too Hot to Handle: How Johnson's Policies Fueled American Inflation Melanie Sheehan, Fordham University Fort Hood Free Grazers: Central Texas Cattle Ranchers and the Role of Federal Government in the Economic Development of the Post-War American West Kristen Johnson, Midwestern State University A History of the Establishment of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Sarah Cappiello, Wagner College Chair: Robert Carriker, Gonzaga University PANEL 5-06: INTERWAR YEARS AND NAZI GERMANY - KAHILI Christian Responses in Germany to Hitler and the Reichskirche, 1933-1939 Rachel Moran, Harding University Red Illusion: Hysteria in America during the First Red Scare, 1919 to 1920 Jonathan Dunning, Murray State University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 PANEL 5-07: U.S. HISTORY - LILY The Second Coming of the Ku Klux Klan Sandra Steiber, Northern Kentucky University Wichita Falls at War: Call Field Pilot Training during The Great War Laura Galbraith, Midwestern State University Chair: Evert Kindig, Midwestern State University PANEL 5-08: NINETEENTH CENTURY - POINSETTIA A City in His Own Image: Napoleon III and the Modernization of Paris Jon Bateman, Liberty University Perversion of Liberty by Means of American Imperialism Kaitlyn Colborne, Flagler College Early American Capitalism: The Post-Civil War Debate to Pay the Railroad Megan Deppen, DePaul University The Symbol of Malthus Niles McClure, Harding University Chair: Michael Galgano, James Madison University PANEL 5-09: CULTURAL HISTORY - QUINCE Texas Settlement: Deception in the German Hill Country Briana Weaver, Sam Houston State University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 King Arthur's Legend in Popular Culture Abigail Brueggemeyer, Northern Kentucky University The Ladies Vanderbilt and Astor: American Influence in the British Aristocracy Justin Wetenhall, University of Michigan, Flint Chair: Wade Dudley, East Carolina University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 2:00-3:15 p.m.: SESSION 6 PANEL 6-01: HOW TO PANEL: HOW TO APPLY FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL – FUCHSIA Michael Decker, University of South Florida Mark Barringer, Stephen F. Austin State University Chair: Stephen Carls, Union University PANEL 6-02: U.S. - HAWAIIAN HISTORY – GARDENIA Contemplating Kekāuluohi: Nineteenth Century Hawaiian Women, Power, and Law Shirley Buchanan, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Bodies for Sale: Sex, Money, and the Rebellious Acts That Resulted From an 1825 Kapu (Prohibition) on Prostitution Catherine ‘Īmaikalani Ulep, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

LUNCHEON (Tickets Required) 12:30-1:30 p.m. Salon 4-5

New Rulers, New Times, New Politics: Ka Noho ʻana o Kaʻahumanu II malalo o Kamehameha III Janetta Corley, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa When Darkness Falls in Paradise: Murder and Execution in Hawai'i at the Turn of the Century, 1885 to 1925 Chelsea DeMott, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Chair: J. Uluwehi Hopkins, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 PANEL 6-03: POTPOURRI – HIBISCUS Commonwealth in the Age of State Constitution Andrea Cronin, Salem State University Imagining Rwanda: The Unexplored Myths Tim Barrette, California State University, Fullerton Matrona et Meretrix: Social Ambiguity and Elite Anxiety Chelsea Esposito, University of South Florida Chair: Jason Hardgrave, University of Southern Indiana PANEL 6-04: RACE - IRIS New Jersey and Pennsylvania Colored Conventions in the Pre- and Post- Civil War Era Justine Thomas, The College of New Jersey Keeping them Out: Orientalism and the Asiatic Exclusion League of San Francisco, 1900-1910 Ethan Eastwood, Susquehanna University Trailblazer: The Legacy of Bishop Henry M. Turner during the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Rise of Jim Crowism Jordan Alexander, Liberty University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 Female Perpetrators in Nazi Germany: Evil or Ordinary? Leah Barngrover, Furman University Chair: Robin Payne, Fairmont State University PANEL 6-06: INTELLECTUAL HISTORY - LILY Spenser's Epic and Plato's thought: the Faerie Queene Marcus McCormick, Harding University Martin Luther and the Political Ramifications of his Essays Timothy Chase Johnson, Northern Kentucky University The Abbasid Revolution: Between Arab Kingdom and Islamic Empire Mohammad Marey, William Patterson University Chair: Clayton Drees, Virginia Wesleyan College PANEL 6-07: GENDER – POINSETTIA Quaker Women and the Roots of Early Feminist Thought in America Alia Danch, Rider University Missing Gendered Perspectives of the Crusades Aaron Lockard, West Chester University

Chair: Darius Young, Florida A&M University PANEL 6-05: WOMEN AND WORLD WAR II – JASMINE Mobilizing Women in World War II Eric Kamm, California Lutheran University

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“Strange and Subtle Ways:” Eleanor Roosevelt, Gender, and Political Persona Hannah Alms, Wake Forest University Chair: Anita Morgan, Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis 28



PANEL 6-08: EDUCATION - QUINCE

PANEL 7-02: GLOBAL HISTORY - GARDENIA

Vestal Flame of Texian Liberty: The Educational Crusades of Mirabeau B. Lamar, 1837–1840 William Hansard, University of Texas, Arlington

How Attitudes Led to Tragedy Heather Williams, West Chester University

A New Curriculum: Catherine Beecher and Women's Education Carla Barnes, Minot State University From the Island to the City: Puerto Rican Educational Achievement and Struggles in New York Katelyn Murphy, Wagner College

Gaullism and its effect on American Cold War Practice Samuel Rogers, Palm Beach Atlantic University Blue Blobs and Brainchilds: Anthony Lake, Partnership for Peace, and the Formation of a Post-Cold War U.S. Grand Strategy Austin Bajc, Virginia Military Institute

Sex, Drugs, and Friction: Negotiating the Role of Young Adult Fiction in Hawai'i’s School Libraries and Curricula Jessica Walters Ansley, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

Chair: Scott Kaufman, Francis Marion University

Chair: V. Elaine Thompson, Louisiana Tech University

One False Note: the case of Billy Tipton and America’s reactions to transgender individuals in the late 1980s and 1990s Kaitlyn Iwashita, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

3:30-4:45 p.m.: SESSION 7 PANEL 7-01: EUROPEAN MILITARY HISTORY – FUCHSIA Causes of the French Defeat in the Franco-Prussian War Joel Cook, Fayetteville State University Women at War: The USSR and Great Britain Brittany Johnson, Rollins College

PANEL 7-03: U.S. GENDER – HIBISCUS

“What’s Up Doll?” The Evolving Portrayal of Women in Animated Films Connie Holland, University of Maryland, University College The Black Feminist Movement at the Intersection of Race, Class and Gender Katherine Shorten, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Chair: David Snead, Liberty University Chair: Adrienne Winans, Utah Valley University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 PANEL 7-04: EARLY MODERN & MODERN EUROPE – JASMINE Domestic and Foreign Policy effects of British Involvement in the Global War on Terrorism Travis Walker, Francis Marion University English Reformer: Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftsbury Ernest Lair, Francis Marion University United for Change: How Russian Nationalism Influenced the Attempted Soviet Coup of August 1991 Alec Fisanick, Westminster College Chair: Kees Boterbloem, University of South Florida PANEL 7-05: HISTORY OF KOREA – KAHILI The Last Queen of Korea: The Fall of the Korean Kingdom and Western Response to the Assassination of the Korean Queen at the Hands of the Japanese Jason Liang, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016 PANEL 7-06: ROUNDTABLE: PUBLIC HISTORY – LILY Rosalind Beiler, University of Central Florida Barbara Gannon, University of Central Florida Amelia Lyons, University of Central Florida Sarah Schneider, University of Central Florida Alex Thorp, University of Central Florida PANEL 7-07: THE AMERICAS – MAGNOLIA The Economic Role of the Church in Colonial Latin America Alex Turner, Northern Kentucky University Destruction, Devastation and Depopulation of the Taíno in the Spanish Caribbean Graciela Gomez, University of Central Florida Safe Haven? Spanish Coastal Missions as Centers of Refuge Jessica McClellan, California Lutheran University Saving the Lines: The Peruvian Cultural Attachment to Mining April Paluka, Sam Houston State University Chair: Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton

North Korea: How Isolation Created a Mutant Nation Christina Cottier, Fayetteville State University Chair: Tae Yang Kwak, Ramapo College of New Jersey

PANEL 7-08: GENDER – POINSETTIA Bloody Marry: A Gendered Perspective on Marital Violence in Medieval England Taylor Neely, Baylor University The Transitional Queen: the Aristocracy, the Middle Class and Queen Victoria Ashley Bower, University of Michigan, Flint

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016

The Duality of Martha Ballard's Physical Mobility: Restrictions of the Cult of Domesticity and the Legacy of the American Revolution Morgan West, California Lutheran University

BREAKFAST (Tickets Required) 7:00-8:00 a,m. Salon 4-5

Chair: Peter Carlson, California Lutheran University

REGISTRATION 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. North Registration

PANEL 7-09: IRELAND - QUINCE Terrorism in Ireland: Terrorists, Revolutionary Martyrs or Crime Syndicates? Russell Sawyer, Francis Marion University Sisters in Arms: The Role of Women in the Irish Troubles Tabitha Moorehead, Francis Marion University The Irish in New York, 1820-1870 Jordan Sellers, Union University Building Belfast: Historical Memory and the Titanic Matthew Rafferty, Stetson University

ROLL CALL OF DELEGATES BUSINESS MEETING 8:30-10:30 a.m. Salon 4-5 ***All delegates must sign in and attend*** REPORTS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS President Vice President Chair, Advisory Board Executive Director

Stephen Carls Jochen Burgtorf Robert Carriker Graydon (Jack) Tunstall

Chair: Tandy McConnell, Columbia College FRIDAY PAPER SESSIONS 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: SESSION 8 History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill

PANEL 8-01: HOW TO PANEL: PUBLISHING STUDENT JOURNALS – FUCHSIA Julie Harris, Harding University Jochen Burgtorf, California State University, Fullerton Chair: Jacob Blosser, Texas Woman’s University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 PANEL 8-02: HOW TO PANEL: PUBLISHING BOOKS AND ARTICLES – GARDENIA Michael Decker, University of South Florida Kees Boterbloem, University of South Florida Chair: Graydon (Jack) Tunstall, University of South Florida PANEL 8-03: INTELLECTUAL HISTORY – HIBISCUS The Culper Spy Ring Kasey Lentini, Liberty University The Royal Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Character Transformation of Henry VIII Melissa Malec, James Madison University Chair: Hyman Rubin III, Columbia College

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Chair: Kimberley Reiter, Stetson University PANEL 8-05: EARLY MODERN EUROPE – JASMINE Memories of Martyrdom: Narratives of Extra-Religious Sacrifice in Early Stuart England Philip Davis, University of South Florida The Sleeping Soldier: Masculinity and Political Allegory in Dutch Popular Culture, 1648-1654 David Beeler, University of South Florida The Rhetoric of Power: The Creation of a Monarchist Identity through Letters Jessica Buckle, California State University, Fullerton Chair: John Thomas Scott, Mercer University PANEL 8-06: FACULTY PANEL: U.S. – NINETEENTH CENTURY – KAHILI

PANEL 8-04: ROMAN HISTORY - IRIS The Roman Conquest of Britain Jason Delaney, University of Central Florida

America's First Fiscal Cliff: The 1842 Tariff Debate William Bolt, Francis Marion University

Barbarians at the Gate! Rome's Enemies as Depicted in Classical Military Literature Seth Teegarden, East Carolina University

“‘Like Women Selling Themselves for Money only Worse’: Moral Challenges to the Corbett-Mitchell Heavyweight Boxing Championship of 1894” Meg Frisbee, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Livia Augusta: A Cinematic Analysis of an Unorthodox Woman Andrea Schwab, Florida Atlantic University

PANEL 8-07: FACULTY PANEL: BRITISH HISTORY – FUCHSIA

The History of Viticulture in Ancient Roman Dalmatia Andrew Ring, University of St. Thomas

Fathers and Daughters: Conversations in 17th Century England Michael Galgano, James Madison University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Hunter, Founder, and Tyrant: Identifying Nimrod in Eighteenth-Century Britain Bracy Hill, Baylor University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 PANEL 8-10: U.S. CULTURAL HISTORY - QUINCE

PANEL 8-08: MODERN EAST ASIA – MAGNOLIA

The Role of Female Entrepreneurship in Ocean City’s Early Growth and Success, 1875-1933 Ashleigh Carls, Towson University

Japan's Future Reflected in the Great Men of the Meiji Restoration: Sakamoto, Saigo, and Fukuzawa Daniel Hazeski, California Lutheran University

Even Shop Girls and School Girls: Fashion for the Gibson Girl Lite, 1904-1918 Abigail Greene, Ohio Northern University

How to Be Modern: The Purpose of Educational Reform in Meji Japan Laura Mele, California Lutheran University

Murals of a New America: Lorin Thompson Junior, the New Deal and a New American Cultural Identity Kedric Reiser, Westminster College

Ngo Dinh Diem: False Hope for Vietnam Corey Warford, University of the Ozarks

Chair: Anita Morgan, Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis

Chair: Tae Yang Kwak, Ramapo College of New Jersey PANEL 8-09: ETHICS - POINSETTIA The Man Who Cried Fire: Billy Graham Prophesies Repentance, Judgment, and Hope for a New Era of History Savannah Peiffer, Palm Beach Atlantic University The Metropolitan Police Force: How the Revolution of Policing Techniques influenced Crime and Helped Create a Modern Police Force in Victorian England Rachel Schumm, University of Southern Indiana Chair: V. Elaine Thompson, Louisiana Tech University

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PHI ALPHA THETA LUNCHEON (Tickets Required) 12:15-1:15 p.m. Salon 4-5 Luncheon Speaker Dr. Jochen Burgtorf, Vice President California State University, Fullerton Castles, Crooks, and ‘Canonized Canines’: The Magical World of Disney Medievalisms

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 1:30-2:45 p.m.: SESSION 9

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Chair: Gregory Havrilcsak, University of Michigan, Flint

PANEL 9-01: MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA - LILY

PANEL 9-03: RACE - IRIS

Continuity and Change: Indigenous Self-Government in Post-Conquest Central Mexico Conor McGarry, California State University, Dominguez Hills

The Stolen Generation: A Period of Great Contradiction in Assimilation Policies for Aboriginal Australian Children in the Early Twentieth Century Hannah Crook, Concordia College

The Causes of the 1973 Chilean Coup d'etat Cameron Mullins, Rollins College

Education in the Third Reich Maggie Manning, The College of New Jersey

Mexican Independance: A search for Independence Cassandra Onstad, Point Loma Nazarene University

Opposing the Orgy Pragmatically: William Thomas Anderson and The (Macon) Telegraph's Coverage of Lynching Nicholas Wooten, Mercer University

Subversive Friendships: US Policy towards Uruguay, 1973-1984 Sarah Keene, Columbia College

Chair: Patricia Muhammad, Independent Scholar

Chair: Kees Boterbloem, University of South Florida

PANEL 9-04: MEDIEVAL/EARLY MODERN – JASMINE

PANEL 9-02: LOCAL U.S. HISTORY – HIBISCUS

King Alfred the Average? Coleman Reidling, Midwestern State University

“Every Town Has…Half a dozen lunatics:” Insanity in Snyder County, Pennsylvania Rachel Baer, Susquehanna University

Daesh: The Modern Avatar of Medieval Islam? Zachary Affrin, United States Military Academy

Landmark Revolution: How the Destruction of Penn Station Inspired the Campaign to Preserve Grand Central Terminal Matthew Zuccaro, Montclair State University

Printer as Cannon, Pen as Sword: Written Patriot Propaganda Usage of the American Revolution Emily Duff, Murray State University

Isaac Greenwood: The Forgotten Colonial Dentist Jamie Lapper, California State University, Channel Islands

Chair: Jacob Blosser, Texas Woman’s University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 PANEL 9-05: GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND – LILY Great Britain isn't so great: British responses to the Irish Potato Famine 1846-1852 Taylor Schultz, Francis Marion University Politics of Disaster Relief: British Political Responses to the Potato Famine from 1845-1852 Jordan Ellis, Francis Marion University The Arranged Marriage of 1801: the passage of the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland Liliana Lozano, Francis Marion University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Peace, Love, and Uranium: The Counterculture Clashes with the Atomic Age Tyler Poff, Fairmont State University The End of Life: The Social Shifts and Magazine Culture of the 1960s Mallory Allred, Wake Forest University Black Holes in the Sky: Pink Floyd, Progressive Rock, and the Collapse of the Psychedelic Dream Patrick Hughes, West Chester University Chair: Robert Kodosky, West Chester University

Chair: John Maple, Oklahoma Christian University

PANEL: 9-08: U.S. HISTORY – QUINCE

PANEL 9-06: MODERN RUSSIA – MAGNOLIA

Immigrant Responses to Tuberculosis in Early Twentieth Century New York City Madeline Crispell, George Washington University

From Crimea to Revolution in Imperial Russia Arianna Erdman, Bloomsburg University The Soviet-Afghan War: A CIA Perspective Matthew Ruffino, California Lutheran University Vladimir Putin's Tools of Power: Creating a New Russia Bartholomew LaFaso, College of the Holy Cross

Dressed In Red, White and Blue: How a Spanish Conquistador Became an American Hero Kelly Aquilia, Towson University Chair: Christopher Kennedy, Francis Marion University

Chair: Susan Rupp, Wake Forest University PANEL 9-07: CULTURAL HISTORY – POINSETTIA Forging the 8-Bit Path: From Atari’s Ashes to Nintendo’s Golden Age Nathan Napier, Fairmont State University 41

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Chair: Robin Payne, Fairmont State University

PANEL 10-01: U.S. ECONOMIC HISTORY – GARDENIA

PANEL 10-03: WORLD WAR II BATTLES - IRIS

Clarence Saunders and the Need for a New American Grocery Kathryn Mitchell, Union University

Incomprehensible Courage: The Sacrifices of Bastogne Brandon Chase, Harding University

The Fall of Manufacturing in Trenton: The Role of Government Programs in the City's Transitioning Economy and the Effectiveness of Public and Private Work-Study Programs in Alleviating the Symptoms of a Declining Economy Joseph McQuoid, The College of New Jersey

Bletchley Park Intelligence and the Battle of the Atlantic Samantha Sproviero, Ramapo College of New Jersey Chair: Nancy Lopez, University of Houston, Downtown PANEL 10-04: WORLD WAR I AND II – JASMINE

Race, Neighborhood and Economic Self-Help: The Buffalo Cooperative Economic Society, 1934-1961 Ryan Glauser, SUNY, Buffalo State College Leadership Learned In Blood: Integrating the Gettysburg Battle and Modern Business Practices Mary Liu, United States Military Academy Chair: Gary Lindsey, Oklahoma Christian University PANEL 10-02: GENDER – HIBISCUS " Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke it, Only $5.99" Stryder Matthews, Harding University

The American " Steal" Tyler Clough, Towson University Women in WWI Cassidy Buist, Utah State University Louis Raemaekers' World War I through Cartoons Melissa Newman, Wittenberg University Civilian Considerations and Consequences at Juno Beach Joy Schaeffer, United States Military Academy Chair: Susan Rupp, Wake Forest University

From Contraband Contraceptives to Birth Control for All: Margaret Sanger's Role in Reproductive Rights in America Angelica Chase, Fairmont State University Connie Rodd: Smart Sergeant or Pornographic Pin-up? Abigail Hanson, University of Evansville 43

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 PANEL 10-05: ROUNDTABLE: DISNEY & AMERICAN CULTURE – KAHILI Brian Miller, Emporia State University Pam Brandon Michael Landis, Tarleton State University Jennifer Gillan, Bentley University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Chair: Wade Dudley, East Carolina University 4:30-5:45 p.m.: SESSION 11 PANEL 11-01: WORLD WAR I – FUCHSIA

PANEL 10-06: FRENCH HISTORY – LILY

Für Kaiser und Heimat: Svetozar Boroevic and South Slav Habsburg Nationalism at the end of World War I Sean Krummerich, University of South Florida

Napoleon’s Inherited Navy George A. Morganis, Providence College

Riga’s Role in the Development of German Tactical Doctrine Michael Deininger, University of Central Florida

Prophets of Degeneration: French Psychiatry in the Fin de Siecle Edgar Shockley, Midwestern State University

VANGUARD through the Ages: A Royal Navy Ship and Its Changes over the Centuries Ian Hazel, East Carolina University

The Reign of Terror: The Influence of the Enlightenment, the Weakness of the Convention, and the People's Rejection of Jacobin Ideas Lisa Demarais, Georgia State University Chair: Tandy McConnell, Columbia College PANEL 10-07: MEXICO – MAGNOLIA El Bogotazo Diana Ramirez, Florida Gulf Coast University The EZLN under Authoritarian Mexico and the Role of the Media: A Twenty Years' Perspective Brenda Valle, California State University, Northridge

Chair: John Daley, Pittsburg State University PANEL 11-02: JEWISH HISTORY – GARDENIA American Jews and Secular Transformation: The Significance of the Declining Religious Population in American Judaism, 1654-Present Jessica Evers, Florida Gulf Coast University The Circumcision Faction: Jewish and Christian Identity in Antioch, c. 30 – 55 CE Angela Kennedy, University of South Florida Chair: Nancy Lopez, University of Houston, Downtown

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 PANEL 11-05: POTPOURRI – ANCIENT HISTORY – JASMINE

Building the New Deal: Federal Construction on College Campuses in 1930's Texas Kaitlyn Waynen, Texas Woman's University

Assyrian Ideology: A Shifting Focus on War Russell McKinney, California State University, Fullerton

Left off the Podium: The 1980 American Boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games Lacey LeBleu, Texas Woman's University

Pacific Explorations, Again: Reclaiming Ancient Routes between Polynesia and South America J. Uluwehi Hopkins, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

Maintaining a Front: U.S.-Lebanese Cold War relations and the 1958 intervention Douglas Provenzano, Florida Atlantic University

Chair: Rasheed Hosein, United States Military Academy

Chair: Adrienne Winans, Utah Valley University

" So Shall Your Soul be filled with Light" : Nineteenth-century Spiritualism as an Alternative Religious Movement Jessica Newell, University of Evansville

PANEL 11-04: U.S. HISTORY – IRIS “A frame to the beautiful picture which He created”: Road Engineering, Picture Postcards, and Nature in the Columbia River Gorge, 1913-1929 Taylor Rose, Portland State University Parades, Protests, and Scantily Clad Men: Remembering Stonewall as Place and Event through Pride Franklin Howard, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

PANEL 11-06: EARLY MODERN U.S. – KAHILI

Stoughton's Empire: The Glorious Revolution and the Role of the Merchant Class in Shaping American Protestantism Morgan Hardy, Utah Valley University " Great and beloved friend and ally”: Louis XVI and the Americans Heather Jeanne Sommer, Ohio Northern University Chair: John Thomas Scott, Mercer University

Trains and the Plains Orphanages: Frank “Daddy” Hall and the North Dakota Children’s Home Society Jenna Collins, Concordia College Chair: Wade Dudley, East Carolina University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016 Hurricane Sandy Allison Jones, The College of New Jersey Twentieth Century Northern New Jersey Pollution Practices: The Conflation of Corporate Self-Interests, Governmental Laissez Faire, and a Nescient Public Christopher Sudol, Montclair State University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 REGISTRATION 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. North Registration ***Delegates must sign in at the registration table ***

SATURDAY PAPER SESSIONS Chair: Mark Barringer, Stephen F. Austin State University 8:00-9:15 a.m.: SESSION 12 PANEL 11-08: U.S. HISTORY – POINSETTIA PANEL 12-01: EARLY GREEK HISTORY – FUCHSIA Evolution of Dueling Laws in South Carolina Julianna Cobb, Columbia College Families in Growing Communities: An Analysis of Wills in Colonial New Hampshire, 1640-1700 Benjamin Leavitt, Grove City College Chair: Shauna Hann, United States Military Academy PANEL 11-09: ASIA-AMERICA - QUINCE The Internment of Japanese Americans: Justified as a Matter of National Security, Based on the Threat of Espionage Parris Koren Hardy, Wake Forest University

Hellenic Attitudes toward Thracians: Cultural Exceptionalism in the Cradle of Western Civilization Joseph Wilson, James Madison University Hoplite Evolution: Adapting to New Roles and Tactics in the Peloponnesian War Timothy Walsh, University of South Florida Thucydides and Athenian-Odrysian Relations (431-411 BC) Ilona Ilieva, University of South Florida Chair: Graham Wrightson, South Dakota State University PANEL 12-02: WORLD HISTORY - GARDENIA

Ming Political Legitimacy and Zheng He's Fleet Anthony Baker, Northern Kentucky University

The African Follie: A Historical Exposé Jatwan Jarrell Gorman, Sam Houston State University

Chair: Diana Cordileone, Point Loma Nazarene University Staying in the Face of Danger Elizabeth Snyder, Florida Gulf Coast University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 The Problem of British Rule inside the Palestinian Mandate Courtney Stevens, University of Houston, Downtown Chair: Patricia Clark, Westminster College PANEL 12-03: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY IRIS An Examination of Roman Imperial Ideology in Charlemagne’s Court Katarina Brewbaker, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 PANEL 12-05: MODERN AFRICA – KAHILI “The Forgotten Pandemic” in “The White Man’s Grave”: Krio Responses to the Spanish Influenza in Sierra Leone, 1918 to 1919 Molly Walker, Davidson College Reading between the Lines: The Use and Abuse of Language in Shaping the Image of Colonial Africa Samantha Strickland, Furman University Chair: Darius Young, Florida A&M University

Audacious Women: The Transgression of Women in Roman Society Christina Hotalen, University of South Florida

PANEL 12-06: WORLD WAR I - MAGNOLIA

Chair: Kimberly Reiter, Stetson University

Fighting Fire with Doughnuts: The Height of the Salvation Army in the United States Jonah Perine, Point Loma Nazarene University

PANEL 12-04: FACULTY PANEL: U.S. HISTORY – JASMINE Student, Citizen, Soldier: College Veterans, the Struggle for Identity Andrew Darien, Salem State University Without Question or Complaint: Soldiering through the Romance of America’s Unknowns Robert Kodosky, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Security Trumps Politics: Eisenhower, the U-2, and the Missile Gap Richard Filipink, Western Illinois University

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Bourgeois Espionage: The Bureau of Secret Intelligence during World War I and the State Department’s Battle with Modernity Sam Kleinman, Georgetown University Chair: Patricia Muhammad, Independent Scholar PANEL 12-07: EUROPE: WAR AND RELIGION – POINSETTIA Saints and Superstition: Medicine and Religion during the Black Death Megan Owens, University of Evansville

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 The Social Impact of the Black Death on Fourteenth Century Europe Sarah Benton, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Sainte Foy and Her Relics: How Her Miracles Influenced the Culture Surrounding Her Cult Marjorie Fisher, Biola University Crusades and Siege Warfare: Atrocities in Holy War Lauren Desmond, University of South Florida Chair: Julie Harris, Harding University PANEL 12-08: MILITARY HISTORY – QUINCE The Kings’ Crusade: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Worth of Jerusalem Spenser Rapone, United States Military Academy Building from the Bottom Up Rachel York, United States Military Academy Barbary Piracy in the 16th Century Michael Ross, United States Military Academy Chair: Philip Davis, University of South Florida

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 9:30-10:45 a.m.: SESSION 13 PANEL 13-01: HOW TO PANEL: PRIZES AND AWARDS – FUCHSIA Jacob Blosser, Texas Woman’s University John Belohlavek, University of South Florida John Maple, Oklahoma Christian University Chair: Clayton Drees, Virginia Wesleyan College PANEL 13-02: HOW TO PANEL: PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL – GARDENIA Frances Davey, Florida Gulf Coast University David Nelson, California Lutheran University Chair: Christopher Kennedy, Francis Marion University PANEL 13-03: U.S. HISTORY - HIBISCUS The Fair Housing Act of 1968 and its State-level Origins Matthew Killingsworth, Tarleton State University Eatin' Cotton: The Story of the Jacksonville, Alabama, Cotton Mill and its Workers Jake Calhoun, Loyola University, New Orleans The Fighting Deacon: Race and Sports in the life of Georgia's Tiger Flowers Austin Harrison, Mercer University Race and Industrial Democracy in Florida’s Phosphate Mines, 1918-1919 Terrell Orr, University of Central Florida 54

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 Chair:

Hyman Rubin III, Columbia College

PANEL 13-04: EUROPE: WORLD WAR I - IRIS The Balfour Declaration: The Individuals Involved and the Impact Made Christy Connell, Liberty University Playing the Wrong Game: The Failure of Kriegsspiel in German War Planning 1900-1914 Thomas Vielott, Carnegie Mellon University

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 PANEL 13-06: U.S. HISTORY – QUINCE John Rutledge: A Voice for South Carolina Kristen Soucy, Columbia College Canton's Curtis C. Curtis Caitlin Curtis, Liberty University Henry Clay and the Rise of the American Whig Party Cory McCray, Tarleton State University Chair: Scott Kaufman, Francis Marion University

Serbia's Expansion and Influence in the Balkans Ryan Bussink, Towson University Chair: Sean Krummerich, University of South Florida

PANEL 13-07: VIETNAM WAR - LILY

PANEL 13-05: MODERN U.S. HISTORY - JASMINE

The Vietnam War: Troop Experience, Memory, and America’s Longest War Meghan Burke, College of the Holy Cross

The Rescue of Bat-21 Bravo: A Case Study of Search and Rescue in the Vietnam War Brian Pearson, Millersville University

The Summer Soldier and the Sunshine Patriot: An Examination of the Vietnam Veterans against the War Sara Alexander, Austin Peay State University

Debating " Star Wars" : Reactions among Military Leaders, Scientists, and Congress to the Strategic Defense Initiative, 1983 to 1989 Wade Leach, Davidson College

“Tinkering” with Tinker: Placing the Student Rights Case into the Vietnam Antiwar Movement Abigail Mercadante, Bloomsburg University Chair: Robert Kodosky, West Chester University

Watergate and the End of Détente Jennifer Sutton, South Dakota State University The Patriarch's Puppet Corey White, McMurry University Chair:

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PANEL 13-08: CHINA – MAGNOLIA

PANEL 14-02: WOMEN – HIBISCUS

Their Own Cause: Worker Cooperation and the Birth of the May Thirtieth Movement Edward Hoogland, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

A Discourse of Gender Relations in Islam: The Feminist Movement in Post-Revolutionary Iran Sara Long, California State University, Fullerton

Addiction, Arrogance, and Aggression: The Question of Attitude in the First Opium War Catherine Summers, Harding University

Voices for Women: Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights in Modern America Danielle Drew, Florida Gulf Coast University

Cheng Xiaoqing (1893-1976) and His Fictional Private Detective in the Republican Era (1911-1949) of Shanghai Mei Xu, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

Nellie Bly: Breaking the Mold Kati McCurry, Northern Kentucky University

Chair: Tae Yang Kwak, Ramapo College of New Jersey 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: SESSION 14 PANEL 14-01: ANCIENT EUROPE – MILITARY FUCHSIA Legion or Phalanx? The Complex Picture from the Battles of Cynoscephalae and Pydna Benjamin Hartman, Oklahoma Christian University Ἡράκλεις,’ εἶπεν, ‘ὡς ψυχρὸν ὑμῶν τὸ βαλανεῖον”: The Discourse of Armor and the Male Body in Roman Warfare and Imperial Rhetoric Eduardo Garcia-Molina, University of South Florida

Give Her a Hoover Erica MacSwan, United States Military Academy Chair: Kirstin Lawson, Pittsburg State University PANEL 14-03: WORLD WAR II – IRIS The War on Women: Nazi Ideology and Women in Germany Jennifer Kaiser, Austin Peay State University The Battle of Stalingrad Ron Arbisi, University of South Florida Unit 731 and the Khabarovsk Trials Max Velasquez, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Chair: Graydon (Jack) Tunstall, University of South Florida

Quintus Sertorius and the Rebellion in Spain: The Combination of Roman and Guerilla Tactics Sheldon Yeakley, Oklahoma Christian University Chair: Michael Decker, University of South Florida 57

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PANEL 14-04: NINETEETH CENTURY – MODERN EUROPE – JASMINE

The Consequences of Peace: Denmark in World War I Corey Geho, Towson University

O'Reilly and the Bourbon Reforms Sean Mallen, Florida Atlantic University

Logistics of the Schutztruppe in East Africa: 1914-1918 Harrison Fender, Northern Kentucky University

The Schizophrenic Monarch: Deconstructing the Many Personas of Russia's Nicholas II Madison Pavia-Logan, California State University, Fullerton

Chair: Stephen McCullough, Lincoln University

Chair: Diana Cordileone, Point Loma Nazarene University

PANEL 14-07: SPORTS - MAGNOLIA A Ticket to History and Stabilization: The Role of Cooperstown and the Cavalcade of Baseball in 1939 Kari Nelson, Georgetown University

PANEL 14-05: MEDIEVAL EUROPE – KAHILI Baldwin IV, the “Leper King,” and medieval views of Leprosy Andrea Marshall, George Washington University The Formation of the Idealized Woman through the 12th Century Crusades Jillian Patch, Florida Gulf Coast University A Living Sacrament: The Anchorite as Symbol in Urban Medieval England Joshua Britt, University of South Florida Chair: Jason Hardgrave, University of Southern Indiana

The Cultural and Economic Evolution of the National Basketball Association’s Legal Guidelines from 1970 to 2000 Cameron Black, Stetson University Chair: Brian Craig Miller, Emporia State University

LUNCHEON (Tickets Required) 12:30-1:30 p.m. Salon 4-5

PANEL 14-06: WORLD WAR I AND THE WORLD - LILY A Conflict of Interests: Imperialism, Humanitarianism, and Hegemony in Britain’s Response to the Armenian Genocide during the First World War Kristofer Labenske, Point Loma Nazarene University 59

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 2:00-3:15 p.m.: SESSION 15 PANEL 15-01: GREAT BRITAIN – FUCHSIA

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 PANEL 15-03: POTPOURRI – HIBISCUS Private Soldiers Samuel Brown, Murray State University

An Empire United: Propaganda in Britain and its Empire during the Second World War Jordan Sims, University of Central Florida

Commodifying the Black (White) Body: The Madams of Storyville Porsha Dossie, University of Central Florida

“The Most Courteous Relations:” The Relationships between British Voluntary Aid Detachments and their Patients Kayla Campana, University of Central Florida

From Zero to Hero: The National Father Coughlin and His Local Legacy Victoria Harwood, Bowling Green State University

Gentlemen’s Clubs and Man Caves: A Reflection of Victorian England in the Modern United States Courtney Sidbury, Florida Gulf Coast University

Chair: Gary Lindsey, Oklahoma Christian University

Chair: Diana Cordileone, Point Loma Nazarene University

The Battle of Verdun: No Plan Survives Contact with the Enemy Cristopher Crigler, Northern Kentucky University

PANEL 15-04: WORLD WAR I - IRIS

PANEL 15-02: WORLD HISTORY – GARDENIA Vietnamization: America's Only Hope? Aaron Lewis, Bowling Green State University

Romanticism and Revenge: The Heroes of the Lafayette Escadrille Becky Barker, Liberty University

De-Foucauldization and North Korea’s right of death Rob York, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa

Christians at War: 1914-1918 Darsha Pigford, Point Loma Nazarene University

Female Agency in Warao Dehe Nobo: A Reflection of Their Everyday Roles Giuliana Gazabon, University of West Florida

Chair: Sean Krummerich, University of South Florida

Chair: Julie Harris, Harding University

Marking the End of the Empire Aaron Marks, Elon University

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 Industrial Propaganda in America in World War II Andrew Clanton, Mercer University British Intelligence Operations in the U.S. during WWII Daire Jansson, Rollins College

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 The Influence of Succession in an Empire during the Third Crusade Amy Sullivan, Rollins College Chair:

Chair: John Daley, Pittsburg State University PANEL 15-06: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND HOLOCAUST- LILY Our Most Painful Duty to the Armenians and the First Genocide of the Twentieth Century: A Transitional History of American and Armenian Encounters Abroad, at Home, and the Making of Armenian-American Identity Vincent Aldazabal, The College of New Jersey The Armenian Genocide: Open Wounds and Ignorance of Denial Linda Chamesian, The College of New Jersey Out of the Pink Shadow of Memory: Homosexuals and the Holocaust Dane Royster, California State University, Fullerton Chair:

Jacob Blosser, Texas Woman’s University

PANEL 15-07: MEDIEVAL EUROPE - MAGNOLIA A Hundred Years with the Norse Evidence for Irish feeling towards the Vikings via word choice in Irish annals, 794‐902 AD Kenna Libes, Georgetown University Saint Louis on Art and Crusade: Reflections of a Pious Ideology Joseph Albanese, George Washington University 63

Philip Davis, University of South Florida 3:30-4:45 p.m.: SESSION 16

PANEL 16-01: J.F.K. – GARDENIA The Deathless Search for Conspiracies in the Wake of the Kennedy Assassination Jenna Mitchell, Ohio Northern University An Island to the South: John F. Kennedy and Causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis Collin Mastrian, Montclair State University What Really Happened When President Kennedy Was Shot? Lauren Teegarden, Northern Kentucky University Chair: Gary Lindsey, Oklahoma Christian University PANEL 16-02: ANCIENT RELIGIOUS HISTORY HIBISCUS Proclaiming Peace in the World: the Second Vatican Council and World Peace Collin Schnakenberg, Oklahoma Christian University Status and the Underworld: Belief during the Augustan Age Michael Paladino, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Chair:

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PANEL 16-03: COLONIAL HISTORY - IRIS

PANEL 16-05: ATOMIC BOMB –LILY

“The Bloody Massacre:” The Boston Massacre and the Hidden History of a Labor Dispute Joshua J. Eaton, Utah Valley University

The Illusion of Pax Atomica Victor Rodriguez II, San Jose State University

The Art of Submission: British Expectations from the Vanquished Connor Fenton, Christopher Newport University The Organization of Maroon Societies throughout the Atlantic World Morgan Pierce, East Carolina University

Searching for the Objective Analysis: Japanese Atomic Bomb Research and the Victimhood Narrative Tokikake Ii, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa The Atomic Debate Thomas Petrozzo, West Chester University Chair: Stephen McCullough, Lincoln University

Chair: Shauna Hann, United States Military Academy PANEL 16-04: MEDIEVAL EUROPE BYZANTINE EMPIRE - KAHILI Hairy Men in Togas with Axes Richard Shafer, Florida Gulf Coast University Where there is a Will, There is a Way: Women in Power in the Thirteenth-Century Crusader States Alexandra Vrsalovich, California State University, Fullerton Byzantium, Islam and Holy War Jonathan Lorenz, University of South Florida Chair: Michael Decker, University of South Florida

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2016 PRESIDENTIAL BANQUET (Tickets Required) 6:00-8:00 p.m. Salon 4-5 Dinner Speaker Dr. Stephen Carls, President Union University Fighting a Total War: French Armaments Production During World War I

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Special thanks to all of our conference participants for making the 2016 convention such a great success! End of the Program for the 2016 Biennial Convention ***

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

COUNCIL MEMBERS

President Stephen Carls Union University Vice President Jochen Burgtorf California State University, Fullerton Executive Director Graydon (Jack) Tunstall University of South Florida Advisory Board, Chair Robert Carriker Gonzaga University

COUNCIL MEMBERS Jacob Blosser Texas Woman’s University David Burden Anderson University Daniel Clark Oakland University Julie Harris Harding University

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(continued) Tae Yang Kwak Ramapo College of New Jersey Todd Pfannestiel Clarion University of Pennsylvania John Thomas Scott Mercer University

ADVISORY BOARD Chair: Robert Carriker Gonzaga University Andrew Darien Salem State University Wade Dudley East Carolina University Ronald Frankum, Jr. Millersville University Bernadette Pruitt Sam Houston State University V. Elaine Thompson Louisiana Tech University

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THE HISTORIAN 2014-2015

THE HISTORIAN 2014-2015

EDITORIAL OFFICE

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor Kees Boterbloem University of South Florida Book Review Editor Richard Spall, Jr. Ohio Wesleyan University Business Manager Graydon (Jack) Tunstall University of South Florida Editorial Assistants Ben Sperduto David Beeler

EDITORIAL BOARD

(continued) Carla Hay Marquette University Laura Tabili University of Arizona David Barry Gaspar Duke University Felice Lifshitz University of Alberta Clifford Trafzer University of California, Riverside Robert Savage Boston College

Hilary Earl Nipissing University Kenneth Grieb University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Howard Segal University of Maine Douglas Egerton Le Moyne College

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BOOK AWARD COMMITTEE

BEST CHAPTER COMMITTEE (continued)

John Belohlavek, Chair University of South Florida

Julie Harris Harding University

Jochen Burgtorf California State University, Fullerton

Tae Yang Kwak Ramapo College of New Jersey

Lisa Emmerich California State University, Chico

Todd Pfannestiel Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Karen Guenther Mansfield University

John Thomas Scott Mercer University

Carla Hay Marquette University

CHARLES REDD CENTER BOOK AWARD COMMITTEE

BEST CHAPTER COMMITTEE

Thomas Alexander, Chair Emeritus, Brigham Young University, Provo

Graydon (Jack) Tunstall, Chair University of South Florida

Michael Allen University of Washington at Tacoma

Jacob Blosser Texas Woman’s University

Lisa Emmerich California State University, Chico

David Burden Anderson University Daniel Clark Oakland University

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DOCTORAL AND GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

GORDON MORRIS BAKKEN SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

John Maple, Chair Oklahoma Christian University

Graydon (Jack) Tunstall, Chair University of South Florida



Elizabeth Fones-Wolf West Virginia University

Gordon Morris Bakken, Chair (2014) California State University, Fullerton

Cheryl Koos California State University, Los Angeles

NASH JOURNAL AWARD COMMITTEE

James O’Donnell Marietta College FACULTY ADVISOR RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE Graydon (Jack) Tunstall, Chair University of South Florida Stephen Carls Union University

Gordon Morris Bakken, Chair (2014) California State University, Fullerton Jacob Blosser Chair (2015) Texas Woman’s University Karl Larew Towson University Elise Moentmann University of Portland

Jochen Burgtorf California State University, Fullerton Robert Carriker Gonzaga University

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PAPER PRIZE COMMITTEE

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR

Clayton Drees, Chair Virginia Wesleyan College John Cimprich Thomas More College Timothy Westcott Park University Marty Olliff Troy University Debra Mulligan Roger Williams University Jonathan Reynolds Northern Kentucky University Michael Bertrand Tennessee State University Jacob Blosser Texas Woman’s University Wade Dudley East Carolina University

Graydon (Jack) Tunstall University of South Florida WESTERNERS INTERNATIONAL / PHI ALPHA THETA DISSERTATION AWARD COMMITTEE

Judith Austin, Chair Independent Scholar Gordon Morris Bakken (2014) California State University, Fullerton Mark Barringer Stephen F. Austin State University Robert Carriker Gonzaga University Kathleen Brosnan University of Oklahoma Lisa Emmerich California State University, Chico

Christopher Kennedy Francis Marion University

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BEST CHAPTER AWARDS 2014


Division I – Enrollment under 3,000

Division II – Enrollment 3,000-6,000

Park University Zeta-Omicron Timothy Westcott

Thomas More College Lambda-Sigma John Cimprich

Oklahoma Christian University Tau-Sigma Nels A. Cleven Award John Maple Matt McCook Gary Lindsey

University of the Cumberlands Upsilon-Upsilon Nels A. Cleven Award Eric Wake

Chapman University Alpha-Mu-Gamma Nels A. Cleven Award Brenda Farrington William Cumiford

University of Arkansas at Monticello Alpha-Nu-Zeta Nels A. Cleven Award Clinton Young

Union University Delta-Psi Nels A. Cleven Award Stephen Carls

Midwestern State University Tau-Gamma Nels A. Cleven Award Leland Turner Whitney Snow Everett Kindig

Francis Marion University Alpha-Theta-Zeta Christopher Kennedy

Honorable Mention California Lutheran University Alpha-Xi-Psi David Nelson

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Division III – Enrollment 6,000-10,000

Division V – Enrollment 15,000-23,000

Harding University Eta-Phi Julie Harris

University of Nebraska, Kearney Pi-Nu Roger Davis

Division IV – Enrollment 10,000-15,000 Austin Peay State University Theta-Delta Nels A. Cleven Award Minoa Uffelman Jason Verber Deanna Carter

Louisiana Tech University Lambda-Rho Nels A. Cleven Award Stephen Webre V. Elaine Thompson Texas Woman’s University Eta-Nu Jacob Blosser

Georgetown University Beta-Pi Nels A. Cleven Award Sandra Horvath-Peterson University of Louisiana, Lafayette Epsilon-Xi Nels A. Cleven Award Chad Parker Michael Martin Kim Todt

Northern Kentucky University Alpha-Beta-Phi Nels A. Cleven Award Jonathan Reynolds Bonnie May Kris Teters University of Hawai'i, Mānoa Alpha-Beta-Epsilon Peter Hoffenberg Karen Jolly Robert McGlone

California State University, San Bernardino Alpha-Delta-Nu Jeremy Murray Ryan Keating

James Madison University Tau-Pi Michael Galgano

Honorable Mention Liberty University Alpha-Alpha-Iota David Snead

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Honorable Mention University of North Georgia Zeta-Phi Victoria Hightower Jennifer Smith Michael Proulx 82





Division VI – Enrollment over 23,000

Division I – Enrollment under 3,000

California State University, Fullerton Theta-Pi Nels A. Cleven Award Jochen Burgtorf Gordon Bakken East Carolina University Lambda-Eta Wade Dudley

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Psi-Sigma Nels A. Cleven Award Marcia Gallo

Oklahoma Christian University Tau-Sigma Nels A. Cleven Award John Maple

University of Utah Alpha-Rho Ginger Smoak John Reed

Thomas More College Lambda-Sigma Nels A. Cleven Award John Cimprich

Honorable Mention George Washington University Phi-Chi C. Thomas Long Denver Brunsman

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University of the Cumberlands Upsilon-Upsilon Nels A. Cleven Award Eric Wake Aaron Nathan Coleman Park University Zeta-Omicron Timothy Westcott

Division II – Enrollment 3,000-6,000 Harding University Eta-Phi Nels A. Cleven Award Julie Harris

Union University Delta-Psi Nels A. Cleven Award Stephen Carls

Francis Marion University Alpha-Theta-Zeta Nels A. Cleven Award Christopher Kennedy

California Lutheran University Alpha-Xi-Psi David Nelson

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Division II – Enrollment 3,000-6,000

Division III – Enrollment 6,000-10,000

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

University of Arkansas, Monticello Alpha-Nu-Zeta Clinton Young John Henris

Midwestern State University Tau-Gamma Whitney Snow Leland Turner Marist College Mu-Zeta Janine Peterson Kristin Bayer

Division III – Enrollment 6,000-10,000 Chapman University Alpha-Mu-Gamma Nels A. Cleven Award Brenda Farrington William Cumiford

Lewis University Mu-Eta James Tallon

Clayton State University Alpha-Nu-Psi Carol White

University of Nebraska, Kearney Pi-Nu Roger Davis Division IV – Enrollment 10,000-15,000 Austin Peay State University Theta-Delta Nels A. Cleven Award Minoa Uffelman Jason Verber

Louisiana Tech University Lambda-Rho Nels A. Cleven Award Stephen Webre V. Elaine Thompson

Texas Woman’s University Eta-Nu Jacob Blosser Division III – Enrollment 6,000-10,000

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Division IV – Enrollment 10,000-15,000

Division VI – Enrollment over 23,000

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

Liberty University Alpha-Alpha-Iota David Snead

University of Florida Gamma-Eta Steven Noll

George Washington University Phi-Chi C. Thomas Long Denver Brunsman

Division V – Enrollment 15,000-23,000 Northern Kentucky University Alpha-Beta-Phi Nels A. Cleven Award Robert Wilcox Bonnie May Kris Teeters

Georgetown University Beta-Pi Nels A. Cleven Award Sandra Horvath-Peterson Amy Leonard

Division VI – Enrollment over 23,000 California State University, Fullerton Theta-Pi Nels A. Cleven Award Jochen Burgtorf

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Psi-Sigma Nels A. Cleven Award Marcia Gallo

East Carolina University Lambda-Eta Nels A. Cleven Award Wade Dudley 87

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BOOK AWARDS

2014 2015 DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Best First Book

Phi Alpha Theta Scholarships

Shelby M. Balik

Montserrat Miller (tie)

Metropolitan State University of Denver Rally the Scattered Believers: Northern New England’s Religious Geography

Marshall University Feeding Barcelona, 1714-1975: Public Market Halls, Social Networks and Consumer Culture

Walter Ward (tie) University of Alabama, Birmingham Mirage of the Saracen

Best Subsequent Book Edward Watts

Michael Decker

Indiana University The Final Pagan Generation

University of South Florida The Byzantine Art of War

CHARLES REDD CENTER BOOK AWARD No award given.

Raphael Brewster Folsom University of Oklahoma The Yaquis and the Empire: Violence, Spanish Imperial Power, and Native Resilience in Colonial Mexico

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Ann Halbert-Brooks University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Amy Bergseth Miami University - Ohio David Downs Murray State University

Michael Skaggs University of Notre Dame

Rowan Faye Steineker Westminster College - Missouri John Pine Memorial Scholarship Justin Isaac Rogers University of Mississippi

Mary Osborne University of the Cumberlands

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS A.F. Zimmerman Scholarship Daniel Degges University of Arkansas

Duncan Knox Angelo State University

Thomas S. Morgan Memorial Scholarship Tracy Barnett Millersville University

Katrina Maynes Grand Valley State University

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2014 2015 GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

2014 2015 NASH JOURNAL AWARDS

William E. Parrish Scholarship

Chapters with Graduate Degrees

Michelle Sauer Florida State University

No award given.

FACULTY ADVISOR RESEARCH GRANT Theodore Thomas Milligan College

Leonne Hudson Kent State University

GORDON MORRIS BAKKEN SCHOLARSHIP Roy Wisecarver, III University of Mississippi

No award given.

NASH JOURNAL AWARDS

2nd Place

2nd Place

Traces: The UNC-Chapel Hill Journal of History University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

No award given.

3rd Place

3rd Place

No award given.

The Vulcan Historical Review University of Alabama, Birmingham

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

No award given.

Ibid: A Student History Journal Texas Woman’s University

Chapters with Graduate Degrees 1st Place

1st Place

Welebaethan California State University, Fullerton

Welebaethan California State University, Fullerton

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Chapters without Graduate Degrees 1st Place

1st Place

History in the Making: A Journal of History California State University, San Bernardino

Oklahoma Christian University Journal of Historical Studies Oklahoma Christian University

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Chapters without Graduate Degrees

Electronic Journals

2nd Place

Graduate

Graduate

History in the Making: A Journal of History California State University, San Bernardino

Perspectives: A Journal of Historical Inquiry (tie) California State University, Los Angeles

Perspectives: A Journal of Historical Inquiry (tie) California State University, Los Angeles

3rd Place

3rd Place

No award given.

Tenor of Our Times Harding University

Ibid: A Student History Journal (tie) Texas Woman’s University

Ibid: A Student History Journal (tie) Texas Woman’s University

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Voces Novae Chapman University

Voces Novae Chapman University

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

No award given.

Oklahoma Christian University Journal of Historical Studies Oklahoma Christian University

2nd Place No award given.

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

No award given.

Gettysburg Historical Journal Gettysburg College

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PAPER PRIZES

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Nels Andrew Cleven Founder’s Awards

Graydon A. Tunstall Scholarship

Graduate Awards Catherine Hardee Liberty University

Matthew Simmons University of Florida

Kevin Hooper Providence College

Travis Bagley Liberty University

Undergraduate Awards John Paul Paniagua Whittier College

Jon Bateman Liberty University

Robert Franco University of Pennsylvania

John Paul Paniagua Whittier College

Madison Pavia-Logan California State University, Fullerton

No award given.

WESTERNERS INTERNATIONAL/ PHI ALPHA THETA DISSERTATION AWARD Brian Leech Augustana College

No award given.

George P. Hammond Award for Best Graduate Paper Lynneth Miler Baylor University

Karissa Marken Liberty University

Lynn W. Turner Award for Best Undergraduate Paper Alec Michael Tare SUNY-Geneseo

Carolyn Johnson Augustana College

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INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name

Phi Alpha Theta welcomes the following new chapters. College or University

Greek Name

Installation

First Name

Page Number

Abitbol

Alexandre

9

Affrin

Zachary

40

Albanese

Joseph

63

Aldazabal

Vincent

63

Alexander

Sara

56

Alexander

Jordan

27

Allred

Mallory

42

Almeda

Karlito

17

Alcorn State University (MS) Alpha-Omicron-Sigma

April 22, 2015

Azusa Pacific University (CA)

Alpha-Omicron-Tau

November 7, 2014

Concord University (WV)

Alpha-Omicron-Upsilon October 6, 2014

Alms

Hannah

28

Aquilia

Kelly

42

Connecticut College (CT)

Alpha-Pi-Beta

October 10, 2015

Arbisi

Ron

58

Dalton State College (GA)

Alpha-Omicron-Pi

April 25, 2014

Assis

Jonathan

6

Babb

Michelle

19

Dixie State University (UT)

Alpha-Omicron-Chi

April 10, 2015

Baer

Rachel

39

Eckerd College (FL)

Alpha-Omicron-Psi

March 8, 2015

Bajc

Austin

30

Baker

Kirsten

15

Florida Southern College (FL)

Alpha-Omicron-Nu

April 23, 2014

Baker

Anthony

49

Balmores

Angela

19

Gordon State College (GA)

Alpha-OmicronOmicron

Barker

Becky

62

Barnes

Carla

29

Barngrover

Leah

28

Barrett

Josephine

17

Barrette

Tim

27

Barringer

Mark

21, 26, 49

Barsky

Sara

16

Basta

Hannah

7

Bateman

Jon

24

Beeler

David

36

Beiler

Rosalind

32

Belohlavek

John

54

Benton

Sarah

53

Black

Cameron

60

March 26, 2014

Lebanon Valley College (PA) Alpha-Omicron-Omega

April 15, 2015

Martin Methodist College (TN)

Alpha-Pi-Gamma

November 5, 2015

Morningside College (IA)

Alpha-Omicron-Phi

October 24, 2014

Saginaw Valley State University (MI)

Alpha-Omicron-Rho

April 17, 2014

Tusculum College (TN)

Alpha-Pi-Alpha

March 20, 2015

Tuskegee University (AL)

Alpha-Pi-Delta

November 11, 2015

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INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Blosser Boegershausen Bolt Boterbloem Bower Bozich Brandon Brewbaker Britt Brown Brown Brueggemeyer Buchanan Buckle Buist Burgtorf Burke Bussink Butler Calhoun Calvert Campana Cappiello Carls Carls Carlson Carr Carriker Cartwright Chamesian Chase Chase Chavis

First Name Jacob Lori William Kees Ashley Frank Pam Katarina Joshua Michelle Samuel Abigail Shirley Jessica Cassidy Jochen Meghan Ryan Cynthia Jake Emily Kayla Sarah Ashleigh Stephen Peter Amanda Robert Ben Linda Brandon Angelica Devin 99

Page Number 34, 40, 54, 63 15 36 31, 35, 39 32 19 45 51 59 14 62 25 26 36 44 20, 32, 34, 38, 64 56 55 9 54 21 61 23 38 22, 26, 34, 67 33 18 23, 34 12 63 44 43 10

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Cifone Clanton

First Name Rhonda Andrew

Page Number 12 63

Clark Clark Clough Cobb

Cassandra Patricia Tyler Julianna

Colborne Collins Connell Cook

Kaitlyn Jenna Christy Joel

Cordileone Corley Cottier Crigler

Diana Janetta Christina Christopher

Crispell Cronin Crook Curtis Curtis

Madeline Andrea Hannah Caitlin Bradley

42 27 40 56 7

Daley Danch Darien Davey

John Alia Andrew Frances

16, 46, 63 28 51 54

Davis Decker Deininger Delaney Demarais DeMott Deppen

Philip Michael Michael Jason Lisa Chelsea Megan

10, 36, 53, 64 18, 26, 35, 57, 65 46 35 45 26 24

Desmond Dickinson Dossie

Lauren Rebecca Porsha

53 17 62

6 16, 23, 51 44 49 24 47 55 29

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INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Drees Drew Dudley Duff Dunning Eads Eastwood Eaton Eborn (Griffin) Ellis Erdman Esposito Everett Evers Felsenstein Fender Fenton Filipink Fisanick Fisher Frank Friedman Frisbee Galbraith Galgano Gannon Garcia-Molina Gazabon Geho Gessner Gillan Glauser Gomez

First Name Clayton Danielle Wade Emily Jonathan Colbi Ethan Joshua Kinsey Jordan Arianna Chelsea Derek Jessica Joanna Harrison Connor Richard Alec Marjorie Maria Rachel Meg Laura Michael Barbara Eduardo Giuliana Corey Nicholas Jennifer Ryan Graciela 101

Page Number 20, 22, 28, 54 58 17, 25, 46, 47 40 23 8 27 65 19 41 41 20, 27 21 46 22 60 65 51 31 53 6 16 36 24 11, 24, 36 32 57 61 60 11 45 43 32

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Gorman Granowski Greene Grygo Gysin Hann Hansard Hanson Hardgrave Hardy Hardy Harris Harrison Harsey Hartman Hartman Harwood Havrilcsak Hawes Hazel Hazeski Hill Holland Hoogland Hopkins Hosein Hotalen Howard Huelskamp Hughes Ii Ilieva Iwashita

First Name Jatwan Tomasz Abigail John Brett Shauna William Abigail Jason Parris Morgan Julie Austin Cameron Benjamin Abigail Victoria Gregory Alexandra Ian Daniel Bracy Connie Edward J. Uluwehi Rasheed Christina Franklin Emma Patrick Tokikake Ilona Kaitlyn 102

Page Number 50 11 38 14 21 49, 65 29 43 11, 27, 59 49 48 34, 53, 61 54 7 57 19 62 18, 22, 40 8 46 37 37 30 57 26, 48 48 51 47 10 42 66 50 30

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Jansson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Jones Kaiser Kaletski Kamm Kaufman Keane Keene Kennedy Kennedy Killingsworth Kindig Klapman Kleinman Kodosky Koenig Koster Krsic Krummerich Kwak Labenske LaFaso Lair Landis Lapper Lawson Leach Leavitt LeBleu

First Name Daire Ryan Brittany Kristen Timothy Allison Jennifer Adam Eric Scott Kevan Sarah Angela Christopher Matthew Everett Courtney Sam Robert Anne Mickie Mwanzia Nemanja Sean Tae Yang Kristofer Bartholomew Ernest Michael Jamie Kirstin Wade Benjamin Lacey 103

Page Number 63 15 29 23 28 49 58 18 27 7, 15, 21, 30, 56 20 39 46 15, 42, 54 54 9, 11, 24 8 52 42, 51, 56 8 9, 14 21 46, 55, 62 19, 31, 37, 57 59 41 31 45 39 16, 23, 58 55 49 47

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Legato Lentini Lewis Liang Libes Lindsey Lindsley Liu Lockard Long Lopez Lorenz Lozano Lozano Lyons MacInnis MacSwan Malec Mallen Manning Maple Marey Marks Marshall Mastrian Matthews McClellan McClure McConnell McCormick McCray McCullough McCurry

First Name Tyler Kasey Aaron Jason Kenna Gary Alexa Mary Aaron Sara Nancy Jonathan Johnathan Liliana Amelia John Erica Melissa Sean Maggie John Mohammad Aaron Andrea Collin Stryder Jessica Niles Tandy Marcus Cory Stephen Kati 104

Page Number 11 35 61 31 63 43, 62, 64 6 43 28 58 8, 44, 46 65 9 41 32 20 58 35 59 40 41, 54 28 62 59 64 43 32 24 10, 33, 45 28 56 17, 60, 66 58

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name McGarry McGuire McKinney McMicken McQuoid Mele Mercadante Miller Miller Mitchell Mitchell Mohr Moore Moorehead Moran Morgan Morganis Muhammad Mullins Murphy Napier Nathenson Neely Negron Nelson Nelson Neuffer Newell Newman Newport Noah Oast Oldham

First Name Conor Daniel Russell Robert Joseph Laura Abigail Lynneth Brian Kathryn Jenna Emily Hayley Tabitha Rachel Anita George Patricia Cameron Katelyn Nathan Kathryn Taylor Conrad Kari David Lucas Jessica Melissa Tracey Eric Jennifer Troy 105

Page Number 39 9 48 8 43 37 56 11 45 43 64 11 19 33 23 28, 38 45 9, 40, 52 39 29 41 48 32 12 60 54 18 48 44 16 8 15 16

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Olson Olson Onstad Orr Owens Paladino Paluka Pañares Patch Pavia-Logan Payne Pearson Peiffer Pelletier Perine Petrozzo Pierce Pigford Poff Pomeroy Pritchett Provenzano Quintero Rafferty Ramirez Rapone Reidling Reiser

First Name Madeleine Jonathan Cassandra Terrell Megan Michael April Alessandra Jillian Madison Robin Brian Savannah Ryan Jonah Thomas Morgan Darsha Tyler James Eryn Douglas Raphael Matthew Diana Spenser Coleman Kedric

Reiter Render Richard Richardson Ring

Kimberly Hannah Patricia Mallory Andrew 106

Page Number 45 18 39 34 32 64 32 12 59 59 12, 28, 44 55 37 22 52 66 65 62 42 15 7 47 20 33 45 53 40 38 6, 36, 51 19 15 10 35

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Ringle Rodriguez II Rogers Rose Ross Royster Rubin III Ruffino

First Name Karlee Victor Samuel Taylor Michael Dane Hyman Matthew

Rupp Sandlin Sawyer Schaeffer Schnakenberg Schneider Schultz Schumm Schwab Schwartz Scott Sellers Shafer Sheehan Shockley

Susan Miranda Russell Joy Collin Sarah Taylor Rachel Andrea Robert John Thomas Jordan Richard Melanie Edgar

Shorten Sidbury Simila Simon Sims Snead Snow Snyder Snyder Sommer

Katherine Courtney John Nicholas Jordan David Whitney Elizabeth Jeffrey Heather 107

Page Number 11 66 30 47 53 63 35, 55 41 10, 41, 44 7 33 44 64 32 41 37 35 22 8, 36, 48 33 65 23 45 30 61 8 21 61 16, 29 20 50 17 48

INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name Soucy Sproviero Steiber Stevens Stevens Strickland Sudol Sullivan Summers Sutton Swierczynski Talamante Taylor Teegarden Teegarden Tell Theodosiou Thomas Thomas Thompson Thornton Thorp Toomey Tunstall Tunstall Turner Ulep Valle Van Allen Vaughn Velasquez Vielott Vrsalovich

First Name Kristen Samantha Sandra Sabrina Courtney Samantha Christopher Amy Catherine Jennifer Michael Laura Jordan Seth Lauren Art Maria Justine David V. Elaine Bonnie Alex Samuel Graydon (Jack) Allen Alex Catherine Brenda Alexander Autumn Max Thomas Alexandra 108

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INDEX OF MODERATORS AND PRESENTERS Last Name

First Name

NOTES

Page Number

Walker

Molly

52

Walker

Travis

31

Walsh

Timothy

50

Walters Ansley

Jessica

29

Warford

Corey

37

Waynen

Kaitlyn

47

Weaver

Briana

24

Welsh

Madeline

16

West

Morgan

33

Westcott

Timothy

21

Wetenhall

Justin

25

Wheeler

Emmeline

12

White

Corey

55

Williams

Caroline

7

Williams

Heather

30

Williams

John

7

Willis

Katie

20

Wilson

Joseph

50

Winans

Adrienne

55

Winters

Olivia

14

Wisecarver

Roy

18

Wooten

Nicholas

40

Wright

Zachary

8

Wrightson

Graham

7, 10, 50

Xu

Mei

57

Yates

William

10

Yeakley

Sheldon

57

York

Rob

61

York

Rachel

53

Young

Darius

27, 52

Zuccaro

Matthew

39 109

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