2023
Christy, Miranda. “That We May Exert Our Influence More Powerfully: Race, Politics and Identity in Ohio’s Southeast Borderland, 1802-1865”
Evers, Sarah. “The Story of His Life and Work: Public History at The Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial (1945-1956)”
2022
Blake, Erica. “Negotiating Sovereignty: Resistance and Meaning Making at the Bear Mountain Mission in Early-Twentieth Century Virginia”
Flanagan, Savannah. “Unruly Sisters: Moravian Women, Dissent, and the 18th Century North Carolina Piedmont”
Pearson, Derek. “The Steep Climb to Low Earth Orbit: A History of the Space Elevator Community’s Battle Against the Rocket Paradigm”
2021
Adkins, Clay. “The Great Appalachian Flood of 1977: Prisoners, Labor, and Community Perceptions in Wise, Virginia”
Brabble, Jessica. “Save the Babies: Progressive Women and the Fight for Child Welfare in the United States, 1912-1929”
Montoya, Sydney. “Creating a Nation: Fiscal Policy, Expansion, and Protest in Pennsylvania”
Olex, Benjamin. “‘The Painful Task of Thinking Belongs To Me’: Rethinking Royal Navy Signal Reform during the American War of Independence”
2020
Balli, Tyler. “Reading Zion: Book Cultures of Mormon Youth, 1869-1890”
Stewart, Emily. “Standardization, Segregation, and Professionalization in Virginia Public Schools, 1898-1917”
2019
Furrow, Heath. “‘We can do very little with them’: British Discourse and British Policy on Shi’is in Iraq”
Martin, Kaitlyn. “Religious Practices in Classical Thebes”
Walters, Kathryn. “20,000 Fewer: The Wagner-Rogers Bill and the Jewish Refugee Crisis”
Wesdock, Ryan. “The Floatplane Controversy: Proscription, Procedure, and Protection in Carroll County, Virginia, 1992.
Wild, Emily. “The Women of Waterford, Virginia: Gender, Unionism, Quakerism and Identity in the American Civil War”
2018
Boggs, Ellen. “That mountain is like a drug store”: Knowledge and Medicine in Southern Appalachia, 1900-1933“
Brown, Katie. “‘When This You See, Remember Me’: Visual Culture and Civil War Soldiers’ Views of Permanence“
Harmon, Emily. “Shaping the City from Below: Urban Planning and Citizens’ Battle for Control in Roanoke, Virginia, 1907-1928“
Hemmingson, Grace. “‘This was a man’: Masculinity and Student Life at Virginia Military Colleges, 1905-1920”
2017
Atkins, David. “‘Perfectly White’: Light-Skinned Slaves and the Abolition Movement 1835-1865“
Caprice, Kevin. “Won but Not One: The Construction of Union Veteranhood, 1861-1917“
Cherry, Earl K. Jr. “Training Virginians: The Rural Training Schools of Virginia’s Segregated Education System, 1895-1955”
Keller, Chris. “‘The Freshest and Yet Oldest Sound’: Flatt & Scruggs, Martha White, and the Negotiation of Change and Nostalgia”
MacDonald, Jonathan. “Reel Guidance: Midcentury Classroom Films and Adolescent Adjustment“
Nehrt, Jenny. “Promoting Positivity: Securing Memphis’s Image in Times of Crisis“
Williams, Rebecca. “Weird Old Figures and a New Twist: Cultural Functions of Halloween at the Turn of the 20th Century” Also, Rebecca completed a video project as a part of the public history thesis option.
2016
Bolt, Carmen. “Dammed If You Don’t: The Palmertown Tragedy of 1924 in Collective Memory”
Evenson, Sara. “Consuming Trade in Mid-Eighteenth Century Albany”
Skiles, Debra Faith. “Building Cultural Bridges: American Women Missionaries in Korea, 1885-1910”
Gogan, Claire. “To Play Jewish Again: Roots, Counterculture, and the Klezmer Revival”
Nowland, Nicholas. “A Unique Hell in Southwestern Virginia: Confederate Guerrillas and the Defense of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad“
2015
Carlson, Kristin. “Christian Duty in the Crisis of Secession: A Comparison of Charleston and Philadelphia”
Kelley, Lucas. “Suffrage for White Men Only: The Disfranchisement of Free Men of Color in Antebellum North Carolina”
Seabrook, Tom. “Tributes to the Past, Present, and Future: Confederate Memorialization in Virginia, 1914-1919”
Slough, Spenser. “Germans on the Western Waters: Artisans, Material Culture, and Hybridity in Virginia’s Backcountry, 1780-1830”
Stoltz, Taylor. “Aristocrats, Republicans, and Cannibals: American Reactions to French Women in Violence”
Zlokas, Rosemary. “Consuming Beauty: The Impact of Prescriptive Beauty Literature on College Women, 1940-1950”
Website created as public history thesis project: www.consumingbeauty.com
2014
Ames, Eric. “‘United in Interest and Feeling’: The Political Culture of Union in the Virginia Borderland, 1850-1861.”
Dowrey, Alexandra. “The Classics and the Broader Public in Philadelphia, 1783-1788: Avenues for Engagement.”
Hight, Alison. “‘What are ye, little mannie?’: the Persistence of Fairy Culture in Scotland,1572-1703 and 1811-1927.”
2013
Paxton, William. “Fear and Fortune: Robbery in London in the Late Eighteenth Century.”
Lennon, Heather. “A Stage for Gentility and the Performance of the Republican Gentleman: Taverns in Richmond, Virginia from 1780 to 1820.”
Vick, Alison. “A Catalyst for the Development of Human Rights: German Internment Practices in the First World War, 1914-1929.”
2021
2020
Balli, Tyler. “Reading Zion: Book Cultures of Mormon Youth, 1869-1890”
Stewart, Emily. “Standardization, Segregation, and Professionalization in Virginia Public Schools, 1898-1917”
2019
Furrow, Heath. “‘We can do very little with them’: British Discourse and British Policy on Shi’is in Iraq”
Martin, Kaitlyn. “Religious Practices in Classical Thebes”
Walters, Kathryn. “20,000 Fewer: The Wagner-Rogers Bill and the Jewish Refugee Crisis”
Wesdock, Ryan. “The Floatplane Controversy: Proscription, Procedure, and Protection in Carroll County, Virginia, 1992.
Wild, Emily. “The Women of Waterford, Virginia: Gender, Unionism, Quakerism and Identity in the American Civil War”
2018
Boggs, Ellen. “That mountain is like a drug store”: Knowledge and Medicine in Southern Appalachia, 1900-1933“
Brown, Katie. “‘When This You See, Remember Me’: Visual Culture and Civil War Soldiers’ Views of Permanence“
Harmon, Emily. “Shaping the City from Below: Urban Planning and Citizens’ Battle for Control in Roanoke, Virginia, 1907-1928“
Hemmingson, Grace. “‘This was a man’: Masculinity and Student Life at Virginia Military Colleges, 1905-1920”
2017
Atkins, David. “‘Perfectly White’: Light-Skinned Slaves and the Abolition Movement 1835-1865“
Caprice, Kevin. “Won but Not One: The Construction of Union Veteranhood, 1861-1917“
Cherry, Earl K. Jr. “Training Virginians: The Rural Training Schools of Virginia’s Segregated Education System, 1895-1955”
Keller, Chris. “‘The Freshest and Yet Oldest Sound’: Flatt & Scruggs, Martha White, and the Negotiation of Change and Nostalgia”
MacDonald, Jonathan. “Reel Guidance: Midcentury Classroom Films and Adolescent Adjustment“
Nehrt, Jenny. “Promoting Positivity: Securing Memphis’s Image in Times of Crisis“
Williams, Rebecca. “Weird Old Figures and a New Twist: Cultural Functions of Halloween at the Turn of the 20th Century” Also, Rebecca completed a video project as a part of the public history thesis option.
2016
Bolt, Carmen. “Dammed If You Don’t: The Palmertown Tragedy of 1924 in Collective Memory”
Evenson, Sara. “Consuming Trade in Mid-Eighteenth Century Albany”
Skiles, Debra Faith. “Building Cultural Bridges: American Women Missionaries in Korea, 1885-1910”
Gogan, Claire. “To Play Jewish Again: Roots, Counterculture, and the Klezmer Revival”
Nowland, Nicholas. “A Unique Hell in Southwestern Virginia: Confederate Guerrillas and the Defense of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad“
2015
Carlson, Kristin. “Christian Duty in the Crisis of Secession: A Comparison of Charleston and Philadelphia”
Kelley, Lucas. “Suffrage for White Men Only: The Disfranchisement of Free Men of Color in Antebellum North Carolina”
Seabrook, Tom. “Tributes to the Past, Present, and Future: Confederate Memorialization in Virginia, 1914-1919”
Slough, Spenser. “Germans on the Western Waters: Artisans, Material Culture, and Hybridity in Virginia’s Backcountry, 1780-1830”
Stoltz, Taylor. “Aristocrats, Republicans, and Cannibals: American Reactions to French Women in Violence”
Zlokas, Rosemary. “Consuming Beauty: The Impact of Prescriptive Beauty Literature on College Women, 1940-1950”
Website created as public history thesis project: www.consumingbeauty.com
2014
Ames, Eric. “‘United in Interest and Feeling’: The Political Culture of Union in the Virginia Borderland, 1850-1861.”
Dowrey, Alexandra. “The Classics and the Broader Public in Philadelphia, 1783-1788: Avenues for Engagement.”
Hight, Alison. “‘What are ye, little mannie?’: the Persistence of Fairy Culture in Scotland,1572-1703 and 1811-1927.”
2013
Paxton, William. “Fear and Fortune: Robbery in London in the Late Eighteenth Century.”
Lennon, Heather. “A Stage for Gentility and the Performance of the Republican Gentleman: Taverns in Richmond, Virginia from 1780 to 1820.”
Vick, Alison. “A Catalyst for the Development of Human Rights: German Internment Practices in the First World War, 1914-1929.”
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