6th Annual Phi Alpha Theta History Conference

The History Department and Phi Alpha Theta at Texas State University held their 6th Annual History Conference on Saturday, November 4, 2017

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  • 2017 Phi Alpha Theta Conference Presentations

    • Presenter | Dr. Cynthia Brandimarte | Texas State Parks and Texas State University
      Keynote Title | “Parks, Prejudice, and History”

    • Faculty Commentator | Dr. Dennis Dunn, Director International Studies, Texas State University
      Student Moderator | Rachael Lunsford, Graduate Student, Texas State University

      • Viktor Glynyanyy, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Bridge Over Pacific: Russian-American Diplomatic Relations During the Early Republic”
      • Jason Rivas, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Peter the Great and the Navy”
      • Nicholas Sterling, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Russian Expansionism and the Monroe Doctrine”

    • Faculty Commentator | Dr. Bryan Glass, Senior Lecturer, Texas State University
      Student Moderator | Lauren Kahre-Campbell, Graduate Student, Texas State University

      • Jaclyn Butt, Graduate Student, University of North Texas | “The Conflict Between Education and Virtue: A Portrait of Isabella d’Este”
      • Cori McDonald, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Preservation, Memory, and the 1916 Easter Rising”
      • Shina Shayesteh, Graduate Student, Texas State University  “‘This Most Terrible of All Deformities’: The Victorians and Scoliosis, 1849-1899”

    • Faculty Commentator | Dr. Angela Murphy, History Department Chair, Texas State University
      Student Moderator | Amanda Carter, Graduate Student, Texas State University

      • Jennifer Blackwell, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Frustrated Beyond Belief: American Women’s Actual Political Existence in the Antebellum Era”  
      • Christyjoy Skaw, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Violent Politics: Early American Resistance to the Excise Tax”
      • Jameson Worley, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “A Nation On Edge: The Impact of Slavery and Abolitionists in Anglo-American Diplomacy”

    • Faculty Commentator | Dr. Nancy Berlage, Assistant Professor, Texas State University
      Student Moderator | Cori McDonald, Graduate Student, Texas State University

      • Kimi Diedrich, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Make El Paso Great Again: Correcting Alternative Memory in the Border City”
      • Krista Pollett, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Layered Heritage: The Materiality and Memorialization of the Historic House Museum”
      • Jason Rivas, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Humanizing and Honoring World War II Veterans”

    • Faculty Commentator | Dr. Ellen Tillman, Assistant Professor, Texas State University
      Student Moderator | Kimi Diedrich, Graduate Student, Texas State University

      • Blake Gandy, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “‘The Fate of Texas’: The Failure of Diplomacy in the Early Republic”
      • Forrest Wales, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Uncle Sam and John Bull: Filibuster’s Influence on mid-Nineteenth Century U.S.-British Diplomacy”

    • Faculty Commentator | Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, Assistant Professor, Texas State University
      Student Moderator | Katie Cole, Graduate Student, Texas State University

      • Robert Anzenberger, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Money Talks, Communism Walks: The Economic Relationship of the United States and Finland, 1919-1939”
      • Sara Pavey, B.A., Texas State University | “How U.S. Humanitarian Aid Cultivates Dependency in Haiti”
      • Kasey Steffek, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Breaking into the Soviet Bloc: The United States’ Food Aid Program in Yugoslavia During the Mid-Twentieth Century”

    • Faculty Commentator | Dr. Mary Brennan, Dean – College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University
      Student Moderator | Krista Pollett, Graduate Student, Texas State University

      • Roger Booker, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Kansas | “The Croix de Guerre, the U.S. Army and World War I: The Birth of a New Negro”
      • Will Stridde, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Longhorns, Radicals, and ‘Queers’: The Gay Liberation Era in Austin, Texas”