7th Annual Phi Alpha Theta History Conference

2019 Phi Alpha Theta Conference Presentations

• Keynote Presentation

  Presenter | Dr. Pippa Holloway | Middle Tennessee State University
  Keynote Title | Writing the History of Felon Disfranchisement

• Women & Gender Panel

  Faculty Commentator | Dr. Jessica Pliley, Associate Professor, Texas State University
  Moderator | Ashlei Evans, Graduate Student, Texas State University

  • Forrest Wales, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Gross Libel on a Man: The Origins of ‘Dude’ as a Reflection of Social Anxiety in 1880s San Antonio”
  • Lauren Kahre-Campbell, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Where There’s a Will: Gender, Wills, and Inheritance in Early Modern England”
  • Michelle Ramstack, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Nuances and Challenges of Being Trans on the Texas State University Campus”

• Historic Preservation Panel

  Faculty Commentator | Dr. Peter Dedek, Associate Professor, Texas State University
  Moderator | Jose Bald, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

  • Cheyenne Johnston-Ashton, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Issues in Preservation”
  • Mary Kahle, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “The Rainey Street Historic District: Sustainable Model or Unattainable Dream?”
  • Nikolas Koetting, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Historic Preservation”

• Texas History Panel

  Faculty Commentator | Dr. Jason Mellard, Assistant Professor & Director, Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
  Moderator | Ashlei Evans, Graduate Student, Texas State University

  • Blake Gandy, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Fort Worth, Busing, and the Summer of 1971”
  • Lacy Molina, Graduate Student, University of Texas of the Permian Basin | “‘Sing for the Years:’ Texas’ Exposure to Rock and Roll”

• Early Twentieth Century Panel

  Faculty Commentator | Dr. Shannon Duffy, Senior Lecturer, Texas State University
  Moderator | Jose Bald, Undergraduate Student, Texas State University

  • Robert Anzenberger, Graduate Student, Texas State University | “Hoover Feeds Finland”
  • Roger Booker, Graduate Student, University of Kansas | “DuBois and World War I: ‘Close Ranks’ & The Black Experience”
  • Leslie Davila, Graduate Student, Texas A&M University | “‘Dire Tendencies: Origin of Mob Violence in Texas”