Four History students, Meredith Hansen, Lillian Sundell-Thomas, Rachel Walker, and Zach Williams, presented research at the March 27 Central New York Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta. Professors Vivian Bruce Conger and Jonathan Ablard accompanied the students and served as panel commentators and evaluators. Zach Williams' paper was awarded an Honorable Mention.
Meredith Hansen
“That Was What the Textbook Said: Textbook Representations of the Frontier (1847-2003)”
David Korenthal “Neither East nor West: Orientalism and the Armenian Independence Movement 1870-1920”
Lillian Sundell-Thomas
“Wanderlust, Mobility, and The Formation of an American Identity “
Rachel Walker “’The Day Which Will Fix My Future Destiny’: Courtship, Marriage, and the Companionate Ideal in Early Republican America”
Zachary Williams
“V, vi; John Steinbeck and the Execution of a Deceptive Cadence”
David Korenthal and Rachel Walker presented research from their on-going senior honors thesis. Mr. Korenthal is working with Dr. Jason Freitag and Dr. Vivian Bruce Conger is supervising the work of Ms. Walker.
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20100414144302117