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1.1Southern History: Renegades and Rebels
Chair: Dr. Chris Hickman, Tarleton State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 203
“The Tale of Bonnie and Clyde”
Zelda Montez, Undergraduate, Angelo State University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“You Will Never Enter This School: Analyzing the Delay in Integrating the Mansfield Independent School District”
Molly Fortner, Undergraduate, Abilene Christian University (Phi Alpha Theta)
1.2Cultural Imagery & Colonialism
Chair: Dr. Laurie Dickmeyer, Angelo State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 201
“Narrative Creation Under Self-Colonization: Western Influences on Early Modern Japanese Novels and History”
Katherine Sabo, Undergraduate, Texas Tech University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“A Comprehensive Cultural Identity: Displaying Indigenismo In Mexico and Peru”
Alessandra Rosales, Abilene Christian University
“The Benin Bronzes: The Last Campaign of Colonialism”
Melissa Walters, Graduate, Texas Woman’s University (Phi Alpha Theta)
1.3 Environmental Conceptions and Concerns Chair:Dr. Gary Lindsey, Lubbock Christian University Houston Harte University Center, Room 210
“The Romantics Impact on America’s View of Nature”
Foster Scurlock, Undergraduate, Angelo State University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“Arctic Exploration and the Resource Extraction Driving It”
Andrew Milam, Undergraduate, Angelo State University (Phi Alpha Theta)
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Session Two
2.1 Party People: Revolutionary Activity in Boston and New York City Chair:Dr. Kenna Archer, Angelo State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 203
“Protests and Principles: How the American Colonists Defended the Ethics of the Boston Tea Party”
Gabe Creech, Undergraduate, Baylor University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“New York’s Tea Party: How New York Shaped a Boston Resistance”
Rachel Medina, Undergraduate, Baylor University (Phi Alpha Theta)
2.2 Public Education & Civil Rights Chair:Dr. Laura Hooton, Angelo State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 201
“The Chaos of American Public Education: From the Gilded Age Until Now”
Lauren Planer, Undergraduate, Tarleton State University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“President Eisenhower and the Little Rock Incident”
Hannah Purdy, Undergraduate, Lubbock Christian University (Phi Alpha Theta)
2.3 Social Constructs from the Renaissance to the Present Chair:Dr. Aaron George, Tarleton State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 210
“Weddings and Worth: Marriage in the Life and Works of Moderata Fonte”
Jaeden McCarter, Undergraduate, Texas Tech University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“The Case of Sor Juana versus the Patriarchy; An Examination of Male Clerical Reactions Towards Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Her Writings”
Madeline Thompson, Undergraduate, Abilene Christian University
“How Does Gender Effect Autism?”
Mikaela Rivera, Undergraduate, Texas Wesleyan University
Madison Tippie, Undergraduate, Tarleton State University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“The Murder Act of 1752: The Culture of Dying and its Relationship to Scientific Inquiry”
Mars Peacock, Undergraduate, Angelo State University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“Navigating the Waves of Vulnerability: Black Sailors in the 18th-Century French Empire”
Alexis Estevane, Undergraduate, University of Texas, Austin (Phi Alpha Theta)
3.2 Martial Matters: Military History Through the Ages Chair:Dr. Brad Cesario, Angelo State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 201
“A Brief Analysis of War as a Concept, Both in Meaning and Purpose”
Riley Mundt, Undergraduate, Texas Southern University
“The “Angel of Mons” Story and Its Use as Early Nationalistic Propaganda”
Julia Sikes, Undergraduate, Lubbock Christian University (Phi Alpha Theta)
3.3 Facing Your Fears: From Hollywood to the White House Chair:Dr. Ken Heineman, Angelo State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 210
“The Berlin Wall Crisis of 1963: Analyzing the Kennedy Administration’s Response and Strategic
Decisions”
Collin McIntosh, Undergraduate, Tarleton State University
“The Polish American Gap: Understanding Cold-War Scholars of Polish Decent”
Eldred Poplawski, Undergraduate, Tarleton State University
“It Came from Beyond the Screen! Authority, Horror Movies, and Political Influence”
Lauren Davis, Graduate, Texas Woman’s University (Phi Alpha Theta)
3.4 Art, Literature and Music from the Ancient to Early Modern World Chair:Dr. Taylor Gruman, Angelo State University Houston Harte University Center, Room 211
“Ancient Greek Music and its Influence on the Modern Day”
Gabby Nguyen, Undergraduate, Tarleton State University
“Midway to Mannerism: Parmigianino’s Madonna and Child c.1527-1530”
Clara Friedlander, Undergraduate, Texas Wesleyan University (Phi Alpha Theta)
“The Power of Prose: Early Modern Rhetoric and Digital Analysis of Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko”
Selina Humphrey, Undergraduate, Texas Wesleyan University (Phi Alpha Theta)
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Cecily Zander as our Keynote Address.
About the Speaker
Dr. Zander is an assistant professor of history at Texas Woman’s University and a senior fellow at Southern Methodist University’s Center for Presidential History. Her first book, “The Army Under Fire: Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era,” was published by Louisiana State University Press in February 2024. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Huntington Library, the University of Oklahoma’s Western History Collections, The Clements Center for Southwestern Studies and the United States Army Center for Military History. She has published essays on the Civil War and the American West in edited collections, scholarly journals such as Reviews in American History and Civil War History and popular magazines.
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