RESEARCH SENIOR SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

History 496, Research Senior Seminar, is a 4 hour credit course required of all History majors and is the department capstone course. Students prepare a senior history research paper with a public presentation and defense sometime near the end of the semester. Each student takes the course with the instructor for that term who is also the student's primary reader. Each student is then expected to select a second reader who has particular knowledge or expertise on the student's topic; this instructor will also be the respondent at the public presentation. Once the essay has been written and critiqued, it is then prepared for the public presentation which is free and open to all. This public presentation allows the student to present their material in a collegial and professional atmosphere and demonstrate to those present (professors, colleagues, friends and family) their mastery of their chosen topic. Following the presentation, their second reader then responds to the paper and its arguments. The student then fields questions from the audience about their work and arguments. Finally, once all the presentations have been completed, there is a reception afterward to congratulate and praise the students for their hard work, exceptional presentations, and professionalism.

SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2007 SENIOR SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
01 DECEMBER 2007     NOBLE HALL 115      10:00 A.M. -- 11:30 A.M.

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Christopher Calagias: "An Intellectual History Concerning African-American Athletic Success

Nicole McDonald: "The Changing Role of Arthur: His Portrayal in British History and Transformation to a Literary Character"

Kevin Schuster: "More Than Just a Game"

SCHEDULE FOR WINTER 2007 SENIOR SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
14 APRIL 2007     NOBLE HALL 115      8:00 A.M. -- 5:10 P.M.

SESSION I:	SOLDIERS    &    PUBLIC    POLICY    IN	AMERICAN    HISTORY
Greg Thornton "Loyalty & Riches: The Driving Force Behind the New Mexico Campaign, 1861-1862"	Greg explains tactics of Civil War forces.	Dr. Baranski waits in the wings to comment on Greg's essay.
Toni Temples "United States Combat Veterans: Poetic Voices, 1941--Present"	Toni listens to a question about her own personal experiences with poetic creations.	Toni explains the process by which she elicited responses from veterans.
Dave Heald "The Demise of the American Streetcar System: Corporate Collusion & the Failure of Public Policy, 1910-1952"	Dave poses for us since we did not get a picture of him while presenting. Sorry about that Dave.
Todd Schumann "The Damming of Glen Canyon & the Rise of Radical Environmentalism"	Dave listens to the audience's reaction to his additional comments on his research.	Dave explains further his thesis and supporting evidence and research.
SESSION II:	ART   &   POLITICS   IN   ANCIENT  AND	MODERN   EUROPEAN   HISTORY
Sarah Cullington "The Valued Image of an Empire: The Symbolism of the Athena Parthenos & Its Significance for Athenian Citizens of the Fifth Century B.C.E."	Sarah explains how the Athenians and Spartans were Greeks and yet individual 'nationalities'.	Sarah commenting on the methodology on how to read material culture as a 'text'.
Corrie Kienest "Marie Antoinette & the Propaganda of the French Revolution: The Politics of Portrayal"	Corrie explaining how Marie Antoinette had her good points.	Corrie shows how far apart the French were on their perceptions of Marie.
SESSION III:	SUBALTERNS   &   LABOR   IN   EARLY	20TH-CENTURY   AMERICA   &   MEXICO
Chris Musgrave "The Molly Maguires & the Fight for a Moral Economy, 1860-1975"	Part of Chris' powerpoint presentation showing the deplorable conditions of the Molly Maguires.	Chris listening to comments as made by Dr. John Baranski.
Lucas Gass "Anarcho-Syndicalist Solutions & Subsequent Responses to the Labor Question, 1905-1920"	Lucas explains the early origins of the Labor Question.	Dr. Baranski lurking again, waiting to offer comments, suggestions, and helpful hints on Lucas' work.
Becca Lundin "Subaltern Women in the Mexican Revolution: Soldaderas in Travel & Testimonial Literature"	Becca showing us some of the earliest authors of travel literature.	Becca explaining how she came to her topic and its unique scholarly contribution to understanding subaltern women in the Mexican Revolution.
SESSION IV:	UNITED  STATES  FOREIGN  POLICY  &	THE  COLD  WAR  IN  LATIN  AMERICA
Spencer Fuller "Keeping an Ally: American Support of Genocide in Guatemala"	Spencer explains why he terms what happened in Guatemala as 'genocide'.	Spencer discusses why Guatemala tends to get overlooked in these discussions for other seemingly more 'high profile' Central American countries.
Luke Rennick "The Bay of Pigs: How Past Operations and Faulty Assumptions led the CIA to the Perfect Failure"	Luke reacts to an audience member's comments on his research (it was not ME Luke, honest).	Dr. Michael Fry teases out some more of the associations that Luke made regarding the CIA's pattern of covert operations leading up to the 'perfect failure'.
Nikki Koloff "The Failures of Operation PBSUCCESS: A Synthesis of the Motivations Applied to the Groupthink Theory"	Nikki explaining what groupthink theory is and how it works with respect to historical study.	Nikki responds to questions regarding PBSUCCESS and its history.