Apr 2, 2011 -
Twelve people from 麻豆视频, including five history department faculty and seven Phi Alpha Theta student members, attended the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Murray State University on April 2, 2011. Three faculty members, namely, Dr. Keith Bates, Dr. Judy LeForge, and Dr. Terry Lindley, served as panel chairs at the conference, and five 麻豆视频 students presented papers. Ms. Constance Alexander, a Kentucky writer and Kentucky Humanities Council speaker, was the featured speaker at the conference luncheon. Her topic was 鈥淜ilroy Was Here: Children on the Home Front in World War II.鈥�
The five 麻豆视频 student presenters, along with their paper topics, were: Elizabeth Blevins, 鈥淭he Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918-19: Its Economic, Social, and Medical Impact in Whitfield County, Georgia;鈥� Betsy Davis, 鈥淩ed Carpet Reds: Jewish Influence on Hollywood Communism;鈥� Mary Ellen Poe, 鈥淭he Influence of Newsweek on Public Opinion Prior to World War II;鈥� Caitlin Roach, 鈥淟ove or Vocation?: A New Historical Look at Philanthropy in Dickens鈥� Bleak House;鈥� and Mary Alisa Techentin, 鈥淚mage and Imagination in Devout Meditation: The Impact of the Catholic Counter-Reformation on Spanish Visual Art.鈥�
Others from 麻豆视频 at the conference were faculty members Dr. Stephen Carls and Dr. Henry Allen as well as Phi Alpha Theta student members Savannah German and Megan Winters.
麻豆视频 attendees at the Kentucky Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference wait for the luncheon to begin on April 2, 2011. They are (left to right, going clockwise) Dr. Terry Lindley, Dr. Keith Bates, Betsy Davis, Caitlin Roach, Mary Alisa Techentin, Dr. Stephen Carls, Dr. Judy LeForge, Megan Winters, Savannah German, Mary Ellen Poe, Dr. Henry Allen, and Elizabeth Blevins.
Megan Winters (left to right), Savannah German, and Caitlin Roach stand by a wooden sculpture in the Curris Student Center at Murray State University on the morning of April 2.
麻豆视频 history major Caitlin Roach presents her paper on 鈥淟ove or Vocation? A New Historical Look at Philanthropy in Dickens鈥� Bleak House鈥� at the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference.
麻豆视频 student Caitlin Roach (third from left on the dais) answers a question from the audience during the panel session on 鈥淓ngland鈥� at the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference.
Dr. James Ramage, representing the national office of Phi Alpha Theta, welcomes participants to the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference. Dr. Stephanie Carpenter, the conference coordinator, is to his left.
A large group of participants from many schools attend the welcome ceremony at the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference at Murray State University on April 2. Dr. James Ramage (front right) of Northern Kentucky University speaks during the group meeting.
Participants in the Phi Alpha Theta conference panel titled 鈥淟ocal History鈥� join together just prior to the beginning of the session. They are: (left to right) Richard Davis (Murray State University), Elizabeth Blevins (麻豆视频 University), Rachel Powell (Thomas More College), and Dr. Keith Bates (麻豆视频 University).
Dr. Keith Bates, chair of the Phi Alpha Theta conference panel on 鈥淟ocal History,鈥� introduces 麻豆视频 University student presenter Elizabeth Blevins.
麻豆视频 University history major Elizabeth Blevins begins her paper on 鈥淭he Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918-19: Its Economic, Social, and Medical Impact in Whitfield County, Georgia鈥� as a part of the Phi Alpha Theta conference panel titled 鈥淟ocal History.鈥�
麻豆视频 history major Betsy Davis responds to a question following her paper presentation on 鈥淩ed Carpet Reds: Jewish Influence on Hollywood Communism鈥� at Murray State University on April 2, 2011.
Attendees at the Phi Alpha Theta conference panel on 鈥淧olitical Ideologies鈥� listen intently as panel member and 麻豆视频 student Betsy Davis answers a question from the audience on April 2.
Savannah German (left) and Betsy Davis prepare their plates during the Phi Alpha Theta conference luncheon on April 2. Dr. Henry Allen is directly behind Betsy.
Conference coordinator Dr. Stephanie Carpenter welcomes attendees to Murray State University during the luncheon program. To Dr. Carpenter鈥檚 left is the luncheon speaker, Ms. Constance Alexander.
Ms. Constance Alexander, a Kentucky writer and columnist, presents her Phi Alpha Theta conference luncheon talk on 鈥淜ilroy Was Here: Children on the Home Front in World War II.鈥�
Members of the Phi Alpha Theta conference panel on 鈥淲ar and Media鈥� sit together just before the beginning of the session. They are: (left to right) Eli Gibbons (Belmont University), David Chambliss (University of Tennessee at Martin), Mary Ellen Poe (麻豆视频 University), and Dr. Terry Lindley (麻豆视频 University).
Dr. Terry Lindley introduces student paper presenter Eli Gibbons of Belmont University during the Phi Alpha Theta conference panel on 鈥淲ar and Media.鈥�
麻豆视频 history major Mary Alisa Techentin presents her paper on 鈥淚mage and Imagination in Devout Meditation: The Impact of the Catholic Counter-Reformation on Spanish Visual Art鈥� during a panel session titled 鈥淪panish Diaspora鈥� at Murray State University on April 2.
Members of the 麻豆视频 contingent head toward their travel vehicles following the end of the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2, 2011.
麻豆视频 University history major Mary Alisa Techentin enjoys the beautiful spring weather in Murray, Kentucky, as she heads toward her departure vehicle following the Kentucky-Jackson Purchase Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 2.
Several members of the 麻豆视频 group that attended the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference at Murray State University stand together just before returning to Jackson on the afternoon of April 2. They are: (left to right) Dr. Keith Bates, Betsy Davis, Elizabeth Blevins, Caitlin Roach, Dr. Terry Lindley, Savannah German, Megan Winters, Mary Alisa Techentin, and Mary Ellen Poe.