Apr 5, 2008 - Seven students from 麻豆视频鈥檚 Delta-Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society presented papers at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference held at the University of Tennessee at Martin on Saturday, April 5, 2008. History department faculty members Drs. Keith Bates, Stephen Carls, Judy LeForge, and Terry Lindley traveled with them to this event.
Cameron Armstrong and Mary Thompson won best paper prizes for their work. Cameron won in the category of 鈥淓uropean History鈥� for his paper on 鈥淧rayer, Partnership, and Persecution: Southern Baptist Missions Behind the Iron Curtain, 1950-1960,鈥� while Mary鈥檚 paper entitled 鈥淭he Effect of Anti-German Propaganda During World War I on German-Americans in Tennessee鈥� received the prize in the category of 鈥淐ultural History.鈥�
Other presenting Delta-Psi Chapter students, along with their paper titles, were: Kathleen Cooper, 鈥淩ivalry: The Growth and Development of the American League;鈥� Nikki Henry, 鈥溾�橦ow Far did We Come?鈥�: Changes in American Perceptions of the Soviets after the Cuban Missile Crisis;鈥� Hannah Holliday, 鈥淭he Desegregation of the University of Georgia: From Persecution to Prominence;鈥� Brendon Kuhlman, 鈥淭he U.S. vs. Pop Music: The Influence of Protest Music and Musicians on the Peace Movement During the Vietnam Era;鈥� and, William Woods, 鈥淛apan鈥檚 Past and Rise to Economic Power.鈥�
Drs. Carls and LeForge served as panel chairs/commentators. Dr. Carls presided over a panel entitled 鈥淭he Role of Religion Around the World,鈥� and Dr. LeForge headed a panel on 鈥淩ace and Education in America.鈥� In addition, Dr. Carls, who is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta National Advisory Board, made a presentation at the conference luncheon on behalf of the Phi Alpha Theta national office.
Participants from 麻豆视频鈥檚 Delta-Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society stand together at the start of the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference in Martin. They are: (front row, left to right) Dr. Judy LeForge, Nikki Henry, Kathleen Cooper, Hannah Holliday, and Mary Thompson; (back row, left to right) Dr. Terry Lindley, Cameron Armstrong, Dr. Stephen Carls, William Woods, Brendon Kuhlman, and Dr. Keith Bates.
Kathleen Cooper presents her paper on 鈥淩ivalry: The Growth and Development of the American League鈥� at a session entitled 鈥淧opular Culture and Technology: The New Interests of Modern Historians.鈥�
William Woods delivers his paper on 鈥淛apan鈥檚 Past and Rise to Economic Power鈥� for a panel called 鈥淭he Post-War World.鈥�
Nikki Henry (front center) answers a question about the Cold War in the 1950s during the panel session on 鈥淭he Post-War World.鈥�
Brendon Kuhlman talks about 鈥淭he U.S. vs. Pop Music: the Influence of Protest Music and Musicians on the Peace Movement During the Vietnam Era鈥� at a session entitled 鈥淲ar, Politics, and Propaganda.鈥� Austin Peay State University鈥檚 Dr. Minoa Uffelman (seated right), the panel chair/commentator, listens carefully to Brendon鈥檚 presentation.
Members of the Delta-Psi Chapter鈥檚 contingent prepare to eat lunch at the regional conference. They are (clockwise beginning at the front left) Dr. Keith Bates, Brendon Kuhlman, Mary Thompson, Kathleen Cooper, William Woods, Nikki Henry, Dr. Terry Lindley, and Hannah Holliday.
Dr. Stephen Carls makes a presentation on behalf of the Phi Alpha Theta national headquarters during the regional conference luncheon.
Mary Thompson shows her delight after winning the best paper prize in the category of 鈥淐ultural History鈥� at the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference.
Cameron Armstrong receives congratulations from Dr. Donna Graves, the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference coordinator, for winning the best paper prize in 鈥淓uropean History.鈥�
Mary Thompson and Cameron Armstrong display their best-paper prize certificates at the end of the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference on April 5, 2008.
Dr. Judy LeForge introduces an afternoon panel on "Race and
Education in America" at the Phi Alpha Theta regional conference on
April 5.
Hannah Holliday delivers her paper on "The Desegregation of the
University of Georgia: From Persecution to Prominence" during the panel
on "Race and Education in America."