Research and Active Learning

Check out the History Department Newsletter for more information about current faculty and student research.

Students

Read about some of the undergraduates who have engaged in research and internships:

Derek Heidemann, a junior, was recently named a 2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar. He is one of 15 students selected by competitive application to participate in the program. Derek will study in New York City in a program that combines historical research, seminars with eminent historians, and behind-the-scenes tours of historical archives.

Undergraduate Honors Theses completed in 2008

Margaret Anderson, "Off With Her Dress: The Political Pornography on Marie-Antoinette in Eighteenth-Century France"

Christopher Beck, "The Creation of the Standard American Physician Allopathy, Homeopathy, Chiropractic and the Medical Field in America, 1880-1920"

Charity Forrester, "The Construction of Black Masculinity and the Integration of Baseball"

Faculty

Read about the research of some of our faculty:

Dr. Janette Greenwood's research into class and race during Reconstruction
Dr. Paul Ropp's research into gender issues in Chinese literature
Dr. Amy Richter's research into the rise of public domesticity in the United States