HPJ and ONU Hosts Phi Alpha Theta Ohi Regional Research Conference

The ONU chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society, hosted the 2014 Phi Alpha Theta Ohio Regional Meeting on March 22.  The sessions took place in Dicke Hall and ran throughout the day.  More than thirty undergraduate and graduate students from universities across Ohio took part in the conference.

The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Christopher Manning of Loyola University Chicago who spoke on "Hurricane Katrina through the Lens of Oral History" in the Dicke Forum at 1:00 p.m.  Professor Manning's talk is based on interviews and images that he collected after the storm.  He will offer his thoughts on the social and political impact of Katrina as well as discuss the way that oral history allows us to understand events more clearly and fully.

Several HPJ students presented their research at the conference including:

Andrea Herzler, Ohio Northern University

Three Fighters Who Transformed the Image of African American Boxers

Franklin Howard, Ohio Northern University

The “Homo-sex-you-all’ and his Friends: Gay Literature and the Creation of the American Gay Identity in the 1940s

Jessica Dunham, Ohio Northern University

The Louisiana Purchase in the National Press

Amarilla Fair, Ohio Northern University

Building Bridges: Godey’s Lady’s Book, the Cult of Domesticity, and Women’s Education

Tyson Miller, Ohio Northern University

Limited in America: Life on the World War II Home Front

Amarilla Fair and Franklin Howard won Outstanding Paper for their sessions!

HPJ Faculty including Dr. Lomax, Dr. Alexander, Dr. Scott, Dr. Waters, Dr. Loughlin, and Dr. Crawford, along with faculty from Lourdes University, Walsh University, and Ohio Wesleyan University presided over the panels.

Thanks to Dr. Lomax and the Phi Alpha Theta students who worked very hard to make the conference a success!