Student Research Archive
2022-23 Thesis Projects
Joellen Ceide
"Behind Every Strong Man is an Even Stronger Woman: The Lives of Coretta Scott King, Betty Shavazz, & Akua Njeri"
Adviser: Emilie Raymond, Ph.D.
Zachary Pittard
"'A Reconsideration of War and Homefront in Mecklenburg County, Virginia"
Adviser: Katy Shively, Ph.D.
Rebecca Rose
“Jameston's English Spaniard: The Life and Death of Francis Lymbry”
Adviser: Sarah Meacham, Ph.D.
Jennifer Tennison
“What Have We Got to Celebrate?: Native American Contestation to Commemoration during the Late 20th Century”
Adviser: Carolyn Eastman, Ph.D.
2020-21 Thesis Projects
David Hayter
"Unite the Left: Contextualizing Bukharin’s ABC of Communism and Berkman’s ABC of Anarchism"
Winner of the 2021 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for the category of Humanities & Fine Arts
Adviser: George Munro, Ph.D.
Benjamin Smith
'The American Press': Changing Narratives in a Time of Revolution
Adviser: Carolyn Eastman, Ph.D.
Joshua Stein
'Remembering the Destruction': The Air War in Heilbronn, 1944-2020
Adviser: Joseph Bendersky, Ph.D.
Will Tharp
'Savage and Bloody Footsteps Through the Valley': The Wyoming Massacre in the American Imagination
- Winner 3rd place 2020 VCU 3MT Competition
- Keynote Speaker: Wyoming Monument and Wyoming Commemorative Associations 243rd Annual Remembrance of the Battle of Wyoming
Adviser: Carolyn Eastman, Ph.D.