History Thesis Presentations and Phi Alpha Theta Induction

Phi Alpha Theta Castleton Chapter will be inducting new members, as well as recognizing the achievements of graduating members.

• Abigail Gray, “Breaking Barriers: The Journey of Dr. Annie Hull and the Struggle of Women in Pursuit of Medical Education, 1850 – 1948.”
• Emma Patria, “From Tradition to Transformation: Community Life in ‘The Italian Neighborhood’, Keene, New Hampshire, in the 1960s.”
• Sierra Dunkley, “Women’s Involvement in Organized Crime in Prohibition-Era Chicago.”
• Patrick McGuirk, “A Stain in the White City: Gender and Race at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.”
• Conner McKearin, “How Segregation in Golf Contributed to a Lack of African Americans’ Participation in the P.G.A.”

• Tanner Curtis, “Suicide and Mental Illness during the U.S. Civil War.”
• Alan Baird, “The Influence of Ideology, Technology, and Terrain on World War I’s Western Front.”
• Andrew Keeler, “Political Silence: A Comparative Analysis of Korean War P.O.W and Press Censorship with the U.S. Office of Censorship.”
• Bryon Noyes, “The Legacy of Operation Neptune: Exploring the Historical Narrative of the Normandy landing in the Post World War Two Period.”
• Bailey Quires, “The issue of Historical Accuracy in some World War II films.”

• Hunter Day, “Acceptance or Assimilation? Vermonters’ Reactions to Famine Irish Immigration, 1840 – 1900.”
• Nathan Pare, “Do you live under the Rock? A Media Study on the Responses Towards Growing French Secularism During the Early French Third Republic from Population Areas of North American French Immigrants (1880-1888).
• Haley Agan, “The St. Albans’ Museum: Examining Community Connections to a Small Vermont Collection.”
• Thomas Kehoe, “Understanding First-Generation College Student Retention at VTSU Castleton.”